Chapter 129: Animated Warfare
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Britney's new iPod advertising effect is immediate, if you want to talk about the unprecedented idol of the times, besides Britney, it is really difficult to cite a second character who can go hand in hand.
Regardless of whether there is a Fire Lion record or the move of the Endeavour elite, among some media and the public, the Britney Effect has been compared to the Madonna of the year, and no one has said that Britney is the second Madonna in "history".
But the claim of Madonna's successor began to circulate after the charity concert on 10.11.
Of course, compared to the chaos and indulgence of Madonna after she became famous, Britney has undoubtedly been dominated by a positive image so far, especially after the charity concert.
This also made the previous cooperation with Britney, such as McDonald's, Pepsi and other businesses profitable, and the iPod obviously benefited from the benefits of the "Britney Effect" this time, and it has fiercely brushed its presence among the public.
In addition, the fact that the iPod has been sold out at major retailers has been in the news, which has also made the public interested in this MP3 music player.
iPod sales exceeded 900,000 units in the first month, and if it weren't for the fact that such a hot craze was not expected, and the inventory was insufficient, it would not be a joke to break through one million in the first month.
But even so, the iPod technology surprise is enough to make a number of electronics manufacturers stunned, not only Sony is wary of this, but even Microsoft, which also released the latest indos-XP this month, has not been able to suppress Apple's limelight.
On the basis of inheriting the in98, indos-XP greatly expands the functionality, practicability and convenience of the Windows operating system.
If in95 and in98 laid the foundation of the empire, then indos-XP is definitely the anchor that will allow Microsoft to completely get rid of the cloud of the bursting of the NASDAQ bubble and fully grow into an empire in the IT world.
Since then, Microsoft's sales and profits in a quarter are comparable to those of most other companies throughout the year.
The unprecedented success of indos-XP has also allowed PCs to completely beat all competitors, and with the re-expansion of the PC market, Apple's Mac market share has also declined.
At this point, even Steve Jobs couldn't help but say in hindsight that Sid had made the iPod compatible with PC and Mac machines in a forward-looking manner.
Otherwise, the iPod would never have been as popular as it is today, and although it has been on the market for a short time, its huge profit margins are unmatched by Mac machines.
What's more, the iPod is smaller, and the same volume of warehouse can store more products, so the average storage cost is lower. So no matter how you look at it, iPod is a better product with more potential.
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For most people, Apple is an electronics and computer company, but few people know that Steve Jobs, who is at the helm of Apple, is also one of Hollywood's powerful players, as he is also the owner of the famous Pixar animation studio.
For the European and American animation industry, this year can definitely be regarded as a big year for animation.
In the early spring, DreamWorks Animation's iconoclastic animated film, "Shrek" struck a big first week with $42.3 million, and the film was a bumper hit at the box office, earning excellent results among critics and audiences alike.
In the nearly 30 weeks that followed, "Shrek" earned a total of $484 million at home and abroad at the global box office, making a good start to this year's animation boom.
After that, the rising blue sky animation studio put their new film in the hot season of the summer file, "Madagascar", which tells the wild adventure of the animals in the metropolis, debuted in the hot summer file, with a score of $47.2 million in the first week, surpassing the record of 42 million of "Shrek" in one fell swoop.
Taking advantage of the east wind of the summer season, "Madagascar" also won a global record of 532 million US dollars from home and abroad in 20 weeks with a higher explosion and better craze!
In such a fierce background of going hand in hand and competing for each other, the new film "Monster Inc" of Pixar, the former king of 3D animation, is finally long overdue.
"Monster Inc.", which is scheduled for November 2, although there is also "monster" in the title, but this is a completely different story from "Shrek".
In the world of monsters, their energy is obtained by scary experts who travel to the "dangerous" human world to scare children.
But for the monsters, the "dangerous" human children are actually a highly toxic world, and they must scare the children in this "dangerous" environment without contact to obtain energy.
And the protagonist of the animation is the strongest monster partner Sally and Mike in the monster power company. But after knowing that they had accidentally broken into the human world once, a two-year-old "dangerous and poisonous" human girl entered the world of monsters.
This turns everything upside down, and our protagonists slowly change in the process.
As soon as the results of "Monster Inc" on the first day of the first day on Friday, November 2 were released, they shocked four - $17.8 million!
On the second day, $26.5 million, and on the third day, $18.2 million.
The three-day result of the first weekend exceeded $62.5 million in one fell swoop!
Not only did this break the previous record for "Madagascar", but it also broke the record for the highest first-week box office in all history of animation!
I have to say that the Thanksgiving schedule at the end of the year is indeed an excellent schedule that is not inferior to the summer schedule for cartoons.
Pixar, on the other hand, faced the continuous pressure of DreamWorks and Blue Sky Studios, and successfully won back a city in the face of danger.
"Monster Inc.", whether it is explosive or long-term popularity, has shown an extraordinary level, and has effectively defended Pixar's position as the king of animation!
And between the iconoclastic spoof of "Shrek" and the unconventional wild adventure of "Madagascar", "Monster Inc." uses a delicate and smooth plot to move people's hearts.
Starting from the fairy tale idea of "the monster under the bed", which is well-known in the European and American world, and extending this amazing animated story, "Monster Inc." skillfully combines the childlike innocence of adults with the sincerity of children.
Once again, they demonstrated their masterful storytelling skills, which can be said to be perfect beyond DreamWorks Animation and Blue Sky Studios in this regard.
At the same time, in terms of technology, when "Shrek" and "Madagascar" were still using relatively simple modeling textures and a sword-oriented art style to avoid their respective technical shortcomings. For mobile phone users, please browse M. Reading for a better reading experience.