China Entertainment 1997.

Chapter 611 "Thor" was released, domestic and foreign audiences who fried the pot

In late May, the annual summer vacation officially kicked off. Even in North America, the summer vacation has almost started for half a month.

And the much-anticipated Marvel's second personal film "Thor" was also released at this time.

Compared with "Iron Man", in fact, most Chinese audiences are not very interested in this movie.

After all, there are a few Chinese people who know about Norse mythology. If it is possible to make Greek mythology, many people will be interested. After all, many people have read cartoons or story books about Greek mythology when they were young.

Especially the goddess Athena, and the fire-stealing Prometheus who appeared in elementary school textbooks, are considered to be one of the most popular foreign mythological figures in China.

They are comparable to God, Jesus, Satan and Lucifer.

Even these three are not necessarily comparable, and many people only know the names of God and Jesus, but the specific stories are not clear.

As for Satan and Lucifer, it is thanks to the popular online novels.

In particular, Lucifer, the fallen angel, is basically either a villain or a protagonist comrade-in-arms. The appearance rate of Western fantasy-themed web articles is as high as 90%. The oriental mythological figure who can be compared with him may be Chi You.

Two people, this is the master, that is the big brother, that is the younger brother, that is the patriarch, and that is the big boss behind the scenes...

The two big villains of the East and West myths have a second spring in online articles, and the popularity has become a poisonous point, making readers schizophrenic before it can be regarded as subdued.

As a result, many old readers of Internet literature in later generations sometimes feel uncomfortable when they hear these two names, all of which were hurt at the time.

In contrast, the name of Thor, the Nordic mythology, is too unpopular. Maybe some people will consider the name of Marvel, but the box office will not be too high.

After all, "Iron Man" was the first film, and the box office in the mainland was just over 1 million.

In the second part, with the accumulation of previous works, it can be regarded as progress, the box office exceeded 2 million, and it entered the top fifteen of the year, barely considered a hit.

Marvel did not focus on the mainland either. The main battlefields of "Thor" are still in North America and Europe, followed by Asia and Australia.

New York, USA
Bob and Will walked into a theater talking and laughing, bought movie tickets for "Thor", and discussed in full swing how Marvel would make this movie.

Both of them are die-hard Marvel fans, and unlike many Marvel fans at this time who are on the sidelines or even resisting the movie adaptation, they both support the filmization and even understand a certain degree of magic reform.

How to say the original Marvel comics, which were born in the 40s and have been born for more than half a century. Many stories do not conform to the concept of the times and modern people.

Even Marvel's original comics are constantly deleting and rectifying, frequently paralleling time and space, constantly blurring time, eating settings, and changing character settings have become commonplace.

Therefore, it is normal for a movie adaptation to change the plot setting, or even deviate from the original work, and set up a new story line alone.

For example, Iron Man, this character is far less lovable in the original book than in the movie, and even in some comics or universes, he is a pure villain.

Therefore, the popularity of the original Iron Man is very low, and it is regarded as a second-line hero. Not only Iron Man, but the popularity of the entire Avengers is not particularly strong.

Marvel's real top players are Spider-Man, X-Men, Fantastic Four, etc. This can also be felt from the time when these characters were filmed and the copyright was sold.

If these characters are not popular, how could Marvel sell the copyright at a high price and start filming many years earlier than the Marvel Universe.

Therefore, Marvel first opened the movie universe with Iron Man, and many people were sweating in their hearts.

But I didn't expect Iron Man in the movie to be so brilliant, and the actors were well chosen, which attracted a large number of fans, making Iron Man leap from a second-line hero to a new top-ranking Marvel.

But even so, Iron Man barely ranks among the top ten most popular superheroes, and the number one ranking will always be Marvel's own son, Spider-Man.

Also because of the success of "Iron Man", Bob and Will accepted it well, and even looked forward to the freshness of the new story.

For them, the special effects and real-life interpretation of the movie version are more substituting than comics, and the emotional release and fighting of the actors are also more powerful and realistic.

And there are more and more Marvel fans who have turned against them like them. Except for some diehards, everyone has gradually opened their minds.

Even if I see a plot that does not match the original, I will comfort myself, just like watching a fan story.

Armed with Coke and popcorn, Bob and the two went to the theater after checking the tickets. The attendance rate was good, at least one of the best compared to the same period.

This year's summer file competition is very fierce. In the second half of May alone, the same file includes "Thor", "Kung Fu Panda 5", "The Hangover 2", "X-Men: First Class", all of which are well-known and well-known. Series and IP Movies.

Four popular movies are fighting at the same time, which is also the biggest highlight of this year's North American summer schedule.

The outside world wants to see if "The Hangover 2" is still a dark horse counterattack, or whether the anime movie will come out on top, or whether the two superhero groups under Marvel will compete.

When Bob and the two sat down, they did not forget to discuss "X-Men: First Class". After watching "Thor", they went to watch this movie.

It's a pity that the two are still talking about it. The copyright of the "X-Men" series is controlled by Twentieth Century Fox. If it is taken back by Marvel, then they can see the Avengers fighting the X-Men.

They are looking forward to the scene where Magneto rubs Iron Man!

The fantasy was lively for a while, and finally the movie started. The two of them and other audience members held their breaths and stared at the screen.

In the movie "Thor", the heroine observed at night and found a natural phenomenon. While driving to watch, they accidentally bumped into a person.

Then the story flashes back to Asgard, where Odin, Thor, Loki and other characters play one by one.

To be honest, the plot of the first half of "Thor" is quite boring. The protagonist Thor is a full-fledged reckless bastard, and his teeth are itchy.

But this is also very normal. The whole movie is about the transformation of the character of Thor. The shortcomings of the early stage were not enough, so where did this transformation come from.

After the first three and 10 minutes that were a bit boring, Thor was exiled to the earth, and the plot began to look good.

Especially when Raytheon just arrived on the earth, the various contrasting jokes like bumpkins are extremely comedic, making the audience who have been silent for half an hour burst into laughter.

Finally, in the middle of the movie, Thor, who had been making fun of himself for a long time, learned of the whereabouts of Thor's Hammer, broke into the S.H.I.E.L.D.

"Hey, I need someone to finish him up high."

"clear."

A magnetic sound sounded, and a slender and strong hand picked up the recurve bow on the shelf and put it on his back, stepped out of the guard car, rushed to a high platform, and after a few neat flips and moves, he was firmly on the high platform. superior.

The camera didn't show this person's face, but from his weapon, Marvel fans like Bob have vaguely guessed who this character is.

The camera turned to Thor, who was still rampaging around the base, and the security personnel along the way were beaten to pieces by him.

The person in charge of S.H.I.E.L.D. noticed the anomaly brought by Thor and picked up the walkie-talkie.

"Clint, listen to me, don't do anything for now."

"clear."

On a rainy night, on the high platform, the mysterious man finally showed his true face. Cao Xuan, who was wearing tights, indifferently drew his bow and arrow, aiming at Thor.

"Oh, my god!!!!"

"Am I dreaming."

"Ah, it's Cao, so handsome!"

"..."

One after another, exclamations rang out in the theater. There was no way. Marvel kept it a secret. Not many people knew that Cao Xuan had participated in "Thor", and no one connected Cao Xuan with the Marvel movie.

So when Cao Xuan actually appeared in the movie, everyone must be very surprised.

Of course, the surprise mainly refers to those ordinary audiences, who think it is a pretty good easter egg, and those who are surprised are Bob and the audience who know Marvel.

Whether it's Cao Xuan's appearance and weapons, or Clint, the person in charge of S.H.I.E.L.D., they all unabashedly expressed that the role played by Cao Xuan is Hawkeye.

Is the world's pop king also joining Marvel?
With doubts, everyone is looking forward to the development of the following plot, guessing whether Hawkeye will fight against Thor or Loki.

But what everyone didn't expect was that Hawkeye simply showed his face and then left. Many viewers thought that there would be a decisive battle later, but they didn't see Hawkeye until the end of the movie.

"It turned out to be a cameo."

Will was rather disappointed. He personally liked Cao Xuan better, and he still wanted to see Cao Xuan's scenes, but he didn't expect that there were only a few scenes.

"Don't worry, it shouldn't be that simple."

Bob is thoughtful, and Natasha was mentioned when Hawkeye exited, so he guessed that he will definitely appear later, and any Marvel fan knows that Marvel wants to engage in the Avengers.

"Hawkeye is the patriarch of the Avengers and is likely to appear in future movies."

Just as he was talking, the easter egg after the ending subtitles of "Thor" appeared, a secret base, with the Rubik's Cube in the center, Fury, the director of S.H.I.E.L.D., frowned and looked at the agents cleaning the battlefield, while Hill next to him reported the situation.

"... 12 casualties... Although the opponent did not succeed, it can be seen that the opponent came prepared, and I am afraid that they will not give up easily."

Fury pondered for a while, and said: "We have to send the ace to go out, recall Hawkeye, Black Widow."

The easter eggs stopped abruptly, but left the audience with infinite reverie, Bob slapped his hands.

"I guessed it right, Hawkeye definitely has a lot of roles in this new secretly filmed movie "Black Widow."

After leaving the theater, the two went to watch "X-Men: First Class" again, quite satisfied.

To be honest, the quality of this movie is very good, and the word-of-mouth evaluation is considered relatively high in the "X-Men" series, especially the relationship between Magneto and Professor X when they were young, which makes people "talk about it".

At least for the two of them, today's two movies made them very satisfied.

The latter is of higher quality, while the former has surprise eggs.

Before the two of them went back, they used their mobile phones to search for reviews of the two movies on the road.

The discussion point of "X-Men: First Class" is mainly the relationship between the two characters, and the direction of "Thor" is more.

Some people discussed Natana, the actress who played the heroine Jane, and some people discussed the villain Loki.

More people focus on Thor's actor Chris Hemsworth.As a male protagonist, the audience was deeply impressed by this blond man.

Many viewers expressed their appreciation, feeling that Hemsworth is full of hormones, full of charm, and good acting skills, which fits the image of Thor in their hearts.

This unknown junior who once moved bricks in Australia officially opened his own star path.

Also causing widespread discussion, there is also Cao Xuan, who only made a guest appearance for 1 minute.

【Oh my god, how much did Marvel spend to win Cao?】

[Can the Chinese play Hawkeye? I always find it weird.]

[Please stop your discrimination, there are whites, blacks, and Latins in Marvel, why can't there be Asians]

[I'm not used to it, but the appearance is still pretty good]

[Marvel's magic reform is not a one-off, Jarvis has changed from a real person to a purely intelligent program, and what happened to Hawkeye becoming an Asian]

[I think Cao is so handsome, although it is only a little shot, but I am still addicted to it]

[I can't wait to see his rivalry with Scarlett, my favorite singer and my favorite actress, exciting]

【Haha, I also like the scenes of handsome men and beautiful women】

【…】

Most people are more surprised by Cao Xuan's participation in Marvel. As for whether it is suitable for this role, although there are differences, it is not as big as Cao Xuan expected in advance.

To a large extent, it is because the role of Hawkeye is relatively low in popularity and its positioning is relatively vague.

If it is a top-tier or special character like Spider-Man, Captain America, and Iron Man, public opinion will not be so easily appeased.

Even so, there were many discussions about Hawkeye, and many American media also participated in the discussion.

These traffic and popularity have driven the box office of "Thor" to a certain extent, making it firmly ranked second in the same period although it is not as popular as "The Hangover 2".

The first week's box office was 6500 million + US dollars, which basically met Marvel's expectations.

However, this also announced that Marvel's plan to make "Thor" replicate the glory of the "Iron Man" series fell through.

You know, the North American box office of the two films of "Iron Man" has exceeded 3 million US dollars, and judging from the current trend of "Thor", the North American box office has supported the sky by 2 million US dollars.

Taking advantage of this enthusiasm, and with the mentality of adding another fire to the movie, Marvel officially announced.

Marvel Universe's fourth superhero solo movie "Eagle Eye" will be released in December this year, starring Cao Xuan and Scarlett Johansson.

At the same time, Marvel also took a precautionary shot, indicating that this movie has a certain degree of positive adaptation compared to the original comics, and the new Hawkeye setting and story will be more exciting.

However, not many people care about the latter. Everyone is surprised that Marvel's new movie is "Hawkeye", not "Black Widow" that everyone has guessed for more than half a year.

Kevin Fitch (President of Marvel) is a ruthless person, and he has kept it from everyone for so long.

But calm down, everyone can understand that although Scarlett Johansson's reputation is not low, she does not have a single box office record.

And Cao Xuan at least has the "Taken" series as a base, and the popularity of the world's pop king is also a plus.

Even so, there are still some people who swear by it.

For so many years in Hollywood, there has not been a successful superhero movie starring an Asian actor, or in other words, there was no such movie before that.

Many people think that Marvel's move is too risky, commenting that it was blinded by Cao Xuan's fame and the Asian market.

Even Bruce Lee's "The Green Hornet", strictly speaking, his role should be the second fan, or a double hero.

The superhero "Eagle Eye" was already low in popularity, but now it is still starring Cao Xuan, so the possibility of failure in the street is extremely low.

Yet they forgot.

The hero of "Iron Man" was Robert Downey Jr., a bad artist with a bad reputation.

Hemsworth, the hero of "Thor", is just a nobody.

Cao Xuan's fame and influence are more than one level higher than those two at the time. Even if Hawkeye's popularity is low, it is enough to make up for it, not to mention there is a Black Widow who exploded in "Iron Man 2".

The turbulent public opinion did not reduce the confidence of Marvel and Cao Xuan.

Whether "Eagle Eye" is a dragon or a worm, we will know at the end of the year...

Unlike North America, where public opinion is severely divided, in Asia and China, supporters for Cao Xuan's joining Marvel accounted for the vast majority.

【Superhero movie, I can't wait】

[I went to see "Thor", Cao Xuanshuai's batch]

[I searched for Hawkeye's information over the wall. This hero's combat power is a bit weak, and he shouldn't be able to beat Thor and the Hulk]

[Extranet said that Marvel revealed that it will be enhanced, but I don't know if it is true or not]

[I said, what did Cao Xuan do in those few months when he disappeared, emotionally acted in a Hollywood blockbuster, no wonder there are no domestic movies]

[I saw Fan Bingbing in the easter egg, she seems to be participating in the show]

[It’s so exciting, I never imagined in my dreams that one day I will see Chinese people fighting Iron Man]

[Cao Xuan is awesome, a Chinese male lead, Cheng Long and Li Lianjie failed to do it, the last one was Bruce Lee]

[Strictly speaking, the two films of Bruce Lee were also based on Golden Harvest, they cannot be regarded as Hollywood films, and Cao Xuan's has more gold content]

[Don't start a war, it's all the pride of Chinese movies, Bruce Lee blazed the trail, Cao Xuan carried it forward]

【…】

The discussion on the Internet was very lively, and even drove the box office of "Thor". Many viewers went to the cinema to watch the movie, just for the one-minute shot of Cao Xuan.

Not only in the mainland, but also in Japan, South Korea, Singapore and other places. Audiences who did not intend to watch the movie went to the theater because of Cao Xuan.

It is no exaggeration to say that Cao Xuan's 1-minute cameo appearance can at least give "Thor" an extra US$1000 million in box office in Asia, and the mainland alone will save 3000 million yuan.

Although this is largely due to everyone's curiosity to play Cao Xuan as a superhero and want to see it quickly, it can also be seen Cao Xuan's influence in Asia.

Hearing the news, the American media made a big show——

"With just a one-minute cameo, Cao brought hundreds of thousands of Asian audiences into theaters. The number one superstar in Asia will be Marvel's biggest reliance on the Asian market."

Marvel is also very excited, and the Asian box office is very strong. This time, "Thor" is expected to reach 5000 million US dollars, second only to North America and Europe.

It also made them fantasize about what kind of surprises the Asian ticket warehouses would give them if "Eagle Eye" and "Avengers" starring Cao Xuan were released, and whether they might overtake Europe...

(End of this chapter)