Chapter 66: The Terminator
Whether it is Ron Mayer, George Lucas, or Stephen Spielberg, they are all people standing at the top of Hollywood. Nicole Kidman is just a new actress, and even if Judy Foster is added, they may not be able to greet them with a smile.
This circle is glamorous, and at the same time, this circle is realistic. As long as it can create value for them, they don’t mind whether they are dealing with God or Satan.
Of course, Stephen Spielberg's face was somewhat unnatural, and it seemed that he was dragged by force.
Sitting in the screening room, Ryan was still thinking about his conversation with the three giants just now, and it was obvious that they came to Nicole Kidman for him, not her.
In fact, several major film companies, including Universal Pictures, have been eager to adapt the movie "Jurassic Park". Even Ryan used the excuse of the difficulty in creating a lifelike dinosaurs by special effects technology, so that Jinsli could release news that she would not consider selling the adaptation rights for the time being, and that the enthusiasm of these film companies would not be reduced.
It is not surprising that George Lucas will stand there. He is the head of Industrial Light and Magic, and he has the best special effects production company in Hollywood. The special effects of "Terminator 2" are outsourced to them. I'm afraid no one is more confident than him to be able to create real dinosaurs on the big screen.
Just looking at Spielberg's expression and thinking about the series of events surrounding "Jurassic Park" in his previous life, Ryan scratched his head a little. There is no doubt that Spielberg can make the film production thrilling and full of childlike fun.
But from Ryan's observation, the Jewish director's mind is obviously not on this.
I wonder if the conversation between Spielberg and Universal Pictures in the previous life has happened now?
Ryan can't remember whether his previous life was in 1991 or 1992. Universal Pictures invited Spielberg to direct "Jurassic Park", but he repeatedly refused. Driven by interests, Universal Pictures used its trump card, promising that as long as he directed the movie, he would invest in "Schindler's List".
Spielberg has been running for "Schindler's List" for nearly ten years, and countless changes have occurred in the middle. Many people claim that instead of shooting such a movie, it is better to donate money to the Holocaust Memorial Hall. After entering the 1990s, Spielberg finally made up his mind to direct it himself, but could not attract investment.
As you can imagine, Universal Pictures directly took his life, so after Spielberg directed "Jurassic Park", he had the funds to prepare for the start-up.
But Universal Pictures' move has created a big crack in the relationship between the two sides, and has also made Spielberg's idea of establishing a film company stronger. To a certain extent, it indirectly promoted the birth of DreamWorks.
Of course, the complexity of what happened was definitely not as simple as Ryan knew in his previous life. Perhaps only God knew what was happening between them.
If the adaptation rights are sold to other film companies, will all this change? Will "Schindler's List" be delayed unlimitedly? That's not fun.
While Schindler's List has many beautifications of Oscar Schindler, it is undeniable that it is one of the greatest films in history, even if it tells about the Jews.
Forget it, the evil people continue to let Universal Pictures be the ones, they don’t have to have disputes with Spielberg, and, in a broad sense, they are people on the same front.
However, you have to cut a large piece of cake. After all, you have the initiative now, and the copyright of "Jurassic Park" is completely in your own hands.
"Ryan, you're distracted again."
Nicole pinched his ear playfully, and Ryan came to his senses, and then realized that the lights in the screening room were going out and the movie was about to begin.
The damaged cars filled with dust, abandoned and collapsed buildings, and the skeletons and bones everywhere all show the horror of this world. In this doomsday scene, the subtitles show its age - 2029.
The camera moved with Sarah Connor's simple explanation of the world and finally frozen on a pile of creepy skulls.
Just as the audience was sucking in the terrible future, a silver-white alloy foot suddenly fell down and stepped on the skull into pieces. Then the camera moved upwards, and a robot with a human bone shape showed its full picture. Before the audience could be amazed by the terrible mechanical killer, a desperate battle between people and machinery was revealed before them.
A mechanical killer with a bone-shaped body, a huge mechanical chariot, even mechanical bodies flying in the sky. They have no emotions or reason, only know how to kill wildly. When humans face them, they can only survive by fighting to the death.
With the emergence of John Connor, the leader of the Human Rebel Army, Sarah Connor's voice-over story slowly came to an end, which led to the next story - Skynet once again sent a mechanical killer back to the past, trying to kill the underage John Connor, and the Human Rebel Army also sent a protector back to the past. Who would find John Connor first?
"It's very exciting, this is the best science fiction film I've ever seen." Nicole leaned into Ryan's ear and whispered.
In this year, the battle between people and machinery at the opening of "Terminator 2" is shocking, representing the most advanced film technology in Hollywood today. Of course, this is burned out with millions of dollars.
The first person to appear... No, it should be the robot T800. In the absolutely classic soundtrack, he came to the Motorcycle Knight Bar to sweep around. The fight here has no beauty. The T800 is like an M1A2 tank, which will crush everything that blocks him.
Black sunglasses, black leather jackets and leather pants, black Prince Motorcycle, and the modified shotgun constitute Arnold Schwarzenegger's most classic movie image, no one!
After the villain robot T1000 appeared, the future savior made its debut. Ryan played John Connor, without any depression in "The Sixth Sense" and the cuteness in "Home Imperial", it makes people know at a glance that this is a boy in a rebellious period.
I wonder if anyone has discovered that the ugly adoptive father was the guest star of James Cameron. Ryan turned his head and did not see the tyrant director.
There is no doubt that the most destructive image in the movie is Linda Hamilton. She looks much thicker and wilder than reality in the movie. Just as someone commented in his previous life, the women James Cameron admires the most are tall and mighty women.
The highlight of this drama's fight lies in the fight between T800 and T1000, especially T1000. When he was blown out silver-white wounds by T800 in the corridor of the mall, the identity of the liquid robot began to emerge.
Cameron also adopted Ryan's suggestion, abandoning the sound of shotguns and replacing the roar of cannons when they are fired, and the effect is also extremely outstanding.
The T800 and T1000 are unfolded with bare hands, without any fancy, fast speed and beautiful movements, but they show the unparalleled solid body and powerful power of mechanical killers. The extremely strong building walls are as fragile as tofu under their impact.
In the later chase scene, the crew once argued endlessly about whether John Connor was shooting with a gun. You should know that in the eyes of the Teachers and Parents Federation and the MPAA, minors shooting with a gun in the movie is one of the most terrifying shots, which will have extremely bad social impacts.
If such scenes appear in a movie, it is even more serious than being naked, MPAA will likely rate the movie as NC-17, which means that it is prohibited to watch under 17 years old. Then "Terminator 2" will definitely lose a bottom.
In the end, James Cameron simply adopted the plot of having John Connor load the bullet.
Ryan himself does not know much about American movie ratings. After experiencing this time, he also studied it specifically and couldn't help but think of "Little Soldier Zhang Ga". If it were placed in North America, it would definitely be...
The reason why this movie is classic is naturally not that it attracts audiences entirely by special effects. Although James Cameron is a commercial director and rarely considers art in his movies, he is indeed a master of storytelling. This movie combines science fiction and philosophical thinking so perfectly.
These are best reflected in John Connor and T800. When Sarah Connor wanted to destroy the T800 CPU, John did not hesitate to protect his CPU with his own hands, and even said to his mother, "He is my friend!"
This is also one of the best things Ryan performs in the film. His rebellious appearance, innocence and kind heart were interpreted vividly by him, almost stealing all the limelight from Linda Hamilton.
There was a classic line in my previous life, being a demon is like being a human being, you must have a kind heart and a kind heart.
It's no longer a monster...
And when a robot has a human heart, what is it? What will it do? This is also one of the themes expressed in the movie.
"Terminator 2" not only has fierce gunfights, cold killings and crazy pursuits, but also has a warm side. John Connor forbids T800 from killing humans, teaches him to learn human feelings and learn how to smile.
The most appreciated aspect of the T800 setting is that it knows how to learn and understand human feelings, not just a cold machine that can only execute commands.
To be honest, although this is a science fiction action blockbuster, there are not many special effects shots, but they are particularly outstanding. The appearance of almost every special effects shot will make the audience shine and amazed.
From the battle between people and machinery at the beginning of the movie, to the deformation and wound healing of the T1000, to Sarah Conner opening the T800's head and taking out the CPU and other shots, everything is done very well, which makes people amazed. Even if the past ten years later, people may think that these special effects have fallen behind, but they cannot deny that it was the most advanced film technology in this era.
Of course, all this is closely related to the powerful Industrial Light and Magic. Stan Winston is now the top special effects master in Hollywood. It was when he made this movie and later established a digital field second only to Industrial Light and Magic.
Chapter completed!