Hearing Levy's retort, Alexander also knew that he had indeed underestimated Levy's thoughts.

He thought that even if Levy refuted his words, what he wanted to say would be that current science fiction movies pay too much attention to special effects and not to the problems of the movie itself. Since the development of special effects technology, most of the science fiction films now shot have invested a lot of effort in the production of special effects, making the movie quite gorgeous, but the movie itself is something they have ignored.

For example, Blade Runner is a prime example. The story concept of this movie itself is quite good, and it is also loved by many sci-fi fans. But the lens language of this movie is so bad that people can't complain. It's not the story that ruined the film, but the way the film was filmed.

Another example is The Matrix, the shock caused by this movie is amazing, and the movie is also very well shot. However, the Wachowski brothers were far less serious about movies than they were about science and technology, and when they made their films, they also put too much thought into how to make the characters in the movies look cooler - this is not a bad thing, but it does not help the film itself too much, and it produces a lot of waste shots.

Science fiction movies often have to pursue the box office because of large investment and production, so it is inevitable that the movie will be gorgeous and huge, which ignores the profound content of the story or the carrier of the movie itself. There is no shortage of many science fiction novels in terms of ideology, logic, and storytelling, but in order to shoot commercial films. They were all ruined.

There are many similar examples, there are not a few good novels that have been cut into broken movies, and "Starship Paratroopers" has been castrated by the Star River Troopers. It's also a clear example. Because special effects and big scenes can be sold for money, they don't care about the core, and various companies do a lot of this kind of thing.

Alexander had expected that this would be what Levy was accusing. But listening to Levy's tone, it doesn't seem that this aspect of what he is talking about. He blames more of the fact that science fiction movies focus on human nature.

Obviously, his focus. From the beginning, it was not a problem of special effects, it was a problem of shooting - as a top director, he simply did not think that he would be guilty of overshadowing the essence of the film by too many special effects. He has full confidence in his own means of making movies, and as a company owner, he also has money and does not care about the failure of making a movie. Smashed the movie. This was not something that Levy had in mind. Excessive pursuit of special effects, pursuit of scenes, and pursuit of good looks, while ignoring the connotation, this kind of thing Levy will not do.

He thinks about how a movie can be a better science fiction movie if it is made well.

This also made Alexander begin to understand Levy's determination: his vision was poisonous and his mind was big. He didn't even think about failure. Just think about how to make the movie better. When Levy talks about it now, he has completely focused on the connotation of the movie. This also made Alexander understand that this was definitely not a brain fever.

It reminded him of something else: Levy had mentioned it many times and had some ideas about science fiction movies. He has also hosted the filming of Super Heroes and X-Men, and has been trying to do this for a long time. Moreover, he has always paid attention to the special effects, and has never relaxed, it seems that unconsciously, he has been laying the groundwork for a long time.

Moreover, what Levy accused, he was also a little surprised. He accuses that science fiction movies shouldn't focus too much on human nature, which reminds Alexander of something: it seems that Spielberg is now filming the artificial intelligence that claims to be Kubrick's legacy.

If you think about it, Spielberg will definitely not shoot Kubrick's cinematic style. One director, one way, Kubrick's style would be strange if Spielberg could come out. When he makes movies, he will definitely incorporate the theme of love that he is accustomed to into the film...... Levy's words seem to be just complaints, but they seem to be going to this matter?

Could it be that Nick is really bold enough to start complaining about Spielberg? Just a few years ago, this name was the target of their pursuit, and now, Levy has begun to complain about him?

However, no matter what, if Levy really has the heart to challenge Spielberg, of course he has to help him.

"You said that science fiction movies should not focus too much attention on human nature, so what should be the connotation of science fiction movies?" With some confusion, Alexander opened his mouth to ask his own question, "The film pursues humanity because this is a more eternal and comprehensive topic, and there is nothing more extensive and universal than what human beings have in common." ”

Movies like to shoot human nature because everyone has this thing. Levy shouldn't be unaware of this truth - although Alexander didn't know much about it, he had heard Clark talk about it, and Clark had discussed it with him before Levy made the movie.

"Other films can't find anything better because other movies need to be grounded in reality. Sci-fi movies don't have this problem. Levy immediately opened his mouth, "As for what connotation science fiction movies need, I think, haven't many science fiction novels in the past already given us the answer?" ”

Alexander was silent, he was not familiar with any of them, and waited for Levy's answer.

"First of all, science fiction movies reflect the pursuit of scientific and technological progress. No science fiction movie is constant on this point, and even the more pessimistic Wilson admits that scientific progress is beneficial to human society. From the very beginning, he looked at the problem from the perspective of the entire human society, and was obsessed with the pursuit of truth and progress, which is incomparable to other movies. ”

In this regard, Alexander nodded, indeed, to say majestic, the reality system can never fight the fantasy department......

"Secondly, it is a reflection on the harm and impact of scientific and technological progress on human society. Of course, in this regard, the most popular issue is the environmental issue, because this issue is more important to the society. And in this regard, it is also considering the harm and loss to all mankind. This is also a level that other movies can't reach. ”

That's right, too...... Many science fiction works deal with the negative impact of technological development. The scientific community is perhaps the most materialistic, acknowledging that science is a double-edged sword with a high potential for negative consequences. Although they strive for more perfect technology, they never deny the negative effects.

There is nothing to argue about this: many science fiction movies now are developed from this perspective. Because scientific and technological progress has caused harm, then human suffering, entanglement, all kinds of uneasiness, and finally the protagonist opens his golden finger to save the world...... Such works. Not less.

"And the last point, it's non-anthropocentric." Levy came to the third point, "The first two points. They are all entangled in the benefits and harms of human beings, and this point is not centered on human beings and jumps out of the anthropocentric perspective. Look at humanity as a whole on a higher level. It is to see the humanity of the whole human level. Other movies can only reflect the whole through one person, but science fiction movies can start directly from the whole, which is also incomparable to other movies. With these three points, where is the need for humanity? It is not necessary to dissect human nature, because the basic point on which science fiction works are based is human beings. ”

What is Science Fiction? It's hard to say. Some people always like to talk about what soft science fiction is. What is hard science fiction, and discuss whether the technology in science fiction stories is real. is not credible. But in reality, that's not the point of science fiction.

What is the point of science fiction? Based on human beings, standing on the force field of all human beings, looking at science, the two protagonists, one is human beings and the other is science, discussing the relationship between the two, this is science fiction.

No matter how much attention is paid to the details, it is reasonable, but the story itself has nothing to do with science, and has nothing to do with human beings as a whole, but is entangled in the love and love of one or two people, which is not science fiction. There are almost no breakthroughs in the details, even if it is only a small breakthrough that is insignificant, or even a small breakthrough that is useless, but it is indeed thinking about the relationship between science and human beings, which is science fiction.

Standing high enough and seeing far enough is the greatness of science fiction. What is truly magnificent should not be the scene, but the thought.

If you can do these well, it is a qualified science fiction work. And if you do these well, it must be an excellent film work - how can it not be a good movie if it can raise its eyes to the height of human beings to look at problems?

"It seems that only Kubrick did these things, right?" Alexander smiled wryly.

Levy nodded slightly, indeed, Kubrick's Odyssey trilogy is a real science fiction movie, and compared with him, other science fiction movies are inevitably a bit sheep-headed and dog-like.

"But, Nick...... I have to say that the current science fiction movies are not good enough, in addition to the pursuit of business, a big reason is also because the movie itself does not have a good enough story. Kubrick was born decades ago, and you should know how sluggish the science fiction market is now. Now, this is not the golden age of science fiction. ”

After all, it's not Kubrick's era, compared to the past, the golden age of science fiction has passed.

The so-called golden age of science fiction refers to the time when Asimov, Clark, Heinlein and other giants were in power, and that period was the late 40s to 60s when the United States and the Soviet Union were crazy about the space race, and mankind's desire for space exploration reached its peak.

During that time, countless classics appeared. 2001: A Space Odyssey, which ranked first among science fiction movies, was a classic born during that time.

Unfortunately, the golden age has passed - with the fall of the Soviet Union, Americans are no longer under pressure, nor are they the near-infinite yearning for science and the universe. The role of NASA is diminishing day by day, and Americans' desire for the universe has waned.

This has also led to the decline of science fiction fiction. Moreover, some of the judges promoted the act in order to attract more attention - in Levy's memory, next year's Hugo Award was awarded to Harry Potter. This made some science fiction writers angry and scolded, which universe is Harry Potter science fantasy? Who's going to explain the science of Lightwheel 2000?

These are things to consider, even if Levy really wants to make a science fiction movie, is there a science fiction novel for him to shoot? Writing the script purely on your own? That's hard.

"Don't worry, I'll find the script." Levy shook his head, not arguing with him about it, and sure enough, he had already prepared, "Actually, I have already figured out the source of the script - the trip to Asia is not a small one. (To be continued......)