Chapter 541, Heavy Industry Science Fiction Aesthetic Style
"At first, no one cared about this disaster. It was just a volcano, a drought, the extinction of a species, the disappearance of a city, until this disaster became closely related to everyone."
"The sun is rapidly aging and continuing to expand. In a hundred years, the sun will expand to engulf the entire earth. In three hundred years, the solar system will no longer exist. Facing this catastrophe, mankind has shown unprecedented unity. In order to allow more people to survive, the United Government has decided to push the entire earth away from the solar system and fly to a new home 4.2 light years away."
"This is a grand and long-term plan - it is called the 'Wandering Earth' plan."
to this end.
Ten thousand planetary engines were built.
To bring the Earth to a new home, to provide propulsion, to turn the Earth itself into a huge spaceship.
This is the opening of the movie, which directly introduces the general background of the story.
"What a classic! This Hollywood-style opening line gives me a strong sense of déjà vu."
At this moment, Lu Haishi felt a sense of déjà vu. A disaster.
A crisis.
The next plot should be about the protagonist group dealing with the disaster that occurs during their escape.
The protagonist group responsible for turning the tide A young protagonist finally grows up and understands the principle of sacrificing one's life for justice.
Be moved and sublime.
This is probably the basic routine of disaster films. It is too familiar. Lu Haishi is too familiar with this kind of plot structure. This "Hollywood" format.
“It’s a bit like watching your version of The Great Wall?”
"Um"
At this time, for Zhang Mouzi, looking at the beginning of this movie, a brief introduction to the plot background, and the protagonist 'Liu Qi' who appeared next.
The feeling it gave him was all too familiar. Hollywood's classic three-act structure.
This is also the structure he used in "The Great Wall".
Disappointed? Maybe a little bit. Although he knew that most commercial films nowadays were born out of the Hollywood creative model, he still couldn't help but feel disappointed when he saw Li Yun use such a "classic" routine. That's right. Let the earth be the "spaceship" to escape the galaxy. This idea is still very good.
"Forget it, let's just watch it. It was filmed with great care."
At this point, the camera cuts to the dungeon.
The feeling of the streets and alleys that are cramped, grand, and yet full of the flavor of everyday life cannot be created without special effects. No matter how realistic the special effects are, they cannot recreate the real "human fireworks."
Here are the extremely real shots of real scenes . This kind of thing is very heartfelt.
"The movie isn't over yet, let's keep watching it. Maybe there will be some unexpected surprises."
"Surprise? This structure started off well. Not disappointed, but that's about it."
At this moment, Lu Haishi didn't know what to say.
This is just the beginning of this topic.
It must have disappointed him a bit.
According to his idea.
At least it should be at the level of The Three-Body Problem, or have the feeling of The Three-Body Problem.
But now this beginning feels far worse than The Three-Body Problem.
Science fiction is science fiction, but it just doesn’t have that kind of wonderful shock.
There is not that powerful, earth-shaking feeling.
At least the beginning is standard Hollywood disaster format.
This format is overused.
Tired of using it and getting old.
Li Yun continued to use it here.
The effect probably won't be that good.
And along with Liu Qi, this rebellious teenager, there is a typical bold and reckless character in a disaster movie.
audacious in the extreme.
He and his younger sister Han Duoduo were using protective clothing bought on the black market.
To get above ground.
A journey to find relatives.
Start here.
It also allowed the audience to see the so-called planetary engine for the first time.
It’s so big. Really big.
Unlike the sophisticated computer instruments and holographic projections in ordinary American science fiction films, in "The Wandering Earth", technology is presented through huge hydraulic devices, cold steel tones, gears intertwined with oil and rust, and blue flames rising into the sky.
This is a planetary engine.
So small.
Compared to planetary engines, humans are really insignificant.
"There are about 10,000 of these planetary engines in the world, and the engines we have here are just small fry, they are just auxiliary engines. The three steering engines arranged on the equator are the real super giants."
At this time, Liu Qi was introducing the planetary engine like a treasure trove.
As rebellious as he is, he still stares at this industrial giant with longing.
There is a twinkle in the eyes.
Then there is a series of long special effects shots.
Compared to the underground elevator, humans are insignificant.
Compared to planetary engines, underground elevators are tiny.
Then there is a shot of the vehicle rising upwards.
Compared to the Earth, planetary engines are tiny. It is true that only the three engines on the equator are slightly larger, but they are only slightly larger.
Relative to the Earth's lens, these planetary engines are like fire pots on the back.
Working hard to spray out energy.
Propel the engine forward.
Then there is the universe.
The earth is but a grain of rice.
The shock caused by this long shot is definitely no less than anything else.
Even Zhang Mouzi was shocked by this part of the shot.
So small.
It’s so huge.
We are just a drop in the ocean.
The universe is so vast.
Whether it is the heavy industrial style of the planetary engine, or the insignificance of human beings compared to the vastness of the universe, this kind of lens expression can give us a glimpse of Li Yun's aesthetic style.
One of the most important characteristics of a filmmaker is his aesthetic style.
Just for this aesthetic style.
like.
The movie isn't much worse.
end.
The cold wind was howling in the ice and snow .
It's so hard to breathe.
A planet where one could once breathe freely, where birds could once fly, but now there is only the dead silence of doom.
In previous American disaster films.
This kind of situation is usually caused by human beings.
But in The Wandering Earth, it was also created by humans, but it was not because of seeking death, but because of escaping from disaster.
Escape from the impending disaster and stay away from the comfortable hometown.
At least for the past 300 years, it has been a comfortable hometown.
There is no such thing as believing in the wisdom of future generations. Instead, it is up to this generation to shoulder the burden of responsibility.
At this time, Li Yun's consciousness was sent into the vast universe.
Lonely.
In the Navigator.
As Liu Peiqiang, as a navigator, a great navigator.
In our eyes, the earth seems to be just a tiny dot.
“It turns out that the earth is so small, and we humans are so small. But this vast universe is so ruthless and yet so beautiful.”
It’s really beautiful.
Li Yun at this moment.
Just feel it.
That tingling feeling on your scalp.
Then Li Yun's spirit changed again. He could observe that the Chinese people underground, who were preparing to celebrate the New Year, were unaware of the upcoming crisis. They might be using their entire year's savings to prepare a delicious meal of dried earthworm dumplings.
We can also see that the leaders are overwhelmed by the upcoming Jupiter crisis. They also have to deal with the attacks of the rebels from time to time, causing this broken spaceship to continue to suffer heavy damage.
We can also see that the executives below are preparing to implement emergency plans and carry out saturation rescue.
From the perspective of Liu Qi and others, and the audience, they can see saturation rescue and the countless people fighting for their lives.
Li Yun's perspective allows him to see more.
This is not the perspective of Liu Qi and others.
This is Moss's perspective.
"For the development of human civilization, some things are useless. There are many people in the underground city who are just wasting resources. Even leaders are not needed. We only need to retain the backbone decision-making and executive layers to keep it running."
"And there are even people involved in internal strife here. We can't say that the Wandering Earth Project is the best choice, but since the general direction has been chosen here, you should execute it meticulously instead of causing trouble here."
"You see, if we abandon these things, the continuation of civilization will not be so difficult."
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
But it seems that rationality is far from you.
This is very different from the human group.
So it is the best choice to preserve human civilization.
It means abandoning the existing human beings and setting off lightly, taking seeds with you.
Is the best result.
See the ugliness and internal friction.
The rational result produced is the conclusion reached by moss, the artificial intelligence.
It seems like these ugly things.
If some cynical young people saw this, they would probably feel the same way.
It is better to destroy human beings.
but.
Li Yun is not a cynical person.
What a coincidence.
Li Yun was even very calm , "So you are the artificial intelligence, not a biological being."
Wu Hai entered the cinema.
The experience before watching the movie was not very good, not because of anything else, but because there were too many audiences at the premiere.
He was completely numb.
These hungry audiences, who had been holding on to their movie ticket money for a year, finally found a channel to vent their emotions at this time.
Full, full, full.
Even the movie theaters in his mother's hometown county were packed.
"Popcorn and Coke are all bought."
A slim girl is holding popcorn and Coke.
“When does Avatar start?”
"It will be soon, soon, just wait a little longer."
Originally, Wu Hai was planning to watch The Wandering Earth, but his girlfriend insisted on watching Cameron's Avatar first.
The order is not that important, just watch it with your girlfriend first.
Anyway, I have already agreed with my girlfriend.
Watch all three movies.
Wu Hai also has deep curiosity and anticipation for Cameron's work.
It is the king of movies after all.
The King of Legends.
Cameron.
"Avatar" has raised its slogan, which is to defeat "Titanic".
It is still Cameron's work, and it is also the work that established his legend as the king of movies.
No one has broken this record in 30 years.
Even the global champion of the year, the popular Batman, or even a powerful company like Marvel, could not break this record.
Today.
Cameron challenged his past self.
With this super production with a US$1 billion investment.
How invincible and lonely I am. The only person who can challenge myself is myself.
How arrogant.
Only the arrogant can challenge themselves.
This is his capital. The capital of being the king of the world.
At this point, the movie began.
The perspective is from the perspective of a disabled person and the scene with him in the spaceship.
Then the Enterprise's mining ship and its private army went to a place called Pandora, the planet Pandora.
It's visual.
It is really too shocking.
So that there will be no other thoughts or reactions.
Yes, and only one feeling.
That was an incredible shock.
Whether it's the huge natural creatures, you or the towering vegetation.
“Oh my god, I feel my soul trembling”
The start is a royal bomb.
This visual effect.
Ever since the birth of film, it has begun to develop and progress.
From the crude computer special effects and miniature models at the beginning to the Japanese using special effects such as special effects, the two sides chose completely different paths.
Hollywood focuses on computer special effects, while the Japanese focus on miniature models, and the two sides specialize in very different things.
When it came to "The Great Wall", Wu Hai was actually amazed at the development of special effects technology. It was so amazing. So amazing that it could be mistaken for the real thing with the naked eye.
Even Iron Man and Marvel, which are also famous for their special effects, always have a papery feel to them, perhaps because the colors are too bright.
When wearing 5D glasses and appreciating the mountains and rivers of the planet Pandora, Wu Hai suddenly discovered that it was not because the colors were too bright.
They're all excuses.
It is simply due to the gap in technical ability.
The planet Pandora in front of us is still extremely bright, but it gives people a feeling of being so real and vivid.
Just like this earth.
No, there really is such a place in this universe, a place different from the Earth, called Pandora, a place full of primitive beauty.
An absolutely perfect view. A feeling of despair spread in Wu Hai's heart. If the visual gap between "The Great Wall" and domestic films is huge, then the gap between "Avatar" and "The Great Wall" is even greater than the gap between "The Great Wall" and domestic films.
The visual impact is too obvious.
Bright colors and realism, these two things are inherently contradictory, but that's what Cameron achieved in Avatar and Industrial Light & Magic.
An absolute visual spectacle.
Throw the colorful planet Pandora directly into your pupils.
There is no comparison, there is no comparison at all.
The plot is easy to understand. The disabled male protagonist can become the carrier of the artificial Avatar due to special reasons.
On this planet where humans cannot move.
Use your body to feel and empathize.
Go into the ecological environment here.
Become a part of it.
This kind of perspective is very immersive.
Human consciousness, alien perspective.
Perfect harmony together.
Wu Hai, has fallen.
(End of this chapter)