Hard science fiction pays attention to logical reasoning, while soft science fiction emphasizes social value, but they are often linked with each other. How to "apply both hard and soft" to science fiction stories has become a difficult problem for creators.
Once again, the adapted sci-fi work "Japan Sinks: A Man of Hope" is released, and Oguri Shun is the key figure to link soft and hard sci-fi.
There are spoilers in this article.
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In Tokyo in 2023, people are still busy for life.
However, frequent social crises are also reminding people that they must make a plan for the future.
Under the leadership of Prime Minister Rongyi Dongshan, the "Japan Future Promotion Conference" dedicated to solving development problems came into being, and Tianhai Enlightenment from the Ministry of the Environment and Nagano Ichi from the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry also joined in.
It is not easy to work. In order to pass the proposal, Tianhai, who knows the stakes, should not only stand in the side of Prime Minister Dongshan, but also need to have a good relationship with political leader Li Chengxian, the sworn enemy of the Prime Minister.
However, at the same time of the power core dispute, an explosive news triggered a wide discussion-Dr. Tian Suo, a scientist, wrote an article warning that kanto region was about to sink into the sea.
Tianhai Enlightenment and university classmate Chang Panyi and other departments built the COMS project-excavating carbon-free resources from 9000 meters under the sea.
Dr. Kota’s warning showed that it was the COMS project that accelerated the plate movement and caused the seabed landslide. Tianhai, who had the responsibility to find out the truth, became the first person in the government to contact Dr. Kota.
As soon as they met, Dr. Tansuo went crazy to enlighten Tianhai to explain the rationality of his prediction. The monitoring data showed that with the increasing number and degree of submarine landslides, an island called the Island of the Sun would soon sink.
Because Dr. Tansuo was fired for misappropriating scientific research funds, many people are skeptical about his discovery, but once such an important thing as "the sinking of Kanto" comes true, the consequences are unimaginable.
In order to find out the truth, Tianhai inspired shiina Shili, a journalist who was tracking down Dr. Tansuo’s motives, to bring Dr. Tansuo together with Professor Shi Liang, who represented authoritative discourse, and hold the first discussion on "Kanto Sinking Theory".
However, even though Professor Tian has talked about everything from plate movement and global warming to COMS project, Professor Shi Liang still thinks that the other party is full of nonsense.
Under the pressure of public opinion, the Japanese government still organized an exploration deep into the seabed, but the data is still "world peace and peace."
In order to eliminate negative public opinion, Dr. Tanaka was forced to apologize publicly at the second seminar. Tianhai Enlightenment, who had more information, also doubted the official data. In the face of the possible disaster, he put aside all arguments and argued.
At this point, the TV broadcast a breaking news-the island of the sun is sinking into the bottom of the sea …
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The Sinking of Japan: The Man of Hope is not so much a science fiction work in the near future as an apocalyptic prophecy to reflect on the current political system.
Judging from the design of the people inspired by Tianhai, he is not a traditional lonely hero. He also knows how to build a good relationship with those in power and slowly pave the way for promotion. He also ignores the separation of his family because he is engaged in work.
Despite so many difficulties in life, he still showed the courage to find out the truth in the face of the terrible "Kanto sinking theory", because the fall of this land is closely related to countless families. If the government can’t solve it in time, the opportunity for the whole country to make a comeback is gone.
But how is the national machine he is in working?
On the table, the authoritative Professor Shi Liang is an unshakable mountain, and always interprets Dr. Tian’s observation as data deviation.
It was not until I saw the sinking of the island of the sun and the revelation of Tianhai argued for it that Professor Shi Liang said: His admission will cause speculation like a catalyst, and people will turn 1% possibility into 100% anxiety, which will be out of control.
Behind this, it reflects the power struggle between the Prime Minister and the Deputy Prime Minister, and makes a mockery of the Japanese government that "the people are in dire straits, but the bureaucrats have been fighting in meetings".
In order to make the audience feel the lethality of the disaster, it is not enough to rely solely on the discussion between officials and scholars. The Sinking of Japan: The Man of Hope also released the favorite person.
Amateur painter Ai Yamada originally planned to go on a tour. She received a note warning her not to go to the Island of the Sun at the restaurant where she worked, so she met a miracle of her new boyfriend who fell in love at first sight.
Can you cover the nest and have eggs?
This passionate couple became a microscopic perspective of Japan’s sinking, showing the hope and despair of ordinary people under the disaster.
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The small area has intensified Japan’s aggressive ambitions, and there have been many earthquakes, which has always made the Yamato people feel insecure. The Sinking of Japan, which was conceived in this cultural background, is the product of being prepared for danger in times of peace, and is called "Japan’s best seller after the war".
The original author of the novel, Komatsu sakyo, hoshi shinichi and Yasutaka Tsutsui, also called Japanese science fiction "Imperial Three Schools", and even a planet was named after him. The Sinking of Japan was his most frequently adapted work. In 1973, Komatsu sakyo personally participated in the screenwriter’s film "Sinking of Japan" and the animation "Sinking of Japan 2020" from the perspective of ordinary families in 2020, and even Liu Cixin’s "Three-body" was greatly influenced by "Sinking of Japan".
The novel’s "social science fiction" writing from a reflective standpoint makes everyone in the story a representative of a social voice and enhances the extension of film and television.
The Sunk of Japan: The Man of Hope invited top-level cass: Oguri Shun, the male god who played the inspiration from Tianhai; Matsuyama Kenichi, the head of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry; Apricot, the powerful actress who played the reporter shiina Shili; and Kagawa Teruyuki and Jun Kunimura, who frequently stood on opposite sides, all contributed well.
However, compared with the original, this edition replaces the novel’s submarine pilot Onodera Toshi Utsumi with the inspiration from the government official Tianhai, and adds an elitist perspective to the disaster. Although it is supplemented by the favorite person, it still narrows the emotional distance between the ordinary audience and the disaster to a certain extent.
However, with "The Sinking of Japan" being put on the screen again and again, the terrible disaster predicted decades ago seems to have come true. At present, the Japanese government, regardless of dumping nuclear waste water, seems to be the "always in a meeting" inaction in the story, satirizing Laman: where aliens and BIGBANG are needed, human beings can create a greater survival crisis.
So, where is the "man of hope"?
Ta can be a bureaucrat with conscience as revealed by Tianhai, or an independent scientist abandoned by the system as Dr. Tansuo. No matter who he is, the biggest feature of ta is that he never gives up running for his life, nor will he extinguish his inner blood and justice.
The picture in this article comes from the Internet.
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