I didn't want to be an actor

Chapter 657: Nonsense (23)

"The Wandering Earth", "Underground Fire"...

It is considered a masterpiece of domestic science fiction films!

And then...it’s gone!

Liang Ge’s screenwriter told him that after "Little Broken Ball" became a hit, he was added to several manuscript collection groups, which mainly collected science fiction scripts and novels.

At the beginning, there were various directors, producers, and investors in the group, chatting enthusiastically...

And this group of people did receive a lot of manuscripts. Some of them were highly executive and quick to act. They even invited some of the main creators of Little Break Ball and the special effects company to hold a discussion with the screenwriters and authors. They found out...

I want to follow the path of The Wandering Earth...

It is really too expensive. If the box office is even slightly worse, all the money will be lost - at least 15 billion box office revenue is needed, and even 10 billion may not be enough to break even.

Just when I was struggling, the much-anticipated "Shanghai Fortress" was released...

Then these groups gradually became quiet and people gradually left...

At its peak, there were hundreds of people in the group...

When Shen Liang showed it, there were less than 20 hosts!

From this perspective, "Shanghai Fortress" has indeed closed the door to Chinese science fiction.

"Underground Fire", strictly speaking, is a science fiction disaster film.

Not easy to copy!

There are relatively few people who follow suit.

This kind of movie is not as easy to imitate as campus youth dramas, palace ancient puppet dramas, or fantasy dramas.

Shen Liang continued: "To be honest, I don't have any hope of finding a good science fiction novel... because the changes in reality are too magical!"

"We are now in an era of technological explosion and rapid changes in social relations. Any country that cannot adapt to rapid changes will be left behind in this round of changes. The social level is experiencing a flood every day, and countries that cannot make long-term plans and execute quickly will only drown.

Politically, there will be a major reshuffle of multipolarity. Although we are not sure what the result of the reshuffle will be, we can probably guess it.
In terms of technology, virtual reality and electronic technology applications are booming, artificial intelligence is on the rise, and everyone is connected;
Aerospace technology has exploded, with the establishment of a lunar base and the development of near-space resources. A series of energy revolutions such as photovoltaics have made energy cheaper, ultimately promoting larger-scale industrialization.
The development of society will make a group of people's skills completely eliminated by society, while there will also be surplus resources to provide for these people at a minimum level...

What is this plot? This is Vernor Vinge's "The Abyss", and it's also the plot of "Ghost in the Shell" and "Space Sweepers"!

The future development is like this, it can be foreseen...

Are there any new authors who can write surprising works?
Sorry, I find this difficult!

The subject matter has been written about to death, and all conceivable possibilities have been arranged and combined. Countless science fiction writers have created too many mountains in the field of the near future, and it is impossible to write anything new.

The only thing that can bring a sense of experience is imaginative fiction."

Then many brothers said, "You don't have to rely on adaptations, you can create original works."

Shen Liang explained: "Science fiction films are not necessarily adapted from movies. This is because Hollywood has formed a mature industrial model, and a large number of professionals have gained the trust of investors, so they can create movies without the original work.

Most of Hollywood's classic science fiction films gradually matured and became industrialized based on a large number of literary works.

It is impossible for Chinese films to skip this process in one step. This is not the fault of literary authors and filmmakers, but a problem of market investors.

As an investment, you should either focus on the IP or the production team. Simply looking at the subject matter is very risky! "

"Moreover, most science fiction novels are not an exaggeration to describe them as gimmicky and cunning. They are too much about novelty, lack characters, stories, and conflicts, and are difficult to be adapted into movies."

"I recently read Death on Mars and Titan Unspoken. I think the latter is interesting. The Martian + Cthulhu..."

Just now, I saw a brother recommend a book called "Dressing inappropriately is a disease"

“…”Traveling Through the Body is a Disease”? It sounds so childish…Okay, okay, I’ll go search it.” “Traveling Through the Body is a Disease” has a very novel setting: a virus spreads around the world, and infected people can randomly swap bodies, causing all kinds of social and criminal problems…

“This is interesting. The rich and the poor cross paths with each other, the old and the young cross paths with each other, and the resulting social changes… This is a penetration of the social landscape!”

"…But it's not easy to end…I'll talk to the team and buy the adaptation rights…"

"any left?"

"Full Band Blocking Interference... I'm waiting for the right director..."

"Guo Fan is busy working on the Wandering Earth series... The Wandering Earth 2: Lunar Crisis will be released during the Spring Festival next year, and I estimate the next installment, Set Sail, will be released during the Spring Festival in 2024!"

"We can't treat Guo Fan like a donkey. Brother Jing told me that during the filming of The Wandering Earth 2, Guo Fan slept only 4 or 5 hours a day and drank five large cups of iced coffee. He lost pounds! Yes, he drank several cups of iced American coffee, worked late at night, and got up early to exercise. He looked very haggard!"

"Among Chinese directors, the one I admire most is Zhang Yimou. For decades, he has only eaten two meals a day and slept four hours, but he is still energetic and has not aged..."

"Nolan?"

Shen Liang laughed loudly: "How can Guo Fan compare with Nolan? Compared with Nolan, who is he?
No matter how well the movie is made, how high its status in Chinese film history is, how much box office it gets, how glorious the myth it creates, how big the pattern is, how many new areas it opens up... Guo Fan is still not even a hair's breadth better than Nolan, and his character can be described as a complete failure.

The simplest example: Nolan never takes China or any Chinese people seriously, but he is kept in the hearts of countless Chinese movie fans.

Can Guo Fan do this alone? What can he compare with? His head?

As a person and a director, I want to achieve the same success as Nolan. I envy him."

"Okay, I won't say any more. I wish everyone a happy new year!"

……

We still have to make science fiction.

Even experimental films are fine...

But first, find the script...

His screenwriter team recommended several foreign film adaptations, including "Moon" (the one directed by Duncan Jones), "Contact", "The Hacker"...

But Liang Ge feels it’s not hard enough!

Regarding the soft and hard aspects of science fiction, please refer to Yoshiki Tanaka’s “Legend of the Galactic Heroes” and “Star Wars”…

You can try to strip away its sci-fi background, turn the starship into a battleship, and the planet into a city, and you will find that the core of the story is not greatly damaged. You can even adapt it into an overhead historical story similar to the Romance of the Three Kingdoms...

This is space opera, which tells a story of power struggle, love or something else in the guise of science fiction. This kind of science fiction is soft science fiction.

For a film like "I, Robot", the core of the story is about how AI deals with rigid rules (the Three Laws of Robotics) in complex situations.

No matter what context it is placed in, it is a science fiction problem.

This is absolute hard science fiction.

Liang Ge himself prefers hard science fiction...

Don’t worry, take your time to look for it.

After the broadcast, Shen Liang was ready to rest, and then he received a text message from Rouba: "Is it convenient now?"

"…good…"

"Then come find me!"

"Um…"

(End of this chapter)