Chapter 193 and 188 Were Released Simultaneously, Shocking the World

Chapter 189: Simultaneous release, shocking the world

If the time progress bar is dragged back 10 years, there is a term about movies that everyone is familiar with, that is, simultaneous release in multiple countries.

But in 2003, it was still difficult to achieve this step.

The benefits of simultaneous release are very obvious, and the most direct one is the impact on piracy.

Looking around the world, no matter which country, piracy is a rampant business.

The United States is the world's largest pirated country, especially for popular movies.

Often, just after landing in the theater, the second day can be circulated as a pirated version, and three or four days later, the disc has begun to circulate in the underground market.

This is the case in our country, not to mention other countries where the release is delayed. By the time the movie is released, pirated copies are already flying all over the sky.

After watching the pirated version, how many people will be willing to spend money to go to the cinema again?

Although simultaneous release cannot completely solve this problem, it can effectively attract box office during the prime time after the release.

The audience wants to watch but can't get pirated discs, and the pirated version on the Internet has not been leaked. If they can't hold it back, they will naturally go to the cinema.

With MGM's unremitting efforts, Transformers has made a breakthrough in this regard.

It was released simultaneously in more than 20 countries including North America, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, Brazil, South Korea, Australia, and China.

This method is expected to increase the box office by at least $50 million.

If you are lucky, $80 million or even hundreds of millions is not impossible.

"The Allspark existed before the creation of all things, and no one knows where it came from."

"We only know that the energy contained in it can rebuild the world and create life, and the life of Transformers comes from this."

"Like countless races, the existence of power is coveted."

"Some people try their best to do good, while others want to do evil, so the war broke out."

"In the protracted struggle, the planet Cybertron turned into ruins, and countless compatriots fell."

"Finally, the Allspark drifted into the universe, and we explored in the endless darkness, traveling through every galaxy and every planet."

"As time passed, when hope gradually faded, a new planet was found."

"So the Transformers set off one after another, and there was the last hope - Earth!"

On the big screen, accompanied by Optimus Prime's narration, part of Cybertron's history was revealed.

The picture of only 1 minute and 15 seconds has shown the process of this alien civilization from glory to destruction.

The camera moves from far to near, and countless Transformers are fighting, and finally they all turn into a pile of broken copper and iron and fall down.

In the close-up shot, a Transformer's spark was hit.

It was just a piece of iron, but it made a vivid facial expression.

The mechanical hand tried to grab its own spark, but in the end it could only close its eyes in pain.

In order to save money, Michael Bay did not make any Cybertron scenes in the original version.

This treatment made Eric feel a little regretful, and he wanted to do better.

So in order to show the style of Cybertron, just this opening special effect burned nearly 5 million US dollars.

And the effect was also explosive, he could clearly hear the exclamations in the theater.

The film critic from the Los Angeles Times nodded secretly and wrote down: "Just from this scene, the special effects are definitely the top level in the industry, and MGM is really not bragging."

"If the subsequent special effects are also at this level, then even if the plot is rubbish, I believe no audience will care, and the adrenaline rush is enough to wipe out everything."

Sergey sat on Eric's right.

He also attended the pre-trial meeting, but the special effects at that time were not perfect enough, and it mainly depended on the plot.

Now when I see this picture, the toys on the assembly line flashed in my mind. I didn't expect that one day they would be presented vividly in front of me.

This feeling is really shocking and touching.

And listening to the exclamations around him, Eric couldn't help laughing.

This is just the beginning, and the next is the real appetizer.

The picture shows an endless desert, and a formation of V22 Ospreys is moving forward quickly.

Inside the cabin, the camera moves forward, and a group of soldiers who have obviously just completed their mission are chatting. The most prominent in the crowd is naturally Ryan Reynolds.

After a few words, his captain status is revealed, and the rank of major is hung on his armband.

Soon, under a large long-range view, the magnificent military base is in full view.

Various fighters, main battle tanks, and armored vehicles are neatly arranged.

One by one, the sturdy American soldiers are either exercising or training, giving the audience a feeling of being extremely tough.

It seems to be saying that our army is so strong and our good guys are so awesome.

The military fans in the audience immediately felt like they had found a treasure. They were too familiar with these equipments, and they were real shots at a glance. That kind of texture is simply not something that CG can simulate.

Then one of the Decepticons, a dazzled camouflaged armed helicopter, appeared and quickly approached the military base.

After the warning failed, two F22 Raptors took off directly, ready to monitor and warn each other.

The take-off process of the fighter jets was real, and the clips of flying in the sky were provided by the Ministry of Defense and edited in by Eric.

The process was very smooth, and even the numbers of the two F22s were deliberately painted exactly the same.

At this time, in an unknown movie theater, Harvey Weinstein secretly hid in a corner to watch.

Just like two days ago, Eric also secretly hid in a corner to watch "Polar Expedition".

Now the thought in his head is, how the hell did this guy convince the Ministry of Defense?

This scene is a real military base, and the guys in the Pentagon will ask for a price that will make them vomit blood.

Did he spend all his money on this? The special effects of more than an hour later were perfunctory?

If this is really the case, it would be great, and I would laugh in my dreams.

But the plot that followed completely slapped him in the face.

At 6 minutes and 40 seconds in the movie, the armed helicopter disguised as Vertigo slowly landed in the base.

It was immediately surrounded by several Hummer armored vehicles, and the machine guns were aimed at the pilot. As long as the opponent made a slight move, it would be torn to pieces immediately.

The audience and film critics stared at the big screen, and everyone knew that the armed helicopter was disguised as a Decepticon, and it was about to transform.

Swish...

Swish...

"Turn off the engine and hold your head with both hands!" The lieutenant colonel who led the team shouted loudly.

The pilot's gradually blurred figure responded to him.

"It's a holographic projection!"

Someone in the audience shouted immediately, instantly attracting a lot of attention.

He quickly shrank his head to apologize and indicated that he would pay attention.

On the big screen, just as people expected, with complex and exciting mechanical sounds, the armed helicopter suddenly began to transform.

The wings and tail folded up, the hatch bulged outward, and in the eyes of the American soldiers, in less than three seconds, it had transformed into a huge mechanical life.

The code name appeared in the upper left corner of the screen.

Faction: Decepticon.

Name: Vertigo.

Transformation mimicry: Sikorsky MH-23 armed helicopter.

Ability: mechanical arm machine gun, energy pulse wave, chest cannon, interference field, photon blast rifle, rocket piercing uranium bomb, regeneration armor.

When doing post-production, Eric thought about it for a long time and finally decided to add introductions to all Transformers.

First of all, the appearance of Transformers in the movie is different from that of comics and animations. More importantly, it is necessary to take care of ordinary audiences, at least let them distinguish who is who.

Otherwise, if a few iron lumps fight, and the screen moves quickly, the audience may not be able to figure out who wins and who loses, affecting the viewing experience.

"Oh my god!"

Seeing Vertigo deform, countless people on the big screen and in the cinema exclaimed at the same time.

"Fire!"

Then, machine guns and submachine guns fired together, and the screen was suddenly full of flames.

But the large-caliber bullets that can penetrate steel plates hit Vertigo's body, only causing a series of crisp sounds, without any substantial damage.

Bang!

Boom!

As if...

On the other hand, Vertigo, with a sweep of his left arm, instantly shot a Hummer armored vehicle into a sieve.

With a slap of his right hand, he had already knocked an armored vehicle away.

Its chest was shining with orange light, and a cannon beam passed around.

Dozens of American soldiers and several armored vehicles didn't even resist for a second, and they were instantly vaporized, unable to scream.

That is to say, for the PG13 level, otherwise Eric would have to make a few American soldiers torn into pieces.

In order to pass the review, he could only choose to use more energy weapons.

This can not only show the technological strength of Transformers, but also make the scene not too bloody.

In the command tower, the man with the rank of lieutenant general hurriedly issued combat orders, and at the same time called the Pentagon for help.

However, before the message was sent, the soldiers looked at him in horror.

"General, the signal is interfered, we can only fight independently!"

On the other side, Ryan Reynolds led a group of men and wanted to drive a tank to meet the enemy.

The bullets did not work, which only meant that the power was not strong enough, and I didn't believe that the shells could not penetrate this mechanical monster.

And just when they were ready to start the tank with this idea, others had already taken action.

Several M1A1 Abrams main battle tanks rushed over from all directions, and in a hurry they even knocked over their own armored vehicles, but they didn't care.

Not far away, the dizzy right arm suddenly deformed, and the palm disappeared and turned into a rifle with a huge caliber.

Dense spots of light shot out from the rifle, and whenever the spots of light touched a person or an object, a violent explosion would immediately occur.

On the runway, more than a dozen fighter planes that had not yet taken off were blown into pieces of iron.

Buildings and soldiers' dormitories were even more blazing with flames.

In a moment, Vertigo had cleaned up the surroundings.

In the close-up shot, its eyes glowed, and after scanning the entire base, it finally targeted the center of the command tower.

Just as it was about to walk over, after a few gunshots, the shells fell on it.

The huge impact force made Vertigo retreat again and again, and the flames of the explosion finally broke through its armor.

Seeing this situation, the US soldiers were delighted. It turned out that the mechanical monsters on the opposite side were not invincible, and their weapons could also hurt the enemy.

But before these soldiers were happy for a few seconds, Vertigo's armor that was damaged by the explosion began to heal quickly.

In the close-up shot, the soldiers' originally excited expressions froze in seconds.

Vertigo was also angered by the constant harassment from the US military. A blue and white pulse energy wave suddenly spread out from it.

Wherever it went, people and horses fell to the ground, and main battle tanks weighing dozens of tons were instantly lifted into the sky.

Wherever the energy wave passed, the area dozens of meters around Vertigo turned into scorched earth.

Seeing this situation, many soldiers were frightened and stared blankly without doing anything.

"Don't just watch, that monster's armor hasn't fully healed yet, aim and attack quickly!"

Amid Ryan Reynolds's roar, a group of soldiers came to their senses and poured bullets into the stun wounds.

This time, Dizzy did not allow them to attack, but protected his injured area.

But it wasn't in the mood to chase after the minions. The armor on its back opened and a mechanical scorpion sprang out.

Scorpion burrowed into the ground and headed towards Ryan Reynolds' team.

The ground seemed to have been run over by an excavator, causing debris to fill the sky.

Dizzy, no longer caring about anything else, walked straight to the control tower and blew off the roof with a slap.

A huge robotic arm grabbed it and inserted it directly into the information processing equipment.

"General, it is stealing core secrets!"

"Turn off the device!"

"No, it's interfered with and cannot be forcibly closed!"

Hearing this, the lieutenant general picked up a fire ax and slashed at the wires.

Then the screen went black, the battle came to an end, and the camera turned to the hero Sam's school.

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In the cinema, countless people exhaled deeply, and their nervousness relaxed.

The five-minute battle scene fully demonstrates the power of Transformers.

Eric gave the Decepticons a more terrifying fighting power, far more terrifying than the Michael Bay version.

Not only are the weapon systems richer, but their lethality is even higher.

Moreover, they have the ability to regenerate armor, which means that human weapons cannot easily harm Transformers, and the battle will only become more brutal.

"Damn it! It's so exciting, this war scene is so exciting!"

"Yes, only Hollywood can produce such a large-scale production. A five-minute scene may cost enough to produce a domestic blockbuster."

"That makes sense. I went to see He Ping's "Heroes of Heaven and Earth" a few days ago. It was advertised as having Hollywood join the cast and it was a Sino-US co-production. Now I suspect that they are falsely promoting it."

"I also watched "Zhou Yu's Train" with my girlfriend last month. Anyway, I am not the audience. Compared with Transformers, I can only say that it is hard to describe."

"The box office of "Heroes of Heaven and Earth" has exceeded 20 million. How much do you think the box office of "Transformers" can be?"

"It can definitely surpass "Heroes", and maybe it can challenge "Titanic"."

In a movie theater in Shanghai, two young people in their 20s were whispering. The scene just now gave them a huge shock.

This is the scene not only in Shanghai, but also in movie theaters in all countries where it is released simultaneously.

The film critic of The Independent curled his lips helplessly, saying that his newspaper and MGM have never dealt with it.

He also came with a mission, and his mission was to hack "Transformers" as hard as he could.

But within just ten minutes of the scene, he knew that this task was not easy to do.

"You sons of bitches! How am I supposed to write about this? Is it not artistic enough for me to criticize a commercial blockbuster?"

"Eric Cooper, this guy is really amazing. He went to a military base to shoot real scenes and controlled a crew of thousands of people. Are there really born filmmakers?"