Well, I'm rubbing ultraman's heat again, what's going on this time? Wasn't the prologue to Otter Galaxy Fight: Clash of Fates updated at the end of last month, and today, we're going to talk about a controversial plot that appears in the prologue.
First of all, let's talk about the reason for the incident, it turns out that in the prologue, there is a scene of Tyro and Zoffe kneeling to the king of O, because this shot caused dissatisfaction among some fans.
This part of the fans believe that this is a manifestation of ideological regression, after all, the Ultraman of the Showa period did not have such an operation (the Otter brothers also shook hands with the O-king and showed respect), not to mention, the O-king is not a king in the strict sense, more like a symbol, and, now, what era is it, still engaged in the old feudal set? This really surprised many viewers who had illusions about the Land of Light...
I still agree with this part of the fans, although, in the existing setting, it is true that it has not been very specific about what kind of system the Otter Star operates, but the overall performance of the Otter Star in the past can be said to be a highly civilized ideal country.
Such an ideal country with a high degree of civilization actually came up with a kneeling salute? This is really not in line with the rules of the natural development of society. Perhaps, the land of light in the hearts of screenwriter Ashiki and director Sakamoto is actually the existence of Wakanda?
Here, I don't want to discuss whether this plot is intentional or unintentional, after all, this kind of problem may increase in the future, but I want to discuss with you, what is the root cause of these controversies?
I'll start by coming to my own conclusion: all of this is the curse of Ultraman's loss of divinity.
Let's think about it, what kind of existence is Ultraman?
Originally broadcast in 1966, Ultraman tells this story:
While piloting an airplane patrol, Hayata jr. team members who belong to the "Science Task Force" found a red sphere chasing the blue sphere, and the red sphere accidentally hit Hayata's plane, causing Hayata to die.
However, Hayata, who had already sacrificed, was sucked into the red sphere and encountered Ultraman, who came to Earth from the M78 Nebula and came to Earth in pursuit of the cosmic monster Bermura (ベムラー).
Ultraman, who feels guilty for hurting humans, decides to become one with Hayata and gives his life to Hayata in order to compensate. As a result, the two began to cooperate with the scientific search team to fight together to defend the peace of the earth.
Although the title of the film is "Ultraman", but it is a human story, when humans can not defeat evil independently, Ultraman as a mechanical séance-like existence, to solve all this, this series of plots are full of thinking about human nature, which makes the long-term call for everyone to face Ultraman is not only a child can watch the sound.
In the past, the creators have given Ultraman divinity and cast a veil of mystery on him, even if the next few works have enriched the setting of the M78 Nebula Land of Light, but it is only a dragonfly, we still do not know the true face of Lushan, so everyone is full of fantasies about Ultraman and the Country of Light.
When later creators took over the Ultraman series, in order to expand the so-called more possibilities, they began to constantly deconstruct the Ultraman world, or consciously or unconsciously, gradually pulled Ultraman off the altar, and ultraman's group became larger and larger, and at the same time, it also had more humanity.
Giving Ultraman more humanity is both an advantage and a disadvantage.
I have to admit that letting Ultraman de-divinize and personify does make Ultraman more "approachable", from this point of view, it is indeed an advantage, but if Ultraman is no different from humans in addition to being more powerful than humans, then it is inevitable that people will ask questions like Torrekia: Since it is not a god, it is also necessary to play the identity of God? Why intervene in the development of other planets? Is Ultraman really righteous?
The ideas presented in the work, in fact, from a certain level, also reflect the creator's life experience, after all, there is a paradox, people are unable to create things they have not seen, the so-called imagination, in fact, is a patchwork of elements of real things, today's creators' experience is far less than those who have experienced post-war life of the first generation of creators on life.
It is no wonder that today's Ultraman series is beginning to be difficult to see masterpieces, such as "Zeta Ultraman" such acclaim and popularity, as if short-lived, Ultraman series in the plot, the overall trend has become conventional.
In this way, the "just a film and television drama, watch Ultraman is a music" the sound of the original claim that "you should think about the plot of Ultraman", and the position occupied by Ultraman's series has changed before and after this, which is really funny.
Therefore, in the future, the quarrel about ultraman's worldview will only increase, and will not decrease with the passage of time, which is the challenge for the creators of Round Valley after pulling Ultraman off the altar.
Of course, this is just my own family's words, if you have any views on this article, welcome to leave a message below the comment area.
That's all for this issue, I'm a Night Crow, and if we get the chance, we'll see you next time!