At the beginning of "Project Sun", I did have "2001 Space Odyssey" expectations for it (this kind of expectations peaked when the astronauts went out to work), but after watching the film, I found that although the two films covered themes Similar, but fundamentally different - this can be seen in the direction of "A Space Odyssey" in both films. In "2001: A Space Odyssey", the heading is outward, pointing to the unknown; in "Project Sun", the heading is inward, and the meaning of the entire voyage is clearly visible.
In "2001 A Space Odyssey", human beings are faced with various unsolved mysteries in space. The hearts of astronauts who go out to work are always filled with fear of no one to fall back on. At the same time, the origin of human beings is also full of mysteries. That is to say, Kubrick's universe is beyond human grasp on both scales outward and inward (that mysterious cuboid becomes a symbol of the unknown precisely on both scales). In contrast, although the human beings in "Project Sun" are facing severe tests, all the themes can be grasped: outward, the Icalus plan shoulders the mission of saving mankind, and in the end this plan does get its way; inward , the rationality of the astronauts has been tested by the universe, but their hearts are always filled with rational devotion at the moment of crisis (the somewhat inexplicable captain of Icarus 1 in the second half of the film, which deepens the theme of the graspability). So I feel that the theme of "Project Sun" is a little smaller in any way compared to the grand background and the well-made production.
Also, from a technical point of view, the connection between the two films (although it may only be wishful thinking on my part) is also interesting. Regarding the relationship between man and technology, although Kubrick shows some kind of worry (the rebellion of the supercomputer), in "2001", the product of technology is simple and harmonious (even the symphony is directly used as the background music) ); and in "Project Sun", although the design of each scene is quite ingenious and very futuristic, it makes people feel a little messy on the whole. From this difference, we can see the different attitudes of the two films when it comes to the theme of "people and technology" - in "2001", the reason why people lose control of technology is beyond human understanding; in "2001" In "The Sun Project", people lose control of technology, but it is only because of their inherent weaknesses that they cannot freely control overly complex artificial objects.
However, I still feel that the worries of the two films are in the same line. If we regard the "supercomputer with emotion" plot in "2001" as an anthropomorphic method, then the abstraction and conceptualization of this method just shows Kubrick's forward-looking thinking when thinking about this issue In this way, Project Sun, made in a technologically advanced age, can be seen as a concrete response to Kubrick’s thinking.
Finally, I would like to mention a few suspected "hard injuries". What's up with that ubiquitous gravity in the first place? Thinking of the actors in "2001" trying their best to perform in a state of weightlessness under simple conditions, the weird gravitational field in "Project Sun" really makes me feel dazzling (although everyone has nothing new about weightlessness, but you can't fool people like this. right?), but I'm not sure (no way, bad physics), is there really such a low-level "hard injury" in a good sci-fi film? And when astronauts boarded the abandoned spacecraft, they actually went in with a mask on? (How do they know there is oxygen?!) I hope you can give me some advice on these two points.
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