Some thoughts on "The Value of Fifteen Millions"

Anibal 2022-04-22 07:01:02

Although you know that every episode of Black Mirror is going to surprise you, you can never guess where the gods turned. Of course, using the word God's turning point seems a little out of place. As a highly recommended TV drama, each episode creates a huge space for thinking.
When the male protagonist first appeared, his decadent, walking corpse-like appearance was quite eye-catching. This is just a small enlargement of life. Aren't we living like walking corpses? Are we clear about what we want to pursue after we have cast aside our desires? I can't help but wonder, why are we born and why do we exist? What is the meaning of our birth? From childhood to adulthood, we were indoctrinated to love the motherland and contribute to society, but what is the point of all this? Life is fleeting, and what we do for the happiness of our children and descendants is nothing but repeating the mistakes of a lifetime. Come and go clean, empty, and the pursuit of happiness in life is more like self-deception. After a busy life, looking back on the years, where can I follow?
Besides, is the so-called real real? Is the world we live in really illusory, as the Matrix says? What we pursue, whether it is worldly fame and fortune or noble dreams, and social progress, are not all just illusory illusions?
However, what is real? What we see and hear is different. Regardless of how the world looks different in the eyes of different creatures, that is, everyone has a thousand perceptions of the world. The so-called dharma of all things is like a dream bubble, like dew, like electricity, and should be viewed in this way.
It's a bit too far, let's talk about the direct feelings of "The Value of Fifteen Millions".
Impressive about advertising, the content of advertising is often easy to indulge, and the cost of removing advertising, it seems that it is more cost-effective to accept advertising. Our lives are also full of such "advertising", not only those visible ones, but every person, thing, and thing you come into contact with, bit by bit, are all such advertisements that cannot be removed. They will always affect us subtly. The right to choose is often unavailable.
I can understand the final choice of the heroine. We can attribute her choice to the effect of the drink. The invisible control is real, and we can also attribute it to her own desire. It will change because of the environment, and there is also desire. Otherwise, how can it be said that human nature is inherently evil, and how can it be said that society is a big dye vat?
It is understandable that the male protagonist's choice, he put down his weapon, chose to integrate into the falsehood he originally despised, chose to live in a bigger house that he hated, lived under a better program, and chose to help falsehood grow. He didn't drink the drink, which we can understand is his truest choice. However, this seemingly unreasonable choice is actually the most reasonable choice. Why did he make himself pay the price of blood and tears? What can he get for this price? What can I get for myself? The courage to raise a knife may be just based on an emotion called grief and anger. When the opportunity to change a difficult life arises, the existence of this emotion seems to be worthless. We have no position to criticize, because we are very likely to do the same, just like you said that you hate traitors, but if you were born in that era, if you have the opportunity to get rid of the pain in front of you, I am afraid you will be very happy, even Grateful to do what I once hated. What's more, maybe the male protagonist has found a better substitute, another better expression of the truth he pursues, that forest, may it be real. All kinds of past, beautiful or painful, just like the penguin that was put up, it is just a memory of leisure time. The courage and selflessness shown by the people who choose to charge without action deserve our eternal praise and memory. It is they who have promoted the change of society.
Sometimes hard work can't be repaid. The girl who has a crush on the male lead, no matter what she does, whether changing her hairstyle or helping the male lead, can't attract his attention, because he doesn't see him, he is depressed Feeling unreal. I don’t know if the male protagonist said what the girl once said and used the knowledge that the girl told him to survive and chase his dreams, would he have a little familiarity, a little gratitude, and a little memory? I want to say, isn't this a true expression of what the male protagonist has been pursuing? The truth around him never paid attention to because he didn't want to. How much have we missed by chasing?
I always feel that all movies often have such a cruel truth. The white-haired girl waited for such a long time, practiced hard, and cursed at reality, but it could not change the judge's denial. This is not just to say that we need to find the right direction and use the right method. The only way to change one's life in the show is to participate in the talent show. Is it suitable for everyone to participate in the talent show? Just as worldly success is always defined that way, we confine ourselves and others to the narrow path on the edge of the cliff, and push other good and other successes into the abyss. But can the road to success be so narrow? Of course not, talent, class, status, money, etc., everyone's equipment is worlds apart. With the innate advantages and the support given by the family, the hero and heroine easily obtained things that she may not be able to achieve in her life. The three judges, from the very beginning, had the right to sit there and decide the fate of others. This is reality, the product of tens of thousands of years of survival and development, or it may be the law that existed from the very beginning, from the birth of the world. I admire the girl's efforts and persistence, but no matter what path the girl chooses, whether to give up or persevere, it is her own choice. We have no reason or position to interfere, we can only respect it.
Hey, hey, it's useless to say anything, life goes on, hehe.

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  • Kenny: [sobbing] They filmed me.

    Hector: Filmed you...

    Kenny: Through my computer camera.

    Hector: What, like, filmed you?

    Kenny: Yeah, like, you know, doing it.

    Hector: Like sex?

    Kenny: No. Like, you... you know.

    Hector: Jerking off. Jerking off to porn or something? Well, everyone does that. The fucking pope probably does that.