The movie might start out with war; but, it's actually about science rationality versus irrationality. the film starts out with war stimulus versus peacefull science pursuits. The guy first asks, "if war starts, what happens to medical research?"
The initial war bombings has the usual youth fascination with barsh reality with the good looking rich girls(actually, your average ugly human being but just happens to be better than the uglyer ones who makes themselves look better than they are) getting bombed.
The film makes a big global war to put a sophisticated society enjoying the comforts of technology to not enjoy the fruits of science and technology.
It then tries to argue for a scientifically inspired society versus one ruled by an irrational totalitarian. I mean it starts with a medical department running out of supplies and then a dictators solution to the medical problem - shoot them. Then comes the airman!
Around 37:40, the master mechanic says "I've been waiting for this. I'm your to command." John Cabal says, "No, not me, civilization." What he's saying is no dictatorship. A commune of scientists.
People like to say that this film is communist. Maybe, but it's not dictatorship. There is a difference.
About 46:00, we see more of the fight between rational thinkers versus irrational thinking dictator. "I don't want technology; i want those plains!" - says the Dictator.
The fact is that humanity is the science and technological dependent species.
About 55:40, we see the Dictator saying "science is the enemy of everything is natural in life." In the end, he says "they have to come to earth sometime; after all, they're not magic." The dictator thinks magic is higher than science. He thinks vague concepts and mystery is more powerfull than science.
Once again, even in the science and technology era at the end of the movie, we have anti-science forces. I just want to note that while there's a techno-emperor descendent of Cabal, he's doing everything scientifically; he opens up debate to get new ideas and facts out; and, he acts logically. Even the anti-science exploration artist is allowed t speak; the people are allowed to make up their own minds.
In the end, there's a debate on whether we should go off to space or not; he says "which will it be." In the end, the movie is a debate between the rational scientific exploration of the universe versus the anti-material world of the anti-scientists.
The movie might start out with war; but, it's actually about science rationality versus irrationality. the film starts out with war stimulus versus peacefull science pursuits. The guy first asks, "if war starts, what happens to medical research?"
ReplyDeleteThe initial war bombings has the usual youth fascination with barsh reality with the good looking rich girls(actually, your average ugly human being but just happens to be better than the uglyer ones who makes themselves look better than they are) getting bombed.
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Some of the remarkable special effects is the advanced tanks during the long war scenes.
The film makes a big global war to put a sophisticated society enjoying the comforts of technology to not enjoy the fruits of science and technology.
ReplyDeleteIt then tries to argue for a scientifically inspired society versus one ruled by an irrational totalitarian. I mean it starts with a medical department running out of supplies and then a dictators solution to the medical problem - shoot them. Then comes the airman!
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Around 37:40, the master mechanic says "I've been waiting for this. I'm your to command." John Cabal says, "No, not me, civilization." What he's saying is no dictatorship. A commune of scientists.
ReplyDeletePeople like to say that this film is communist. Maybe, but it's not dictatorship. There is a difference.
About 46:00, we see more of the fight between rational thinkers versus irrational thinking dictator. "I don't want technology; i want those plains!" - says the Dictator.
ReplyDeleteThe fact is that humanity is the science and technological dependent species.
About 55:40, we see the Dictator saying "science is the enemy of everything is natural in life." In the end, he says "they have to come to earth sometime; after all, they're not magic." The dictator thinks magic is higher than science. He thinks vague concepts and mystery is more powerfull than science.
ReplyDeleteOnce again, even in the science and technology era at the end of the movie, we have anti-science forces. I just want to note that while there's a techno-emperor descendent of Cabal, he's doing everything scientifically; he opens up debate to get new ideas and facts out; and, he acts logically. Even the anti-science exploration artist is allowed t speak; the people are allowed to make up their own minds.
ReplyDeleteIn the end, there's a debate on whether we should go off to space or not; he says "which will it be." In the end, the movie is a debate between the rational scientific exploration of the universe versus the anti-material world of the anti-scientists.