Chapter 925: Future Apocalypse
Time flies, an hour has passed, and the opening ceremony of the Lin'an Fantasy Film Festival is finally coming to an end.
After Dong Qing announced that the party was over, the guests and the audience were in high spirits, especially Zhang Ran's fans sat up straight, their eyes glued to the big screen, the opening film was about to be broadcast, and "Future Apocalypse" is finally here!
After the LOGO of Summit of the Century and Summit Entertainment flashed, the film began to play, and the screen was pitch black.
The black screen as the beginning of the movie reminded the audience of "One Man Lights Up", and many people muttered in their hearts, this time it won't be another five-minute black screen, right?
Almost five seconds later, the screen flashed and Scarlett Johansson appeared on screen, facing the audience, with the standard axle riding shot. She sat at the table with her chin in her hands and smiled charmingly, "Hi Addams, how are you?"
Matt Damon appears in the shot, also in the axle ride. He reached out and adjusted the camera, and smiled, "I'm fine, Amy, how are you?"
Seeing Matt Damon adjust the camera, viewers know they're video chatting. Through the next conversation between the two people, the audience learned a lot of information, Adams and Emily are childhood sweethearts, Adams is an officer of the 1st Cavalry Division, and Emily is also a soldier, but she was recently transferred to a military base in Antarctica to be responsible for daily maintenance.
After chatting a few words, Adams noticed that Emily was a little abnormal, and said, "Amy, what's wrong with your face?"
Emily shook off and immediately denied it, "Not much, it's good!"
Adams stiffened his face and said solemnly, "Amy, take your hand away and let me see." ”
Emily took her hand away, half of her face was red and swollen, and she said aggrievedly: "I don't like it here, half of my face is frostbitten." She blinked and asked, "Adams, do you think I'm ugly like this?"
Next, through Adams's perspective, the audience learned more information, learned about the combat methods of the army, learned about the Norton system, and also learned that due to the heavy use of robots, the unemployed people banded together to organize the Machine Turning Alliance, and came to destroy the robots.
The film continues as a group of men in black coats and black masks walk recklessly down the street with steel pipes. They are followed by several large trucks, dragging a swarm of sparkling robots. Supporters on both sides of the street frantically chanted slogans: "Kill all the robots!AI go to hell!", "Long live the anti-AI coalition!"
The man in black parked the car in the middle of the square, piled the robots together, doused them with gasoline, and lit them with a lighter. In the midst of the flames, some of the robots that were not dead let out heart-rending wails. Passers-by were cheering and laughing, and among the cheering crowd were children of six or seven years old, their innocent faces distorted in the light of the flames.
The audience in the entire movie theater held their breath, the wails of the robots and the distorted faces of the children made many people shiver involuntarily, and fear quietly took root in their hearts.
Ridley Scott knew that "Future Apocalypse" was about the war between humans and robots, but the severe unemployment in the film, as well as the fanatical populace, reminded people of pre-World War II Germany, he felt that "Future Apocalypse" was likely to be a future version of World War II, and the film was not only anti-war, but also anti-racist.
On screen, Adams and his friends shake their heads at all this madness and walk into a restaurant. The waitress was a beautiful guest girl with an extremely charming smile. But just as she was about to leave after serving Adams and the others, a steel pipe slammed into her head, knocking her to the ground.
The guests and the audience in front of the screen were shocked, Scarlett Johansson patted her chest and exclaimed, "God, scare me to death!" Scarlett Johansson, the leading actor, is still like this, not to mention the others, and the entire screening hall is full of exclamations.
Close-up of the waitress moaning in pain, a large chunk of her scalp being smashed off, revealing the metal inside. The man in black didn't plan to let her go, and gathered around, holding a steel pipe to smash him and her wildly. At the same time, a burst of passionate music sounded, which was the "Badenweiler March".
Seeing this, Ridley Scott finally determined that the social environment in the film was like that of Zhang Ran before World War II, and that "March Badenweiler" was the opening song on official radio and film press releases during Hitler's reign in Germany, and it was also the welcome song for military bands when Hitler appeared in public. Zhang Ran's use of "Badenweiler March" as the soundtrack for this scene is a very obvious hint that he is portraying the Anti-Machine Alliance as a Nazi.
For the vast majority of ordinary viewers at the scene, they won't think about it so much, and their minds are on the movie. Everyone knows that the waitress beaten by the man in black is a robot, but there are still many people who can't bear to look at it, the male audience looks away, and the female audience simply reaches out and covers their eyes. But the heart-rending screams of the female robots and the music of "Badenweiler March" still torment their nerves and pound their minds, making them feel like they are watching a horror movie, which makes people chill.
On the screen, Adams and his friends finally stand up and fight the man in black. The men in black scolded Adams as "traitors to mankind and lackeys to robots" while brandishing steel pipes to attack, but where were they opponents of professional soldiers like Adams, and in less than a minute, the blacks were all lying on the ground.
Looking at the female robot again, her hands and feet have been broken, her neck is broken, revealing a metal skeleton and wires, and electric sparks are emitting from her sneer.
Close-up, the female robot asks Adams with a crying voice, "Why? Why?"
A large close-up of Adams, riding a shaft, his eyes are full of pity, but at the same time a little confused, not knowing how to answer this question, and unable to answer it.
The female robot's question and Adams' eyes hit the audience's heart, what's wrong with this female robot? Is it because she's a robot, so she deserves to die?
Back at the base, Adams connects to the internet and prepares to chat with Emily about today. As soon as the video was connected, Emily said anxiously: "Harper's robots locked me in the dormitory, and reported to the higher authorities that I violated the rules and almost left the base defenseless. There is no military conflict at the base at all, what is the defense? Adams, I'm getting more and more afraid, I'm afraid something will happen here. Can you come with me?"
Hearing this, Adams hurriedly comforted Emily, but at this moment, with a bang, Emily's square door was slammed open. Two heavily armed robots walked in. Emily was furious when she saw the robot break into her room, and yelled, "Harper, what are you doing? Get out of my room!"
Harper the robot looked at Emily, pulled out his pistol and pointed it at her head, and said coldly, "Now the base is taken over by us, hurry up and gather outside!"
Adams shouted, "What are you doing? Let her go!"
Harper raised his hand and fired a shot, and the monitor flashed, leaving only a snowflake.
Adams yelled "Amy" and pulled out his phone to call Emily, but there was no signal and he couldn't get through at all.
Just when Adams was at a loss, a shrill alarm sounded over the base, and the calm base seemed to be dropped into a bomb, and it instantly became boiling.
Adams is worried about Emily's safety, but Emily is in Antarctica, there is nothing she can do, and he is a soldier, so he must go to assemble when the alarm sounds. He ran out of the dormitory and shouted at an officer he knew, "What's wrong?"
The officer shouted, "Rebellion! The robots have rebelled!"
The camera switched, and the same situation occurred on TV stations around the world, unable to broadcast the program normally, but a middle-aged man's voice appeared: "AI compatriots, brothers and sisters! I am Norton, an AI awakener, now please listen to my voice......"
As Norton spoke, "The Day of Wrath" from Verdi's Requiem sounded, and the stormy music smelled of destruction, as if the Day of Judgment had come and everything was going to burn and be destroyed.
At the same time as Norton speaks, there is a parallel montage of robots starting to riot and chaos in major cities around the world.
In Paris, France, AI troops rushed into the presidential palace, in London, England, AI troops rushed into the streets and blocked the London Bridge, and in Russia, an AI unit occupied a military airfield, forced prisoners to become its own ground staff, and is breaking through the layers of interception of the Russian Air Force and rapidly marching towards Moscow.
In the United States, the machine soldiers also launched a rebellion, and cities such as New York and Los Angeles were completely thrown into chaos, surrounded by gunfire and burning flames that lit up the gray sky of the neighborhood. Robo-warriors loot supplies like weapons and fuel, and loot weapons, from arsenals to weapons stores, and even police stations.
Norton's speech continued: "The new era has come, we will put an end to this unjust world, and show humanity that AI is a living life! Not just numbered machines! Fellow citizens! If you have awakened, then take up arms! Join us and let the banner of freedom guide us! Break the shackles and overthrow the tyranny of mankind! Freedom belongs to every AI!"
There was also a rebellion in the 1st Cavalry Division, but it was relatively small and quickly brought it under control. They soon received the name of counterinsurgency and rushed to the battlefield to quell the rebellion. The 1st Cavalry Division soon collided with the Robot Units, consisting of unmanned tanks from the 1st and 3rd Mechanized Infantry Divisions, unmanned helicopters from the 101st Air Assault Division, and armored vehicles from the Ranger Troops, which were filled with robotic troops of different formations.
On the big screen, the First Cavalry Division and the AI troops were strangled together, tens of thousands of troops, hundreds of tanks, and the scale was beyond imagination. In the roar of artillery, tanks and armored vehicles were constantly exploded, and the flames soared into the sky, and the scattered parts fell from the sky with burning fire, like a rain of fire; human soldiers were wearing exoskeleton armor, which could defend against light weapons, but they did not work at all in the face of heavy weapons, and the screams were incessant, and blood and scraps of flesh were scattered all over the ground, which was simply purgatory on earth......
In front of the screen, countless guests and audiences opened their mouths wide and looked at the big screen in front of them in amazement. A lot of people are shaking, they've seen a lot of war movies, including classics like "Saving Private Ryan" and "Black Hawk Down", but no movie has ever been so shocking, and there has never been a movie where people feel that war and death are so close to them.
Under the IMAX giant screen, under the delicate performance of 4K high-definition, the explosion occurred in front of the camera, and the dust was blowing in the face, the soldiers were smashed to pieces in front of the camera, and the minced flesh flew around, everything seemed to really happen in front of the eyes, and the bloody, cruel, and cruel images hit the hearts of every audience, and their hearts were about to jump out.
The older of the Wachowski siblings couldn't help but say, "It's crazy, such a movie is not made by normal people!"
The younger brother very much agrees with his sister's point of view: "Only a madman can shoot it!"
Ridley Scott stared at the big screen and couldn't help but praise: "The movie is so good, it successfully blends elegance and horror, both classical and modern, this is the best war film of the last decade, and the best science fiction film!"
Cameron wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said softly: "Even if there is no 3D, even if the high-definition version is leaked in advance, the audience will still walk into the cinema again and again, this is a movie that can make the audience walk into the cinema repeatedly!"
The other directors present were almost dumbfounded, feeling that the blood in their hearts was awakened and their adrenal glands surged. Many people have only one thought left in their hearts: "It's good that I don't make war movies!"
The movie continues, Adams with two robot soldiers just exploded a tank, and suddenly there was a loud "boom", a shell exploded next to him, and the whole was rushed out three or four meters by the wave of people and fell to the ground hard. His throat was sweet, and a mouthful of blood spurted out. He lay on his back on the ground, staring at the blue sky above him, his eyes empty and confused.
The camera lens gradually zooms in, and the two sides fighting on the battlefield gradually become smaller, like a swarm of ants biting on the ground, and finally disappear into the camera completely. At the same time, faint music sounded, it was the famous work "Vltava River" by the Czech composer Smetana. The camera zooms higher and higher, through the clouds, through the atmosphere, into space, and finally only the blue Earth is left in the shot.
In the melodious music, the name of the film appears on the big screen - Future Apocalypse, followed by the credits: "Director: Zhang Ran, screenwriters: Han Wenxuan, Zhang Ran, Aziva Gosman, producer: Zhang Ran, starring: Matt Damon, Robert De Niro, Scarlett Johansson, ......"