Huayu: I'm reborn, but you still force me to be a scumbag?

Chapter 176 The Dark Knight is released! (I)

A round, fat face appeared on the computer screen.

This is a white young man in his 20s with round cheeks like two ripe pink peaches, which make people want to pinch them.

His pair of blue eyes were squeezed into two thin slits by the fat on his face, making him look like Majin Buu in Dragon Ball.

The wall behind him was covered with images and posters of various Batmans, both from comics and movies. The table in front of the camera was also filled with Batman action figures of various shapes.

The fat white young man took a deep breath and adjusted his headphones to make sure the microphone could clearly capture his voice.

Then he opened the video editing software and prepared to start today's recording.

"Hello everyone, welcome back to my channel, I'm George Morris."

George Morris waved his hand towards the computer camera. "As agreed, I am going to leave now to watch the midnight show of that movie. After watching it, I will come back as promised to share my experience with everyone."

He sighed and said, "2000 likes, do you really want me to taste that shit? Damn, I swear to God, I didn't expect so many people to pay attention to this movie."

"I guess only a small number of you are Batman fans like me, and the rest of you are probably attracted by the stupid 'why so serious', right?"

"Hey, friends, I want to tell you, don't believe Warner's lies, that's all a trick to trick us into going to the cinema and eating that piece of shit."

"Warner spent $2 million on this movie, and they certainly don't want to lose all their money, so he will tell you how well that damn Chinaman acted, and how much he looked like a...'super clown'."

George Morris made a quotation mark with his hands. "This is all to arouse our curiosity and cheat us out of our dollars. Don't be fooled, guys! When Warner chose a Chinese to play the greatest villain in the history of superheroes, it should have known that it would pay the price!"

"'Why so serious' is a complete farce. Warner wants to draw all your attention to that Chinese clown, to fight fire with fire! No, no, no, don't fall for the tricks of these Hollywood profiteers."

"Let's boycott this movie together. Let's boycott Warner's disgusting behavior. It desecrates the most beautiful memories in our hearts. It brings shame to the entire Gotham. It makes Batman a joke in the mouths of all comic fans. The entire comic community is laughing at us for having a Chinese clown from now on."

"No! We must not let this happen! Let us reject this disgusting Dark Knight from joining our Batman Universe. Let us forget the existence of this movie. Let us say no to Warner Bros. and let him see the unity and strength of us fans!"

"Finally, we'll make that Chinese kid who plays the clown a real clown!"

"Okay guys, that's it for today's video. I hope you enjoyed it, and don't forget to like, share, and subscribe if you found it helpful. See you next time!"

George Morris is a blogger on the emerging video website YouTube, where he shares his Batman collections and plot interpretations on a daily basis.

Before I knew it, over a year had passed and the account had more than 50,000 followers.

Most of them are Batman fans like him, and a small number of them think he speaks in an interesting and passionate way, which is quite interesting.

George Morris felt that the speech he had just made was probably the most passionate one he had ever made in recent times.

He checked the dialogue prompts on the computer screen and found that only a few words were missing. He then edited it using video editing software, cutting out a few stuck parts and places where the dialogue was not visible.

Finally, he exported the edited video into a video of about 5 minutes and clicked upload.

He drank a cup of coffee, changed into his favorite red Batman T-shirt, which he thought was the coolest, fixed his hair, and left his rented apartment, ready to go to the cinema to watch that piece of shit movie that made him feel unhappy just thinking about it.

Just as George Morris was going out, late at night in New York, a woman was also getting ready to go out.

Although if her father were at home, he might stop her from going out late at night.

But who made him fly to a small island in the Pacific with his friends to have fun?

Ivanka turns 10 in October, but still lives in the mansion that bears her family's name.

She thinks this is the reason why she broke up with her ex-boyfriend.

It's all Donald's damn control freak thing.

When will he understand that he is no longer the little girl of seven or eight years old who needs her father's care and attention at all times?

"Good evening, Judy. Please book a movie ticket for me for the midnight show of The Dark Knight... Yes, that's right, it's at the Chame Cinema... Um, tell Peter that I'll be out in about half an hour."

Ivanka called her personal assistant in the room, informing her that she was going out to see a movie and asking her to arrange a driver and necessary security.

While waiting, Ivanka watched the video she had just seen on YouTube again.

This fat man named George Morris reminded her of her father.

Self-righteous, talking nonsense, all bullshit, but surprisingly quite enjoyable to watch.

Ivanka is a New Yorker, and she had not yet broken up with her ex-boyfriend when "My Blueberry Nights" was released.

When the two were dating, they accidentally saw this love movie set in New York in the cinema and watched it.

After reading it, she asked her assistant to help her compile a profile of the male lead to satisfy her curiosity.

She usually works in her father's company, and if she is not careful, she will be "fired", so she really doesn't have much time to care about the entertainment industry.

She initially thought that the somewhat charming male lead was an Asian American, but when she looked at the information provided by the assistant, she was shocked to find that he was actually Chinese!
After that, she remembered the name Nuochen.

During this period, Warner inexplicably started a high-profile online event under the name "why so serious", asking people to upload smiling selfies and select the person with the funniest smile, offering a $10 prize for this.

At the same time, an advertising campaign based on this slogan was launched in major cities, theaters and television stations on the east and west coasts of the United States.

The strange and crazy character in the advertisement, along with the name of the actor who played him, attracted Ivanka's attention.

The name Nuo Chen is really too special.

It doesn't sound like an English name at all.

Ivanka thought that this man must be the first person in the world to come to Hollywood to make a movie without an English name.

Well, that's a bit frustrating.

But, it's really cool.

When Ivanka connected the clown, whose face was covered with a layer of white ash and looked a little scary, and whose specific race was hard to tell, with the melancholy and charming Chinese boy in Blueberry Nights, she was really shocked.

After this discovery, Ivanka agreed with her boyfriend Jared to go to the cinema together to watch the movie in July...

Unexpectedly, the two broke up before the movie was released.

"Ivanka, get ready." Personal assistant Judy knocked on the bedroom door.

Ivanka came back to her senses from her memories, stood up and walked out the door, "Thank you, Judy."

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Late at night on July 2007, 7, George Morris went to the movie theater closest to his home.

As for why it is said that the film will be released simultaneously around the world on July 7, but in the United States it will be released on July 15?
Of course, we should give some respect to the world's number one film market and give them the right to global premiere.

Otherwise, according to the time difference, they will have to watch the movie more than ten hours after the Chinese audience has finished watching it. Wouldn't these American movie fans or comic fans be so angry that they will die?
In short, July 7th was the summer vacation season for American movies, and it was also a Friday, so the cinema that George Morris went to was quite popular.

It didn't feel like it was already 11: at night.

George Morris saw that posters for Paramount's blockbuster "Transformers," which was released on July 7, were plastered all over the cinema.

In addition, there is "Die Hard 4", which has been released for two weeks but has a somewhat dismal box office performance, and an animated film "Ratatouille".

Then, about one-third of the cinema is still the promotional area for "Batman 2: The Dark Knight".

Warner Bros. seemed determined to make things difficult for George Morris.

The promotional materials in the cinema still focus on the disgusting clown.

Wearing a green suit, his face covered with white mud and a big red mouth split to his ears, this vicious villain in Gotham City looks at everyone who walks past him from the poster with a mocking smile.

A line of red words, as if written in blood, read "why so serious" above his messy seaweed-like hair.

Even George Morris, who was holding his nose when he saw it at this time, had to admit that the picture and text really complement each other. There is a kind of cool and bad feeling. It is really attractive.

It also makes people wonder whether the phrase “why so serious” has any special meaning?
At the bottom of the poster is the movie title "Batman 2: The Dark Knight".

Speaking of which, George Morris was also a little confused.

As far as he can remember, there seems to be no superhero movie that uses a villain as the focus of its publicity.

Whether it is Spider-Man 1-3, Fantastic Four or Batman 1, the posters are % about superheroes, not the villains punished by the heroes.

As a result, Warner didn't know what medicine he took wrong this time.

Everything was going OK before, but it happened to be in the last two months, the promotional sprint period before the release.

They actually replaced all the posters and advertisements that originally featured Christian Bale as Batman with that evil and weird Joker!

Do Warner executives think that a Joker that is truly different from previous ones will be able to attract moviegoers and Batman comic fans to the cinema?
What a joke!
"Batman 2: The Dark Knight. Midnight show, one ticket. Pick a better seat for me, thank you." George Morris walked to the ticket window and handed in a $10 bill.

The black girl selling tickets looked at the computer and said, "Um, sorry, sir, the midnight show you requested only has the front row seats left. Can you please?"

George Morris was shocked: "WTF, what did you say? How is it possible? Is this movie selling so well?"

The black girl smiled and said, "Yes, it is very good. It may be better than you think, sir."

George Morris said incredulously, "Why?"

Just at this moment, a man and a woman walked past behind him.

The man said: "I want to see what the Chinese people who are being scolded so badly on the Internet are really like."

The female voice replied, "I don't care how he performed, I just want to know why he won the first place. Warner said that we should find the answer in the movie, I want to see, is his smile as good as mine?"

Damn, retarded.

The United States is indeed a country of retards. While George Morris was deeply annoyed by the IQ of his compatriots, he also understood something.

He remembered that he seemed to have read somewhere that a work that is most criticized is often the most popular.

In addition, the shameless company Warner organized a stupid campaign that deceived so many stupid Americans.

No wonder so many people came to watch this disgusting movie over the weekend.

He didn't hear clearly what the black girl selling tickets said, and he was too lazy to ask again, so he just asked for a ticket for the second row.

The lights were still on when I entered the theater.

George Morris glanced toward the back and felt that the seat was at least 70% full.

Are there really so many mentally retarded people?
Surprised, George Morris comforted himself by saying, This is actually a good thing. The more people there are, the faster it will spread once they know it is a bad movie, and the sooner Warner will die.

George Morris sat down, his fat body filling the theater seats, drinking a large cup of Coke with one hand and grabbing a large bucket of popcorn with the other.

After a while, some more viewers came in and the lights in the theater went out.

The logo animations of Warner Bros., Legendary Pictures, and DC Comics flashed on the big screen one after another. They all turned into ice blue, which was exactly the same color as the promotional poster.

George Morris felt that this was why he had always had a good impression of Nolan as a director.

This Englishman loves to dwell on seemingly insignificant details.

But in the end it is often these details that create a fascinating atmosphere.

The movie begins with George Morris praising Nolan.

The first set of shots shows high-rise buildings with great geometric beauty, which are arranged in an orderly manner to form a modern metropolis.

Every moviegoer watching this in theaters across America.

Even Ivanka, who was in a small theater in New York, was muttering its name in her heart:

Gotham City.

The tense music, along with the movie scenes, appeared almost instantly, making many people feel that something was about to happen.

With a bang, the glass curtain wall of a skyscraper was shattered from the inside out.

Two guys wearing clown masks appear in the picture.

One of them was holding a spear gun, ready to shoot the line onto the roof of the low building opposite.

Just when the audience thought the movie would continue to unfold along this line, the scene suddenly flashed to the streets on the ground.

It's a very busy intersection with a lot of people and cars coming and going.

A man carrying a travel bag has his back to the camera, and the camera slowly moves towards him from far to near.

The man stood with his legs apart, his neck-length hair dancing in the wind.

George Morris didn't know what was going on. It was just such a simple, slightly hunched back, but it gave him a sense of oppression, like a wild beast searching for its prey.

The camera slowly moves from far to near, and the focus gradually becomes on the mask held in the man's left hand.

That was also a clown mask.

But it is particularly eerie and strange.

A family station wagon squeaked and stopped in front of the man.

The man put on a mask and opened the car door.

The dense and urgent music suddenly became louder and louder, just like a grand ball was about to end and officially begin.

The opening shot of the next five minutes of the film will be paid tribute to by countless movies in the next decade or so, and will also become the source of inspiration for countless literary works.

Some film critics even believe that this is the most fascinating and brilliant film opening since the 21st century.

But on the early morning of July 2007, 7, when The Dark Knight was first released to the world, no one in the cinema, including Roger Ebert, thought about the structure or meaning of the five-minute film.

Because from the moment the man put on the clown mask, the development of the plot was like a train that suddenly accelerated, making it hard to keep up.

The two men at the beginning of the film really used fishing spears to slide onto the roof opposite.

At the same time, the plot in the suitcase car is also progressing at the same pace.

There were three people in the car. The driver and the co-pilot were both wearing different clown masks. The conversation between them simply and effectively explained the ins and outs of the current plot.

The driver said, "Okay, everyone is here, let's get started."

The co-pilot was surprised: "Just the three of us?"

The driver shook his head and said, "There are two more on the roof. If five of us share the money, it's already a lot."

The co-pilot reminded him, "So, it should be 60% of the money. Don't forget the guy who planned the operation."

The driver sneered, "Does he think he can get a share of the money without doing anything?"

Co-pilot: "Haha, I know why people call him the clown."

While the two people in front were talking, the man in the back row wearing a sinister clown mask remained silent and checked the gun in his hand.

At this time, he was finally ready and turned to look out the window.

As he turned his head, the movie scene switched to the two people on the roof.

They seemed to have just happened to talk about this topic.

One asked as he sorted through the tools in his bag, "…So, why is he called the Joker?"

Another person picked up a hammer and knocked open the electric box in front of him, saying, "I heard he is good at makeup."

"make up?"

"Yes, the kind of makeup you wear to scare people. War makeup."

Conversation ends.

Three people on the street pulled over to the side of the road and rushed into a bank.

It was obvious that this was a high-end private bank. Several people rushed in and the driver fired a round into the air, "Don't move. Get down!"

The co-pilot rushed to the counter and started trash-talking and threatening the teller.

At the same time, the two people on the roof had opened the electrical box, which contained densely packed wires.

One of them was holding an instrument connected to the wires in the box, mumbling, "Found it, silent alarm, let me see where it connects."

His companion stood behind him and put his hand into his arms.

The scene once again turned to the bank, where several robbers were using force and intimidation to control the situation.

The man wearing the eerie clown mask opened the travel bag he had been carrying, and it turned out to be filled with grenades.

He unbolted a grenade and thrust it into the hands of a hostage.

Then the scene switched to the rooftop.

The robber who was on the line asked in confusion: "What's going on? Why did I get connected to a private number?"

His accomplice behind him said, "Any questions?" While asking, he raised his right hand.

The head of the man in front blocked my view, so I couldn't see what he was holding.

What else? A gun, of course!

Ivanka's heart suddenly lifted up. The originally fast and sharp editing was already a bit dizzying, but now, the story seemed to have a new development.

as predicted.

The moment the man in front said "No, I've done it", the man behind him pulled the trigger without hesitation.

Even though it was expected, the scene of thieves robbing each other so directly and cleanly still gave all the audience a shock.

If Ivanka was just watching seriously before, then the sound of the gunshot made her alert to the fullest.

But as a woman, these fighting and killing still cannot make her concentrate all her attention, and 30% of her mind is still thinking about that one question:
Where exactly is Chen?

Each of these people is wearing a clown mask, so it's really hard to tell them apart.

Ivanka was quite confident at first, because she had seen "My Blueberry Nights" several times and thought she was familiar with Nochen's body shape.

But she was smart and knew that there was a high probability that this person was among the five people wearing clown masks. However, she was still not sure.

Although the close-up shot was given to the gloomy clown, the slightly hunched and thick back made him look like a European or American, completely different from the thin and straight figure in Blueberry Nights.

At the same time, ever since he got on the car, he seemed to have become the background of the entire plot, and the photographer's camera never pointed at him again.

He then became just like everyone else.

Could it be him?

Ivanka opened her big blue eyes, and the flashing lights and shadows on the big screen were reflected in her eyes.

(End of this chapter)