China Entertainment King of Science Fiction

Chapter 353 The treasure of the aerospace department

"The Matrix", which picked up "The Mummy" cheaply, lived up to Chen Jingxing's expectations and started a killing spree. The box office in its first week was only 8 million US dollars. In the second week, it began to expand significantly, expanding all the way to 3,500 theaters, winning

With a box office of 73 million, the third week revenue was 49 million, and the total in three weeks was close to 130 million.

And the reputation has always remained strong. Even after the large-scale release, the imdb score still remains below 9 points. Relatively professional evaluation websites such as Rotten Tomatoes and MTC also maintain very high scores, even surpassing "The Center of the Earth".

gravitational".

"Gravity" is indeed too "main theme" in the eyes of many Americans, including some elites.

The main reason is that China’s two space stations appear in the movie, and the never-give-up spirit of China’s development of aerospace industry revealed in the movie is not subtle.

These alone have made some people very uncomfortable, and some have even criticized this as a promotional video for China’s official space development, even though it is a story about a space disaster.

This is a very subtle emotion. I can appear your stuff in my movie, and even praise your stuff, but you can't praise yourself nakedly in your movie, and also export it to me. This is

Ideological propaganda, I promote universal values, your propaganda is to support the superstate.

"The Matrix" is completely a dystopian science fiction movie, which happens to be a very popular and popular theme among young people in Europe and America. This is also the reason why "The Matrix" is so loved by many young people. After all, in the dystopian genre

"The Matrix" is definitely the ceiling among movies.

Therefore, even those who wear tinted glasses will find it difficult to pick out ideological things from it. Therefore, although some media are still struggling with what unfounded ideas China exports through movies, most people do not

Concern about this point has not aroused any public opinion topics.

Of course, the box office of "The Matrix" is still affected by the small-scale opening, otherwise it is very likely to become a DreamWorks movie to break the $200 million blockbuster after "Gravity".

Although these scenes can be built by yourself or realized using green screen technology, it is certainly better if the aerospace department is willing to make it easier.

The result of shooting with the staff of the control center was like this. A simple scene could be shot more than ten times, which was simply torture for both parties.

Moreover, with the idea of ​​not using things in vain, Chen Jingxing also asked the aerospace staff in the control center to indulge in the extras.

However, "Gravity" needs to split the box office split with Universal, while "The Matrix" is DreamWorks' sole box office split. Although there are some concessions in the split agreement with several major theaters, it is still DreamWorks' most profitable in North America.

A movie already.

The strong and close interaction between the movie and reality makes "Gravity" the strongest promotional film in the history of China's aerospace industry, especially the space station program.

This news has also aroused the expectations of movie fans. After all, "The Martian" is rumored to be the sequel to "Gravity" and is also the second part of the space trilogy that Chen Jingxing is rumored to shoot. This includes movie fans and aerospace enthusiasts.

Netizens including "The Matrix" have been looking forward to it for a long time, but there has been little news about this movie since "The Matrix" began to be announced.

Unlike "Saving Private Ryan", there is no need to design an enemy or an opponent, and it has nothing to do with the war between humans.

"Cut!" After Chen Jingxing shouted cut, he clapped his hands and gave a thumbs up. He felt relieved. The "extra performers" in the hall also stopped smiling with muscles on their faces, feeling relieved.

Previously, serious mainstream media in Europe and the United States would conduct small-scale reports on China's space achievements, and some private information would also be included.

Not only do many domestic people know about China's future space station plan, but many foreign netizens also learned from the media that China will build a real space station 20 years ago. By then, it may be the only space station in orbit in the world.

Yes, if the International Space Station is not extended.

And it is a real command and control center - the launch control center and the newly completed space station payload operation and control center command and control hall with a very sci-fi interior decoration have also opened the door to "The Martian" as an exception.

The rest of the scenes in "The Martian" were basically easier to shoot. The scenes in the Mars spaceship were shot in a studio. With the experience of participating in the production of "Gravity" and having finished filming "The Matrix", the scenes inside the spaceship

There was no difficulty for either the crew or Mo's special effects team.

The weightless scenes were filmed with wires used in the filming of "Gravity" that were specially used to shoot weightless environments. Only two telescopic cannons were used. In fact, the entire Chinese film industry currently has no more than 10 telescopic cannons in total.

, many of them are rented from abroad. It can be seen that although "Gravity" requires a large investment, a large part of it actually fills up the technical strength and equipment reserves of DreamWorks, which is still quite cost-effective.

It is no wonder that some foreign media have exclaimed to be wary that China is using new propaganda methods to export ideology, demonstrate achievements, and impact the soft power and values ​​of the West.

The photo taken by the astronauts using their mobile phones to look out of the Tiangong-2 porthole has also become a hot search and report at home and abroad, because this photo is a tribute to the heroine in "Gravity" looking out the window at the Earth in Tiangong-2.

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If the official support for the promotion of "Gravity" was promoted by Director Ren, then "The Martian" is really regarded as a treasure by everyone in the aerospace department.

After finishing filming the scenes in the control center, although there are still some scenes in "The Martian" that have not been filmed, the entire movie is basically close to completion. After relaxing, Chen Jingxing sent a photo of himself with the crew and the staff of the space station control center.

on Weibo.

So much so that even the official concept drawings and videos of the future real Tiangong large space station use clips from "Gravity".

In particular, just a few days after the movie "Gravity" was released, the Tiangong-2 experimental space station was successfully launched, and just when "The Matrix" was in theaters, the two astronauts from Shenzhou 11 also stationed in Tiangong-2.

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[Jingshen finally posted on Weibo again! 】

The ground leaders and other major supporting roles in "The Martian" are naturally played by actors. The other staff members who appear in the camera are all genuine staff members. Of course, this has all been approved in writing by the aerospace department and individuals.

[Have you finally recovered your account? I remember the last time Director Chen posted on Weibo...]

In addition, another very important reason is that the leaders of the aerospace department have basically read the script of "The Martian". After all, the aerospace department is also the review department of this movie, and the film bureau has to take a back seat.

Moreover, the peripheral income of "The Matrix" must exceed that of "Gravity", especially the income from DVD, TV and online copyrights. If "Gravity" is an out-and-out theater movie, then "The Matrix" also has visual spectacles

, but most of the viewing experience can also be obtained on a TV or computer.

The main reason is that "Gravity" has indeed brought unimaginable exposure to China's aerospace industry.

Whether it is being the first to land on Mars, establishing a scientific research base on Mars, or rescuing a surviving astronaut who was dropped on Mars at all costs, there is nothing more central than this.

After shooting the green screen scenes in the greenhouse, it was time to shoot the scenes in the command and control center.

It can be said that for the aerospace department, "The Martian" is a film project that they pay more attention to than "Mekong" to the Ministry of Public Security. The difference is that "Mekong" is a proposition issued by the Ministry of Public Security, while "The Martian" is a project in the sky.

Fallen pie.

"The Martian is almost finished filming. Thank you to all the leaders and teachers at the Flight Control Center. See you on the big screen!"

However, Chen Jingxing did not focus all his energy on "The Matrix". After the National Day, he finally gathered the crew of "The Martian" and started filming plots other than the Mars scenes.

And this time, because "Gravity" is a popular movie in most countries around the world, many non-serious media, even entertainment, social, financial and other media, especially online media, use the word "Gravity".

It was widely reported from angles such as "The Tiangong-2 that helped the heroine fall back to Earth safely in "Gravity" was successfully launched" and "Want to see what Dr. Ye's escape capsule in "Gravity" looks like?".

In Chen Jingxing's previous life, some people actually called "The Martian" the Martian version of "Saving Private Ryan."

Director Ren, who has had many dealings with Chen Jingxing, is all smiles: "No delay, no delay, who says this isn't work? Filmmaking is also work."

Not only has the domestic public paid unprecedented attention to it, but overseas and even European and American media have extensively reported on China's Tiangong-2 because of "Gravity".

[Fuck! Is "The Martian" almost finished filming? When will it be released? Is it the sequel to "Gravity"? 】

In the hall, the huge electronic display screen was covered with a layer of green cloth, and a loud cheer sounded from the seats. The staff in the control center took off their hats, and their excited faces were reflected in each other's eyes. Amidst the cheers,

Hugging each other, the excited movements and expressions of everyone made the scene feel like a party.

Chen Jingxing finally gave up on the series of rainbow farts from the two big bosses. The aerospace department's initiative was indeed a bit beyond his expectation.

Director Hu from the control center also said with an easy-going face: "Old Ren is right, Director Xiao Chen, you are the greatest support to us by making a good movie. It is our turn to thank you..."

It is about the difficulties encountered by human beings in exploring space, and how to unite as one to overcome difficulties. The atmosphere of the whole movie and the spirit it wants to express are also quite consistent with the spirit of revolutionary optimism that China has always advocated.

Chen Jingxing turned around and faced the two old men standing behind him with smiles on their faces. They were not bothered at all and apologized repeatedly: "Director Hu, Director Ren, I'm really sorry for delaying everyone's work."

"The Martian" has a more central theme than "Gravity". "Gravity" is the space version of Robinson Crusoe, which is essentially about disaster and survival, while "The Martian" is directly a science fiction promotional film for the aerospace department.

Not to mention the Tiangong large-scale space station and the Xiantian space telescope at the beginning of the movie, and the Tiangong-2 experimental space station that returns to Earth and turns into a daytime meteor that carries the heroine in the end. It is completely a large-scale advertisement for China's aerospace industry.

【Spring Festival stall! Spring Festival stall!】

[I’m wondering, how long did it take for the post-production special effects of “Gravity” to be completed? The number of special effects shots for “The Martian” is probably not much different from that of “Gravity”. How could it be released during the Spring Festival?

[After filming "The Martian", should we be able to film the second part of "The Matrix"??? Go and film "The Matrix"!]

[Haha, upstairs you think Director Chen is a donkey of the production team...]

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