Recently, there is a network big brush screen, [tough guy gun god].
When I first saw its promotional poster, the capital Douban score of 8.3 shocked me.
In the impression, the main force of the net is still 2 points "masterpiece", more than 5 points are extremely rare.
And this net university not only broke the groundbreaking score of 8, after 17,000 people's tasting, it still maintained a good standard of 7.2 points.
To know the recent action movies, Marvel's new film "Black Widow" is only 6.3, and Guy Richie's "Wrath of Man" is only 6.7, and these movies are more than one notch higher than the production cost of "Tough Guy Gun God".
I looked back at the Internet University in recent years, and I actually sensed the breath of the rise of the Internet University.
With its excellent battle scene design and a highly completed story, non-gamers can also experience the fun of the movie.
The [Liar Hunter], which was launched last year, made us addicted through 5 reversals, and was even praised as the Chinese version of "Invisible Guest".
[Pisces Meteorite] Although the special effects are still five cents, but relying on a creative story, it has received a lot of praise, and some audiences regret that the film is insufficiently funded.
When I was obsessed with looking for the best movies on the Internet, I found a secret.
The operation of the University in recent years has been so similar to the Hong Kong films in the early years.
Our generation grew up watching Hong Kong movies.
In the video hall, looking at [the true colors of heroes], Zhou Runfa in a suit and leather shoes, wearing sunglasses, lighting cigarettes with dollars, that dashing is unmatched.
Rent a [Mr. Zombie] VCD, go home and close the curtains, and with Lin Zhengying, catch zombies with a peach wood sword.
Open the movie channel on time, Zhou Xingchi takes you in [Tang Bohu Dian Qiu Xiang], singing "Roast chicken wings ~, I love to eat ~".
For us, Hong Kong films are more like a friend who takes us to play and grow up.
Now that our friends are old, we have all passed the age when we smirk at the sight of Stephen Chow, and the high-quality Hong Kong films in our memories have rarely seen again.
The emergence of the net university has made up for this regret to some extent.
This has to start from 2015, a network big [Taoist out of the mountain] rubbing the heat of Chen Kaige's [Taoist down the mountain] was launched.
Many viewers were fooled by this wave of riot operations, and members watched this cottage goods.
Although it has PS-level special effects, this rough zombie film has the shadow of an old Hong Kong film.
Director Zhang Tao is a heavy fan of Hong Kong zombie films, and he is even more precious to Lin Zhengying's films.
The elements of zombie films such as Taoist robes, peach wood swords, and demon charms are naturally the same, and finally the Ninth Uncle is possessed, and it is even more full of feelings.
Compared with the 5.5-point [Taoist down the mountain] who went to the cinema to see it, the people who watched this 4.8-point [Taoist out of the mountain] on iQiyi did not seem to be very lossy.
The film, which has an investment cost of only 280,000 yuan, relies on the box office of 24 million, so that the net university has officially entered our vision.
Since then, the net zombie film has been out of control, [Taoist out of the mountain] three consecutive films, followed by a large number of sequels such as "Mr. Yin and Yang" and "The Return of Uncle Nine".
And the "Yin Thirteen" Peng Yuyu, who relied on a copy of the "Three Qing Mao Mountain Technique" to walk the world, also became red.
Not to mention the annual income of millions, he also got the title of "big brother of the network".
Peng Yu Yu
This series of chain reactions can't help but remind people of Hong Kong, China in 1985.
That year, director Liu Guanwei made [Mr. Zombie].
This film, which cost 8.5 million yuan, Jiahe bosses He Guanchang and Hong Jinbao are not optimistic, predicting that the box office will be up to 6 million, and Liu Guanwei's directing career may stop here.
Liu Guanwei fell into despair under the prediction of the big guy, who knew that [Mr. Zombie] became a blockbuster after the release in Hong Kong, China, with a box office of 20 million, which opened the "zombie era" of the Hong Kong film market.
From 1986 to 1991, Hong Kong and Taiwan made more than 100 supernatural films about zombies, but none of them surpassed the glory of [Mr. Zombie].
This wave revived after 30 years with the help of [Taoist out of the mountain], bringing the net to a new climax.
In the current situation that global movies are also continuing to be sluggish, the internet university is thriving.
80% of the crews that started the hengdian are nets.
These "pseudo-Hong Kong films" that rely on imitation of pulling feelings, with the magic of low cost and high return, have attracted more and more investment, and the "Hong Kong flavor" of the network is becoming more and more intense.
Liu Guanwei, the originator of Hong Kong-style zombie films, did not hear the news, and now has become the main force of the Internet.
Let's take a look at the starring lineup of his zombie film [Mr. Yimei] this year, the zombie film professional Qian Xiaohao, the classic villain of Hong Kong film Xu Shaoqiang, [Truant Weilong] "Four-Eyed Boy" Huang Yishan... You say it's a 90s Hong Kong film, and no one will doubt it.
The rise of zombie genre films in the net university large to a large extent represents the development of the Hong Kong-style network university.
From the reference of Hong Kong genre films, to the development of their own style, to attract Hong Kong film bigwigs to join.
Today's Internet University has virtualized a scene in the online world that belongs to the Hong Kong film grand situation of the 1980s and 1990s.
The familiar faces of the old Hong Kong films in the memory have appeared on the mobile phone screen, Wang Jing, Chen Haomin, Lin Zicong, Zhang Zhaohui, Li Xiuxian...
They shot what they were best at in that era, and it seems that 30 years later, we can re-feel the prosperity of that era of Hong Kong films on the mainland.
The reference of the Internet University to Hong Kong films may make many people feel disdainful.
But for an industry that is still growing wildly, this is perhaps the most effective way to grow.
David Baudelaire once dissected the similarities between early Hong Kong films and Hollywood films in the book "The Secrets of Hong Kong Cinema".
For example, the work of director Liu Jialiang reminds him of Raoul Walsh's persistent thick line style in "Iron Fist Fan Legs" and "Fighter Blood Battle".
Liu Jialiang [Shaolin Thirty-Six Rooms]
And Hong Kong films borrow more from the entertainment routines from Hollywood.
These routines have become the highlights of many Hong Kong films in the future.
"Such as eavesdropping, recognizing the wrong person, confusing twins or people who look alike, or pretending to be others but clearly showing their horses' feet, and coincidences that complicate or solve problems. In addition, when a woman wears men's clothes, everyone regards her as a man, and once she changes back to women's clothes, others will not recognize her; when she is angry with her lover, she will tear off the other person's photo. ”
Many of the ways of the film are common to the average audience and all over the world, and borrowing is the best way to learn.
For commercial films, only when you really grasp what the audience wants to see can you really make a good movie.
When asked what a typical Hong Kong film is, director Wong Chi Keung replied: "A film that works very hard to please the audience." ”
Director Huang Zhiqiang
If you look at this sentence alone, NetDa is most like a Hong Kong film.
Perhaps the rating of the University of Douban belongs to the lowest class of the pyramid, but its rising account and investment year by year prove that it is recognized by the wider public.
For example, the net god work [Big Snake], which is completely low version of [The Plague of The Python], but it can use the wumao special effect to make the same sense of oppression, which is where it succeeds.
The industry myth of 50 million accounts in three months has led it to a wave of monster network trends.
[Big Snake]
Some monster types have even gone out of the circle to foreign countries, causing discussion in the circle of foreign Cult fans.
A look at the previously introduced [Berserk Demon Spider] this kind of spider theme web, although the special effects are sketchy, but it coincides with the "Spider Kingdom" and other ancient Cult films.
Up/ [Berserk Spider] Bottom / [Spider Kingdom]
In the eyes of many traditional Cult film fans, the current Hollywood special effects full of exquisite CG lack the sense of vitality brought by the previous shoddy fabrication, and the monster network just caters to their tastes.
These borrowed films can also receive affirmation from professional fans, which is a victory for the Internet University.
Of course, borrowing is a good way to learn, and if you want to really get out, you have to rely on yourself.
Hong Kong films rely on "all overheated, all crazy" to kill a piece of the sky, and from the Hong Kong film out of the net also has that taste.
The speed of filming is the most intuitive manifestation of the "overheating" of Hong Kong films, Du Qifeng shot [gunfire] in 19 days, Gao Zhisen's "Family Happy Event" took only 13 days, and the [Night Banquet of the Giants] starring more than 200 stars was filmed in 4 days.
[Night Party]
At that time in Hong Kong, China, everyone was racing against time, and it was normal to take turns between sets.
And in such a crazy filming mode, a group of highly professional filmmakers have been trained.
Many people lament why Qiu Litao can make films so quickly and produce good works frequently.
The answer given by Qiu Litao is simple, "because I shoot too much."
As soon as you get to the set, you know where to put the camera, how to place the lights, and shoot naturally fast.
Qiu Litao
According to statistics, from 2014 to June 30, 2021, the total number of online movies has exceeded 6900.
This scale is all due to rapid filmmaking.
The director of the Internet University revealed, "In order to catch up with the progress, the working time of the notice for many days has exceeded 29 hours." ”
Such a job, even Hermione, who had the time-turner in her hand, could not be busy.
The above-mentioned [Liar Hunter] screenwriter also revealed the state of the net shooting set.
The budget was only enough for 18 days, but it was raining for 9 days, and all the staff had to work like crazy with high intensity.
[Liar Hunter] on set
The field record, the director's assistant, and the actor coordinator all collapsed due to physical discomfort.
But under such extreme conditions, the potential of creators has been stimulated, and it is even more serious to work.
The usually gentle and elegant director of photography suddenly fell on the walkie-talkie in anger, only because in a good shot, less than half a second of virtual focus was found, which meant that it could only be reshot.
The male protagonist has a scene of breaking free of the handcuffs, the director asks for a real sense of pain, when he finishes filming, he takes off the handcuffs, and his wrists have begun to bleed.
Not all the networks are just fooling around and rubbing heat, and there are really many people who want to take it as a career and do a good job.
Many people enter the Internet industry with movie dreams, and such an "overheated" way of filming is the only way for them to succeed.
The Hong Kong films under the "overheated" film, combined with the warm street market atmosphere, gave birth to a "full of madness" movies such as [Gu Qiuzai].
The wild continent of Wangda has also given birth to many movies that burst out of the local culture with passion.
The "Siping Youth" series, which is rooted in the culture of Northeast China, is one of the best.
From a two-person actor who can't sing two-person turns, he has become a "Hao Brother" who carries the handle for Erlong Lake.
[Siping Youth] created a gangster story based on black humor in the northeast.
Ah Kan once introduced the legendary story of "Hao Ge" (click here to view)
This same "crazy" network series is now very powerful.
The latest one [Siping Youth Hao Ge vs Gu Qiu Zai], not only directly against the Hong Kong film Gu Confused Boy big guy of that era, "Hao Ge" also directly became the talker.
[Siping Youth No Hao Ge Vs Ancient Puzzle Boy]
The time has come for the University of The Internet to come out now.
[Tough Guy Gun God] is also a net that was born from the wilderness through the current environment.
Of course, this environment is not a certain region, but the most prosperous game world today.
The real economy is extremely slippery, and the number of customers in the market is not as large as the number of games online.
The era of people fighting for words in Causeway Bay has passed, and now it is an era of relying on games to speak.
No matter what job you do, the monthly salary is a little, and in the game, everyone is a brother who fights together.
If anyone is righteous enough to help me in the game, you are my Chen Haonan.
The [tough guy strong god] born under this crazy virtual world is naturally an inevitable world that is sought after by everyone.
Today's net has gradually faded the cloak of "pseudo-Hong Kong films".
In the world they have laid, they are looking for their own "overheated" and "crazy".