China Entertainment King of Science Fiction

Chapter 277 2 minutes and 40 seconds

"Gravity" trailer?

Oh, I really said Cao Cao, Cao Cao will be here.

I just saw my fans discussing this "long-heralded" movie and the trailer came out.

However, "Gravity" is a summer movie. As the top-seeded contestant, it is reasonable for the trailer to be released and the popularity is high.

Cheng Hongtao's "stage name" when he published film reviews is "Record Division", so fans call him Si Da.

The name he named the Records Department comes from the classic science fiction novel "1984" by the corrupt state. The department where the hero works in "1984" is the Records Department of the Ministry of Truth.

Cheng Hongtao's political spectrum can actually be seen from the name he secretly chose.

Lu Xun said it well, a person's political spectrum determines his stance on all things, including movies and TV dramas, of course.

Cheng Hongtao's film reviews are naturally in line with his political spectrum.

The white space station has a strong sense of science fiction, the intersecting core modules, and the orange-red huge solar wing that can only be partially cut out in the picture.

[Life cannot survive in space...]

Brown, blue, white, various colors paint the continents, rivers, oceans and clouds like oil paintings.

There is also a kind of visual shock that is like the fear of a giant thing.

Cheng Hongtao's response was to turn a blind eye, just like he did with many good domestic films in the past, and not comment on it.

[600 kilometers away from the earth

The sun is almost disappearing into the edge of the earth.

"What?"

Lei Jiayin?

Cheng Hongtao immediately recognized the owner of the voice, but the volume was not loud, as if he was whispering. He frowned and turned up the volume.

Of course, there is also the blue planet below that clearly shows the east coast of Africa.

This shocking picture made the concepts of "special effects" and "CG" fly away from Cheng Hongtao's mind.

As for "Space Battleship", which has been highly praised and even reversed the stereotype of inferior domestic 3D animation to a certain extent, its CG level and visual effects are not worth mentioning in Cheng Hongtao's opinion. It is far behind even ordinary 3D animated movies in Hollywood.

Not as good, let alone the level of "Children of the Forest".

There was no background music, only Wu Yue's breathing inside the mask and his constant shouting for "Wenchang".

Regarding "Gravity," a space science fiction masterpiece that has been hyped by the media for more than a year, even people like Cheng Hongtao who are relatively dismissive of the movie are curious.

While lines of small characters appeared and disappeared silently, it was obvious that a low, soft and gentle male voice sounded simultaneously through the communicator.

The picture and music stopped abruptly, and the black screen flashed for a second and then turned on again.

A huge semicircular outline filled half of the screen, and the dim picture broke the quiet darkness.

The female astronaut standing on the long stretched out mechanical arm rolled as the space station rotated after the impact, like a toy being pulled.

The next movie is "Source Code". "Source Code" is, after all, a medium-investment science fiction movie. The story and rhythm are at the top level of Hollywood, but the special effects really don't show much.

However, in the past year, DreamWorks' movies and TV series have become more and more popular, and there is really no way to completely "block" them. Even after DreamWorks' works are released, fans will urge him to do film reviews. It would be too deliberate to ignore them all.

"What's the idea?"

Unable to stop the rolling inertia, the astronauts gradually disappeared in the dimness of the red light until they were completely pitch black.

After DreamWorks' Silver Moon Rising animation, the video plunges into darkness.

Neat white fonts emerge.

For example, the plot of "The Jungle Book" was a bit mediocre, but he just brushed it off and focused on touting the special effects technology. Of course, the CG technology in this movie is indeed amazing.

His film reviews basically look at imported films with a lover's eye, and the halo effect is very strong. If we describe it in terms of ratings, every foreign film basically has a nationality score.

The strong visual impact interrupted the complaints in Cheng Hongtao's mind, and even caused him to stop thinking for a while.

"...Actually, what I am thinking of is my daughter...not an ancient poem, but a poem by Dylan Thomas...before she...went...on the hospital bed, she once asked me what this poem meant...

…

In the soothing music of the piano, lines of small characters appear and disappear one after another on the black screen.

Don’t go gentle into that good night…”

For similar domestic movies, he will focus on picking out the bad parts to complain about. If the movie is originally a bad movie, he will have no scruples, and people will not be able to find faults.

"Tang poetry?"

What brings visual impact is not only the magnificent picture like an oil painting, the huge space vehicle, but also the outline of colors and lines from the light of stars.

The gradually increasing brightness outlines a golden edge along the curve of the semicircle.

Therefore, his film review style is to praise the good aspects of foreign films and complain about the bad aspects of domestic films. Although there is exaggeration, he does not tell lies or confuse right and wrong. This is also where Cheng Hongtao is smart.

As for domestic movies, he mainly complains about them. Fortunately, the average quality of domestic movies in recent years has indeed been low, and his sharp complaints are also very good.

This is the first time I have seen a trailer with a black screen for such a long time.

However, the emergence of Chen Jingxing and DreamWorks has become a bug in the domestic film and television industry, and this bug is getting bigger and bigger and cannot be ignored.

"Poetry? I don't believe that when a person sees such a scenery, there will be no poetry in his heart... Wenchang, Wenchang, is there any corresponding poetry to remind Dr. Ye?"

Although Cheng Hongtao does not express political opinions, he naturally attracts fans who share the same thoughts through his film reviews.

Of course, he also understands that "Battleship" is just an animated TV series with limited production costs and is not suitable to be compared with animated movies. However, he still believes that Mo, who is vaguely touted as the top special effects studio in the country, will not be very high-level, especially compared to Hollywood.

compared to.

He doesn't criticize bad movies, but he can find the bright spots in movies that are just average. He can even praise good movies as masterpieces, and he can continue to add more value to movies that are already masterpieces.

So when a fan praised a domestic special effects blockbuster in a way that was inconsistent with his, he felt a little angry. The timely rebuttal and attacks from other fans also made him feel relieved.

"When you're drunk, you don't know that the sky is in the water, and the boat is full of clear dreams that overwhelm the stars..."

Cheng Hongtao clicked on the hot news item, slid down, skipped a large section of words, and entered the video page.

Chen Jingxing’s works]

Obviously, he may not be able to judge the details and technical content of the special effects, but such a picture makes him unable to have any thoughts of disapproving.

"There is another sentence, the stars and the moon are bright and clear, and the bright river is in the sky... Don't be too nervous. According to my experience, the more nervous you are, the slower your work efficiency will be... How do you feel?"

Of course, having just watched the revolutionary technological breakthrough of "The Jungle Book", he still has a overlooking mentality towards the visual effects of "Gravity", as if he participated in the production of "The Jungle Book".

As a film critic who thinks he has a good understanding of the special effects level of domestic movies, and even the works of DreamWorks, he does not think that the special effects level of "Gravity" will slap him in the face or overturn the opinions he expressed to his fans.

Commented with the same sentiment.

Of course, "Gravity" hired a foreign special effects studio for special effects production. He knew this, but hiring a foreign special effects studio did not mean that the special effects would reach the Hollywood level.

The movie proves it.

The camera rotated and gradually advanced, and an astronaut standing on a robotic arm and another astronaut wearing a space jetpack suit floating not far from the space station came into view.

Temperature fluctuates between 100℃-125℃]

Cheng Hongtao looked impatiently at the still dark screen, with the subtitles slowly appearing and disappearing, and the voices of male and female voices speaking softly off-screen.

The only film review of a DreamWorks film and television series that did not include "promotion" was the recent "Black Mirror". That large-scale film review was reprinted by many fans and hit a new high in click-through rates - it compared the second episode of "Black Mirror" with the mother's

The daughter's control and shielding mechanism extend to the relationship between the country and the people - this is a film review he made before praising "The Jungle Prince".

What was the last movie produced by DreamWorks? Operation Mekong.

There is no meticulous hair treatment, but it is more shocking than the visual spectacle of "The Jungle Book".

The huge space station was gradually forced out of its hidden form by the bright light.

The sun's rays gradually changed from white to gold, then to orange and red.

The astronaut played by Wu Yue is the only one left in the picture. Against the background of the earth, which takes up half of the picture, he keeps rolling in the dark starry sky with only a few glimmers of light.

The camera follows the female astronaut as the robotic arm is thrown away and rotates, accompanied by the violent beating of the piano, the rapid breathing and shouting of the female voice, and Lei Jiayin's voice coming from the transparent mask.

In his opinion, "Monster Hunt" is already considered the top level of special effects for such movies produced by foreign special effects companies, but it is still far from the current first-class level of Hollywood. The monsters in it are all designed with smooth skin, or even no

Hair, this is proof enough.

Therefore, his approach is to praise good science fiction ideas, and then criticize some shortcomings with a tone and attitude of "promoting DreamWorks to continue to improve." In this way, he also won "reason", "objectivity", and "neutrality"

reputation.

But then, the screen lit up.

The thin golden edge of the semicircular outline gradually turned into a blazing white halo, and a blue planet revealed its magnificent appearance as the sun gradually moved.

"...When I did my first spacewalk, do you guess what I thought when I saw the starry sky like this?"

[There is no medium to propagate sound

no atmospheric pressure

No oxygen]

Originally there was no difficulty for him.

The huge spacecraft rolled and shattered, was torn apart by impact, and began to disintegrate, with debris covering the screen.

The earth occupies two-thirds of the screen. Even if it is displayed on a computer screen that is not large in size, it can still have an obvious visual effect of a giant object.

Then the piano sound changes from soothing and beautiful to dangerous and gradually intense.

Dozens of white objects whose shapes are too fast to be seen cross the screen like bullets.

It was a small picture that didn't even fill up the computer screen, and it didn't even have a 3D effect, but Cheng Hongtao felt a little dizzy in front of the computer.

Lu Xun also said that a film critic will inevitably attract fans who share the same political spectrum with him.

Although "Mekong" is an industrial film, it does not have many special effects shots, and it is not a special effects blockbuster. The special effects part is far less than last year's "Dream City".

【Gravity

During the conversation between the two astronauts and the ground, the camera angle surrounds the two astronauts, showing almost 360 degrees the entire visual spectacle of space. How magnificent the earth is, how quiet the dark starry sky is.

Only Wu Yue's persistent call was heard in the darkness, his voice getting farther and farther away and getting fainter...

Cheng Hongtao recovered from his daze and looked at the progress bar at the bottom of the video.

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But it gave him an unreal feeling as if he was in a dream.

(End of chapter)