Don't call me Master, call me Director

"Okay, Mr. Hong." Shen Er closed his notebook, "Go and call the leading actors back, and I'll tell them about the next filming plan."

"Okay, Shinji."

Red A just took two steps, then turned around and asked, "By the way, Mordred seems to be very lost these days. Shen Er, did you bully her?"

"No, it's just that she gave Artoria a gift that made her unhappy."

Although he didn't see the scene of Shen Er following with his own eyes like Joan of Arc, but Red A directly guessed who Xiao Mo's dog-headed military advisor was.

"Shinji, let Mordred go, don't grab a sheep and pluck its wool."

"No, I just suggested that Mordred buy a set of Japanese-style folk clothes for Artoria. Who knew she bought a kimono. I told her that she should buy a maiden costume!"

"Then Mordred stubbornly chose an ordinary kimono because he didn't want to satisfy your XP system. Shinji, you didn't tell Mordred that giving a kimono in Japan meant a marriage proposal, right? But Saber, who has been reading girl manga When you see a kimono, you will think of it as knowing this custom.”

Detective Black Tea immediately deduced the cause and effect.

Although the premise of sending a kimono to propose marriage is that the boy should follow the girl's kimono, but in view of the complicated relationship between King Arthur's "father and son"...

Of course, it is not impossible to send kimonos between relatives, but usually the father gives them to his daughter...

"Shinji, just be yourself."

Red A, who tried to restore Artoria's explosive mentality a little bit, sighed deeply.

Shinji slapped the table and said forcefully, "I just want to see Arturia in the maiden costume, what's wrong with me!"

Before going out, Red A silently pushed his square flat glasses with his middle finger.

A few seconds after Red A left, someone knocked on the door of Shen Er's office.

"Red A? Do you have anything else to do?"

Shen Er thought that Red A had forgotten something and came back, but it was Cloris who entered the door.

"Lissie?"

"Well, I have something for you."

Cloris' serious tone let Shinji know that the other party was looking for him on business.

"That's right, about the screening of "Super Eight" in North America..."

Shen Er squinted his eyes and interrupted: "Why, MPAA made things difficult?"

"It hasn't reached the stage of review yet." Cloris denied Shinji's guess, "It was an opinion from someone within the group."

"What opinion?"

"Someone suggested reshooting the human part of "Super Eight" with European and American actors, in order to achieve better box office results in Europe and the United States."

Shen Er shook his hands after hearing this: "MMP, these Yankees have re-shot the live-action part of the Japanese-style special film, which is traditional!!"

Chapter 204 Joan of Arc: It's over, I'm a double

Japan's Tokusho and Europe and the United States, more precisely, the North American film and television market have always had a very strange relationship.

If you want to say that the fate is not good, the commercial results of Japanese Tokatsu Films in North America are very good.

Although special photography has not been considered mainstream in North America, as the world's largest consumer market, a little deduction is a lot.

But if you really want to talk about fate, well, starting from the earliest version of "Godzilla" in 1954, there are very few special-shot works that have been screened in North America, whether it is a movie or a TV series, that is not "magically modified".

In a more familiar way, this is [North America Special Edition].

Just re-editing like the old version of Godzilla is not bad. The North American side prefers to reshoot the scenes played by real people, and then use the leather action scenes to form a new work.

The most famous of this mode should be the American version of the team - "Power Rangers", that is, "Dinosaurs".

In order to ensure the ratings, the US version of the team did not even have a new work a year like the Japanese version in the early stage, but continued the world view and made a super long series.

If it weren't for the fact that we couldn't make it later, the number of episodes of the US version of the team is likely to surpass "One Piece", "Conan" and other super long dramas.

Because except for a few places in Tianchao, the TV stations in most regions introduced the American version of the team, so Shen Er used to think that the team was a special film in North America.

As famous as it is, "Dinosaurs" isn't the first toku shot of a North American actor in a Japanese leather case.

As early as the first version of "King Kong vs. Godzilla" (1962 version), North American distributors did this.

There has always been a saying on the Chinese Internet that the old version of "King Kong vs. Godzilla" has two versions, the Japanese version King Kong wins, and the American version Godzilla wins.

This is simply a complete rumor.

There is indeed a so-called American version, but it is definitely not the so-called difference in the ending as rumored.

Because Hollywood remakes most of the human scenes, the difference between the US version and the Japanese version is indeed very large, but only in the action scenes of the leather case, the US version inherits them all intact.

So even if it is the US version, King Kong still wins to the end, and there is no such thing as Godzilla winning.

In fact, the US version not only did not praise Godzilla, but crazily underestimated Godzilla, describing it as a brainless lizard, praising King Kong's wisdom in disguise.

The reason for the US version is to create an atmosphere where the two monsters are evenly matched, and create suspense for the final decisive battle.

Compared with the American version, the Japanese version crazily increased Godzilla's combat effectiveness in the early stage, making King Kong into a weaker side, paving the way for the final King Kong explosion to kill Godzilla.

In the "Dragon Ball" Namek chapter, Goku couldn't beat Frieza, and finally became a Saiyan.

In Shinji's eyes, although the action scenes are the same, the Japanese and American versions of "King Kong vs. Godzilla" can be said to be two movies.

Because of the difference in human roles, the cores of the two versions of the movie are completely different.

The human part of the Japanese version of "King Kong vs. Godzilla" is very absurd, and it is full of irony about the exaggeration and consumerism prevailing in Japanese society at that time.

The human part of the American version is more serious, and the whole story focuses on describing the harm that the two giant beasts will cause to human society.

What best reflects the style of the two versions of the movie is the scene of King Kong being prevented from entering the country.

In the Japanese version, the reason for preventing the entry of King Kong is that it is a smuggled product and has not been taxed.

In the US version, the reason why King Kong cannot enter the country has directly become "King Kong is too dangerous".

These two different versions of "King Kong vs. Godzilla" can actually be regarded as a microcosm of the attitudes of Japan and North America towards Tokusho films.

North American audiences don't like the yin and yang and social status quo plots in Japanese tokusho dramas at all. They just want to watch leather-covered actors fight.

Subsequent audience surveys on the two versions also reflected this point. Although there are a lot of boring and lifeless news broadcasts, most European and American audiences also think that the American version is better.

What do you care about my social problems in Japan?

This may be one of the reasons why Ultraman is the bottom of the three major specials in Europe and America.

Shinji can understand the difference between the Japanese and North American film markets, but this is not a reason to ask him to remake live-action scenes.

You must know that Shen Er's version of "Super Eight" is full of feelings, but the overall story is very domineering, and it is not much different from most Hollywood superhero movies.

So Shinji didn't think it was necessary for him to remake the plot.

"Although European and American actors will be more cordial, the core of the movie "Super Eight" is the feelings of the older generation of heroes. Isn't it appropriate to replace the actors?"

Hearing Shinji's rebuttal, Cloris shrugged her shoulders indifferently.

"That's the feeling of East Asian audiences, not European and American audiences. As long as the protagonist of the story of the villain's invasion and the hero's resistance is kept, European and American audiences will not care who the actor is."

Seeing that Shen Er's eyes were wrong, Cloris added an explanation: "I didn't say this, it was said by a shareholder of the group."

Shinji snorted in displeasure.

If he didn't intervene, if "Super Eight" wants to be released in the United States, maybe it will really be done like this.

"Are those Yankees fooling around there without seeing the movie?"

"American guy?"

Cloris raised her eyebrows and looked at Shinji with a half-smile.

Shen Er's heart skipped a beat, he quickly revealed the questionable title, and continued: "Because the previous Japanese special-shooting works were reshoots of live-action scenes in North America, so "Super Eight" also wants to, this kind of photoshoot What's the point?!"

Cloris leaned on the sofa with a disdainful sneer on her face.

"Hollywood executives are a group of insects who don't want to use their brains and only want to replicate past successes. You don't know that."

"Anyway, I'm not going to do a live-action remake."

Shinji said firmly.

If before the FSN movie is released, the distributor wants Shen Er to modify the shots of the real person part, maybe he will really do that.

After all, Shen Er was still an unknown person at that time. If the publisher's father had any special requests, he would agree to them as long as he didn't go too far.

But it's different now, the current Shen Er is not only the world's number one director, but at least he is also a great commercial director.

FZ's current No. [-] box office in the world gives Shen Er the capital to bargain.

No, it should be said that it is a step closer.

"Lissie, you go tell the old bastards in your company that I won't remake."

Shen Er narrowed his eyes and said indifferently.

"I guess so." Cloris held her cheek helplessly, "Then why don't you give me a more plausible reason? You can't leave no steps."

"That's right...that's all right."

Shen Er thought for a moment, and then said: "Because the new 3D technology is used in filming, if the live-action part needs to be re-shot, the extra cost will be too high."

Cloris didn't reply to Shinji directly, she picked up her mobile phone and made a call.

After a brief exchange with the opposite party, Cloris said to Shen Er: "The old men reluctantly agreed to this reason, but they have new requirements."

Having said that, Cloris smiled, with an ambiguous and complacent smile on the corner of her mouth.

"Sony Columbia is co-producing "Godzilla" with Dongbao, and the schedule is similar to your "Super Eight". The old men said that your box office must be higher than that of "Godzilla". Whether it is the North American box office, or This is the case at the global box office.”

"If you can't do it, your right to speak in the future must be suppressed. How, can it be done?"

Seeing the cunning in Cloris' scarlet eyes, Shinji snorted helplessly.

"Isn't that Lizzie's fundamental purpose?"

Shen Er crossed his arms and complained.

"It's nothing to do with him~" Cloris responded by pointing her lips, "I'm just going to use my body to comfort the director brother who lost the bet."

"Your dirty jokes are not funny at all."

"So, what's your answer?"

Shinji stood up confidently, and patted Cloris' palm.

"Interesting, I take this bet."

[Betting at the box office with a money-losing movie, no matter how you look at it, you are sure to win! 】

Shen Er thought proudly.

If the information obtained is correct, the "Godzilla" co-produced by Toho and Sony Columbia is almost a replica of the 98 "Godzilla" that was sprayed into a sieve in his previous life.

There is not much difference in either setting or plot outline.

In all fairness, although the 98 version of "Godzilla" has a lot of flaws, the basic quality of the film is still passable. If it is not a step behind "Jurassic Park", the special effects of that quality are not to say that it is a big profit, but at least it is not a big hit. will lose money.

It's just that the basic quality of the 98 version of "Godzilla" comes from the genius disaster film director Roland Emmerich, and the current director Shinji hired by Toho and Sony is said to be David Fincher.

In terms of fame, David Fincher is not low, even in Shen Er's previous life, he was very famous, let alone this parallel world

However, this old man has always been famous for making slow-paced art films, let him make large-scale commercial films...

In Shen Er's last life, the only major commercial production directed by David Fincher was "The Other Sex 3"...

Regardless of whether the movie is good or bad, David Fincher has never been allowed to touch a big production project since that movie.

Therefore, Shen Er believed that he would never lose.

"Flying Dragon Knight... Bah, bah, you can't say such unlucky words."

Seeing Shen Er's strange behavior, the heroine Jeanne who was resting next to him tilted her head curiously.

"Master, are you smoking again? Go to the hospital if you are sick, don't hide it."

"Stop talking." Shen Er waved his hand unhappily, "Instead of bickering with me, you might as well think about how to eat in the next set of scenes, which will be cuter."

Since he didn't think he would lose, Shen Er naturally wouldn't change his plan just for this bet.

After ensuring that the post-production work of the last part of "Super Eight" was going on normally, Shen Er continued his shooting plan for the first part of FA.

"Jeanne." Shen Er said to Miss Saint, "I have specially prepared new snacks for you, try it quickly."