Why did the original time and space "Di Renjie's Four Heavenly Kings" fail in word-of-mouth and box office - the investment exceeded 300 million, the cumulative box office was 602 million, the box office was 240 million, and the loss was about 100 million...

The main reason is that the story is too sloppy, and many things have bugs, especially the character settings!

The most important thing that a series of films, especially commercial films, should do is to ensure the consistency of the works before and after.

This coherence is not only reflected in the simple plot line, but also in the character of the characters, the attributes of the items, the characteristics of the scene, etc., all of which must be harmoniously unified as much as possible...

It stands to reason that this shouldn't be difficult, the three movies are all the works of Xu Laowei, and the shooting interval is not too long, not to mention that they are all your own things, even if you forget that you go back and take a look.

However, there is still a problem!

Let's say Kang Longgong!

Its setting in "The Empire of Babel": Di Renjie can judge where the opponent's weapon is the most vulnerable through the sound made when the Kang Long Gong collides with other weapons, so he can use the Kang Dragon Gong to hit that weak point, so he can kill the enemy's weapon at once...

But in "The Four Heavenly Kings", it changed as soon as it came up, Di Renjie fought with that man or woman, and a bamboo stick hit him so that his joints couldn't move, because Di Renjie usually learned it by beating leaves, and Kang Longgong itself was caused by meteoric iron, so it can be indestructible whether you listen to it or not, and it is as easy to use in the hands of Yu Chi Zhenjin.

This is a typical setting to change the previous setting in order to serve the plot.

Because there is no way to change it, Chi Zhenjin, the captain of the Four Heavenly Kings Temple, can't beat the red-haired one, and Di Renjie has to block it before the monk comes, so he has to let Kang Longgong add another "insight" skill: "All skills used by the enemy troops will not be affected"...

This is not the most critical, the most unacceptable thing is the setting about Wu Zetian!

The relationship between Wu Zetian and Di Renjie in "Tongtian Empire" can be said to be the most evocative point in the whole film.

Let's put it this way, "The Empire of Babel" is the relationship between the two of them that supports the overall pattern of the whole film.

First of all, the two of them are monarchs and ministers, secondly, the two of them are confidants, again they admire each other, and finally they are political enemies.

The two images of Wu Zetian and Di Renjie are highly consistent in "solving the case", from the general direction, the two are in the same camp, but they have always been harmonious and different.

What is the image of Wu Zetian in "Tongtian Empire"?

Powerful, ambitious, skillful, ruthless, knowing, forbearing, hiding, decisive, strategizing...

It's okay to "Shendu Dragon King"...

"Shendu Dragon King" was when Di Renjie just entered the dynasty, and the relationship between Wu Zetian and Di Renjie was very delicate at the beginning of "Shendu Dragon King", because Wu Zetian found that Di Renjie would not listen to her at all, and at this time, Wu Zetian's setting can be seen that there is no "Tongtian Empire" is so mature, and what can be seen is that Wu Zetian has shown enough ambition and desire for power as a diva, she has repeatedly crossed Li Zhi's orders, but she is not calm enough, and even has a little jealousy of Oiran as a woman, some people say that there has been a gap of twenty years, and the Empress Wu has a growth trajectory that is more real!

When it comes to "The Four Heavenly Kings", this is unacceptable!

The most fatal thing in "The Four Heavenly Kings" is the flattening and gendering of Wu Zetian's image.

Flattening of the characters... It can also be said, after all, there are too many characters to tell, and Wu Zetian is regarded as an NPC!

The most disgusting thing is the plot of "aliens pretending to be Wu Zetian to lure Di Renjie"!

The time of "The Four Heavenly Kings" is twenty-one years before Wu Zetian became the emperor, we all know that Wu Zetian is the oldest emperor in the history of our country to ascend the throne, she ascended the throne at the age of sixty-seven, and Wu Zetian was forty-six years old at that time in "The Four Heavenly Kings"!

Some people say it's not a trick of aliens!

But what I want to say is that Xu Laowei or other screenwriters, as the architect, should not have this kind of unacceptable idea.

What does such an idea prove? It proves that the Wu Zetian they constructed, in addition to being a politician, also has such a setting as a "beautiful woman".

Once there is this setting, the relationship between Wu Zetian and Di Renjie has to add a relationship between a "beautiful woman" and a "talented man", and the two of them will inevitably have a certain ambiguity, and this ambiguity is put together with the kind of competing political relationship in "Tongtian Empire" and "Shendu Dragon King", which makes a relationship with high intentions fall down all of a sudden, which makes people feel sick.

So, for a series, the setting is really a very important thing.

The biggest problem with "The Four Heavenly Kings" is that the setting changes are chaotic, and it is very random, this movie is rotten, but the worst thing is that it is placed in a series of movies, and a rotten one will affect the previous ones.

Not to mention that the overall framework of the film is nothing to see in itself, except for the special effects...

In addition, during the same period, I encountered "The Richest Man in Xihong City", and the film schedule was directly crushed...

(Di Renjie's series is really a pity, a masterpiece of domestic heavy industry films!Datang version of approaching science!)

……

The so-called cinematic universe, the main thing is linkage!

It is not necessary to have a few sequel movies to bear this title, a unique world view, an infinitely extended story system, and complex character relationships are all necessary conditions to become a cinematic universe.

"Jin Wuwei, Dali Temple, and the Inhuman Race can all be independent...... You can communicate more with Lu Yang, he is tinkering with the "Sword Rain" universe right now..."

"Okay, I'll try..."

Xu Xiake thought about it seriously, and then nodded...

"Let's talk about it next, in the future, in addition to costume martial arts and magic dramas, we will also focus on science fiction, action and eroticism... It's not, romance!"

Nima, almost told the truth...

"Ahem... Therefore, we need to initially establish a film industry system, and we need a lot of people who understand the American film industry, starting from the second half of the year, you plan about ten people to go to the United States to study, and we will bear all the expenses for half a year each!"

After waiting for a few seconds, no one spoke, and Zhang Junsheng asked: "... Are there any questions?"

Zhao Yijun hesitated for a moment, but still asked, "Mr. Zhang, their variety show department has an idea." ”

"What does the variety show department have to do with the film department?"

"That's right, they want to make a special episode of "Dad, Where Are You Going", and then it will be screened in theaters..."

“…”

Is "Where Are You Going, Dad" a big movie?

This one... How do you say this?

Zhang Junsheng hesitated, not knowing how to answer...

From a filmmaking point of view, variety movies are definitely a fucking thing, but... But it makes money!

"Where Are You Going, Dad" movie, box office 700 million yuan;

"Run, Brother" tested the waters of the big movie, and the box office reached 260 million four days after its release;

Then I was scolded miserably!

This kind of lazy and slippery pure fan movie is very undesirable!

Yuehua, as a leading content manufacturing industry in China, if even it does this kind of thing, it is estimated that the audience will completely lose confidence in domestic films...

"Forget it, if this kind of movie is made, you may be scolded to death... In this way, talk to Gu Yongjiang and let him open up an online theater in Yuehua Video, and launch the "Where Are You Going, Dad" movie Yuehua Video exclusively, and the ticket price will be set... It's set at five dollars, and VIP is two dollars five..."

Rich don't make bastards!

Fan movies also have the gameplay of fan movies, if you don't go to theaters, let's just make it into an online movie, you won't scold me!