At this time, our "Tianwen-1" probe and small partner "Zhurong" rover have arrived on Mars and are regularly transmitting colorful, unique and cute Photos of Mars to us, which is exciting.
Chinese's first photograph of Mars
As a sci-fi fan, a kid who never grows up, the mysterious Red Planet in the sky has always been an important core of the conversation of the puppeteers' small groups. After the previous "Curiosity", "Perseverance" and other rovers teleported back to the surface of Mars, our interest in it did not weaken with the lack of curiosity comments such as "desolate", "barren land" and "nothing to look at" by some people around us, but appeared stronger with more details. Looking at the majestic beauty of the mountains and rolling hills, it is really too much like the earth, and it is no wonder that so many people have the idea of developing Mars as a second home for mankind.
Although there are doubts about Musk's plans, he is occasionally respected as a Chinese character, huh
It is true that we know the difficulty of this project, and we also have a wait-and-see attitude towards Comrade Musk's grand plan to send a million Earthlings as the first development echelon of Mars by 2050, but this does not prevent us from following our own curiosity, nor does it prevent talented and imaginative people from creating exquisite stories about the Red Planet for us...
How many movies have you seen about Mars, and how many Mars movies are worth watching? The Sprinkler family has seen a lot and is happy to share it with you. Because Mars has always been the focus of people's discussion, people have been given too much drama and emotional color, so the works about Mars also present a variety of different faces, emotional and rational fusion, romance and rigor coexist, very interesting, the following first recommend a few:
According to his own experience in watching movies, The Artist probably divides films about Mars into three types, namely "realistic (hard science fiction)", "romanticism (soft science fiction)" and "cult classics".
The masterpieces of realist hard science fiction are:
The familiar "The Martian": Matt. Starring Damon, he details how the astronauts who were inadvertently left behind by their companions were self-sufficient in a base on the surface of Mars, waiting for rescue. The film implicitly presupposes the identity of the protagonist: an expert on soil and agriculture (suggesting that he can open up and survive in harsh environments), and then delicately shows how to prepare oxygen, grow potatoes, keep warm and cold in the Martian environment... Although there are still too many inaccuracies and lack of consideration in these links for the "tech geeks", it is undoubtedly a vivid science lesson for the general audience. In addition, mistakes or inadequacies in movies are often due to limited time and cannot be covered. The original novel of this film is very exciting, the description of details is in place, and it should be able to satisfy the curiosity of deep explorers and hard science fiction fans.
Here are posters for two movies, Mission to Mars on the left and Red Planet on the right.
There is also "Mission to Mars", a 2000 film directed by Brian de Palma, which takes the path of hard science fiction from the perspective of serving the road, but after entering the second half and discovering the alien ruins (Martian faces), it begins a biblical apocalyptic panoramic image history lesson, including alien life to the sowing of earth, the germination, development and mission of intelligent life on earth... In short, we often think of the exciting "truth" that "subverts" human history. This you yourself to appreciate it, from the rhythm of the story, telling logic and other aspects, decent, is the process of Hollywood industrialization, the sensational place sensational (member sacrifice), the aria of the place of the aria (the original our history is false) when the meal leisure line, do not serious, hehe.
The robots are awakening to hunt humans
Another "Red Planet" is more stylistic. Also a 2000 work, directed by Anthony Hoffman and starring Kerry Ann Moss in "Trinity" in "The Matrix", it is also the theme of exploring life on Mars, but interspersed with the content of artificial intelligence awakening, waiting for opportunities to kill expedition members, which is tense and exciting, and satisfies people's appetites. At the same time, in this film, we see the prototype of the "Mars Helicopter", and careful friends can pay attention to it.
There are also many Romantic Martian works, or let's talk about a well-known "World War".
These pictures are taken from the 21st century after Tom. Cruise's version of World Wars
This radio drama that caused mass unrest in the early 20th century has been put on the screen many times, and it has been featured in movies, TV series, animations, and web dramas. The octopus-like alien creature image and description of the use of laser weapons is even more household name, and it was chilling for a long time. The final reversal of the setting: Martian life lost to the cold virus, was quite creative and seems meaningful today.
The film also has strong original support, and its author is H.G. Wells, one of the early "Three Masters of Science Fiction". Wells's works are full of humanistic colors, good at taking the development of a certain technology as the starting point, exploring the impact of its development on human society, ethics, law and other systems, and there are many tortures that directly attack human nature, giving readers enlightenment and reflection. It is recommended that you check his works on the Internet, "soft science fiction" basically originated from him.
Alien Battlefield, a pure romance story, produced by Disney Company, directed by Andrew Stanton, released in 2012. In this story, Mars already has an advanced civilization, and like Earth, it belongs to different factions, and there are constant contradictions. Our male protagonist was inexplicably teleported to Mars from the teleportation device left by the martian advanced civilization, and fell into the factional struggle of mars itself, and finally justice was done, saving a beautiful terran princess and her clan, and from then on, while holding the beauty, walking on the peak of life... A little bit of a silly middle two, a little cheesy and a bit rotten, but it is worth mentioning that the shape of the Martian creatures and monsters in the film is more cartoonish, very cute, not disgusting, some semi-biological and semi-mechanical new concept vehicle design is also very interesting, you officials pay more attention.
Finally, let's talk about the "cult genre", which is considered to be attached to a specific cultural tone, such as punk, metal or gorgeous rock, from the story structure to the visual image, it presents an alternative, gloomy, gothic, manic or somewhat described feeling, like people's imagination or deep fear, it is estimated that some children's shoes can not appreciate.
The masterpiece "Ghost of Mars", released in 2001, was directed by "king of B-grade films" John F. Kennedy. Directed by Carpenter and starring "Xenomorph" Natasha Henschch, Ace. Cooper also had a slightly naïve Jason at the time. Statham and other starring. It describes that humans colonizing Mars accidentally touched the tombs of ancient civilizations on Mars while mining, and released a powerful primitive virus from them (curiosity killed Meow ~ ~~). These viruses take the human body as the host, and the infected people are violent and abnormal, picking up everything that can be used as weapons and slashing at the remaining humans occupying Mars, during which plasma is splashed, severed limbs are flying, explosions are everywhere, and shouting to kill... Humans caught by Martian virus infected people were beheaded, their heads stuck in piles... In order not to cause too much discomfort, it is not described here, and friends who like B-grade, zombies and plasma can turn it out and slowly appreciate it.
There is also a "Martian Playing with the Earth", which was basically released at the same time as "Independence Day", which follows the style of combining animation and live-action, cult and spoof. A group of Martians with large heads and long brains come to conquer Earth, but are used as messengers of peace by Earth's leaders. The Earthlings accidentally discovered the Martians' weakness after almost total annihilation, and then used a stereo sound to shake it to collapse. A story of shoddy graphics, a funny cult and a rather rock'n' roll, I personally think its most accurate audience is 12-15 year olds.
This brain hole seems to be able to satirize some of today's "well-known"
Well, first introduce so much, the topic of Mars will not stop, but will only become more and more abundant with time and the depth of exploration. It is believed that related film and television and game works will also emerge in an endless stream in the future. We want to see more sophisticated, more connotative, more creative, eye-catching works, whether it is science fiction or records, friends, you say? Also, if you have seen impressive novels, movies, etc., you are welcome to leave a comment in the comment area.
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