Probably no one knows the role of online media better than Levy. In the 90s, when people in Hollywood were still paying attention to print media and TV media, Levy had already begun to tell Bruce to meddle in the film and television review stations on the Internet.

Bruce is not a person who can do too many practical things, and Levy asked him to do these online reviews, obviously with his own identity as a film critic, but he has never done a good job.

Fortunately, these sites were not very valuable in the initial stage, and with Lewicken's money invested, Bruce still occupied some rights in these sites. For Levy, that's enough.

Unlike Theron, who showed a strong interest in these things, Levy didn't really think that online comments mattered.

First of all, the rating system itself is not rigorous - in Levy's memory, in IMDB, as long as it is a superhero movie, it will always get a good high score - contrary to China's Douban, where all literary films are high scores - this itself is determined by popularity. Some genre films are particularly popular among certain types of people, so the scores are very high, and because of language and cultural differences, the ratings of some movies are not objective.

The most typical example is the memory of Infernal Affairs and Infernal Affairs: people who have read the Hong Kong version, no matter which country in China or the United States, think that the Hong Kong version is better when commenting. However, because English is more popular and more people have watched the American version, the American version has a higher rating than the Hong Kong version. Is it because movies are better? No, it's because of the language.

This website itself lacks rigor, and the possibility of a good movie getting a low score in this rating system is very low, but a bad movie is likely to be due to a problem with the rating system. Get a high score - in fact, since its inception, this kind of thing has never been able to influence the world of mainstream filmmakers.

It's just that this thing is really a good platform to communicate with fans. This is especially true for movie fans from other countries. Fans in other countries can't get in touch with foreign media, can't see the news, and can only understand the image of movie stars through the Internet, so the image on the Internet is likely to be an important basis for determining a person's image.

In Levy's previous life, he had seen a lot of negative news in the media. But in other countries, he is still regarded by fans as a 'pure and flower-like' person, and he is very clear about the power of the Internet.

After all, this is a big way of media publicity, and for the film industry, if you master the media, you will also have the right to speak. Levy didn't need to hold all the power in his own hands, but he didn't want others to scold him and the people around him.

"I think I'll have to think about it. How to pay more attention to the propaganda on the Internet in the future. My publicity company told me about this, but I didn't listen carefully, and I'll have to pay attention to it in the future. ”

Theron was still browsing the site and turned his head. Speaking to Levy, Levy responded to her excitement with a smile on his face.

"Technology has advanced...... With the advancement of technology, the distance between the star and the audience. It's getting smaller and smaller. But don't be too happy, people can get more and more exposure to the lives of celebrities, and celebrities will be more exposed to the audience. There will be more and more street photography. Even some more private photos will appear, and those who used to belong to the perfect women in front of the camera, I am afraid that there will be no more in the future. ”

In fact, for celebrities, the Internet is not necessarily a good thing. At least, in Levy's memory, there are quite a few people who are not very grateful to the Internet...... In the previous era, no matter how many unbearable rumors there were about Hepburn and Monroe in private, they were still perfect in the eyes of the outside world. But in later times, that can't be done.

Levy's exclamation made Theron look at him, "Seems like you're very privacy-conscious, right?" Looks like you're not a big fan of high-tech. ”

"Who said that? On the contrary, I love the technology so much - I'm not a star, no one pays attention to my life, and the technology gives me only better movies. Levy smiled, "Technology can cause trouble, but it's definitely worth it." ”

As he said this, Levy's mind drifted a little: he thought of another thing he had done when he came to Japan this time.

One of the main reasons why Levy wanted to stay in Asia was that in addition to films, he wanted to urge his own special effects companies to establish a base in Asia.

South Korea has been vigorously developing the film industry in the past two years, and it is a good time to move the special effects company in time.

In fact, before this time, Levy had already transferred a lot of special effects teams. After coming to Asia this time, he also took the time to go to South Korea to see his team.

The person in charge here is Liu Lulu, who worked at Disney back then-Levy wants to work in Asia, and in his opinion, it is better to find an Asian. Hollywood's behind-the-scenes staff is already very mobile, and with Levy's hiring, Liu Lulu also agreed to come here to take charge of his special effects team. Now that the team is ready for the basics, what they want to do is the next step. Levy came this time, and he also assigned specific tasks.

"I hope you can shoot more and simulate the environment in the real universe, and put your best efforts into this......"

That's what Levy asked of his team: to simulate the space environment. And the reason for this is because Levy knows very well that 3D movies are also an important direction for future development.

In fact, 3D technology has been around since the 90s, but the cost is too high, the technology is not mature, and it really became popular, at least after Avatar.

Moreover, even after Avatar, Levy believes that this technology is not very mature. In Levy's memory, even after Avatar, a large number of movies began to be changed to 3D versions, and countless 3D movies were produced, but in the eyes of the audience, most of the evaluations were two words: cheating money.

Is it because all of these movies are not well made? Levy doesn't think so. If one or two movies are not good, it is the director's problem, and if a large number of movies are all bad, it is a technical problem.

In Levy's view, this reason is because the distortion of movies under 3D technology is somewhat serious. This kind of technology is good for animation, but if it can be used for live-action movies, it is a little bad. Avatar can be said to be a good opportunistic trick: it chooses to shoot aliens as the main body, the alien environment is also completely virtual, alien skin, physical requirements are not as high as other movies, and the 3D shooting in such an environment covers up a lot of technical shortcomings, so that the movie can be made good.

Other movies don't have this convenience. The technology is not mature enough, and no matter how you shoot it, it can only be a failed work.

Levy didn't want people to say that he was cheating on money, and he didn't want to shoot something that was seriously distorted, which was irresponsible to the movie itself. However, he also didn't want to make cartoon-style movies. And in his memory, there are other excellent movies that use 3D technology.

In Levy's memory, the 3D effect of the movie Gravity is also quite good. Therefore, Levy also hopes to simulate the cosmic environment more in order to be able to make such a movie.

As for his request, Liu Lulu immediately expressed it at that time.

"You want to shoot a movie with a cosmic background? Science fiction movies? Liu Lulu asked rhetorically.

Levy nodded: Filming the cosmic environment will never be filming an ethical drama.

"We can get some astrophysicists to join the team and simulate the effects you said. However, you always have to tell me, what is the research direction that you value the most? ”

Liu Lulu's question made Levy frown, and after thinking about it, he spoke.

"I don't know the technical terms, so I'll say I want to make a movie, huh...... Maybe it's in the universe, maybe it's the relationship between humans and aliens, and the aliens live in a very difficult environment, a planet between two stars of centaurs......"

Levy thought about the three-body problem in his memory and said his thoughts. Since he is preparing for Da Liu to write the script, this story should also be the most likely.

However, before he finished speaking, Liu Lulu interrupted him.

"Centauri? That's impossible. ”

"Why?"

"The distance between the two stars in the constellation Centauri is 11.2 AU, and the environment of that planet is completely different from that of Earth, and the light intensity is about one-thirtieth that of Earth, which is equivalent to Jupiter, so why would aliens there want to come to Earth to live instead of going to Jupiter? Even if your hypothesis is true, there are three planets there, but the chaos of the three planets will inevitably lead to the fact that one planet will be thrown away, and the planets in between cannot survive for a long time - the chaos of the two stars in the South Gate II system is so that none of the surrounding planets can last for millions of years, and the three-body movement itself has no possibility of success......"

Regarding Liu Lulu's questioning, Levy was stunned at the time, he really didn't expect that there was such a big loophole in this theory.

"You've studied astrophysics?" Levy asked.

"No, but it's common sense." Liu Lulu raised her eyebrows, "I knew it when I was in elementary school." ”

"Elementary??"

"yes, didn't you watch cartoons in elementary school? Cybertron is set on one of the planets of the constellation Centauri, thrown into the depths of the universe...... When you watched Transformers when you were young, didn't you look at the knowledge of star track operation in the background setting? ”

The ghost will go to see it! Instead of watching a cartoon, you pay attention to the operation of Cybertron, you are completely wrong! And a little girl, what do you look at Transformers!

Originally, Levy thought that the three-body problem could already be regarded as hard science fiction, but at this time, Liu Lulu refuted it, but it made him feel as if he had been poured cold water.

However, Levy also felt a little happy about this: it may be a good thing to find the problem early - it means that he can make the movie better. (To be continued......)