In essence, "Terminator 1" is indeed not difficult to film.

Not only is it not very difficult to shoot, in fact, even post-production is relatively easy, at least much easier than Sun Peng's "League of Assassins". After all, the whole movie is calculated, and there are really not a lot of special effects needed, most of the time it's just an ordinary action movie - Cameron in 1984 really can't get too much money to spend on special effects!

In other words, its "sci-fi" elements are far inferior to the second part.

Even the scenes where the story takes place are basically ordinary, so as long as you have good enough makeup skills and a little computer special effects, it is enough to shoot it. Even in order to maintain that "primitive" style, and also made some gains in the overseas market, Sun Peng also specially explained to Wei Xiaolin, telling him not to use "modern" action design, but to smash and fight hard throughout the whole process!

But even so, after watching the rough cut film, Sun Peng was still stunned for a while.

"Well, I have nothing more to say!"

Spreading his hands, Sun Peng shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Although there are still some flaws, as long as you continue to revise them...... Terrible! How hard did you work to make a movie in four months? ”

Even if this film is not difficult to do with modern technology, four months is too fast!

"Actually, it's very simple, just throw money at it!"

Blinking at Sun Peng, Wei Xiaolin said happily: "The makeup artists have been studying for several months before the start of filming, of course they won't hold us back, as for the computer special effects, it's simpler, if you give enough money, people will work overtime for you!" Just a few special effects shots, how many days can it take? ”

Seeing Sun Peng's speechless expression, Gao Runqing hurriedly interjected: "Of course, the most important thing is that Mr. Sun, your script is good!" To be honest, it's the first time I've seen such a detailed and perfect script, Director Wei strictly followed the script and shot it in one go, and he didn't even need to make up any other shots! And after editing, it is so smooth and natural, as if it is natural...... You're really amazing, Mr. Bai! ”

"Uh...... Hahaha! ”

The more sincere Gao Runqing's expression was, the more embarrassed Sun Peng felt in his heart!

So after laughing twice, Sun Peng blinked his eyes and asked, "Even if the money is in place, can it be made so quickly...... Brother Wei, you haven't worked a lot of overtime during this time, right? ”

"Hehe, I've seen him work until dawn several times!"

Without waiting for Wei Xiaolin to answer, Gao Runqing smiled again: "During the filming, that Mo Kai was too, and he often made the rest of the crew miserable, if it weren't for the Gao family we gave overtime pay, he would have stopped doing it a long time ago!" ”

“……”

Well, Sun Peng can be seen that this Gao is always asking for credit from himself!

But it's not surprising to think about it, for Wei Xiaolin and Mo Kai, "Terminator" is an opportunity for them. Wei Xiaolin is the first time to independently control a crew, and Mo Kai has ushered in a turning point in his career - no matter what people think, Sun Peng knows that this is definitely the case anyway! And for Gao Runqing, just the sentence "another hurricane rescue" is enough!

So after shaking his head with a wry smile, Sun Peng took a deep breath and said, "Okay, I don't have an opinion on the movie, go back and carefully carve it, just do a good job of the soundtrack......"

"Xiaopeng, don't you help make the soundtrack?"

Hearing Sun Peng say this, Wei Xiaolin suddenly said happily.

"The soundtrack? No time! ”

First waved his hand without hesitation, and then hesitated slightly, Sun Peng licked his somewhat dry lips and said, "At most, I will make you an opening and ending song...... One song, no more! ”

Thinking of the ultra-classic "Dong Dong Dong" of the Terminator series, Sun Peng felt that it was better not to steal if he was lazy.

"A song? That's fine, too! ”

didn't have much hope, but when he heard Sun Peng say that he could make a song, Wei Xiaolin was immediately overjoyed.

Especially Gao Runqing smiled like a flower on his face - Lao Bai's soundtrack, which is hard to find! So once again, Gao Runqing began to congratulate himself on his cooperation with Wei Xiaolin. You must know that even those top directors and superstars in the Chinese music industry would have found it difficult to get a song from Lao Bai, if it weren't for Wei Xiaolin......

Sun Peng couldn't understand Gao Runqing's thoughts, but he was a little curious: "I said two, are you in a hurry to make the finished film so quickly?" ”

"If it's released, it's in March next year!"

Shaking his head, Gao Runqing explained with a smile; "I don't dare to compete with the bigwigs for the summer vacation and the New Year, our investment is not too big, just in March...... But in the second half of the year, we want to go to a few film festivals! ”

"Oh? Want to release overseas? ”

As soon as he heard Gao Runqing's explanation, Sun Peng immediately understood.

"Hey, some ideas."

This time, without waiting for Gao Runqing to speak, Wei Xiaolin had already smiled and said: "We are not a big company like Lotus and the Forbidden City, and it is definitely no fun to release it ourselves." But since you have the name of Lao Bai as a backer, there shouldn't be any problem to try it at the film festival, right? ”

With the content and quality of Terminator 1, it's simply impossible to get the same treatment as Hurricane Rescue and The Matrix!

Even if there is Lao Bai's screenwriter as the confidence for publicity, China may be able to make a little more films, but foreign distributors are unlikely to give any good conditions when they look at the content and investment of the film. In this case, participating in some film festivals that focus on trading may have a different reward.

So after just a little silence, Sun Peng nodded with a smile and said, "Okay, you can toss it, my name can be used as you like!" But the two bosses, I'm sure this movie won't lose money, but its positioning is to lay the foundation for the second part, so don't get your hopes up too much......"

The box office results of "Terminator 1", Sun Peng never had too many extravagant expectations.

The story itself is fine, and the theme of AI domination is not particularly new, at least in the case of The Matrix, which is currently in theaters. But the robot uses the time machine to go back to the modern day and want to kill the resistance leader's mother, not to mention the resistance leader's setting of sending his father back to save his mother.

But no matter how interesting the plot is, it can't withstand the flaws of the movie!

From the lineup of film directors and actors, to the scenes and special effects of the movie, to the strength of the production and distribution companies, it is destined that "Terminator 1" can only be a low-cost sci-fi boutique, and it will never get the treatment of blockbusters. And for the audience who has been fed by various blockbusters, they will definitely not be surprised by "Terminator 1" like people who have been on Earth for 80 years......

Of course, it's the end of the eighties on Earth, and the box office of "Terminator 1" is not too high, is it?

So Sun Peng's words are true, "Terminator 1" is just a foreshadowing, just laying the foundation for "Terminator 2". He didn't expect the film to get much at the box office, everything was about waiting, waiting for the day when "Terminator 2" would appear......