In Xu Ke's many years of directorial career, "technology" is not only the core, but also overrides the plot in many cases, becoming the most memorable and talked about unique magic weapon of his films - no matter what genre, as long as he participates in the films, he is often keen to introduce new special effects technology, and is completely obsessed with all kinds of film stunts.

If the New Shu Mountain Swordsman was Xu Ke's first all-round application of special effects, but it was not successful, then the queen's secret order, the best partner after that, was his most successful application in the entire eighties.

After "The Swordsman of New Shu Mountain", Xu Ke's obsession with screen technology has not decreased but increased, so when he directed a new episode of "Best Partner" for the first time, he once again moved visual effects inspired by his Western counterparts to Hong Kong, thus making "The Queen's Secret" the most "technical" in the entire series.

The most talked-about scene in "The Queen's Secret Order" is Xu Guanjie driving a spaceship through the downtown of Hong Kong with Mecca, and even rushing into the subway, just like a super hero in a martial arts movie!

Xu Ke follows the blue set technique of "Shu Mountain" to "merge the real person and the street scene" to create a visual spectacle of the actors flying in mid-air, while another action scene of breaking into an exhibition and stealing diamonds also has a large group of "Santa Claus" flying from the ground to the top of the New World Building, and then driving a motorcycle to the top of another building, while the female thief dives underwater in a spaceship and flies into a giant shark submarine, all of which are completed by the synthesis of computer technology.

And all this, Qiao Feng's special effects company has contributed a lot.

As the first and only formal special effects company in Hong Kong at that time, Qiao Feng's special effects were absolutely advanced in the Hong Kong film industry at that time, so the queen's secret order caused a sensation when it was released.

The empress's secret order shows Xu Ke's "technical control" nature everywhere, including Xu Guanjie infiltrating the police station to steal diamonds, from jumping over the protective net with a bounce box, hiding in a mirror instrument to avoid electronic eyes, to pedaling a high-speed skateboard to escape from the police, almost every action is inseparable from stunts.

Mecca's use of a large computer to interrogate suspects and the use of "quiz machines" to extract confessions also used advanced technology to replace actors' physical performances to achieve comedic effect, as well as the submarine "turning over" from the bottom of the sea into an oil tanker, and even the stunts created by toy models from the perspective of photography, all of which fully demonstrate Xu Ke's unbridled imagination and flexible use of new technologies.

Later, "Happy Ghosts and Ghosts", although not directed by Xu Ke, is another evolution of his "technical control" identity.

Xu Ke is one of the best in Hong Kong because of his application and understanding of special effects technology, so he was brought in to be the art producer of Happy Ghosts.

At that time, Chen Jiashang had nothing to do, he and Xu Ke worked together to check the special effects of happy ghosts and ghosts, so the special effects level of "Happy Ghosts Hitting Ghosts" has been greatly improved compared with the first two works of the "Happy Ghosts" series.

The most classic scene is the ending Liang Jiahui drove the dying female ghost Zhang Manyu to reincarnate, and the car even drove up the building at the critical moment, not only walking on the floor as if it were on the ground, but even flying to another building in the air and driving underground, full of unexpected magical effects, but also made the audience once again marvel at Xu Ke's imagination in the field of special effects.

In addition, "Happy Ghosts and Ghosts" also has many details that are unique in the use of special effects technology, such as footprint dancing, telekinesis, falling flight, long skirt discoloration, football turns, etc., which are rare creativity in Hong Kong films, and the people behind these details are Xu Ke and Chen Jiashang.

After that,It's a Chinese Ghost Story.,Needless to say, the special effects of A Chinese Ghost Story.,Although there aren't many computer special effects in it.,But there's still props in Hangweiya.,That's absolutely perfect.

After the three special effects films of the best partner, The Queen's Secret Order, Happy Ghost Crash and A Chinese Ghost Story, were sold, Xu Ke felt that he had embarked on a special effects road that belonged to Hong Kong people.

He wants to look up to Hollywood again.

So he made a film about the Invincible Mary.

To some extent, except for Tsui Hark, almost no one in the Hong Kong film industry in the 80s had the courage to shoot robot stunts!

Of course, the ironclad invincible Maria is not a film directed by Xu Ke, in this film he is also a producer.

"Invincible Maria" is a tribute to "Metropolis" (because the year before last, that is, 1988 was the 60th anniversary of the release of "Metropolis"), so the "Hero Party", scientists, female robots "Maria", etc., in the film can find the blueprint from "Metropolis".

It is worth mentioning that the "Pioneer No. 1" in "Iron" is also the first time that a giant robot has appeared in a Hong Kong movie, which wreaks havoc on the streets of Central as soon as it appears, and can only be eliminated by using electronic steel cannons, while "Maria" is infinitely powerful and can fly away, and can even catch missiles with bare hands, which is better than "Metropolis".

When "The Mighty Maria" came out, Hollywood had the Terminator for four years.

Compared with the alloy mechanical skeleton shape of the mechanical killer T-800 in "The Finale", "Iron" still designs the robot as a large lump of iron that is heavy and slow, which is obviously backward and rough, but Xu Ke's choice of robot as the creative theme has undoubtedly made Hong Kong films progress in terms of technical performance.

After all, not everyone dares to be the first in the world.

However, it's a pity that Xu Ke once again lost Maicheng.

This ironclad invincible Maria can also be regarded as a gathering of big names, the male protagonist Cen Jianxun, the heroine Ye Qianwen, Xu Ke also played a male number two, and then Lin Zhengying, Liang Chaowei, Qin Pei, etc.

The actor's salary alone is four or five million, and Ye Qianwen takes a maximum of one and a half million, which is still a friendship price, otherwise with Ye Qianwen's coffee position as a first-line singer in Europe and the United States, he will not be able to invite more than 1.5 million.

Then counting the special effects and other production costs, the total investment is nearly 10 million Hong Kong dollars.

As a result, the final box office was only a pitiful more than 7 million, which is still the investor Golden Princess, who gave a lot of support to the theater in the film schedule.

Otherwise, it is unknown whether the final box office will exceed five million.

After another big defeat, Xu Ke was not discouraged, but made persistent efforts, so there was a Chinese Ghost Story 2 people who were preparing to shoot.

If "A Chinese Ghost Story" adds a new look to Xu Ke's technical journey, the sequel "The Way of the World" will inevitably reach another peak for him.

Because the special effects and story of A Chinese Ghost Story 2 in the original time and space are already a pinnacle of Xu Ke, not to mention that Qiao Feng's special effects company participated in the production of his special effects this time.

Qiao Feng believes that this A Chinese Ghost Story 2 will be more magnificent and surprising than the original, and it will definitely make the visual picture full of magic and beauty.

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Thanks to the book friend Little Tiger in the Demon World for a reward of 100 coins.