Severn is still in the works.

It's the 4th episode of "MAX, Please Answer", and the monster that appears is the cosmic Godra Starman.

In this episode, Ott Glasses was robbed again.

Of course, this is the script of the original.

In Meng Lang's version of Saiwen, Ott glasses were robbed once, proving that this thing is not foolproof, and there is no need to repeat this episode in future episodes.

Tsuburaya loved this section.

is either "lost" or "stolen and robbed", most of Ultra's works can see similar plots.

Let's not talk about the deep meaning of Tsuburaya's repetition of similar episodes, or what plot is wanted to be triggered by the loss or robbery of the transformer. From the audience's point of view, this kind of plot is really unpleasant.

Why isn't it pleasing?

There are two reasons, one is that the audience brings in the perspective of the human body, and the human body is robbed, and the audience will have an awkward feeling of being robbed.

Second, the unit drama is limited in length, and Tsuburaya can't fill too many side plots in a limited time.

If Saiwen is a serial drama, the bridge where the transformer was robbed can be told in a longer length, instead of being robbed and found in a hurry, and the audience is confused.

Saiwen is probably the Ultraman who has been robbed the most times, and he doesn't even have one. Throughout the Ultraman series, there has never been an Ultraman who loses his transformer as often as Severn.

Maybe this is my own son.

Saiwen is Eiji Tsuburaya's big show and his ambition.

"Ultra Q" does not have the concept of a giant hero, and the original generation has left many regrets due to lack of funds. By the time of Severn, Tsuburaya had a lot of financial resources, and Tsuburaya Eiji pinned his hopes on Severn to realize his ideals.

It's a pity that he failed.

With an independent world view, a distinctive styling design, and even a name named Otto Seven, Eiji Tsuburaya wanted to do not be an Ultraman sequel.

But in the eyes of the audience, this is the Ultraman sequel.

It is precisely because of this conflict of ideas that the ratings of Severn fell again and again during the broadcast period. In the early stage of the dream start, the ratings stabilized at more than 30%, and then gradually declined, reaching only about 16% at the lowest.

Although the average rating is still as high as 26%, it is an indisputable fact that Saiwen "starts high and goes low".

Meng Lang didn't want to conflict with the audience.

The independent worldview was crossed out, and Severn was incorporated into the "Earth-Land of Light" worldview from the beginning. The name is Ultraman Seven, not Ultra Seven, nor Superman Seven.

At the same time, he also added many fight scenes to Severn's episodes.

There are too few Severn scenes in the original version.

Tsuburaya wants to tell a good story and gain audience support through a good story. For this reason, Ultraman's most essential fighting links are sacrificed, and sometimes there is no fight at all.

It's not that it can't be done, if the story is told well, the audience will also buy it. But the premise is that the story you tell must be one that the audience will like.

Severn's story, the audience didn't like it.

Anti-war, full of metaphor and irony, exposing the darkness of human nature, and exaggerating the atmosphere of horror.

After these elements are added, the audience who will watch it will not like it, and the audience who likes it will not watch it, and failure is inevitable.

Meng Lang didn't want to tamper with the classics, but his ass decided his head.

Sitting in his position, the consideration cannot be "winning in the future", but "living in the present".

Uncle Tsuburaya proved with practical experience that the so-called winning in the future is nothing more than a miserable life now, and it will only be even worse in the future.

Bullshit wins in the future, Meng Lang doesn't believe this.

Fans who are willing to pay money to support are real fans, and fans who are not willing to pay money just pay lip service support, even if there are many fans, what use can it be?

Positioning must be clear.

Meng Lang's positioning of Severn TV dramas is sub-supply, and adult content is thrown to Severn X.

In his version of Severn TV drama, the IQ of the cosmic man has been greatly weakened, the elements of intrigue and intrigue have been greatly reduced, the ugliness of human nature has been put into the dark, and the human beings on the bright side are still magnificent.

But the episodes of Nongmart were retained.

This is a classic episode of Ultra's work!

Screenwriter Tetsuo Kaneshiro added neon local discrimination against his hometown in the drama of Nongmarte, which made this series regarded as one of the "Three Great Problems of Showa" by many Austrian fans.

Coincidentally, what Tetsuo Kaneshiro wanted to express, Meng Lang also wanted to express. It's just that the place he wants to metaphorize is not Tetsuo Kaneshiro's hometown, but another region.

"I'll write the script of the Nongmart people!"

After saying this, Meng Lang handed over the set to Yan Tao, who temporarily supervised the filming work, and he began to add some new things on the basis of the original Nongmart.

"We are brothers of the same mother!"

Nongmart said to Captain Tong Shan: "A long time ago, mankind was invaded by aliens, and in order to avoid the extinction of the race, some of them hid at the bottom of the sea. ”

"Don't be related to humans!"

Captain Tong Shan raised his gun and sneered: "Even if what you say is true, it is also our enemy!"

"What do you want?"

"Ultraman Seven will destroy you!"

The Nongmart man cried and laughed and said, "So, you would rather trust outsiders than your own kind?"

"Ultraman is not an outsider!"

Captain Tong Shan emphasized: "He is a partner in upholding the justice of the universe and a friend of our human race!"

Wouldn't it be too ironic?

After Meng Lang finished writing the script, he sat in the office for a long time and didn't say anything, feeling that the irony was too obvious, and deleted the bridge section of Nongmart people's "taking the initiative to recognize their relatives", and changed it to Zhu Xingtuan's memory through Saiwen's memory.

"Captain, that's our brother!" Zhu Xingtuan dissuaded.

The captain shook his hand away: "It used to be, but now it isn't!"

It's much better that way.

After all, it's not good to generalize, and there are not only bad guys like Captain Tong Shan who "hug Ultraman's thighs" to fight against the Nongmart people, but also good people like Zhu Xingtuan who awaken the concept of the same race.

After two days of hard work, the script was finally changed.

The Nonmaltes are also humans, but when humans were invaded by aliens, some of their own race entered the bottom of the sea and became this weird appearance.

Although they look different from humans, they have the same blood in their bodies, and even if they are "stronger in science and technology than humans", they do not want to clash with humans.

However, relying on Ultraman, humans are not afraid of the Nongmarts, on the contrary, with the help of Saiwen, they also launch a provocation against the Nongmartes at the bottom of the sea.

An episode full of metaphorical irony.

Meng Lang didn't expect anyone to understand, but as long as one person could understand, his goal was achieved.

The end of the Nongmartes was not wiped out by Severn and the humans.

Instead, after Zofie's stopping, Severn realized his mistake and moved the Nongmartes to a living planet full of water near the Land of Light.

This ending is not dark.

The ending is too dark, after all, the audience is mainly children, and they can't leave a shadow in their hearts.