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Chapter 728 Contrasting Sharp (34)

"Blood of the Machine" is actually the same as "City on Alert" including "Future Police"...

Remove the shell of the so-called sci-fi elements, and it is a traditional kung fu movie about cops and gangsters.

The core of sci-fi is weak, it just adds a touch of sci-fi to the overall pattern of action movies.

These so-called sci-fi elements are just a rationalization coat that allows them to create more exaggerated pictures and actions, just like the zombie elements in Lin Zhengying's zombie films...

All that is left is to label it as a sci-fi movie to attract more viewers at the box office.

In fact, traditional mainland filmmakers, including directors from Hong Kong Island, all have a kind of thinking: science fiction, that is, robots, laser guns, aliens, large spaceships, and then start fighting...

Isn't this science fiction?Not only the filmmakers themselves think so, but many viewers also think so, especially when the story is pretty good.

Therefore, Teng Yutao will confidently say before the movie is released: "Shanghai Fortress is, in a sense, more hard-core sci-fi than The Wandering Earth!"

Do you think he is bragging?
No, he might really think so—"The Wandering Earth" doesn't have aliens or laser guns, "Shanghai Fortress" has both!

Hard or not?
Too hard!
Next year's Lunar New Year... "The Wandering Earth" will also be on...

Tsk tsk, good luck with "Blood of the Machine"!

……

Yang Xiaomi did not return to China with Shen Changlin, she returned early...

Can't gossip.

Still have to take into account her friendship with Shi Shi.

After all, it is not easy to find such a 'reasonable' girlfriend!

By the way, Yang Xiaomi had a great chat with Jackie Chan. Yaolai has several projects, and she might be the one to look for...

Regarding this matter, Shen Changlin has two suggestions, first: don't participate in investment; second: don't sign a split contract...

Who knows how many years Yaolai can last!

The original time and space lasted until 2018. With Fan Xiaopang's saying "Wu Yue is very happy", all the film and television companies related to her showed their original forms...

Including Sparkle Roll!
Sparkle Roll itself started off relying on celebrities. When the stars are high-quality assets, of course there is no problem. But once the stars have problems, the company will of course also have problems.

Especially when Jackie Chan's signature is not working well...

Of course, the current Yaolai is still calling the wind and calling the rain—Fan Xiaopang’s little brother Qi has been listed on the Hurun Rich List many times...

Yang Xiaomi is very satisfied with Yaolai.

She returned to China to participate in a series of promotional activities for "Independence Day 2"-people looking for her because of her appeal in the mainland.

After Shen Changlin returned to China, he immediately entered the work mode - publicity.

First, I accepted a few exclusive interviews, and then I participated in an episode of "Light and Movie Star Podcast" on the movie channel, and "News Party" on Mango Channel by the way...

By the way, Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao also appeared in "Everyday Upward"...

After all, when "The Emancipator 2" is released, "Independence Day 2" will be released at the same time, and "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2" will be released next week...

"Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2" Wanda is also a co-producer, and it will definitely occupy the filming space!

June is the traditional Hollywood blockbuster season.

In July, there will be "The Gift of Room No. [-]" and "Eight Hundred", so it must not invade the market space of domestic films.

……

"I watched "Master Dragon" some time ago. In fact, I didn't like this movie very much before, because the fighting was not intense enough, but I have new insights after watching it recently, especially the 8-minute "background" scene in the film. "Ancient Poetry" is a rare pure text play in Hong Kong kung fu comedies, and at the same time, it shows Jackie Chan's love for traditional Chinese culture."

"He likes Yue Fei very much, he can recite "Manjianghong" in Northeast dialect and Shandong dialect..."

"Honestly speaking, I really can't bear to shoot "The Wronged Man 2". After all, Mr. Yuen Biao, Brother Jackie Chan, and Brother Sammo Hung are all over [-] years old. , jumping off a building and jumping into the sea..."

After a pause, Shen Changlin continued: "I don't know how to shoot "The Emancipator 3"!"

"why?"

The media hastened to ask...

By the way, it's the premiere of "The Emancipator 2".

"...Didn't I say it, I can't bear it... I used to know that Hong Kong action actors are all from martial arts, and they dare to fight hard, but these four words are simple to say. If you really want to see it live, it is quite shocking. Such a big At such a young age, if it wasn't for their trust in me, I don't think they would have accepted "The Wronged Man 2"!"

Sammo Hung interjected: "...Don't say that, we also want to make some money, let me tell you by the way, although we are old, we are not dead yet!"

"The script planning is only two parts, and the story is finished. If I continue to shoot, I don't know what to shoot..."

"Director Shen, are you worried that it will be released on the same day as "Independence Day"?"

Shen Changlin smiled: "This is Warner's idea, it seems that "Independence Day 2" didn't hold any media preview, they think it's not normal..."

In fact, this is the case. Fox first exposed "X-Men: Apocalypse" to the media early, but it did not expect that the word-of-mouth was not as good as expected; when it came to "Independence Day 2", it changed its strategy and did not show it to the media, and directly put the screening on Friday On the day of release.

This led to complaints from many media outlets, who felt that it was causing difficulties for their deadlines.

In this kind of situation where you are already full of resentment towards the movie before going to see the movie, unless the movie is really good, you will definitely be scolded to death.

Of course, this aspect may also reflect the film company's own lack of confidence in the film, and the media usually smell this "not confident" and become bold: anyway, you don't think it's good, so we're not welcome.

On the contrary, Warner has learned from Disney. The three films "Virus", "The Wronged Man 2", and "Manslaughter" have all held media sessions and made public comments earlier.

This undoubtedly won the support and appreciation of the media, because they can see it early without being held back all the time, and everyone is happy with the result.

At the same time, Warner expanded its pre-publicity efforts on a large scale and invited a large number of Internet celebrities to attend the press conference.

With these internet celebrities around, word of mouth spread rapidly in the early stages of the film...

"Can you tell me the box office forecast?"

"...Warner has given a global box office target of 4 million US dollars. I think they underestimated the potential of the Chinese film market. "The Wronged Man 2" can have at least 20 billion domestic box office!"

Well, it's fired!
……

Blowing, it's normal...

Of course, Shen Changlin also has a basis for bragging. "The Wronged Man 2" has gathered the three brothers Sammo Hung, Jackie Chan, and Yuen Biao, and there is a foreshadowing of the last egg, 15 billion can be guaranteed!
The movie itself continues the style of the first film - the fighting style, but the scale is somewhat restrained, and the North American rating is PG-13.

In terms of the story, continue to postpone the detection of gangsters, and then retaliate - stop killing with killing, and control violence with violence.

There are many big scenes, trains, helicopters...

All in all, an $8000 million investment has to look like $8000 million!

Warner won 4200 flower theaters, 1100 more than the first one...

"Independence Day 2" is 4100...

The opening venues are similar, and the results are very contrasting. To be precise, the word-of-mouth comparison is very stark: "Independence Day 2" had a three-day box office of 4022 million US dollars in the first weekend, and "The Wronged Man 2" opened with 5700 million US dollars...

In terms of word-of-mouth comparison, "Independence Day 2" received a B rating in Cinemascore, but only a failing score of 33 points in Metacritic.

On the other hand, "The Emancipator 2" received an A- rating in Cinemascore, and a high word-of-mouth rating of 87 points in Metacritic.

(End of this chapter)