"Hey, Yang! Amazing Yang!", "I want your autograph! Thank you!"…
The main hall of the Toronto Convention Center was buzzing with activity, and young or middle-aged sci-fi mí were in groups of three or five, sitting on chairs to rest, standing laughing and discussing, all waiting to enter the venue. The 61st World Science Fiction Convention is being held in this eastern Canadian city for 5 days from August 28 to September 1. During this period, the 2003 Hugo Award will be awarded, and this time is a display of science fiction video products. .
Not two days after returning to Los Angeles from the sunny Bahamas, Wang Yang came to the cool Toronto again, and his shirt became a jacket. Seeing a few shadows over there shouting enthusiastically, accompanied by two tall bodyguards, Wang Yang, who was about to enter the venue, came to the front of them, took out a signature pen and handed over the unopened "Ninth District" Signed on a collectible dvd.
The young filmmakers smiled and blessed: "Congratulations on your successful marriage proposal." Another white teenager with glasses smiled and said, "I wish you and Jessica a happy marriage." Wang Yang nodded and thanked while signing: "Thank you, we will."
The sci-fi fans who came to participate in this exclusive event all had a certain degree of fanaticism. They took back the DVD signed by Miracle Yang, and the white young Bliss in the red jacket was very happy. The first sci-fi film Oscar The autograph for the best director is really worth it! He thought about it and asked, "Shi Yang, when will you be making sci-fi films again? What's the fun in making those commercial films now?"
Garrison, another white young man with a fatter build and curly blond hair, agreed very much, saying: "I bought the collector's edition of "District 9" and watched it three times; but the ordinary edition of "The Hangover" is enough for the time being." Yingmí only watched "The Ninth District" once, and the others several times. However, Maggie, the glasses-less nv, also nodded and said, "I prefer shocking sci-fi, Miracle Yang, do you have any new plans?"
Everyone naturally knows what kind of speed Miracle Yang has, and he had already finished filming "The Devil Wears Prada" as early as June.
"Come on! I promise you will know soon." Wang Yang smiled, waiting for the next exhibition, he and Joss Whedon will announce the plan of "Firefly" and officially start the promotion of this sci-fi movie. .
Bliss and the others suddenly looked excited, and quickly asked: "You mean you are going to make a sci-fi film? What kind of genre? The future?" Garrison recalled some previous news, and said in surprise: "Oh! I listen to it. I said that you want to shoot spaceships and interstellar roaming sci-fi, right?" Bliss asked again, "Will it be like "Star Wars" or "Interstellar Mí Voyage"?" Wang Yang smiled: "Yes, spaceship roaming. The universe... I can't say much about it."
"Wang Yang, the Hugo Award won't be given to you!" At this time, a middle-aged white man in front of him seemed to have discovered Wang Yang and came over excitedly. He was wearing a black shirt and a denim figure, with a shaved head and a beard, and his shouting caught the attention of everyone around him: "George Lucas should get an Oscar! Kubrick, Ridlisko Special... Spielberg, George Lucas! Oscar shouldn't be given to you, you're just a kid!"
The two bodyguards immediately stood in front of them. If the fat man had any intention to attack, they would take action, but this kind of scolding usually ends in swearing. Wang Yang whispered "i." and continued to meet the signature requirements of the surrounding shadows.
No matter what award is, it is just a kind of hero created by the times, and it cannot be generalized. He won the Oscar does not mean that he has surpassed Stanley Kubrick and others. took.
"I suggest you talk to the judges!" Bliss, who just got his autograph, was very disdainful and said to the fat man, "We don't care about the Oscars, "District 9" is a classic movie!" Maggie was also a little excited. , said loudly, "Sir, who are you? No matter who you are, be polite!"
"Shhh!" The fat man booed a few times with his hands upside down and thumbs up, staring at Wang Yang who hadn't looked over, and mocking himself: "You're a toy compared to Star Wars! What kind of viral propaganda! Can you make movies! Can you make sci-fi movies!? Go back, you idiot! Don’t try to take away the Hugo Award!!”
All signed! "Wang Yang smiled and nodded to Maggie and the others, put away his signature pen, turned around and glanced at the fat man, knowing that many Star Wars sci-fi fans were dissatisfied with his award, and he was not angry, only a confident expression. Firmly, he smiled and said, "That dude, I can make movies and do publicity. And I'm here to win the prize, haha bye! "
After all, Wang Yang walked into the hall first, followed by two bodyguards. The fat man still pointed at his back and scolded something: "You can't beat "Star Wars" at all, and the Hugo Award won't give you..." Bliss and others were all very interested; Maggie wow, excitedly Looking around at his friends: "How cool! He is the magic Yang, and I finally saw him!"
The guests who entered the venue ahead of schedule were sitting here and there. There was something arranged by the staff on the stage in front of the venue, and the big screen was still pitch black.
joss. When Wang Yang saw Joss Whedon on the seat over there, he raised his hand to say hello. Joss Whedon was wearing a brown shirt and a cowboy, and when he heard his voice, he got up and walked over: "Yang! "
Joss Whedon's "Angel" episode 13 "Wings of Waiting" was nominated for the Best Short Film Award; while his "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" episode 7 "With the Dead" The Conversation" is also on the nominees list, though the specific nominees are director Nick Marsak, producers Jane Panson and Drew Goddard. He came to attend this conference, except for the nomination because of "Firefly".
Although the Hugo Awards are known as the "Oscars of Science Fiction", the protagonists and video products are supporting roles, and the media attention is not too high. If there is no publicity plan, not all the nominees will come to attend. Steven Spielberg, nominated for "Minority Report," and Chris Columbus of "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" were all absent.
"Yang, congratulations to you and Jessica." Joss Whedon smiled and congratulated him as soon as he came over. Wang Yang nodded and smiled: "Thank you! Oh, I've been in a state of excitement these days, like never before." He thought about his mood since the marriage proposal was successful, and said, "You know that the whole world is different. It seems to have given him a clear signal in life that she is the most important person."
Joss Whedon, who has been married for many years, naturally understood his mood and smiled: "If you have such an idea, then I don't have to worry about you." Wang Yang couldn't help laughing a few times and shrugged: "Of course! Things suddenly have different understandings and feelings. I think it should be deeper. Before, I mostly felt family from the perspective of children, and thought about other family corners from the perspective of rationality, but now I will be my husband soon. Haha! Fortunately, acting It's not me who…”
"Families can change a lot." Joss Whedon nodded. For directors and creators, the change of life stages brought a lot of new feelings and made thinking go a step further. The two walked to the front seat while talking, and Wang Yang said again: "Jos, I have some new ideas about Marr these days..."
After the "Firefly" was negotiated and purchased the script, Wang Yang has been thinking about how to put it on the big screen and how to make the story and details more attractive. The main line of the story is very clear, from the Rewa brothers and sisters boarded the Serenity, to Marr A group of people exposed the purification plan of the Covenant, the question is how to connect and choose. With less and less work at hand, Wang Yang will put its preparations on the agenda. He has invited Daniel Wu to gain weight to participate in the audition, and Daniel Wu readily agreed.
Soon sci-fi fans and reporters entered the venue one after another, and the auditorium, which could accommodate hundreds of people, was packed together. Amidst rounds of applause, today's exhibition of sci-fi video products began. After playing some exciting clips of the nominated films, Wang Yang, the biggest player in the audience, took to the stage to introduce some special effects technology of "District 9", how the shrimp bugs became lifelike from 3D models, motion capture technology, etc. …
The next part is the most exciting part of science fiction fans and fans of "The Ninth District", and it is also the focus of the event promotion of the organizers of this conference. The big screen on the scene released some of the "Ninth District" that did not appear in the theater version, There are also no unpublished video clips included on DVD. In addition to the demolition work of the protagonist Wiggs and the team in the ninth district, the extermination experiment in the secret laboratory, there is a different ending.
These images were discarded in the post-editing process. One was to take care of the length of the theatrical version; the other was to increase it, and the review rating given was basically 7, so it was very cruel and disgusting. The audience below the stage fell silent.
"The next show, yes! Yes! It is very popular with everyone! He has been out for ten years, and he is our superstar, the magic shrimp bug..."
In the picture on the big screen was a dazzlingly bright stage. The host in a black suit held a microphone and shouted hysterically, "We're here to invite Christopher Fossen!!!" With his voice, there was a thunderous movement. Applause sounded, the red curtain of the stage slowly rose, and all the brightly dressed and smiling audience members applauded, as if they were very respectful, and they seemed to be arrogantly looking for a good show.
A shrimp bug man in a funny and ugly costume dragged the long chains on his feet and came to the stage. He bowed to the humans under the stage, his eyes looked full of smiles, and his tentacles moved funny. .
"Hahahaha!" In the roar of human laughter, the camera lens aimed at the shrimp bug man's eyes gradually enlarged, the bigger the smile, the more the smile disappeared, and finally indifferent to death, a loud whistle suddenly sounded, and the video ended.
"Oh my God..." There was a low hum in the auditorium, and the filmmakers of "District 9" felt an unspeakable feeling. Bliss and others also adjusted their sitting positions unnaturally. Last year Maggie, who had been weeping while watching the movie, sighed, and her heart clenched again. Needless to say, that Shrimp Man must be Wiggs! She shook her head and said, "This ending makes people see little hope."
Bliss clenched the DVD in his hand, looked at the Shrimp Man on the cover, and sighed with a smile: "Fortunately, Miracle Yang chose the ending of the theatrical version, otherwise it would be too scary." Garrison spread his hands and said, "This ending is torture. Us?"
The film critic reporters present also had a bit of mixed feelings. This way of handling the story has a completely different meaning. After ten years, Wiggs did not wait until Christopher Ferson said that he would come back three years later, but he walked out of the tenth district. He chose Be the ugliest of human beings to gain a little bit of pathetic freedom. Is this a compromise or a struggle? Is it to be isolated in the filthy tenth district and live with the "similar" shrimp bugs; or to put on shackles on a beautiful and gorgeous stage and return to the "different" human society
They thought maybe this was something from District 9 2? It's not that Christopher Fuson came with the fleet as people generally imagined, and human catastrophe is imminent; but Christopher Fuson missed his appointment. Like "The Metamorphosis", Wiggs died in despair in his struggle.
However, many things cannot be said to the fullest. The public always has a bottom line of affordability. "The Ninth District" has a very non-Hollywood ending. If this ending is put into the theatrical version, desperate and angry audiences will smash it. Rotten, film critics know that's why Miracle Young made his current choice.
Accompanied by thunderous applause from the audience, Wang Yang and Joss Whedon stepped onto the stage, and the applauding crowd was a little puzzled.
"Everyone just saw one of the endings of "District 9"." The two came to the middle of the stage, Wang Yang took the microphone handed over by the staff, looked at the many faces under the stage, and said with a smile: "Yes Yes, we did a lot of endings, except for the theatrical version, the second one for the regular DVD, the third one for the collectible DVD, and the one just now. We experimented with a lot of effects... well, actually In order to increase the gimmick of DVDs and attract everyone to buy."
The audience burst into a chuckle, Joss Whedon gave him a smiling look, Wang Yang shrugged and said, "Do I look like the Wiggs just now? Hey people!" The audience laughed again. , he continued seriously: "The fourth ending was originally planned to be included in the 'Super Collector's Edition', but now you have watched it, you don't need to buy it. But it's okay, yes! Because if you want to see the fifth ending, please buy it 'The Ultimate Collector's Edition'."
Amid the light laughter of the crowd, Wang Yang looked back at the big screen and said with a smile: "But the ending of the theatrical version is still the best, brightest and coolest, and I like it the most, even if you are in the darkest situation, Keep the hope alive, right!?"
"Yes!" Maggie and the others shouted with applause, only to see Wang Yang on the stage nodded and said thank you, "The shooting of "The Ninth District" is a thing of the past, one year, 2 years. During that time, my whole person was often in a relatively pessimistic and depressed mood, and sometimes I was so annoyed that I wanted to hit people. Fortunately, I have survived until now, and I stand without chains. here."
There were several cheering loud whistles from the venue, just like the image just now; there was also a fat man's voice: "You talk too much, go on!" But to avoid being taken out by the security, he did not dare to shout Too loud and too much.
"Maybe everyone knows, maybe everyone doesn't know, I successfully proposed to my nv friend a few days ago. Now she is my fiancee, and I will soon be her husband."
"Congratulations!", "Good luck to you!" There was a loud applause from the audience, and some vaguely heard blessings completely covered up the noise; Joss Whedon also turned his head to say congratulations, Wang Yang smiled at the microphone "Thank you! It means a lot to me, enough to change a lot, a lot. But what hasn't changed is our love for sci-fi movies. Friends, I'm working with Joss Whedon on a new sci-fi movies."
An exclamation suddenly sounded! The sci-fi fans all looked at each other excitedly. Bliss, Garrison, and others couldn't help but high-five each other, and then laughed happily. Miracle Yang is going to make a new sci-fi movie! ! The reporters' eyes lit up, and now they have the news, the first sci-fi film won the Oscar for best director's second sci-fi film! It is together with the "George Lucas of TV" Joss Whedon!
"Yang will direct, and we will co-produce and screenwriter." Joss Whedon raised the microphone in his hand, with a smile on his face with excited anticipation, and he is finally about to enter the big screen and the film industry! He started from the beginning: "I found Young a few months ago in New York and I said I had a script that was perfect for you, and we hit it off, and Young was an incredible guy, he made the whole script wide and amazing. With the idea and setting, we had a great idea.”
"And on the camera screen, I saw a few concept drawings he drew, very, very bāng!"
Joss Whedon sighed and accentuated his tone. This was not a compliment or propaganda, but his heartfelt words. After reading the conceptual drawings full of artistic conceptions, he kind of understood how to combine the rough western and eastern aesthetics; As for the content of the script, he felt touched just by looking at the concept map. Miracle Yang completely understood his thoughts and had even more wonderful ideas.
He believes that this must be an unparalleled classic sci-fi! Thinking of this, Whedon said with certainty: "I'm really looking forward to the beginning of this movie, it's crazy, unbelievable!"
Although there was warm applause at the venue, and the sci-fi fans were also excited by Joss Whedon's words, but they inevitably had a little doubt, did they say it so well? Every movie likes to brag about its own, and it's a convention that no one will start by saying "I'm going to make a bad movie!"
"Thank you, thank you Jos! I'm a little embarrassed to say it, is it that powerful?" Wang Yang laughed at himself, and the audience who had been debunked couldn't help but chuckle, Joss Whedon nodded and smiled: " Yes, I'm an honest person." Wang Yang said with a smile: "Okay! This movie is called "Firefly", and today we brought a concept map of it, please enjoy it, thank you!"
I saw a picture on the big screen behind the two. This is one of Wang Yang's recent concept drawings. After several years of study and hard work, his painting skills have long since changed. Plus the team art is beautiful enough to enter the gallery.
The upper part of the picture is a vast blue sky, the lower part on the right is a barren and open cliff, and looking down is a vast loess. A simple and broken spaceship is parked on the cliff. It seems that several people are standing on the edge of the cliff. He looked up at the sky with a military salute, and the sky was full of flying spaceships, spraying blue and red flames, flying into the universe beyond the sky.
"Wow! Very beautiful concept image, what is this doing!?" Bliss widened his eyes excitedly, just looking at this image, he knew that the scene of this movie was so grand! He said anxiously, "Isn't it a lie? Is it really possible to shoot like this!? Oh my god, Jiji Yang can't write a blank check!"
The other sci-fi fans also felt their blood surging, and they were all excited! So many ships! What a great crew! It seems that this will not be the Earth setting of "District 9", and it will not be a one-man show by Wiggs! Miracle Yang is really going to play in the vast interstellar space! Garrison also stared at it and said, "Wow! This scene looks like the Loess Plateau. What style is this "Firefly"? What is the story?!"
"I don't know!" Maggie adjusted her glasses and said excitedly: "I think it will be very exciting! Look at it, I don't know why, I think this picture is very desolate, maybe it will be like "The Ninth District" "So shocking..."
Some people have already taken out their cameras to take pictures regardless of etiquette, but the reporters know that there is no need to worry. Since Qiqiyang has announced the new work "Firefly", with his style of attaching importance to publicity, its official website will definitely come out soon, and it may be launched tomorrow. Now, this concept map can definitely be downloaded freely on it, and there will be screen wallpaper styles with different resolution ratios.
But they also hurriedly recorded the news, as if they were afraid to turn their heads and forget it. This news is definitely a powerful bomb for the sci-fi film industry! Blast news! Look at the sci-fi mí around here, they are all so happy that their faces are twisted!
"Fantastic Young and Joss Whedon have teamed up for a new sci-fi project, Firefly, beautiful concept art, ambitious big scenes..."
The reporters move like a fly, and the thin sheets in their hands keep adding, "George Lucas in the TV world", and more importantly, the super monster in the film industry and the best director of the Oscar. What will happen when the two are combined? Sample
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: On the first day after the time adjustment, when I was 1 minute late, wow, I'm sorry! However, I also hope that everyone can throw a few votes and rush to the falling category recommendation list, thank you! 0A