Chapter 355: The Curtain Opens
"It is rumored that radio and television banned "Kung Fu Panda", and the mainland premiere on May 27 was lost?"
According to Sina.com's report, scheduled to be released in North America on May 13 Eastern Time, Beijing time on May 27 in Chinese mainland released "Kung Fu Panda" was blocked again, in the pioneering artist Zhao Bandi and others led the call for action, the voice of boycotting "Kung Fu Panda" has become more and more intense, although "Kung Fu Panda" has passed the review of the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television, there is no problem with the content style, but recently it has been rumored that Radio and Television will postpone the release of the film, or even completely ban it.
Boycott or not boycott? Why? This topic that has caused widespread controversy among the media in Chinese mainland has long been not limited to film entertainment, but culture, society, etc., NetEase said that "boycotting 'Kung Fu Panda' is a manifestation of cultural weakness", Baidu Entertainment reported that "Zhao Bandi wants "Kung Fu Panda" to 'get out', netizens said that it is boring", "Oriental Morning Post" said "There is a calculation behind the boycott of "Kung Fu Panda", Tencent reported "boycott "Kung Fu Panda", artist: I boycott American culture", netizens called for "boycott " 5 Reasons Why Kung Fu Panda "...... Some people say that the trailer and story introduction of the panda Po are lazy and eaty, which damages the image of the national treasure, some people say that the animal image of the supporting characters in it is insulting to China, and some people point out that director Steve O'Decock's previous work "Kunbao Punches" insulted and slandered Chinese kung fu. Flame movies have always had a sweet relationship with mainland audiences, and a large number of viewers who support "Kung Fu Panda" question why Flame BOSS Wang Yang, as a Chinese who has practiced martial arts since childhood, would smear kung fu, smear pandas, and smear Chinese?
Some people say that Wang Yang is a traitor, he uses Chinese elements to help Yankees earn Chinese hard-earned money, this goods pretend to love China, but he has never been China's own people or good friends, he smeared pandas to please Yankees, so that he will be more popular in the United States and be able to enter high society.
WHO SAID THESE CRAZY WORDS? WHETHER IT IS TIANYA FORUM, CAT FLUTTER, BAIDU POST BAR AND OTHER PLACES WANG YANG FANS AND FANS ARE DISDAINFUL OF THIS, A LITTLE UNDERSTANDING KNOWS THE MAGIC YANG'S ATTITUDE TOWARDS CHINA AND CHINESE CULTURE, FOR EXAMPLE, SOME TIME AGO DURING THE LUNAR NEW YEAR, EVERY YEAR WANG YANG IN HIS PERSONAL BLOG AND WEBSITE AND FLAME MOVIE ON THE OFFICIAL WEBSITE WILL GIVE THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE A NEW YEAR GREETING, THIS YEAR WANG YANG AND JESSICA TOOK A NEW YEAR VIDEO AND UPLOADED IT TO YOUTUBE.
"Wishing you prosperity! Wishing you prosperity!" At that time, the websites reprinted the report, the background of the video image is the living room, Wang Yang and Jessica are both dressed in traditional red festive clothes, with a joyful smile, and there is a white Labrador wearing a "Fu" dress around the two, they smile and greet the New Year: "I wish you all a happy new year! In the new year, happiness and health, family happiness, and all the best!"
Both of them spoke Mandarin, and Jessica, who was not too fluent, stopped and turned her head to look at him with a smile, Wang Yang continued to laugh: "All the beautiful words are blessed to everyone!" But I know that many children and adults want that sentence the most......" He spread out his left hand: "The left hand receives the red envelope and receives a soft hand!" Jessica then spread out her right hand and said with a smile: "Take the gift in your right hand and get cramps!" The two laughed happily, high-fived their left and right hands, and Wang Yang said mysteriously: "Danny also has something to say to everyone." ”
"Danny, what are you going to say?" Jessica smiled and stroked Danny's head, told it to sit down, and the two of them each grabbed one of Danny's hands and asked it to say New Year's greetings, just as Danny's expression was innocent, at this time, the video dubbed several of its barks: "Wang! Wang!" At the same time, the subtitle reads: "Danny wishes everyone a Happy New Year!Happy-Ne-Year!Happy-Spring-Sestival!" At the end of the video, the two blessed again: "Happy New Year!"
This year, Wang Yang also continued to pay New Year's greetings on the blog, and because he came to China for the festival, he uploaded a lot of photos of plum blossoms and lively streets in Wuhan East Lake, and he personally translated a large number of ancient Chinese poems about plum blossoms and the New Year into English versions, and revealed: "The ending of "Firefly" will contain a Tang poem. ”
As a third-generation Chinese immigrant, he can speak fluent Chinese, write Chinese characters that are not ugly, and have a lot of study of traditional culture. The boycott of "Kung Fu Panda" is just the self-hype of some people, and maybe those artists are very happy that "Kung Fu Panda" appeared and provided them with this opportunity to become famous.
However, some people say that some people will believe it, for example, some people believe that Wang Yang, who married early, is actually a homosexual or bisexual, and recently some Internet rumors have emerged, Wang Yang has publicly stated that "I am not Chinese", "Chinese quality is very poor", "Zhang Yimou is a garbage" and so on, all his seemingly good intentions are for the Chinese market. There is no video, no source of reporting, only forwarding, but the number of black people has increased sharply for a while, just like viral marketing, Wang Yang has also been criticized and accused by many well-known people.
Not only "Kung Fu Panda" has to boycott, but now those people even have to boycott "Firefly", the reason is that first, to ban Wang Yang, and second, the world background of "Firefly" is suspected of smearing the Chinese government and Chinese, according to reports, Star Alliance is not a just force, they hope that radio and television will not pass the review of "Firefly".
Wang Yang really felt very sad and very sad when he learned of his predicament on the Chinese Internet, and those people simply did not distinguish between right and wrong, and were unreasonable! This is the so-called embarrassment, confusion, and pain of identity for immigrants; in the United States, he has suffered racial discrimination since he was a child, and he has worked hard to break the bamboo ceiling and be successfully sought after; in China, some people say that you are not welcome here, get out! What did he do that deserved their anger? What did he do that deserved their anger? Aren't you afraid that Old Man Wu will crawl out of the coffin and beat him? Hell!
"Amazing Yang, don't pay attention to those boring people, I will always top you!", "Yangyang, even this summer vacation is waiting for your "Firefly"! Looking forward to it!", "Uncle is angry, we love you with fried rice!...... However, looking at the voices of Chinese fans who support him, Wang Yang feels full of fighting spirit, no matter the United States, China or anywhere, there are people who like him and people who don't like him, so let's shut up the Yangni people all over the world with "Kung Fu Panda" and "Firefly"! The more they sing, the more they boycott, and the higher the box office! He just doesn't understand why the little girls call him uncle, and if he is married, he becomes Odd Wang? Fried rice is the name of his fans, and he was curious to Google the original origin of "Yang Congee Fried Rice".
In any case, Flame Films has not received bad news from the China Radio and Television Bureau and China Film Group, and despite the noise, "Kung Fu Panda" will land in theaters in Chinese mainland on May 27 as scheduled. The crew also adopted a baby panda from the Chengdu Giant Panda Base, named "Po", and another panda cub named "YOUKA" is also attracting the attention of tourists, and it is said that it is a panda adopted by Wang Yang and Jessica during their honeymoon.
This year's Cannes Film Festival will open on the evening of May 11, local time in France, and "Kung Fu Panda" creator director Steve O'Udecock, Po voice actor Jack Black and others also went to Cannes to promote the festival. Flame & Blue Sky Studios is so confident in this hilarious and inspirational cartoon that it has already begun preparations for the production of "Kung Fu Panda 2" before it is released, and it is expected to be released in the summer of 2008 three years later.
Wang Yang, who is "idle", also plans to go to Cannes, France, in addition to making up for the excitement of "Kung Fu Panda", he also has to promote "Firefly" with Robert Downey Jr.
The North American weekly box office champion from April 29th to May 5th was won by the new 50 million cost sci-fi film "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy", with a first-week box office of 25.98 million, with a freshness of 60%/54% and a liking of 65% on Rotten Tomatoes. This summer can be described as a sci-fi blockbuster, with the big directors appearing with their new films, and the death of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" is really a bit insignificant, so fans are too lazy to sarcastically satirize it.
However, when the 130 million production behemoth "Heavenly Dynasty" collapsed, the media and fans exploded! 19.63 million in the opening weekend, with a freshness of 39%/51% on Rotten Tomatoes, another "epic bad movie"! And the person who filmed it was the great director Ridley Scott! The one who directed "Alien", "Blade Runner", "Flower of the End", "Gladiator", "Black Hawk Down" The 67-year-old British man, who waited for classic films, was scolded by ruthless film critics like the winner of the Triple Zhuang, the worst director of Jin Sumei: "Very ambitious, but boring" and "failed"...... It's just that Ridley Scott is really very wronged, although he is a big director, he does not have the final editing rights, after completing the 194-minute director's cut of "Heavenly Dynasty", the producer 20th Century Fox is too long, and the length must be shortened! So in desperation, Ridley Scott and editor Dodi Dawn and others cut out the 145-minute theatrical version that is now released, and was smashed all over by stinky Rotten Tomatoes.
Wang Yang has seen the 194-minute version in his mind, which is shocking and tragic, and the 145-minute theatrical version is not comparable to it, only a sigh, Ridley Scott should really use "Alan-Smithee" to sign it.
Alan Smith is a well-deserved king of bad movies, he shoots movies, TV series, music videos, music videos, and almost all forms of images, all of which are as bad as they are, he is not alone, but the official vest of the Directors Guild of America. Since its first creation in 1968, once the director wants to draw a line of disconnection with a certain project because of such and such contradictions, and refuses to admit that the pile of things is his handiwork, he can use this pseudonym as a substitute ghost to protect his reputation with the audience.
This pseudonym was most popular in the '80s and '90s, but Allen Smith's fame grew as some directors broke the ban on discussing it, and in 1997 producer Joe Ezerthas saw a business opportunity for the name, and the action film "An Allen Smith Movie: Burns Hollywood Burns" (Double Dragons and Tigers) was released in 1998 with a production cost of 10 million and only 52,850 global box office, winning three of the seven nominations of Golden Sour Plum.
This is a comedy that satirizes Hollywood, and it is also a story about how unlucky and tragic a director can be, it tells the story of a new director Alan Smith in the process of filming the most expensive action movie of all time, "Trio", the director is constantly being criticized by the producer, starring stars (Stallone, Jackie Chan and others personally cameo himself) and others, so "Trio" became a bad movie, and the director decided to wear a bulletproof vest from the union, but tragically, he himself was called Alan Smith.
"Stupid gimmicks make a terrible movie. "Amazingly bad. ......USA Today said it was: "A steaming pile of garbage." "The worst negative was that it brought Alan Smith to the attention of the media public, the vest was exposed, and the Directors Guild of America announced the end of the pseudonym in 2000. However, it is often new directors and TV directors who are not well-known who can wear vests, and big directors have been constantly promoting from the beginning, and they will never escape.
If Wang Yang messes up this summer, no matter what is signed by Alan Smith, Kevin Smith, or Will Smith, film critics who have been waiting for a long time will not let him go, especially the producer himself, but Wang Yang believes that "Firefly" does not have to work with any Smith.
In the list of "Top 10 Most Anticipated Movies of the Summer" listed by many media magazines, "Firefly" is included in "Empire", "Variety", "Hollywood Reporter", "Salon", "Vanity Fair" and so on.
For example, Yahoo Entertainment's list: No. 1 "Star Wars Prequel 3: Revenge of the Sith" directed by George Lucas, No. 2 "Firefly" directed by Wang Yang, and No. 3 "Heavenly Dynasty" directed by Ridley Scott.
No. 4 "War of the Worlds" directed by Steven Spielberg, No. 5 "Iron Fist Man" directed by Ron Howard, No. 6 "Batman: Time to Go to War" directed by Darren Aronofsky, No. 7 "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" directed by Tim Burton, No. 8 "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" directed by Doug Liman, No. 9 "Escape from Clone Island" directed by Michael Bay, No. 10 "Fantastic Four" Tim Storey.
In addition, blockbusters such as "Kung Fu Panda", "Madagascar", "Top Secret Flight", and "Brothers Grimm" will also appear in the TOP10 of some other media.
Among these 10 directors, 3 are Oscar Best Director, 5 are nominated, 5 are among the top 10 directors in the North American box office list, and 6 can be called big directors.
"Father of Star Wars" George Lucas, "Unearthed Relic" Spielberg, "Pokémon" Wang Yang, "Good Citizen" Ron Howard, "Gothic Genius" Tim Burton, "Blade Gladiator" Ridley Scott, and the "Sad Knight" Darren Aronofsky, the first-class commercial "Explosive Maniac" Michael Bay, "Spy" director Doug Liman, that is, Tim Storey, is not famous, all with the comic book name of "Fantastic Four" and more than 100 million investment to enter the top ten.
Which of the six big directors and Bang Bei is not a well-known figure? Which one can use Alan Smith? How long has it been since the summer vacation file has been so lively, all of them have come together, who will be the overall box office champion of the summer vacation file? Who will become the Oscar favorite? This summer is destined to be a carnival festival for the media and fans.
Now the first to appear in the field of Ridley Scott was the first to die, and then the champion of the various expectation lists, "Star Wars Prequel 3", will be released worldwide on May 19, George Lucas is waiting for the test, "Star Wars Prequel 3" was selected as the opening film of this year's Cannes Film Festival as early as February, and then it was rescheduled to show on Sunday, May 15, and then there will be test screenings across the United States, and its mystery will be revealed earlier than the release date.
Among the 10 directors, there is no doubt that more than half of the North American film critics are staring at the runner-up and third runner-up on the expectation list "Firefly" staring at Wang Yang, Ridley Scott is 67 years old, Darren Aronofsky is 36 years old, and Wang Yang is 25 years old, but "Firefly" will enjoy the "highest" treatment in the film critics' industry, this young man is too arrogant and angry, don't blame them for being too strict, this is what he brought on himself! And it makes them even more angry, this guy continues to be privileged and continues to be mysterious to the end, "Firefly" did not arrange a test screening! Cannes no, nowhere else.
"Wang Yang, Wang Yang!" film critics sharpened their knives to pigs and sheep, George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, Wang Yang...... Wang Yang!!
Time passes day by day, the Cannes Film Festival is about to open, and Wang Yang is about to set off. "MUMA!MUMA——" On the lawn in front of the house, Wang Yang bent over and kissed his beloved wife's belly frantically and gently, nearly two months pregnant, her lower abdomen still has not changed significantly, but she feels that her waist is slightly wider, not as compact and slender as before, once, twice, three times, this trip is planned for a week, he kissed seven times, and then smiled at the baby: "Dad is going to Cannes! Sunshine, beaches, beauties, movies!"
"Have fun!" Jessica rubbed his head vigorously, a two-month-old pregnant woman could fly, but she didn't want to leave home, she was in charge of coordinating the promotion of "Firefly" in Los Angeles. Wang Yang, who stood up, pursed his lips: "Come, French beauty, farewell kiss! I will take it with me for seven days." Jessica rolled her eyes charmingly, but still raised the corners of her mouth: "You're so annoying!"
(To be continued)