Shu and I were laughing so hard over breakfast this morning coz I was talking about Artemis Gordon and the Wild Wild West movie. We both know how we feel about theoretical physics but on different levels. Shu hates theoretical physics solely because it's always theorized in an ideal state. I like a little bit of it from time to time but not to the extent of having Michio Kaku's statue erected at our yard 😂
I was quoting some lines from the movie and we were laughing so hard as we were breaking down and analyzing the gadgets and techs from the movie. We can't really be so picky on it coz Barry Sonnenfeld was the guy behind MIB after all. We all know how that shit goes down. But me being me, I am all over Star Trek and Sakura Wars and Voltron and shit. It's never fully real world with me.
Then, as we were driving and stuck at the traffic lights, I asked about how movies and shows depicts war and how the so called "villains" always has some sort of troll in their army. Shu said it's a way of justifying the battle between good and bad. The antagonists will always have some form of disfigured monster like creature on their team. It's only to portray the perfect and good looking ones are the protagonists or heroes.
Arcane, LOTR, Harry Potter.......even Mulan. The Khans are just people. They're Mongolians but they're just peeps. War armors are meant to make them look scary and intimidating just like the Samurais and the Maoris. Still, there had never been a war between people and other creatures......ok, except that one time the Aussies lost the battle against the emus....... 🤣
The best depiction of what war really is was actually portrayed so well in Black Mirror. They had these chips embedded into them so when they go into battle, they won't hesitate to pull the trigger on the innocent civilians coz what they see are monsters. Just like in games. It's so fucked up but it's happening IRL.
