Hollywood Tycoon [US Entertainment + Business War]

The first release week of "12 Monkeys" was actually very embarrassing, because it happened to hit the last two days of the Christmas and New Year's Day holiday, and these two days happened to be when audiences across the United States returned home from various places.The excitement of the holidays is gone, there is only mental exhaustion, so the vast majority of viewers will choose to rest at home.

Therefore, many professionals have already pointed out that this week's box office performance should be down across the board, and it is most obvious in the box office cities.What is a "ticket warehouse city"?Naturally, it refers to big cities like New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Houston, and Chicago.However, this kind of impact has little effect on the third-tier market, but the problem is that it will take time for new films to be released in third-tier cities, so new films are expected to fail collectively this week.Because compared with audiences in big cities, audiences in small cities will be more conservative in their viewing choices. They are more willing to choose works that have been released for several weeks and have good box office or word-of-mouth performance.

But Jed has no way to complain about his distribution department. Whoever makes himself choose a very remote sci-fi movie and insists on squeezing it into the Christmas file, then don't blame the distribution company for arranging an unpopular time slot.

Fortunately, although the vast majority of viewers are willing to rest at home, some viewers still choose to go out to watch a movie.Especially for film and television reporters and film critics, no matter how tired they are, they dare not miss Jed Sherman's new film.Although there have been box office failures such as "The Shawshank Redemption" in the history of Jed's directorship, this work has been completely enshrined in the film critics in the end, and it is considered to belong to "Citizen Kane" and "The Birth of a Nation". Milestone in film history.

What's more, Jed only had this box office failure. Half of the first work with a box office of more than one billion came from him. In addition, his "Apollo 13" in the first half of the year was a joke in Hollywood. The filmmakers didn't cry.In addition, Jed also said, "This is a good movie", so more reporters walked into the movie theater with the idea of ​​confirming or slapping the face.

The first minute of the movie seems to be shooting a landscape film, with aerial shots sweeping from Los Angeles to New York.High-rise buildings, heavy traffic... Human beings seem to be the masters of this planet.But those who are interested found that Jed did not match any music to such a scene, so it seemed more like a "mourning".

Sure enough, a line of words soon appeared in the center of the screen, "On July 1996, 7, a plague broke out in Philadelphia..."

Then the screen changed from color to black and white, and the movie images were no longer a smooth flow but intense montage editing, and news images were constantly superimposed on the screen.Although Jed didn't use any narration to explain the power of the plague, the audience could see the continuous death of people on the news screen, riots in big cities, and then large-scale fleeing...

When the film returned to color, someone exclaimed, "This is New York!"

Yes, Jed showed viewers what New York City would be like without humans."2030" is written in the lower left corner of the screen, but New York on the screen seems to be a tropical jungle.The Empire State Building has fallen due to corrosion, while the World Trade Center is densely wrapped in climbing plants. There are only abandoned cars on the Brooklyn Bridge, but the traffic is no longer there.

The most important thing is that there is no one, there is no one in New York, an international metropolis!Some are just strolling lions and monkeys jumping around.Instead of showing viewers Earth after an alleged asteroid strike or nuclear war, Jade shows viewers abandoned cities.When there are no natural and man-made disasters for human beings, why should they abandon their proud homeland.

Just when the audience was still wondering, Jed's camera was already aimed at the symbol of the United States - the Statue of Liberty.Jed has put his destructive spirit to good use, and he's already made this beautiful goddess pretty ugly.The hand holding the torch was broken, and the head with a gentle smile was tilted to one side.

Many Americans were shocked when they saw this scene.But after the camera turned to here, I only saw the camera sinking rapidly, as if it was going to go underground.Just when the audience was still a little confused, an underground city appeared in front of the audience.

Subtitles also appear on screen, Zion, The Last City.

At this time, the camera stopped in a laboratory, and a scientist said to a big man: "The plague in 1996 destroyed the earth on which human beings live. In just one year, 90% of human beings were infected with this disease." And death. The remaining human beings can only linger on, and finally escape here to reproduce. Although so many years have passed, the earth is no longer the home of mankind. We have no way to purify the current earth, only to adopt plan B gone."

"Time traveler is ready? After all, this is a method that no one has tried. We can't lose our soldiers anymore." After a long silence, the big man finally said this sentence lightly. "Have you chosen?"

"Yes, a 'quasi-human'." The scientist said, "According to the law, he should be deprived of the right to life. But we think he will be a suitable candidate for Plan B, so we leave him in the research institute."

When this conversation happened, the audience suddenly felt a chill.It turns out that in the future world, human beings' right to survival is so easily deprived.And when the camera turned to the "quasi-human", they found that he seemed to be a mental patient.Even the mentally ill have to be killed. Presumably, in order to ensure the so-called "human reproduction", any disease and disability cannot be tolerated. Even at a certain age, they will be "humanely destroyed", right?The black tone of the whole movie is very obvious, and it is really unacceptable for the audience to put it in a Christmas file.Although the picture is not cruel, the coldness under the picture is very compelling.

At this point the camera turns to James, played by Bruce Willis, who is consciously put into a deep coma by the Institute in order to reduce his need for food and water.In a coma, James kept recalling everything he saw as a child.He always felt that this incident seemed familiar, whether it was his own memory or his childhood memory.

At this time, a psychologist in the audience explained to his girlfriend in a low voice: "A person's deep memory actually retains many memories of his childhood. When you are in a deep coma or sleep, these scenes will appear in the In front of your eyes. More importantly, your deep memory will be compared with your shallow memory, so you will feel that some people are people you have seen for many years. Children's logical analysis ability is very poor, but the brain But it gave us an unparalleled memory at that time. Therefore, when you are on the street, you always feel that some people seem to have seen them but can never remember their names. There is no doubt that it must be that you have seen him or his parents when you were young. That's why I think his face looks familiar. But here's something strange, why does James feel that his childhood self knows his current self?"

"James, this is a mission you cannot refuse. If you refuse, you will be destroyed directly; if you accept it, you will be a hero who saves mankind." The scientist said persuasively. "Think about it, how majestic is it to be a hero admired by thousands of people?"

"Then why don't you go?" James sneered. "Since animals became infected, Zion has not had any animals other than humans. Your scientists actually used humans to conduct experiments without animal experiments."

"They're not human, they're 'quasi-human'." The scientist corrected, "They're not legally human anymore, you understand?"

"When is a child born by a human not a human? Just because he has an infectious disease or a disability? The law can stipulate that I can't spit anywhere, but how can it be stipulated that I am not a human?" James mocked.

The scientist was taken aback, then sneered: "The law is the law, you and I must abide by it! —Okay, I won't bother you anymore, you must participate in this operation. We will send you to 1996 Philadelphia, you must stop the outbreak of the plague. Here are all the investigation reports on the outbreak of the plague at that time, take a good look, and you will start tomorrow."

James took over the information. Here, Jed, relying on his own understanding of the future, specially designed a tablet computer with ultra-thin glass.There are also many simple designs in the laboratory, using a three-dimensional operating system.These are very common in science fiction movies of later generations, but not so common in this era.In order to highlight the sense of technology in the future, general directors add many buttons and screens, as if people in the future have many hands.But Jed did the opposite. The ultra-simple design and ultra-convenient operation made many film critics shine.Because Jed's design has also aroused discussions among many futurists, of course, this is a later story.

Whether James liked it or not, he was stuffed into a "time travel" machine the next day. "I hope you can understand the fact that we can not only send you there, but also capture you back." The scientist said, "So if you don't do anything in the past, then we can only bring you back to 'humane destruction'. Don't Think we can't do things without you, as long as you can pass smoothly and come back safely, your mission is actually completed. I'm giving you a chance to be a hero now, don't give up yourself. I don't think you want to be in that Sleep in the laboratory for the rest of your life? Think about the sunshine and beauties outside, understand?"

Before James could answer, the scientist stuffed him into the time machine.Then press the button, amidst the constant vibration, a bright light flashed.When James opened his eyes, he found that he had returned to a certain city in the past.

But James was obviously annoyed by this task, so he caught people on the street and said that the future human world has been destroyed.Soon someone called the police, saying that a lunatic had appeared on the street.So soon the police came to arrest James. When faced with the police questioning, James still insisted on his own statement.

So the police had to call in a psychiatrist for an assessment, and naturally James was identified as mentally ill and sent to a mental hospital.

"What the hell is this?" Some viewers didn't understand.They originally thought that this was a movie in which the male protagonist would kill the world after traveling back, but they didn't expect the protagonist to be so useless after returning.

But the film critics don't think so. Instead, they think this is the best performance in line with the protagonist's mood.He was not sent back voluntarily, so he obviously had revenge in his heart.It's just that he was sent to a mental hospital now. Obviously, the director needs to trigger a plot here.

Sure enough, James chatted with a young man...