In fact, there is one biggest problem with "The Martian": a sense of disobedience!

Generally speaking, it means that the audience will feel awkward or dramatic when they see Chinese elements in a high-tech scene.

Because the space agency is still planning to go to the moon, you are clamoring for the Martian...

Will it give people a sense of disobedience?

The filming of science fiction films requires the comprehensive strength of the country as the hardware foundation, and because in real life, the national strength that people feel directly affects people's viewing experience - if the image in the movie is too different from the image in reality, it will inevitably have a sense of disobedience.

Then the space agency announced the 'Tianwen Project'...

Presumably to coincide with the release of "The Martian"?

Well, just kidding, it's actually through "The Martian" Xu Yan to pass on the 'Tianwen Project'...

In a sense, "The Martian" is a promotional film for the space agency!

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At the premiere scene, Lu Xiaoran was talking nonsense with a group of media:

"The Martian is still not realistic enough, and I originally thought that the end would be that the space agency issued a rule: in order to ensure the safety of the world's people to peacefully explore Martian resources, China will establish a small rescue base on Mars. ”

"They said it was too realistic, and they wouldn't let me shoot it!"

The media below smiled and didn't speak...

How to say it, in 12 years, a Chinese warship accidentally ran aground in Nansha...

And then, when the navy looks, this is not good, the piloting skills are too poor, what if it runs aground in the future?

I took cement and building materials to Half Moon Reef - and expanded a fixed rescue base!

It could also be the work of nature!

"I'm quite happy that everyone didn't ask the question of whether saving a person is worth it, which shows that we recognize this kind of rescue in our bones, because we Chinese know what 'human life is at stake'!"

"You know when The Martian was promoted in the United States, a bunch of people questioned what it was, and they questioned whether it was worth spending so much money to save someone..."

"There was even a tweet of 'If I used my tax money to save someone I don't know, I would strongly oppose it...', and tens of thousands of people liked it!"

"Chinese science fiction and the United States should not be the same, the connotation of fantasy should not only be technology and superheroes, I like Quasimodo's "Galactic Empire" series, although there are also heroes to save the world, but the main thing is political disputes, strategy, and artificial intelligence and human thinking. A series of settings in science fiction, whether it is high-tech or interstellar odyssey, I think it is a special environment for storytelling, and this environment can conform to the spirit of science to a certain extent - this is the key to distinguish fantasy from science fiction!"

"Okay, without further ado, let's watch a movie!"

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Han Mingming bought a movie ticket for "The Martian" for the first time...

didn't grab Lu Xiaoran's roadshow - it was too sought-after, not in seconds.

I entered the screening hall, looked around, and sat down, and actually sat seven, seven, eight, eight...

It's the morning, are you all so idle?

I have to admire Director Lu's appeal!

Find your place, sit down, Han Mingming put on 3D glasses, and then the screen lights up, first a bunch of advertisements, trailers...

Several movies that will be released have bought theater advertisements half a year in advance: "Havoc in Tianzhu", "Journey to the West", "The Ferryman", "Railway Flying Tiger", "Riding the Wind and Waves", and of course, "Sunshine Sisters"...

Ten minutes later, the movie officially begins...

"The Martian" - "I Grow Potatoes on Mars"...

The story is particularly simple, with the beginning: On the Asidalia Plain of Mars, Lu Xiaoran and a other research team are collecting soil and bringing it back to Earth. Suddenly, the storm broke out, and the team hurriedly evacuated.

But at this moment, Lu Xiaoran was hit by the sudden flying antenna fragments and disappeared into the darkness. The storm destroyed everything, and his teammates decided that Lu Xiaoran would definitely die, so they could only abandon him and flee for their lives.

The rocket was launched, and the group escaped from Mars without incident.

On the earth, the director immediately announced the news of Lu Xiaoran's death, but what he never expected was that Lu Xiaoran did not sacrifice.

It turned out that the antenna that hit him happened to plug the crack in the spacesuit, allowing Lu Xiaoran to save his life, and he forced himself back to the research station to bandage his wounds.

The protagonist will never allow himself to be led like this.

In order to solve the food problem, Lu Xiaoran rummaged through the research station and found a box of potatoes.

The biggest problem in growing potatoes is water, so Lu Xiaoran went to find rocket fuel-hydrogen fuel.

The hydrogen in it is decomposed, the hydrogen is ignited, and water is born.

This was the beginning of the farmer's life, and soon after, the first potato seedlings on Mars were born.

After solving the food, Lu Xiaoran found that there was an ancient probe in the far east of the place, which was his magic weapon to get in touch with the earth.

This probe is Tiangong-1...

On the other side, the space agency on the earth found Lu Xiaoran's movement traces, speculated that he had found the probe, and immediately ordered someone to control Lu Xiaoran's probe and successfully established contact with him.

Just when Lu Xiaoran was waiting for rescue, the research station suddenly exploded, and Lu Xiaoran was a miracle protector and was unharmed, but unfortunately all the potatoes were blown up.

The Space Administration was also in a hurry to supply Lu Xiaoran with food, but the first supply rocket was directly crushed into slag after liftoff.

Until the Russian Space Agency came out and took the initiative to contribute boosters to help deliver supplies.

The astronaut proposed to let the supplies and the spacecraft that was returning to the earth - that is, to leave the spacecraft driven by Lu Xiaoran's team to dock, and then use the earth's gravity to accelerate to Mars.

And Lu Xiaoran on Mars used a lift-off to dock with the spacecraft that came to the rescue.

The plan was good, but it went wrong!

The rescue operation was difficult.

In order to be able to reach the orbit of the spacecraft, Lu Xiaoran not only reduced the weight of the spacecraft, but also cut the spacesuit out of the palm of his hand, used the leaked gas to control the direction, and the captain also blew up the airtight cabin to stabilize the speed of the spacecraft.

At the moment when the two of them held hands, everyone was boiling, and everyone witnessed this great interstellar rescue.

The whole movie is very rational: encounter problems, solve problems, encounter problems again, solve problems again, move forward step by step, it's that simple.

When Lu Xiaoran was filming, he grasped two points: one is to highlight the personality of the characters and let the audience experience this adventure with ease, and the other is to focus on reflecting the advantages of the movie, showing the picture of Mars and the end of the space world, so that the audience can enjoy it.

With these two foundations, and a good story, the basic plate has been guaranteed!

The final shot is Lu Xiaoran lecturing in a black suit.

A student at the bottom asked him, "Professor, what was your biggest problem when you were on Mars?"

Lu Xiaoran smiled: "The taste of potatoes is too light, I searched the entire space capsule, trying to find Chaotian pepper, but I didn't find it..."

"Aren't you worried that they won't save you?"

"Not really. ”

"Why?"

"Because we're human!"

A community with a shared future for mankind with a capital letter!

At the end of the movie, Han Mingming followed a group of people out of the screening hall with great satisfaction...