In the field of American dramas, there is a person who has been scolded all year round -
Jonathan Nolan.
Jonathan Nolan (right) with older brother Christopher Nolan
The Nolan brothers were born with big brains.
And they all prefer brain-burning suspense and science fiction.
Among them, the younger brother is better at screenwriting.
There was previously the "Suspect Tracking" series.
Later, there was the "Westworld" series.
are all popular hits written by Nolan.
He also has a habit of digging pits, and people give the title "pit king".
Over the past 6 years, the ending of "Suspect Tracking" is still heartbreaking.
Broadcast for 4 seasons, "Westworld" continues to go low and dig new holes.
Even so, fans are as happy to see his work as if they were PUA.
While scolding "digging a hole and not filling it", he opened the new drama to watch.
Commentary under the fifth season of "Suspect Tracking"
Now, he has launched a new drama.
The painting style is unique and the reputation is good.
Douban scored 8.8 and IMDb 8.5, which is quite capable of playing in the recent newly opened American dramas.
Whether it's a pit or not.
We still have to jump——
"Edge World"
The Peripheral
The heroine of this play is Chloë Moretz.
At the age of 13, she starred in "Super Killer" in "King Haibian", which became popular all over the world.
Appearance and skill can both fight, a proper beauty killer.
The characters in "Edge World" are more like a super evolved version of Super Killer.
More beautiful and cooler, cooler and more fightable.
is to beg some netizens to stop bringing her to Yang Mi.
It is worth mentioning that Nolan is only a producer in this show.
Although he did not write the script himself, this film still has a strong Nolan style.
The story of "Edge World" takes place in the year 2032.
The heroine, Furin (Chloë Moretz), works in a 3D printing shop.
In this world, almost everything can be 3D printed.
Her brother makes a living playing games.
Put on your VR gear every day and enter the game to immerse yourself in the level.
However, his level is not as strong as his sister Furin.
The two live with their mother.
The mother suffered from a brain tumor and was blind, and her days were numbered.
The family was stretched thin, and even the money to buy medicine for my mother was tight.
Suddenly, one day, my brother received a new job.
A company gave him a new VR headset to experience a game.
Well paid.
The longer you play, the more you earn.
This is a good opportunity for them to make money.
To be on the safe side, Flin enters the game in place of her brother.
As soon as she entered the game, she found that this time she felt completely different from before-
Very realistic.
As small as riding a motorcycle on the street late at night, I felt the wind blowing between my fingers.
So big as bouncing in place and even several somersaults in a row.
The touch is real, the breath is real.
Everything in this game is so realistic.
In the game, Flin becomes a male character named "Spoon Ice".
The task is to follow the guidance in your head, enter a party, and take away a rich woman.
Flin, who is experienced in the game, took the rich woman away very smoothly.
Despite the conflict with the robot driver on the road.
But there is always a thrill and a smooth completion of the task.
The extremely realistic game experience brought Fleurin an unprecedented sense of coolness.
Both to experience it again and to make money.
It didn't take long for her to put on her hood again and enter the game.
But this time, there was a very different experience.
The more realistic the game, the more pronounced the double-edged sword effect.
Last time, I experienced pleasure.
This time, what was felt was pain.
As soon as she came in, she lay limp on the operating table.
In the next second, he underwent a painful eyeball picking operation.
After the surgery, Flin had to complete the task with her new eyeballs.
This time, she failed.
Defeated opponent, killed on the spot.
A face-sticking sonic gun killed the game character and made the real Flin extremely uncomfortable.
Having experienced death firsthand, Fleurin never wants to get into the game again.
But suddenly, real life became weird.
First, I received a strange phone call.
The other party claimed that someone was offering a bounty for killing her family on the dark web, with a bounty of $9 million.
Then someone called again and kept saying that she was in danger and had to enter the game again.
Flin hung up as a spoof, but there were other ways to contact her.
Watches, computers, and even control her store's 3D printer.
Until a gang of professional killers came to the door.
She felt that everything was very strange.
Once again, she entered the game.
Fleurin appeared in her own form this time.
At the same time, she also verified her previous guess.
This is not a game.
It's a real future.
That extremely real "game" is actually the real London in 2100.
The original English name of "Edge World", The Peripheral, literally translates to "peripheral".
When this drama first started, this translation was also used, and there were many jokes.
Douban neighbors have received invitations from the "peripheral" group.
In fact, more precisely, this word means "peripheral equipment" in the field of computers.
It refers to the interface between people and computer systems, and is a tool and bridge for human beings to use computers.
Isn't it easy to think of cyberpunkry's human-machine interface?
In fact, this play is adapted from the novel of the same name released by William Gibson, the "father of cyberpunk", in 2014.
Even the term "cyberpunk" was coined by him.
In the sci-fi world, cyberpunk has always been popular.
From the earlier "Blade Runner", "Ghost in the Shell", "The Matrix", to the recent "Cyberpunk: Edge Runner", etc., all show us the charm of cyberpunk.
Blade Runner
This drama does not focus on visual style like those classic works.
Rather, it presents us with a possible picture of the world of the future.
The most striking is the future London, filled with towering statues of Greek characters and gods.
Looking down at the river, a realistic medieval naval battle unfolds on the water.
In life, there are many novel gizmos.
For example, in 2033, sweeping robots can become levitation.
Everyone has a neural implant.
It all depends on one thought to control the machine.
In addition, it can also realize "silent communication".
Brainwave interchange is truly realized.
VR rigs have become commonplace.
A hood can enter the game, and you can also make people play games for a living.
This session is very much like the "low-end version of Ready Player One".
Ready Player One is noticeably cooler
For example, in 2100, there are more new things in this distant future.
Motorcycles do not need to be parked.
Leaving people automatically nano-navigates and turns to ash.
Cars become driverless.
Robots are not only drivers, but also housekeepers, bodyguards and other functions.
Drive steadily, fight hard enough.
"Optical stealth" became commonplace.
With a button, modern cars can also become disappearing.
The "Silencer Field" is an excellent privacy protection.
When turned on, it directly blocks out external sounds.
People in the force field can speak freely.
It is used in the play to chat
In addition, there are some black technologies that look like magic.
For example, walls that change automatically can be opened like curtains.
It's like the wall in Diagon Alley in Harry Potter.
There are also moving tattoos.
The practicality is not strong, and the ornamental is extremely high.
It looks like a moving portrait of the wizarding world.
And the coolest setting is "consciousness transfer".
With only one hood, you can travel to a robot body in the future world.
Even attributes such as body shape and appearance can be customized as you like.
This core setting makes this drama and "Westworld" have a certain degree of similarity.
"Westworld" is a robot awakening human consciousness.
"Edge World" is the entry of human consciousness into the machine.
The worldview is set differently, but it revolves around the core of "people".
Nolan's work has always been hardcore.
Suspect Tracker has a supercomputer that can predict criminals.
Westworld has an AI playground for people to entertain.
But under the cold and brain-burning hard science fiction background, what he explores is always human nature itself.
Although "Edge World" is only an executive producer, the core is also continued.
The real protagonist is always a person.
A large number of details in the play hint at the "dark future" of mankind -
Make God.
God, that is, human beings themselves.
London in 2100 is full of tall sculptures.
The gods are everywhere, metaphorically London became Mount Olympus.
The future human beings have become "gods".
The power of science and technology gives them the capital to be gods.
The higher state of God is to free yourself from the bondage of the body and seek spiritual freedom.
With the help of a shift in consciousness, this vision was realized.
They can talk from the future and the past.
It means that scientific and technological capabilities have broken through the time limit.
You can also hack into the game world of the past.
Control a character at will and keep it safe from any damage.
It can even transmit the technology of the past to the future, and transmit the consciousness of the past to the future at will.
This dimensionality reduction blow directly controls the lives of others.
There is a plot.
In 2100, the tumor had long been overcome.
Future people want to give the medicine to Flin and pass it directly to the 3D printer in her store.
In just a few days, her mother recovered from a dying old man who was blind.
It is almost equivalent to the god-given elixir.
This also makes people think about it.
How can we know that future people will not project consciousness onto past people?
Under such a setting, the future of 2100 years is almost a world full of "gods".
However, the appearance of Furin has become one of the biggest variables in the future world.
She seems to be the only savior of the future.
Make God first, then destroy God.
Such a plot development may be more in line with Nolan's expectations.
Overall, "Edge World" is well worth watching.
Whether it's sensory stimulation or inner thinking, it gives satisfaction.
As the plot progresses, there are bound to be more novel discoveries.
It is conceivable that the story after that may gradually unfold.
Fortunately, this time Nolan does not work as a screenwriter and a producer.
Uncle Yu is not worried about the quality, he only hopes to shoot well.
Not rotten, is the biggest expectation for Nolan.