Once Upon a Time In Hollywood

Chapter 407 The confrontation script with insufficient logic fits your own future battle

【Arnold Schwarzenegger:

I was really happy when I learned that you wanted to make a sequel to "Terminator", because it would mean a restart of a classic series, but I personally think that the third part of "Terminator" will be a watershed for the entire series , a little carelessness will make the whole series slide into the abyss, because the root of the success of the first two films is that James sold the real excitement that the audience has never seen.

For many years, as long as people mention science fiction movies, they will inevitably link elements such as alien life, alien planets, super powers, time travel, etc., and these single elements can actually become the core selling point of a movie.

Like "E.T.", "Star Wars", and "Back to the Future", these are all successful cases of expansion of a single element.

But behind these successes, most of them are mixed with warmth.

Admittedly, there is nothing wrong with this idea.

After all, selling to the audience the beauty they want to see is what a qualified commercial director should do.

But after watching too many beautiful things, the audience will get bored, so the excitement in science fiction films has become their appeal, and in this case, science fiction films such as "Alien" have also appeared.

Although "Alien" is a very good movie, in fact, it should be classified as a horror movie. Ridley Scott just used the lens to show the audience the horror of No Man's Sky. As for the science fiction elements?

The single alien creature cannot satisfy people's desire for science fiction.

The "Terminator" is different, or in other words, James has satisfied the audience's thirst for knowledge about the power of technological characters for many years through the power of the T-800 in a condensed way.

In "Terminator", when the T-800 cut off its face due to injury and exposed its technological eyes, the close-up of flesh and blood separation is a picture that the audience has never seen before, and when the T-800 removed its body due to a violent explosion, it became pure The robot, the pursuit of Sarah Connor can make the audience's adrenaline soar.

Although James uses stop-motion animation to render the atmosphere of horror and horror, what really attracts the audience is the oppressive mechanical life. In the past, when people made science fiction films, they always created a flesh-and-blood appearance. Star creatures, that kind of physical strength, will give people a false sense of subjective consciousness, but when James shows the cold metal in front of the audience, the reality that this existing technology can achieve is what the audience feels. The reason why -800 is so powerful, and the level that the current earth technology may reach, is the key to allowing the audience to enter the movie "Terminator".

Even if all of this is still an empty shell, James can't come up with specific theoretical support at all, but when the movie reflects reality and the reality can be supported, the fact that the T-800 is invulnerable alone can make the audience realize that in the future, very scary.

Similarly, the success of "Terminator 2" is the same.

Many experts and scholars only know that the close-up of the T-1000 changing from the floor into a human figure is an epoch-making shot, and the scene of turning into a liquid and entering the helicopter through the railing is a manifestation of the powerful technology, and after being smashed by the T-800 Re-splicing is a benchmark in film history, but in fact, these are only one-sided talks.

Why did James set T-1000 as a liquid robot?

That's because this technology is achievable in the future.

In the 1960s, countless chemical companies were researching liquid metals. This logical support in reality is the key to the success of "Terminator 2", and James' arrogant close-up shots allow the audience to see the reality in the excitement .

So, what was the first CGI character in film history? Those are false!

Because James did not abuse special effects, but through the lens, let people find the shadow of fear in reality.

Therefore, if we want to copy the "Assassination and Protection" routine of "Terminator 1 and 2" to achieve the success of "Terminator 3", then we have to find a T-800 that is better than the invulnerable T-800 and the wanton deformation T-1000. The most powerful ones are real robots, because only in this way can the old-fashioned scenes of chasing cars, gun battles, hand-to-hand combat, and killing each other be more interesting.

but…

I personally think that even James himself can't think of a more advanced and real robot.

So, when it is impossible to come up with a robot that is close to life, the entire series must be innovated.

The breakthrough of innovation has actually been pointed out by James.

Since Skynet was able to send T-1000 to continue to assassinate John Connor when T-800 failed to assassinate Sarah Connor, it proves that the success of the assassination will not change the fate of Skynet. fact.

So, to get the whole thing over and over, it's about making John Connor really successful in the future, destroying Skynet, and not letting it send enough Terminators into the past over and over again.

Let the whole movie escape the vicious circle of Skynet assassinating Sarah Connor and John Connor. Based on the future battlefield, let John Connor cooperate with T-800 to shoot a large-scale sci-fi war film.

However, compared with the first thriller and the second action movie, war movies are actually more difficult to shoot.

This is not a question of investment, but a reasonable plot.

Since in "Terminator 1 and 2", James has used countless methods to describe the power of Skynet and the extreme imbalance between human power and Skynet power, how to make human beings win in the fundamental sense, and through what kind of The method to win in the heavy control of Skynet is the key we need to show, and this kind of thing...

No one is sure.

So, I can only give you some benchmarks for reference in the way war movies are shot, how to make the victory look reasonable, how to make the process difficult, the settings in this regard, let alone me, I think even James I can't do it myself.

Gail Hurd

20/10/2001】

When Roland finished reading Gail Hurd's foreword and enhanced script, it was already past nine o'clock in the evening.

As the lights came on and the future governor said goodbye, he sat in the study without saying a word, his heart was full of emotion.

‘Gail is indeed the person who loves James the most! The understanding of him is so profound! '

‘Why did Terminator 1 and 2 succeed? '

‘Why are the movies that I copy my own are praised by the audience? '

‘These Gails have given detailed explanations! '

'And when Arnold brought this kind of script to James, it would be strange if James didn't go into a rage. '

'Because, in front of Gail, he is simply an undefended existence! '

Roland, who had memories of his previous life, had to admit that Gail Hurd's statement was correct.

Under the circumstance that the production team can’t create a villain that can surpass T-1000, no matter who will direct or film “Terminator”, the final result will be a failure that fans don’t love.

It's like Terminator 3.

What the **** is that female robot in there?

Even if supermodels are invited, the charm of T-X is not as strong as that of T-1000!

Because the audience is not going to the cinema to watch Naizi of the female robot!

Although "Terminator 2018" is under the banner of restarting, but after Arnold Schwarzenegger was missing from the whole movie, it immediately became a hybrid of "The Matrix" and "Transformers".

The funniest thing is, isn’t the molten iron at the end of the film just a plagiarism of the second film that eliminated T-1000?

Not to mention "Terminator: Genesis, Dark Fate", the old Arnold Schwarzenegger started to take the cute route, and the stiffly squeezed smiling face is the only feeling in the film.

If even this can be sold, then "Terminator", an IP that has lasted for 35 years, is too cheap!

So, Roland actually very much agrees with Gail Hurd’s idea of ​​innovation, but—

how to say?

Although he agreed with Gail Hurd's point of view, after reading the script, he also felt that the war film written by the other party was a bit boring.

Because of the script written by Gail Hurd, that is the orthodox fight.

The story is that when Skynet, which is in the future time point of 2030, found that its two assassinations against Sarah Connor and John Connor all failed, and that it had missed the most perfect time to end, They knew that defeating John Connor head-on was the only way to achieve success.

At the same time, when John Connor at this point in time learned that no matter how many rescuers he sent back to the past, no matter how many methods they destroyed to create Skynet, they could not destroy Skynet at the current point in time, John Connor also I understand, if you want to completely regain the human homeland, you must defeat Skynet in this current battlefield.

So, the battle is imminent.

Skynet dispatched a large number of T-800s, like locusts crossing the border, searching for traces of human beings.

And John Connor broke up the troops and arrested T-800 on a small scale.

Transform and upgrade them into T-850 for your own use.

When John Connor's behavior was discovered by Skynet, they sent T-1000 and T-X to attack humans, followed by a few pages of encounters. After failing, they set off towards the main base of Skynet, like a death squad, breaking through the layers of blockades of Skynet...

On the surface, these combined texts don't make much sense.

But actually—

This kind of outline that depends on screen rendering is really meaningless to read!

Don’t say that Gail Hurd is not equipped with a draft of the shot, Roland can’t understand the meaning, because even with the hand-painted screen, Roland will still feel that the war scene of chasing and confrontation is too boring!

As a result, Roland leaned back, his face full of helplessness.

"This is such a headache!"

Scratching his head and frowning, he retreated inwardly.

As a guy with a lot of money, Roland certainly knows how much he weighs.

When James Cameron even acquiesces that the "Terminator" series has no room to save, if he says that he will do what he wants, then this will really go to the sky!

Roland knows better than anyone else that his grades are all obtained by hugging his thighs. When his real level is only at the level of a professional class, let him solve this problem of creating another glories? Isn't this embarrassing him!

can't solve the problem, and can't ignore the problem.

After all, Arnold Schwarzenegger is his own.

In the case that he has already stepped forward to help, if Roland suggested that he just make a book to pat, then...

Isn’t it just to fool others as fools?

Don’t say anything about offering a contract of twenty plus twenty to make up for the loss of control in the project with high US dollars.

It's useless!

Because of actively implicating all parties, the creation of "Black Hawk Down" cannot be settled with money!

When everyone is earning a lot of money, Arnold Schwarzenegger, a producer who stands on the bright side, has fallen into the end of wasting his popularity and shooting **** movies, so as to get high compensation?

When this kind of thing gets out, who else would dare to cooperate with Roland in the future?

Everyone thinks he is killing a donkey!

So, when Arnold Schwarzenegger placed the war book of "Terminator 3" in front of Roland, the whole thing actually got out of control, because Roland did not distribute it evenly.

This is the second lesson Roland learned after carve-up Sony with many interest groups.

And the first one...

Kate is sitting next to him now.

After reading the script with her husband, she can naturally understand the other party's difficulties, and when Roland nestled in the seat, revealing her painful mask, she also stood up, came behind Roland, and gently squeezed her lover's forehead with her hands.

"Do you think the idea of ​​a war movie is good?" Kate asked in a calm tone.

"Hmm." Roland snorted softly.

"Why?" Kate asked: "Is it because the routines of "Terminator 1 and 2" have been filmed badly?"

"Yes, if you continue to repeat, the audience will not get any novelty." Roland replied without concealment.

"But the war movie written by Gail Hurd is not good." Kate directly broke the cold water for her husband, saying: "Her script structure of hunting and raiding has been filmed tens of thousands of times by Hollywood, which is meaningless .”

"It's not a structural problem, it's actually a problem of uneven strength..."

What Kate said, Roland still wanted to refute, "As long as it is a war movie, there must be a confrontation between the two armies, and as long as it is a confrontation between the two armies, there must be a raid. This is logically correct and there is nothing wrong with it. You can pick.

But what really makes me uncomfortable is what reasonable way humans should use to destroy Skynet.

Because James set Skynet too strong, but did not open it to humans. "

Speaking of this, Roland's eyes have also opened, looking up at his wife, at this moment, he really has a headache, "Look, in James' description, Skynet is an intelligent system that regards all human beings as a threat , when scientists just discovered its consciousness and want to turn off the power and restart the system, they can directly regard it as a life threat and immediately fight against humans.

What a powerful induction is this?

Moreover, launching a nuclear bomb directly at Russia, using human nature to induce a nuclear war, and thereby destroying mankind, this kind of agility and decisiveness is far beyond the discernible scope of most human beings, okay?

The point is that when a nuclear war breaks out, he will still manufacture weapons and equipment by himself, and continue to confiscate human beings!

When all the resources are controlled by the highly intelligent and decisive Skynet, I really can't figure out what kind of ability John Connor has to be able to use time and space to travel back to the Go there and kill him!

This... this is outrageous!

do you know? "

"Hahaha~" Kate who was pressing her husband's forehead laughed loudly.

Roland, who was dancing because of his emotions, was really funny.

"Do you think James' description is too exaggerated?"

"Otherwise! This must be his mistake! Because no matter what you think, the logic is not reasonable!"

"You mean, due to his wrong setting, the sequel of "Terminator" cannot be filmed now?"

"definitely!"

Kate was delighted to hear the swear words, "Then have you ever thought that human beings actually drive and hang?"

As soon as this remark came out, Roland didn't cut it even more, "Come on, why don't humans exploit it? If humans really exploit it, then I won't worry about it now! Because James can directly turn humans into the key to counterattack the Skynet system. Ability to speak out!

He can’t even tell it himself, so what’s wrong with humans? "

The panting appearance caused Kate to stroke and comfort her, "It's alright, alright, don't worry about this kind of thing.

Since everyone knows that the key to making war scripts uninteresting is that the plot has no logic and rubs the audience's IQ on the ground, so we can add logic to them, isn't it all right?

For example, when Skynet ruled the earth, the technological tree of mankind also suddenly rose? Can you directly hack into Skynet?

For example, under the high pressure of Skynet, humans discovered new energy sources and manufactured equipment?

For another example, under the pursuit of Skynet and the pollution of nuclear radiation, human genes have also mutated, causing the humans in the last days to actually become superhumans, so they have the ability to compete with Skynet?

In short, there are many ideas, if you feel outrageous, then experiment one by one! "

Although Roland understood, his wife was trying to comfort him.

But when he heard Kate's more unreliable plan, his face became longer.

In the last days, the technology tree of human beings has suddenly risen?

Discover new energy manufacturing equipment?

Everyone is Superman?

Stop being funny!

If these elements really appear, then "Terminator" is not "Terminator", but "Warrior of Thunder"!

That is, the guy with **** in his head will make more changes to the classic settings!

That is, the guy with a bad **** will nod in agreement!

Thirty years later, creating a space-time shuttle is outrageous enough. If there are achievements in other directions, then this is not filming "Terminator", but filming the Marvel Cinematic Universe!

That is to say, without overthrowing the existing settings, the only element that can allow humans to upgrade in the final decisive battle is time travel, but how can time travel be integrated with war in such a special way?

Which one fights with a special time skill?

Found that you can't beat it, how about a time reset?

Do you think this is a negotiation between Doctor Strange and Dormammu!

However, just when Roland thought that "Terminator" might be like this, a sudden thought woke him up!

"its not right!"

"Time travel?"

"Time reset?"

"this…"

"Isn't this Groundhog Day?"

"Oh! My! God!"

"Future War seems to be able to shoot like this!"

When Roland said to himself a bunch of words that Kate couldn't understand at all, he sat up while letting his wife pinch his forehead, "Wait! Wait! Wait! "

"I seem to have an idea now! I really have an idea!"

Note: ①The core of the success of "Terminator 1 and 2" written in this article is that there is a real research report. Chris Mark, who shot the sci-fi future prophecy poem "Ekeh", has made a specific evaluation of it. The key to the success of "Terminator" is indeed Walt Disney's blue ocean strategy, but the foundation of making it a classic is that James Cameron is stepping on the tide of the times but not abusing it. For other second-rate directors, after getting in touch with CGI, they must render CGI on a grand scale, but the more awesome the director, the more they can use simple close-ups to solve problems. James Cameron used stop-motion animation In 1984, the pure robot T-800 was created with a better effect than the initial stage of CGI development, while the T-1000 is more eye-catching through close-up details. The same is true for Pierberg's "Jurassic Park" and "Close Encounters of the Third Kind". The former's close-up of the Tyrannosaurus rex chase can capture everyone's heart, while in the latter, the spaceship appeared twice, and both times were shocking. ② Regarding how "Terminator 3" should be filmed to achieve success, in this reality, Gail Hurd also has researched, and came up with "Terminator Gaiden", although this show was filmed for two seasons and was given by Fox It was cut, but the reason for its failure was that Sarah Connor was too much of a virgin. After it was cut off, Fox wanted to re-engage in the end of the world war, but at that time, the son of Oracle bought the copyright again, and Fox and Guy Al Hurd didn't make it, this is a true truck driver.