China Entertainment King of Science Fiction

Chapter 563: Letting Chen Jingxing suffer is more satisfying than me making money

"Eagle Warriors" is not only DreamWorks' first comic-adapted blockbuster, but also the first comic-adapted blockbuster in Chinese film history.

And because of the status of "Aquila Warrior" as a masterpiece of animation, it can be said that it has attracted considerable attention from the media and the Internet.

Moreover, whether the movie version of "Aquila Warrior" can be successful also involves the "Special Mobile Team" that was not long ago established.

DreamWorks tried to spin off two heavy industry science fiction film series with two animations, which caused quite a shock in the industry and the media.

Although these two science fiction movie universes have not yet been established, everyone understands DreamWorks' intentions and plans.

Otherwise, the Hong Kong stock market would not have had such a huge reaction when it was announced that "Sky Warriors" would be filmed two years ago.

Although Chen Jingxing and the people from DreamWorks have never publicly stated that they will create a "Sky Eagle Warrior" movie series, how many movies they will produce, and what grand plans they will announce, like the two giants in Hollywood.

Whenever the media asked if there were any plans for "Aquila Warrior II", Chen Jingxing and DreamWorks executives were careless and would not give a definite answer.

But everyone knows Sima Zhao's intentions.

Of course, the main concern is word-of-mouth evaluation.

Which company in the industry hopes that DreamWorks' "Four King Kong" plans will succeed?

Unexpectedly, when "Sky Eagle Warrior" received a bad reputation, Jiang He not only followed the trend and bought black drafts, but also tried to take advantage of this perfect opportunity to grab more films and eat a bigger piece of the cake.

Now, for "Aquila Warrior," DreamWorks' undefeated reputation seems to be broken.

Seeing Chen Jingxing hang up the call from the head of the marketing department, Tian Xinye asked worriedly.

Although theaters still favor "Sky Eagle" because it is a science fiction special effects blockbuster after all, public opinion is not without influence. As long as Jianghe is willing to spend money, it is still feasible for some theaters to cut the schedule of "Sky Eagle" and give it to "Robot Girlfriend"

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But most of the good reviews are short of words, such as "awesome", "fired up", "so cool" and the like.

So it seems that good reviews are like trolls, and bad reviews are the real voice.

"Heartbroken, DreamWorks, the king of science fiction, has also overturned!"

Not to mention anime fans, "Aquila Warrior" is almost recognized as a masterpiece of animation in the circle. For such a work that has already reached the altar, no adaptation can surpass the original work, or even be as good as the original work.

The script of "The Wandering Earth II" is said to be nearly completed.

And everyone has seen how much profit this successful movie series will bring.

"Okay, okay, luck has turned out recently." Tian Shenxuan chuckled and said, "Not only did "King of the Sky" occupy a favorable position in the summer season, "Sky Eagle Warrior" also gave us such a big gift, then

Just allocate another 20 million budget to grab more films from DreamWorks."

Even if your adrenaline is soaring when you watch it, and you are shocked by the audio-visual spectacle, after watching it, your emotions will stabilize, and the movie will become like Mrs. Niu. Literary and artistic young people have always had a low opinion of this kind of special effects blockbuster with no connotation throughout the film.

"My Robot Girlfriend" produced by Jangho Culture was originally scheduled to be released around the same time as "Eagle Warriors". After all, there is a lot of money in the summer season and there are so many blockbusters that there is really no buffer zone.

"Mr. Tian, ​​after "Sky Eagle Warrior" made such a mistake, the distribution department's box office forecast for "My Robot Girlfriend" has been increased by 300 million, and is expected to reach 700 million.

Without a public release, naturally we can only rely on reviews and word-of-mouth to make judgments before then.

There are still "Aquila Warriors", "Special Mobile Team" and "Once Upon a Time on Earth" that have not appeared.

DreamWorks has already taken the lead. Although the "Matrix" series has ended, the IP and epic world view of "The Wandering Earth" have been established.

Whether they are animation fans or artistic young people who like movies, they are all active users expressing their opinions on the Internet, not the silent majority.

Huh, this guy Chen Jingxing is used to having smooth sailing these past few years, so it’s refreshing to think about blocking his move to create the "Sky Eagle Warrior" series of movies."

"The live-action version of "Aquila Warrior" was screened at the Shanghai Film Festival, and its reputation was lower than expected. Aquila fans expressed their disappointment. The top sci-fi star was scolded this time!"

Therefore, with the help of other film and television companies in the industry who were gloating about misfortune, the controversy and reputation disillusionment about "Aquila Warrior" were further exaggerated and amplified.

General Manager Tian Shenxuan's face glowed brightly, and he listened to the reports of his subordinates in a comfortable mood.

After the success of the "Matrix" and "Tang" series, domestic media and filmmakers no longer regard creating a successful series of film IPs as a Hollywood patent and an unattainable dream.

"Who is hacking us? The public relations department needs to take action, right?"

In addition, some theaters are also in a wait-and-see mood. If we can increase the budget, there is still room for improvement in film schedule."

And among them, "The Wandering Earth" has been successful. There are too many films to be filmed in the 2500-year Wandering Earth project.

There was an uproar on the Internet, and "Aquila Warrior" seemed to have been sentenced to death before it was released.

Moreover, "Robot Girlfriend" focuses on comedy themes. It can be regarded as a light comedy science fiction. It can compete with each other, and the investment itself is small. If you don't expect to compete with blockbusters like "Aquila Warrior", you can recover the cost and even make a profit by drinking some soup.

Such a sum.

Therefore, criticism of "Aquila Warrior" was rampant for a while.

"DreamWorks overturned, and the young master ended up! The ambitious Skyhawk Universe hit a wall in the first battle, just because Chen Jingxing mistrusted one person!"

"DreamWorks fell off the altar, and "Eagle Warriors" forgot its original intention!"

"How big is the pitfall of comic book adaptation? Even DreamWorks failed, so why is it that only Hollywood can succeed?"

This is actually a stampede.

The voices of criticism are endless and becoming more and more numerous.

Therefore, other companies and media are paying great attention to the opening screening of "Aquila Warrior" at the Shanghai Film Festival.

It seems that they are trying to create three movie series IP. If you add Chen Jingxing's mysterious "Once Upon a Time on Earth" series that has not yet been seen by the audience, it will be four major movie series.

The media wanted to make big news to attract attention, and other film and television companies naturally followed suit and bought out the draft, hyping up the "failure" of "Sky Eagle Warrior".

Chen Jingxing's changes in public opinion in the past few days were also somewhat unexpected, but he was still calm: "I'm afraid it's just our colleagues who are all contributing, adding insult to injury. We can't find the 'real culprit'. Who has let people hold it back all these years?"

It’s been too long?”

And the criticism of these minority groups spread through the animation circle and other circles, making people who have not seen it also preconceptions that "Aquila Warrior" is indeed another failed anime adaptation.

In fact, it hasn’t even been released yet, and it hasn’t even been released at the box office. Where did the failure come from?

However, such vigorous "information broadcast" is not without its effect. It will make most uninformed netizens have preconceived impressions, and even people who originally planned to watch the movie will have a wait-and-see mood.

The negative reviews are mostly long and well-founded comments, analyzing the characters, concepts, plots and connotations of the original animation one by one, comparing them one by one with the movie, and then concluding that the movie is not as good as a toe in the animation.

A complete failure and a popcorn adaptation.

“DreamWorks has not renewed its classics, what’s the problem?”

But the audience's voice is difficult to control, and even the trolls can't cover up the negative voices.

The "Skyhawk" movie has also weakened the core of the original work and almost turned it into a pure hot-blooded mecha battle movie, focusing on audio-visual sensory stimulation.

"There are not many opportunities to cut meat from the wolf cub of DreamWorks, but we can't let it go. If we send more navy troops, this village might not be there anymore...

The main reason is that the audience who can attend the small-scale screening of "Aquila Warrior" at the film festival is unlikely to be ordinary audiences.

Even if you are moved and shocked while watching the movie, you are unlikely to give a high evaluation after watching it.

Now DreamWorks has announced the movie adaptation of "Special Forces".

These audiences are either animation lovers or artistic youths, but they are not the audience for popcorn movies.

Either an anime fan, a fan of the animated version of "Aquila Warriors", or a movie fan, a movie lover who often attends film festival screenings.

From Tian Shenxuan's point of view, he is more happy to let DreamWorks suffer than to make money himself, not to mention letting Chen Jingxing suffer and benefit from it. It is simply a double happiness.

DreamWorks was so prosperous in the past, but now it has finally managed to use the disappointed voices of some anime fans, even fans of the "Aquila Warriors" animation, to brew a wave of backlash.

River culture.

The higher you stand, the harder you will be stepped on.

This also made the media as excited as if they had picked up big news.

DreamWorks has never been so controversial, with so many negative reviews and disappointments.

Of course, there was no lack of praise.

The initial feedback on the Internet also excited the media and industry peers.

After all, "Sky Eagle Warrior" will be screened at the Shanghai Film Festival for five consecutive days before it will be released on a large-scale nationwide. This is also a cooperation between the organizing committee and Chen Jingxing to attract traffic to the film festival. In addition, it is also a delay that DreamWorks has to

It will be released on a large scale starting in the summer.

Even though Tian Xinye has always been under the protection of DreamWorks and is just a director and rarely touches other businesses, he still knows that this phenomenon is absolutely abnormal.

The character is upright, but it doesn't affect my mouth. I even dislike it just because it is too popcorn and too exciting. In order to show my deep understanding and support of the original animation, I even dislike it.

Who among ordinary audiences will buy screening tickets for a film festival? They may not even know the channels for buying screening tickets.

"Eagle Warriors" has not even started a large-scale public screening. It has only been shown on a small scale in the five theaters designated to cooperate with the Shanghai Film Festival. The number of tickets sold was only a few thousand people. How could it create such a huge momentum?

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Everyone has a subconscious need to watch jokes and excitement. They all like to see losers counterattack, and they also like to see the altar fall.

This is the first time that DreamWorks has encountered word-of-mouth failure. Of course, DreamWorks' previous works are not without negative reviews. After all, there is nothing that everyone likes except RMB, but basically the positive reviews far outnumber the negative reviews.

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Most of the invited film critics are complimentary, and making a popcorn review can be regarded as fierce. After all, the current situation of the domestic film review industry is such that DreamWorks' public relations with film critics will naturally not be weaker than that of other large companies.

Everyone is trying, such as the ambitious "Fengshen" universe, and the "outer space trilogy" that Chen Sicheng announced after he retired from "Tang Detective".

If all four major movie series are established, DreamWorks will really become the Disney and Warner of China. The sequels alone can fill several major schedules every year. What else are other companies doing? Who can challenge the threat?

What about DreamWorks dominance?

"Aquila" is a touchstone. If the first comic book blockbuster can stand up, then "Special Forces" will be difficult to watch. Not to mention "Once Upon a Time on Earth", these few movies that DreamWorks will create

I'm afraid this movie series will be realized step by step.

It has no impact on the release schedule of "Aquila Warrior".

However, he still insists that as long as it can be released on a large scale, the current negative reputation can be reversed.

After all, most of the audience for the "Aquila Warrior" movie is actually viewers who have never watched the animation.

Even though the original animation is very famous, the audience who can watch two-dimensional hand-drawn animation series will never leave the animation circle. This audience will not be able to support the box office of more than two to three billion, let alone the billions in the box office.

(End of chapter)