Chapter 340: Alien Observation Project (Part II)
"In fact, it's been more than 20 years since you left Earth, and Earth's technology is constantly improving. For Li Jie's words, Star-Lord nodded in agreement: "Yes." ”
Not really. When he was a child, the moon was going to be broadcast live around the world, and it was like a huge festival. Now that humanity has set foot on Neptune, of course it has made a lot of progress.
Li Jie continued to say in an orderly manner: "In fact, it is not only the development of military technology and various professional fields. We have also made great strides in the entertainment industry. I don't know if you watched the Star Wars series and the Terminator movies when you were still on Earth?"
"Of course! I have to see it!" Star-Lord replied without hesitation, "I wanted to become an adventurer in the universe when I watched Star Wars, but I really didn't expect that my dream would come true in the end." Star-Lord sighed with a little half-embarrassment, half-thing.
"But it's a pity that I haven't seen the second part of the Terminator series until now. That's when I was kidnapped and left the earth. ”
Li Jie smiled and pulled a very large box from his side, which contained a large box full of Blu-ray HD 4K discs. He said to Star-Lord, "Then congratulations, you can now watch the Blu-ray HD 4K remastered version of Terminator 2." I must say that Arnold Schwarzenegger's T800 is one of the best roles of his screen career. Later, after he retired from politics, he never made such a good movie again. Hollywood has also lost a top tough guy. ”
Star-Lord looked at Li Jie incredulously, his eyes widening: "What? Arnold Schwarzenegger is in politics? Just he? He has the same muscles as Drax the Destroyer, can he go into politics?"
Li Jie touched his chin, is this a vague saying that muscular men are brainless? Is this considered black? In fact, Star-Lord is just jealous that muscular hunks have more body lines than him?
"There's a lot more you can't think of. Li Jie handed the box full of HD Blu-ray 4KDVD disc to Star-Lord's hand and said: "There is also the Star Wars trilogy that will be restarted in the nineties after the end." ”
"George Lucas produced the Star Wars prequel trilogy. There are also "The Force Awakens" and "Rogue One" to complement the setting. , you can take it as an outsider. ”
"In order to make your life less boring while waiting for approval to cross the border, I have specially selected some good movies from the past 20 years. "Titanic" is suitable for watching with your girlfriend, as well as the "Transformers" live-action movie, HBO's classic war TV series "Band of Brothers". Li Jie said while flipping through the covers of these DVDs.
"There's also Game of Thrones, Downton Abbey, Sherlock Holmes, Gladiator, Spartan 300, Spartacus: Blood and Sand, and of course if you want to take it a little easier. For example, "Naruto", "One Piece" or something. ”
Li Jie's big box was so full that he couldn't even fully explain how many discs were in the first layer. He just handed it to Star-Lord and said, "These are all in English, you can probably understand them." As for your companions, you seem to have intelligent translation devices. ”
Wow, Star-Lord's expression is indescribable, and the only expression he can do right now is: Wow.
It seems that the officials of this Earth Federation on the other side are indeed well-intentioned. Because I had never heard of a place where prisoners were held, and they would be given so many movies and TV series to watch. Although there are several sequels to the series of movies, Star-Lord knows, many movie and television animation names he has never heard of.
But that didn't stop him from being interested in these things. As Li Jie said, after more than 20 years of social progress, Star-Lord has reason to believe that the shooting of these entertainment movies must have soared to a new height.
"We've installed an IMAX-level theater system for your temporary stay, and it's five. This way you can find your own favorite things to watch or play with. "Star-Lord doesn't understand what IMAX is, but it seems like a very powerful thing?
"As for the Nintendo Red and White machine you mentioned, I can seriously get you one. But I guess you won't be able to play Super Mario on a 100-square-meter screen, I'm afraid the picture will be too blurry. I'll get you a 20-inch color TV for you to play with. But at this point, I have to ask you to make a recommendation. As Li Jie said this, he dragged out a large box from his right.
In a slightly proud tone, he introduced: "These top products of human video game consoles in the last two decades: Sony's PS4 PRO, Microsoft's XBOX-ONE-X, Nintendo's Sitch!, and the handheld PSV, 3DS, and a few of Dell's top-of-the-line alien computers!"
God of War series, Uncharted series, GTA5, Super Mario: Odyssey, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Horizon: Dawn and many more. Since 10 years, I've collected all the good games with an IGN rating of 8.5 or above, so you can play them as you like!"
Li Jie gushed endlessly: "If you want to read, there are a large number of e-books for you to read, including all kinds of Oriental and American comics, as well as Chinese online literature and so on. If your smart translation device is not very good, we can help you translate .................. together."
Star-Lord was still dazed when he dragged two large boxes away. When did the people of the earth become so enthusiastic? Temporarily imprisoned and given so many benefits? Let the prisoners have fun at will?
Even the hooded man just now said that he could search for very good albums for Star-Lord over the years. But at the same time, I regretted telling Star-Lord: Michael Jackson had died a few years ago. Star-Lord was saddened by this.
Even after Star-Lord left, Li Jie began to use the computer to record and sort the recipes and menus, as well as the various drinks and drinks available on Earth, and he planned to make a very detailed list for the Guardians of the Galaxy to choose from.
Bantony Stark didn't understand what Li Jie was trying to do, so he asked his own question: "Are you going to raise them like uncles? I don't see anyone you care about anyone so much, I'm afraid Mage Lan hasn't been cared for so much." ”
"No, I care a lot more about her than that, I just don't need to show it to you. Li Jie answered Tony's question without raising his head: "As for why you do this, don't think that this is to raise them as uncles again." We're actually doing a very serious experiment in social observation. ”
Li Jie was quickly handling the work at hand, and the expression on his face was very serious. It didn't have the same heartless feeling as when I was chatting with Star-Lord just now.
And Li Jie's words also aroused the unanimous curiosity of the Illuminati bigwigs. Dr. Banner asked, curiously, "So what do you want to observe?"
"On the entertainment side. In fact, just now, both Thor and Star-Lord have inadvertently revealed a very subtle little detail. That's the planet's entertainment culture. Food, a variety of drinks included. There are also all kinds of things to play that other civilizations lack. ”
Li Jie tapped on the keyboard and considered it: "No, it shouldn't be said to be a lack." It should be said that they are not as diverse as the earth, and they appear to be relatively homogeneous. ”
"In fact, communication with extraterrestrial civilizations is inevitable. How can we gain a foothold in this vast universe when we may be completely backward in technology and science?"
Li Jie stood up and pointed to the dark universe outside the star port and said, "This dark universe is like the quietest deep sea. No one knows what's inside. Our civilization is nothing more than a broken sampan on this endless deep sea. We don't have 10,000-ton ships, we don't have strong ships and guns. ”
"But we are now ready to set sail without hesitation, ready to find our own new world in this endless sea of darkness. Our civilization has always suffered a lot, and many of these tribulations are not brought about by extraterrestrial civilizations, but created by ourselves. ”
"Although we are killing each other, you fight for a few resources. But when the war or dispute is over, someone will always put down their weapons, pick up the dusty guitar again, and play the pianist's beautiful black and white keys again. ”
"We humans are very good at entertaining ourselves and know how to heal our pain. In the days when we couldn't eat meat, we invented canned ham (ham sausage) and used this kind of thing to deceive and anesthetize ourselves. When we cut the pink ham into slices and put it on a white porcelain plate, we always say, "Look! Life isn't that hard, I can still eat meat, can I?"
"During the Great Depression, workers could save half of their breakfast money to buy a newspaper of the day. Console yourself with the stories serialized above. Or watch the little jokes above for fun. Although you are hungry, life is always less difficult when you can laugh out loud. (Note)
"Let's just say that now Venezuela's economy is collapsing, they have almost nothing to buy in their supermarkets, riots are happening all day long. But there are still people who live in this troubled country and use what little of their zest for life is making games. Because when we're focused on something we're interested in, maybe the gunshots don't seem so scary when they're not far away. ”
"The universe is huge, and we are small. If there is only one thing that will allow us to sail alone in this sea of darkness and not be so afraid. I think it's just our culture. ”
Li Jie took a deep breath: "I'm afraid this is also the only material we can use to reinforce our little sampan sailing in the dark universe." ”
"Asymmetric warfare is never won by force alone. The prosperity of civilization and even the life and death of individuals are never judged purely and one-sidedly from a material point of view. Maybe I'm a little whimsical, but maybe. Li Jie stretched out his index finger, his gaze determined.
"I mean, maybe, maybe we can rely on culture to fight a war without gunpowder, whether it's movies, games, food, books. As long as we can borrow all the power we can borrow, we should use it. Interstellar wars may be fought, but after the interstellar wars are over, we have to find a way to put our civilization on its feet. ”
"A cultural export war may be about to start. And now, they (Star-Lord and the others) are exactly what we are preparing for all this. So I said it was a social experiment. We have five very different subjects to study. Star-Lord aside, we also have four completely different extraterrestrial subjects. ”
Li Jie looked at Professor Charles and said, "Professor, please, you are an excellent sociologist and behaviorist. I think you have to keep track of these people during this time, what they like, what they hate, and what they want. Only with enough data can we sacrifice our culture cards when facing other similar alien civilizations in the future!"