Cyber Ghosts

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It is undeniable that in this decade of evolution, the Avengers series of movies has explored a new film production-sales model, and this model, so far, even Marvel ’s old rival dc has not learned .

So in this last postscript, Mu Yu intends to discuss with you the reconnection mode and the possibility of our own "Chinese version" reconnection mode.

What's new in the "Avengers" mode (hereinafter referred to as the "Reunion Mode")?

The new model of reconnection is not in the story, in the plot, or in the special effects, but in the fact that through a whole set of frameworks, he has competed with other similar movies and has opened up a dimension-in other words, complex The united mode and other fantasy movie series (complexity is not essentially a science fiction movie) is not a game in one dimension.

Apart from the dc universe where dc movies have not yet formed, other movie frameworks in the past are basically divided into the following two categories:

1. There is no sequel to a single successful movie-early movies basically belong to this category

2. N-part genre movies-Harry Potter series, The Lord of the Rings series, Transformers series, including our country's Xu Ke's Di Renjie, etc. basically belong to this category.

What about the reconnection model? Completely different from the above two:

First of all, there are several characters in the reunion that are separate movie n series, such as Iron Man series, Captain America series, Thor series, etc. From a commercial point of view, each of these heroes corresponds to a user Groups, in other words, Marvel is created by different heroes. In theory, it is possible to eat up all the user groups in the fantasy market by category:

Those who like the unruly Iron Man may not like the US team, but those who like the US team ’s national feelings are not necessarily users of Thor. When our ordinary audience watch popcorn and watch these movies in the cinema, even After watching the movie, when we are arguing with friends because of the plot of the movie, we may not know that we audiences have long been designed by Marvel a few years ago when this hero movie plot, or when we decided to launch this As a hero, it ’s already estimated.

And what about the other n-series series? If you like Harry Potter's magical world, will you definitely watch Transformers? If you like watching Transformers, can you accept the Lord of the Rings? ——Maybe the answer is no, this seems to be different from the audience of Marvel ’s heroes, but the result of these two modes is that the users of Transformers will never be Harry Potter, but The audience of Iron Man, whether it is the audience of the US team or not, is a Marvel audience.

What's the difference? This is the second difference between the reconnection mode and other modes:

The heroes in the reunification team made a collection in this series of Avengers movies. This collection will not only allow a fixed audience of various heroes to watch the reunion movie (direct income generation), but also It will make these audiences, because after watching the reunion, there will be the possibility of watching other hero movies-in other words, every time the audience goes to watch the reunion, they are also watching "free advertisements" of other hero movies.

From the perspective of the entire Marvel model, this is a very healthy movie and audience model: as long as this story is edited, the heroes of the Marvel Universe movie series will be more and more, and the audience will be more and more And these audiences will also spread to the audience of other Marvel heroes due to the reunion of this "hodgepodge" movie. Throughout all movie forms, this model is by far the lowest cost and highest profit model.

And on this basis, Marvel also "invented" the "little reunion" mode, such as the last "Captain America", which has a large number of heroes. It is said that many people simply go to Iron Man to watch this Film-but no matter what, in terms of results, this film has earned more viewers.

Of course, for the Marvel universe, there are still many analyses of the reunification model. Mu Yu will not repeat them here. I just want to use this to explain why dc has launched its own cosmic system in a hurry, Justice League, but dc is aware of this model. It's a little late, and this Justice League is a bit nondescript.

Speak far away, talk about ourselves.

In this way, we need to discuss one thing. Is it possible for us to have our own "Avenger Mode"?

It seems that some directors are working **** this matter, such as Xu Ke's Di Renjie series, but how do you think you don't want to rejoin the mode, more like a separate Iron Man sequel, so we have to think about it, where is the problem? Or what are the characteristics of the reconnection model?

Mu Yu tried to sum up, there are several characteristics of the reconnection mode:

1. Scalable world view: This scalability is divided into spatial scalability and temporal scalability. Spatially expandable refers to the entire Marvel Universe. Marvel Universe uses parallel space and other forms to transform classical mythology (Odin), cosmic science fiction (Galaxy Guard), magician (Crimson Witch), mutant human, and technology (steel Xia), ordinary cockroach (Spider-Man) and so on, some of them are in a world, and some are distributed in different universes.

Scalable in time: The X-Men ’s timeline restart is very obvious, and the events in the Avengers are often close to the real time.

2. Each hero is not perfect, and neither is the pinnacle of his own world: This feature is very important, because this is the premise for all heroes to unite against the boss. If we recall carefully, Iron Man is not the most powerful in the Iron Man movie, Spider-Man is not the most powerful in his movie, Captain America is not, neither Thor nor Black Widow, etc., they are not their own world. The absolute strongest in the course (of course, there must be a strong place), but each movie is carefully arranged by the screenwriter, and each hero can win according to his own characteristics, and it will eventually win-this win It's not so much a fluke, it's a victory for each hero's self-breakthrough.

This is where the dc Universe Justice League is embarrassed: in the two series of Batman and Superman, these two have almost been shaped into absolute power and absolute discourse in the sub-domain (seems to be intentionally done by dc), then In the Justice League, whoever leads who is a difficult problem.

Each hero is imperfect, and the power of each hero is not absolute. Only then may the assistance of others be needed, so that they can cooperate together and become a complex.

Rather than saying that this is a model, it is better to say that this is an idea.

3. Propaganda of universal values ​​and in-depth thinking about human nature:

The irony is that these kinds of things were originally the strengths of our own movies, but in these years, everyone seems to have a misunderstanding that as long as there are special effects, there can be a box office-yes, the audience in the early years did I will look at the domestic high-efficiency films due to special effects, but do n’t forget that the audience will also evolve, and the audience will evolve very fast. As long as I have seen three special effects movies of the same level, the fourth one will get tired.

In the case of audience fatigue, the recognition of certain values ​​and some in-depth thinking are the fundamental vitality of a movie.

"Reunification 3" is under various heroes, and people are also thinking and discussing the ring finger of the tyrant, whether it is right or wrong.

Under the high technology of "Black Panther", people are also thinking about whether they should open up technology or protect technology.

Under "X-Men", people gradually realized that the so-called mutants are just the manifestation of contradictions between races.

Speaking of this, Mu Yu couldn't help but talk about one thing, that is, the world view and values ​​are set to tell a story. This part of our work seems to be not good at it.

Well, other things are not summarized for now, we only look at the relationship between these characteristics:

1. The expandable world view in space and time provides almost endless space for the playwrights of the doublet mode, and almost all of the great imagination can be put into it-the reverse textbook here is "Di Renjie- "The Four Heavenly Kings", of course, it is not that Xu Ke was badly filmed, but that the special effects that Xu Ke wanted to shoot, which were stuffed into the Di Renjie series and packaged in a "phantom" way, are actually particularly detrimental, because The illusion, the audience will not take it seriously, since it will not be taken seriously, it can only be seen as special effects. In other words, here, the special effects and the film are separated, thus wasting Xu Ke's imagination.

2. Imperfect heroes make it easier for viewers to have a sense of closeness and identity (find the same kind), so even if these heroes work together, the audience will not be surprised, and will even be happy: Ah, Spider-Man ’s clothes are too broken By the way, Iron Man did a good job for him, it was exploding! Rather than: Why did Superman and Batman fight together? I don't do it!

3. The universal values ​​and human thinking will not make this movie boring, and finally it will become a movie that is only looking at special effects and has no flesh.

These three points are the characteristics of the reconnection mode, and most films do not consider the first point (extensible world view).

So when we think about whether we have the opportunity to also make the Huaxia version of the Avengers mode, it is a little embarrassing.

In the past, our first sentence to answer this question was: Our Chinese mythology has a long history, is it not a minute to make a reunion?

Yes, Journey to the West, Biography of the White Snake, Nu Wa to make up the sky, Kua Fu's day by day, Hou Yi shooting the sun, Chang'e to the moon ...

The first question is, how does the worldview work? Each of these stories is a good movie separately, but we ca n’t let Sun Wukong fight Bai Suzhen. The two are reconciling, and then go to help Jingwei fill the sea? Don't say such stories are not believed by the audience, they are rejected by the crew as soon as they are proposed.

So the first problem we face is that we need to have a scalable worldview that can put the stories we want to put into this story "nearly" reasonably.

It has to be said that in the big IPs of the past few years, online novels are the content source of some new movies, and each novel is almost structuring its own worldview, and even every book of every great **** is setting up its own World view: "Buddha is the Tao" sorts out the myth system, "Yangshen" talks about thunder robbery and Yijing, and Xu Gongzi's Shengzhi series talks about spiritual practice, but I once found these books when I was thinking as a reader The world view in its own system is very complete, but it seems difficult to integrate with each other-this is also normal, do you write a book, consider what so many world views do?

But after all, this is the first problem we want to break through: how to find a world view that can be expanded in time and space.

The second problem we face is: how can we make our heroes imperfect-this is almost contrary to our current fiction system. Because everyone reads the novel, it is a good picture. If the characters in the novel are not the most powerful, what do you mean by reading it? So we see that Zhou Qing in the Buddha is a saint, Hong Yi in Yang Shen is Yang Shen, and in other novels, it is basically the same. In the end, it is not the most powerful, but also very powerful.

This is a novel alone, naturally there is no problem, but what if it becomes a series of complex models? How did Zhou Qing help Hong Yi? How does Hong Yi face Wang Chao? What is the cooperation of Wang Chao and Yang Qi?

Have no idea.

As for the third question, universal values ​​and humanity thinking, this part seems to be left to Chen Zhongshi. Mo Yan is a writer who is responsible for thinking about humanity for us ...

The good news is that over the years, there will be some online novels that have thought and exploration in this area.

From the above, the root of our film system today, the novel system, seems to be difficult to support the structure of the complex model (the reason why it is difficult is because Mu Yu is worried that some excellent novels I have not seen), this It is not that we are inferior to others, but that we have not spent our time on this aspect. Mu Yu believes that as long as we realize and all parties are willing to try, within a few years, there will be excellent novels of the reunification model, even Outstanding movie series.

This is also one of the reasons why Mu Yu dared to write a 1 million-character "Liao Zhai", Mu Yu wanted to try and explore, the possibility of this model:

1. In terms of world view: "The Gods Liao Zhai" relies on the faith and quantum theory in the book. In addition to the three sets of macro-micro worlds in space, it also joins the possibility of the world and real world in the book. At least in this system, in theory, any imaginary character can appear in this world. In terms of time, relying on self-comprehension, it revealed the possibility of time change.

The two basic theories in the book: Belief in God and Quantum Theory, have corresponding correspondences. "American Gods" is the most typical work in belief in God, and quantum theory, with its mysterious features, seems to also It can be used as a part of the basis of fantasy novels (only for fantasy novels, Mu Yu knows how to learn, if the quantum theory in the book is carefully considered, it is definitely not the most suitable, but like the strange shield of Captain America, Isn't it unexplainable by existing science?)

2. In terms of heroes: "Liao Zhai" is only the first in the Mu Yu Gods series, but the characters in it are actually not perfect for everyone, and even complement each other: Haoning (pre-stage) cannot cast spells, Liu Shuai knows a lot, the formation is good but the mana is lost, Zhou Yuan has the mana but the attack is not strong. There is a set of "eavesdropping" gold refers to the false reality. As for Xiaohong, Nezha, and others, they all have their own advantages and disadvantages, but they are positive. Because of this, all parties have been constantly exploring with the cooperation of each other, and finally overcome the difficulties again and again.

Even Heavenly Master Li Yufei and the projection of the universe consciousness are not absolutely invincible. They also have things they cannot do.

Therefore, they can cooperate.

Of course, everyone here, even if taken out individually, may be a set of stories: Did Liu Shuai deal with mysterious incidents before university and college? What will happen to Zhou Yuan's life in the encircling circle? How did Zhang Chihang become comfortable? What did he do?

3. Universal propaganda and humanity thinking: Mu Yu is not absolutely good at this aspect, but Mu Yu also tries to put his past thinking into it: what is the cause of national suffering? What does it mean to lose soul? Should I love my beloved? Can the individual self and the national self evolve together? Was worshipping like Mr. Fei right in the past, or was it true to study the West like Zhang Chihang? Or is Mr. Hu's combination of Chinese and Western?

At the same time, some characters and certain events in the book can be replaced as a whole as long as they grasp the context, so that they can adapt to the tightness of different eras and can be discussed in different eras. (The relationship between Li Yufei and the dormitory, whether Li Yufei and Chen Busheng are male-female or male-male, etc.)

Of course, as Mu Yu said earlier, this book is written by Mu Yu. "Liao Zhai" is still inadequate in many aspects. Although mentioned in these three aspects, after all, personal abilities are limited and there must be bad expressions. Where, Mu Yu just wanted to take this book, more than one million words, to explore the possibility of this type.

At the same time, Mu Yu also hopes that if you know that some great gods are thinking, writing, or even finishing a book or work like the reunification model, please leave a message, which is definitely a good thing.

From the conception to the end of the book, it took Mu Yu nearly a year. During this year, Mu Yu also thought more deeply about some issues. Perhaps this book is very niche. Perhaps some of the views in the book are Disagree, but this is Mu Yu's hard work for nearly a year.

Thanks to every reader who insisted on reading this postscript for Mu Yu's support ~ www.readwn.com ~ Thank you for taking care of me in the past year.

Thank you for all the misery caused by accidents in the past year.

May every friend be happy and happy.

{Old iron please remember}