Exploitation Hollywood 1980

"Why are they all Die Hard? These scripts look like they are all adaptations of Die Hard. They are either Die Hard in the mall, Die Hard in the school, or Die Hard in the hospital.

Die Hard, and Die Hard on a Train…”

Ronald was at home, flipping through a box of action movie scripts that David Simkins had brought to him that had been put into the production company's warehouse and had not been greenlit. However, after watching a few, he decided to watch them.

Vomited.

"Boss, this is inevitable. This is the trend brought about by your success. Just like the blockbusters of James Bond movies in the early years, all companies are filming 007 of various unknown spy organizations.

The King's Man, Smart, Mission Impossible, that was all the stuff on American TV back then."

"But it can't all be Die Hard? Where are those traditional action movies?" On the one hand, Ronald felt that he didn't want to follow the trend of making movies. On the other hand, this type of movie has indeed reached a period of fatigue. Even Bruce

Willis himself didn't want to make a third film.

"Boss, this is what you said to me yourself. Audiences will get tired of a subject much later than the creators. If you look at Qianlong, which was released last weekend, the box office shows that Die Hard on the Battleship is still..."

"Oh, don't mention that, it annoys me to death..."

The movie "Hidden Dragon Ascends" starring Steve Seagal was released with a newsreel clip of the commander-in-chief, George Sr., and the line that directly attacked the commander-in-chief was deleted, but the entire clip still strongly hinted at the old commander-in-chief.

George's ignorance of the life of ordinary sailors on battleships.

This is especially fatal when George Sr. suffered a heavy blow during his second televised debate and his approval ratings plummeted.

Barbara was anxious and called Ronald to ask him if he could sue Siegel directly or take a public counterattack to increase his approval rating. Ronald had no choice but to involve Ronald

Together with Jay Ayers, Barbara learned one of the most basic concepts in public relations - don't deny your mistakes by attacking your opponent when what others say is the truth.

Barbara got the right idea and showed her leadership's broadmindedness by not pursuing the matter. However, her youngest son Jeb was dissatisfied with this matter and hired a consultant from the current campaign team to brainwash his mother.

Ronald immediately cut off further contact with Barbara. When he answered the phone, he only mentioned that he would help the president and his wife sue Siegel for compensation later, promote Hollywood's regulation of the use of images involving political figures, and other matters related to campaign strategy.

He said he didn't know. He also banned Roger Ailes from saying anything about the campaign.

Roger Ailes also knew that Jeb was Barbara's favorite son and would not suffer any complaints for failure, but those people involved now might be used as scapegoats... He

He also completely disappeared from Washington and New York and hid in Los Angeles to write his own program plan.

"Well, no Die Hard... But, Ronald, the problem now is that no one watches traditional action movies anymore. The only ones that are still popular with the audience are Die Hard and the like, which show the protagonists

It’s not a superhuman action movie…”

David Simkins has obviously put a lot of effort into it. He gave some reasons, which means that Die Hard-style scripts are still popular.

"Okay, keep picking, but don't give me things that are so obvious that they are imitating Die Hard. Find something original and exciting..." Ronald also understood.

, Hollywood is full of dramas. It’s not often that a script can be seen to be a good one at a glance like “Back to the Future.” Rather, it often requires the director’s second creation before it can become a good script.

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"This is crazy. George Sr. has offended the military industry so much. I always thought they would let Perot choose him at the last moment and then appeal to support Sr. George. Who would have known that such a thing would happen."

A few days later, Roger Ailes came to visit. After watching the TV debate of the vice-commander candidates, he had completely given up hope for George Sr.'s re-election. In addition, some things shown in the release of Qian Long Bang Tian

, Roger Ailes has completely given up the expectation of making any achievements in the political arena and concentrates on developing into the television industry.

"Why do you say that?" Ronald also watched the debate. Among the three candidates for deputy leadership, old George's deputy Quayle still looked stupid, and Gore of the Donkey Party performed best. In fact, if it weren't for the previous veteran

If George's victory in the Cold War made him afraid to challenge, he might not have been able to defeat the scandal-ridden governor of Arkansas in the primary election. He would probably regret it now. And Perot's deputy, the admiral, performed in a mess.

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However, the deputy commander's debate performance has never had much impact on the general election, because under the American system, the deputy commander is just a backup... I don't know why Roger Ailes has this judgment.

"Did you notice what Admiral James Stockdale said?"

"Philosopher-like?" Ronald watched the debate. Roger Ailes was definitely not referring to the later moments when James Stockdale often pretended not to understand the questions and fiddled with his hearing aids to avoid answering.

What's impressive about him is that when everyone said his opening remarks at the beginning, he asked himself three of the philosopher's favorite questions: Who am I, where am I, and why am I here?

So much so that in what was later called the most intense presidential election debate in the past 32 years by the media, James Stockdale seemed to be playing soy sauce, watching Quayle and Gore at war with each other, and even

I had an argument with the host and the audience who asked questions on the spot, and I didn't say anything meaningful.

Looking at Ronald's confused eyes, Roger Ailes smiled evilly and explained to this political novice. Such a performance showed that James Stockdale had no interest in running for the election, and

Perot did not spend any energy on campaigning. He just used large donations from unknown sources to run various advertisements on TV stations.

This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! Why do these two people continue to conduct such a meaningless election and not withdraw from the election? Why do some people continue to provide large sums of money to candidates who have no hope of winning?

What about donations?

In Roger Ailes' view, their campaign advertisements were also targeted at George Sr., and their comeback after the election had only one purpose, which was to split votes with Sr. George as much as possible so that he could not win the support of all marginal voters of the Elephant Party.

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"This is like Akira Kurosawa's script, huh? From one detailed observation, Oda Nobunaga knew that there was a big problem within Takeda Shingen." Ronald admired Roger Ailes' sharp thinking.

Now that Wang is no longer able to suppress internal conflicts, some people may hope that the Xiang Party will lose.

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There is new evidence for Roger Ailes's inference. California's special Senate election, which ended first, will have results weeks earlier than the normal Senate and General elections. Dianne Feinstein, Donkey Party

As expected, the female candidate defeated the Elephant Party candidate drafted by the previous senator and won this key seat.

The Donkey Party and women's groups organized victory parades, and Los Angeles was very lively for a while.

"Jim, this is a good movie. I'm so fed up with Die Hard all over the place. You are the 007 of the new era..."

Being blocked by the parade, Ronald had no choice but to discuss the matter with Cameron at home. After the two made the decision to compete for special effects personnel first, Cameron was also looking for a good script everywhere.

Cameron first booked Schwarzenegger's next schedule and also asked him to pay attention to good scripts. He didn't get the script, but Schwarzenegger's wife Mary Shriver recommended him a film called "The Country".

Movie.

The movie is called "La Totale!" and tells the story of François, a telecommunications employee. On his 40th birthday, he was laughed at by his friends for living a boring life. His wife Helena also expressed his disapproval.

My husband felt frustrated that he had to work overtime and do a boring job on his birthday.

Helena later met Simon, a down-and-out used car salesman who lived in an RV. Simon often pretended to be a spy and defrauded women of their bodies and money.

Unexpectedly, Francois was the real spy. He didn't work overtime on his birthday, but monitored an international arms smuggler. When he learned that Helena had been deceived by Simon, he thought she had cheated on him, so he pretended that Simon was a terrorist.

He persuaded Helena to cooperate with the operation to capture Simon, and was finally kidnapped by the international arms smuggler he was actually monitoring during the operation. After confessing his true identity to his wife, they thwarted the terrorists' attempt to blow up the Paris Saint-Germain Stadium.

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The whole movie is very rough, a typical B-movie. But after watching too many Die Hard films, Ronald admired the idea very much.

Cameron also liked it very much. After asking Ronald for his opinion, he planned to rewrite the script and rewrite the story according to the level of an A-level movie. Generally speaking, it is to retain the original comedy color and story structure of the original movie, but to change the scenes

Zoom in, explosion zoom, action zoom, star zoom.

"If you had to write a one-sentence synopsis, how would you write it?" Cameron roughly calculated the scenes he wanted to shoot, and estimated that it would cost more than the Terminator sequel. Such a big scene would definitely not be possible with two people.

If you have money to shoot, you must find investors.

When looking for investment, this kind of one-sentence summary is more important. Commonly known as elevator selling in the industry, when you only have ten seconds to sell to investors, you say something that can arouse the other party's interest and learn more.

Cameron knew that Ronald was a master in this field, so he wanted to ask him for advice.

"If James Bond had to answer to his wife when he came home, what kind of man would he be?" Ronald pondered for a moment and said his golden words.

"It's great, but now that 007 movies are not popular, would it be better to change it to John McClane?"

"Oh, please forgive me, I'm going to vomit when I hear Die Hard, McLean, Yippee Ki-Yay. Anyway, you just don't talk about the plot, and people are interested in listening to you talk about the movie for two hours.

Project, let me take care of it, right?"

Ronald really didn't like to follow the trend, especially the trend of such old movies, so he just asked Cameron to come up with the script as soon as possible, then gather his connections and hold a special project investment meeting to attract Wall Street money.

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"Ronald, I found a script that was nothing like "Yippee Ki-Yay" from Die Hard's McLean, but had all the good qualities of Die Hard.

"Can you not say the name of the movie? Okay, come over here and let's talk."

A few days later, David Simkins suddenly found a good script that he thought was good. He thought Ronald would be satisfied with it, so he came to the door excitedly.

"This is also a movie that absorbs the advantages of tiger guts... that blockbuster action movie that takes place in a confined space, but it is not about dealing with a group of terrorist villains. When I watched it for the first time, I read it in one breath. It was completely

I didn’t expect him to have any intrinsic connection with...that blockbuster action movie..."

The script brought by David Simkins is called "Minimum Speed" and was written by a Canadian screenwriter, Graham Yost.

The script tells the story of a police detective who discovered a time bomb on a bus that was set to explode below fifty miles per hour. In the end, he found a way to drive around Dodger Stadium and defuse it with the help of his companions.

detonated the bomb and saved the lives of everyone in the car.

"It's still a bit like Die Hard, but you've done your best." Of course Ronald could mention the name of this movie. He flipped through it and always felt that this movie had an indescribable sense of familiarity.

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"Yeah, let me just say that the character of this protagonist is completely unlike McClain. It's just a huge danger in a closed space that needs to be eliminated by the protagonist. And it's not a terrorist directly on the bus, but a bomb. We

The protagonist is fighting against the minimum speed."

David Simkins still admires this script. He feels that it is the best script he can find. Unlike Die Hard, it also has the advantage of grabbing the audience's attention.

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"You talk to this guy named Graham Yost more. I always think this script looks familiar. Don't worry about plagiarism."

To be cautious, Ronald told Simkins about his inexplicable familiarity and asked him to check it.

"No problem, I will ask him where he gets the inspiration, just like a working girl..."

Simkins was referring to the fact that in the movie "Working Girl", at the end Tess told the client how she came up with the idea of ​​acquiring the radio station, and then the client went up to ask Catherine, but she couldn't tell her, which confirmed what happened.

Whose idea is it.

This is a good way to determine originality. If you are not prepared, you will easily be asked and unable to give a reasonable reason.

David Simkins summoned Graham Yost to Daydream's office and informed him of Ronald's interest. When the latter was delighted, he suddenly asked a question

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"Graham, you are a genius. Ronald rarely expresses surprises in people's plots. Tell me, how did you come up with this core plot of being on a high-speed bus that can't stop?"

"Ha, it's my father. He told me that he had seen a movie starring Jon Voight called Runaway Train. It said that the train couldn't stop because of the bomb. I thought, there are many things that people on the train can do.

Less, if it's a bus, then the driver can do a lot to stop the bad guys..."

"That's what he said?" Ronald listened to Simkins' report and suddenly discovered that there was something wrong with the screenwriter.

"That's what he said. I always feel something is wrong, so I'll report it right away..."

"Bullshxt!" Ronald got angry and threw the script on the table. He knew the ins and outs of this movie, Rampage Train, as he had personally experienced it.

Director Konchalovsky filmed the script adapted from Akira Kurosawa's original work. This guy changed the script, and then came up with an idea that it was inspired by Runaway Train. It can be seen that he deliberately plagiarized it.

"There is no bomb plot in Rampage Train at all. It was in the original script adapted from Rampage Train, Mr. Akira Kurosawa's script. This core plot was also used in the Shinkansen Explosion filmed in Japan later. Tell this little liar,

If I tell the truth, I can still give him a way..."