"Nightmare, an army of demons, let the party begin!"
Through the movie, Li Shiming explained the background of the movie "The Cabin in the Woods" to Meng Nan and others in detail.
It can be said that "The Cabin in the Woods" is subversive and in bad taste.
He seems to be the most concrete manifestation of the "Trolley Problem".
Cronus and other ancient demon gods were imprisoned in the depths of the earth and fell into an eternal sleep.
But every period of time, humans need to play a game that suits the interests of ancient demons such as Cronus.
Only when the pleasure of these ancient demon gods is satisfied and the sacrificed are made to suffer and die, the ancient demon gods will willingly continue to remain silent.
Otherwise, if the ancient demon god is not satisfied, he will break out of the cage and destroy mankind with his own hands.
And for this kind of pain, the victim cannot be told the truth and can only choose some "innocent people" to become sacrifices.
Morally speaking, life is priceless, and one person's life is equivalent to the lives of people all over the world.
So is it right to sacrifice a few people in order to let the many people survive?
Just like what is said in the "Trolley Problem", a trolley is traveling quickly. There are two lanes not far away. There is a child playing on one lane and five children playing on the other lane. The person who controls the direction of the trolley is
The wrench is in your hand.
So, do you want the trolley to rush towards those five children? Or towards that one child?
The people in the movie chose the latter.
According to the setting of the movie, there are dozens of organizations that deal with the ancient demon gods, distributed in various countries around the world.
They will select the right person to perform the sacrifice at the same time.
At the same time, in order to reduce their sense of guilt, these people euphemistically call it "giving themselves the right to choose."
In fact, these people are constantly guided through various methods such as drugs and psychological suggestions, so that they can only go in the direction chosen by these people.
That is - death.
"The Cabin in the Woods" is funny and absurd.
Judging from the base shown in the movie, the sacrifices they choose are based on five identities-the Fool, the Champion, the Wise, the Prostitute and the Virgin.
But the funniest thing is that a normal athlete should have well-developed limbs and a simple mind, but the athlete in this movie is a man of both wisdom and courage.
In the end, the general's death was not due to this crisis, but due to lack of intelligence.
He didn't know that he was surrounded by a barrier and died because of it.
A wise man may appear to be gentle, but he does not have many opinions. Although he has a high moral level, he lacks the necessary analytical skills.
At the same time, the wise man drove for a long time without any danger, but the zombies appeared in the car inexplicably and killed him directly.
This confirms the saying: "In American TV series, anyone can live, but black people must die."
The prostitute has beautiful blond hair and looks very bold, but she is actually a real chick???????????????
In order to make her behave in line with her identity, she had to use hair dye, psychological suggestion, pheromone spray, lighting influence, temperature adjustment and other means.
A virgin looks conservative, but is actually the most relaxed person.
As early as the beginning of the movie, it was hinted that she had been in love with her teacher.
In the movie, it was even easier to get together with the wise man.
The Fool, called the "idiot" in the movie, smokes marijuana and is crazy, but he is the wisest one in the movie.
It is the most subversive one.
The evil cannabis became his savior, helping him resist the influence of the company's drugs.
He seems weak and powerless, stupid and idiotic, but he is able to kill zombies even when he is captured.
He even found his way to the company and ruined all the company's plans.
Subversive, crazy, funny and absurd.
Many people believe that the real destroyer of this world is not Cronus and other ancient demons imprisoned in the earth.
In other words, moviegoers, those who watch this movie, are the real ancient demons.
The company's words in the movie are actually what moviegoers want to see.
In many plots, the director is asking questions to the moviegoers.
Why do we have to fight in the wilderness? Isn’t it cold?
Why do we have to run separately when in danger? Don’t you know that there is strength in numbers?
Wait, wait... "So." Meng Nan said in a deep voice: "In this movie world, we not only need to be careful about dealing with the demons of our own choice, but we also need to be careful about the ubiquitous effects of drugs, psychological cues, etc.
Waiting for something, right?"
"That's right." Li Shiming nodded: "But there is one thing. Most of the supernatural powers in the movie should have been greatly attenuated."
"How do you say that?" Xia Wenqing said in a deep voice.
"Maybe it's because the director of "The Cabin in the Woods" didn't get the copyrights for all the movies, especially the copyrights for big IPs like Saint Norbit, so many powerful beings in it are treated as 'replicas'
The image appeared." Li Shiming said.
"Indeed." Chen Ruier nodded: "It's hard to imagine that Sadako would be saved by a primary school student, and it's also hard to imagine that Saint Norbit would be locked up."
"That's right." Li Shiming said: "The company in "The Cabin in the Woods" feels a bit like the SCP Foundation to me. They are all about conquering and accommodating those legendary mysteries."
"There are some similarities." Man Sisi said: "But if it is weakened, it may be easier to deal with."
"That's what I'm worried about." Li Shiming shook his head: "According to the situation in the movie, whether it is the company in the movie or the other companies they mentioned, they are just branches. Since there are branches,
Then there will be a headquarters.”
"You mean, the ones in the branch might be 'replicas', while the ones in the headquarters might be 'genuine'?"
"That's right." Li Shiming nodded: "If it is genuine, any mystery we encounter will be equivalent to directly facing the world of a horror movie."
"More importantly, we may not only encounter one mystery..."
"Haha. Being chased by Michael, Leatherface, Freddy, and Jason at the same time... It's exciting just to think about it." The corner of Man Sisi's mouth twitched slightly.
"Or, facing the Predator and the Alien at the same time..." Xia Wenqing pushed up his glasses: "Maybe it's better, they should be able to fight on their own."
"Forget it, these are all secondary. We have no choice at all." Meng Nan took a deep breath: "Now, the problem we need to solve most is still that problem."
"How do we survive? If we destroy the sacrifice, how do we survive?"
