Chapter 154: dispute? Inevitable!
Wald Pictures.
The boss Zhu Ke, the vice president of Wald Pictures, Kevin Fitch, the director Zach Schneider, and the main heads of the "300" crew, gathered together for the last meeting before the official casting.
"Zach, you are the film director of the film, so let's talk about it first." Zhu Ke said while drinking a cup of tea filled with wolfberries.
People who have to be middle-aged have to soak wolfberries in a thermos.
Well, although Zhuke is only 21 years old, it is reasonable to say that he has not yet reached the "last resort", but in the two months he has been idle, Zhuke is very absurd, lingering between the bed, really a little overwhelmed. No, the health-preserving wolfberry is on the tube.
"Since Mr. Wald has spoken, let me talk about it."
Zach Schneider is not a shy person. He immediately said: "Everyone, with regard to the movie "Spartan 300 Warriors", we must first clarify a problem. The Spartan Warriors we shot must never be true. The history is the background and premise. Remember, the "300" we shot is just a comic work by comic master Frank Miller."
The voice fell, and everyone present nodded.
There is a fundamental difference between historical stories and comic stories!
As far as historical stories are concerned, the war between Spartans and Persians does not actually distinguish between justice and evil. It is a confrontational war between the two forces because of their interests;
However...
However, in Frank Miller's "300" comics, it follows the basic laws of comics.
There must be a clear distinction between positive and negative characters!
"So, when we filmed this "300 Spartan" movie, we must inevitably portray the Persians into the villain camp, otherwise it would be difficult for the audience to accept it. The plot is simple, crude, and clear. This is the main theme of our filming. ."
Zach Schneider said solemnly.
On this point, Zhu Ke is extremely in favor.
When Zhu Ke was watching "300 Warriors of Spartan" in his last life, the overall plot was quite exciting, but the producer has portrayed the Persians as barbarians from another world, and the evil spirits of backward civilization. In addition, Xerxes, the king of Persia, was also portrayed as a brainless arrogant king who wears no clothes but only a pair of underwear.
Nima, this is simply an insult to the audience's IQ!
"Man, do you think about the picture of Emperor Qin Shihuang Yingzheng, Han Wudi Liu Che, Tang Taizong Li Shimin, Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, etc., not wearing uniforms on the battlefield, but only wearing a pair of underpants..."
"Spicy eyes!"
Throughout the past and present, this is simply impossible.
The monarch of a country, who only wears a pair of underpants on the battlefield, should he be shameless? !
At that time, when watching this film, Zhu Ke complained about the setting of the crew more than once.
Logically speaking, Hollywood studios shouldn't be so stubborn. The film’s director Zach Schneider, even if he is a MV director, shouldn’t make such a low-level mistake, right?
But!
After Zhuke traveled through more than two years, he finally understood why the production company and director chose such a mindless setting.
"Old beauty has no culture!"
"The United States and Western countries are engaged in happy education. Under this education system, many social elites are cultivated, but there are more rough men and illiterate people, occupying the main group."
"If you complicate the plot, how can these rough guys understand?"
"The characters are distinct and the plot is simple and rude. It is the mainstream setting of Hollywood."
"Therefore, according to the comics, the Spartans and Persians are divided into two distinct factions, pros and cons, it is very necessary. Otherwise, you can't expect how high the box office can be!"
For a while, Zhu Ke kept sighing in his heart.
racial discrimination!
Yes, in fact, setting the pros and cons according to the comics will indeed cause the countries in the Middle East and the Middle Eastern groups in the United States to have a great resentment, and even cause resistance.
However, the main audience of the film is ultimately the mainstream movie audience in the United States and the Western world!
Hehe~
Don’t look at each of them clamoring for racial equality and opposition to racial discrimination. But in fact, when they choose movies, they are natural and instinctive.
in case......
You are shooting a movie with a Middle Eastern group as a positive role. Look at these respectable "equality and equality" people, will they buy tickets to watch the movie?
This group of respectable "equality maintenance" people, what they understand is "racial equality" and "anti-racial discrimination", which is limited to equality between blacks and whites, and does not include blacks in Africa. As for Asians and Middle Eastern groups, they are definitely not in them. Within the scope of consideration.
In other words, these decent "equality-keeping" people are the biggest group of racial discrimination!
"So, how can controversy be caused by not demonizing the Persians and not demonizing Emperor Xerxes?"
"How can you attract the attention of mainstream audiences without causing controversy?"
"Therefore, after the film is released, it will inevitably lead to some people's resistance, but their resistance and controversy will make more people buy tickets willingly."
Director Zach Schneider talked eloquently and analyzed the pros and cons before and after.
Kevin Fitch echoed: "Yes. We are a film company, a business organization that needs to make a profit, not a non-profit organization that maintains equality. Our purpose is just to earn more box office."
Zuke also nodded.
What does racial discrimination have to do with Zhuke?
Zhuke was a citizen of the Great Celestial Kingdom in his previous life. Even though he crossed his life in this life, his red heart has not been reduced much. In dealing with the issue of "racial discrimination", he only cares about the ethnic Chinese. As for Korean, Japanese, Asian, Middle Eastern, African, and even black groups including the United States, Zhu Ke does not care about the racial discrimination they face!
I have to say that Zhu Ke has transformed from a small **** to a qualified capitalist.
...
In the final stage of the meeting, Kevin Fitch raised a more critical topic.
——Muscle man!
"In order to make "Spartan 300 Warriors" more attractive and more attractive to female audiences, when it comes to casting, whether it is the main male protagonists, supporting roles, and dragon sets, the most important thing is to choose those muscles. Men, and we also need to highlight the hugeness of certain key parts while only wearing underpants~www.wuxiaspot.com~ At the same time, we also need a lot of muscular male actors, at least 100~300 people."
For this problem, everyone proposed two solutions.
One of them, when choosing a role, focus on the actor with explosive muscles;
Secondly, 6 months of muscle and physical training will be given to the selected actors to create muscular men one by one;
"Ha ha!"
At this time, Zhuke, the boss, laughed at the first moment.
"Guys, don't be so troublesome."
Zhu Ke laughed and said: "You are all busy preparing movies recently. You may not know that UPN TV Network is planning to launch a new show in the near future. It will move WWE (National Reality Wrestling Entertainment) to UPN's TV platform to broadcast. You must know that they are all. A bunch of muscular men, even muscular monsters with outstanding build!"
Zach: "..."
Kevin Fitch: "..."
Including everyone present, they were all taken aback.
They never thought that the problem they were worried about by others would be so simple. After all, it is not easy to find hundreds of muscle monsters with good figures and photogenic.
Of course, the main characters of this film cannot rely on these muscle monsters from WWE, but also need professional actors with acting skills. Therefore, the muscle training process for the main actors is still inevitable, but it can save a lot of time and money.
WWE players, except for a few ace star players, the appearance prices of others are not much higher.
save money?
"I'm so rich now, how come I still think of these inevitably?" Classmate Zhu Piao was secretly annoyed.
