Chapter 977 Shocked by This Movie!

"No way, the whole picture in the future will not be of this kind of precision, will it?"

"How much will it cost for the set props and special effects?"

Lu Xiaoping was very confused, because the details of "Mission and Choice" have far exceeded his expectations!

Although Lu Xiaoping also heard some rumors before that Tengda had invested a huge sum of money in the new movie this time, he just listened casually and didn't take it seriously.

Because bragging is the norm in the industry.

Just like marching and fighting in ancient times, 100,000 people can be blown into 500,000, anyway, blow out the numbers first, and how many can be deceived.

For a movie, it costs a lot of money to buy IP and hire big-name actors, and then add the promotional funds and marketing funds. It is said that several hundred million have been invested, but in fact, the money actually spent on film production is not much at all. .

Lu Xiaoping originally thought that "Mission and Choice" is a domestic sci-fi movie, and the ceiling of domestic sci-fi movies has always been there, not very high at all.

But now, Lu Xiaoping is confused.

Is this really a domestic movie?

The details are done, and there is no difference from those Hollywood blockbusters that cost a lot of money!

Could it be said that "Mission and Choice" really saved all the IP money and the remuneration of big-name actors, and also saved the publicity expenses, and actually spent all the money on the production of the film?

Thinking of this possibility, Lu Xiaoping had only one thought: Crazy!

This is more than an adventure, it is suicide!

If other crews do this, it is almost tantamount to asking for a dead end. Of course, it is impossible for the crew to do this, because it is absolutely impossible for the management to agree.

But Tenda is different.

Obviously, Feihuang Studio is not committing suicide. They dare to do so because they have strong confidence in the movie "Mission and Choice", believing that even without regular publicity, it can still beat fellow filmmakers. All games on schedule, Deus Ex!

Lu Xiaoping realized that there was a big problem with his judgment!

Before, he thought that "Mission and Choice" was promoted because he was not confident and wanted to avoid the Golden Week schedule, but now he realized, how is this possible?

The quality of this film, if it gets the golden week, it may kill the whole world. How can it be afraid of "Battleship of the Raging Sea"?

Things are not going well...

Lu Xiaoping continued to look down with great anxiety.

...

The following plot can be said to be full of twists and turns and climaxes one after another. There is no urine point throughout the whole process, full of various reversals, which makes people dizzying.

The story line of the whole movie revolves around the character of Qin Yi, and the emotions of the audience are all affected by the character of Qin Yi.

Although it was a one-man show, Lu Zhiyao fully supported the role through his acting skills, and successfully completed the task of mobilizing the audience's emotions.

The whole story can be roughly divided into the following stages:

In the first stage, Qin Yi became a commander. Through simulated battles, he learned about the defeat of humans and Zerg in previous battles, understood the necessity of communication between the commander and Ansible, accepted the position of commander, and trained seriously.

In the second stage, after being fully familiar with the operation of the console, Qin Yi began to carry out simulation training. Everything went smoothly, but the situation suddenly took a turn for the worse when the "simulation element" was added, and the human army was defeated. In order to improve his winning rate, Qin Yi gradually got used to accepting the data and suggestions from AEEIS, and gradually became an emotionless command machine.

In the third stage, Qin Yi saw the scene where his original AS-371-45 team performed the mission, and finally made the same decision as the former commander. Qin Yi finally understood the behavior of the former commander in the conflict and struggle, and made many painful choices for victory.

In the fourth stage, everyone thought that Qin Yi was ready, but what he got in return was a more brutal slap in the face. In the deduction of the final battle, even if the command was completely followed by AEEIS's suggestion, human beings still retreated steadily.

Qin Yi almost fell into a state of collapse. He no longer believes that human beings can win this war. No matter whether they cheat or not, no matter what command method they use, they cannot win the war.

In the fifth stage, Qin Yi realized that it was wrong to use cold data to measure the value of each person. The original command method did improve the combat efficiency to a certain extent, but using the Zerg tactics to fight the Zerg would turn all soldiers into soldiers. It is absolutely impossible to become a cold machine. Therefore, Qin Yi chose to tell the truth to all the soldiers, re-inspired everyone's belief with a speech in a desperate situation, and the war turned again.

In the sixth stage, Qin Yi's body was overwhelmed by intense thinking. In a coma, he felt the nest consciousness. The Zerg queen showed him the truth of the past. It turned out that the war between humans and Zergs was initiated by humans, and the Zergs The queen's behavior in the worm's nest was trying to communicate with Qin Yi, but she hadn't succeeded until now.

Qin Yi made an act of reconciliation on the surface, but in fact he deceived the Zerg Queen and executed the beheading action, directly securing the victory.

In the seventh stage, Qin Yi, who thought the war was over and wanted to evacuate, was betrayed. The command ship he was on rushed into the swarm of insects and committed suicide. However, he did not expect that after all the secondary queens were beheaded, he would become a worm with a hive consciousness. Swarm of new brains.

At the end of the film, there are actually two suspense left.

The first suspense is, is it the executive committee or the AEEIS that decided to betray Qin Yi?

What AEEIS said to Qin Yi pushed all the blame to the Supreme Executive Committee, creating a feeling of "the cunning rabbit is dead, the lackey is cooking". But in the meeting screen of the Supreme Executive Committee, AEEIS said that it was Qin Yi who took the initiative to seek death, and the members all expressed regret.

There are obviously two possibilities: one is that AEEIS deceived both Qin Yi and the Supreme Executive Committee, and killed a human military genius effortlessly, clearing the way for himself to take over the entire human army in the future The other is that some people in the Supreme Executive Committee instructed AEEIS and acted in a hypocritical manner.

And these two possibilities imply two different sequels of the future "Omnic Crisis" or "Civil War".

The second suspense is that Qin Yi in the body of the giant Leviathan inherited the hive consciousness, and his body was also transformed by the Zerg into a special life form. He was a soldier, with a natural loyalty to humanity, but suffered the most ignominious betrayal.

Will Qin Yi choose to lead the swarm to revenge? Or will it go down a different path? Can he still be called human? How will he perceive himself?

These will obviously not be revealed until later.

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The big scene of the interstellar war made all the audience dizzy, and some people were even immersed in this shocking emotion, and even forgot to exclaim.

From the initial defeat of human beings when encountering swarms, to small-scale simulation training, to the final large-scale battles in the vast starry sky and the surface of the planet...

All the war scenes in the movie are gradual and escalating. The audience followed Captain Qin Yi from weak to strong, and witnessed step by step the protracted grand war between humans and Zerg in space.

What shocked Lu Xiaoping was that although the special effects of this movie are very cool, it is obviously not only special effects.

This movie also does a great job of telling the story and mobilizing the audience's emotions!

Although overall, the war scenes of the movie are constantly escalating, the emotional tone of each stage is constantly fluctuating, like a wavy line with peaks and troughs, presenting a spiraling spiral of fluctuations. The state is completely unpredictable.

Other movies often show these contents through conflicts between characters. For example, when a team is in trouble, members with different personalities propose different solutions. Fierce arguments will make the audience in front of the screen become irritable. In the end, when everyone agrees and overcomes difficulties, the audience will feel that their emotions have been released.

This is a routine commonly used in many literary and artistic works. Although it is old-fashioned, it is easy to use and has no risk.

But in "Mission and Choice", Lu Zhiyao fully supported the emotional tone of the movie through his own performance and co-starring with the cold artificial intelligence electronic voice AEEIS!

This feeling reminded Lu Xiaoping of a one-man show two years ago, about the protagonist who was buried alive in a coffin in the desert, and was constantly exploring and using various props around him to survive the whole process. When it comes, only despair awaits.

In that movie, the whole process was a one-man show by the protagonist alone, but it brought continuous suspense to the audience. The unique perspective, superb lens, and twists and turns of the plot made this movie successfully won that year. A box office miracle, with a cost of $3 million, it earned $20 million at the box office and was a big success.

And "Mission and Choice" is similar to this movie to a certain extent.

The protagonists of the two films are trapped in a small space, facing the unknown fate, they are all fighting hard, despite failures again and again, they are still persevering.

They all withstood the test of acting skills in a one-man show, supporting the emotional context of the entire movie by themselves, and allowing the audience to perfectly enter the movie.

The difficulty of this kind of performance is very high, it's like a big gamble, betting all the chips on the same game, once you succeed, you will earn a lot of money, but if you fail, you will lose all your money.

The difference between the two lies in the emotional tone.

The protagonist who is buried alive is in a coffin, which is extremely narrow, and the despair he endures comes from both mental and physical devastation. The audience, like the protagonist, has a severely limited perspective, and is in a cramped, depressed, and desperate state throughout the process.

Although Qin Yi was in the space capsule, he could see the real situation around him through the bulkhead of the holographic image, and his vision was not restricted at all. The desperation he endured was more of a spiritual devastation, and he suffered the pain of human destiny alone.

Both of these performances are a severe test for acting skills, but Lu Zhiyao's performance seems to be more difficult.

Because most of the despair Qin Yi endured came from spirituality, and the entire set and environment couldn't play a role in setting off his emotions too much. At this time, if you want to mobilize the players' emotions, you must completely place your hope on Lu Zhiyao performance.

Fortunately, Lu Zhiyao completed the task well and dedicated his most perfect acting skills since his debut.

It even made Lu Xiaoping feel that what he saw was not Lu Zhiyao, but another person, or... Captain Qin Yi himself!

Since finishing "Beautiful Tomorrow", Lu Zhiyao's acting skills have improved by leaps and bounds as if he was on the hook.

Many people criticized Lu Zhiyao for "box office poison" and "excessive acting skills", but from "A Better Tomorrow" to "Mission and Choice", Lu Zhiyao's acting skills seem to be constantly improving. Introverted, those exaggerated expressions are gone, replaced by more delicate psychology and well-designed micro-expressions, the whole person seems to be fully integrated into the character!

In the last scene of the film, Qin Yi wakes up in the incubation pool inside the Leviathan beast, his eyes suddenly open, and the camera shows a close-up.

There seemed to be too many complicated emotions in his eyes.

In fact, at the beginning of the film, there is also such a close-up, except that Qin Yi woke up from the hibernation cabin at that time, and at the end he woke up in the hatching pool inside the body of the Leviathan giant.

The two eyes seem to have something in common, but the background, the appearance of the protagonist, the subtle expressions, especially the eyes, are very different.

The dormant cabin and hatching pool are like wombs, and this shot obviously symbolizes Qin Yi's new life.

It's just that in these two lives, Qin Yi played the human commander and the heart of the swarm respectively.

Just like the beginning of the film, this expression at the end lasted for several seconds before cutting to the next shot.

His thoughts spread rapidly in the cosmic space, and all the larvae in the hatching pool surrounded him, becoming an extension of his consciousness.

Then, the camera quickly zoomed up to the cosmic starry sky outside the Leviathan giant beast, and this terrifying Zerg wandering aimlessly in the universe also suddenly opened its eyes, speeding up and moving towards the endless starry sky!

A large number of Zerg followed behind the giant Leviathan, like a comet with a long tail, disappearing into the depths of the screen.

The movie ended here, and the list of cast and crew appeared on the big screen.

The ending song sounded, this is an impassioned battle song, describing the scene of a soldier who is about to go out and set foot on the battlefield.

Originally, this song should be very exciting, but it is accompanied by the scene of human soldiers cleaning up the mess, and the leviathan carrying Qin Yi and finally disappearing into the universe, making this song inexplicably full of emotions. There was an inexplicable sense of sadness.

With a bang, the lights of the cinema came on.

Many viewers just woke up like a dream, and the praises of "fuck" and "awesome" are endless!

"Fuck, that's awesome!"

"This ending is really unexpected!"

"I can't stop thinking about it, this ticket is so worth it!"

When the premiere of "A Better Tomorrow" ended, most of the audience felt that they didn't know what was going on.

Because the performance of "A Better Tomorrow" on many key issues is quite ambiguous. As a feature film, there are actually not so many impressive scenes. After watching it, you will feel a little stuck in your heart. , in order to read the deep meaning.

But "Mission and Choice" is an out-and-out popcorn movie. The whole process is full of various big scenes of space wars. The emotions go up and down like a roller coaster. There are troughs and peaks, giving people an extremely emotional experience. Stimulate.

Therefore, after watching "Mission and Choice", the feeling of most viewers can only be summed up in two words, that is "awesome"!

This kind of impact from the senses is more direct and stronger, especially the eyes of Qin Yi in the last scene accompanied by the ending song, which finally releases the audience's emotions, which is refreshing to the peak and has a long aftertaste.

The audience got up one after another and couldn't wait to share their viewing experience with their companions.

"It's amazing! The special effects of domestic sci-fi movies can achieve this level? It's really comparable to Hollywood blockbusters! I was dazzled by watching the whole process, and there was no drama at all!"

"Sure enough, Tengda's films are awesome! They will never disappoint!"

"Isn't it too much to invest a few hundred million in publicity for this film? It's a pity that the publicity is not enough, and the film schedule is not high."

"It doesn't matter, are you afraid that a film of this quality will not be popular?"

"In the end, Qin Yi's handling was really too hot. I thought it was another cliché plot of different species shaking hands to make peace and build a beautiful universe together. It's so comfortable!"

"Lu Zhiyao's acting is really good. I feel that Mr. Pei has Lu Zhiyao's instruction manual. It used to be box office poison, but now his acting skills have improved visibly to the naked eye. He really feels like an actor!"

The audience was full of praise. Obviously, the actual effect of this movie far exceeded their psychological expectations!

Although audiences come to the movies for various reasons, most of them don't have too many unrealistic expectations.

Everyone knows the state of domestic sci-fi movies. If the producer of "Mission and Choice" is not Tengda but some other company, even if it is some big and rich company, the audience will not watch Zero Point. Be the guinea pig.

Because no company can gain such a high degree of trust from the audience like Tengda.

In addition, there is not much publicity for this movie, and most viewers think that this may be a "small and beautiful" movie, that is, the type with enough advantages but obvious disadvantages.

But after watching the movie, I realized that this is not the case at all. This movie has far exceeded everyone's expectations in all aspects!

And this kind of mentality has also invisibly raised the audience's evaluation of "Mission and Choice".

It's like going to a restaurant to eat, almost delicious food, if it is in a restaurant that has been praised so much on the Internet, then the customers may feel that it is not worthy of the reputation; Customers will be particularly pleasantly surprised and unforgettable if they eat it at the unnamed shop in the city!

Lu Xiaoping and the person in charge of the announcement of "Warship on the Raging Sea" did not get up immediately with other audiences, but fell silent.

From the beginning of the movie to the present, the two of them haven't spoken a word.

The person in charge was shocked by this movie. He was drowsy at first, but now he is very excited, especially the scene of the last scene is always lingering in his mind, and the picture cannot be dispelled for a long time.

Although "Mission and Choice" is a competing film, the better the performance means the worse the situation of "Warship of the Raging Sea", but the person in charge is not in the mood to think about this for the time being, because he is completely conquered by this movie. Appreciation from the heart!

After a long time, the person in charge said, "It should be... there are no Easter eggs."

Lu Xiaoping nodded silently: "Well... Maybe."

The person in charge said, "Then, Mr. Lu, shall we go?"

Lu Xiaoping: "Let's go..."

His mood was very low.

They came to watch the premiere of the zero point scene today, and they came here with the mentality of watching a joke, but they never expected that they would become a joke.

There were still many spectators at the scene who did not leave, obviously they were all waiting for the easter eggs.

But Lu Xiaoping judged that there should be no easter eggs. On the one hand, it is because the theater has already turned on the lights to hint, and on the other hand, it is also because the whole story has been told very clearly, and there is no need for easter eggs to continue to warm up the next part of the story.

Strictly speaking, the whole story should end when Qin Yi was betrayed and sent to the swarm by AEEIS.

The meeting of the Supreme Executive Committee of the United Fleet, and Qin Yi waking up in the body of the Leviathan monster, these two plots are more suitable to appear as easter eggs.

But these two plots are too important, and the duration is very long. If you make easter eggs, there will be a sense of fragmentation, so Zhu Xiaoce thought twice, and put these two plots at the end of the movie, and the ending song played a very good role. Effect.

Lu Xiaoping also judged for this reason that there should be no easter eggs in the movie.

But just when the two were about to leave, some pictures appeared next to the rolling credits credits.

At the end of the film, there are no easter eggs, but something else.

These are some NG shots of Lu Zhiyao during filming!

Facing the green screen, he said his lines over and over again, and performed in different ways. Sometimes he stopped immediately when he was not satisfied halfway through the performance, and kept repeating like this.

For the same emotion, Lu Zhiyao had to act out different feelings at least five or six times, and after carefully savoring, choose the most satisfying one.

There is also a shot of Lu Zhiyao talking to the AEEIS automatic intelligent bar lifter.

From the audience's point of view, many of Lu Zhiyao's performances are actually very good, but Lu Zhiyao himself is still not satisfied, he still performs it over and over again, and every plot must be perfect.

While these shots are fine on their own, they pale in comparison to those in the feature film.

The remaining audience are basically die-hard fans. Although the lights in the cinema hall have been turned on, they still insist on watching until the end, holding the idea of ​​"what if there are easter eggs".

Unexpectedly, it was really a surprise!

"Holy shit, how many times do you have to shoot the same scene?"

"Lu Zhiyao is so ruthless, I feel that his state is a bit obsessed. The same lines have to be said in several ways, and the effect is better each time. On the other hand, those who don't even memorize the lines, only know how to count 1234567 counterparts in acting You're a small fresh meat, and you'll be judged!"

"Strictly speaking, although Lu Zhiyao came from a major, he didn't have any acting skills at the beginning. He was better than Xiao Xianrou, but not much better. But unlike Xiao Xianrou, he was not satisfied with the praise of fans. , but constantly demanding myself and honing my acting skills, so I can bring us such wonderful performances as "Beautiful Tomorrow" and "Mission and Choice"!"

"Indeed, the progress of Lu Zhiyao's acting skills is really visible to the naked eye. The movie ticket is so worth it, it's blood money!"

"There are still many people in "A Better Tomorrow" who say that Lu Zhiyao took advantage of Tengda's book and Zhang Zuting's acting skills. Now this kind of argument should be self-defeating, right?"

"Indeed, if one person supports a movie with an investment of hundreds of millions, there is no need to discuss the issue of rank, because he is the only actor!"

"This next road should be able to get rid of the title of 'box office poison', right? Two consecutive films have performed so well, and he will probably become a veritable actor in the future!"

The audience sighed with emotion, even some people who were indifferent to Lu Zhiyao were sincerely happy for his progress.

In recent years, there have been more and more streaming movies, and the acting skills contributed by various small fresh meats in various so-called "big production" movies have repeatedly exceeded the lower limit, and many audiences have long been uncomfortable with it.

However, Lu Zhiyao has embarked on a completely different path from those small fresh meats. Obviously, he can rely on his appearance, but he has to rely on his talent. He has put in unimaginable efforts for this, how can people not like it?

Finally, the final credits and credits of the movie and Lu Zhiyao's NG shots were also played.

The few remaining viewers finally left contentedly, and their hands were not idle, so they quickly sent a circle of friends to blow it up.

Lu Xiaoping and the person in charge of "Warship on the Raging Sea" walked out in a daze, as if they had lost their souls.

On the one hand, I was shocked by the content of the movie, and on the other hand, after watching "Mission and Choice", I was extremely worried about the current situation of Fanqi Media and "Warship of the Raging Sea".

At that time, when my mind was hot, what a terrible opponent I provoked!

There is a price to pay for a movie like Porcelain.

Lu Xiaoping's plans are all based on the "poor quality of "Mission and Choice", which is why he came to touch porcelain and increase the popularity of "Warship of the Raging Sea".

But if the two movies are compared and "Warship of the Raging Sea" is pressed on the ground and rubbed, then the heat that came before will be eaten back!

If "Warship of the Raging Sea" wins, it will be domineering and confident, but if "Battleship of the Raging Sea" loses, it will be sour and a clown.

This kind of feeling is like a boxer going to the ring. I thought the opponent was a weakling, and he uttered all kinds of cruel words before the match, and the awesomeness had already been blown out. But I didn’t expect to go on the stage and saw that the opponent took off his coat and his arms Thicker than my own thigh.

This is also a hammer!

The two were silent. They both knew in their hearts that the current situation was bad enough, but in fact, it was just the beginning!