I think the charm of soft sci-fi lies in the mysterious atmosphere that blurs the boundary between reality and imagination, making you doubt your existing thinking and judgment, and keep asking if it is possible? is it possible? is it possible?
It's like "This Man From Earth", while you listen to "this man" talk about his experience over the fourteen thousand years, you have a voice in your heart telling you, hey, this is just a story with a strange setting, but at the same time , you have to admit that what he said can neither be falsified nor confirmed, so you are messy, and the atmosphere at this time becomes very mysterious.
The key is how to balance this reality and imagination.
So the problem with this film is that the reality side is aggravated, and the evidence that the child is from Mars has been downplayed again and again, and it has become a purely educational film discussing parent-child relationship. Although from this angle, it is quite touching, and there are also bright spots.
The original author, David Gerrold, is quite clever in grasping the balance point, and uses a lot of evidence to blur your sight. For example, according to his investigation, many people also think that they are Martians, and their description of how they came to the earth is quite Consistent; for example, Mars’ wish is flawless; for example, the first time he saw Dennis’s photo coincides with the time when Dennis made a wish for a father… You are gradually persuaded by these evidences, and in the end, of course, David will not give Come up with a definite answer, and let you indulge in that mysterious atmosphere. At the end, David said that it would be better to let Dennis make a wish for him to win a "Hugo Award". David got his wish, and at the same time won the two highest science fiction awards of "Nebula" and "Hugo"
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