In 2020, there will be a great impact on the film and television industry,
Many good movies have postponed the release time and production promotion time,
Also because of the delay, the expectation value of the film has gradually decreased, and the box office and word-of-mouth after the release have also hit the street, such as "A Quiet Place 2" and "The Conjuring 3".
But what about from another dimension?
In fact, this "near-apocalyptic model" once again gives the creators a new space for imagination.
"Kingdom", "Alive", "Alice at the Time of Death", and "Sweet Home" all have a taste of apocalyptic.
What does it feel like to be home quarantined, stock up on food, and have a curfew every night?
Although tortured, but really a bit of a sense of survival in the apocalypse, after all, you don't know which one will come first tomorrow and the accident,
In ordinary years, we are anxious about the future, but the "sense of the end of the world" gives us a sense of motivation to live in the present.
It is a pity that there are many apocalyptic dramas, but they lack a little taste of the scene;
And the documentary film on this subject also has a lot of high-quality works,
It's just a doomsday movie extended from the epidemic, but there is nothing new or profound.
Spitting or documentary, penetrating into the lives of small people or creating a depressed atmosphere, these are not too difficult, more difficult is based on reality to re-create.
In June 2021, another Netflix web series began broadcasting,
This drama is quite cute, but also has a sense of excitement and danger in the post-epidemic era.
In a post-epidemic era after human civilization has been severely damaged, human beings blame the disease and destruction on "mixed races".
How does a pair of boys with antlers survive and find the meaning of their own survival?
A simple juvenile fantasy drama that can be cute love + dark style, destined to have not too many audiences,
After all, the previous "Dark Matter Trilogy" has become a niche production that no one cares about.
And this time, the traffic of "Antler Boy" is quite good,
Fresh eyes, both cute and thought-provoking,
Cute and dark style are mixed together without violating it, suitable for audiences of all ages.
"The Antler Boy" is adapted from the popular DC Comics,
The original manga is full of dark style, but the TV version is too cute!
For example, the casting of the "Antler Boy" episode,
After all, it is the adventure and self-search story of the "Antler Boy",
The harmless appearance of this human being and the casting of the antler boy who frightens humans are of course very important
I can only say that Netflix's casting this time is really amazing,
The first episode extends from infancy to the growth line of a 10-year-old boy in childhood,
Furry blond curls, cute like a well-behaved golden retriever dog, the antlers on the top of the head with a sense of mystery, two ears moving around with the mood change.
Reiki is full of strong hearing ability and induction ability with elk,
Cute but not stupid, attractive but also has its own mysterious attributes of the sense of distance.
"Antlers Boy" is based on the post-epidemic era after the collapse of human beings because of the virus,
In the second episode, the light and shadow outside the window change when the psychologist is isolated alone in the room, and there is a strong sense of reality substitution.
It is such a profound feeling that I suddenly switch from modern civilization to know nothing about the outside world, as if I were in a different world, not knowing what day it is.
And the adult journey of the antler boy, in addition to warmth, is also full of a lot of danger and hostility,
Taken by dad to Yellowstone, he experienced a happy childhood that embraced nature but did not lose civilization, but witnessed his father being killed by humans outside the wall.
Although the paragraph where Dad was killed is not intuitively described, the atmosphere shaping is shocking.
The barbed wire was marked with red ribbon marks, and the signal of danger was unguarded.
And the main story of the little boy meeting a black strong man and going on the road since then has the long taste of a road movie.
The end of the world is not so much about fleeing, but rather about seeking, is the two-way redemption of the future of the staghorn boy and the past of the strong man soldiers.
Along the way, I met a very wary but also human kindness and generosity, and the family set a trap,
But also with dinner entertained the antlered boys and the strong soldiers.
Usually the first time I see a woman, a mother,
She was gentle and considerate, and the antler boy's eyes showed dependence,
For the first time in my life, I met a human boy of my own age, and for the first time I tasted friendship.
I have also seen first-hand the cruelty and anger of human beings, the encirclement and suppression of mixed races, and the terrible acts of human beings as commissions for themselves and their kind in the last days.
While there is no shortage of revelations about human nature, the spirit of "The Antler boy" is:
It shows the little boy's contact with others in the world delicate and silent,
Without large sections of dialogue or rendering, it can often hit the soft world of the audience in a small detail.
The father who taught himself cultural knowledge and survival skills, in order to choose an isolated life for himself,
In the eyes of the ignorant antler boy, perhaps sometimes, he is stubborn and mysterious,
He refuses to tell himself what the outside world is like, but in a dangerous moment, he will still use his life to protect himself.
There is no conventional pre-death accounting for the aftermath, and Dad's last words before he die are:
"I'm the luckiest father in the world because I've had a great time with a special boy for nine years."
In today's feminist mainstream, the affection between deep fatherly love and strange antlered boys is full of charm.
Every step of the antler boy's growth and breakthrough is also a step-by-step recognition of his father.
Echoing the line from "Me and Earl and the Dying Girl":
"After some people leave, it is actually the beginning of our re-acquaintance with them."
The interaction between the antler boy and the black uncle Tommy is also a stroke of God,
It is still a road trip of tough guys with cute babies, but the two-way redemption in the last days, in addition to cuteness, also has the deep meaning of marginalization,
A former star rugby player, once a bounty hunter with his hands stained in blood,
Lost in the meaning of survival in the last days, but was savored by the human voice of the antlered boy's open mouth, the mouth was improperly protected by the boy.
The relationship between the antler boy and the uncle is not simply dependent and dependent,
The antler boy has an innate spirituality, he has a super sense of perception, can help the uncle at key moments,
His courage, innocence, wisdom, and even the principle of barter are not a drag bottle on the road, but a kind of helping partner existence.
The antler boy meets the human family for the first time, without too many deep lines,
The eyes and details touch the hearts of the audience everywhere, and he looks at the eyes of the human mother, full of yearning, envy and strangeness.
Even the wary family had a kind of pity for this little boy.
But when hunters break into their homes late at night to take the antlered boys,
When the family of three hugged together in fear, and the antler boy hid in the shadows alone, his first reaction was:
"Gus, come over here."
At the juncture of temporary choice without preparation, kindness outweighs selfishness, and people's hearts are hit by a warm current.
The story of amy the psychiatrist in the side line, Reiki, and the reflections on the relationship between humans and nature,
A psychiatrist who "lost" himself before the Great Collapse, listening to the anxieties and complaints of his patients every day,
Suddenly, between the reinforced concrete urban jungle and the selfish complaints and trifles and emotional problems of human beings, I lost myself, lost my freedom and pursuit as a human being.
The end brought her a true sense of closure, but it also gave her the opportunity to be reborn.
Others see the devastated city, the loss of the Internet, the business world, she sees the freedom of animals, natural relaxation and burst of vitality.
Under the epidemic, the relationship between humans and animals is also a rather novel perspective.
"The Boy with the Antlers" although ostensibly cute children who love antlers to the series,
But unexpectedly mixed and matched a sense of depth that did not contradict it, human greed, human beings evolved the hope of self-help,
But he was also destroyed because of his own desires stupidity and arrogance;
The meaning of family, the coexistence between companions in the apocalypse, the apocalyptic escape manual of the virus.......
Apocalyptic fairy tales and thrillers, hey, welcome to this real world full of danger but also full of hope!