This director is very reliable

Chapter 1006 Difficulties
Does James Cameron understand science fiction?
nonsense!

"James Cameron's Science Fiction Stories", James Cameron's personal experience, analyzes the successful evolution of science fiction from being admired by people at the beginning to being a sensation in the film and television industry, a total of 6 episodes, dividing science fiction into 6 major types: Alien Life, outer space, monsters, dark future, intelligent robots, time travel...

People are familiar with science fiction works.

There are a lot of pages about Japanese benzene!

Ribenba’s cyberpunk works in the 90s combined dark futures and intelligent robots, expounding the living conditions and philosophical thinking of semi-mechanized human beings in an apocalyptic environment.

This country is very special. The rapid economic development in the 70s promoted the expansion of the publishing industry. The Osaka World Expo was held, which set off a social wave of concern for science, and science fiction works emerged.

In the 80s, representative novels include "The Silence of Japan" and "Legend of Galactic Heroes".

In the 80s, economic growth stagnated. In the early 90s, Japan's benzene economic bubble burst, and the subway sarin gas incident broke out, presenting the end of the Great Depression.

The self-dangerous awareness of the island nation engraved in the bones of the Japanese people has been catalyzed, which has evolved into social panic, and a large number of works of lonely boys and girls resisting the imminent end of the world have appeared.

In 1988, Katsuhiro Otomo's "Akira" turned out to tell the story of people's pursuit of rights in the background of the end of the world.In the new Tokyo built on the ruins of a nuclear explosion, Tetsuo, a street racing party, accidentally becomes the subject of a military experiment and the puppet of the mysterious power Akira, and a catastrophe breaks out.

In 1995, "Ghost in the Shell" directed by Mamoru Oshii was adapted from Masamune Shiro's manga of the same name. At the same time, similar works such as "Gunmeng" and "Apple Nuclear War" were released.

The violent aesthetics and apocalyptic sentiments of "Akira" are very popular among Americans. The comics have been selling well in the United States for seven years. After the animated film was released in 6 languages ​​around the world, the revenue in the United States alone reached 100 million US dollars.

Hollywood saw business opportunities, and Warner bought the copyright of "Akira" early, and even planned an adaptation, but it has not been officially promoted;
Paramount's "Ghost in the Shell" and [-]th Century Fox's adaptation of "Gunmen" have already been released.

It is estimated that after watching the word-of-mouth and box office of these two films, Warner's "Akira" is even more distant...

In addition to adapting the original comics, Hollywood has not stopped absorbing the essence of Japanese works.

"The Matrix" is obviously deeply influenced by the separation of the soul and the shell in "Ghost in the Shell". People can insert a virtual world system and then lose themselves.

Darren Aronofsky paid tribute to Toshi Kon crazily. Some of the storyboards of "Black Swan" and "Requiem for a Dream" are exactly the same as "The Room of Wei Ma".And in Nolan's "Inception", people can also see the shadow of Min Kon's work "Red Pepper".

If "Inception" and "Red Pepper" are a coincidence, then "Requiem for a Dream" and "The Room of Weima" are iron-like plagiarism!
"Alita"…

It doesn't have the essence of the original at all...

Cyberpunk-style movies are originally a description of class differentiation, the gap between rich and poor, and cultural conflicts in human society, and there are many things to talk about.

Comics such as "Ghost in the Shell" and "Gunmen" directly discuss the "Ship of Theseus" dilemma: when the human body only retains the brain, everything else is replaced by machinery, or the human body is controlled by computers, then humans are still human?

This includes more grand and profound propositions such as the relationship between matter and consciousness, the generation and existence of consciousness, the conflict between soul and body, and the boundary between machinery and human beings.

Of course, the box office of such serious works is not very good...

So, "Blade Runner" is awesome...

After hearing Shen Changlin's complaint, Cameron was surprised and asked, "Are you also a fan of "Gunmeng"?"

"I can't be called a fan. I just watched "Gunmeng". I came here with great expectations. I didn't expect "Gunmeng" to be changed like this... The setting of Scrap Iron Town is so peaceful, so what's the point? ...why did the heroine escape from Iron Town?"

"I understand, but if we adapt "Gunmeng" according to the original book, it will be difficult to distribute it globally... The original book is cruel!"

"OK, I see!"

Still care about the size...

After all, "Alita: Battle Angel" is PG-13, and "Gunmeng" is 18 ban...

The topic shifted to cyberpunk. James Cameron certainly has ideas about 'cyberpunk', but his focus is on intelligent people.

Shen Changlin sometimes really doesn't understand the brains of foreigners, why should he worry about smart people awakening their humanity?
Also discuss the rights of intelligent people...

You don't care so much about humans!

How many battles Laomei fights every year and how many people are displaced, can't your love be used on them?

Of course, Shen Changlin didn't criticize this time...

Instead, they chatted along the topic of James Cameron.

……

“A boring event!”

"If it wasn't for his recommendation of "The Wandering Earth", I wouldn't have participated at all!"

After the dinner, Shen Changlin told A Mou the truth.

"Did Cameron recommend "The Wandering Earth"?"

"Well, we found "The Wandering Earth" recommended by three directors, Cameron, Spielberg, and Spike Lee. Therefore, "The Wandering Earth" was released in 1200 theaters in the United States, and in the end it earned 1900 million. Dollar grades…”

"What about "2"?"

""2" was only released last week, and it grossed 820 million US dollars in its first weekend, so it won't be a problem to exceed 20 million US dollars!"

Lianhua at the same table suddenly asked: "You just said 'you understand' to Cameron, what did you understand?"

"Under the Hollywood system, "Gunmeng" can only be a mediocre work..."

After a pause, Shen Changlin continued: "You only need to read the beginning, or you only need to read the middle part, and you can guess the end... This is not because the audience is very smart, but because American directors and screenwriters really Too lazy, I can write "path dependence" when writing stories..."

"Well, it does feel like a model show..."

"Not only do they not wander off now, they don't even bother to leave their kidneys..."

Lianhua was surprised: "Kidney?"

"They don't dare to use blonde beauties when making movies now, for fear of being scolded!"

"Why were you scolded?"

"Say you don't respect ordinary-looking women..."

After chatting for a while, Shen Changlin asked about "One Second"...

Ah Mou sighed: "It must be deleted!"

Shen Changlin frowned: "Can't show it online?"

"One Second" is incomplete. The scene in the original film in which the daughter is willing to carry the bag to death in order to clear her name is deleted. Zhang Yi's performance seems to be excessive, and the appeal is greatly reduced, and it cannot explain the emotion of the whole film. go to...

The whole movie looks inexplicable...

From the heart, Shen Changlin is actually unwilling to invest in "One Second", because of the sensitive points in the middle that need to be avoided-you know they exist, but you are not sure where they are, and you can't control them well.

No one can control this thing!
Moreover, as a professional filmmaker, he knows that it cannot be a complete work. Whether you praise it or not, you will be in a dilemma.

I want to praise it, but when I think about that period of history, I feel that the movie can only be like this in the end, presenting the dark historical years as beautifully as possible, and you can’t praise it;
If you want to blame it, you can't blame it completely, because the director and the team are willing to pay attention to this history and spend time on such a story, which is rare in itself!

To be honest, if Ah Mou hadn't wanted to make this film, he wouldn't have invested in it at all!

"On the Internet?"

"That's right, it won't be shown in theaters..."

"Let me ask them!"

Shen Changlin nodded, and was about to change the subject when Lianhua asked him, "Does Boss Shen have a suitable role for me? I haven't acted in a play for a long time!"

"You are a Hollywood star..."

(End of this chapter)