China Entertainment: Director’s happiness is so simple

The ending of the plot changes from love to friendship.

Or strictly speaking, love will not be fully displayed.

At the end of the film, the male protagonist floats to the surface of the sea and does not die. It has a happy ending, and then it ends. I don’t specifically mention it.

The character design and character background have also been changed.

In Lu Pingan's new script, the male protagonist lost his brother just like in the original time and space, while the female protagonist lost her parents.

Among them, the heroine's parents are mecha pilots, and they are husband and wife partner pilots like the Russian mecha Cherno Alpha.

The two died in the Battle of Magic City and were adopted by their parents' comrade-in-arms, the black general.

What evolves from this is that the new mecha will be different after the male and female protagonists become partners.

The new mecha is reassembled and upgraded from the parts of the male protagonist's original "Dangerous Wanderer" and the female protagonist's parents' "Xuanniao".

The shape will be more streamlined based on the original version, with more elements of ancient Chinese armor.

Anyway, handsome is enough.

The two mechas are of the same generation, and the new mecha is the same as the original one. It is the only nuclear-powered mecha in the film.

Later, the male and female protagonists understood each other's past and successfully completed the neuron connection to form a partnership. In the end, the two jointly named the new aircraft "Nirvana (English name: Phoenix)".

This also implies the Nirvana rebirth of the two people and their respective mechas, as well as the plot at the end of the film where the Nirvana enters the wormhole and detonates, giving the entire human race a new life.

Apart from this change, the rest of the mecha and names have been retained.

There were not many mechas that appeared in the first part of the original version, including an Australian father and son, a Russian couple, a male and female protagonist, Storm Red, and a few that flashed by at the beginning.

The general plot of these mechas will not change, except for the Storm Crimson.

This mecha is extremely powerful. According to the original official data, its number of kills ranked second among all mechas, but it didn't play much in the original movie.

It is not entirely accurate to say that Storm Red died due to lack of funding. Funding can only affect its duration in the movie, such as the battle that should have belonged to it and show its combat capabilities in detail.

But Storm Red has to be sacrificed in the end, this is to serve the plot.

Now that Lu Ping'an is here, its ending will be the same, but at least it can be a tiger-like attack. For example, the left-handed ion cannon must give it a fucking shot.

This will not increase the time by much, only five minutes at most.

In terms of casting, Storm Red is a triplets operation, which also makes the casting task very arduous. Fortunately, there are always capable people. The domestic producer Guang Guang found the suitable triplets the next day.

They will speak pure Mandarin lines during the battle.

Among the other roles, the actors of the Russian couple have changed, but they still have the appearance and characteristics of the Russian fighting nation.

Cai Tiantong is played by "Scholar" Yu Entai. Lu Ping'an's requirement for this role is that he must be able to speak English. After all, he is in the chain of command, but in this case, few people in the internal entertainment industry agree, so the environment When Tai was casting a few days ago, the English column blocked most of the actors, but Yu Entai was the one who missed it in the end.

This person's age, English speaking ability, acting skills, and image are all suitable. Most domestic actors would only envy him if he was chosen. He should indeed be the one.

Among the remaining actors, the combat command room will have more Chinese faces without lines than in the original version.

The security forces at the base are also a mixture of black, white and yellow.

What stands out is the chaos. After all, the end of the world needs to be a little messy.

In terms of plot, at the end, the sacrifice scene of the male and female protagonists was also changed.

Lu Ping'an's version is: both of them had the courage to sacrifice, but because the female protagonist's battle suit was damaged in the previous battle, the pressure in the battle suit was insufficient and she could not transfer oxygen to the male protagonist. She could only watch the male protagonist smile and take the lead. In one step, he transferred his oxygen to the heroine, then sent her to escape, and then the hero completed the final mission himself.

In this plot, Lu Pingan originally wanted to change the roles.

For example, using the heroine representing China to sacrifice herself symbolizes China's fearlessness in facing disasters.

But considering that this is an international blockbuster mainly for North America, I still feel that it remains unchanged in the end.

It just increased the heroine's role. For example, before taking the initiative to transfer oxygen and prepare to sacrifice, she first came up with a solution and prepared to execute it without hesitation. However, the male protagonist saw through it. The male protagonist nodded his head to indicate that the neurons were still connected. , you can’t hide it from me.

Then a series of operations such as completing the transition neatly and forcing the heroine to escape.

At this point, Lu Ping'an also set up a foreshadowing, that is, the male protagonist also encountered a similar danger when his brother died at the beginning. The brother used quick movements to operate the mechanism at the time of life and death so that he would not implicate his younger brother. When the younger brother reacted, the elder brother had been thrown into the air by the alien beast.

Now the male protagonist has accepted his brother's inheritance and quickly operated the mechanism, allowing the female protagonist to escape before she could react.

Want to say a metaphor?

Maybe the United States will hand over the baton to China in the future.

Lu Ping'an said: Don't make random guesses, I never use metaphors.

Basically these are the plot changes.

As for filming, it is just a matter of modifying some lines according to the plot changes.

The next shot is also easy.

Most of the scenes can be done in the studio.

Driving mechas in the "mecha cockpit", performing dramas and competitions at the base, etc.

The rest is the monster cult scene, the seaside scene and the rest of the exterior scenes.

Some of the exterior scenes had to be shot in the United States.

Overall, there are very few outdoor scenes, less than 10%.

The highlight is the fight scene, which takes up about 60%, and this is all about the special effects.

Therefore, the overall drama can be completed in one and a half months or even one month at most.

The special effects are already being done. One year is enough.

"Okay, let's mobilize for the first scene today, Xiaoma, go try on your combat uniform."

Lu Ping'an clapped his hands, and the whole place quickly got into working mode.

Matt Damon and others also felt at home for the first time.

It doesn't feel like being licked.

But although most of the crew are Chinese, the atmosphere and work pace of the crew are almost the same as those of Hollywood crews.

So this is a Hollywood crew, right?

"Kang is busy, hurry up, pony!"

"OK, soon."

Matt Damon was shouted out by Lu Ping'an, and he instantly came back to his senses and started working.

Little half an hour later, Matt Damon came out wearing combat uniform.

The size of Matt Damon's combat uniform was already measured when he was in the United States.

The data was sent back to China, and the prop team changed the costume in just one day. Now Matt Damon looks very fit.

And what attracts more attention than the fit is "handsome"!

The new black combat uniform is full of mechanical futurism.

Then the other "pilots" also appeared in mechas.

Liu Qianqian’s combat uniform is the same as Matt Damon’s.

In terms of appearance, Lu Ping'an slightly refined her hips and breasts to make them more concave and convex.

This also made Liu Qianqian blush at the time.

But the effect is very good.

Not as exaggerated as anime cosplay, but still sharp and capable, with beautiful lines and full of mechanical beauty.

Then the other drivers also appeared one by one.

As soon as several sets of combat uniforms appeared, including black, red, white, and gray, the entire studio was filled with a sci-fi atmosphere.