Reborn America, this is my time

Chapter 158 The world is too small

In his previous life, in the era of mobile Internet where short videos were flooding, Ethan had seen such a video, "Look carefully, this man's name is Xiaoshuai, there is a monster attached to his face, and his neck is covered by a monster." The tail was entangled tightly, but strangely, he didn't die because of it...'

While the dubbing was playing, a khaki-yellow soft-bodied creature that looked like a crab also appeared on the screen, continuously shrinking on Xiaoshuai's face in a sucking way.

That disgusting novelty scene will make some people feel physically uncomfortable. If the AI ​​​​is still used by Yun Xi, the discomfort will be even stronger, but these are actually not important, because the key to the story is that A soft monster, and it is a face hugger.

Yes!

In the future, the creature called the face hugger will be famous!

It is not only a well-known star monster in the sci-fi circle, but also a popular fantasy character, and the work that created it and brought it to embrace the world is a series of movies called——

"Alien".

That's right!

When Ethan saw the word Facehugger, he was shocked!
Although "Alien" does not have the exaggerated global influence of "Star Wars", and its ability to absorb money is far less than "Jurassic Park", which kills all ages, but no matter how many years it takes, it can still be seen in science fiction. Occupy a place in history.This is not only because the monster in the movie has become synonymous with horror and an indelible cultural symbol, but also because the first version of the movie is a milestone in the science fiction genre.Before the appearance of "Alien", most of the sci-fi movies of human beings had beautiful ideas, such as Spielberg's "Close Encounters of the Third Kind", most people thought that humans could live in peace with aliens , but after the appearance of "Alien", the ultimate evil that can represent the dark forest was finally brought to the audience's table by the creators.

Even before Ethan traveled, this series with decades of lifespan had been filmed badly, and countless practitioners did not know how to restart this series due to the terrible box office results, but even so, this series still has its glorious side .

Because of it, three world-class directors were born.

The first one is Ridley Scott who filmed "Blade Runner", "Thelma and Louise", "Gladiator", "Black Hawk Down", "The Martian", he is the first generation of "Alien" director.

The second is James Cameron, who filmed "Terminator", "Titanic", and "Avatar". He is the second-generation director of "Alien".

The third is David Fincher, who made "Seven Deadly Sins", "Fight Club", "Rejuvenation", "The Social Network" and "House of Cards". He is the three-generation director of "Alien".

When a series produces three famous directors...

As long as you have a love for the art of film, you will basically pay attention to it.

Ethan liked their movies, so he was very impressed with the "Alien" series.Because of this, when he found out that the guy who came into contact with him at the "Star Wars" movie celebration banquet was the screenwriter of "Alien", and the script of "Interstellar Monsters", which sounds very popular, turned out to be "Alien" When he was named, he quickly read the story in his hand.

And after he finished watching...

Good guy!
The man in front of him who calls himself Ronald Shusett doesn't seem to be joking!
Although he couldn't remember the plot of "Alien" clearly, compared with the description of the script in his hand and the movie he saw in his previous life...there is basically a big difference!
"Mr. Shusett, although I don't know much about the film industry, I can see that your script is very well done. I can't rate your script from a professional point of view, but I personally think that this A script of this level should sell well, right? So..."

"What exactly are you looking for me for?"

Ethan put the finished script on the coffee table.

With both arms spread out, he put on the back of the sofa, raised his right leg, and his toes were shaking.

Although there is shock in my heart, since others want more from me, I still have to have the sitting posture of the boss.

style~
"Mr. Jones, you are too modest."

From the moment Ethan opened the script, Ronald Shusett's expression tensed instantly, but with the passage of time, after reading the draft of the script, the frowning eyebrows continued to ease.

And when Ethan said that his script was highly completed, the guy sitting there with his chest up and his head up smiled gratefully, but after Ethan said that this kind of script should sell well, the guy's face There was also a lot of regret on the Internet, and he replied: "Mr. Jones, Hollywood has never lacked complete scripts. Major studios buy a lot of scripts on the market every year, but they can be made into movies. Yeah, not even one percent."

"Among them, some scripts have good stories, but the content of the stories may not meet the current people's aesthetics, so they are shelved by the studio; some have good stories, but the funds involved in shooting some exceed the studio's expectations; some are The story is excellent, but the content may not be realized due to technical reasons; there are also stories that are so good that they are so well known that no one dares to shoot them.”

"Although there are many reasons for not being able to shoot, all projects have one thing in common, that is, the script is good, so in our industry, a good script is not even considered an advantage, because equally good scripts, in Hollywood There must be many."

"Oh—" Ethan understood, and let out a clear laugh.

Ronald Shusett did not hesitate, and continued: "Like you saw this script, it was actually written as early as [-]. Of course, the version at that time was different from the current version. , because over the past few years, we have made a lot of revisions to this script."

"But no matter how we change the script, no studio is willing to take over, because they are not interested in science fiction, let alone the subject of science fiction and horror, so so far, we have not found anyone who is willing to put this story on the screen. investors."

"The main reason why I came to you with this is because I heard some news, some well-known news. At the beginning of this year, when everyone thought that the movie "Star Wars" was going to fail, only you And director Steven Spielberg felt that director George Lucas would be successful, and while supporting him, you also made a game for the Star Wars movie. This kind of cooperation makes me feel that you You may like the subject of science fiction, and director Steven Spielberg also stepped into the front line with horror films such as "Jaws", so when you and them are friends, it pops up in my mind The idea of ​​taking a chance."

"And here, I am also very grateful to you for giving me this opportunity."

Perhaps it was because of too many obstacles and too many failures that made Ronald Shusett afraid to keep a secret, but it was also possible that Ethan's joy made him see hope. In short, when explaining his purpose to Ethan, he The tone of voice is very sincere, and the description is even more direct.

And when Ethan learned that the copyright of "Alien" was still in the hands of these people...

The corner of his mouth suddenly raised slightly.

There is no other reason, it is simply that the movie "Alien" reminded him of a game——

"Contra".

As long as you have experienced the arcade era, even if you are at the end of the era, you should have used or heard BABA up, down, left, right, and left, and that is the cheating secret of "Contra".

As a classic in the late arcade era, "Contra" produced by Konami has brought happiness to countless people, but at the same time, many people have also discovered that the two protagonists in "Contra" Why are Bill and Lance so similar to the super tough guys Schwarzenegger and Stallone in Hollywood?
The turtle-like monsters in the game, the incubator that hatches the monsters, and the boss with the ghost head and human face are not exactly the same as the monsters in "Alien", but at least they are extremely similar.

Perhaps it is because there are too many memes, so this game has also suffered a lot of criticism from the media while it is on sale, but it may also be because there are too many memes, so whenever the media asks Konami to verify these things, Konami will always keep silent and say they don't know.

The attitude shown is similar to the "this story is purely fictitious, and any similarity is purely coincidental" in the front of the major TV dramas.

However, these criticisms that existed in Ethan's previous life are no longer important to him.

Because when the game "Contra" appeared——

FC's classic music suddenly sounded in his mind!
As a classic game on the red and white machine, this thing must be made with 6502!

And since it can be done——

Then wouldn't he, Ethan Jones, be free of worries in an instant?

"Contra" may not be popular for as long as "Northland Tetris"...

But it is also a fire game!
And since it is also a big fire game, and it also appeared in front of him, Ethan...

If you don't do it, you're just showing off to God!

As for "Alien"?
Since it's a money-making work, take it down?

Even if the plot of the movie may not match the game, it's still good to do some publicity!

Thinking of this, Ethan smiled and said, "Mr. Shusett, can I call you Ronald?"

"Of course! Mr. Jones!" Ronald Shusett nodded quickly.

"You go back today and give me a week. I will show your script to my friends." Ethan said, "If they think it's okay, we'll continue talking. If they don't think it's okay, I will also ask my people to give you an accurate answer after that week."

"Okay?"

"Yeah!" Ronald Shusett hurriedly agreed.

Although Ethan did not express his attitude positively, being willing to consult is the best way to show his attitude. It is precisely because of this that Ronald Shusett got up directly while answering, and walked towards Ethan bowed slightly and said, "Mr. Jones, thank you for your liking!"

"Hahaha--"

Ethan smiled and waved his hands, got up and patted his shoulder, signaling not to salute.

Then I called Julis Noble, asked her to contact the law professor assigned by Stanford to the game of destiny, and simply drafted a contract for the temporary script, and then asked her to take Ronald Shusett to the treasurer Allen Marcy received $[-], which was considered a temporary payment for the script.

It's not that he can't trust Ronald Shusett, but that Hollywood is famous.

Ethan in his previous life had heard that the guy here would dare to cheat anyone.

In this case, he, Ethan Jones, had better be careful.

If not...

Wouldn't that lose the face of Xiao Si and Xiao Lu?

Ok?
After doing all this, Ethan immediately returned to the office with the script in his arms.Spread out the straw paper, pick up the pen, and write and draw on it.Although the memory of the game in his previous life has been blurred, and now he can't remember the specific levels of "Contra", but when the horizontal scrolling shooting game is confirmed, all that remains is to die a few more brain cells thing!

Just like the Pac-Man level, he drew it himself!

When God has already fed the rice to his mouth...

It's not difficult to grow a mouth and take a bite, right?

If even this bothers you...

That's really starving to death!

Under his simple idea, a game called "Iron Warrior vs. Aliens (Tentative)" came to life on the paper——

The story takes place in 2XXX years in the future. Human beings have started interstellar travel and found a new home in the universe. However, when human beings are preparing for interstellar immigration and sending an advance team to establish a base for the new home, countless alien species suddenly appear, attacking and Occupy here.When the command post on the earth received the news of the distress, it immediately dispatched the most powerful steel warriors to rescue.

It's a pity that interstellar travel takes time. When Iron Warrior arrived at the new planet, he found that the human base here had been destroyed, and countless pioneers had died. Not only that, but the alien species here also have the ability to manipulate the human body. The remains of the dead do something bloodthirsty.

In order to avenge the dead compatriots, Iron Warrior vowed to destroy these enemies.

The first level, that is, the Iron Warrior landed at the gate of the base, ready to make a surprise attack.

After Ethan finished writing the outline and drawing a brief sketch of the first level, he couldn't wait to push open the door of Evelyn's office. Frowning tightly, he flipped through the pages, and then...

"Oh!!! Sxxt!!! Ethan! Are you fucking an alien???"

The girl exploded, "How many hours have passed? Do you have four hours? You, you, you just showed me a new game??? MFxxk! Doesn't your creation take time?"

Ethan was not surprised by his sister's fried hair.

And he also prepared his speech, and directly filmed the script of "Star Monster" in front of his sister.

"Here, the source of inspiration." Ethan pouted.

Then, he briefly explained the matter. When Evelyn learned that the screenwriter who took the initiative to strike up a conversation at the celebration banquet that day actually brought the script, she decisively read it.

And after she hastily read it... She sighed, threw the script on the table, and said, "Now I think what Steven said may be right."

"What?" Ethan didn't get the idea of ​​his sister.

Evelyn was right, "When you close your eyes, you can see the tomorrow of video games."

"I really don't understand, how did you write this kind of game after looking at this script?"

"How do you see action in a horror movie?"

"And how did you get rid of the jigsaw puzzles in the morning in a few hours, thinking about making a horizontal shooting game that can move the main character?"

Evelyn, who was sitting behind the desk, raised her head and stared at Ethan.

At this moment, she can't figure it out!

She felt that her brain had grown in vain!
Ethan shrugged his shoulders. Instead of continuing to stimulate the girl, he smiled and said, "Everyone has the ability to imagine, but what is really valuable is how to turn fantasy into reality, isn't it?"

"Humans never lose their imagination on their own initiative. The so-called lack of imagination is nothing more than social restrictions that restrict human beings from thinking outside the box."

"Why are children full of fantasies?"

"Because they are carefree."

"Why can I fantasize?"

"Because you can do it, right?"

Ethan winked at Evelyn.

The girl who looked at him was stunned for two seconds, then picked up a document beside her, and threw it at Ethan, "Get out! I don't want to see you today!"

"Okay, see you tomorrow then."

Ethan took the file, put it away with a smile, then picked up the script, and left the company in a hurry.

Although Evelyn didn't respond positively, as long as she didn't refuse, it meant that the game could definitely be made. In this case, it was necessary to win the "Alien" project.And when Ethan didn't know how to make movies, it was the best choice in his heart to go to Stoudemire's classmate's wool.

however……

When Ethan came to Universal Pictures with the script of "Star Monsters", sneaked into Spielberg's office, and filmed the script in front of him, Stoudemire just glanced at the cover of the script, and then he was stunned. There, after a long while, he raised his head and said, "Why do you have this script?"

"Huh?" Ethan didn't understand.

"Have you read this script?" Xiaosi's reaction made him a little confused.

"Of course I've seen it!" Spielberg held up the script, pointed to the screenwriter column on the cover, and said, "Do you know who the screenwriter of this script is?"

Ethan glanced at Spielberg's finger.

There were two names written on it, besides Ronald Shusett who was looking for him, and there was a guy named Dan O'Bannon.

"Do they have a problem?" Ethan was puzzled.

Before his words fell, Spielberg nodded and said, "Of course there is a problem!"

"This is Dan O'Bannon, the visual effects supervisor of Star Wars!"

"His hand animation and computer graphics for Star Wars!"

"If nothing else, he should be in Industrial Light and Magic now!"

"I read this story years ago!"

"so--"

"How did you get this script?"

Spielberg looked at Ethan in surprise.

And Ethan...

"WTF???"

He yelled and stared at Xiaosi with his classmates.

　Note: ① In Du Niang Encyclopedia, the behind-the-scenes production of "Alien" is written like this. After the success of "Star Wars", Fox began to pay attention to the potential of science fiction films, and finally decided to inject 420 million US dollars to shoot this film.This is actually just the most euphemistic way of saying it. To put it bluntly, it is that the screenwriter of "Alien" is George Lucas. In order to lick Lucas, it took less than half a year for Fox to silence him. Years of projects pulled together.In that era, a director with a box office of over [-] million could really be licked by the studio on his knees. ②The relationship between Ronald Shusett and Steven Spielberg is very good, and the two parties also collaborated on "Minority Report" later. ③Things about "Contra" and "Alien", as well as Schwarzenegger and Stallone... This simple comparison will do. Konami's integration is very powerful.

　　
　
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