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Chapter 1134: The First Year of Science Fiction Movies

"Old Xu, is Guo Fan back?"

"How could it be back? You don't think about your style of thousands of mountains. The wandering earth is so popular. You don't even spread the directors and actors to promote it?"

There is only one movie that really triggered a movie viewing frenzy in early 2019, that is, the Wandering Earth;

It can even be said that after the fifth day of the Chinese New Year, almost half of them were to watch this movie that claimed to open the first year of domestic science fiction;

Four days after the release of "The Wandering Earth", the single-day box office, which has been rising steadily, finally exceeded 400 million on the fifth day of its release, and broke the 405 million single-day box office result set by "Crazy Alien" on the first day of the Spring Festival release, becoming the double champion of the total box office and single-day box office of the Spring Festival.

Four days after its release, the single-day box office of "The Wandering Earth" exceeded 400 million, which is much more difficult than "Crazy Alien", which won 400 million on the first day of its release.

Although everyone here is Wan Chongshan’s partner, they have their own companies and staff. Moreover, Meng Qingzhou has never eaten alone, and everyone believes in his vision, so they have invested more or less. From the current point of view, they have benefited a lot;

The only thing that was depressed was probably Xiaohu and Wang Zhiwen, because Xinli didn’t catch this train;

"Old Meng, do you think the small ball break will surpass the box office of Wolf Warriors? Many media have been making his box office records these days, and the momentum is quite good!"

The little fox looked at Wang Zhiwen sorely, and then asked Qingzhou;

"Of course I hope to surpass the Wolf Warrior, but the possibility is very small. Lao Wu's Wolf Warrior was released, and the time, place and people all took over. With the publicity effect, he got such a high box office. The Wandering Earth cannot compare in nature, so it is difficult to break the record!"

Ning Hao shook his head, as if he didn't agree with Lao Meng's opinion: "Not necessarily. I've read the news these days, and the situation abroad is also good, so maybe it can be done!"

Mouse is right, it has indeed attracted a lot of attention from foreign media;

This is the first Chinese film that has been supported by the Chinese community worldwide and is proud of.

In fact, many North American filmmakers have introduced countless domestic films over the years, but most of them are bad movies made by traffic stars. A few such as "Youth" and "Donkey Gets Water" are far from reaching the effect of "The Wandering Earth".

From New York to the Bay Area, from big cities to small towns, many Chinese people said that on their circle of friends and Facebook, there were Chinese groups regardless of age, industry or occupation, and actions that supported the Wandering Earth. It can be said that "The Wandering Earth" is an event with very strong cohesion among overseas Chinese;

This is the first Chinese-language film that is not stereotyped; the Chinese-language film that was able to enter the "international market" in the past, except for the costume martial arts films, is a film that "shows the backwardness and miserable rural areas of China". It is basically at the same level as the stereotype of "Indian movies are musicals" - the only "Wolf Warrior" with a high level of film industry is essentially a standard industrial film produced by Hollywood every year.

"The Wandering Earth" is different because it is the first excellent film in China to "hard-core confrontation" with the developed American film industry. It can be shown in the field of "science fiction" and is truly excellent "domestic film" that can be used in the field of "science fiction" and is open to the best Hollywood science fiction blockbusters.

It can be said that other domestic films in the past were "showing Tai Chi at the Olympics and showing Chinese culture". "Wolf Warrior" is "the first time that Chinese people participated in the Olympics as players", and "The Wandering Earth" is "a world-class seed player - a player from China to strive for the Olympic gold medal for the first time";

This is the first Chinese film that can be "universally accepted" by world audiences.

Americans who used to watch "Chinese-language movies" were either "niche Chinese culture lovers", a group of "Chinese fans" searched for "condom-costume martial arts films such as "hiding dragons and lying tigers" at home, or they were themselves a bunch of "Americans" who "immigrated from China to the United States" to watch authentic Chinese movies, because they are essentially Chinese, and their native language is still Chinese.

It is understood that "The Wandering Earth" is a Chinese film that truly allows ordinary audiences of various cities, regions, ethnic groups and cultures in the United States to enter American cinemas for the first time. Perhaps the impact is small now, but this is a breakthrough from scratch, which is very rare;

Foreign media are also very generous in their praise for this movie.

The New York Times' most interesting evaluation: The Chinese film industry has finally joined the space race.

"China is a latecomer in space exploration and a latecomer in the science fiction film industry. This situation is about to change. This film is regarded as the beginning of a new era of Chinese filmmaking and is one of a series of ambitious and expensive films in China. To date, this type of film has surpassed the capabilities of most Chinese filmmakers in both technology and economics, and is a test of the film industry."

The Indian media couldn't help but exclaim in the article: Wow!

"Chinese movies try to take our planet out of the solar system, with an unprecedented element in the film's storyline. The film looks even beyond Hollywood standards. The competition between the United States and China now easily enters the film field. And "The Wandering Earth" will bring this competition to a whole new realm: it can be said to be outside the solar system. One word: Wow!"

The comments from the South China Morning Post set the tone for this film: an epic science fiction movie!

"The Wandering Earth may become a movie that inspires Chinese science fiction films. Starring Wu Jing from Wolf Warrior, the film is an epic science fiction film comparable to Hollywood blockbusters such as Interstellar and Gravity. People have high hopes for this movie, hoping that it can inspire more high-quality Chinese science fiction blockbusters."

It is understood that "The Wandering Earth" will be released in limited editions this week in countries outside China, including the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.

Although the theme of saving humanity is almost ruined by Hollywood, the idea of ​​this film is very different from that of Europeans and Americans, and has won widespread popularity for it.

As the online viewpoint says, when Chinese people can shoot their own science fiction stories well, the world will be amazed!

But the domestic things are so urinating. Amid the cheers, there are still many sarcastic voices, and the reasons given are unbearable even for people with a good temper;

What these people say, good science fiction films should first recognize human ignorance and look at the relationship between man and the universe from the perspective of man;

Instead of diving into narrow family disputes and sentiment of a great country;

Are you OK?

Is it meaningful to think about the fate of mankind and the universe from the perspective of human beings?

Not to mention that the universe is vast and completely unconscious, human beings are just random products to the universe, and their existence time is not even a moment compared to the history of the universe. Maybe countless intelligent lives have been extinct before, and countless lives will be born and destroyed in the future. From the perspective of the universe, human birth and death are insignificant, so human life and death are only meaningful to humans themselves. It is a false proposition to jump out of the "human perspective".

Moreover, in the original and movies, humans use their meager strength and wisdom to unite their full strength to resist the upcoming demise and try to resist the eternal laws of the universe. Isn’t it amazing?

Is it still considered a science fiction film that abandons human thinking about its own future? Is it considered a science fiction film? Is it acknowledging human ignorance first? This is science fiction, not Cthulhu?

In addition, some people think that Chinese science fiction movies should be used to compete with Hollywood on the same stage. Their basis is that the promotion of Wandering Earth has reached the level of American blockbusters.

Everyone knows what level of Chinese science fiction movies were before. From scripts to special effects production to directors, they are more than 100,800 miles away from the standardization of industrialization. Wandering Earth has to delete some plots due to national conditions, which makes some places seem inexplicable. It is unfair to put Wandering Earth and Hollywood science fiction films on the same standard.

How high is the average investment in Hollywood science fiction films? How much investment is the Wandering Earth? If it weren't for the strong support of China Film and Wan Chongshan, it would be hard to say whether this movie could be released. Director Guo Fan knew this clearly and recalled that he wanted to find a Hollywood company to do special effects. After asking about the price, he found that he could not afford it at all, so he had to go back to China to find a domestic company. What is this comparison with Hollywood?

Before the release of Wandering Earth, everyone was generally not optimistic. Apart from Liu's novels, there was really no other highlight. Apart from Wu Jing, Wu Mengda was basically second- and third-tier actors, and he had no money to hire popular traffic stars. Moreover, from the beginning, it can be seen that the industry did not take it seriously. There is no so-called advertising bombing that can be compared with Hollywood blockbusters. It was only after the release that the proportion of screening and publicity increased as the reputation increased.

If it is narrow to portray family disputes and great power in science fiction films, then from Independence Day to 2012 to Interstellar travel, they are all failed, and Independence Day is even more a hot American imperialist chicken.

Of course, there are some scenes in the Wandering Earth that are awkward, which is undeniable, but it is far from as serious as some people say nationalism. On the contrary, the concept of saturated rescue in the film is basically not visible in Hollywood science fiction films, which refreshes me. The protagonist and his group have made great sacrifices and have been led by others to complete the task, which is almost obvious that they all died in vain.

But it is precisely this way that people can truly feel the despair and hope behind the succession of mankind regardless of costs in the face of huge disasters, as well as the unity of peoples of all countries.

But there are only a few people with distorted thoughts. The ability of domestic science fiction to reach such a level has made most movie fans very happy;

Some netizens also spontaneously refuted certain views for Xiaobiao, and even looked for those who deliberately scored low points on Douban forum;

It is normal to play one star because there are too many flaws in this movie:

1. The original work, main creator, starring, and director are all Chinese, and China is not suitable for making science fiction films. One star.

2. There is no white man appearing as a savior in the film. How can yellow man save the earth? Even if yellow man saves the world, he must be a Japanese wearing leather case. One star.

3. With Wu Jing, he must be a space war wolf. One star.

4. So many people say that this movie is good, it must be a navy army, there are navy troops, which is disgusting. Wan Chongshan still doesn’t know how much it costs to hire a foreign navy named Cameron. Who is this person? Do you understand science fiction? One star.

5. I haven't seen it, but I just want to give one star. One star.

6. Those who brag about this movie must be pink. People in the west are still eating grass, gutter oil, and smog are not solved and they have money to make movies? One star.

7. The protagonist plays awkwardly, and speaking Chinese makes me get goosebumps. Although I haven't passed the level of English Level 4, it is recommended to change it to English dubbing. This is so high-end, one-star.

8. With my failed physics level in junior high school, I think the science in this movie does not conform to general relativity, and Newton even cried. It is recommended to learn interstellar, one star.

9. In short, as long as it was not taken by my father, it was one star.

10. I just want to get 10 pieces, one star.

Wang Zhiwen gently touched Xiaohu's legs and signaled her to tell her what they thought before. Xinli successfully went public after joining forces with Hua Zixiang. Because the company's main business direction was TV series. Although the profit was quite good, it could not match the sensational effect of the movie. The stock price has been ups and downs. Meng Qingzhou's "Wu Shuang" and "Operation Red Sea" were mixed with it. Although the investment was not large, the effect was very obvious;

At the end of the year, the stock price finally exceeded 30 yuan. Looking at Jumei's long-term stock price, several bosses in Xinli were so envious;

Especially when Wang Zhiwen and Mimi were moved when they knew that the film and television adaptation rights of several novels of Liu Cixi were all in Wanchongshan;

The main controllers will not have any delusions. Even if Meng Qingzhou agrees, Zhong Lizhe will not let go, but it should be fine to increase the investment ratio, right?

"Qingzhou, do you think Liu's novels and that one is suitable for adaptation. Take advantage of this sci-fi style and shoot another one!"

Lao Meng looked at the cleverly smiled vixen with a smile, knowing what she was thinking;

"It can be adapted, it depends on how to shoot it. Xiaohu, there are many directors here. Do you want to choose someone to cooperate with me?"

That being said, but Meng Qingzhou believes that "Full-band Blocking Interference" and "Spheric Lightning" are a bit overwhelming.

Although I am looking forward to seeing the decisive battle between the Chinese and US aircraft carrier battle groups at sea and the heavy armored clusters on the North China Plain, it is a great scene that it is exciting to think about, but it is not politically acceptable. Although I am a little nervous with the US now, I have to be ashamed of face.

He thinks that such as "Glory and Dream", "Chaos Butterfly" and "Devil Building Blocks" are good. After all, there are clear protagonists and story lines around the protagonist. The content is not very hard, and there are many emotional descriptions (the protagonist's family and country feelings in the Chaos Butterfly, the breaking between the doctor and his wife in the Devil Building Blocks) and reveal the ugly faces of a wave of capitalist powers.

"Chinese Sun", "Earth Fire", "Golden Field", "Earth Cannon" and "Bring Her Eyes" are also very good, without much politics and looking forward to the future in terms of technology. Moreover, "Earth Cannon" and "Bring His Eyes" have some plots that cross, so you can choose one as a legend.

But the one that is really suitable for the current situation is "Rural Teachers";

This is a good story with a very high integrity and touching depth, and the length is very short. Like "The Wandering Earth", it is very suitable for artistic processing and adaptation. The idea and tone of the whole story are also in line with the core socialist values ​​hhhhhhhh

In fact, the biggest difficulty in filming this story is that it is difficult to actually show the carbon-based federation, including the last civilization test. However, the director can completely avoid this problem with some special artistic methods and special effects, such as using the dialogue between Cheng Xin and Yun Tianming in "The Three-Body Problem".

I really like this story, just like "The Wandering Earth", which embodies the last bit of glittering hope in despair. In the huge universe, human beings may be small and fragile, but even so, they are still moving forward hard.

I even chose the protagonist's candidate, just Teacher Wang Jinsong, who is weak but extremely strong.

Boss Yang didn't care whether Meng Qingzhou was joking or not, and immediately beat the snake and went on the stick, "Okay, I'll go to Wanchongshan to find Sister Zhong tomorrow. When the project is delivered to you, don't just not approve it!"
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