Out of the earth, men are still romantic, women are still charming"Star Cowboy" is a sci-fi animation work, no matter from the aspects of music, storytelling, characters, plot, supervision, there are many things to talk about, and the more you talk, the more you feel that you don’t have enough knowledge and your level is limited, especially music. In terms of pinching him, the author's age and music appreciation are not enough, and I can't control it. This is the reason why I have not dared to write. Simply put, even though time flies, almost twenty years have passed, the tone of this work is still unforgettable. It contains a taste of life that reminds me of it on a gloomy rainy day many years later, and then put down everything in my hands, turn off my phone, make a cup of strong black coffee, light a cigarette, and lean on the sofa. Revisit "Star Cowboy" on.
Today we will not talk about Watanabe, storytelling, or music. For this classic sci-fi animation, I just want to talk about two aspects: the sci-fi western era out of the earth and the romantic and sad cowboy atmosphere.
Let’s talk about the sci-fi background of human beings “out of the earth” in this work: "Interstellar Cowboy" is a work with a rich cultural heritage. The setting is unique and charming-the world is like this, I don't know why it is like this, but let me tell you about it-the artistic intuition of "I don't know why but knows what it is" is " "Star Cowboy" laid the mellow and strong emotional tone.
This is an era when human beings have stepped out of the earth and started to settle in other parts of the solar system. In 2022 AD , the [Phase Difference Space Gate] above the earth is undergoing intensive research and development, but a major accident caused a devastating blow to the earth and the moon. A part of the moon was separated from the moon, and countless fragments turned into meteorites, which fell to the earth like a doomsday judgment, and the surface became barren. Ironically, the data obtained from this accident has facilitated the completion of the [Phase Difference Space Gate] technology. Due to the severe destruction and pollution of the earth's surface, humans can only gradually immigrate to other planets in the solar system.
[Phase Difference Space Gate] is a space technology based on a special theory. Although its setting involves a special cosmology, fantasy fans can directly understand it as a transition technology. Through the [Phase Difference Space Gate], you can enter a special space, and everything in it is 240 times faster than normal space . The popularity of this technology makes it possible and cheap to carry out interplanetary voyages in the solar system in a short period of time (from the Earth to Mars as long as 13-24 hours), it is the interplanetary highway of this era: a large amount of resources and sun rays are Transported to all corners of the solar system, the outer planets and satellites under the light brought by it, hundreds of millions of years of ice began to be lifted, the barren land was nourished, the population also moved with the colonization and land reclamation, labor began to spread throughout the solar system, and the planets It has become feasible and economical to transform it into a fit for human survival. [Planetary Earthization] This huge and complex technology has flourished during this time.
After fifty years have passed, human settlements have spread throughout the solar system: Mars is full of Chinese people, and the streetscape is full of the sense of sight of Hong Kong; the Venus floating in the sky is also dreamy and fantasy. The main inhabitants are Arabs and Africa. People; floating cities floating on the sea level like water lilies, as dazzling as sapphires, it is the big hockey puck Ganymede after thawing in the sunshine...the concept of old world countries no longer exists, different languages People of different cultures live together, forming regions with unique cultural characteristics on each planet. Culture and thought violently collide and merge and absorb each other, and a wonderful and energetic melting pot era has arrived . The underworld forces in economically developed regions are also expanding. On the other hand, as the gap between the rich and the poor has further widened, criminals have also increased at an extremely rapid rate. All kinds of mafia and underworld elements emerge in an endless stream, and illegal activities such as drug dealing have also expanded.
As time passed, the planets and moons became independent nations, and the generation that did not know the earth also grew up. [Phase Difference Space Gate] The technology has become completely stable and has become an indispensable part of people's lives. The Inter Solar System Police ( ISSP) is formed between the planets to jointly fight off interstellar crimes. And ISSP also set up a system known as the leader as well as bounty cowboy law. After applying for a license, the bounty hunter can arrest the wanted criminal and receive a specified amount of bonus. The 300,000 bounty hunters running around the solar system for the bounty became active in this way.
Human beings have stepped out of the earth and used their innate ambitions and vitality to expand steadily in the solar system. Cultures and ideas collide and merge with each other; apart from space technology and medical level, there are no major breakthroughs in other fields. The stage of "Cowboy": an interstellar western wilderness full of vitality and chaos.
Having said that, we should talk about the sentiment of the film "Star Cowboy".
The protagonist is a bounty hunter: humorous, lazy, jokes, and a handsome guy Spike who is proficient in Jeet Kune Do; good at cooking, loves potted plants, knife-mouthed tofu heart, and has a mechanical hand Uncle Jet; tall and slender Fei, a charming, charming woman with huge debts; cheerful and innocent, peculiar in action, wild and unruly, the genius hacker Ed who is often mistaken for a little boy...
This is a sci-fi work by young people through and through, without preaching to the audience, singing about friendship, or dreaming. The screen is full of people with little words and careless faces. Just smoke casually, make money, take risks, occasionally go to play a card, play Russian roulette to try your luck, occasionally save a lucky one among the many beings, occasionally eat a meal of shredded pork with green pepper... Dialogues, easy jokes, but they don’t interrupt each other’s private affairs, and they don’t care about other people’s past. I thought that this kind of life would last for many years until Huafa’s white temples... But a person’s past is like a The shadow of man, whether you deliberately escape or forget it unintentionally, it will always follow you, waiting for the moment that is destined to happen sooner or later.
"One of my eyes is looking at the past, the other is looking at the present." Spike's faint tone, with deep sadness, hinted that he was a man without a future. I want to ask him: Is your mechanical eye watching the past, or your naked eye can't forget Julia's shadow? There are things you can pretend to forget for a while, but you will never forget it for a lifetime. If you just look at Spike’s personal story, "Star Cowboy" is a gangster drama that is deeply influenced by Wu Yusen: the church, the white pigeon, the grievances of two men and a woman...
Spike pretended to be another person and lived a life of a bounty hunter, traveling through the solar system, ridiculing cigarettes, bullets and fists, stopping and walking all the way looking at different landscapes and lives, only to discover I still can't get out of my inner labyrinth. Knowing that he was going to die, he still said goodbye calmly. "Didn't you say that it didn't matter at all in the past, where are you going now and want to die?" "I don't want to die. I really want to confirm if I am still alive."
And another man, Jeter, occasionally passes by his hometown and occasionally meets an old lover who left without saying goodbye. The uncle still keeps the original token, an old pocket watch; she can also invite Jeter to a drink to reminisce about the past. However, things are different, the old lover in the past can shoot Jett for the boyfriend now. Every gunshot made me feel chilling, and Jeter was still able to take the next step forward, still making the best arrangements for her. There is nothing wrong with a woman, she is just willful. The man did not make a mistake, but he could not keep the person in his heart. It is impossible for women to fully understand men, and it is impossible for men to pet women all the time. Fei didn't understand why Spike had to go all the way to the dark, and even had the heart to kill him. At the last moment, he couldn't wait for a shot to burst Spike, and then he could only vent his gun to the sky. Even if we have stepped out of the earth and into the starry sky, we still cannot cross the fence of emotion, and cannot get out of the fence of human nature; even if we put on the prosthetic eye, put on the prosthetic hand, and lose all the memories, we are still so-called Trapped in the past, I still have my own persistence and taste my own unique sadness. "Interstellar Cowboy" is a sci-fi version of the western film and a sci-fi version of "Siege". Perhaps, we ourselves firmly chose to move forward so that we live more like human beings-out of the earth, men are still romantic and women are still charming.
