Chapter 301: Sensation on Both Sides of the Pacific Before the Release

The trailer of Gravity was released at the perfect time.

Coincidentally, on the same day that the trailer of Gravity was released, the National Space Administration announced the specific launch date of the Shenzhou VII manned space flight this year.

In May, Shenzhou VII had already arrived at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center for full-scale testing.

On June 21, at the same time as the trailer of Gravity was released, the National Space Administration announced that Shenzhou VII would be launched on July 12.

The most important task of the Shenzhou VII manned space program this time is the astronauts' extravehicular activities and the accompanying small satellites.

This is not a coincidence. In the story of the movie Gravity, there are a lot of plots of astronauts' extravehicular activities.

At this time, reality and film intersect.

If it is said that China's aerospace level is so advanced in the movie, it may really make the audience feel unrealistic and too fucking advanced science fiction.

However, when the real Chinese spaceflight industry is about to conduct spacewalks, the story in the movie seems to be not far from reality.

Astronauts on Shenzhou VII have already gone out of the spacecraft, so how far will it be to build their own space station and repair the space telescope?

At this moment, the sense of substitution comes immediately.

This is China.

If countries like Japan, South Korea or India were to make a movie like "Gravity", there would be no real background support at all. It is too sci-fi, so sci-fi that even the local audiences cannot accept it.

In China, with the launch plan of Shenzhou VII and the trailer of "Gravity" announced, the Internet, which had just calmed down from the official announcement of Liu Yifei and Wu Yuan's relationship, was once again in turmoil.

Whether it was the fans who were looking forward to it, the passers-by who were joining in the fun, or even the haters who questioned and mocked Wu Yuan, they all watched the trailer of "Gravity" as soon as possible.

Then, they went crazy.

After it was confirmed that the special effects of "Gravity" were indeed comparable to Hollywood standards, and the effects were super shocking, the attention of this movie was immediately raised to the level of national attention.

First of all, young people really have no resistance to this kind of space disaster movie.

Topics such as earth disasters and human crises have always been the enduring "worry" of mankind.

Otherwise, the rumors of the Mayan doomsday in 2012 would not have been so popular and hyped.

Even the various disaster movies derived from them have been box office hits!

Humans have the fear of disasters in their genes, and have always had an unspeakable obsession with this subject.

And the majority of middle-aged and elderly people attach great importance to the rise of China, and they are also quite supportive of "Gravity", which promotes national strength and showcases national technology.

Although they may not understand what a science fiction movie is, they know that this movie is strongly supported by the space agency, so they must support it!

In addition, China Film Group was really willing to spend money, and actually bought advertising time on TV to play the trailer for "Gravity"!

Wow, watching movie trailers on TV is a novel thing, and it has also greatly expanded the popularity of this movie among the middle-aged and elderly groups.

The middle-aged and elderly may not go online much, but they will definitely watch TV.

Age does not prevent them from reading and understanding the trailer of "Gravity".

Moreover, the trailer of this movie has brought a greater shock to the middle-aged and elderly groups in China than to young people.

Now is not 2020, when the Internet information is exploding. Most ordinary Chinese people actually have no concept of "space".

The impression and memory of the universe may only be the photo of the earth taken from the window of the Shenzhou spacecraft and published in major newspapers when Yang Liwei went to space.

The photos that cannot be moved are definitely not comparable to the visual impact brought by the video screen.

This feeling is like the shocking effect brought by the first 3D movie after being used to 2D movies.

God has mercy on us. China hasn't had any space videos in the past few decades!

Now Wu Yuan showed the top space special effects scenes in "Gravity", which was so shocking.

All of a sudden, from major forums and post bars on the Internet to the streets and alleys offline, "Gravity" became a hot topic among the people.

Many middle-aged and elderly people don't even know what special effects are. They think that the space scenes in the movie, the shocking scenes overlooking the earth, are all real shots. They exclaimed that China's technology has developed so much that they can even shoot movies in space? !

Their children can only explain to them with tears and laughter what movie special effects are.

These are all fake, made by computers.

Then they were even more amazed. Now technology has developed so much that even space can be faked by computers, and the earth can also be faked, and the effects can be so real? !

Then they have to go to the cinema to watch this movie!

Those public intellectuals who were pessimistic and mocking at the beginning of the film project, thinking that China could not make a good science fiction film, have temporarily stopped their support.

Judging from the trailer, it seems that Wu Yuan has really produced a top-notch science fiction film.

Public intellectuals are not fools, they also know that they cannot go against the trend.

Of course, they didn't mean to give up, they just planned to wait and see.

After "Gravity" is released, they will see how the feature film is. If the feature film doesn't have the effect in the trailer, or the plot is very bad, then they can criticize it.

To play science fiction movies, you still need a beacon from the other side of the ocean. How can backward China play science fiction masterpieces?

However, what these public intellectuals don't know is that while they are still thinking about how to lick their masters.

In the United States across the ocean, there is a group of "noble" white people in their eyes, who are looking forward to the movie "Gravity".

North America, California, San Francisco.

Baji, who just came back from the planetarium, is holding his mobile phone and chatting with his friends on MSN.

"Guys, the trailer for Gravity has been released!"

"Although it's in Chinese, someone has already made English subtitles. You can search for the subtitled trailer on YouTube!"

"Oh my god, Daniel didn't disappoint us. The trailer is very cool. I can't wait to see this movie."

"It's a pity that there is no news about the release date of this movie in North America!"

"Are the Hollywood Big Six blind? Daniel's movie is not scheduled to be released in North America?"

Badger sent a series of messages to his friends in the MSN group chat.

He is an astronomy enthusiast, or more precisely, a "universe" enthusiast.

Badger is extremely fascinated by everything related to the universe. His biggest dream in life is to become an astronaut, take a rocket to the International Space Station, and see the vastness of the universe with his own eyes.

However, this dream will only be a dream and it is almost impossible to realize it. He will not be selected as an astronaut by NASA.

But he still pays attention to everything about human exploration of the universe.

From NASA's various space exploration plans, to Russia and ESA's space exploration projects, to China's increasingly fast-growing aviation industry in the past decade, he has been paying attention to them all, cheering for every small step made by human aviation.

Naturally, he also likes all movies related to the universe.

From the "Star Wars" series to the "Star Trek" series to the "2001: A Space Odyssey" which is hailed as a sci-fi masterpiece, they are all his favorites.

Especially the latter two movies that focus more on traveling in space, which makes him like them very much.

This description of the vastness and loneliness of the universe, overlooking the earth, the human home, from the perspective of the universe, shows a cosmic romance that makes him indulge in it.

Therefore, even if "Gravity" is a Chinese movie, Baji has paid attention to it as early as the beginning of the project, and has been promoting it in his own small group.

It's not that he is optimistic about Chinese movies, but that he is full of confidence in Wu Yuan, a Hollywood director.

He believes that a top commercial film director like Wu Yuan, who is also a commercial director who plays special effects, can definitely make a good science fiction film.

And after the trailer of "Gravity" was released yesterday, it proved that his belief was correct.

The vast and deep universe shown in the trailer of "Gravity" is so charming!

The vast and dark universe, the vast and shocking earth overlooked from the perspective of the universe, the sudden space crisis, and the astronauts swallowed by the lifeless universe.

All of this attracted him so much.

After watching the trailer, he couldn't help but recommend it to his friends in the circle again.

As an astronomy enthusiast, he certainly joined many forums and group chats that gathered cosmic enthusiasts.

Everyone is a group of like-minded people with the same interests and hobbies, so the effect of recommending is naturally the best.

As soon as Baji popped up in the group chat, many group members responded immediately.

"Is the trailer for Gravity online?"

"Damn, I've seen it too, it's really cool, why isn't it released in North America?"

"Space disaster movies should belong to global audiences, there are no cultural barriers, no racial barriers, there is only the common yearning for space for every human being!"

"We need Gravity, but we can't go to China to watch it, and I don't understand Chinese!"

"We should do something to let Hollywood pay attention to our needs and introduce this movie as soon as possible!"

After reading the replies from the group members one by one, Buggy typed again: "Yes! We need to speak out!"

"Damn Hollywood is controlled by a group of capitalists. As long as they know that there is a group of people in North America who want to watch Gravity, I believe someone will introduce this movie!"

"Hey, why don't we go to the White House website to petition!"

Fortunately, I didn't sleep until the night this time