In July this year, the news came that "The Wandering Earth" was going to be released in an extended version.
There was a lot of discussion for a while – how much was added? What was added? Another lump sum?
The mystery is revealed - the extended version is named "The Wandering Earth: Leap 2020 Special Edition", which is about 12 minutes more than last year's theatrical version.
Some people expect, some people laugh.
Regarding the "circle of money theory", the official said that the proceeds will all be donated to the public welfare, and the price of the theater line shall not exceed 15 yuan (Sir checked several cities in the ticket today, and the ticket price seen was basically not more than 20 yuan).
△ Trailer Ritter indicates that the re-screening is "Non-profit"
In addition to doing public welfare, a large part of its re-screening is aimed at saving the market.
Every November is a dismal month for theaters, especially this year.
The absence of imported films, coupled with the domestic blockbusters piled up to next year's Spring Festival file, even if there is "Crackdown" and "One Second", it is difficult to support so many theaters.
Therefore, the re-release of "The Wandering Earth" takes on too much meaning.
The only suspense that remains, what exactly is added to these 12 minutes?
01
Plot supplement
In this extended version, there are 3 more important plot additions.
One, the movie doesn't start long ago.
Liu Qi (Qu Chuxiao) "kidnapped" Han Duoduo (Zhao Jinmai) from school and went directly to a brother (Lei Jiayin) to borrow clothes.
When meeting, there are small details: Liu Qi holds a bag string as a greeting gift.
How the string came about, the original version was skipped.
And this extended version, the director to add:
After the two left school, before looking for a brother, they actually went to a barbecue restaurant.
buy....... Earthworm skewers (kebab boss Ning Hao guest).
In the future world, earthworms seem to be a common food.
For example, durian flavors dried earthworms.
Dried aged earthworms (which can also be used for bribes).
And the earthworm skewers once again point to the future of food scarcity.
In the second place, Liu Qi chatted with the rescue team.
After the car was requisitioned by the rescue team, a scene of exchanging manipulators was added.
A foreshadowing.
To a certain extent, it solves the BUG of "Liu Qi's late opening and hanging".
Liu Qi actually knows about mechanical equipment, not only because his grandfather is the driver, but also because he secretly misses his father as an astronaut.
Helplessly, he was a preferential officer exempted from military service, he could not become a soldier, he could only play with machinery to imagine his father's work.
So in the movie, he has a short time to find the tricks of driving and understand the principles of mechanics.
The third place, the love of the "Sino-Australian joint venture".
Tim (Sui Kai) is one of the most likable characters in the film. In the extended version, he also taught Chinese to talk about child-like sounds, and this gag-style Mandarin lecture made Sir a little ashamed of himself.
In the original ending, he seems to have formed a pair with Zhou Qian (Qu Jingjing) of the rescue team.
But how did the two come together?
The extended version added 3 scenes to explain.
At first, when Zhou Qian got into Liu Qi's car, there was a martyr.
In the face of Liu Qi's provocation that did not obey her, she grabbed one by one, and the other party had to desperately beg for forgiveness.
But Tim was interesting, and he ran to talk.
As a result, of course, he was immediately punched in the face.
A strange sense of CP was brewing.
Especially in the later plot, when everyone wants to separate to perform the task, Tim gives Zhou Qian a big hug.
She almost picked up Zhou Qian, who was wearing a mech, so that she said" almost.
There is no refusal, in fact, it means that the feelings of the two are getting deeper and deeper.
At the end, the climactic scene that ignites Jupiter.
Tim, who thought he was going to die, finally couldn't help but confess with a walkie-talkie.
And Zhou Qian replied, "You... Talk to me in person. ”
Dog food is sprinkled.
However, Sir felt that it was not a pity to delete it for the sake of time.
02
Character-building type
In addition to filling in the plot, the extended version also focuses on rendering several supporting characters.
One, Han Duoduo.
My sister had "blackened".
After the death of grandpa (Wu Mengda), the brothers and sisters both complained that wang Lei (li guangjie), the leader of the rescue team, could not be saved when he saw death.
The original version of more hatred came from Liu Qi.
In the extended version, a scene was also added to Han Duoduo.
The guilty Wang Lei wanted to give the doll he wanted to give to his daughter to Han Duoduo.
But Duo Duo asked Wang Lei for a bullet, and said harshly to his face: I will put this bullet into your head (to the effect).
The brother on the side was directly frightened by this.
In the face of the little girl's hatred, Wang Lei joked, "Then I will give you enough three", and Duo Duo finally took only one.
Han Duoduo is a child who grew up in a "greenhouse".
She dares to hate, but she is more afraid of "evil".
This pen found a reason for Han Duoduo's later fragility and awakening.
When Wang Lei saved Duoduo's sacrifice, the extended version also gave a close-up of her clutching doll.
The two reconciled, and at the same time echoed Grandpa's words- "I know who her (Duoduo's) parents are, but everyone who saves her underwater is her parents." ”
Two, Li Yiyi.
Li Yiyi (Zhang Yichi) is the same funny person as Tim.
It's smart, yes, but people are sand sculptures.
In the original version, as soon as he appeared, he posed Oolong to make Liu Qi an enemy.
And this kind of oolong, it also happened one after another.
For example, when Liu Qi inserted the card, when the machine read the name of his grandfather, Li Yiyi regarded Liu Qi's group of people as liars.
Thrown out of the car by people, they can only shout "heartbreaking madness" and "lost their conscience".
The scene was very funny at one point.
Three, Grandpa.
Grandpa's character in the original version is very instrumental.
An auxiliary who does not play a group, a supporting role that is shaped out for sacrifice.
The only moment with a little "human touch":
When bribing the prison guards, he took out a box of "tangerine earthworms".
Doesn't work?
Re-squinted and pulled out a box of aged VR glasses.
"What a girl who has saved up for fifty years."
The hints are all understood.
However, the extended version expanded this pair of "glasses" and added a scene where his old man wore VR glasses and danced with his eyebrows.
At that moment, Sir suddenly had the feeling of crossing back to see "Uncle Da" in Stephen Chow's movie.
03
Added a loneliness
It can be seen that the content of this extension is nothing more than two categories:
Funny strips and supporting roles.
It is generally innocuous.
This is clearly not the "lengthening" we would like to see.
Sir wrote an article when the movie was released last year, "What the Wandering Earth Deleted from the Details".
As mentioned, the original "The Wandering Earth" film is rumored to be 146 minutes.
From the countless details and behind-the-scenes footage, we can be sure that we missed a darker and more brutal "Wandering Earth".
For example, the book is for internal use only.
The Wandering Earth: An Overview of the Worldview.
Write about the political, economic, cultural, demographic situation and chronicles of the film era.
17 years.
What has all humanity experienced from above to below.
Dungeon quota lottery, how to draw?
How was the huge planetary engine built?
How to carry the cold that came in an instant?
The end of the world is over, how can anyone still carry a gun?
How did 3.5 billion people die?
……
These questions can only be frozen in a few scenes flashed by the movie.
No matter from the perspective of market, word of mouth, and industrial scale, "The Wandering Earth" is currently the best domestic science fiction blockbuster.
This re-screening, presumably, is a sight to this point.
The lament is that this is "best" and could have been "better".
Sir expects that the over-screening can tear open even one opening, so that the audience can spy more possibilities of domestic science fiction.
Sir also could not harshly rebuke Guo Fan and the film party.
Fortunately, today's news gave Sir confidence.
"The Wandering Earth 2", announced to be finalized.
Spring Festival 2023.
Director Guo Fan also mentioned that the entire production process of the sequel took nearly 5 years.
"We expect it will take about two to two and a half years for the initial preparatory work; and then filming will begin." This period of time is about six to seven months; then it will take about a year and a half for post-production; the above will take a total of four and a half to five years. ”
This is the precipitation that a science fiction blockbuster needs.
This also proves that the film side did not choose to hit the iron while it was hot and catch the ducks on the shelves.
Reruns can be "tasks" that are uncontrollable.
But at least, the movie itself has not been used as a task.
Domestic science fiction, optimistic about you.
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