Raising Dragons in Hollywood

Chapter 17: The Adventures of Strong Aaron

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Filming went smoothly.

Sammy doesn't act (disguise) like a novice at all, he looks confident and confident, and that sentiment definitely infects the crew.

Although the 'assistant director' looks small and cute, even if he has a straight face, it is not a deterrent.

But for some reason, when he was there commanding Ruoding, everyone felt a sense of security inexplicably, as if to do what he asked, so they didn't have to think or worry about anything.

Afterwards, when Director Jones saw the sample film of this scene, he could not help but fall into silence.

But he said to Sammy: "I admit your ability, but is it really necessary for you to do this?"

Sammy looked at him suspiciously. "Sorry, what do you mean?"

Director Jones sighed.

This famous alcoholic, rarely staying sober, even looked at the talented newcomer in front of him with a little wise eyes: "For example, you are an excellent captain. Now , you are about to set out for a long voyage. At this time, you have such a wrecked ship that is about to sink, leaking, rotten, and unloved. Boarding this ship is obviously uncertain; but at the same time, the shipyard There is a new boat, big and beautiful, never weathered, never used, it's entirely up to you to choose how to treat it. Boarding this boat is undoubtedly a great future. So why do you insist on choosing one What about the broken ship?"

Sammy thought a lot.

In the end, there was only a very simple sentence: "The first thing I saw was the broken ship."

Director Jones has absolutely no way to take him.

But I have to say, watching a newcomer work so hard really touched him a little: "Okay, okay, it's not time to give up... You can see the ghost, such efforts and rewards are not proportional at all, why should I Go crazy with this little fool?"

But anyway, after proving himself capable of directing the crew and not messing around, Sammy has had initial success.

His sincere personality, coupled with his persistence in not giving up until he can achieve his goals, annoyed Director Jones. In the end, he agreed to think about the future development of "The Adventures of Young Aaron" with him.

Speaking of the TV series "The Adventures of Young Aaron"...

In fact, it was still a good drama in the early years, and it had a brilliant period for a while.

It is mainly 'adventure', mixed with a little fantasy, using the life of the young protagonist Aaron as the clue of the whole play, telling some interesting and exotic adventure stories.

For example, the first season of the show tells the story of Aaron's family in Egypt.

The specific plot is that Aaron's parents took Aaron to Egypt to travel during the summer vacation.

Unluckily, the family encountered tomb robbers who stole the tomb of the Pharaoh, and what was even more unfortunate was that the owner of the tomb, the ancient Egyptian pharaoh, was awakened by these tomb robbers.

But the pharaoh failed to catch the tomb robber, and due to certain restrictions, he could not leave the tomb.

He unreasonably took out his anger at the Aaron family who happened to be on the side because of the conflict with the tomb robber, and planted a severe curse on them, asking them to retrieve the stolen goods within a limited time. 's treasure.

As a result, Aaron's family had to do everything possible in the next time, using all their ingenuity to fight wits and courage with the tomb robbers, to retrieve what Pharaoh lost, and then to lift the curse on his body.

Since it is the first season of the TV series, although there are some rough places, the filming is very careful.

The rhythm of the plot is set just right, from the very beginning into the plot, Aaron gets lost, the family gets lost in the pyramid, accidentally crashes into the tomb, the tomb robber wants to kill the mouth, the pharaoh wakes up, is cursed, traces the tomb robber, happens to meet the police...

That is, whenever the audience breathes a sigh of relief, a new question immediately arises.

In this season, Aaron's family is like a small sailboat struggling in the rough seas. All kinds of thrilling encounters have affected the hearts of the audience, so that everyone can't help but keep watching.

After the second season of the TV series, the control of the plot rhythm was not so good.

However, the fire of the first season brought sufficient funds, so the advantage of the second season is that it is well-made.

The Aaron family once again decided to travel.

By the way, this is what makes the audience complain the most about this show. The family must have an accident when they go on a trip.

But the unscientific part is that they go out to travel as long as they have a vacation.

This time, their travel destination is Greece.

As a result, Aaron, a boy with a physique of the protagonist, encounters an accident again.

He picked up a golden apple with the words 'For the Most Beautiful Goddess' written on it.

Moreover, after picking up this golden apple, three beauties he had never seen before appeared next to him one after another, asking him for golden apples openly.

At first, Aaron asked them without hesitation: "Who is the owner of you?"

As a result, the three women couldn't understand human words, and all said nonsense: "Whoever you choose to give it to, it belongs to whoever."

Aaron thought: 'Just kidding? You are not the owner, why should I give you the gold I picked up? '

He ignored the strange woman, turned around and handed the golden apple to his parent, Aaron's mother.

Aaron's mother was a little bit of a fortune fanatic, so she sold the golden apples for money when she went out.

She also said happily: "Now we have earned back the money we spent on travel!"

Aaron's father applauded and praised his wife for being a good family.

Beauties who are actually three goddesses: "… "

This is good, the family was thrown into the whirlpool of history by the angry three goddesses, and experienced the battle of Troy in person.

In order to return to the modern society, Aaron's family must rediscover the golden apple that was 'given away by Aaron', 'taken by his mother for money' and 'disregarded by his father'.

This season isn't as intense and thrilling as the first season, but it's definitely more family-friendly.

Whether it's the plot or the lines, there are a lot of spoofs that make people laugh out loud.

The audience is happy to see the three aloof goddesses being stunned by the young Aaron, and also think that the plot of Aaron's family dealing with ancient people with modern thinking is very interesting, so this season's filming, the plot is very interesting. It's a bit cluttered, and there's nothing outstanding about it, but the ratings are pretty good.

What really went downhill was the third season.

The Aaron family went on a trip again, but this time on their own initiative, because Aaron found a treasure map.

From here, the show's path goes awry.

Although the adventurous life of young Aaron made everyone very happy, in fact, the character of Aaron's family is also part of the audience's popularity. Aaron is a standard big boy, heartless, optimistic and brave; Aaron's mother is a bit of a money fan, but she is kind-hearted, and her love for her son makes her willing to give everything; Aaron's father is a little careless, loves drinking, but works hard , love family, full of sense of justice.

Although they are involved in inexplicable events from time to time, they are all forced.

In essence, they are just like everyone's relatives, friends, or neighbors. They are ordinary, and they have to study, live and work seriously every day, but they are accidentally involved in some troubles during the holiday. .

This gives the audience a very strong sense of substitution.

They find great satisfaction in watching the Aaron family's experience as if they were part of it.

In the third season, Aaron found the treasure map. After the family discussed it, they decided to search for the treasure.

You must know that although there are small flaws in the character setting of the Aaron family, what they love most to the audience is that they are cheerful, contented, and love life, and they never imagine that the pie will fall from the sky.

For example, their travel fund was accumulated over a year by the whole family.

But this time, both Aaron's mother and Aaron's father have asked for leave from work, and Aaron also skipped school, so the whole family is dispatched

The ghost knows what the writers of the third season think, maybe they want to change the style

Moreover, this time, Aaron's mother, who was originally a very cute financial fan, has been infinitely expanded, desperately looking for treasure, which has attracted the disgust of the audience first; Aaron's father is obviously just an ordinary office worker, but in this movie Acting like an explorer, with a lot of skills out of thin air.

The bigger change is the protagonist Aaron.

His role was weakened to the extreme, as if he was a character responsible for causing trouble and advancing the plot by luck.

In other words, the characters of the three important characters have all collapsed.

It is conceivable that the ratings began a tragic decline.

So, by the fourth season, the show became a huge mess.

Due to the failure of the third season, the original screenwriter had a conflict with the producer, and finally chose to leave, and the follow-up plot was unsustainable for a time; several resident roles, although not the main roles, were also popular with the audience. After finding a better crew, he left without hesitation. In order to explain their departure, the new screenwriter hastily made up a plot that was unacceptable to the audience, which once again led to a drop in ratings; seeing that the crew was not doing well, the company's investment in capital also began to cut...

In addition, the role of the protagonist Aaron has gradually become a big problem.

He started to grow up.

Some teenagers in the United States have always grown rapidly. Aaron, a 14-year-old boy, was lively and cheerful and looked like a child.

But by the fourth season, the young actor was almost eighteen years old, and the whole person was like an inflated balloon, expanding all the way. A strong quarterback on the run.

So, when Sammy, who is only about 1.73 meters tall, stands next to this actor...

He raised his head sadly, and found that the other party was half a head taller than him! !

That's it, still young

When the audience is a fool

Sammy silently crossed out the 'juvenile' in The Adventures of Young Aaron and wrote 'strong man' next to it.

Director Jones accidentally caught a glimpse of this scene and directly sprayed the wine!

Don't fool around, okay

The Adventures of Brawny Aaron... Does this sound good