I have always preferred movies with complete stories and interlocking plots, in my opinion, special effects, publicity, music, appearance, and even acting skills must be ranked after this, after all, telling a story well is the most fundamental and unshirkable responsibility of a movie. However, even if I am as picky as I am, I have to admit that this "Infinite Fighting World Dark Night Double Dragon" is really a good story.
First, the story
The film takes place in a VR holographic game that can be carried out at the level of human consciousness, telling the story of a pair of opponents who have been competing for the first place for several years, flying sparrows and shadow crows (hereinafter referred to as sparrows and crows), in order to be able to leave the game, fight side by side, and combine each other's courage and wisdom to break through the many levels.
The background implied in the story is large: the product of human intelligence, computer games (infinite fighting world), when developed to the holographic stage, were used by people with hearts, and in turn competed for and controlled people's consciousness.
The low-level Infinite Fighting Realm is an ordinary VR game, and the sparrow and crow are attracted to enter, which is a high-level version of the direct dialogue with human consciousness. It can not only block the player's facial sensations anytime and anywhere, but also punish the failed player with pain, and even detain and refresh the memory of the other party.
What happens when it is refreshed?
Will become an NPC that is completely obedient to the game.
You will lose all your freedom, forever out of your own life, forever out of your own body, forever in the game.
Game administrator GM couldn't have been clearer: "Either join us or stay here forever." "When in this game, all the players who enter are captives, and they are faced with only two choices, either to participate in the evolution of the game, indirectly use wisdom to deal with new players, and control their consciousness; or they are refreshed in memory and gradually forget all their past.
There will be no third possibility.
However, the sparrow, who was curious to find the crow to duel, did not realize the danger of the game at the time (the crow who came a step earlier than him obviously did not realize it), so he thought that "it was just a game", no big deal, and the two people were trapped in the game together.
The Crow has navigated countless levels and inadvertently helped the game perfect (i.e., evolve), and his intelligence has become an important part of the game, as can be seen from his occasional flash of inspiration. It is also for this reason that he sadly became an NPC, almost completely controlled by the GM, and the level of consciousness was also looted. Fortunately, human beings have an extremely large subconscious, like a bottomless ocean, even if someone pumps out the water of tens of meters of the upper layer, the deep subconscious still has enough strength, enough waves, to slap ashore. It was for this reason that the crow was able to retain his most precious information.
The sparrow, on the other hand, was chosen by the GM. Game designers may think that a powerful crow can make his game evolve a big step, directly from invertebrates to vertebrates, and this sparrow that is equal to him must also have enough intelligence to take the game to a higher level. The sparrow, who was lured into the game, lived up to expectations, and his meticulousness allowed the many levels that had experienced the raven test to be further repaired and filled.
They don't realize that there's a law of nature at work. In experiments, a species of of the same family, which grows in the rainy and food-rich subtropical rainforest and the icy and snowy Alaska, puts their offspring in the same laboratory and sets up the same obstacles to see who can lift the barrier to find food first. The results of the experiment showed that the Alaskan, which has a long history of finding food in the snow and ice and the difficult living conditions, is much higher than its cousin in the subtropical rainforest. That is to say, the harsh living environment can effectively exercise their adaptability. This rule also applies here - a high-level player's breakthrough is bound to help the game find more flaws, the game will be fixed when the player passes, the next player will not find the possibility of this problem, and the chance of successful level breaking will be greatly reduced.
This is still the credit of the player's unintentional efforts, in order to evolve higher, the game will definitely try to let the player consciously participate in the game progress, so the GM will come out and negotiate conditions with the sparrow, luring him to join the next game link. There is no doubt that this is an endless cycle, the crow sparrow breaks through, the game will find its own loopholes, continue to upgrade, and constantly improve; after the game difficulty increases, the player can only work hard again... Cycle. The only thing that can interrupt this dead loop is the Y and N gates that appear during system maintenance. It's also the only chance to leave the game.
Of course the Sparrow had a chance to leave, he had already run out, but the Crow couldn't, he was an NPC, his consciousness had become part of the game, and even if the subconscious hadn't been drained, he wouldn't have a chance to leave (he thought he could leave with the help of the player, exactly what he thought). His next encounter must be repeatedly "refreshed", repeatedly surrendering his remaining subconscious until it is completely blanked. And Sparrow, when he had learned the dangers of the game and had seen how destructive the game's consciousness of the crows was, he made a choice -- he not only wanted to stay, but also wanted to leave safely with the crows.
The crow said, "I see, you're an idiot." ”
He said, "Thank you." ”
The proud crow leaned against the glass window of the Ferris wheel, his eyes looking into the distance, expressionless, and no one knew what he was thinking. But this sentence, murmured, was only spoken to the sparrow.
The heavens and the earth are unkind, and all things are dogs
Heaven and earth are unkind, and all things are dogs. All the powerful face the weak will consciously or unconsciously regard the other party as grass, and some even play with it. Infinite Fighting Also gives me the same feeling, players wearing VR glasses are toyed with by the omnipotent terminal (game executives) like gods, and they are playing a game that must be lost in order to survive.
As mentioned earlier, failure to break through the level will always remain in this level, and successful level passing will require more challenges. The more challenges, the more perfect the game, the more perfect the game, the more difficult and more challenging. Even if he almost broke through all the levels like a crow, he was robbed of the level of consciousness, he was unwilling to actively participate in the design of the Infinite Fighting Realm, and he was forced to stay as an NPC, watching his memory being fragmented, watching the subconscious float to the level of consciousness being eaten away little by little.
When the sparrow found him, he had lost part of his facial senses, and even in the game, he couldn't touch anything, couldn't smell anything. Except for the instinctive desire to survive, he lost almost everything. However, it is such that he is indomitable, choosing to persevere in all crisis moments, resisting the arrangement of the game with extraordinary perseverance, and looking for an exit. But it is also like this, at the end of the story, he chooses to give up the opportunity of his own life, handing over his most precious memory information (his name), in exchange for a brief pause in the system when it accepts the key new information, taking the opportunity to send the sparrow away.
Even GM concluded he was crazy.
No one understands why a teenager with a strong desire to survive, who has used his wisdom to overcome countless obstacles, who refuses to surrender at all and who says that he will get out alive, will suddenly give up himself and sacrifice himself to save others. He must have known what he was about to lose, but he had to do so.
Of course the sparrow will save him, even if the risk is great, even if he has thousands of question marks hidden in his head, he will also save the crow, when the crow is an NPC, he did not leave him and leave, and now the crow treats him as a brother as a friend, stands in front of him, and helps with his life, and the sparrow will certainly not stand idly by.
Because there is always something that arises from life, but it is more precious than life. There are always people who know each other because of this world, but they are more important than the world.
Heaven and earth are unkind, and all things are dogs. But who can say that all things are not part of this heaven and earth?
However, who can guarantee that it will be too late?
Who can guarantee that within the time when the sparrow is fully committed to breaking through the level again, the crow's consciousness and subconscious will not be completely evacuated, leaving a body completely directed by the game?
Just as no one knows whether the NPCs of the game Infinity Doujie and the plastic man models are inseparable players, no one can predict the outcome of this game. We just have to wait and see, hoping that the sequel of the movie will bring us more wonderful stories.
III Other
After telling the story and then talking about others, Wang Qingfeng Jianyu and the two leading actors performed well in this battle of wits and courage, although their acting skills are not yet skilled, but with the tacit understanding of many years of confidants, they have successfully grasped the role. It's like a basketball game, no matter how skilled a master is, it is impossible to beat a team. And two people, familiar with each other, make up for each other, if they cooperate with full scores, they can play 1+1>>>>2 or even greater than the effect of the other team.
Wang Qing and Feng Jianyu are like this, a high degree of tacit cooperation, making them a whole, together to support the entire movie.
Also, the film has a good rhythm, special effects, and VR game feeling is very close, there is an immersive feeling, if it can be screened on the big screen, there must be a more extraordinary audiovisual experience. The director is really credited. However, there are disadvantages and advantages, and the advantage of watching online movies is that you can freely lie on your own sofa and bed, and watch it without interruption. You can also choose to watch on the computer or on the mobile phone, not to mention not to run away to catch the scene, this feeling of comfortable and free choice is not in the theater, for people like me who are busy at work, it is rare to rain in time (that is, in the face of this kind of movie without urine points, it is still necessary to go to the toilet in advance, although it is at my own home).
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