Exploiting Hollywood 1980

Chapter 1255 Terminator 2 filming completed

"How did we lose? The idea of ​​this madman in Iraq is really interesting. Humph!"

CUU was the only TV station that broadcast live images 24 hours a day during Operation Desert Storm, transmitted via satellite. All the men in America seemed to have become international geopolitical analysts, discussing strategies based on CUU's news. It made them earn enough ratings.

According to CUU TV itself, their audience share increased by 50% during the Gulf War, and they gained nearly 10 million new subscribers.

This also made them taste the sweetness, and they began to add a lot of news from all over the world to the 24-hour news broadcast.

Because Operation Desert Storm ended too quickly, CUU was still a little reluctant, so it also broadcast some recordings of speeches by the Iraqi leader, the madman, on domestic TV stations. The madman claimed that he, not America, won the Gulf War.

Because America and its evil alliance were afraid of a decisive battle with elite troops on Iraqi soil, they stopped at the Kuwaiti border. Powerful Scud missiles, strong armored forces, and the support of the people of the country are their greatest weapons.

That night, all amateur geopolitical analysts in the country, like Ronald, cursed Iraq, saying that the madman had no courage but still pretended. Many people also felt that the great commander, George, was not good enough, so they should take advantage of the situation to chase him to Baghdad and capture him alive.

Ronald continued to edit his "Other People's Money". The editing of this movie needs to be handled slowly. Because all the driving factors of the plot are dialogues and the performances of several protagonists.

Fundamentally, this is because this movie is adapted from a Broadway play. Although Ronald adapted many parts into audio-visual language, the general structure remains unchanged.

Just like the Kung Fu dishes in Chinese food, they need to be stewed slowly. Ronald now strictly follows the working hours to advance the editing. If it is too fast, it will not be able to grasp the places that need to be refined. After get off work every day, having dinner with his family, resting and family happiness, Ronald has gained a lot of understanding of the content of the movie. Slow editing is more efficient than soaking in the editing room from morning to night.

On the first weekend of March, Ronald decided to relax his tired nerves. Cameron's "Terminator 2" was about to finish filming, so he went to visit the set to see the last day of filming. This was completely different from "Other People's Money". The filming process of a special effect-based movie was a good opportunity to change his mind.

"This is great..." Ronald came to the San Fernando Valley on Saturday morning and watched some early films of "Terminator 2". Especially the one on the dam

Robert Patrick's T-1000 drove a truck to chase Edward Furlong's John Connor's motorcycle. Later, Schwarzenegger drove a Harley motorcycle and flew down the embankment at the critical moment when the T-1000 was about to catch Connor, grabbed John Connor and put him on the back seat of his Harley motorcycle. Then he used the cool action of loading the gun with one hand and ran and shot the truck driver T-1000 robot behind him. ….

These shots are very rhythmic and the movements are clean and neat. It is really exciting after editing. It was a big scene that took two crews five weeks to complete.

"The boy grew up too fast. In the later shots, we had to dig a pit in the ground for him to stay in so that he could be shorter than Linda Hamilton and maintain the consistency of the early shots. All his dialogues had to be re-dubbed." Director of Photography Alan Greenberg also came to chat with Ronald. They were old acquaintances.

"Am I handsome when riding a bike? Arnold has practiced the one-handed loading trick for a long time..." Edward Furlong was watching the sample film with Ronald and others in the back row. He held a cigarette in one hand and squinted one eye when he spoke.

This kind of ruffian smile, coupled with a slightly thin face, is expected to attract the hearts of many girls after the movie is released. During the filming, Edward Furlong happened to smoke. When auditioning, Ronald saw that he was still a skinny and weak child who had not grown up, but now he has become a handsome guy with ruffian spirit.

Today's scenes were shot in the same bar as the first one. The Terminator robot played by Schwarzenegger travels back from the future naked and finds a bar to find suitable clothes, guns and transportation.

This is actually a deliberate coincidence. Many viewers still remember the same plot as Schwarzenegger in the first film. But there are also many who have not seen the first film or have forgotten it. So this cool shot has to be shot again.

The same shot cannot be reused with the shot from the first film. At that time, Schwarzenegger was still a bodybuilding champion. After entering the film industry, he no longer used those steroids and maintained the amount of training. The whole person has become much smaller and his muscles are not as developed as they were at that time.

So reusing the shots at that time would cause a mistake. Cameron had to rebuild the same scene as that year and then find Schwarzenegger to shoot it again.

Because this scene is Schwarzenegger's one-man show, the other actors have already filmed all the scenes. Edward Furlong now fantasizes about how Terminator 2 will be a hit and he will become a new teenage idol. Thinking of the good news, he put his legs on the back of the chair in front of him and blew out a smoke ring with his mouth while shaking.

"Ahem..." Ronald didn't like the behavior of this little ruffian. He coughed and stared at him, "You still have to participate in the film's promotion activities. In this case, you probably won't be reported in the newspapers. ”

"Ah..." Fulong was so frightened that he put his legs down with a shudder. Ronald is definitely capable of reducing his exposure.

"Where's Jim?" Ronald stood up.

"The director is with Linda."

Ronald nodded and walked out of the screening room, preparing to go to the filming site.

"Hmph!" When Edward Furlong saw Ronald leaving, he crossed his legs again and smoked his cigarette loudly.

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"Jim? Jim?" Ronald arrived in the lounge and couldn't find Jim Cameron. After calling a few times, I suddenly heard a loud slamming of the door. Then Cameron came out of the room behind the lounge. ….

"It's a really difficult movie." Ronald saw Cameron's messy hair and beard that hadn't been taken care of for many days. It's so miserable for the eldest brother. His wife is also an actress. They both work on projects at the same time, and it feels like no one is taking care of them.

"Who says it's not? Ahem..." Cameron's face turned a little pale. Ronald threw a bottle of Coke to him, "Is this the last scene tonight?"

"Yes, after shooting the scene where Arnold arrives, the filming part is over."

"Thank you for your hard work." Ronald knew that after filming, Cameron would have to plunge into the special effects production department. Work there is going on simultaneously, but a lot of special effects production has to be carried out with as much hard work as shooting on location.

The filming of special effects movies is really miserable. If it weren't for Cameron's body trained as a truck driver and his incomparable love for movies, most people would have died if they persisted.

"Creak..." The broken door rang again, and Linda Hamilton, who played the mother, also walked in. She was wearing a white long-sleeved top and jeans, which highlighted her figure.

"Are you coming to watch the last scene too?" Ronald greeted her, "Well... let's go over there." Halfway through, Ronald suddenly discovered that the long-sleeved top was made of cotton. , can highlight many details. Under the light, it can be seen that Linda Hamilton seems to be wearing very cool clothes.

"Huh? What did you say?" Linda Hamilton turned her head and asked Ronald with her other face.

"I said, should we go to the scene now?"

"Ah, okay..." Linda Hamilton and Cameron exchanged glances, then nodded to Ronald.

Ronald seemed to understand something and changed the subject, "What's wrong with your ears?"

"When Linda was filming a scene where she shoots in an elevator, her earbuds fell off, and her hearing in this ear was somewhat damaged." Cameron came over to answer.

"Then I'll go to the scene first, and you and Linda will take your time..."

The bar used for filming is just off the highway in the San Fernando Valley. All the details have been completely restored with props and scenery.

There were many movie fans at the scene, some of whom were fans of the previous Terminator movie, who came specially to watch the filming of the sequel. There are also some fans of Schwarzenegger, and some are also big and round bodybuilders. Standing outside the security line, just like boys and girls waiting for their idol, they eagerly waited for Schwarzenegger, hoping to get an autograph or take a photo with him.

Unexpectedly, these people still have such a side, Ronald smiled and agreed to help them pass the message. When Schwarzenegger is free, come and meet them.

"A!"

Schwarzenegger was topless, wearing only a pair of underwear, and filmed scenes in a bar with many strong white men dressed as Death Knights.

Although it is a bit smaller, this body is still very intimidating. The actors looked at Schwarzenegger with a look of fear in their eyes. This is a sincere human reaction to seeing a muscular man, and it exactly matches the emotions of the characters in the movie. Schwarzenegger still uses that robot-like simple language to speak dialogue. This was also a trick he used to hide his Austrian accent. Unexpectedly, it became a special symbol of the classic character. ….

Now that Schwarzenegger is much more fluent in English, for the sake of consistency, he still speaks in the same way he did seven years ago.

Of course, there were still people looking at Schwarzenegger in different ways. A young woman, looking at the topless Schwarzenegger, clearly has the kind of reaction a woman has to a strong and majestic male individual in her eyes.

However, things are still a little different now than before. When The Terminator was filmed in the early 1980s, women at that time liked muscular men like Schwarzenegger and Stallone. Today's female viewers look at handsome men much more wildly than muscular men.

However, the woman present looked appreciative. It seems that Schwarzenegger does not rely entirely on muscles. His facial lines actually have a sense of ancient Greek sculpture.

"What are you doing?"

The woman walked past the security line, walked directly into the camera, and then asked about Schwarzenegger.

"Cut...Cut...Cut!" Cameron was furious and ran all the way from behind the camera in the corner, "Who are you?"

"Ah? I saw the lights were still on in the bar, come in and have a drink." The woman was startled.

"I'm a stripper..." Schwarzenegger told a cold joke.

"Hehehe..." Everyone laughed and let the matter go.

Cameron also laughed dumbly, thinking that he was too nervous, and immediately arranged a second shoot.

"Madam, please come with me. We are filming, and you just broke in and ruined one of our shoots."

"I didn't mean to, and you didn't set up a cordon..."

"Do you see those people over there?" Ronald pointed at Schwarzenegger's fans who were still waiting outside.

"I didn't see them, I came in from another way. No one of you is on guard..."

"Forget it, if you want to drink, please go over there, there are a few bars over there."

"I came from over there, something happened over there, someone attacked the police..."

Sent away the strange woman who broke into the scene. Ronald gently returned to the safety line of the shooting. Schwarzenegger's silent, robot-killer way of speaking was already very skillful. Soon, the last shot was shot. Cameron happily announced that the shooting was over.

"Ahhh!" The shouts of the staff were much louder than those of the general crew. Many staff began to distribute white T-shirts with the words "Don't look for me in Terminator 3!"

"What's going on?" Ronald ran to talk to Cameron, who was ignored.

"They said I was too perfectionist."

"Uh..." Ronald touched his chin. This guy oppressed the staff on the scene. Ronald pulled Cameron to the door. It seemed that these people could not invite him to the party.

"What happened just now? Why weren't there enough security guards to control the scene?" This kind of on-site shooting was a bit abnormal. For a large production like Carloco, such an incomplete closed scene should not occur.

"Mario Casal is very nervous. The budget of 80 million is still not enough. He doesn't want to shoot this scene." Cameron answered softly. ….

"So what did you tell him?" Ronald thought to himself, Mario Casal, the founder of Carloco Pictures, was frightened by Cameron's continuous overspending. But it doesn't matter, if he doesn't want to invest, he can cover the cost. It's just that so much money has been spent, Mario Casal will definitely grit his teeth and shoot to the end. I think it's just a private complaint to Cameron.

"I say, only ignorant producers will want to delete this scene."

"Puff..." Ronald couldn't help laughing. This is a kind of internal complaint from the director to the producer.

"Hey, hey, big guy?"

Ronald and Cameron were chatting, and the Schwarzenegger fans outside couldn't help it. They shouted at Ronald and waved their arms.

"Ah, that's Arnold's fans. Is he still there? Can you sign autographs for them and take photos with them?" Ronald thought of this group of bodybuilding muscular men.

"I'm coming," Schwarzenegger said excitedly. He said goodbye to the beauties in the crew, "Hastavista, baby!" He also used the Spanish lines of the Terminator in the play.

"Hi, hello!" Schwarzenegger came over and talked enthusiastically with the fans.

Ronald also found it funny. Schwarzenegger is now in high spirits. With a salary of more than 15 million, and a role he is good at, it is estimated that his salary will increase after the release of this movie.

The Terminator robot has only more than 700 words of lines in the movie, and an average of more than 20,000 US dollars per word. He had to pay more than 80,000 for the sentence Hastavista, baby just now.

"Arnold, can I take some pictures of you?" A fan who was a little younger than the fitness enthusiast shouted at Schwarzenegger with a Sony home video camera in his hand.

"Jim?" Schwarzenegger also asked the director for his opinion.

Cameron waved his hand. The filming was completed. He was not interested in being a tyrant on the set anymore.

"Thank you, thank you..." The fan got permission and started filming with the camera...

"Woo...Woo..." A siren sounded in the distance, as if a police car was coming here.

"The security in Los Angeles is really bad now... Let's quickly disperse." Ronald hurriedly called the first assistant director to drive people away.

This place is close to the Hansen Dam, which is the flood control dam in Los Angeles. There are many slums, blacks, Latinos, and new Korean immigrants. It is usually the worst area for security after the city center.

Everyone quickly packed up the equipment and put it on the bus. The big party that was booked was waiting for them in the high-end area of ​​Sunset Boulevard.

"Huahuahua..."

Ronald also got on the car and went home. The bodyguard Dan was still looking out the window from time to time. There were red and blue police lights flashing in the distance, and the sound of helicopter propellers could be heard faintly.

"Some areas in Los Angeles are really scary. I dare not come here at night." Even the black driver, Little Bud, felt that this place was really not peaceful.

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