The King of Huayu Science Fiction

Chapter 563 It's Happier To Make Chen Jingxing Defeat Than I Make Money

"Skyhawk Warrior" is not only DreamWorks' first comic adaptation blockbuster, but also the first comic adaptation blockbuster in Huaguo film history.

And because of the status of "Skyhawk Warrior" animation masterpiece, it can be said that it has attracted the attention of the media and the Internet.

Moreover, the success of the film version of "Skyhawk Warrior" also involves the "Special Mobile Team" that has just been approved.

DreamWorks tried to derive two series of heavy industrial sci-fi movies by relying on two animations, which caused considerable shock in the industry and the media.

Although these two sci-fi movie universes have not yet been established, everyone understands DreamWorks' intentions and plans.

Otherwise, Hong Kong stocks would not have had such a huge reaction when it was announced two years ago that "Skyhawk Warrior" would start filming.

Although Chen Jingxing and the people from DreamWorks have never publicly said that they will create the "Skyhawk Warrior" movie series like the two Hollywood giants, how many movies will be produced, and what kind of grand plans they have declared.

Whenever the media asked if there was any plan for "Skyhawk Warrior II", Chen Jingxing and the executives of DreamWorks were playing sloppy and did not give a definite answer.

But everyone knows Sima Zhao's heart.

After the success of the "Matrix" and "Tang Detective" series, the domestic media and filmmakers no longer regard creating a successful series of film IP as a Hollywood patent and an unattainable dream.

And we all have seen how much money such a successful film series can bring.

Everyone is trying, such as the ambitious "Fengshen" universe, and Chen Sicheng's "Trilogy of Outer Space" that he announced after "Tang Detective" retired.

And DreamWorks is already one step ahead. Although the "Matrix" series has ended, the IP and epic worldview of "The Wandering Earth" have been established.

The script of "The Wandering Earth II" is said to be close to completion.

Now DreamWorks has announced the filming of "Special Action Team".

It seems that they are trying to create three movie series IPs. If Chen Jingxing's mysterious "Once Upon a Time on Earth" series that has not yet been seen by the audience is added, then there are four major movie series.

And among them, "The Wandering Earth" has been successful, and the 2500-year Wandering Earth project has too many shots.

There are still "Skyhawk Warrior", "Special Mobile Team" and "Once Upon a Time on Earth" that have not appeared.

Which company in the industry would want DreamWorks' "Four King Kong" plans to succeed?

If the four major film series are established, then DreamWorks will really become the Disney and Warner of China. Every year, the sequels alone can fill up several major schedules. What are other companies doing?Who else could challenge and threaten DreamWorks' dominance?
And "Skyhawk Warrior" is a touchstone. If the first blockbuster manga can stand, then "Special Mobile Team" will be hard to watch. Not to mention "Once Upon a Time on Earth", these few works that DreamWorks wants to create I am afraid that this movie series will be realized step by step.

Therefore, other companies and media are very concerned about the opening screening of "Skyhawk Warrior" at the Shanghai Film Festival.

Of course, the main concern is word-of-mouth evaluation.

After all, "Skyhawk Warrior" will be screened at the Shanghai Film Festival for five consecutive days, and then it will be released nationwide on a large scale. This is also a cooperation between the organizing committee and Chen Jingxing to attract the film festival. In addition, DreamWorks has to delay It will be released on a large scale in the summer.

There is no public release, so naturally we can only rely on evaluation and word of mouth to judge.

The initial feedback on the Internet also excited the media and industry colleagues.

The voices of criticism are endless, and more and more.

Most of the invited film critics were flattering. Commenting on a piece of popcorn is already considered a strong rhetoric. After all, the current situation of the domestic film critic industry is such that DreamWorks' public relations with film critics will naturally not be weaker than other big companies.

But the voice of the audience is difficult to control, and even the soldiers in the water can't cover up the bad-mouthing voice.

The main reason is that the audience who can participate in the small-scale screening of "Skyhawk Warrior" at the film festival is unlikely to be an ordinary audience.

Either an anime fan, a fan of the animated version of Aquila, or a movie fan, a movie lover who often attends film festivals.

Who will buy tickets for the film festival for ordinary audiences?They may not even know the channel to buy movie tickets.

These audiences are either animation lovers or literary youths, and they are not the audience of popcorn movies.

Even if the adrenaline soared when watching it and was shocked by the audio-visual spectacle, after watching it, the mood stabilized and the movie became Mrs. Niu. Young literary and artistic youths have always given low evaluation to this kind of special effects blockbuster with no connotation.

Not to mention anime fans, "Skyhawk Warrior" is almost recognized in the circle as a masterpiece of animation. For this kind of work that has already been on the altar, any adaptation is impossible to surpass the original work, or even match the original work.

The "Skyhawk" movie also weakened the core of the original work, almost turning it into a pure blood mech battle movie, focusing on the stimulation of audiovisual senses.

Even if you are motivated and shocked during the viewing process, it is unlikely to give a high evaluation after watching the movie.

The body is upright, but it does not affect the mouth. Even because it is too popcorn and too exciting, in order to reflect my deep understanding and support for the original animation, I have to dislike it even more.

Regardless of whether they are anime fans or literary youths who like movies, they are all active users who express their opinions on the Internet, not the silent majority.

So the criticism of "Skyhawk Warrior" was rampant for a while.

And the criticism of these minority groups spread through circles such as the anime circle, so that people who have never watched it also preconceived that "Sky Eagle Warrior" is indeed another failed anime adaptation.

Of course, it is not without praise.

But most of the good reviews are short of words, such as "fucking", "exploding", "so cool".

The negative reviews are mostly justified and well-founded long speeches, analyzing the characters, concepts, plots and connotations of the original animation one by one, comparing them with the movies one by one, and then concluding that the movie is not as good as a toe of the animation. This is a complete and complete failure adaptation, a popcorn work.

So it seems that good reviews are like a troll, and bad reviews are the real voice.

This also made the media excited and crazy as if they had picked up big news.

This is the first time that DreamWorks has encountered word-of-mouth Waterloo. Of course, DreamWorks’ previous works are not without negative reviews. After all, there is nothing everyone likes except RMB, but basically the positive reviews far outnumber the negative ones.

And right now, for "Skyhawk Warrior", DreamWorks' undefeated golden body seems to be broken.

Never before has DreamWorks been so controversial, with so many voices of bad reviews and disappointment.

Everyone has a subconscious need to watch jokes and liveliness. They all like to watch the losers counterattack, and they also like to watch the altar fall.

Therefore, fueled by other gloating film and television companies in the industry, the controversy and word-of-mouth shattering voices about "Skyhawk Warrior" were further exaggerated and amplified.

"Heartache, DreamWorks, the king of science fiction, has also overturned!"

"DreamWorks fell to the altar, and "Skyhawk Warrior" forgot its original intention!"

"DreamWorks didn't continue the classic, what's the problem?"

"The live-action movie version of "Sky Eagle Warrior" was screened at the Shanghai Film Festival, and the word-of-mouth was lower than expected. Sky Eagle fans expressed their disappointment, and the top sci-fi was scolded this time!"

"DreamWorks overturned, Ye Qingjie! The first battle of the ambitious Tianying Universe hit a wall, because Chen Jingxing believed in one person by mistake!"

"How big is the pitfall of manga? DreamWorks has failed, why is it only Hollywood that can succeed?"

For a moment, there was a lot of voices on the Internet, and "Skyhawk Warrior" seemed to have been sentenced to death before it was released.

River culture.

The general manager, Tian Shenxuan, was blushing, listening to his subordinates' reports in a comfortable mood.

"Mr. Tian, ​​the distribution department has raised the box office forecast for "My Robot Girlfriend" by 3 million, and it is expected to reach 7 million.

In addition, some theaters are also in a wait-and-see mood. If we can increase the budget, there is still room for improvement in film scheduling. "

"Okay, okay, it's time to turn around recently." Tian Shenxuan said with a chuckle, "Not only is "The King of the Sky" occupying a favorable position in the summer file, "Skyhawk Warrior" has also given us such a big gift, then Let’s allocate another 2000 million budget and grab some more films from DreamWorks.”

"My Robot Girlfriend" produced by Jianghe Culture was originally released on the same schedule as "Skyhawk Warrior".

Moreover, "Robot Girlfriend" focuses on comedy themes, which can be regarded as light comedy sci-fi, which can be misplaced for competition, and its own investment is also low. It is not expected to compete with blockbusters like "Skyhawk Warrior". So much money.

Unexpectedly, encountering the poor reputation of "Skyhawk Warrior", Jiang He tried to take advantage of this golden opportunity to snatch more films and share a bigger cake.

Although theaters still favor "Aquila" because it is a sci-fi blockbuster with special effects after all, public opinion is not unaffected. As long as Jianghe is willing to spend money, it is still feasible for some theaters to cut "Aquila" to "Robot Girlfriend" .

"There are not many opportunities to cut meat from this wolf cub in DreamWorks, so don't let it go, send more sailors, after this village, there may be no such shop...

Hmph, this kid Chen Jingxing has been used to smooth sailing in the past few years, it's refreshing to think about blocking his move to create the "Sky Eagle Warrior" series of movies. "

From Tian Shenxuan's point of view, letting Dreamworks lose money is more enjoyable than making money himself, not to mention letting Chen Jingxing lose money on the basis of benefiting himself, it's a double happiness.

……

"Who is blackmailing us? The public relations department has to take action, right?"

Seeing that Chen Jingxing hung up the phone call from the person in charge of the marketing department, Tian Xinye asked worriedly.

Even though Tian Xinye has always been under the protection of DreamWorks, he is just a simple director and rarely touches other businesses, but he also knows that this phenomenon is absolutely abnormal.

"Skyhawk Warrior" has not even started a large-scale screening, only a small-scale screening in the five theaters designated to cooperate with the Shanghai Film Festival, and the sold tickets are only a few thousand people. How could it create such a big momentum? .

Chen Jingxing was somewhat unexpected about the changes in public opinion in the past few days, but he was still calm: "I'm afraid that everyone in our industry has a share, and it's just adding to the trouble. We can't find the 'real culprit'. Who made people hold back all these years?" Is it too long?"

This is actually a stampede.

The higher you stand, the harder you will be trampled.

DreamWorks was so glorious in the past, and at this time, it finally took advantage of the disappointed voices of some anime fans, even fans of the "Aquila Warrior" animation, to brew a wave of backlash.

The media wanted to attract big news, and other film and television companies naturally followed suit, hyping the "failure" of "Skyhawk Warrior".

In fact, it hasn't been screened yet, and the box office hasn't come out yet. How could it be a failure?
However, such vigorous "information broadcasting" is not useless, it will make most uninformed netizens have preconceived impressions, and even those who originally planned to watch movies will have a wait-and-see mood.

It is not without impact on the release schedule of "Skyhawk Warrior".

However, he still insisted that as long as it can be released on a large scale, the current word-of-mouth stampede can be reversed.

After all, most of the audience of the "Skyhawk Warrior" movie is actually an audience that has never watched animation.

Although the original animation is quite famous, audiences who can watch two-dimensional hand-painted animation dramas will never be able to leave the animation circle. This part of the audience will not be able to support the box office of more than two to three billion yuan, let alone billions of box office.

(End of this chapter)