Merry Christmas!
Tonight, everyone will gather around the fire and listen to a fairy tale.
This fairy tale is called "Rabbit Republic".
it is a 4-episode animated drama jointly produced by the BBC and Netflix.
It tells the legendary story of a group of rabbits who have overcome many difficulties to establish their territory.
This film chose to be released on the eve of Christmas Eve this year .c.
On Christmas Day 1972, the original Rabbit Republic was released in the Uk.
At the time of the first edition, only a pitiful 2500 copies were sold.
In 1974, The New York Times selected it as one of the seven most meaningful books, along with George Orwell's Animal Farm.
In 1978, its animated film "Watership Heights" was released, and when it was broadcast in the United Kingdom, it was criticized by the media for being too bloody and inappropriate for children.
On Christmas Eve 2016, the original author, Richard Adams, died at the age of 96.
The story of the rabbit, the secret and Christmas.
During his lifetime, Adams wrote nearly twenty works of children's literature.
But "The Rabbit Republic" is more like a fairy tale written for adults.
Original author: Richard Adams
In this fairy tale, the great sun god created the world.
The sun god gave the rabbits strong legs, sensitive ears, and also arranged many natural enemies for the rabbits.
There are foxes, weasels, eagles, cats, dogs, etc.
Human beings, needless to say, are the natural enemies of all animals.
But their greatest enemy is themselves.
At this point, rabbits are the same as humans, and human predators are also human beings.
Toto is a weak but predictable rabbit.
It had a keen sense that the territory in which they were now located would face a catastrophe.
Dodo finds the Rabbit Commanders (known as the Elite Rabbits), but the Commanders don't believe it.
So it finds hazelnuts that have both thought and leadership.
Toto and Hazelnut convince a group of rabbits to venture with them in search of a "peach orchard" that belongs to a field of rabbits.
When they were about to leave, the Elite Rabbit stopped them.
These elite rabbits, like feudal rulers, did not allow the hazelnut team to leave without permission.
The story staged the first act , the rebellion.
Although they are also rabbits, the hazelnut team is invincible to these strong elite rabbits, so they only have to escape.
The team formed by hazelnuts is not good, but in the end it is still in order to survive and cooperate with each other.
They used their tricks to cross the river and evaded the elite rabbits.
After that, Hazelnut and his team found a new meadow.
Here, there are other rabbits under the management, there is a safe place to live, there are delicious carrots...
At this time, Duo Duo noticed again: There is such a good thing under the heavens!
It turned out to be a human trap, a place dedicated to luring and catching hares.
The first fighting force of the team, LongHair, was almost strangled by the rope of the trap.
With death at any time, what carrot do you want?
It's a weird nest of comfort!
Hazelnut took the team and trekked again.
They eventually found a place— the Watersip Wasteland.
This is considered to have a stable base, and after checking the safety of the environment, they have settled down.
At this time, Captain Holly, who had organized them, brought news that the former residence had been destroyed by humans.
Now it is believed that Many's prophecies are correct.
After establishing a territory, the rabbits had a problem again.
This is a real problem — the regime has just been established, it is poor and it lacks resources.
For example, almost all the male rabbits escaping from the original territory and hazelnuts are male rabbits, and very few female rabbits.
Hazelnut decides to split the soldiers in two ways to find the female rabbit.
All the way to the cage of man.
After battling cats and people, Hazelnut took a group of domesticated rabbits with him.
During this time, their partners suffered casualties and staged a rabbit version of The Walking Dead.
The other way for the rabbits was to the nearby Afrafa territory.
The lord of this territory was a terrible dictator.
He called himself "General of the Cured Grass".
The wounded grass does not treat the rabbit's injury, but only adds to the rabbit's injury.
Its model of rule is similar to Orwell's "1984."
Every rabbit must be obedient. Do not assemble at will, do not disobey orders.
The hazelnut team hopes to take a batch of female rabbits from the leader of the wounded grass.
This move is tantamount to conspiring with the tiger.
They did not succeed, but their turmoil broke the dictatorship of "1984".
General Cursusa wants to kill the hazelnut team.
Now the two rabbits are about to fight a decisive battle.
Hazelnut democracy vs dictatorship to cure wounded grass...
Is the final ending a good ending?
This answer, there is no need for spoilers.
In this film, although every rabbit is difficult to recognize, the rabbits' personalities are still very distinct.
Humans have humanity, rabbits have "animal nature." ”
The most noteworthy is the leader of the Rabbit Clan, Hazelnut.
This rabbit is very big picture.
It understands that if it is a leader, if it makes a wrong decision, many rabbits will die.
Leaders have a completely different level of responsibility from the people.
It needs to be like the American team in Marvel, and it must be considered comprehensively when making decisions.
An injured bird descended on rabbit territory, and the other rabbits said they didn't need to be ignored.
But hazelnut can negotiate terms with it —
It knew that the bird would be of great help to it later.
And this bird lived up to expectations.
Open the birds' "God perspective" and help them find the female rabbit.
Finally, you can join the hazelnut team and fight together in the storm.
In addition to the big picture, Hazelnut is also a great orator.
"I became a leader, not to make you follow me, but to make you follow each other."
This kind of speech is really deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and the old rabbit (surname) is willing to mix with it.
This rabbit, really charming.
Rabbits, because of such a leader, have the courage to fight for freedom.
They rebelled in prison, singing songs of freedom.
Seeing this clip, I remembered that there was another name for this story, called "The Rabbit Flying to the Moon".
Every time they run to survive, it's like they're bathed in moonlight.
As long as you recognize the way forward, you will never stop.
Well, today's fairy tale, let's talk about it first.
The fire of the fireplace has gradually become smaller.
The story about this rabbit, the anime and the original book are all worth watching.
Can't help but mischievously spoil the end of the story, is a very warm ending.
After all, I hope you can also sleep warmly on Christmas night.