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Chapter 1426 Even the pain is fake!
"Moon" also has one of the most discussed themes, which is how to define "person"!
Film critic Zhou Qingquan wrote in his personal column: ""Moon" can be regarded as a relatively successful science fiction film in recent years. The cost of this film is not high, but when it was released, it almost attracted attention at science fiction film festivals. The venue was packed and the reputation was very good.

It can be said that it is absolutely the right choice to use this film as the opening film of this year's Science Fiction Film Festival.

Because "Moon" can be regarded as pointing out a clear path for low-cost science fiction films. At least it proves that science fiction films do not need to rely solely on money for special effects. If the story is good and the creativity is successful, it can win everyone's favor.

How to save costs?The first is to use fewer actors. This film is basically a one-man show. It is really weird. If there is a communication conflict, there must be an opponent. He completed it with just one person, and it did not make people feel deserted.The confined space also saves environmental costs. I think the number of sets he built is at the level of a sitcom.Of course, there are still some limitations. The exterior scenes that have to appear are small models at first glance, which reduces the sense of immersion.However, the flaws do not hide the flaws, the story is more important than anything else, an excellent idea, as long as it can start and end well with a unified style, the other parts will be justifiable and it will be as brilliant as a blockbuster.

In fact, the story is not complicated. If the clones were replaced by robots, the original intention would be greatly reduced.We still seem to value ourselves more. How sad it is to be alone, deceived, isolated, and enjoying a loneliness that can never be broken through.As for the AI ​​Bajie who is also in the same situation, no one sympathizes with him, even though he is also a victim.The reason is that the plot design is that humans are deceived and machines are informed, but the key is that we sympathize with the same kind of people.But if you think about it carefully, can the unlucky Wu Gang No. N be considered a human being?

Technology is changing with each passing day. It can be said that the topic of human cloning is familiar to most people. There are also many movies about human cloning.

But most of the time, we feel that some science fiction movies about human cloning are actually very science fiction and not real.

Although "Moon" is low-cost and does not have any particularly eye-catching special effects, and of course it does not focus on special effects scenes, this movie makes people feel that it is very close to us.

Why do you feel this way?Because we can indeed land on the moon, it has indeed been proven that the moon is rich in mineral resources, and we have indeed successfully brought back lunar soil from the moon.

This proves that the plot in "Moon" is not fabricated out of thin air, but that it is very possible to realize it in the near future without the element of human cloning.

At the same time, the use of human cloning also has a very complete and self-consistent logic. In fact, to a certain extent, the movie is satirizing some of the current social realities. For example, in order to reduce costs and save costs, is it possible for capital to do such a thing? ?
The answer is yes!

This is why this movie feels "real".

What makes "Moon" different from other clones is that in our film and television works about "clones", there is often a scene where someone is lost outside due to an accident, and when he returns home, he finds that he has been "cloned" Replacement, and the clone is living with his wife and children without anyone noticing.If the director had a bigger imagination, it would be revealed at the end that the protagonist himself is the "clone".It’s scary to think about it…

However, "Moon" tells the story of human cloning from beginning to end, and the focus is only on the clones, or in other words, whether the clones are considered "human" or not!
Due to current technical limitations, identification of people's identities is still limited to physical signs, that is, fingerprints, eye patterns, etc.But fundamentally speaking, these things are actually just tools. With the development of technology, they are likely to be replaceable and manufacturable.

In principle, people should be nothing more than our memories and thoughts.In other words, even our brains are not essentially human, they are just biological hard drives.The operating system stored in it is our way of thinking, outlook on life and world view, which is a characteristic of human beings.When seeing one thing, different people will have different reactions and have different views, but the scene they see is objective and consistent.The reason for different reactions to the same scene is the essence of a person. The essence of another identifiable person is memory. The storage of our own experiences in our brains. The combination of these two points makes a person.

Returning to "Moon" and the protagonist Wu Gang, we will find that these two points are actually man-made for him.

There’s no need to mention his memory, it’s fake.His way of thinking and outlook on life are also imitations, but does this mean that this artificial man is not a human being?

It seems that it cannot be said that there is an essential difference between him and AI Bajie. What is it?That is, he is malleable, which means that although his past was created, his future can be changed.This is why even though a baby has no memory or personality, he is still a human being, just because he may have these two things.And an AI, such as Bajie, will be no different from other Bajies until it is scrapped.So Wu Gang-N can be considered a human being, at least a processed baby.

This can be seen from the different personalities of different clones "Wu Gang". Clone No. 5 Wu Gang and clone No. 6 Wu Gang have obvious personality differences.

And even if No. 6 spends the same three years there, the result will definitely be different from No. 3. This is the biggest difference with robots.

Different experiences and different emotions will lead to the formation of different personalities, and the same will also make their memories start to appear different.

Therefore, although clones have initial memories, they have different experiences and personalities.There is no doubt that there seems to be no difference between them and humans except for the difference in life span.So in this respect, are human clones also "human beings"?
If we really agree with this conclusion, then there is no doubt that Wu Gang is a big tragedy.

He is a human being, but he does not have the slightest human rights, that is to say, he has no right to fight for his own happiness.The meaning of his existence is to create value for others selflessly and fearlessly like a machine. He does not even need to be paid. It can be said to be a humanoid cow whose labor value is selflessly extracted.

Although this is a science fiction film, the question he raised still has some significance. If life is really no longer the prerogative of God, then should the same kind we created have the same rights as us?This question has been discussed for a long time, but there has never been an answer. But technology will not stagnate because of ethics. What is coming will still come. If I can keep my spirit alive by changing my body, then why not do it? ?

That's a bit far. If a science fiction film can arouse these thoughts, then it is meaningful enough, not to mention that the money it spent is not too much.The times will not stop because of human will. For example, is it possible that artificial intelligence will actually betray humans? This is something we humans have created, and it may even be faced faster than human cloning. So will we still use it?
The answer is yes. When technology arrives, it will never be used. So how to use it and whether it can be used as equally as possible is a big question.Suffering from shortages and inequality is a chronic disease of society. When the acceleration of technology completely divides the population, a new era may be coming. "

Compared with Zhou Qingquan's more rational interpretation, there are more film reviews with emotional interpretation.

Unconventional film critic Liu Fei's film reviews are more emotional, or in other words, he looks at them more from the perspective of the audience.

"I have been looking forward to "Moon" for a long time. It has been promoted that it is a moon version of "The Truman Show", but after watching it, it seems not! Similarly, everything has been arranged in the same way. The difference is that Truman in "The Truman Show" at least still has the power to break through the control of this world, but Wu Gang in "Moon" does not!
He is even more sad, because Truman in "The Truman Show", his feelings are all fake, but at least some of them are true, while Wu Gang is fake from beginning to end, only with the robot Those memories are real.

In fact, no one cares about him at all.

Because he is just a tool to the company, but to the so-called "family", he does not exist!
Closer to home, "Moon" made me watch it several times in a row, and I had different feelings every time.

When I watched it for the first time, my favorite scenes were when Wu Gang 5 called his "family" on Earth without signal interference, and when Wu Gang 6 watched No. 5 and his "family" without any psychological preparation. When recording a call.

It can be said that there are subtle differences in the reactions of the two Wu Gangs.

When No. 5 heard the little girl say that his wife was dead, his initial reaction was to think for a moment, and then asked in disbelief: "Are you sure?" Then No. 5 discovered that the little girl was the daughter he thought about day and night. He blurted out: "Dear", and then felt abrupt and changed his question: "How did your mother die?"

But on the 6th, when he heard the news of his wife's death, his body shook twice, as if he couldn't stand still, because for the 6th, his memory only lasted until one week after he came to the moon, and he and his wife had just separated. After more than a week, the blow was too big for him.So this was unacceptable to him.

No. 6 was immersed in the grief of losing his beloved wife, and felt strange to the 15-year-old person in front of him, who should be his "daughter". It was not until the call was about to end that he took the machine in front of him and looked at his daughter. , the doubts in his mind were instantly overwhelmed by the pain caused by the news of his beloved wife's death.

This is also the difference between the two clones, and it is also the most painful thing for them!

They all have the same starting point of memory, but No. 5 has three more years of memory than No. 6. Although they already know that those memories are implanted and false memories, for them, they are not the same. Maybe it really doesn't exist.

This is also the cruelest place, because their emotions are real, at least to them!

Even that was their only belief. The most terrifying part was that they discovered the truth, which was equivalent to giving them the biggest emotional blow!

Let the only belief collapse!
When I watched it for the second time, what moved me the most was the scene where No. 5 and No. 6 recalled their encounter with their wives in the car. No. 5 said one thing, and No. 6 said another. They felt exactly the same at that time, a little worry in their hearts, and the joy and disbelief that the wife happily accepted the invitation.

When people live in the world, even the closest people cannot share their hearts 100%. Even if two people experience a life together, their memories and feelings of every moment are different. Only by becoming the same person and standing From the same standpoint, only by loving the same person and worrying about the same thing can we have the same memories.

This is originally a beautiful thing, because finally there is someone who completely understands my heart and emotions.But in the movie, it is so sad. For No. 5 and No. 6, the beauty of meeting their lover for the first time and the look of their lover are so real, but they are all fake. No. 5 has this memory, and No. 6 has this memory. This memory exists from No. 1 to No. 1000. Such a beautiful memory is fake and does not belong to them.

But the company used these memories to make them willingly dedicate themselves until their death, or in other words, from the time they appeared to the time they died, they were being coaxed.

Watching it for the third time, I saw that No. 5 entered the confidential system of the computer with the help of the robot Bajie. No. 5 saw the first few Wu Gang videos. They began to lose their hair and have nosebleeds because their life span was almost over. The end.

But, so what, they don’t know.They still held up the photos of their wives and children with silly smiles, and said innocently to the computer, "Did you see it?"I'm going back to see them!

They calmly but happily got into the deep sleep machine in their hearts. The incineration process only lasted a few seconds, and they did not have any pain. In their last memory, they closed their eyes and looked forward to being with their lover. The children were reunited, and they wished that time would fly to three days later, when they would have returned to Earth.At that time, they could watch live football, spend time with their wives, go to the park with their daughters, or travel around.

They don't suffer at all because they don't know anything.

The pain is for No. 5, because he knows that his life is over, he knows that he is a clone, he knows that neither his wife nor his daughter belong to him, and they have never belonged to him. He knows that the company will not give him away. Back on Earth, he knew that the deep-sleep machine was actually an incinerator. He knew that Wu Gang No. 1-4, who looked the same as him, had turned into ashes. He knew that hundreds or even thousands of him in the basement would have to repeat his miserable behavior. He knew that the love in his mind was fake, and even the pain was fake, but it was so real.

It’s so desperate, because even the pain is fake!

Perhaps for No. 5, death is truly a relief at that time!
So I don’t know why, when I saw No. 5 closing his eyes, the sadness in my heart was not because of his death, but because of the collapse of his faith in his last days!

Maybe he doesn't want to go back, and he doesn't want to continue to suffer the pain of his "false" existence and everything being fake! "

(End of this chapter)