China Entertainment King of Science Fiction

Chapter 490 Is this a cartoon?

On the second day of the Lunar New Year, in a movie theater in a third-tier city.

Lu Xiao and Yu Xiaoling led their entire family, including their nephew, into the cinema along with the crowd.

"Look, I told you, DreamWorks animated movies are not just for children." Lu Xiao pointed to the audience who were already sitting in their seats and said softly.

Although there are many children, it is obvious that there are more viewers who are couples or groups of friends. Compared with the "Dinosaur Adventures" I watched yesterday, the audience group is different.

The brand appeal of DreamWorks is not fake, especially the reputation accumulated by the previous three animated feature films and several high-scoring animated TV series has a great influence among young people. Coupled with Wall-E's online marketing,

Therefore, young people or animation lovers still support "WALL-E" very much.

The real weakness actually lies in children. If there was only one animated movie like "Wall-E", it would definitely become the first choice for parent-child families to watch movies. However, with "Dinosaur Adventures", the movie version of this popular animation on CCTV is now available.

The national level among children and parents far exceeds that of "WALL-E".

Therefore, "WALL-E" has become the second choice for parents and children to watch movies. This is something that online marketing cannot make up for.

"This cinema makes me sleepy as soon as I sit down. It's a waste of money. Why don't you two take Haohao to watch it? You insist on dragging us here."

Lu Xiao's sister still couldn't help complaining. Yesterday afternoon, the whole family watched "The Adventures of Dinosaurs" with the children. The children were very excited, but after all, the plot was a bit childish, especially when they felt sleepy in the afternoon. Several adults

Some of them even fell asleep.

Of course, they were not the only ones, there were other parents sleeping in the theater.

The little robot has a lunch cooler mounted on his back and whistles for his pet cockroach.

Until yesterday, his family watched the movie version of "The Adventures of Dinosaurs" in the theater. The realistic effect was completely different from the TV animation version broadcast on CCTV, which already made him sigh.

Although he prefers "Dinosaur Adventures", children at this age are always open to animation. As long as he knows that he is watching another cartoon today, he can stay excited.

This is a "chain of contempt" established by intuitive feelings.

In fact, a large part of the "stereotype" or "discrimination" that many adults have against animation is based on its exaggerated "cartoonization" compared to reality.

Lu Xiao smiled knowingly at the name "Home" and gradually clarified the background setting of the entire movie.

"The treasure of the human fleet: the 'Homeworld'!

You can spend your time cruising in the universe in style, with our fully automated crew at your service 24 hours a day, while the captain and autopilot plan an uninterrupted entertainment and gourmet route for you.

It's like watching a live action movie.

“The Secretary-General of the United Nations declares a global emergency!”

They drove down from the top of a huge garbage tower.

Reality, or close to reality, is a film and television work that adults watch.

Quite... not animated.

At the same time, many people in the theater also mentioned the name of the music. It was the theme song of DreamWorks' first animated feature film "Your Name" three years ago.

But today I saw "WALL-E", which my brother-in-law praised, with his own eyes. Even though it only lasted a minute or two, it made him instantly compare it to "Dinosaur Adventures" that he watched yesterday.

Lu Xiao stared at the big screen intently and smiled secretly: "Of course, this is DreamWorks Animation."

Something caught Wall-E's eye, and he pulled a piece of metal stuck in the stack, a hub cap.

“Humanity has produced so much garbage! The whole earth is covered!!”

Of course, in fact, there is no obvious improvement compared to the technology of "Panda".

A mountain range formed in the mist, like a huge monster, getting closer and closer.

Until he passed the wreckage of other dilapidated Wall-Es and fantasized about one newer than his own.

After a while, the little robot replaced the tread with a newer one and passed by a series of phantom billboards.

The insect was jumping around on his shoulder.

His corroded breastplate bore a faded label:

This also had a huge impact on Lu Xiao's sister, brother-in-law and even his parents, including his nephew Haohao who was also surprised.

Although "The Adventures of Dinosaurs" has exquisite graphics and sincere 3D animation effects, it has inherent limitations. The animation itself is a sub-drama broadcast by CCTV. The characters of the dinosaurs are all Q-versions, and the plot is also low-level.

Wally's old-fashioned pedals were threaded and almost fell apart, causing the cockroach on him to jolt all the way.

Travel through kilometers of desolate waste, blind to roaming storms of toxic weather, past abandoned robots buried in the trash.

Wall-E is an ordinary and extraordinary member of countless garbage cleaning robots.

Appears a dull brown color.

Even Lu Xiao himself actually feels that the technology of "WALL-E" seems to be a step further than last year's "Kung Fu Panda".

"It's better for the three of you to watch animation. We and our parents go next door to watch "Parallel Mission"."

A figure at the foot of the "Skyscraper" garbage dump.

The garbage produced by human beings due to their insatiable desires has buried the earth, destroyed the earth's ecosystem, and turned the earth into a planet unfit for survival.

The mini shovel's hand collects trash and scoops it onto his open chassis.

The romantic and beautiful music is transformed from a soundtrack to music with artifacts similar to that played on the radio.

While having fun with her nephew, Yu Xiaoling interjected: "Xiaoxiao and I checked online last night, and the Douban score hasn't come out yet, but the reputation of "Parallel Mission" is not good, and they say it's not good, but "Wall-E"

The reviews for the film are all very positive, but I dare not read more reviews for fear of being spoiled."

Of course, the movie adapted on this basis cannot have a sudden change in style, nor can the image of the Q version be drastically changed, otherwise children will not be able to accept it.

The style of "WALL-E" is as realistic as possible, full of industrial and science fiction styles. The world background, buildings, cities, and machinery are not cartoon-like, but realistic.

The little nephew Haohao had watched two movies and had obviously developed a conditioned reflex for the dim light to signal the start of the movie. He was muttering excitedly, stopping the adults from discussing.

Every inch of his skin is designed for garbage compression.

At most, the world background and modeling are more refined, the story is more complex, and the scenes are larger, but it is still relatively childish. Among the three animated films released during this year's Spring Festival, it is considered to be the lowest in the target age group.

"It feels no different from that kind of live-action blockbuster."

Cartoonizing the real world and characters and animals has become a fake that corresponds to reality.

"It's begun! It's begun!"

My brother-in-law also sighed softly.

The music was obviously playing from his body.

After the scene was zoomed in, it turned out to be thousands of neatly stacked garbage cubes, several stories high. Rows after rows were piled up to form cubes.

Lu Xiao's sister unconsciously expressed her surprise.

What comes into view is the boundless universe.

The music volume is also louder.

"Waste Distribution Loader - Junior Model - WALLI 075203"

Began traveling alone.

The whole mountain is full of garbage.

Lu Xiao's brother-in-law obviously prefers Cheng Long. Since his son has his brother-in-law to watch cartoons with him, he and his wife can be free to watch some movies that interest them.

And when an animated movie no longer attempts to show a "cartoonized" world and characters, and even uses animated CGI technology to construct images that are close to reality, then adults who originally "discriminated" against animated works because of "cartoons" will gain a certain

A kind of psychological suggestion, thus unconsciously taking an animated movie seriously.

Wall-E picked it up and inspected it. The sun reflected dazzling light from it and Wall-E's own image.

The satellites on the periphery of the planet, the dim atmosphere, garbage mountains, and "skyscrapers" made of garbage, as well as the image movements of robots, abandoned buildings, highways, shopping malls, etc. are all quite realistic.

Exaggerated and cartoon-like images are meant for children.

It looks like a skyscraper.

Therefore, except for the young couple Lu Xiao and Yu Xiaoling, other family members are still a little reluctant to watch another animated movie today. If nothing else, anyone who spends dozens of dollars to sleep in a theater will feel a loss.

The camera continued to advance, pushing away the polluted atmosphere.

The work is over.

After dinner last night, we went to the theater to watch "Tang Detective III". It was a movie that adults enjoyed, and children could also join in the fun.

A silhouetted city appeared in the distance.

Densely dense artificial satellites surround this planet.

Therefore, humans built spaceships to leave the earth, and then mass-produced waste distribution loaders such as "WALL-E", also known as garbage cleaning robots, hoping that with the efforts of thousands of robots, the earth would one day return to life.

For example, Lu Xiao's sister and brother-in-law, who were already getting ready for bed as yesterday, were a little absent-minded at first, but now they can't help but pay more attention and treat such an animated movie with a more serious attitude.

The unusual thing is that he seems to have some kind of intelligent consciousness, and can maintain his own survival by replacing the parts of other robots, and conscientiously follows the tasks set by humans, cleaning up the garbage loaded alone.

In other words, I can tell you bluntly that this is animation.

As he walked past the ads, the solar-powered ones still turned on.

A small robot is diligently cutting garbage. Its appearance is old and rusty, but it is small and cute. It is WALL-E.

His front plate slowly closed, squeezing hard to compress the waste.

The movie "The Adventures of Dinosaurs" he watched yesterday had already made him a little surprised by the effects of current domestic 3D animation movies. In recent years, most of the animations he watched were on TV with his son.

When Lu Xiao seemed familiar, Yu Xiaoling took the lead in shouting out.

Something is moving on the ground in the distance.

""Your Name"?!"

With our fully enclosed suspension chair, even your grandparents can join in the fun! No more walking!

While you are away, we will clean up the mess and clean up the garbage, waiting for you to return!"

This is also an important reason for the so-called "animation discrimination".

The front panel of WALL-E opened, spitting out a piece of garbage compressed into a cube, and piled it with the others.

With the music playing, he placed the hubcap in his compressor, pressed a button on his chest, and the song stopped playing.

There are piles of garbage on the mountain.

"Is this animation?"

Then the faint music started playing.

On the horizon of the garbage dump, the sun sets through the smoky haze.

Distant galaxies, constellations, nebulae... until a planet.

It's just that DreamWorks' "Monkey King" and "Panda" in the first two years have obvious animation styles, that is, characters, buildings and all elements are cartoonishly exaggerated and distorted, and they also incorporate the aesthetics of classical Chinese painting.

Style, such as the application of shadow puppet elements.

The theme of environmental protection is well chosen, and the perspective is more novel.

"I feel cute and pitiful." Yu Xiaoling whispered in Lu Xiao's ear.

The cute WALL-E in the promotional short before the movie made people feel cute, but the little robot in the movie made people feel even more distressed when the background was explained and its work and life were shown.

It deeply captured the hearts of the audience.

(End of chapter)