🎬心得【Scavengers Reign】

印象中是在reddit上r/scifi上看到的推薦，感謝外國網民的推廣 🙏 如果難以想像什麼是「魔幻科幻」，來看看這部。有點麻煩就是了，目前只有在Netflix US和UK有（HBO放棄它讓給Netflix了，WTF），幾天前開始Netflix還開始依契約擋VPN了，需要點手段。

這部真的讓我大開眼界，每集都像在看劇情貫通的《Alien Worlds》、個別都是一個個獨立冒險，音樂、美術都充滿奇幻感，tension還能不出戲地每集都維持住，真的很久很久沒看到如此優秀的科幻動畫作品了，大概從《風之谷》、《惑星迷航 Planetes》之後就沒見過了吧？

"大自然"的基礎狀態就是混沌、相互殺戮，我們所知的"和諧"極少出現在跨物種的互動中，《Scavengers Reign》提醒了我這點。

這部也讓我重新思考，為何只考慮cyborg般的人機合一、《Dogs of War》般的生機合一，卻沒考慮過嵌合體似的大雜燴呢？看過Adrian Tchaikovsky的作品，應該不會沒想過這般可能性才對…演化、突變最快的路徑就是包容接觸到的一切事物 — 有機和無機都是。

我覺得最經典的台詞：“I should have known. You’re too selfish to love anyone other than yourself.” 但，追根究柢，這不就是「物種」的本質嗎？看看人類，人本思考是很正常的，在資源有限的宇宙中，物競天擇不能怪誰。

可惡，怕找不到類似的優秀作品了，類似的英文小說也許有，但每次都要讀過好幾本地雷才會找到一部佳作... 😥

---

In my memory, it was recommended on r/scifi on Reddit. Thanks to foreign netizens for promoting it 🙏 If you find it hard to imagine what "fantasy sci-fi" is like, check this one out. The downside is that it's currently only available on Netflix US and UK (HBO gave it up to Netflix, WTF), and a few days ago, Netflix started blocking VPNs according to the contract. Some workaround is needed.

This truly opened my eyes. Each episode feels like watching an interconnected narrative of the TV show 《Alien Worlds》, but each one stands as its own independent adventure. The music and visuals are full of fantasy elements, yet the tension remains consistent without feeling disjointed. It's been a long, long time since I've seen such an outstanding sci-fi animated series — probably since the anime《Valley of the Wind》 and 《Planetes》.

《Scavengers Reign》 also reminded me, that "nature" exists in a state of chaos and mutual slaughter by default; the harmony we know is rarely seen in cross-species interactions.

This also made me rethink why we only consider cyborg-like human-machine integration or dog-human synergy like in the novel 《Dogs of War》, but not chimeric mixtures of diverse elements? Having read Adrian Tchaikovsky's works, one should have considered such possibilities... The fastest path to evolution and mutation is through integration with everything encountered — organic and inorganic alike.

What I found most iconic was the line: "I should have known. You're too selfish to love anyone other than yourself." But at its core, isn't this the essence of a 'species'? It's natural for humans to prioritize self-interest; survival of the fittest is inevitable in a resource-limited universe.

Argh, I'm worried about not able to find similar outstanding works. Maybe there are English novels, but each time I have to go through several duds before finding one gem like this 😥