Standing on the opposite side of instinct, what will we see?

Aletha 2022-09-19 20:50:53

It has no beginning and no end, not so much a story as a concept, or just an image. But the shocking part is tearing open the stubborn hope of romance portrayed by irrational instincts.

What is instinct, instinct is to live, if you can't live in reality, then live in imagination, do everything you can to continue your DNA, something more greedy than the most greedy creature you can think of is instinct.

Not only to live, but also to live gloriously, and what is better than instinct to beautify oneself. Hero, what a word worthy of Acura. In every war without benevolence, how many heroes are born. They have nothing to do with interests or selfish desires, they symbolize holiness and greatness, and their stories will be passed down through the ages, giving birth to new heroes for the next dirty war. Of course, I forgot to mention that heroes are only the products of winners. As for the losing side, since everyone is dead, who will compose the legend of heroes?

Instinct makes all ugly people think they are beautiful and every side of the war thinks they are just. If you don't believe me, you can go back to World War II in a time machine and ask the Nazis why they started the war. They must proudly say that it was for justice.

No one fights for evil, no one is evil, or everyone is evil.

"Actually, I think everyone knows we're 'dead'. Primal instincts are driving us toward a void future, all reason is telling us it's over, all evil, bewildering, chemical emotion is telling us Not yet."

This is a survivor's self-report, this is the most valuable paragraph in the film, bar none. If you think about his moral, what he depicts is not the world enslaved by the lizard people in the film, but the world outside the film, what we call reality.

Leaving aside the imminent nuclear bomb crisis, the greenhouse effect, what is the number one crisis in the popular science books we write for children, yes, that is, the sun will become a red giant at the end of its life, and it hasn't waited for him After burning all the energy, the earth will become a hell of fire. How should we escape? The book goes on to say, don't be nervous, before that day, our technology will allow us to leave the earth and choose another suitable planet to live in.

In the future described by mankind, nothing seems to be invincible, after all, we have the ultimate weapon of "miracle". Not to mention that the lifespan of the sun is gone, even if the lifespan of the universe is gone, human beings can still escape. We can go to the outside of the universe, or to another parallel universe. If all the parallel universes died, humans could still survive. You ask me how to survive, I don't know, but I just know that human beings can survive, because this is what my instinct tells me.

This film will definitely not be released in China, the SARFT will ask the director to change the ending, and change it to human beings have seized the faint light of dawn that hardly exists, wiped out all the lizardmen, the sun is rising, and a new day is coming arrive. This is also the role of instinct. China seems to be a particularly instinctive country. When New York and Washington have been destroyed for the Nth time, Beijing still stands. We are not allowed to do this kind of creation, you ask me why, I don't know. Probably instinct. Likewise, in China, the word "death" cannot be talked about, and it is not allowed to joke about death. In short, the country requires everything to look hopeful and vibrant, even if it's already rotten.

Under the shelter of instinct, life must be good.

View more about Rakka reviews

Extended Reading

Rakka quotes

  • Narrator: [narrating]

    [first lines]

    Narrator: We were once mankind. We were humanity. And now we're no more than pests. Vermin. They came here to exterminate us. They took our history and culture. They covered our landmarks in dying humanity. The wale of the dying carried for miles.

    Narrator: They're building some kind of breeding facility for those who survive. People who have defected say it's worse than hell. Humans becoming some kind of surrogate incubators for the alien young.

    Narrator: They killed us in waves when they first arrived. They built these mega structures that spew methane, manufacturing their atmosphere. They've sewn their crops, nothing like our plant life, raising the global temperature causing our cities to flood. They waged war on earth. They set fire to our forests. It's already hard to breathe; impossible to breathe if you're close to the stacks.

    Narrator: Rats, insects, humans. They hack into our psyche, into our minds, paralyzing us - taking control of the cerebra and the limbic system, rendering us as slaves. We've been able to design a brain barrier that protects us from their influence. They know we can't produce enough of these for everyone, that it's just a matter of time before the entire planet is theirs.

    Narrator: But we are survivors. Scrounging enough to eat, gathering enough morale to fight. I wonder if deep down each person knows we are already dead? I wonder if only one sick primordial instinct keep marching us forward aimlessly? Every rational thought tells us it's over. Every vile deceptive chemical in motion tells us it isn't.

    Narrator: We are told a different story by our politicians.

  • [last lines]

    Sarah: Amir, it's time. You have to use what they gave you. It's not a choice...