Musca of "City in the Sky" is a similar character to Gwi of "Turn A", trying to find a technological civilization beyond modern times to become the ruler. Human beings have an uncontrollable desire for power and money. Muska, created by Jun Miyazaki, immediately dealt with the military palace that is greedy for money after gaining power, showing that the desire for power is more terrible than the desire for material. The development of science and technology has improved human life. At the same time, human beings believe that it is reasonable to use technology to change the world. Gewei of "Turn A" is convinced that he can control new technology without repeating the scourge of war in the dark history, but the reality is He pushed the Earth and the Moon into a larger war. Tomino Yoshiyuki deliberately mentioned the issue of nuclear weapons, Kabbah and the others were ignorant of nuclear bombs, and the scene of the nuclear explosion was very shocking. This is the same as Gundam and other mobile suit weapons. People continue to use high technology to carry out destructive aggression, and compete in the competition for high-tech weapons, thinking that the higher the technology, the more bargaining chips there are. In fact, Gewei's ultimate goal is to overwhelm his opponents on the grounds of maintaining fairness. Here, Tomino undoubtedly has the intention to allude to the reality of the nuclear race, pointing out that the development of weapons technology among humans is purely a pseudo-rationalization of self-protection. The stronger the force, the more aggressive The more difficult it is to suppress the will of others. When the nuclear bomb appeared in the story, the Lunar Return Army also thought of competing, and it was the same mentality. Musca of "City in the Sky", after gaining control of Laputa, could not resist the temptation of a high degree of civilization, and used robots to attack recklessly, which is exactly the image of the above situation getting out of control.
The story of Jun Miyazaki has a profound symbol. After Pasu and Shita arrived in Laputa, they met a robot covered with moss in front of the tombstone. It held flowers, and small animals loved to play on it. The situation of communion with nature, and this situation, appears in Laputa, where there is no human inhabitation. I don't know if this is irony or a reality that has to be admitted. As for the original Gundam story series, coming to "Turn A", although it is said that Tomino is trying to unify the Gundam series, the intention to reflect on the weapon civilization of "Gundam" is more obvious than before, focusing on technology and human beings. The relationship is much lighter than the commercial flavor of the series since the appearance of G and W. Facing the temptation of science and technology, between control and accusation, is there more of the former or the latter?
The ancient advanced civilizations of the two stories ended and appeared in the image of being destroyed respectively. When advanced civilizations appeared, human wars became more and more intense, and they seemed to be subsided after they disappeared. Laputa was abandoned, and Turn A cleaned the earth's civilization. It seems that under such a negative picture, human beings were able to start anew with the earth. Of course, everything is not such a binary opposition. It was said from the beginning that under the scientific and technological civilization of human beings, the ability to self-control has become the key to everything.
Rewatching "Castle in the Sky" I haven't seen in almost 10 years, it's easy for me to confuse it with "Gundam Turn A"
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