Correspond Eternity Héctor Germán Oesterheld was not an easy task. For more than sixty years, the thorough work of the Latin American comic book has encountered all kinds of difficulties in achieving television. The most urgent: the complexity of the translation of the complex visual and symbolic language of the comic book for the new environment. Especially because during the publication, The graphic novel was transformed into a symbol of political and social subversive activities.
Everything, thanks to the efforts, perseverance and talent of its author. Héctor Germán Oesterheld did not limit himself to the story of dystopia. In addition, he added a strong subtext of resistance to abuse of power, in addition to the celebration of the class and collective awareness through his premise. The story of Juan Salvo, any citizen who ultimately becomes a symbol of the uprising against an alien invasion, is moving. But much more compared to the history of its author, The Argentine military dictatorship in 1977 was stolen and disappeared.
The combination of factors made a comic as a milestone pop culture in Argentina. The relevance that the series inherits and has already turned it into a phenomenon in its own world. Explore in everything that surrounds EternityWe leave you five things that you owe to work. Its ability to be a symbol of generations to how Netflix production captured the legacy of the mass uprising of the original. The whole celebration of historical adaptation.
The original comic book was continued
Shortly before the abduction and subsequently, the Argentine Civil Military Dictatorship disappeared, Extor German Oestergeld wrote the second part for EternityThe work was published in 1976 in the Argentine Journal Skorpio And it was a reactionary story, What was surprised to bring the great topics of the original to the new dimension.
In fact, it is obvious that captivity and persecution directly influenced the optics of Estherheld for the battle for freedom. To directly continue his most famous story, the author returned to Juan Salvo. But instead of being an adalid for freedom and a symbol of oppressed masses, the character was now radicalized to turn himself into a messianic leader. In addition, he is convinced of the need to destroy everything in favor of the matter, the turn of events who turned on the victim with his daughter and his wife.
All to get the last triumph over an alien invasion. Step by the step of his father and husband were worried, Juan, except that it ultimately dehumanizes to bring everything to the battle that will save the planet of the invasion. A curious detail? For this second part of the work, much darker and more cruel, except that it acquires mysterious forces. Among them is extraordinary physical strength and ability Overceptive for understanding the functioning of machines.
There was a second version of the original comic book
Published in 1957, Eternity This almost immediately became an unprecedented success for the Argentinean comic industry. But, especially, for the genre of the nascent science fiction of the continent. Among the problems of the Cold War and premises from the political changes in Argentina, the work became an ideological beacon. Despite this, in 1969 and at the request of the magazine PeopleEstherheld gave an overview of his story. So he did it much more political and Direct criticism of geopolitical tension that crossed the world.
For the new version, Juan Salvo is well aware that not a single country on the planet will come to the aid of Argentina after deaths. Turning the events caused by the breakdown of disappointment and rage Not only in character, but also in those who accompany him in the battle of the end of the world.
More complex and undoubtedly more alarming, review Eternity It is also compared directly with the mortal snowfall with the great evil of capitalism. The solution that turned the comic into ideological and cool reflection.
City as the main character
Both in the original and in the adaptation of Netflix, Buenos Aires is the central point to understand the story. The solution that preserves the local comic air, but also has an important goal. By 1957, The year of the first publication of the comic book, science fiction had a clear ingredient in the Anglo -Boxon culture.
Hence EternityWhich was shown by Buenos -Aires, besieged by the violent invasion of aliens, was not only amazing, like a story. In addition, to move the classic components of the genre into a new scenario in This, in addition, they became an obvious political metaphor.
Thus, mysterious toxic snow became a way of thinking about the evil of individualism, while the value of John Salvo and his friends, the collective power. But especially, the eclectic Buenos -Aires stems from the pages of the comic book as the last bastion of the resistance to evil. The decision on the argument that gives the comic – and now, the series is its special identity.
Atypical invasion
During the 1950s, science fiction studied the idea of the invasions of aliens as a way of celebrating human power against adversity. Subsequently, the horrors of the Cold War turned traditional monsters into symbols of oppression and control. But always the separation between villains and heroes was very clear and unambiguous.
Eternity It was a pioneer to investigate the invasion with various aspects of violence and aggression. In the comic book, toxic snow, which covers most of the population of the world, is only the beginning of an accurate strategy to destroy the human race. Thus, as soon as the weather phenomenon stops, the survivors will make sure that the danger will begin. They should also collide For cascade, cannibal creatures with a sink, similar to the same insects.
Finally, to the possibility that someone, even their relatives, will turn into a male robot, machine guns without will to the service of invaders. To the fatal stage, GurbusHorrifying monsters, the only purpose of which was to fight survivors. All this frightening panorama is controlled HandsThose who are responsible for organizing invasions and destruction with surgical accuracy. Hierarchical scale of destruction, which He became one of the most interesting moments in the world that Estherheld represented.
Invisible enemy
One of the most intriguing points EternityThe fact that the real enemies of the inhabitants of the Earth are not visible. In fact, they are known as TheyMasters and responsible for all attacks. Elector German Oesterheld himself described them as cosmic hatred, The line of ruthless creatures capable of worst atrocities in exchange for power.
Of course, this is an allegory of control over a ruthless system. The bodies without thought and weapons without awareness are accompanied by nuclear power without a face. The central element to understand the political and ideological value of the comic book.
Source: Hiper Textual
