Chapter 215: Ape Planet

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After reading the script of "Planet of the Apes", Morris pondered for a moment. The impact of this story is not ordinary, especially the truth that is revealed at the end.

"Is there a sequel to your movie?" Morris said.

Jiang is really old and spicy, Morris has been making movies for so many years, and he can see the foreshadowing reserved by Alex at once.

This "Planet of the Apes" was originally based on Pierre? The film adaptation of Bühler's novel of the same name was supposed to be written and published in 1963. There should be 3 years left until now, and Alex thinks it's a good fit, so he takes it and uses it.

Besides, the plot and structure of the novel and the movie script are very different, and Alex chose the 1968 film series, and made some modifications and reworks on this basis.

In that film, it mirrors the racist system in the United States at the time, and uses guò as an inverted evolutionary chain hypothesis to sharply critique the hierarchies that permeate various societies. When it was released in 1968, it was a sensation.

The film depicts the male protagonist Taylor waking up in a spaceship on a strange planet with 6. The humans who inhabit his planet now have become indistinguishable from animals. And the apes became the rulers here.

He was astonished to realize that the apes on this planet had a hierarchy similar to that of humans, with apes as rulers, orangutans as the middle class, and chimpanzees as the lowest group.

Taylor befriends the ape scientists Gila and Cornellis, but he is persecuted by Dr. Zans.

In the end, Taylor escaped from the ape's control. But he was walking on the beach and suddenly saw the collapsed Statue of Liberty!

It turns out that this planet ruled by apes is the Earth many years ago. Humanity's nuclear war wiped nothing a long time ago, and nature chose apes as the guardians of the earth in the process of re-evolution!

The script that Morris saw was based on the "Planet of the Apes" movie. In the original history, the first film was so successful that four sequels and two TV series were derived. Even in the 21st century, there are still many fans who are following it, and there are also directors who try to remake the series.

Since Alex wants to copycat, he will copycat these five series of movies, so that he has to lay more heavy foreshadowing in the first part in advance. After the other four are also filmed. The audience will clearly understand what the foreshadowing was at the beginning.

Unexpectedly, such a foreshadowing could not be concealed from Morris, but he only vaguely guessed that there would be a follow-up. What exactly it is, then Morris is unknown.

Alex took a pen and wrote the name of the first part on a blank piece of paper: "Planet of the Apes"! "I wanted to set up the whole story in a circular structure, and the story looks like this......"

The male lead of the first film "Planet of the Apes" for some reason. Get lost in space and land on a planet that's both strange and familiar.

"As for the reason, we can make some background hints at the beginning of the film, such as the nuclear race between the United States and the Soviet Union, and so on. There are also details that the audience can see that people have begun to study the use of orangutans as an alternative to human labor. ”

"Hmm. Well, I see! If you do so, the audience will recall it later. It's really clever to echo back and forth. ”

These film tricks just need to be mentioned to Morris. The other party understood it immediately and completed a lot of the content.

"Words from the second part. That is, after the earth lost the protagonist of the first part, a search force was immediately dispatched. This is known to the audience in a certain clip of the first part, but this search force is also lost in space and goes to the future Earth. ”

In this film, the search team can have a more comprehensive understanding of the situation on the earth at this time, and also find the remaining human civilization. Eventually, in the struggle between the ape-man and humans, the nuclear warhead was once again detonated. The earth was destroyed by nuclear weapons in an instant, and neither humans nor apes were spared.

Hearing this, Morris hurriedly clapped his hands and exclaimed, "Wonderful, really wonderful!" Now, the nuclear warhead explosion in the second part is where the "gaochao" of the whole movie lies! After the foreshadowing and reflection of the first part, the second part will definitely make people feel shocked! ”

After finishing speaking, Morris sighed unsatisfactorily: "This idea is good, or the second part will be handed over to me for filming!" You shoot the first part! ”

"Hey, hey! Do you think the second part is over? Alex asked him rhetorically, and said, "I don't want to let it end so soon, you listen to me!" ”

"Oh?" Morris really didn't expect it this time, and even had the next plot idea, so he asked: "The earth has been destroyed, and humans and apes are dead." Do you want to make a prequel? ”

Alex continued: "The impact of the nuclear bomb explosion caused the ape astronaut couple to get lost in space, and also passed through the space-time wormhole in the universe. They came to the earth of the past, which was the time of human rule, and because they were very wise, they were immediately locked up by humans for research. During this time, a baby ape-man was born. He was adopted by humans and named 'Caesar'! ”

Caesar! Julius Caesar!

Morris walked around the room excitedly, and he realized how the ape-man "Caesar", the first ape-man who was constantly mentioned by the ape-men in the first and second parts, came to be. It turned out that the foreshadowing was buried so deeply, and it wasn't revealed until the third part.

"Oh! No, no, no! Morris suddenly screamed in pain, and even Alex was startled by him.

"What's wrong with you? Is there any loophole in my plot? Alex asked.

Morris shook his head and said with some frustration: "It's not your problem, but I just figured it out, it turns out that it is human beings themselves who destroy miè human beings." ”

Alex felt strange about Morris's "hindsight". He said: "Haven't my films always been about this issue? There is no one else who destroys human beings but himself! ”

"Hey. That's what I thought when I first started, when I was reading the script for your first movie. However, when I heard you describe the plot of the second part, I was secretly relieved that human beings were finally ruined because of creatures like apes. In other words, the extinction of human society could still be avoided, as long as there was no race like ape-man. ”

Morris paused, took a breath, and then continued, "But, from the third part you described. In fact, it completely overturned my previous thoughts. Humans eventually die of their greedy nature, and in order to enslave others, humans will follow this path no matter what. That is to say, the demise of human society is already doomed, and there is no way to change it......"

After Alex listened, he also fell silent, he didn't think so much. I just think that the structure set up in the original series of movies is more reasonable. At least it's a little more logical and shocking than the new remake of the Planet of the Apes series.

"I plan to make these three films in one go, which will not only save time and money, but also have a greater impact on the box office. Originally, there was an idea for the fourth and fifth parts, but I think. If you shoot it here, it's enough. At least leave some room for the audience to imagine......" Alex shook his head, and said in a somewhat low mood.

This sentence immediately caught Morris's attention, and he asked, "Two more?" You said come and listen, if you don't shoot, I can shoot! ”

So Alex told the plot of the next two parts again. The fourth part focuses on the highly intelligent orangutans of human society who are trying to rebel, while humans themselves are fighting each other. As a result, he was caught by the orangutan leader. provoked human countries to start a nuclear war, because those orangutans had long been prepared, avoided the attack of nuclear weapons, and survived with difficulty.

From this fourth part, it is basically very different from the original movies in history, at least Alex believes that it is impossible for human beings to be destroyed at the hands of foreign races. If it is really like the original version, it tells the story of the war between humans and apes, and in the end it is the apes who win, it is incredible.

It's completely illogical! Alex thinks that the film is not convincing at all, although the director strongly presses a reason for rationality, saying that it is a phenomenon of human degradation. That's why humans didn't win against the ape race, and this reason is too far-fetched.

As for the fifth part, it is about the complete degradation of human beings into animals after being exposed to nuclear radiation. At the same time, the apes began to rise, and then entered the era of civilization, repeating the mistakes made by humans, and the audience now realized that the apes, like humans, eventually degenerated into greedy creatures.

"At this time, at the end of the film, we saw the unexpected arrival of the human astronaut, that is, the male protagonist of the first part, Taylor. What do you think? In this way, the first part can be connected. ”

Alex put his fingers together to form a circle and said, "There are five movies in total, and both the structure and the plot form a perfect circular structure, just like the Mobus Circle!" ”

“bravo! bravo! ”

Morris applauded, and he said excitedly: "I'll shoot the next two!" Be sure to shoot me! ”

"Well, if you count it this way, the investment in five movies is quite high! Even if the props, actors, and video clips in it can be reused, I estimate that it will cost a total of 15 million dollars! ”

Hearing this, Maurice almost fell, and he was taken aback: "You, you, how did you figure it out." Although it is a five-film film, in my opinion, it is a relatively long film at most! As long as the overall planning is reasonable and the resource scheduling is effective, a lot of money can be saved. Fifteen million dollars? That's a lot of different types of films, okay! ”

"Is that okay? I doubt it! Alex's estimation is of course based on the way he shoots and the attitude of excellence.

"Alas, you don't have to doubt it, such an investment is definitely too much! Leave these things to me to think about, and you write the remaining four scripts first! ”

In the end, Morris forced Alex to codeword, hoping to get the script quickly, and then shoot the movie according to the actual situation.