Chapter 430: Batman: The Dark Knight (End)
In this game, Xiao Chou not only posed many difficult problems, but also secretly exchanged identities between his men and the hostages.
If the police rush to rescue, they will see the "criminal" wearing a small ugly mask and the "hostage" wearing a doctor's white coat.
In fact, the two have secretly exchanged identities.
Xiao Chou's plan was cunning, but unfortunately, his position could only take him to such a high level.
The power and speed of development of high technology are destined to dominate the new era. Through Barbara's surveillance contact, Batman and Cassandra can already clearly see the analyzed three-dimensional perspective of the building in their field of vision.
What's more, Batman has a permanent trump card in his hand, and the ace has already been reborn from the dead, returning to its original true face.
"Two bands, two perspectives." Barbara's voice came from the invisible earphones, "Alpha band is the first perspective, Beta band is the panoramic perspective, I wish you good luck."
Through the feedback from surveillance, whether it is the rescue team ambushing on the roof, or another rescue team moving up from the bottom of the building, or the "criminals" and "captured doctors" distributed on two floors.
The appearance of this comprehensive 3D perspective image of the building immediately made many comic fans and passers-by show astonished expressions: this section of special effects is really well done, handsome and cool, making people can't help but also follow the plot and pictures to get excited!
In order to prevent the rescue team from accidentally killing good people, Batman and Cassandra each went to the first floor to stop the rescue team's actions.
After discovering Xiao Chou's trick, Gordon immediately began to emphasize in the communicator: "Please pay attention, 'Xiao Chou' is the hostage, 'Doctor' is the target! Repeat, please pay attention..."
By the time the rescue team began to react and Cassandra had already taken control of the situation on the other floor, Batman immediately continued to go up, chasing after Xiao Chou's location and detecting the report directly in front of him.
Xiao Chou knew very well that Batman never kills people. When he saw Batman coming in front of him, he was not afraid but became more excited. He held the crowbar in his hand with a smile on his face and drove the hound to attack.
Batman had suffered from hound attacks in previous crime-fighting operations, so he was naturally prepared this time - when he saw the ferocious hound rushing towards him, he immediately activated the dog-repelling equipment loaded on his belt.
A long time ago, Su Yun's master Lu Shaolong said that the only thing that Hong Kong can surpass Hollywood is probably action movies.
Therefore, every fight scene in this movie was designed by Su Yun using all her connections to contact Hong Kong's best martial artists. Both the movements and the presentation effects are the result of the hard work of almost all the martial arts talents in Hong Kong. It can be said to be a classic fight scene with both posture and reality.
The close combat scene between Batman and Clowne was especially important and took a long time to design, but it didn't tire the two actors out enough - of course, the final effect on the big screen was also extremely shocking.
After the defeat of the hound, Xiao Chou, who overestimated his fighting ability, repeated the scene of being interrogated before.
But even when being beaten unilaterally by Batman, Little Chou, who thought he was a high-quality criminal, still laughed crazily and wanted only while enduring the pain, which formed an incomparable contrast with the self-control and forbearance of Batman next to him.
However, Chou is a madman who does not care about his own life or the lives of others. Facing such a brutal attack, his crazy counterattack even made hesitate Batman to act - there is still the problem of the two ferries waiting to be solved.
During the fight, he finally began to realize that Batman had gradually broken some of his bottom lines in his calculations. He gritted his teeth and looked at the clock not far away. The pointer was approaching midnight.
Even if Batman and the police can rescue the hostages in the building, they will not have time to relieve the crisis on the two ferries.
If I just hold on a little longer... I will be able to see a gorgeous fireworks show in the night sky tonight.
The camera moves from a close-up of the little ugly girl to the interior of the ferry. Both the ferry with normal citizens and the ferry full of criminals are plunged into a tense silence.
In view of Xiao Chou's previous tricks and malice, both in and out of the play, there are complicated suspicions about the controllers in the ferry.
If what Xiao Chou said is true, then the person who presses the controller will become a sinner, but he can save himself and the corresponding people on the entire ferry.
But if what Xiao Chou said was false... then, whether this controller is a detonator that only controls its own ferry, or can control two ferries at the same time, it is a terrible test of humanity for the people on the ferry.
They didn't even have a chance to jump into the water to escape - according to Xiao Chou's character, he had said early on that if he saw someone jumping into the water, he would immediately think that they were "not following the rules of the game" and then "not following the rules of the game" by blowing up the two ferries in advance.
"The other ferry was full of criminals. They had already given up on themselves and society. Why were they still hesitating?!"
"We vote!"
Under the prisoner's dilemma, the darkest side of human nature finally surfaced.
Even though the military controlling the scene required paper ballot signatures to delay time, as the clock approached midnight, the panic in the hearts of both the military controlling the scene and the citizens who had already begun signing to vote had spread to a disaster.
At the same time, on another ferry full of criminals, as the deadline approached, aroused a growing wave of calls.
"Why don't you press the button?!" Compared to the one-third of the citizens' ferries who still chose not to press the button, the criminal ferries were filled with shouts.
"Why don't you press it? There are only five minutes left!" On the other side of the ferry, the citizens knew that two-thirds of the people agreed to press the controller, but they still couldn't see the person holding the controller actually press it, and undercurrents began to build.
"We're still alive, which means they haven't pressed the button yet..." the man holding the controller murmured.
"You don't want to die, but you don't know how to take someone else's life. Give it to me." In the criminal ferry, watching the time pass by second by second, finally a strong criminal who looked poor and vicious passed the others and came to the person holding the controller, "You can say that I took it from you."
"I'm here to do what you should have done ten minutes ago."
The man holding the controller stared at the muscular criminal closely, cold sweat and movement coming to his face at the same time. With trembling hands, he handed the controller to him.
The next moment after taking the controller, the muscular criminal threw it out of the window.
When people in and out of the play saw this scene, a huge stone in their hearts seemed to slowly fall down.
Both ferries held on until the last moment, which may prove that in addition to the brilliance of humanity and the fact that "no one wants to get their hands dirty", there is also a little trust in Batman and the police that is almost as light as a feather.
Besides the two possible outcomes of harming others to save oneself and selfishness leading to mutual destruction, there may be another possibility with a small probability.
That is, Batman and the police work together to defeat the Clown before the deadline, so that even if the time is up, no one will die.
That little bit of light born from the darkness finally, at this moment, finally extended its tentacles of hope in this chaotic and disorderly city of Gotham.
At this time, Chou realizes that he cannot enjoy the fireworks show he had been looking forward to. With his mentality already broken, he forces himself to try to find a chance to activate the detonators of the two ferries under the attack of Batman.
Such a fight and scramble at the edge of the building would undoubtedly easily lead to accidents, and after a counterattack, Clown was thrown out by Batman.
But falling at such a high speed, the little clown just laughed even crazier and more wanton than before, until he was caught by Batman with a grappling hook and pulled back.
"You can't cross that bottom line. It's too difficult for you." The reason he was happy was because he thought he could use his own life to break Batman's rule of not killing.
"No, it's because it's too easy." It's easy to cross this bottom line, perhaps just a matter of a thought.
But after crossing it, that little bit of light that was just beginning to grow and spread will be extinguished again by the person who ignited it.
Batman never kills anyone, but he definitely has the ability to break the bones of criminals.
Xiao Chou has played all the cards in his hand, and this "gamble" between light and darkness should have come to an end.
"Do you think it's over?" Facing Batman's cold eyes, the bound Xiao Chou still looked nonchalant, "There are more and more crazy people in this city. What you see is the budding of kindness, but what I see is the coming of collapse..."
"Because the Knight of Light in this city is about to reveal his side that should be hidden in the dark..."
Realizing the problem in Chou's words, Batman immediately contacted Gordon, and only then learned that Dent, who had just come out of the hospital, had completely changed his appearance. He took the coin that really required luck and went to find the police officers who protected Cassandra one by one.
"He has always told me that there is a mole in the police force, and now he is forcing the police officers to become 'moles' and let my wife and children go to him..." Gordon explained.
"Because of Cassandra's 'death', his will defense has been completely broken by Xiao Chou, and he has become a true 'two-faced man'..."
"Now, his target of revenge has shifted from 'the dog that hurt people' to 'the person who let the dog leash go'..."
It's a back-and-forth struggle.
In this process, Batman, who represents justice, destroyed many of his original principles and lost a lot.
In order to fight against the cards played by Xiao Chou one by one, he used fishing enforcement, violent interrogation, city-wide surveillance... and even let his favorite successor, eventually becoming a two-faced man between light and darkness.
Upon hearing the news, Batman and Cassandra immediately rushed to Dent to rescue Gordon's young son from him.
"My identity as a 'ballerina' has restricted me to a certain extent, so we decided to take advantage of Cassandra's 'death' and let the 'black bat' be born again in Gotham... I'm sorry." Faced with Cassandra's explanation, Dent almost collapsed.
What he did during this period of time fully confirmed Xiao Chou's words: madness comes from the primitive nature of human beings.
Even if he was lured into the abyss, these actions were completely contrary to his previous behavior, and those lives that were once vibrant but quietly died... they were all sins he committed one by one with his own hands.
Xiao Chou played all the cards in his hand, but this card transformed from the "enemy" helped him win the game.
All it takes to drive a person crazy is the worst day in his life. After that day, whether he falls into the bottomless abyss or chooses to hold on to his bottom line with his stubborn will is a path he chooses himself.
The Knight of Light of Gotham has fallen.
"I've made mistakes before... but when I chose the next path, someone gave me the support and possibility to turn back." So this is why Cassandra said that she can give everything for Batman.
Watching the confrontation between the two sides, Xiao Chou, who had escaped from the police and came here at some point, finally saw the truth: "I recognize you - the humanoid weapon trained by the most outstanding assassin of the Assassin's League..."
"Your biological father never treated you as a child." Xiao Chou laughed, "Because no eight-year-old child can assassinate an adult silently..."
"But reason is the ultimate choice of mankind." Batman responded, "Before she can choose from the bottom of her heart, she has no 'self' - therefore, now that she can make her own choices, she is no longer a weapon to kill people, but a real 'person'..."
Under the Dark Knight's spell, there are no longer any victims of madness.
When the fallen Knight of Light finally came to his senses, he fell into the darkness of the night in order to protect the hostages he was targeting.
Gordon tracked down and caught Xiao Chou again. He looked at Dent's burned face and sighed. Xiao Chou finally won and Gotan's light had been destroyed by him.
"We can't let the little clown succeed." Batman shook his head, then bent down and turned Dent over to his good side, "Gotham needs a real hero."
For this reason, the knight born in darkness can withstand all sins.
Regardless of everyone's verbal or silent advice, he has made up his mind.
Before getting on the Batmobile, Batman caught Cassandra's eye again, silently conveying her meaning: she always respected his choice and hoped to accompany him to the end.
From then on, Black Bat returned to Hong Kong, and Batman belonged to Cotton forever.
At the end, facing Gordon who had to issue a wanted order for Batman who "committed multiple crimes", his young son was puzzled: "Why... the one who saved us became the bad guy?"
"Because he is not the hero in our hearts, he is just a defender hidden in the dark." Gordon replied.
"You can't get away, Batman!"
"It's time to die, Batman!"
"That's it, Batman!"
This happens over and over again, every night, time and time again, year after year.
But every damn night, that tall figure is still here, still in the night sky of Gotham, accompanied by the signal of bat lights and the cloak fluttering in the wind, becoming an eternal memory in the hearts of this generation.
Where the sunshine of justice cannot reach, there are still knights from darkness guarding.
At this point, a movie that lasted more than two and a half hours finally came to an end, and immediately there was a warm and long applause like a landslide and a tide.
Of course, amidst the widespread acclaim and enthusiasm, it’s not to say that there aren’t people who think that Su Yun is using Batman to pave the way for her Batgirl.
The mentality of fans is that they only want to see their idols be the strongest, the most amazing, and have the most roles.
Unfortunately, in reality, no matter how many fans there are, they are not enough to compare with the vast number of passers-by. Therefore, although this version also has various objections, the positive reviews still occupy a larger number.
Later, after various new versions of Batman came out, which always liked to portray him as a loner, those fans who once felt sorry that their idol did not have enough roles began to recall the petite black shadow who once stood shoulder to shoulder with him and trusted him wholeheartedly, looking at the tall black shadow that seemed even more lonely under the night sky.
Although a lone hero is lovable, it is also lamentable that he has to be alone forever on such a difficult road.
And that eternal trump card and ace is his ultimate confidence in facing the end, and also the deepest salvation in his heart.
The only regrettable thing is that Cassandra only appeared in this version of "Batman", which is said to be the "most perfect and authentic character". There have been many excellent remakes since then, but the Hong Kong Black Bat who stood shoulder to shoulder with Batman has never appeared again.
If you have never experienced warmth and companionship, then you can endure coldness and loneliness.
Before "It's all Batman's fault," someone once said to this man who has borne countless responsibilities and accountability: "No one requires you to be perfect."
You gave it your best, and if you failed, do better next time - that's it.
It is difficult to be a "good person" because people will always use a magnifying glass to find out the things he does not do well. However, if a "bad person" hesitates for only one second, some people will start to think that he still has "a conscience".
Such thoughts and practices come not only from the plot in the play, but also from life outside the play.
When The Dark Knight was a big hit, Su Yun received many letters from comic fans and movie fans, but it was a letter from an eight-year-old boy that made her and many others feel a little bit of the impact of the ideas that the movie wanted to convey and that was subsequently brought about in reality.
In the letter, the little boy first stated that he and his father were fans of the "Batman" comics and TV series, and liked this live-action movie very much. Then he changed the subject and began to use his childish writing style to describe a family that was almost broken up.
The little boy's mother was a police officer. After a case, she was hated by the criminal's family. So the criminal's family kidnapped the little boy who was returning home with his classmates in order to take revenge on the boy's mother.
Upon hearing the news, the boy's mother tried her best to rescue them, and finally succeeded in saving the boy and his classmates. However, the boy also injured his leg in the desperate struggle of the criminal's family, and has been confined to a wheelchair ever since. Even though he can stand up again with the help of crutches, he can no longer run in the sun as lively as before.
For this reason, the little boy's father, while hating the criminal's family, could not help but feel resentful towards his wife who "contributed" to this outcome.
"My parents love me more than before and spend more time with me, but I don't want this..."
"I'm scared... They're always arguing, both in front of me and outside of me. I don't want to see them like this. My neighbor's sister's family was like this before, and then she lost her parents..."
"It was that terrible uncle who hurt me, so why did Dad scold Mom for not being able to protect me? Mom has already tried her best to protect me..."
"After they quarreled, they would ignore each other and then cry to me..."
The turning point came one day when, in order to cheer up the little boy who was becoming increasingly depressed for some unknown reason, his father took him to the cinema to watch their favorite movie, Batman.
The eight-year-old child didn't understand what "putting oneself in others' shoes" meant, but in the letter he wrote that when his father saw that Batman could only choose to go to one side to rescue, he once again mentioned the details of the accident that made him unable to run from then on: "That was what happened to little John and I at the time. That terrible uncle put us on both sides. Little John had an asthma attack, and I asked my mother to save him first..."
"Dad knows this, but he always thinks that Mom hasn't done her best."
"It was not until he angrily scolded Xiao Chou for being bad that he slowly began to show a strange expression, and then hugged me and cried..."
"After the movie ended, I returned home and finally saw... my parents stopped arguing and instead hugged each other, apologized, and cried..."
At the end of this long letter with crooked handwriting and childish yet extremely touching handwriting, the little boy expressed his love and admiration for Batman and wrote hopefully: "Maybe I will never be Batman when I grow up, but maybe I can be an assistant like Barbara and provide Batman with all the help I can..."
This touching story was spread and the media dug up the details of the incident. People then realized that since the police switched to more powerful weapons after the Miami incident, the police's success rate in operations has increased, but they have also encountered more retaliation than before.
When people think about how, in unknown places, people who provide security for everyone are deliberately retaliated against and their families are broken up, many people have changed their mindsets and have gradually stepped forward to provide comfort and care for those who have been retaliated against, and to speak out for them, hoping to infect more people to understand, tolerate and support them.
Don't let heroes shed tears after bleeding - this seemingly simple sentence requires extremely difficult mutual understanding and empathy.
But at least someone has taken the first step and started to lead others to continue.
Many years later, when facing criticism that most of Su Yun's films were overly focused on box office and popularity, and thus lacked artistic height and depth, some people used these examples and a phenomenon in the scientific community to defend her: "... just like the Carl Sagan effect in the scientific community, people generally believe that scientists who do popular science are not serious scientists. Therefore, the improvement of social reputation and fame and fortune will also bring artistic and academic losses to people like Mary and Carl."
"Carl Sagan, who once hosted the famous TV show "Cosmos", became famous in Europe and America in the 1980s. However, he was also excluded and ridiculed by his "orthodox" colleagues. They believed that his behavior of popularizing science to the public was pandering and lowered the value of scientists... This prejudice caused Carl, an outstanding scientist, to be nominated for the Academy of Sciences three times but failed three times. It has become a historical problem and common problem in the circle..."
"It is undeniable that we need 'orthodox' scientific researchers and filmmakers who strive for excellence, but we also need popular science scientists and filmmakers who popularize and promote science to the general public. The former allows us to pursue higher academic and artistic achievements, while the latter demonstrate and promote relevant introductory knowledge to the world, so that this knowledge gradually becomes common sense, helping adults to complete the transformation of their thinking and helping children lay a solid foundation for their dreams..."
"People are not born with knowledge, but a good movie can guide and change a person's cognition to a certain extent."
"This is the duty and contribution of science popularization workers. Even if they cannot become the most brilliant and dazzling figure at the top, when many people are ignorant and confused, they will bring a ray of light to illuminate the way forward for these people."
"Thank you, Carl; thank you, Mary; thank you, all those who have stepped forward to popularize science despite difficulties - thank you for your presence in my childhood, and thank you and look forward to your presence in my children's childhood in the future."
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