Chapter 238: The Wave of the Apes
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The successful release of "Planet of the Apes" immediately caused a frenzy of movie-watching.
Those who watched the screening, after returning home, were still shocked by the facts revealed in the movie. In this film, it is seen that humanity is on the path of self-destruction, and that the future masters of the earth are likely to be other species, and at that time, humanity will be completely reduced to a lower animal, to be slaughtered by others.
This qiē is all led by human beings' own greed and cruelty, not natural disasters, nor by other living beings.
One of the critics commented: "While the film is extremely entertaining in its packaging and use of suspense, it pins the director's political demands on such a futuristic film, and the plot of the protagonist's unjustified trial is a clear allusion to McCarthyism's persecution of Hollywood, even though the cloud has been floating over Dream Factory for more than a decade." ”
"The film's interpretation of moral redemption, abuse of authority, and class is surprising, and it alludes to the evils of modern American society."
However, the success of "Planet of the Apes" over other films is that it does a great job of dissolving the heavy topics it wants to convey into fantasy, special effects, adventure and suspense, avoiding the clumsiness of blunt sermons and self-talk. In fact, this film has long been positioned as a family movie, and it is rare for this type of film to express such political meanings and be true. ”
Some film critics exclaimed in the newspaper: "Planet of the Apes, the legend of 196o!" ”
The film critic said: "This movie is very good in terms of graphics, music, storyline and actors' acting skills. The talented musician Alex personally scored the film, and he wrote, directed, and acted by himself, which literally covered half of the work of a film. From this film, we see a kind of future vision of humanity, according to the current international shape. There is a good chance that it will become a reality! ”
The film uses empathy to show the crisis and pathological psychology of human society: arrogant humans are unwilling to be enslaved by animals, because the subconscious orangutan is inferior. This is a common psychological trend between human beings and moviegoers in the film; And what about orangutans? They also think that they are superior and humans are inferior, and when they see humans rebelling, their expressions of surprise are no less than the expressions of humans in our reality when they see orangutans rebelling. ”
Film critics and ordinary audiences have an excellent reputation for this film, and they strongly recommend it. More people went to the cinema to watch it, and they were immediately blown away by the film's depiction of the future of humanity. When they walked out of the movie theater, they were still thinking about the final scene: Lady Liberty collapsed on the beach!
As a result, more and more people have joined the ranks of "ape fans", and they want to recommend it to their relatives and friends around them. I even personally accompanied and watched it once, several times, under their influence. More and more people are going to the cinema.
The appeal of several actors in this film is not weak, coupled with the effective publicity of DreamWorks, the initial success of the momentum made the number of moviegoers snowball, and the growth rate is getting faster and faster. It is like a chain reaction, spreading to the whole country, and then to Europe, the United States and the world.
The film's box office continues to rise. At first, Alex thought that the box office in the United States would be almost 100 million, but he didn't expect that it would have exceeded hundreds of millions of box office a month later. At this time, the number of moviegoers was still very large, and the attendance rate did not drop much.
As for the overseas box office, due to the difficulty of statistics from various countries, it has not been counted for the time being.
Seeing such a fiery reaction, even Alex was taken aback, he really didn't expect so many people to come and watch. In his impression. It's amazing that this film can have ** million.
The orangutan hood in the store suddenly became a bestseller, and many people would run to buy an orangutan hood to wear after watching the movie. When my friends saw it, they thought it was funny, so they bought it and wore it.
These people quickly used this method to identify each other and gathered together. They are all viewers who have watched "Planet of the Apes", and they are very interested in the storyline and world background described in the film, so they formed a so-called "ape fan" organization.
Whenever there is a demonstration in various places, it is common to see such a group of people wearing orangutan hoods and holding a banner in their hands. It reads: "Ape does not kill ape!" Peace comes first! ”
Or the lyrics of some of Alex's songs, etc., and so on, all in all, they quickly attracted the attention of the news media, and every time they appeared, they would be eye-catching.
To add fuel to the fire. Stir up this wave of apes. Alex suddenly remembered to shoot a very simple mTV. He hired a few DreamWorks staff and put on makeup to look like an orangutan, and the makeup props used were naturally not the headgear sold in the store, but they were not as troublesome as in the movie.
Then he wears a pair of black wide-brimmed sunglasses, stands in front of the camera, covers the lens with his hand, and releases it after a few seconds.
I saw five backup dancers dressed as orangutans standing behind him, and they were all wearing a pair of sunglasses, looking honest and cute, which made people laugh.
Alex sang: "Ye Tm doesn't want to do it today, Ye just wants to nest in the bed, he just doesn't want to answer the phone and pinch it!" So you just leave a word. Because of the oath, the grandfather will not do it today. ”
Ye cocked his feet high, stared at the fan, turned on the TV, and stuffed his hands into his pants to tinker. Don't sue anyone, I can't! I'll sit crooked in the sand, in my warm nest, switch to the aBc station, and watch them teach me to dance! Because in my castle, I'm ........"
"Ye Tm doesn't want to do it today, he just wants to nest in the quilt, he just doesn't want to answer the phone and pinch it, so you just leave a word! Because of the oath, the grandfather will not do it today. The hair doesn't dry! The hair doesn't dry! The hair doesn't dry! ”
Yes, the song sung by Alex is the song of Brother Mars in later generations, and this "The-1azy-song" is the famous song of Brother Mars. Maybe in terms of musical quality, it can't compare with his later works, but this song is very interesting. Those who like it will like it to a mess, and those who don't like it will find the song boring and without any artistry.
Alex remembered to make this song because he saw it in the newspaper. Those people with orangutan hoods only remembered the ape fans. He spoofed the idea and immediately called a few DreamWorks employees over, originally he wanted to do it casually, but he didn't expect them to treat such a trivial matter as if it were a movie.
It's natural, Boss's request. Of course, the people below will do their best to do it. Especially when the boss was still watching in front of him, how could they, the little people who usually don't see Alex, miss such an opportunity. The guys took chicken feathers as arrows and urgently called the makeup artist who was following Morris to shoot the Apes movie.
This action not only alarmed DreamWorks, but even Carpenter Records was taken aback: "Alex is coming out with a new song, why didn't you notify us?" That's not going to work. We have to be involved. ”
Hulala, a group of people rushed from the record company at once, as if they wanted to steal business with DreamWorks.
Alex's younger siblings also came over to see what it was.
After all, every time Alex makes a shot, he can be refreshing, and his songs have been regarded as the vane of pop songs. Every time a new style of song appears, it will cause a lot of trends in the music world.
For example, the jazz rock music in "Mom Says", the electronic music in "Love is Hard to Talk", the rap part in "Baby", etc., when they first came out, some of them were not used to it, and some of them were eager to do it, and gradually more and more people imitated it, and it slowly formed a trend.
His musical compositions are considered to exhibit a variety of styles. Contains elements of a variety of musical genres. Many music critics have praised it, and the New York Times music critic once wrote, "Alex is the most diverse and approachable singer in pop music!" Every time his songs are innovative, they will definitely lead to new breakthroughs in music songs. ”
"Why did everyone come here? I'm just singing this song casually, it's nothing! Alex was almost frightened by the position of these people, he really wanted to spoof a song, and he didn't take into account the problems of sales, popularity, etc.
"No, I'm going to play as an orangutan too!"
Karen was angry that she didn't ask her to come with her for something so funny. Especially after seeing the mTV shot by Alex and those staff, she was even more angry. Although the effect of this mTV is very rough. It hasn't been post-processed yet, but just from the funny component, it's very interesting.
For this kind of thing, Karen has always wanted to be involved, and she has always wanted to play the little gorilla in "Planet of the Apes". It's a pity that when Alex started filming, she still had things to do and couldn't participate. Now she has finally found an opportunity, and of course she will not let it go.
"That's right, Alex, since you're going to shoot mTV, of course you'll have to find us to shoot it together. After all, we are a carpenter brother and sister group, and although you rarely record with us during this time, you can't secretly shoot mTV by yourself! ”
Even his younger brother Richard, who acted much more steadily than Karen, was eager to try it, and felt that this mTV was much happier than the ones he made. He's actually not very old, it's just that having an older brother like Alex puts a lot of pressure on him, so he usually doesn't show enough activity in front of others.
Seeing them stalking like this, Alex was a little helpless, so he had to give up the mTV that was originally filmed similarly. Filming resumed, and Richard and Cullen occupied two of the orangutan positions, and even Chuck and Little Richard rushed to ask for two places.
The rest was taken by Elvis, Elvis, who was pulled over by Karen and was also very interested in playing the orangutan.
At this moment, the personnel composition of this mTV is simply amazing. Not to mention Alex himself, let's just say that these orangutans, who don't even show their faces, are worth millions of dollars. Even the guest appearance of the landlord's aunt is a very famous rock singer like Jerry, who is the only person who has the opportunity to show his face in the mTV segment except Alex.
Jerry has no interest in playing an orangutan, and he's been in a big trouble lately, making a mess of his marriage, not only cheating on him a lot. And there have been many illegal marriages. This has left him in trouble with lawsuits, and some critics have already decided that Jerry's actions have ruined his musical future.
His time in the rock music industry was not long, but his influence was great. He has a unique combination of country music and rhythm and blues, his piano style, his singing style. Even the way of life influenced contemporaries and later generations. He always wanted to be the king of rock and roll, but this dream was almost lost in his own hands.
"Boss, you must pull me! I just need to show my face in your mTV, and I don't ask for anything else! ”
Jerry? Plum? Lewis has been wandering for many years, not only has a lot of birds, but also has a very thick skin. Originally, Alex didn't want to pay attention to this guy. But after thinking about it, Jerry can be regarded as making a lot of money for the record company, and it makes sense to help out.
So he asked him to make a cameo appearance as a landlady, and after he pretended to be a woman, he looked much more pleasing to the eye, which made everyone want to laugh.
In order not to waste the celebrity effect of those five who played orangutans. Alex Streak added an extra shot at the end, which is kind of an mTV tidbit, and asked them to take off their headgear and make a fuss about it. I believe that those fans who watched mTV and insisted on seeing the end will definitely be frightened by the identity of these five music superstars.
"I wanted to make a low-budget mTV, but I didn't expect it...... Alas, now even those people's appearance fees can't be earned! ”
Alex saw that things were out of control. He was a little depressed, but he quickly put this feeling behind him. Because it's fun to shoot mTV with this group of living treasures, there are a lot of accidents, one will be Cullen deliberately coming to the front to grab the camera, one will be Elvis Presley's dance steps at a glance and you will know that it is Elvis himself, and one will be Jerry the guy forgetting his lines, etc.
All in all, working with this group of people who know all too well is more than enough to achieve.
They didn't take this mTV seriously at all, and they all played around with a small episode of boring life. Originally, Alex didn't take this mTV seriously, but when he invested more. The more nervous he was about the effect of mTV.
Fortunately, after the filming, he took a look at the shooting footage, and now he feels quite good, although these people don't take mTV as a job, but the level is still there after all. Take it easy and shoot with a relaxed mood, and the results are not bad.
After the mTV filming of "Lazy Song" was completed, Alex did not make the post-production work very long, and it was completed in a few days and broadcast on aBc TV. In the lyrics, Alex also made a special advertisement for aBc TV, which I believe will have a certain effect.
This song with weird lyrics and a relaxed style quickly attracted people's attention. Originally, Alex thought that there would naturally be people who liked it, and there shouldn't be many of them, after all, this song is not a mainstream love song, nor is it a positive energy song. There should be more annoying people.
But what I didn't expect was that after the broadcast of "Lazy Song", it became popular all of a sudden, and it was a very popular kind. Fans such as the hippies, the Beat Generation, and teenagers were ecstatic about the song, and the hippies and the Beat Generation even sang the song together at their rally.
If Alex were to attend such a gathering, he would be surprised to see a large crowd gathered around a few people wearing orangutan hoods, dancing and singing "The Lazy Song". This seems to be the case not only in the United States, but also in European countries as far away as the oceans.
The Lazy Song soon became one of the cultures of hippies, who believed that humans should be lazy so that it would be good for both people and the planet.
"We'd rather stay in bed all day than run and fight with other people! The more lazy people there are, the easier it is for peace to achieve! ”
These people understand "Lazy Song" in this way, and they seem to do the same. They are lazy all day long, they don't do anything, they don't think about anything, they just wander around, they eat when they have something to eat, and sleep when they don't have anything to eat.
Conversely, people who don't like the song also hate hippies, thinking that they are too passive and lazy, and even denounce them as parasites of society.
"These people are idle all day, dirty and sloppy. Hey, this generation is all down! ”
Those people of the older generation are very unaccustomed to the new generation, and think that the United States will eventually be destroyed at the hands of these young people. Their views are too extreme, in fact, the future US President George W. Bush was also a member of the hippies when he was young. However, Bush Jr. finally joined the mysterious organization "Skull and Bones Society", which gave him the capital and connections to participate in politics.
Anyway, the song was still popular all over the world, which really surprised Alex. However, strictly speaking, there are still a lot of innovations in the style of this song, and many sensitive music creators have taken a lot of inspiration from it.
Alex's copycat behavior did not harm the world, but in fact diversified the work of this era, actively promoting the birth of various talents. Whether it's music, fiction, or technology, what he does has given those professionals a reference point, and a lot of nourishment has been drawn from it, and a large number of talents and innovations have emerged.
Compared with the original world, the world and era in which Alex was reborn appear to be more active and changeable, and the exhibition of social culture and science and technology is more accelerated. All sorts of new things that didn't appear or that would take decades to emerge have sprung up.