Chapter 532 Earth Trisolarian Organization
Although the two projects "All or Nothing" and "She Vanished" were launched almost at the same time, and both were filmed in Hainan, the "mutual cooperation" mentioned by Chen Sicheng before was completely impossible to achieve.
The story background of "All or Nothing" is northern Myanmar, which belongs to the inland area. So when the crew was filming, they mainly filmed in Danzhou and Haikou in the north.
Although the background of "She Vanished" is also Southeast Asia, the main location is a fictional tourist island. In order to meet the needs of the plot, the crew chose the southernmost Sanya and Lingshui area.
Although Hainan is an island, it covers a vast area, with a north-south distance of nearly 300 kilometers. The two crews are separated by one in the south and one in the north, and it takes an hour to fly. Let alone cooperation, the two sides can't even meet.
"No wonder I said I would use your scene props and agreed so readily. It feels like it's waiting for me here."
Chen Sicheng complained on the phone.
"It's not my fault. You didn't tell me that you were going to shoot in the south."
"I told you that the plot is mainly on the beach, so it must be Sanya."
"So, Haikou is not a beach?"
The two of them teased each other for a while, and Chen Sicheng smiled and said, "Oh, by the way, Teacher Li will come to shoot a guest role in a few days, why don't you come and see?"
"I know, she told me." Meng Bai said, "I came to Shanghai these two days, let's see if I have time to go there then."
"I thought you were in Hainan. Why are you going to Shanghai?"
"Didn't "The Three-Body Problem" also start filming? Some of the plot was shot here, so I came to see."
In addition to "The Wandering Earth 2" and "All or Nothing", Arclight's three key projects this year are "The Three-Body Problem".
Although it is just a web series, the production level and investment scale are comparable to those of big-budget movies. Arclight, Ruyi and Tencent have cooperated to offer an investment quota of 15 million per episode.
Although it is not as good as the Netflix version of "The Three-Body Problem", which costs tens of millions of dollars per episode, the English version has only 8 episodes per season, while the Chinese version has more than 30 episodes per season. If you really count them, the total investment of the two sides is actually similar.
For the two versions that were filmed at the same time, the "Three-Body Problem fans" on the Internet also have their own expectations. Unexpectedly, this time there are more people supporting the Chinese version.
Netflix does have many excellent works, but Arclight has almost never lost. So if we only look at the past results, it is difficult to tell who is stronger and who is weaker. The key lies in the adaptation ideas of both sides.
The weakness of the Chinese version is obvious. The first part involves the "Red Bank Base" and the plot of that era, which must be the focus of the review, and the scale will definitely be weakened.
In contrast, the Netflix version should not delete this part of the content. But the lameness and chaos of the United States in recent years have also awakened many domestic audiences.
Faced with the increasingly obvious cultural and public opinion disputes between the East and the West, it is difficult for fans to believe that Netflix can ignore the messy political correctness and discrimination and make "The Three-Body Problem" seriously.
Fans on both sides kept arguing, and both felt that their support was justified.
"This is actually a good phenomenon."
On the set of The Three-Body Problem in Shanghai, Meng Bai said to Yang Lei beside him: "In the past, when it came to this kind of debate, British and American dramas were almost overwhelming domestic dramas. Now the voices of both sides are almost the same, which is enough to prove the progress of domestic dramas."
The director of the "Three-Body Problem" web series chose Yang Lei, who had previously collaborated with Arc Light on "Peace Hotel".
Although he had never filmed science fiction before, he has rich experience in spy war dramas and period dramas. It just so happened that the plot of the first part of "The Three-Body Problem" was almost like this, so it was a good choice to ask him to shoot it.
Hearing Meng Bai's words, Yang Lei nodded and said: "It is true that domestic dramas are improving, but it is also true that American dramas are regressing. The popular American dramas in the past two years are basically the same routine, with a novel setting at the beginning, and then keep people in suspense all the way, and then they end badly if they can't make it up."
Meng Bai smiled and agreed: "In fact, it's not just now, it was the same routine before. It's just that no one had seen it much at that time, so they were not so sensitive to these routines."
After saying that, he patted Yang Lei on the shoulder: "Anyway, we really have to shoot it well this time. "The Three-Body Problem" is considered the face of domestic science fiction. If the effect of the film is not as good as Netflix, it will be too embarrassing."
Yang Lei frowned and nodded seriously: "I understand, don't worry."
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Because the space and time span of the original novel are very large, many places were selected for the filming of "The Three-Body Problem". Shanghu is just one of them, and it mainly undertakes the plot of the "ETO organization party".
As we all know, the protagonist of the first part of "The Three-Body Problem" is undoubtedly Ye Wenjie, the "real heroine". How this role performs is directly related to the overall quality of the first part.
The crew wanted to find Lv Zhong at the beginning. The "Wu Zetian" she played at the time was very impressive and quite similar to "Ye Wenjie".
It's just that this actress is too old, which is somewhat inconsistent with the role setting, and she basically doesn't shoot much now. So the crew turned to the younger generation Chen Jin, who is also a powerful veteran actor.
Meng Bai watched her performance on the set, and it has to be said that she really fits "Ye Wenjie" perfectly. Zhang Luyi and Jiang Wu, who acted opposite her, are also actors with excellent acting skills, but they still feel suppressed in momentum.
This also made him feel relieved. At least in terms of the performance of the actors, the domestic version can be said to be very strong. The quality of the next film depends on the script and post-production.
The progress of the web series is smooth, and Meng Bai can't help but start thinking about the movie version.
Although they are all film and television adaptations, the adaptations of movies and TV series are still very different. When Liu Cixin wrote "The Three-Body Problem 1", he didn't think much about the subsequent plot, and almost added all the science fiction ideas he could think of.
This has led to an explosion of information in "The Three-Body Problem 1". There are many TV series and a long time, and it still needs two seasons of 70 to 80 episodes to barely finish filming.
Even if a movie is counted at most, it is only more than two hours long. It is impossible to cram a whole book into this time. But if it is to be filmed in parts, the workload is too large, at least it has to be in accordance with the specifications of "Avengers".
The "Avengers" here does not refer to the four "Avengers", but a complete stage spanning ten years and a total of 22 movies.
In addition to the large volume, who will direct it is also a problem.
Guo Fan is definitely not good enough, and the three "Wandering Earth" movies will take him five or six years. But apart from him, it seems that there is no other director suitable for shooting science fiction.
Thinking about it this way, it seems that it is not unreasonable for Lin Qi to want to hand over "The Three-Body Problem" to Zhang Yimou before his death. Regardless
of whether this nearly seventy-year-old national teacher can understand science fiction. If he could finish filming the two parts of the special era and "Human Computer" in the first part, and then put all his efforts into it, and hand over the sequels to other young directors, his status as a great director would not be in vain.
Of course, this is just talk, he is still hoping to live two more years at his age. It's okay to just shoot some comedies and get some box office, who would bother with that.
Forget it, let's wait until the "Three-Body" web series is broadcast and see the effect.
Thinking of this, Meng Bai's cell phone suddenly rang. He glanced at the name of the caller, raised his eyebrows and answered the call, and immediately a cheerful voice came out.
"Boss, I said I would treat you to a meal, do you have time recently?"
(End of this chapter)
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