When everyone is praising "Gravity", as a supporter of space colonialism, I want to jump out and sing the opposite. Everyone has the right to act like I am trying to catch the wind and catch the shadows.
From a very superficial perspective, "Gravity" is an anthem to the primitive human spirit. Most of the time in the film is to describe how the two corners survived the hardships in space with their will and determination, which is very atmospheric. Humans’ instinctive will to survive is complimented. The sound and light are excellent, and the long shots in the opening are also amazing. But apart from this appearance, the author, who is ill-intentioned, seems to see a kind of space defeatism that is burned in the bones. Take a look at the meaningful poster of the film: the astronaut with the broken "umbilical cord" was violently dragged away from the mother earth, ushering in death and endless darkness. This slightly symbolic poster implies that Alfonso Cuarón's unique thought. "Gravity" is an anthem to the human spirit, but also a lament to the spirit of space exploration.
I have always very much agreed with Hawking’s remarks about the future of mankind: “The only chance for human existence is not to dwell on the earth, but to spread out in space as soon as possible”. This sentence encourages us to abandon earth-basedism, spread civilization to outer space, and allow mankind to go further. In essence, it is in the same line as the spirit of the era of the great nautical era, which is to seek survival in the process of progress and exploration. And in addition to the various technical excellence and the main theme of "Gravity", from the spiritual level, this film seems to show a negative attitude towards human space exploration. The chain reaction caused by satellite debris in the film not only destroyed the US space station where the character was located, but also eventually destroyed the International Space Station that mankind spent countless efforts to operate. This is tantamount to a huge blow to the real space exploration of mankind. From the beginning of the film, the plot is very direct to show the appearance of this failure argument. In addition to this direct appearance, the film also continuously promotes Alfonso Cuaron's inner space defeatism from a variety of symbolic meanings. For example, the symbolic suggestion of the "umbilical cord" in the film indicates that the umbilical cord connects the new life with the mother body. The rupture of the umbilical cord is the beginning of a new life, but the protagonist of the film is often boundless whenever the connection of the "umbilical cord" is lost. The panic or the brink of death, and every time I grasp this life-saving straw-like "space umbilical cord", there is a chance of rebirth. This is like a child in the abdomen, always hoping to hold the earth mother tightly with the umbilical cord. This deliberate arrangement seems to show a kind of flattery of earth-basedism. In the film, George Clooney finally chooses to "cut" the umbilical cord. Without the umbilical cord, there is boundless darkness and death oncoming. This is an irreversible negative separation. All these signs seem to imply a kind of opposition to the umbilical cord. (Earth-basedism) over-reliance and complete distrust and fear of outer space, the role at this time, in addition to struggling to survive, has already lost all the spirit of exploration.
The film spent a lot of time to render the darkness and loneliness in the weightless environment and the fear from all directions, and even the words "I hate space" appeared directly from the protagonist’s mouth. The protagonist’s spirit of survival was transformed by the language of the film. In the end, they all become the kind of strong fascination and sense of belonging to gravity, which is naked earth-basedism. For space exploration and space colonization, human beings are too obsessed with the sense of security brought about by gravity, which is not a good thing. In the film, the heroine who lost the spirit of exploration lives in the space capsule. If the space capsule is seen as a vague symbol of the womb, the new life born in this womb was originally born for exploring space. In the setting of the movie Among them, it is difficult to conceal a strong desire to return to the womb. The film is a story of human beings who fled back to the womb in a panic after a setback. This place itself gave birth to new life and hope, and became a defeatist. refuge. This behavior of constantly drilling into the mother’s womb when encountering setbacks is very intuitive, showing a kind of cowardice and evasion. It is a kind of cowardice and surviving, it is the unpredictability of exploration and progress, and it is the space of Alfonso Calon’s bones. The manifestation of defeatism, and the argument of space defeatism, can be said to have a long history in the history of movies.
Aningang’s setting completely dismantles the protagonist’s exploration spirit. Aningang’s radio signals contain babies and dogs barking, and finally the symbolic representation of Mother Earth makes the protagonist miss the earth more and hate outer space. It is simply a space version. "Being embarrassed on all sides". With this attitude, the protagonist would rather choose to die in the mother's body, but at this time the film reappears as the dream boy George Clooney, which inexplicably becomes an important turning point for the heroine’s thoughts. After the frustration, I met the old man with white beard. There is not much difference between the sudden and clear stiff approach. This is also the most rough part of the film plot. Afterwards, the heroine’s face was full and confident, and she returned to the earth in the Tiangong filled with Chinese. After arriving on the earth, the heroine’s extreme fascination with the security of gravity brought on by the heroine lying on the tidal flat is even more manifested. Incisively and vividly, on the one hand, I see the power of the primitive survival spirit of human beings. On the other hand, the author who is ill-intentioned sees the fascination of human beings with the sense of security brought by gravity. This is a very conservative approach, and it is also right. The extreme praise of earth-centeredism, the suppression of space radicalism. Human beings trapped in the bottom of the gravity well!
Related to the development of space movies, we can see many positive and optimistic space movies in the 60s and 70s, such as "Star Wars", "2001 A Space Odyssey", etc., with primitive colonial and enterprising spirit. There were also enterprising thinking about space and people. Space films appeared in a positive posture of operaticization and colonization, and the development of human space undertakings in that era was naturally shown to the world in the most optimistic and idealistic outlook, but after the flourishing of space Over the long years, all the space movies we have seen are dominated by dark colors, and space disaster movies have begun to emerge. Masterpieces such as "Apollo 13", the arguments of space defeatism are scattered like viruses in space movies, and in order to cover up this naked cowardice and evasion, they often exaggerate to show people's heroism and repeatedly fight. Failure has become a repeated defeat. In connection with reality, the bleak reality of mankind’s last moon landing in 1972 is also very eye-catching. Undoubtedly, "Gravity" is the continuation and inheritance of the space defeatist film of the last century. I do not deny that it is an excellent film, but it faintly reveals a negative attitude towards exploring space and an excessive attitude towards Mother Earth. The attitude of dependence and the promotion of earth-basedism are not an exaggeration for human beings who must move forward. This trend is expected to continue for a long time. Human beings’ enterprising and exploratory spirit in the face of space may be at a low point in the “poison” of this spiritual opium.
Gravity is a hotbed of evil faced by the human spirit of space exploration. To go further, humans must abandon the illusion of security that gravity brings. Born in sorrow and dying in comfort, humans must learn to say no to the warm bed in winter, whether it is space exploration or work. Friends who have watched "Three-Body" should not forget how human civilization ultimately continues. There is only one choice for the future of human survival.
Human beings trapped in the bottom of the gravity well, our future should not be a solid land, it should be the sea of stars.
Down with earth-basedism!
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