Chapter 777: Optimus Prime Pro Plus!
New Hero Goba...... Oh no, it's a project from Gibon, and it's done quickly.
But we'll have to wait until next year to start it!
There is still a lot of work to be done this year. Although the filming of the "Spider-Man" TV drama is nearing the end, after the completion of this drama, there is still a "Ultraman Dyna" waiting for Meng Lang.
As for Yan Tao......
After the release of "Transformers", Meng Lang promised to give him a long vacation. He will certainly not be available until next year.
Speaking of Transformers, the performance of this National Day Golden Week is really shocking!
The box office exceeded 1.2 billion in seven days!
The ruthless box office harvester, crushing a number of works of the same period, firmly sits at the top of the weekly box office charts. In terms of performance, it is no longer inferior to "The Company of Soldiers".
But compared to the original......
It's still a lot inferior!
When the original Transformers came out, it simply crushed the works of the same period around the world. Even if the popcorn special effects blockbuster that is scolded for its vulgar plot and no nutrition still can't cover up the box office results of the original version.
Exploding shells became famous for this fight!
It can't be said that Exploding Bay was already an extremely famous director in Hollywood before filming Transformers. It's just that the Chinese audience is not very familiar with him.
It wasn't until the release of Transformers that most Chinese fans got to know him and were impressed by his talent.
The original Transformers made Exploding Bay and took his directing career to the next level. Similarly, the PD version of Transformers also achieved Yan Tao, which greatly enhanced his popularity.
Although, he is already well-known......
Among the major producers of PD, Yan Tao is second only to Meng Lang in reputation. Judging from his previous works, he is PD's well-deserved movie brother!
Meng Zai is very strong, and everyone does not deny this.
But Meng Zai's strength is mainly in the field of TV dramas. In the film market, Meng Zai's achievements and works can't catch up with Yan Tao.
This is a well-established fact in the industry!
Yan Tao's movies, you can say that they are not nutritious, or you can say that they have vulgar plots, all rely on special effects to stimulate the senses. But it is high at the box office, and fans are willing to pay for his movies.
Very strange phenomenon!
Take this "Transformers" as an example, although the box office dominated the Golden Week, crushing a number of works of the same period. But when it comes to word-of-mouth, it's actually not as good as the previous "Final Holy War".
Transformers has a lot of failures.
The first is the sparse plot, which is separated from the animated version and creates a parallel world. This is definitely a plus if the story is engaging.
It's a pity that the story is quite crotch-pulling.
The second is too much ad placement, which affects the movie-watching experience.
According to media statistics, a total of 107 sponsors appeared in this 110-minute movie. On average, every minute, there will be a product placement, who can withstand this?
Finally, there is the question of the actors.
The performance of the protagonist in this film is definitely not very good. It's just a tool person, and I don't see the slightest value......
But!
A basket of shortcomings does not mean that Transformers have no advantages. Although there are few advantages, each one of them is enough to make the audience pull out their wallets.
Gorgeous special effects!
The Chinese film industry is slightly behind. Usually, the movies that everyone watches the most are comedy and romance films, and occasionally you can watch one or two mythological themes.
Pure sci-fi scenes, rarely watched!
Transformers just meets the needs of this part of the population. Lifelike Cybertron robots, gorgeous and cool, adrenaline-pumping battle scenes, no one can resist.
The second is the appearance of domestic equipment!
Aircraft carriers, carrier-based aircraft, tanks and other new classified equipment made its debut in film works. Seeing that in the film, the Chinese soldiers use many domestic weapons to fight against robots from alien planets, who is not enthusiastic?
I'm so proud, okay?
Just like a certain equipment department boss, after watching the movie, he commented. In the past, it was the limit of the times to swallow anger, but now that we have the ability, we should let everyone see that our weapons can also protect our own families.
In a sense......
"Transformers" can also be regarded as a "main theme" movie, which fits the current situation.
You can see in the movie that the Chinese soldiers are on the front line against the alien invasion. Huaxia agents are active in the Autobot base, and the Huaxia protagonist bravely fights against Megatron......
As for the neon people, the moldy people and the people of the country, seeing this scene, they can only say sourly, when will our army go to fight aliens?
Feng Shui takes turns!
Thinking about the inexplicable sourness in my heart when I saw Hollywood blockbusters before, and then looking at today's crooked fruit guys, Meng Lang suddenly felt very cool.
Although he is a copyist, he is not qualified to say cool things here.
But it's cool!
He admits that he is a slut. But you're not convinced, but you break the dimensional wall and come to this world to beat him!
Transformers was released for a week, and after experiencing the bombardment, fans have become a little immobile, and the box office growth has declined slightly.
But he still pressed others to beat.
"Future Travel", which was previously vigorously promoted and hailed as a science fiction masterpiece in the new century. In the same week of release, the box office was able to break 100 million, and there was no fight at all.
The performance of "Hi Da Pu Ben" is okay!
Although squeezed by Transformers, the film scheduling rate and attendance rate are not very high. But at least it is stronger than future travel, and the box office of Golden Week still broke 500 million.
Barely paid off!
Among the three blockbusters released on the National Day, Future Travel is an absolute loser. Xi Dapu Ben made a little money, but he didn't make much, Transformers is a well-deserved big winner!
The box office is just one of them!
The greatest value of this movie is still reflected in the sales of peripheral derivatives. Including toys, stationery, daily chemical clothing and 3C digital accessories and other products, sold well at home and abroad.
Among them, toys account for the lion's share!
Transformers' toys, which were graded very early. There are ten levels from the lowest Champions, Vanguards, Elites, and Commanders, to Bosses, Kings, Leaders, Legends, and Dreadnought and Titans.
These ten grades have been used for many years.
As of the release of the "Transformers" live-action movie, this set of ratings has not changed for five full years.
Five years, the vicissitudes of life!
In addition to the fact that "Dreadnought" and "Titan" King Kong are relatively rare and have not yet become popular. The more faithful "tightrope" has collected a full set of "Warrior - Legend" King Kong.
They crave new ranks!
Taking advantage of the release of the Transformers movie, PD Animation and PD Toys jointly launched the "Professional" and "Enhanced" categories.
The so-called professional grade and enhanced grade are not a rebuilt product grade. Rather, it is an additional "small grade" on the basis of the original ten grades.
For example, the legendary "Pro" and "Enhanced" Optimus Prime are officially known as Optimus Prime Legend Pro and Optimus Prime Legend Plus!
The other nine levels are also divided into Pro and Plus.