war is peace

Theron 2022-04-20 09:01:12

I believe that friends who have read "1984" will not be unfamiliar with this title, but after reading this novel and watching this "Starship Troopers", the feeling is completely different.

This movie has the best interpretation of the title sentence among the sci-fi movies I have ever seen.

I have a bad problem with people who like to compare. Take the 2012 edition of Total Recall as an example, and I'm just talking about its political stability. One man, one living man, ruled the entire planet, and then he died, and the people of the planet were free, what nonsense!

What is stable politics? It's the death of a carload of rulers, and then there's still the upper class, the oppressor, the lower class, it's just that a few lower classes become middle class or even upper class, or some middle class becomes upper class, and then kick the rest Going down, the interstellar marshal was declared dead in the third part of the film, and then another commander naturally took the scepter. I believe that if the black commander exposed the commander's conspiracy, it would just be another leader. It will change, the policy will not change, and the change of power has nothing to do with the soldiers who fought in the war and the people in the city. Even if someone discovers all this, they will be hanged like the last leader of the opposition. This is stable politics.

The problem is again, this stable politics can only happen under special conditions. That's right, it's a war. Without a foreign war, where would the internal unity come from? If you want to oppose it, you only need to say that you traitors are zombies parasitized by Zerg, sent to destroy human beings, and shoot them directly. And also in "1984", the country is also in a state of surprising unity, why? Because the shells are thrown around every day, who can protect us, the government! Can we oppose him?

This is how the three major countries reached a consensus. We are fighting, we will fight with you today, and we will fight with him tomorrow, but we can't stop. At the end of "Starship Troopers", the most ironic sentence did not appear: the war is not over, yes, the war There will be no end, the Zerg will never be wiped out, and as long as humans and Zerg reach a balance, politics will never collapse.

In fact, thinking of today's reality, why not? The so-called Diaoyu Islands, Bamboo (Independence) Islands, and even the first island chain are not meant to tell us that we have enemies. You see, if there is no unity in the country, then what are you going to fight over, you will ride to our heads. The unity of China, the United States and Russia in "watchman" is ultimately based on an enemy stronger than them combined. The enemy is the reason for our unity.

I've talked so much in a mess, and my writing is really not good. I'm very grateful to be able to see it.

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Extended Reading
  • Jeanne 2022-04-21 09:01:19

    Rewatch. Thematically it's an updated version of RoboCop, and the fishing level is an updated version of Showgirls - a postmodern version of Full Metal Jacket. The TV shows that Verhoeven parodies are always exaggerated and extreme, which corresponds to the long-standing genre paradigm of American Hollywood popcorn movies. Just as he unabashedly exposes the power world full of stares, he also does not hide the temporary pleasure and solidification brought by genre films, and even whitewash the lies to the end. Rather than saying that his lies are to cover up his "conspiracy", it is better to say that his lies are to expose his "conspiracy" - the triumphant declaration of laughter at the end really establishes its tragic nature of ultimate irony, just like history. On the real battlefield, the TV media will claim to be "truthful" broadcasting, and Hollywood will also pretend to be sincere "reflection".

  • Chelsey 2022-04-23 07:01:17

    ★★★☆ A sci-fi movie that is not very good in all aspects, but is all right

Starship Troopers quotes

  • Net Correspondent: We've just landed here on what cap troopers are calling "Big K" with the 6th Mobile Infantry division. It's an ugly planet, a bug planet! A planet hostile to life as we know it!

  • Mr. Rico: [hands Johnny a enlistment book] This came for you today. I presume at your request?

    Johnny Rico: A lot of my friends are doing Federal Service.

    Mrs. Rico: Well you're not thinking of applying.

    Mr. Rico: Have you lost your mind I rather take and lashes in public square than to see you ruin your life.

    Johnny Rico: It's a term of service, it's not a career. I just want to get out on my own, see the galaxy for a couple years.

    Mrs. Rico: Johnny, people get killed in the Federal Service

    Mr. Rico: Who gave you this idea? Its that teacher isn't it you know the one I'm talking about what's his name?

    Johnny Rico: Mr. Rasczak.

    Mr. Rico: Rasczak? Silly name. There should be a law against using a school as a recruiting station

    Johnny Rico: No Rasczak doesn't do that at all. He sort of discourages you

    Mr. Rico: Well that's good. Because you're going to Harvard and that's the end of it.

    Johnny Rico: It's my decision, not yours.

    Mr. Rico: Oh, is that how it is.

    Mrs. Rico: Wait a minute you too Dad and I have a surprise for you that I think should settle this, can you guess what it is?

    Johnny Rico: No.

    Mr. Rico: You said you wanted to see the Galaxy, how about a trip to the outer rings Zegema Beach, huh?

    Johnny Rico: I've... always wanted to go there.

    Mrs. Rico: Well good then it's all settled.