Extra 2
What’s happening in the Hong Kong Circle!
The program "No Defense Tonight" can be said responsibly that it is definitely the most interesting interview program in China, with big names gathering, humorous and funny words, and funny points flying.
The hosts are big enough, and they are all talented and very informative. Three of the four talented men in Xiangjiang are!
Smoking, drinking, and turning yellow, but it doesn't prevent it from becoming a classic and good show!
"Old Friends Without Defense" is created by imitating it.
Variety shows are difficult to do at this stage!
The outdoor reality show routine has been annoyed by the audience, let alone the calm interviews sitting in the house.
All interview programs repeat the same questions, and celebrities repeat the same answers, and they have to think a little bit like the first time, pretending to be shocked by the novelty of the question.
So everyone is looking for new breakthroughs, interspersing interviews in the game, or using slanderous words to make the remarks of celebrities worthy of speculation.
Ma Dong made a "Temptation of a Dinner", and then Youku followed up and made "Toast a Glass and Drink" and barely opened a hole. The invited guests did tell a lot of truth after drinking three or two glasses of wine.
For example, Da Zhangwei contributed the golden sentence "With one stab, this injury is apart, but this trace will always be there."
It responded to the sooth fox incident that year...
However, Youku's traffic is there, "Toast a Glass and Drink" has not become popular, including "The Temptation of a Dinner" which is just a general online variety show...
Du Yan specializes in variety shows. She knows very well about hot topics, feelings, and so on. She knows that many people have feelings for Hong Kong films, so Lu Xiaoran's suggestion she subconsciously feels that it is a big deal.
It’s not expensive anyway - invite a few outdated Hong Kong second-tier actors to talk about the story of that year, just treat it as a supplement to a variety show for Orange Entertainment!
Look, "Old Friends Are Not Guarded", even the name is borrowed from "No Guarded Tonight" from that year!
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Let’s start with a few sentences about "Aquaman"...
First of all, "Aquaman" is not taken too seriously by the DC side!
As one of the two giants in the Hollywood comics and film industry, DC has not had a good time these years. Seeing that the "Marvel Universe" next door has advanced to its tenth year, and every independent film under it has been quite successful, in comparison, the entire DC movie universe seems much more dismal.
"Batman vs. Superman" and "Justice League" that temporarily clutched and formed a group of people lost both reputation and box office, but only "Wonder Woman" of Goddess Gadot can barely regain some face for the DC superheroes.
So, it seems that Aquaman is very important - to come back to life?
But, Aquaman, also known as the Water Martial Arts, is not an important figure in the entire DC universe - In "The Big Bang The Life", even Raj dislikes the Water Martial Arts!
Really, its presence is very weak - in fact, before it was released, not many people were optimistic about "Aquaman". In the DC comics, he was also a superhero who has been changed repeatedly, abandoned and adopted repeatedly, and has been on the edge...
The fact that the budget of Wan Ziren with a total of more than 180 million US dollars is mainly because the universe of "Summoner" is too profitable - "The Nun", which earned 366 million yuan worldwide at a cost of 22 million yuan, once again with no suspense in the box office.
The soul-suming universe has taken shape!
Of course, there are also oranges who are willing to spend money!
Add one piece of orange image and orange manufacturing, and invest half of the investment...
But Warner still had some doubts - the media scene was extremely strict, not only was it strictly prohibited to spoilers or even when watching it.
This treatment is usually only available in bad movies, for example, "Global Storm"...
Let's be honest, the narrative of "Aquaman" is very mediocre, almost copied the hero's journey formula, and translated it into: The journey of heroes!
This is a very mature narrative in Hollywood: the protagonist will be called to take risks, get help from a mysterious mentor, enter the supernatural magical area, where he meets the goddess, gains legendary power, experiences the death and achieves a decisive victory, and returns from the mysterious adventure with this power to bless his people.
"Star Wars" and "Batman" and some superhero movies in "Marvel", are basically created in this mode!
Therefore, many "high-end film critics" would say, "Aquaman, I have beaten me to bed several times... Americans' aesthetics are really lacking and monotonous. The king of the sea is not elegant or beautiful at all! Thor is muscular and has a little sense of humor. Because this Aquaman is too big and has a hair and beard, it is difficult for both male and female audiences to have a good impression of this setting! In short, Aquaman is the overall lively, but this lively, compared to when I first watched the Transformers movie, it is less intimate and excited, but it is just purely lively!'
By the way, these "high-end film critics" commented on "The Dangerous Treasure Hunt" by many praises...
By the way, I also dissed "Rome" and "The Thieves' Family", thinking that these two films are too neat...
Listening to their tone, it seems that they look at the world. Only David Ryan, Kubrick, and Kurosawa from ancient times can make them look up to the top...
Yet...
The market is particularly interested in "Aquaman"!
The box office in mainland China exceeded 850 million in the first weekend - 20 days after its release in North America, with a cumulative box office of more than 280 million US dollars!
This is a blockbuster film that has exceeded one billion dollars worldwide!
Beat "Bumblebee" in all aspects.
Therefore, people who can make good movies may not necessarily know much. People who read a lot of books. Martin Scorsese didn't read much when he was a child, and you didn't see Quentin talking about what books he read.
Why are copied narratives so popular?
Because this narrative structure involves psychology and philosophy, it has been tried and tested - "The Lotus Lantern" and "Nezha" almost all have this narrative structure!
Coupled with the top special effects, this is stable!
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The recording location of "Old Friends Without Defense" is in Shanghai.
Orange Fanyu specially set up a tea restaurant with several cameras mounted, several chairs surrounded by chairs, and afternoon tea and fruit trays on the table, which was very casual.
I originally wanted to put in a few packs of cigarettes and bottles of brandy, but it was not suitable...
Chen Baixiang started: "The Aquaman is so popular recently!"
Ng Man-tat: "That's not as popular as "Walking with God"!"
Qian Jiale responded: "Brother Lai, which movie do you like more?"
"Everything is OK, I've watched both of them!"
"You are really good, the movie fans on both sides will not offend you!"
“…The main thing is that these two movies have something to do with our guests today…”
Qian Jiale smiled and said, "Our program will invite celebrities to chat, just gossip, come and welcome Lu Xiaoran with applause!"
Lu Xiaoran wore a very casual dress. He nodded to the three of them first, and then sat down: "Brother La has worked together several times. Da Ge's "The Wandering Earth" is about to be released. This is the first time I have seen Brother Jiale!"
Chen Baixiang: "It's okay, I'll be familiar with it again after a while!"
He and Qian Jiale are famous speakers, while Wu Mengda is the specially invited host...
"I will explain your relationship with Aquaman..."
Lu Xiaoran said: "It's just to participate in investment... Hollywood generally gives foreign investors investment opportunities to be platter-type, that is, you can only give them money and are not qualified to choose projects that are invested and auctioned. In recent years, Hollywood has been short of money, and Warner is not particularly optimistic about "Aquaman", so we can win half of the investment rights!"
"Isn't this a profit?"
"...It's not as profitable as it is. The surrounding authorization has nothing to do with us. We only have box office and window profits!"
“What about “Walking with God”?”
"…This is an anime adaptation with a magical theme!"
"How did you see that these two works have great potential?"
"I didn't see that investing in "Aquaman" is mainly because Wan Ziren has always wanted to make super blockbusters, so he enjoys it. The setting of the anime "Walking with God" is very interesting. There are laws in the underworld. All the dead have to go through seven trials within 49 days after their death - in the murder prison, the lazy prison, the deception prison, the unjust prison, the betrayal prison, the violent prison, and the heavenly prison. Only those who pass the seven trials and declare innocent can have a chance to be reborn. After reading this setting, I have seen the drama!"
"So, you spent money without hesitation?"
"I've been hesitant, but I think such a movie is considered to fill the subject matter. Even if it fails, it can train the special effects team..."
Ng Mengda responded: "Just like this "The Wandering Earth"?"
"The Wandering Earth is different. This movie represents the reverse output of values by Orange Science Fiction movies!"
Lu Xiaoran explained: "Why do we still have our own movies and our own film industry with Hollywood - because we have our own culture and our own values, we should not always passively accept other people's culture and value output, and we should strive for the public opinion position."
"Traditional Hollywood science fiction disaster films emphasize individual heroism, heroic view of history, and the emphasis is on the future of human beings and earth without the protagonist team; "The Wandering Earth" is different. In fact, we have always known that human history is not driven by heroes, but by the people, and the view of heroic history is incorrect!"
"This is the greatest significance of developing the film industry I have always said. Why do we have to forcefully integrate into another system? We should create a system that suits us best. We have this need and potential!"
A few people didn't know how to answer...
After all, "The Wandering Earth" has not been released yet!
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After that, there was a nonsense and talked about a lot of interesting things in the Hong Kong circle...
"In the past, Leung Ka Fai caught the reporter from the propaganda of the four kings and directly scolded him, 'Why don't you make the five kings, and take him with him by the way'... Haha..."
"Wang Fei is also very fun. In the past, a reporter asked her: Have you completed the divorce procedures with Dou Wei? We readers want to know. Wang Fei directly replied: What does it have to do with you? It has nothing to do with you, and it has nothing to do with your readers."
"When filming "Spring Light", there was a naked bed scene. Director Wang asked Mr. Liang to take off his underwear. Mr. Liang said in a particularly disappointing way, "No, this is my bottom line!" After filming, Teacher Zhang comforted him, so you know what it feels like to pretend to enjoy it in men and women's movies over the years..."
"There is another one, which is also about Zhang Guorong. He was interviewed before, and the reporter deliberately aroused him and asked: Do you want to have a girlfriend like a child? What do you think Zhang Guorong answers?"
"How to answer?"
"He replied: I'm so good that I've been there all night and I can handle it properly... Then the reporter went back and made a very terrifying title to go out: "Zhang Guorong claims to be very capable"..."
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Lu Xiaoran was mainly responsible for the auditor, and found it very interesting!
Chen Baixiang suddenly said, "I'll say one too! Wang Cuixian, her singing is so ugly that it's like a magical sound..."
"Wang Counsexian?"
"Yes, she hates male fans very much, but she likes female fans very much. She takes photos and signs only for female fans!"
"In the early years, TVB really didn't treat artists as human beings. In the early years, TVB's Taiwan Celebration and the operation of charity parties really treated artists as gymnasts. Zhang Manyu jumped in the air and slapped the gold hook in the past, and there was no protective measures!"
"At that time, the worst thing about filming was martial arts. There were few protective facilities and almost no soft pads when high-altitude movements were done. Once, Sammo Hung fell off a trampoline and fell out of shit and was injured."
"ah?"
Wu Mengda nodded: "It's true. The group of people back then worked hard!"
After pausing, he told another secret: "In 1992, Black Shui made a lot of trouble in the film and television industry, and even snatched away the film of the movie "Happy Events in the Family" starring Zhang Guorong, Xingzai and Huang Baiming with a gun..."
Chapter completed!