What is a hero? ——Appreciation of the movie "Justice League: Flashpoint Paradox"

Crawford 2021-12-26 08:01:36

The latest DC animation film "Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox" (Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox), adapted from the DC event "Flashpoint", is widely acclaimed and is a relatively well done one in the Justice League animation. This animation is thought-provoking, touching, and endless after watching it. It is really a rare masterpiece of DC in the past few years. Finally, after the glory of the live-action movie, the pace of DC animation has also followed, which is really gratifying.

Central City Central City
Mirror Master (Master Mirror), Captain Boomerang (Captain Boomerang), Captain Cold (Captain Cold), Peak Man (The Top), Heat Wave (Heat Wave) and other villains besieged and trapped the Flash. The reverse lightning appeared, and the time bombs that could not be turned off were placed on the villains and the Flash. The unforgettable hatred for the Flash urged him to die together or kill the Flash.
There was a loud bang in the sky, and all members of the Justice League gathered, taking away the villains with bombs stuck on their bodies.
Captain Atom took the Cyborg and Boomerang captain and flew to the high altitude far away from the human track. The steel bone extended a cable from the palm of his hand to crack the line of the bomb.
Wonder Woman takes Captain Frozen to the primitive deep forest and uses Captain Frozen's freezing gun to dissolve the bomb.
Aquraman threw the Pinnacles into the sea and used ultrasound to control the circuit where tens of thousands of bacteria in the sea gnawed bombs.
Superman’s method is the simplest. He takes the heat wave to the top of the mountain and covers the bomb with his hands until the bomb explodes in the palm of his hand—it's just a tickling.
Green Lantern directly took the Mirror Master and Batman to space, allowing Batman to peel off the bomb with his superb skills.
The Flash destroyed the bomb with the help of the shock wave from the rapid vibration of his arm.
Although these criminals are full of evil, they are still life after all. The superheroes of the Justice League put their lives and deaths out of their lives. They sincerely cooperated and cooperated with each other to give unlimited trust to their companions. They tried their best to resolve the crisis at the very moment and save countless beings from the fire and water.
All of the above wonderful scenes are just a prelude, and they are the indispensable fuse for the Flash to trigger the "Flashpoint" event.
When the next-generation Flash Barry Allan (Barry Allan) was very young, his mother was killed by robbers, and lost the heart-wrenching feeling of losing the closest relatives, making Barry often fall into deep self-blame Among them: If I can run faster, I can rush home to save my mother. By chance, by chance, thunder and lightning combined with the effects of chemicals, Barry Allen became the Flash—the fastest man in the world. However, no matter how many lives are saved, it will not make up for the pain of his bereavement. The long-term miss for his mother, coupled with the provocation when the flashpoint was arrested, inspired the strongest desire in his heart, that is, to reverse time and space and change history.
The Flash originally thought to help his mother, but only changed the timeline after that. However, in fact, the Flash broke the time limit and produced a space-time explosion. The ripples produced by the explosion will gradually radiate to the surroundings, causing the past, present, and future history to be completely rewritten. This is the so-called butterfly effect. The moment the Flash returned to the past, a parallel universe was created.
As a result, the origin of the heroes has undergone earth-shaking changes.
Kansas, in the small town of Smallville,
Jonathan Kent and Martha Kent drove a truck on a country road. In mid-air, along with billowing smoke, a Krypton spacecraft whizzed past their heads and smashed into a nearby road. Metropolis (Metroplis). After the shocking noise, a large hole with a diameter of several hundred meters appeared on the ground, and all the surrounding houses were destroyed. The government quickly dispatched personnel to take away Kal-El, who was a baby in the spacecraft and monk.
Gothan City
In that notorious crime alley, gunshots rang and young Bruce Wayne fell into a pool of blood, the light gradually disappearing from his eyes. An angry Thomas Wayne beat the criminal to death. The panicked Martha Wayne held her son's body for a long time. This is, a very strange thing happened: she wiped her son's blood on her mouth, her lips twisted by pain suddenly opened wide, and there was a terrible laughter in her throat-she was insane and transformed. Become a clown. And Thomas Wayne became the cruel Batman, the vengeful knight. The spacecraft of Green Lantern Abin Sur in the


coastal city Coastal City
crashed to the sea, and experts sent by the government quickly surrounded it. Somehow, after Abin Se died, the green light ring flew directly to the vast sky. As a result, Hal Jordan has no chance to become the Green Lantern.
On this timeline, it is the Atlantis and Amazon tribes that dominate the fate of the world. Once a rare life, the kind and friendly Neptune became a cruel and cruel tyrant here. The generous, cheerful and charming Wonder Woman turned into a murderous devil.
The crisis of the world began with the marriage of two super races. Amazon's princess, Wonder Woman married the King of Seven Seas. In the bridal chamber, they are happy and lingering. However, Sea King’s original wife, Mera, was so jealous that she attacked Wonder Woman and was unfortunately taken the first rank by Wonder Woman. The grief-stricken Sea King led the Aquarium to war with the Amazons. They wantonly ravaged the territory of mankind. Wherever the war spread, the homes of the people were destroyed, the cities were turned into dust, and the world was changed.
Tenacious humans will not stand idly by. The fearless reporter Lois Lane secretly contacted superpowers to engage in underground resistance. The steel frame representing the government is also actively contacting superheroes everywhere. In this age of war, whether you are a good person or a villain, as long as you contribute to the cause of resistance-you are a hero.
Hal Jordan is still an unknown pilot. Although the timeline has changed, there are still inextricable connections after all. Hal failed to become the Green Lantern, and the favor of fate made him be ordered to pilot Abin Se's alien fighter to fight the water monster in Atlantis. As a result, Hal and the sea monster died together. He used his short life to light up the most dazzling brilliance of the night sky. Hal Jordan is still worthy of respect. There are countless such unknown people in our lives who are willing to dedicate their lives. Each of them is a hero.
Back to the Flash, when he used his superpower to run at high speed to break the barriers of time and space, he caused some intermittent loss of memory. His mother is still alive, but he has lost his superpowers. He attributed all these changes to reverse lightning. Barry Allen found Batman Thomas Wayne, told him about Bruce Wayne in the normal timeline, and gained trust. Barry's first task is to reproduce the accident that year and restore his superpowers.

The first experiment ended in failure. Lightning smashed Barry as if it were on the outside and tender on the inside. Only by relying on the old bat's superb medical skills did he get his life back. Barry was unyielding and sat in the electric chair again. The English proverb goes "Lightning never strikes twice in the same place." Barry just doesn't believe in this evil. This kind of spirit of seeing death as home is moving. After the second lightning and thunder, everything in the world, even the light, slowed down before Barry's eyes. The Flash is finally reborn!

Surrounded by powerful enemies, the Flash believes that the only hope to save mankind is the body of steel, the last son of Krypton-Superman. Through the steel frame, they found the place where Superman was imprisoned. Deep in the ground, the huge and heavy metal goalkeeper Superman is isolated from the world. This is the real sense and belongs to the lonely fortress of Superman.

They found Karl El, who was curled up on the ground, scrawny, dull-eyed, and confused. Being locked in the ground without seeing the sun all day, the brutal trials and torture of the government departments made Superman lose his former heroic appearance. Steel bone was dumbfounded, the old bat was dumbfounded, and the Flash was even more stunned. What can we expect from such a superman? "We are your friends." Ganggu said happily, a warm current hitting Superman's heart that had been sealed for many years, and he remembered the guys who risked him to rescue him.

Everyone struggled to lift Superman to the surface. The long-lost yellow sun! Suddenly, every pore of Superman opened to his heart's content, breathing fresh air eagerly. Every cell of Superman is arbitrarily bathed in sunlight, scrambling to absorb the sun's rays. Finally, energy filled the whole body. The setting sun sprinkled gold, illuminating the sea with sparkling waves, and the pulsating waves, like golden little spirits jumping flexibly, this scene, like a fairyland, really is the setting sun infinitely good. Superman slowly ascended into the sky, pillowed with golden sunlight, as sacred, noble, and eternal like a god. At that moment, the greatest superhero we knew seemed to be back.

All the good things in the world are just dream bubbles, illusory and unreal. The sound of guns from government forces instantly shattered this beautiful scene. Seeing that "friends" were all knocked to the ground, Superman became angry, and his hot sight gushed out! Wherever he went, his body evaporated, and all the ships exploded. Superman who has just acquired the ability cannot control it well. All around was silent and lifeless, Superman looked at the corpses all over the floor in horror, and flew away. The "S" who represented hope just left.
Hope is the most indispensable thing for heroes, and is the spiritual motivation for them to continue to struggle. The Flash decided to assemble a few superheroes to save the world.
The Atlantis and Amazons put their full combat power into the final battle in the ruined London. Both sides were merciless, hurting the killer, killing the corpses all over the field, devastated. At the same time, the resistance army appeared. Steel bones, old bats, and the Flash entangled Aquaman, and Wonder Woman confronted Captain Marvel.

In the orthodox timeline, the orphan Billy Batson (Billy Batson) lived a poor life by selling money. One night Billy was led to a magical underground cave and met an ancient wizard. The wizard recognized his courage and kindness, and gave Billy 6 kinds of wealth-Solomon (Solomon) wisdom, Hercules (Hercules) power, Atlas (Atlas) perseverance, Zeus (Zeus) The ability, the courage of Achilles, the speed of Mercury. These make Billy a superhero with magical abilities-SHAZAM.
In the flashpoint timeline, these six abilities are borne by six teenagers, which means that Captain Magic needs six children to appear together. Facing the Magic Captain who is no less powerful than Superman, Wonder Woman fell into a hard fight, so she resorted to a secret trick and used the mantra lasso to force the captain to turn back into six children. Then, the bloodiest and most shocking scene of the show appeared: Wonder Woman slaughtered these defenseless children inhumanely! Looking at Billy's dull and hollow eyes, I couldn't help taking a breath. It is no exaggeration for this animation to be rated as R.

Reverse lightning appeared, and it was the enemy who met, extremely jealous. Lightning and Inverse Lightning launched a speed race, a red shadow, a yellow shadow, the two moved around, you come and go, the picture is very impact and speed, enough to leave a famous movie history. The Flash, who had just regained his ability, was not yet an opponent of Reverse Lightning, and was eventually beaten to the ground. While using Lightspeed Fist to destroy Barry's body, Ni Lightning told him the amazing fact: The reason why the earth has become completely unrecognizable is all because of his unauthorized tampering of history.
The old bat has been seriously injured, and the sea king's trident is also aimed at the heart of the steel bone. At this critical moment of survival, Superman reappeared, a hot line of sight directly cut off Neptune's sturdy arm, and then a mouthful of frozen gas, and Neptune was blown away without a trace. hero! friend! In Superman's concerned eyes, Steel Bone swallowed one last breath.
The corpses of Atlantis and Amazons filled the world. Seeing all this, Aquaman understood that the so-called war is a product of competition. Victory will not bring honor, nor will there be rewards. Victory is based entirely on the piles of corpses, on the separation of wives and ions, and the separation of people from their relatives. This blood-stained victory has no meaning at all.
It was too late, Wonder Woman's sword penetrated Aquaman's body, and when he had the last breath, Aquaman detonated Captain Atom, who had been imprisoned for a long time.
A huge flash of light illuminates the world, and the nuclear explosion spreads rapidly. According to this trend, the entire earth will be transformed into dust in the universe in the nuclear explosion. The chain reaction caused by a little selfishness of his own actually destroyed the earth, and the Flash was shocked. Inverse lightning was headshot by the old bat with a pistol to the effect. With only a breath left, Thomas Wayne warned the Flash that the only way to save the world was to stop the world from continuing, and that the Flash must repair this history. Before he died, he gave Barry a letter.
The nuclear explosion continues to expand, devouring every inch of land, time is pressing, and no hesitation is allowed. Flash, let's run!
Despite his serious injury, our Barry Allen gritted his teeth and insisted on running with all his strength! His speed is getting faster and faster, turning into a meteor, turning into a ray of light, even if it is Superman, he can only sigh at this speed. The speed force kept surging out of him, so the Flash entered the time tunnel.
Barry Allen is full of potential and runs desperately. Finally, in the tunnel of light and shadow, he saw another red figure running fast in front of him, and the lightning produced by the speed force kept circling the red shadow, crackling. This is no one else, but Barry Allen who tried to change history and save his mother in the past. The Flash caught up with the Flash of the past! The exit was right in front of them. Both Barry Allen saw the mother who was putting candles on the birthday cake, and the gangster approaching behind. One is trying to save the mother for selfish desires, the other is trying to stop oneself in order to save mankind from danger. Barry Allen came from behind, jumped hard, and hugged Barry Allen!


"Mom, I'm sorry." The
timeline returned to normal.
In Gotham City, Bat Cave
Barry delivers Thomas Wayne's autograph letter to Bruce Wayne. Here we see that Batman, who has always been unsmiling and does not easily express his emotions in front of them, shed tears. What kind of letter is this? I would like to transcribe as follows:
Dear Son
There's only one thing I know about life.
I know some things happen by chance,
And some things happen because we make them happen.

Barry Allen was a man haunted by his past.
But when he became the Flash, he left the ghosts behind.
He found love. A Family. Friends.
Barry thought yesterday was behind him...
...But somebody wouldn't let him escape it.

When Barry came to me for help, I turned him away.
I'm not the hero of this story.
I'm a man who's been corrupted by his own unbearable pain, I'm a man who has too much blood on his hands to be called good.
I 'm a man who had nothing to live for...
...until the day I met the Flash.

The first time I met Barry Allen, I nearly killed him.
Like I said, I'm not the hero of this story .

Love Always
Your Father
Thomas

:

I only know one thing about life.
I know that some things happen by accident, and some are caused by us.

Barry Allen has been haunted by the past.
But since he became the Flash, he has forgotten those unpleasant memories.
He found true love, family, and friends.
Barry thought he had escaped the shadow of the past, but some people would not let him escape the cruel reality.

When Barry asked me for help, I turned him away.
I am not the protagonist of this story.
I am just a person corrupted by pain that I cannot bear.
I'm just a person who is called a good person with blood on his hands.
I am a person who has no nostalgia for life.
Until that day I met the Flash.

The first time I met Barry, I almost killed him.
Just like I said, I’m not the protagonist of this story.

Your father
Thomas.
This letter seems to talk about Barry Allen throughout, but we all know that, Batman who has experienced the pain of bereavement, whether he is Bruce Wayne or Thomas Wayne, speaks roundabouts, so that he can reflect his IQ. Baidu Batman Bar has a specific analysis of this letter, I think it is in place, and the right to quote it as follows:
I only know one thing about life, I know that some things happen accidentally (alluding to the correct timeline that the grandparents were killed. ), and some things happen because of us. (
Referring to Barry's change of the timeline leading to the wrong time and space, leading to the old lady 's summary of the event) Barry Allen was once haunted by the past, but since becoming the Flash, he has left all unpleasant memories behind. (Tell the master not to live in the shadow of bereavement all day like an old man)
He has found true love, a family, and a friend. (It means that the heroes should unite and love, don't fall apart like the flash point line, this is the lesson of the old man and the care for the son)
Barry felt that the shadows of the past had finally left him, but some people would not let him escape the cruel reality. When Barry asked me for help, I turned him away. (Referring to the psychological shadow of the old man losing his son, which made him unable to face life and develop a heroic career normally)
I am not the protagonist of this story, I am just a person corrupted by unbearable pain, and I am just a hand covered with blood And people who are called good people. (Tell the master not to think too much of yourself, to live well, people are imperfect)
I am a person who has no nostalgia for life until the day I met the Flash. The first time I met Barry Allen, I almost killed him, as I said, I am not the protagonist of this story. (The old man believes that his son will be more accomplished than himself, as long as the son is happy, the old man is willing to rest in peace)


What a sincere letter this is, the old bat's love for his son is fully expressed. No wonder the hard-faced Batman shed tears, even if we were outside the incident, we couldn't help but be moved. As a result of this letter, the DC event "Flashpoint" or the animation "Flashpoint Paradox" has been sublimated to an unprecedented height, with a fresh and just breath coming, and this is exactly what we are after. .
Superhero animation is not a naive product. On the contrary, with the help of animation, it will intuitively convey the philosophy of being kind, selfless, optimistic and open-minded to readers' minds, and we can use this to establish a correct outlook on the world and life. A person who likes superheroes has been affected by the ears and eyes for a long time, and he will look at the world with a tolerant heart. His mind and heart should be higher than those around him.
"Justice League: Flashpoint Paradox" this animation continues the dark tone of DC in recent years. In the film, killing is everywhere, and hope was once so slim. The bloody picture further contrasts how hard it is to have a happy ending. The Zen master Xiyun Phellodendron amurense has a poem: It’s not cold to the bones, how can the plum blossoms smell fragrant. The description here is the most appropriate.
A hero, who is not selfish, has the world in his heart, and makes the world a better place with his own ability, whether it is his hometown or not. Whether it’s the Justice League at the beginning of the movie or the Flash at the end of the movie race against time, they have completely forgotten their personal safety. All they care about is the suffering of sentient beings. This is the most important thing about "all actions are impermanent, all laws have no self". Good portrayal. What they did is in line with the doctrine of "do not do all evil, do all the good, and purify oneself." As the saying goes, the unborn evil makes no life, the evil that has been done makes the judgment; the good that has been done increases, the good that is not born comes to life. Consciously realize that he loves the world greatly and compassionately sentient beings, this bodhisattva way too.
Having done this, even mortals are also heroes.

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  • Garnet 2022-04-23 07:03:11

    Very exciting, but Arthur's image is too uncle... The father-son relationship between Lao Bat and his son is very touching. Shouchao's counterattack is also very touching. The green arrow is the green arrow. Lightning's last run is so cool. It can be a real script.

  • Damaris 2022-03-26 09:01:09

    Superman's shape is so embarrassing.

Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox quotes

  • The Flash: [about Flash's Mother] I just wanted to save her.

    Professor Zoom: Her hero; how noble. Oh, wait! You didn't stop JFK from getting assassinated or make sure Hitler stayed in art school. You saved your mommy. You missed her.

    [starts kicking Flash]

    Professor Zoom: And in a supreme act of selfishness shattered history like a rank amateur, turned the world into a living hell moments away from destruction and *I'm* the villain?

  • Batman: Judge Dent was kidnapped last night. Where did the Joker take him?

    Yo-Yo: Even if I did know, it wouldn't do you any good, Bats. He's probably already dead.

    Batman: Then so are you.

    [Batman throws Yo-Yo off the roof]