It is undeniable that in the evolution of this decade, the Avengers series of movies has explored a new production-sales model of movies, and this model, so far, has not even been learned by Marvel's old rival DC. .
So for this last postscript, Mu Yu intends to discuss the reunion model with everyone who reads this postscript, as well as the possibility of our own "Huaxia version" reunion model.
What's new about the "Avengers" mode (hereinafter referred to as the Avengers mode)
The newness of the Avengers mode does not lie in the story, the plot, or the special effects, but in the fact that he has opened up a dimension of competition with other similar movies through a whole set of frameworks—in other words, the Avengers The mode is not a game in the same dimension as other fantasy movie series (Avengers is not a sci-fi movie in essence).
Aside 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. A single successful movie, no sequels—early movies mostly fall into this category
2. N-part movies—Harry Potter series, Lord of the Rings series, Transformers series, including our country's Tsui Hark's Di Renjie, etc. basically fall into this category.
And what about the reunion mode? It is completely different from the following two:
First of all, several of the characters in the Avengers are n-part movies, such as the Iron Man series, the Captain America series, the Thor series, etc. From a commercial point of view, each of these heroes corresponds to a user group In other words, Marvel builds through different heroes one by one. In theory, it is possible to eat up all the user groups of various categories in the fantasy market:
Those who like Iron Man's bohemian may not like Captain America, but those who like Captain America's national sentiments are not necessarily Thor users. After watching the movie, when we were arguing with our friends because of the plot of the movie, we may not know that we, the audience, were already designed by Marvel a few years ago when the plot of this hero movie was designed, or when deciding whether to launch this hero time, it has been estimated.
And what about the other n-part series? If you like the Wizarding World of Harry Potter, will you watch Transformers? If you like to watch Transformers, can you accept Lord of the Rings? ——Maybe the answer is no, this seems to be different from what Duan said, the audience groups of Marvel heroes are different, but the result of these two models is that the users of Transformers will never be Harry Potter, but Steel The audience of Xia, whether it is the audience of the US team or not, is the audience of Marvel.
What is the use of this difference? This is the second difference between the reunion mode and other modes:
The heroes of the Avengers made a collection in the series of Avengers movies. This kind of collection will not only allow the fixed audience of each hero to watch the Avengers movie (directly generate income), but also allow These audiences, after watching Avengers, have the possibility of watching other hero movies—in other words, every time the audience goes to see Avengers, they are also watching "free advertisements" for other hero movies.
Judging from the model of the entire Marvel model, this is a very healthy film and audience model: as long as this story continues, there will be more and more heroes in the Marvel Universe series of movies, and more and more audiences will be covered , and these audiences will also spread into the audience of other Marvel heroes because of the "hodgepodge" movie of the reunion, and looking at all movie forms, this model is by far the model with the lowest cost and the highest return.
And on this basis, Marvel also "invented" the "Little Avengers" model, such as the last "Captain America", a large number of heroes, it is said that many people only watch this movie because of Iron Man Yes — but anyway, the movie ended up earning a bigger audience.
Of course, for the Marvel Universe, there are still many analyzes of the reunion model. Mu Yu won’t go into details here, but just wants to explain why DC has launched its own universe system, the Justice League, but it’s a pity that DC is aware of this model. It's a little late, and this Justice League is a bit nondescript.
Let's talk about ourselves.
So, we need to discuss one thing, is it possible for us to have our own "Avengers mode"
It seems that some directors are working hard on this matter, such as Tsui Hark's Di Renjie series, but no matter how you look at it, they don't want the reunion mode, it is 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 reunion mode
Mu Yu tried to sum it up, the reunion mode has the following characteristics:
1. Scalable world view: This scalability is divided into space scalability and time scalability. Space expandability refers to the entire Marvel Universe. The Marvel Universe combines classical mythology (Odin), cosmic science fiction (Guardians of the Galaxy), magicians (Crimson Witch), mutants, and technology (Iron Man) through parallel space and other forms. ), ordinary dicks (Spider-Man), etc., some of them are in one world, while others are distributed in different universes.
Scalable time: The timeline reboot of the X-Men is very obvious, and the events in the Avengers are often different from real time
The fit is very close.
2. Every hero is not perfect, and neither is the pinnacle of their own world: This feature is very important, because it is the premise that all heroes can unite to fight against the boss. If we recall carefully, Iron Man is not the most powerful in Iron Man movies, Spider-Man is not the most powerful in his own movies, neither is Captain America, neither is Thor, Black Widow, etc. They are not in their own worlds The absolute strong in the film (of course, there must be strong places), but every movie is carefully arranged by the screenwriter, and each hero can face dangers according to his own characteristics and win in the end—this kind of victory, It is not so much a fluke as it is the victory of each hero's self-breakthrough.
This is also the embarrassment of the Justice League of the DC universe: in the two series of Batman and Superman, these two have almost been shaped into absolute power and absolute voice in the sub-field (seems to be DC's intention), so in Justice League, whoever leads whom, is a tougher question.
Every hero is not perfect, and the power of each hero is not absolute, so it is possible to need the assistance of others, so that we can work together and become a reunion.
It's not so much a model as it is a way of thinking.
3. Propaganda of universal values and in-depth thinking of human nature:
The irony is that this kind of thing was originally the strength of our own movies, but in these years, everyone seems to have a misunderstanding, thinking that as long as there are special effects, there will be box office—yes, in the early years, the audience did. For special effects, let’s look at domestic high-special effects films, but don’t forget that the audience will also evolve, and the evolution speed of the audience will be very fast. As long as you have seen three special effects movies of the same level, the fourth will be exhausting.
However, when the audience is tired of special effects, the recognition of certain values and some in-depth thinking are the fundamental vitality of a movie.
Under the various heroes in "Avengers 3", people are also thinking and discussing whether Thanos snapped his fingers, whether it was right or wrong.
Under the high technology of "Black Panther", people are also thinking about whether they should open up technology or protect it.
Under "X-Men", people have gradually understood that the so-called mutants are nothing but the manifestation of contradictions between races.
Speaking of which, Mu Yu couldn't help complaining about one thing, that is the world view, the setting of values, to tell a story, this part of our works, it seems that we are not very good at it.
Well, we will not summarize the others for the time being, we only look at the relationship between these characteristics:
1. The world view that can be expanded in space and time provides almost endless space for screenwriters in the reunion mode, and almost a lot of great imaginations can be put into it. The negative teaching material here is "Di Renjie-The Four Great King of Heaven, of course, does not mean that Tsui Hark's filming was not good, but that the special effects that Tsui Hark wanted to shoot were stuffed into Di Renjie's series and packaged in the way of "illusion". It must not be taken seriously, since it will not be taken seriously, it can only be viewed as a special effects film. In other words, here, the special effects and the film are separated, thus wasting Tsui Hark's imagination.
2. Imperfect heroes make it easier for the audience to have a sense of intimacy and identity (find the same kind), so that even if these heroes work together, the audience will not blame them, and even rejoice: Ah, Spiderman’s clothes are too shabby Yes, Iron Man made him a good suit, it's awesome! Instead of: Why do Superman and Batman fight together? I don't do it!
3. Universal values and thinking about human nature will not make this movie boring, and finally become a movie with no flesh and blood just watching special effects.
These three points are the characteristics of the reunion mode, and most movies do not consider the first point (extensible worldview).
So when we thought about whether we had the opportunity to make a Chinese version of the Avengers model, we were a little embarrassed.
In the past, the first sentence we answered this question was: Our Chinese mythology has a long history, and it is not a matter of minutes to make a reunion
Yes, Journey to the West, The Legend of the White Snake, Nuwa mending the sky, Kuafu chasing the sun, Houyi shooting the sun, Chang'e flying to the moon...
The first question is, what about the worldview? Each of these stories is a good movie separately, but we can't let Monkey King beat Bai Suzhen, the two of them make up with each other, and then go to help Jingwei fill the sea, right? Don't say that such a story is made up and the audience doesn't believe it, but it was rejected by the crew just after it was proposed.
So the first problem we face is that we need to have an expandable world view that can put the story we want to put in "nearly" reasonably in this story.
It has to be said that in the past few years, online novels have been the source of content for some new movies, and almost every novel is constructing its own worldview, and even every book of every great master is constructing its own worldview : "Buddha is Tao" sorts out the mythology system, "Yangshen" talks about Lei Jie and Yi Jing, etc., Xu Gongzi Shengzhi series talks about practice, but when I think about it as a reader, I found that these books themselves The worldviews within the system are very complete, but it seems difficult to integrate with each other—this is normal. When you write a book, why do you consider so many worldviews
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 aren't perfect—it's almost against our current fiction system. Because everyone reads the novel for fun, if the characters in the novel are not the most awesome, then what's the point of reading it? So we see that Zhou Qing in the Buddhist book is a sage, and Hong Yi in the Yangshen is a Yangshen. In other novels, it is basically the same. In the end, it is not the most awesome, but also very awesome.
This is a novel alone, of course there is no problem, but what if it becomes a series in the reunion mode? How could Zhou Qing help Hong Yi? How does Hong Yi face Wang Chao? What is the cooperation between Wang Chao and Yang
Have no idea.
As for the third question, thinking about universal values and human nature, this part seems to be reserved for writers like Chen Zhongshi and Mo Yan, who are responsible for thinking about human nature for us...
The good news is that over the years, there have gradually been some online novels that have thought and explored in this regard.
From the face of it, the root of our film system today, the novel system, seems to be difficult to support the structure of the reunion model (the reason why it is difficult is because Mu Yu is worried that I have not seen some excellent novels), this It’s not that we are inferior to others, but that we didn’t put our minds on this in the past. Mu Yu believes that as long as we realize it and all parties are willing to try, within a few years, there will be excellent novels in the reunion mode, and even excellent novels. movie series.
This is also one of the reasons why Mu Yu boldly wrote a 1 million-word "Liao Zhai of the Gods". Mu Yu wanted to try to explore the possibility of this model:
1. In terms of world view: "Liao Zhai of the Gods" is based on the beliefs and quantum theory in the book. In space, in addition to three sets of macro-micro worlds, it also adds the possibility of intersection between the book world and the real world. In this system, theory can make any imaginable character appear in the world. And in time, relying on Guan Zi Zi, it reveals the possibility of time change.
The two basic theories of the book: Belief in Godhood and Quantum Theory have related correspondences—"American Gods" is the most typical work on Belief in Godhood, and Quantum Theory, with its mysterious characteristics, seems to be a Part of the foundation of fantasy novels (can only be used as fantasy novels, Mu Yu knows that he is not talented enough, if this quantum theory in the book is carefully considered, it must not be the most suitable, but like the strange shield of Captain America, it is not also an existing one. Can't be explained by science?)
2. In terms of heroes: "Liao Zhai of the Gods" is only the first part of the Mu Yu Gods series, but the characters in it are actually not perfect, and they even complement each other: Hao Ning (the previous stage) cannot cast spells, Liu Shuai Knows a lot, the formation is good but the mana is lost, Zhou Yuan has mana but the attack is not strong, and there is a set of "tapping" gold refers to the false reality. As for Xiaohong, Nezha, etc., they all have their own advantages and disadvantages, but because of In this way, all parties cooperate with each other, constantly explore, and finally overcome difficulties time and time again.
Even Li Yufei, the heavenly master of the world, and Haoran, the cosmic consciousness projection, are not absolutely invincible. They also have things they cannot do.
Therefore, they can cooperate.
Of course, everyone here, even if taken individually, may have a set of stories: Did Liu Shuai deal with mysterious incidents before he had a job and during college? What will happen to Zhou Yuan in the subsequent life of the circle god? How did Zhang Chihang become Guan Zizai? What else did he do
3. Universal propaganda and thinking about human nature: Mu Yu is not absolutely good at this aspect, but Mu Yu also tried to put her past thinking into it: What is the reason for the suffering of the nation? What does it mean to lose your soul? Should it be true or false to the one you love the most? Can the individual self and the national self evolve together? Is it right to worship the past like Mr. Fei, or is it right to learn from the West like Zhang Chihang? Or is Mr. Hu's Western package right
At the same time, some characters and certain events in the book can be replaced as a whole as long as the context is grasped, so that it can adapt to the tension of different times, and can be discussed in different times in different times. (The relationship between Li Yufei and the dormitory, whether Li Yufei and Chen Busheng are in a male-female relationship or a male-male relationship, etc.)
Of course, as Mu Yu said earlier, this book is Mu Yu's original work, and "Liao Zhai of the Gods" still has shortcomings in many aspects. Although these three aspects are mentioned, after all, personal ability is limited, and there must be some poor expressions. Mu Yu just wanted to use this book, with more than one million words, to discuss the possibility of this type.
At the same time, Mu Yu also hopes that if you know that some great masters are already thinking, writing, or even finished writing books or works similar to the Avengers mode, please leave a message. This must be a great thing.
From conception to completion of this book, Mu Yu spent nearly a year in total. During this year, Mu Yu also had more in-depth thinking on some issues. Maybe this book is very small, and maybe some of the views in the book are not shared by everyone. I agree, but after all, this is Mu Yu's painstaking efforts in the past year.
Thanks to every reader who insisted on reading this postscript for supporting Mu Yu.
Thanks to the vertical and horizontal editors for taking care of me in the past year.
Thank you for all the misery the accidents have caused me in the past year.
May every friend be happy and happy.
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