An Old Story
I remember this sci fi story that I've read when I was a kid (it's a Japanese manga). It is very interesting to read science fiction from different cultures. They vary in their own very distinctive ways. I'll give you an example.
Common theme in US animation: heroic protagonist came into contact of nuclear waste and gained super power. It is very interesting interpretation that (1) nuclear waste always glow green (see The Simpsons) and (2) protagonist gained useful super ability instead of merely being deformed. There's some misunderstanding here on how mutation work, but we could chalk that all up to suspension of disbelief, I suppose.
Common theme in Japanese animation: aliens or evil forces attack earth. A team of 5 (always 5. The 5 will include one normal, average size male -- protagonist -- generally color-coded red, an exceptionally skinny and tall male -- sidekick #1 (blue), a male who can "lose a few pounds" -- sidekick #2 (green), an attractive female (pink, of course, sexist!), and a sometime genius kid (yellow)) were always selected to defend earth. Now why would alien/evil forces pick Japan, an ity bity, island to start is beyond me. Again, suspension of disbelief.
Like my friend in Hong Kong commented after watching Independence Day, "It's always the Americans who saved the world." Well, of course, it's a movie made by Americans. It's called "Independence day," alias ID4. It's released on July 4th. Of course, the Americans were going to save the world. Would we make a film only to make the French or Chinese take the spotlight?
Anyways, I digressed, I've been doing that a lot lately. Back to this story that I started out saying. :)
It's a story about this high school boy picking up what looked like an UFO model with an open top one day. He brought it home with him. And when he stared into the open top, all he could see was darkness. It was as if there was a voice telling him to do it, he placed his hand over the top. Soon (days?) a nebula began to form inside the black hole. At some point down the line, boy freaked out over it and wanted to get rid of "the universe." But some guy (?) appeared and said he needed to finish off what he had started. So he continued to nurture the universe. At the end, the universe was formed, and he could hear small voices of prayers occasionally. He said every once in a while, he'll reply "okay." Then he'll hear back, "Oh, thank you, thank you." So essentially he had became God, but he was still a normal high school boy.
I just thought it was a cute little story. :)
Common theme in US animation: heroic protagonist came into contact of nuclear waste and gained super power. It is very interesting interpretation that (1) nuclear waste always glow green (see The Simpsons) and (2) protagonist gained useful super ability instead of merely being deformed. There's some misunderstanding here on how mutation work, but we could chalk that all up to suspension of disbelief, I suppose.
Common theme in Japanese animation: aliens or evil forces attack earth. A team of 5 (always 5. The 5 will include one normal, average size male -- protagonist -- generally color-coded red, an exceptionally skinny and tall male -- sidekick #1 (blue), a male who can "lose a few pounds" -- sidekick #2 (green), an attractive female (pink, of course, sexist!), and a sometime genius kid (yellow)) were always selected to defend earth. Now why would alien/evil forces pick Japan, an ity bity, island to start is beyond me. Again, suspension of disbelief.
Like my friend in Hong Kong commented after watching Independence Day, "It's always the Americans who saved the world." Well, of course, it's a movie made by Americans. It's called "Independence day," alias ID4. It's released on July 4th. Of course, the Americans were going to save the world. Would we make a film only to make the French or Chinese take the spotlight?
Anyways, I digressed, I've been doing that a lot lately. Back to this story that I started out saying. :)
It's a story about this high school boy picking up what looked like an UFO model with an open top one day. He brought it home with him. And when he stared into the open top, all he could see was darkness. It was as if there was a voice telling him to do it, he placed his hand over the top. Soon (days?) a nebula began to form inside the black hole. At some point down the line, boy freaked out over it and wanted to get rid of "the universe." But some guy (?) appeared and said he needed to finish off what he had started. So he continued to nurture the universe. At the end, the universe was formed, and he could hear small voices of prayers occasionally. He said every once in a while, he'll reply "okay." Then he'll hear back, "Oh, thank you, thank you." So essentially he had became God, but he was still a normal high school boy.
I just thought it was a cute little story. :)
posted by cahalan @ 08:27
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