And how much trouble, from the sense of justice?
R Jun said
"You can't interfere in other people's lives like this.
Even if it's for the good of the other person.
You don't have to heal everyone who has passed you by on your path of growth. ”
(Mark. Levy, "The Man Who Stole the Shadow")
Just about to finish writing, I found that R Jun liked the little spider of "Dutch Brother" so much, and several of his Spider-Man movies wrote film reviews almost every one:
- 2017 "Homecoming": The new Spider-Man's career rookie road, do you understand?
- 2018 Parallel Universe: This year's Oscar for Best Animated Feature Film is none other than that
- 2019 Hero Expedition: Spider-Man: Hero Expedition: The world is too cruel to tolerate innocence
In fact, "Dutch Brother" 's "Spider-Man" series is also the most popular "Spider-Man" work, this "Hero Expedition" is not only the global box office champion in 2021 ($1.2175 billion), but also ranks 20th in the global film box office list; and his previous "Hero Expedition" also ranked 26th with a global box office of $1.13 billion;
And the best result of his predecessor's shooting was Toby. Maguire's Spider-Man 3, with 890 million worldwide, ranks 66th at the global box office.
Actually Sony invited Sam. Remy shoots Toby. Maguire's "Spider-Man" first also caused a global sensation, and thus made Sony the most profitable film company of the year.
However, contrast to Toby. Maguire, and later Andrew from The Amazing Spider-Man. Garfield, the "Dutch brother"'s MCU "Spider-Man" series is indeed closer to "the growth process of a North American teenager". He is not as entangled as the "Spider-Man" predecessors of the past, or sometimes a little stupid, even inflated, arrogant, and because of his simplicity and kindness, it is inevitable that people will feel pity.
In this "Heroes Of No Return", these characteristics are especially vividly expressed. For example, he has to find a way to help Ned and MJ to read MIT; and in the face of a bunch of major villains in the multiverse, he has to cure their various problems and send them back...
As mark at the beginning of the article. As Levy wrote in "The Man Who Stole the Shadow", many times, you manage too many things that should not be managed, and the result is naturally very costly.
Although the arrangement of "3 generations of Spider-Man in the same frame" is enough to brush up the feelings of new and old fans, but the little spider has lost this game, I am afraid that it is much more than what it gets... And it seems that the consequences will continue into the story of Doctor Strange 2....
False justice
In fact, the three "Spider-Man" stories of the MCU all carry a relatively cruel social reality:
- Return of the Hero: The Vulture begins as a subsistence clean-up engineering team who accidentally embarks on the path of a weapon technology dealer because he was robbed of his livelihood;
- "Hero Expedition": A team of "mystery guests" formed by a group of technicians who have been ignored and abandoned by Iron Man to take revenge, and finally turn the world upside down with excellent fraudulent means;
- "Heroes Don't Return": It is even more because the world believes the "mystery" accusations against Spider-Man, and listens to the media's incitement, and the little spider has to turn to magic, but because he has not considered it carefully and opened the multiverse; and because he tried to be a good person, he paid a painful price...
"Heroes Of No Return" actually continues the story of "Hero Expedition", because the "Mystery Guest" revealed the true identity of Spider-Man before his death, which led to the difficulty of Spider-Man's life.
You'll even see that when Spider-Man appears, there are people who throw paint at him, throw bricks... The motivation for all this is because they "feel" that the mysterion is a good person, and Spider-Man is actually the murderer of a good person.
From the perspective of God in our audience, the conclusion is of course very clear.
But think about what position you would take if you didn't know the story of Hero Expedition and relied solely on media coverage?
Here are a few well-known examples of media deliberately diverting public attention:
This is the third baby after Prince William and Princess Kate gave birth, and there are reports that "Prince William put up his middle finger to the media";
On March 21, 2003, the media filmed iraqi soldiers at gunpoint in the U.S. Marine Corps (the media used the leftmost picture, the actual photo was in the middle, and from left to right, different screenshots of the same photo completely reflect different attitudes and stories)
In the 2014 U.S. election, Hillary Clinton's election campaign in Omaha, Nebraska, gathered a large number of supporters (in fact, it may not add up to 100 people)
So, even if we believe that what we see and hear with our own eyes represents all the truth?
What's even more ridiculous is that it is estimated that many people actually don't even know who the "mystery guest" is, what they have done, so they have defined and punished Spider-Man's behavior, and even used this as an excuse to punish his life.
If it weren't for the fact that on the highway to the airport, the director of the MIT Admissions Committee personally experienced spider-man's desperate process of saving people, how could she not help but say: "You are a hero!" ”
In fact, most media, and even individuals, are in their own interests in interpreting or disseminating information. For example, the "Daily Horn Channel", which has always been against Spider-Man, is he really shouting for the public from a righteous standpoint? In fact, it is just to expect that I have enough user attention to get more benefits.
Therefore, we stand on the high ground of self-awareness, and our judgments about many things are actually incomplete and unobjective. And the various sources of information we rely on are also screened and even distorted by some positions. Based on this, what can we say about objectivity and fairness?
The world is often more complex than we think, and the fairness and justice we want to pursue are often being trampled upon by ourselves. The sense of justice you abuse today will be used against you tomorrow.
This is the harsh social truth.
Who can be sure that the justice they choose is the right one?
This time, the popularity of "Heroes Without Return" in the world, in fact, in addition to the flattering setting of "three generations of Spider-Man in the same frame", it does also coincide with some "political correctness" themes in overseas society. For example, to save the fate of others as much as possible, in the process at the same time to save some of their own difficulties.
If the little spider caused the problem of the parallel world because he did not think clearly about his own needs in advance, which caused Doctor Strange's spell to get out of control, then his insistence on rescuing these "evil people" who came beyond time and space brought quite painful losses, including the death of Aunt May, everyone's oblivion of him, the destruction of Happy's house, and even more unknown threats to parallel universes in the future (expected to continue into Doctor Strange 2), which is somewhat undeserved, and even blamed for himself.
In fact, as Doctor Strange has repeatedly warned, do not try to interfere with or even affect the events that occur in other universes in your own universe, which will destroy the natural balance and independence of each universe. With the vastness of the universe, individuals simply cannot know what kind of manipulation and change may affect and bring about consequences.
But in "Loki", Sylvia killed Con the Conqueror kang because of her own sense of justice, destroying the order of the multiverse and time management; (R Jun's film review: Loki's knife, opening the next stage of the Marvel Universe) And this time, because of the spider's sense of personal justice, affected the fate of the characters in the multiverse, how many unknown consequences will this bring?
Letting everything run around one's own preferences and values is, of course, the coolest thing. However, if such a cool, will bring more serious consequences, what will happen?
Even if "greater ability brings more responsibility", Spider-Man can find his own salvation in this great war, but is it worth sacrificing many innocent lives or bringing great destruction and risk?
mark. Levy said, "You don't need to heal everyone who has passed you by on the road to growth", and besides, how do you know that what you think is a medical outcome must be the right path and the best outcome for him?
Just as Aunt May advises Spider-Man to treat Dr. Green Devil. Her argument against Spider-Man was: "You're sending them back, not helping them, but just solving their own problems." ”。 However, if she knew in advance that she needed to take her life and forget the identity of Spider-Man for a rescue from the Green Devil, what would she choose?
So, standing on the moral high ground, without involving one's own interests, it is always easy to make a virgin position and choose. But in fact, the "just choice" that does not consider any consequences and costs is a hooliganism.
"3 spiders in the same frame" is of course very cool, but the price is to lose all the friends and relatives, is it worth it?
This may be worth everyone watching Spider-Man: Heroes Of No Return and thinking about it.
R Jun, March 18, 2022, in Shanghai.
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