The King of Huayu Science Fiction

Chapter 490 Is this a cartoon?
On the second day of the Lunar New Year, in a movie theater in a third-tier city.

Lu Xiao and Yu Xiaoling led the whole family, including their little nephew, into the theater along the crowded crowd.

"Look, I told you that the animated films of DreamWorks are not just for children." Lu Xiao said softly, pointing at the audience already sitting in their seats.

Although there are a lot of children, there are obviously more audiences who are couples or friends. Compared with the "Dinosaur Adventure" I watched yesterday, the audience group is different.

The brand appeal of DreamWorks is not fake, especially the word-of-mouth accumulated by the previous three animated feature films and several high-scoring animated dramas has a strong influence among young people, coupled with Wall-E's network marketing, So young people or animation fans are still very supportive of "WALL-E".

The real weakness lies in children. If there is only an animated movie like "Wall-E", it will definitely become the first choice for parents and children to watch movies. Only with "Dinosaur Adventure", the movie version of this CCTV hit animation is in The nationality among children and parents is far beyond that of "WALL-E".

Therefore, "Wall-E" has become the second option for parents and children to watch movies, which cannot be compensated by online marketing.

"This movie theater gets sleepy as soon as you sit down. It's a waste of money. Why don't you two take Haohao to watch it and insist on pulling us here."

Lu Xiao's sister still couldn't help complaining. Yesterday afternoon, the whole family accompanied the children to watch "The Adventures of Dinosaurs". Some of them even fell asleep.

Of course, they weren't the only ones, there were other sleeping parents in the theater.

Although "Dinosaur Adventure" has exquisite pictures and sincere 3D animation effects, it has no inherent limitations. The animation itself is a sub-supplied drama broadcast by CCTV. The dinosaur characters are all in Q version, and the plot is also low-level.

Of course, the movie adapted on this basis cannot have a sudden change in style, nor can the Q-version image change drastically, otherwise children will not be able to accept it.

At most, the world background and modeling are more refined, the story is more complicated, and the scenes are bigger, but it is still relatively naive. Among the three animated films in the Spring Festival this year, it is considered the lowest target age group.

Last night after dinner, we went to the theater to watch "Tang Detective III", which is a favorite for adults, and children can also join in the fun.

So except for the young couple Lu Xiao and Yu Xiaoling, other family members are still somewhat resistant to watching another animated movie today. If nothing else, anyone who spends tens of dollars to sleep in the theater will feel that it is a loss.

"It's better for the three of you to watch animation, and the two of us and our parents go next door to watch "Parallel Missions."

Lu Xiao's brother-in-law obviously prefers Cheng Long, anyway, since his son has a brother-in-law to watch cartoons with him, he and his wife can also be free to watch some movies they are interested in.

Yu Xiaoling chatted with her little nephew while interjecting: "Xiaoxiao and I checked online last night, and the Douban ratings haven't come out yet, but "Parallel Mission" has a bad reputation, and they say it's not good, but "Wall-E" Without exception, all the film critics are full of praise, but I dare not read too many reviews for fear of being spoiled."

"It's started! It's started!"

The little nephew Haohao had watched two movies and had obviously established a conditioned reflex to the movie start signal represented by the dim light, and was muttering excitedly, preventing the adults from debating.

Although he prefers "Dinosaur Adventure", children of this age are always open to animation. As long as they know that they are watching another cartoon today, they can stay excited.

What greets the eye is the boundless universe.

Then the faint music sounded.

Distant galaxies, constellations, nebulae... right down to a planet.

A dull brown color.

Dense artificial satellites surround the planet.

Music volume is also louder.

""your name"?!"

When Lu Xiao was familiar, Yu Xiaoling called out first.

At the same time, quite a few people in the theater also mentioned the name of the music, which was the theme song of DreamWorks' first animated feature film "Your Name" three years ago.

The camera moves on, pushing away the polluted atmosphere.

A mountain range formed in the mist, like a huge monster, getting closer.

There are piles of garbage on the mountain.

The whole mountain is garbage.

A silhouetted city appeared in the distance.

It looks like skyscrapers.

When the picture is close, it turns out to be thousands of neatly stacked garbage cubes, several stories high.Row after row piled up into cubes.

The romantic and beautiful music changed from the soundtrack to something like artifacts played on the radio.

Something is moving on the ground in the distance.

A figure at the foot of the "skyscraper" dump.

A small robot is working diligently to cut garbage. It looks old and rusty, but it is small and cute. It is Wall-E.

Every inch of his skin was designed for trash compaction.

The hands of the mini-shovel collect trash, scooping it into his open chassis.

His front panel closed slowly, squeezing hard to compress the waste.

His corroded breastplate bears a faded label:

"Waste Distribution Loader - Junior Model - Wall-E 075203"

The Wall-E front panel opens, spitting out a piece of trash compressed into a cube, and piles it up with the rest.

The sound of the music was clearly playing from inside his body.

"Is this an animation?"

Lu Xiao's sister unconsciously spit out surprise.

While staring intently at the big screen, Lu Xiao secretly smiled: "Of course, this is the animation of DreamWorks."

"It feels no different from that kind of live-action blockbuster."

The brother-in-law also sighed softly.

The movie "Adventure of Dinosaurs" he watched yesterday has surprised him a little with the effect of domestic [-]D animation movies. In recent years, he has basically watched animations with his son on TV.

Until yesterday, the family watched the movie version of "Dinosaur Adventure" in the theater. The realistic effect is completely different from the TV animation version broadcast on CCTV, which has already made him sigh.

But until today I saw "Wall-E" praised by my brother-in-law. Although it was a 2-minute screen, it made him compare it instantly. It is not at the same level as the "Dinosaur Adventure" I watched yesterday.

The satellites on the periphery of the planet, the dim atmosphere, the garbage mountains, and the "skyscrapers" made of garbage, as well as the image movements of robots, abandoned buildings, highways, shopping malls, etc. are quite realistic.

Quite...not animated.

Even Lu Xiao himself feels that the technology of "Wall-E" seems to be a step further than last year's "Kung Fu Panda".

Of course, in fact, compared with the "Panda" technology, there is no obvious improvement.

It's just that Dreamworks' "The Great Sage" and "Panda" in the first two years have obvious animation styles, that is, the characters, buildings and all elements are exaggerated and distorted in a cartoon style, and they also incorporate the aesthetics of Chinese classical painting. Style, such as the application of elements of shadow puppetry.

That is to tell you bluntly that this is animation.

The style of "Wall-E" is as realistic as possible, full of industrial and sci-fi style, the world background, buildings, cities, and machinery are not cartoonized, but realistic.

This also had a huge impact on Lu Xiao's sister, brother-in-law and even his parents, including his little nephew Haohao who was also very surprised.

In fact, a large part of the "stereotype" or "discrimination" of many adults against animation is based on its exaggerated "cartoonization" compared with reality.

The cartoonization of the real world and the images of characters and animals has become a false corresponding to the real.

This is also an important reason for the so-called "animation discrimination".

Reality, or approaching reality is a film and television work for adults.

Exaggerated, cartoonish images are for children.

This is a "chain of contempt" established by intuitive feelings.

And when an animated film no longer tries to show the "cartoonized" world and characters, and even uses animated CGI technology to construct images that are close to reality, then adults who originally "discriminated" against animation works because of "cartoon" will gain certain It is a kind of psychological suggestion, so that it unconsciously takes an animated film seriously.

For example, Lu Xiao's sister and brother-in-law, who were already ready to go to bed like yesterday, were a little absent-minded at first, but now they can't help but pay more attention and take a more serious attitude towards such an animated movie.

It's like watching a live-action movie.

Something caught Wall-E's eye, and he tugged at a piece of metal stuck in the stack, a hubcap.

Wall-E picked it up and examined it. The sun reflected the dazzling light and Wall-E's own image from it.

The setting sun cuts through the smoky haze on the horizon of the garbage dump.

With the music playing, he puts the hubcap in his compressor, presses a button on his chest, and the song stops.

End of work.

The little robot attaches a lunch cooler to his back and whistles for his pet cockroaches.

The insect hopped up and down on his shoulder.

They drove down from the top of a huge garbage tower.

Started traveling alone.

Traversing kilometers of desolate waste, blind to roaming storms of toxic weather, past derelict robots buried in trash.

“Humanity has produced so much garbage! The whole earth is covered!!”

“The Secretary-General of the United Nations declares a global emergency!”

Wall-E's old-fashioned pedals are threaded and nearly falling apart, causing the cockroaches on him to jolt along the way.

Until he passes the wreckage of other dilapidated Wall-E vehicles, fantasizing about a newer one than his own.
Moments later, the little robot replaced the newer treads and slid past a series of phantom billboards.

When he passed them, the solar-powered ad was still on.

"The jewel of the human fleet: the 'Homeland'!
You can spend the cruise in the universe in style, our fully automatic crew will provide you with service 24 hours a day, while the captain and autopilot will plan an uninterrupted entertainment and gourmet route for you.

With our fully enclosed suspension chair, even your grandparents can join in the fun! No more walking!
While you're away, we'll clean up the mess, clean up the trash, and wait for your return! "

After Lu Xiao smiled at the name "Homeland", he gradually sorted out the background setting of the whole movie.

The garbage produced by human beings because of their insatiable desires has buried the earth, destroyed the earth's ecosystem, and turned the earth into a planet that is not suitable for living.

Therefore, humans built spaceships and left the earth, and then mass-produced waste distribution loaders such as "WALL-E", that is, garbage cleaning robots, hoping that with the efforts of thousands of robots, the earth will one day return to life.

Wall-E is an ordinary and extraordinary member of countless garbage cleaning robots.

The unusual thing is that he seems to have some kind of intelligent consciousness, which can maintain his own survival by replacing the parts of other robots, and conscientiously follow the tasks set by humans, and clean up the garbage loaded alone.

The theme of environmental protection is well chosen, and the angle of entry is even more novel.

"It feels cute and pitiful." Yu Xiaoling whispered in Lu Xiao's ear.

The cute WALL-E in the promotional video before the movie makes people feel cute, but the little robot in the movie, with the background explanation and the presentation of its work and life, makes people feel more distressed.

deeply gripped the hearts of the audience.

(End of this chapter)