Xiangjiang old events [entertainment circle]

The current Olympic Games is scheduled to end on August 8. After experiencing the passion for sports that can almost ignite half of the earth, the turbulent world pattern is still gradually moving towards a bipolar and icy pattern.

I don't know whether it is a good thing or a bad thing, but it is precisely because of the icy confrontation between the two superpowers that China has gained a breathing opportunity for development.

For this, Su Yun, who was also struggling to survive in this situation, took this opportunity to find Brooke Shields who came to watch the game with Michael.

"You want me to act in the "Batman" movie?" Brooke asked in surprise.

The comics of "Batman" are classics, and it is true that they are popular in the American comics industry, but they also inevitably have the inevitable ups and downs of long-length masterpieces, so there will always be some countermeasures to save sales.

The rise and fall of every cultural product seems to be inseparable from the turbulent background of the times.

When they are needed, they will be used as a means to instill the information that the people want to give them. The most typical example of this is the "Superman" series. A routine of anti-war drama.

But when the story is wonderfully written, people just want to be cool, and they will not bring their brains to demand a cultural product with the theme of "cool". on the altar.

However, when the precarious era of war is over, people will be bored with the old days when force was respected, and gradually begin to like everything that is contrary to it.

For example, during wartime, people advocate force, and their aesthetics tend to be tall, strong, healthy and plump; when they can eat and wear warmly in peacetime and begin to increase the proportion of culture, they will inevitably gradually embark on a path of liking slim and elegant.

Because this kind of appearance always implies sickness and weakness, and it is a manifestation of powerlessness, which is most liked by those "upper class".

Moreover, after the peaceful world has settled down, things that I had no time or energy to take care of before have gradually begun to have this leisurely mind: bear parents' reporting is not just something unique to certain places, but has happened all over the world. The traces are the same.

The American comics industry, which occupies a large proportion of the entertainment industry, has fallen from the golden age to the bronze age, but it only needs the report and resistance of a generation of bear parents.

Of course, the American manga industry, which has been hit hard, will certainly not stop there. While coping with policies and countermeasures, it is also seeking opportunities for new paths... So, in the 60s, with the help of household appliances, especially TVs, With the popularity of mobile phones, manga-based live-action dramas emerged as the times require.

At that time, in order to save the declining sales of "Batman", the TV series of the same name of "Batman" was launched in 66-although many people did not have much confidence in it at the time, even in order to allow the audience to adapt and accept it. , and chose the hilarious comedy positioning that is difficult to go wrong.

As a result, those "children" who had grown up and the new generation of children who were really ignorant were successfully moved by a TV series made in a simple manga, which made the hero in the manga back then jump out of black and white. The intersection with color and ink comes gradually along with sound and light and shadow.

Coincidentally, Su Yun's master, Lu Shaolong, had a cameo appearance in the TV drama version of "Batman" when he was developing in the United States, which became one of the remarkable highlights: Lu Shaolong had just finished filming "The Green Hornet". ", for the sake of publicity, let the two protagonists in "The Green Hornet" go to the TV series version of "Batman" to connect two episodes.

Later, the results of "The Green Hornet" were not satisfactory, and Lu Shaolong was dissatisfied with the attitude of discrimination against Chinese in the United States at that time, so he came up with the idea of ​​returning to Xiangjiang for development.

And the subsequent events, from the Zhao family to Jiahe to the birth of the King of Kung Fu, everyone basically understands.

"To be precise, it's the "Batman" movie and the female hero movie "Birds of Prey." Looking at Brooke's puzzled expression, Su Yun emphasized and added.

Since the "Superman" movie achieved good results a few years ago, the news that Warner intends to cast "Batman" finally reached Su Yun in the middle of this year: after all, she has the original author of the comic One, Bill Finger, the father of Batman, the incomparable "internal response"...

Obviously, even though Batman's father is not old, but with the increasing number of entertainment methods, the sales of traditional paper comics will inevitably suffer a certain amount of impact.

Therefore, Warner, who is always doing things with a hammer and a stick, wants to copy the homework of the previous "Batman" TV series that was a big success, and cast a movie-level "Batman", determined to harvest this wave of already Almost grown leeks...

It’s a good idea: if someone who doesn’t pay attention and succeeds like the original "Batman" TV series, not only can there be an extra gold mine of movie series IP to be dug, but also drive the sales of comics and related peripheral industries—it’s simply What a great deal!

As for whether it will lose money?

Impossible, "Batman" is a super old gold mine that is dug from time to time and has surprises from time to time, no matter how you dig it, there will be no problem!

And there is also Christopher Reeve's "Superman" to assist, so there may be problems: Mary Sue was not able to get help in the post-production, the filming has been blocked one after another, and there are many twists and turns in the selection of actors. But "Superman" can still win the Oscar for Best Visual Effects Award and the Saturn Award after its release, and the annual box office can still rank sixth in the box office list. It is conceivable that this universal-level comic IP is very powerful.

And "Batman" is a super IP with the same status as "Superman". If the filming is good, you can cooperate with "Superman" to make money. Popularity—it's really a good business that won't lose money no matter what you think!

At that time, after hearing the information from Bill, Su Yun really had mixed feelings about Warner's disregard for the immediate money. See, so she should be able to compete for film adaptation rights and filming rights.

On the other hand, I also feel sorry and angry for Warner's reckless behavior: Of the three giants in the American comic world, Batman, Superman, and Spiderman, Warner has occupied two of them in one go, but he still doesn't know how to cherish them. !

They are also engaged in comics and manga adaptations. Warner's DC's arch-rival Marvel, before opening the movie universe salted fish to turn around, what kind of debacle did it look like!

The only little spider that was hit was sold, and in the end, he could only push the second-line hero Iron Man and other characters to the top. Focusing on the script, taking into account both commercialization and popularization, while earning enough popularity and money from passers-by.

And the most important point is that they didn't forget to lay down the line for the later stage of strong development when they were insignificant in the early stage. While making some money, they also kept in mind to build up and link up later, so they gritted their teeth and took pictures of those who had just returned or lost money. The character movie, and then wait for the day when it accumulates and develops until it erupts violently.

On the contrary, Warner is going to cut a wave of popular leeks for whoever is popular, and the most important script should be ranked after making money.

This kind of behavior is not an overall plan to seek long-term development, but sharpening the knife to cut short-term leeks. No matter how good the capital is, it will be wiped out.

The most frightening thing is that their internal competition is a group of people competing for the last chance with a plan: you can think of it with your toes. , otherwise, I definitely want to praise my favorite character and actor more.

The way of internal competition doesn’t look like a big company, forget about it, and it’s irresponsible to “outsource” to make movies, paralyzed in place and wait for the result, but also want commercialization and word-of-mouth... In the end, the two ends are not on the shore, One after another, the popular characters were dimmed, and the related movies and TV shows were full of criticism.

Especially the "Birds of Prey", which was titled as a female superhero movie, but turned out to have a bunch of weird and even grotesque actors to support the heroine's stinking feet. When Su Yun watched it, she really wanted to hit someone.

To say that it is poorly shot, it is not so bad that passers-by who are not familiar with the inside story can barely enjoy it.

But for those who are familiar with the inside story, it is absolutely not an exaggeration to call it "outrageous".

Because, "Birds of Prey", the founding member of the team composed of pure female heroes, was originally the second-generation bat girl Barbara Goh, codenamed "Oracle" after being injured and paralyzed, and continued to provide intelligence support for the Bat Family and the Justice League. Deng, and the other two founding members, the second-generation Black Canary and the Huntress, are all positive female superheroes.

So, this Harley Quinn, who is an anti-hero, uses the title of other female superheroes to catch up with the enthusiasm of the pure female team, but why does she still erase Barbara, the soul core founding member of the other team, and insist on replacing herself? ?

Because Barbara has always been below Wonder Woman in the popularity statistics list of female superheroes, and basically will not fall out of the top few levels, so this movie that promotes "Harlequin" is absolutely not allowed. Appear!

Otherwise, the female artist who relied on marketing the popularity of Harley Quinn and then led the team to tear up this resource will be overwhelmed by the anger of comic fans and insiders—although after reading the finished product of "The Stars and the Moon" , Su Yun was even a little fortunate that due to this unexplainable reason, there was no actor who was completely different from the original person and had a poor appearance to ruin this popular character...

In the past, people from all walks of life liked to praise the male superhero role and marginalize the female superhero role; later, this kind of selfish little fighter who used the banner of equal rights but occupied the magpie's nest went against the wind and committed crimes. No wonder it wasn't until Su Yun came to this world In the past, there were only three or two movies featuring female superheroes who really worked hard.

Of course, in addition to replacing the core of the team, the magic modification "Birds of Prey", which has received rave reviews in the fan circle, also included the Chinese fighting masters in the team who are very pleasing in appearance and personality, the ceiling of human force in the entire series, Cassandra Cain, the third-generation Batgirl and adopted daughter of Batman, was changed into a Chinese girl thief with a bloated appearance, sluggish squinting eyes, full of stereotypes and eccentricities, and entered the palace many times because of theft—such behavior, It is absolutely unbearable!

In this world, Su Yun is the prototype of inspiration for the role of the Chinese girl fighting master appointed by the original author Bill...

"In "Batman", your character 'Barbara Gordon' and I are just supporting roles, but in the follow-up "Birds of Prey", you and I are the protagonists." Su Yun said a little Land and Bo Ji explained the relevant information, "Although all the films made so far are male heroes as the protagonists, I always believe that heroes have never had anything to do with gender..."

"It's about whether you have a heart to fight, and whether you have words and deeds in line with 'heroes'."

These female superheroes who are marginalized, dimmed, assisted, etc. are treated differently, when they have the opportunity, they deserve the best treatment and compensation.