Introduction: The tough guys of the past are now safe, and the internet meme memes are packed.
Even if the audience actively chooses to leave their brains in front of the movie theater, "Fast and Furious 9" can still accelerate at a speed of more than 200 miles per hour with nitrogen, crushing everyone's common sense of normal vehicle driving. As for Don Boss, who has a big arm and always hangs "logging tired" on his lips, he has long since lost the old action movie tough guy to solve all the problems with his fists and feet and M60 machine gun, and he feels that "small fresh meat" is bad and customs, but is there anything more discouraging than the tough guy who just says that he will only fight and equip the technology tree without practicing?
The iconic tough guy symbol of the early days of the gaming industry
True tough guys have always used their bodies as lethal weapons, and the muscle action movies they starred in have also set off a wave of rage in the field of popular culture. Today, COD Cold War's latest paid character blueprint package includes two classic on-screen tough guys, Rambo from First Blood and John McTiernan from Die Hard. Even if the Cold War supermen can carry dozens of kilograms of Barrett up and down the jump show sniper, encounter the Vietnam War soldiers and New York police officers who have killed the East and West camps 30 years ago, they still have to be in awe of the three points, and the connection between video games and screen tough guys is far more than the character skin.
Tough guys have no expressions, and the more people who publish love packs, they also have feelings - Sylvester Stallone
From the FC version of "Contra", which can make a cameo appearance in a domestic movie that year, to the skill pack that pays tribute to Rambo when Lara uses the environment to assassinate the enemy in "Shadow of the Tomb Raider"(first paste mud on the face, then disappear into the mud wall, and finally "click" off the enemy who walks in), Rambo has always been the "instructor" of generations of action games.
Rambo and his M60 machine gun
In addition to the classic image itself, the arsenal of Rambo Avenue to Jane is also the ultimate dream of every tough guy, where there is a boy knife suitable for survival in the wild, killing in silence; an explosive bow with both cold weapon romance and hot weapon lethality; strong muscles; and a faceless face that cannot be melted by fierce artillery fire. The post-war PTSD in "First Blood" and the American personal heroism under the Cold War mentality have now faded with the changes of the times, and only Stallone's tough guy temperament has become a cultural symbol.
In reality, Stallone suffered a difficult delivery due to his mother at birth, and the doctor misused midwifery forceps to help deliver, causing Stallone to paralyze part of the muscles of his left cheek from the small urine, the left eyelid and left lip drooping, and accompanied by slurred speech, the result was that Rambo's "people don't talk much" persona, plus the network emoji that desperately organized the facial muscles and raised his hands to praise.
Thumbs up to you guys
"There are so many terrorists in the world, I killed a person smaller than my sister's foot" – Bruce Willis
As an NYPD (New York Police Officer), although John McTiernan in "Die Hard" does not have the super single-soldier combat ability required by the game character, the civilian hero image he created in the film is still deeply rooted in people's hearts. John originally just went to Los Angeles to bridge the emotional contradictions with his wife, who knows but encountered a major crisis of terrorists taking hostages, for the sake of his family, but also for social stability, John awakened a "small strong physique". Compared with Rambo's "Unlimited Ammunition", the strength of the peerless has been reduced, but with the unique folk wisdom and martial arts spirit of the civilian hero, John finally not only punished the terrorists, but also successfully led to the subsequent serialization of "Die Hard".
Copying is the most honest tribute
"COD Cold War" latest 80s theme character package, including the classic image played by Bruce Willis in "Die Hard", the white hurdle vest and the back-shifting hairline as the enemy of the macho man's life, needless to say; AUG and MP5 are the weapons that John captured from the enemy in the film, and the "hostage crisis" also directly corresponds to the plot of the movie; the dynamic business card is more direct, simply from the movie's famous scene by frame number of moving pictures - John wearing a Christmas hat, Scarred in the ventilation duct, the fusion of joy and tension is the key to why "Die Hard" was able to stand out in a muscular dynamic work that year.
"I'm not trying to prove anything, but I'm going to get back what belongs to me" – Zhou Runfa
In the 2017 "Screen Character Killing List", Zhou Runfa was slightly inferior to Stallone, ranking second in history. When he debuted, Zhou Runfa was nicknamed "Poison Hair" in the Hong Kong film industry at that time, which means that as long as he starred in the film, there is a high probability that the box office will pull the crotch after the release, and he once became a plague god in the eyes of the film company owner, until "Shanghai Beach", "Prison Storm" and "The True Colors of Heroes" and other works have come out, and Xiao Ma Ge finally turned over the salted fish, achieving gao Jin and Li Mubai, who are well known to the audience in the future.
In front of Fa Ge, no one dared to say that he was a big guy
Nowadays, although "Mr. Zhou, an enthusiastic citizen", has not been a big brother for many years, the jianghu has always had his legend, and this sense of legend is also valued by game manufacturers. In 2007, Zhou Runfa and his old partner Wu Yusen participated in the game "Gun God" developed by Midway, which was originally a tribute to Xiao Ma Ge, but accidentally triggered the attributes of "poison hair" that year, and the reputation and sales were disappointing. In contrast, in the classic game of "Max Payne", which is a collection of film noir, in addition to bullet time, the protagonist uses a trench coat + double gun + the configuration of flying pigeons during gun battles to reproduce the famous scene of "Hero Nature" for the younger generation of players.
Die-hard "Gears of War" fan of Guardians of the Galaxy - Dave Batista
The reason why Dave Batista became a usable character in the multiplayer mode of Gears of War 5 is not the popularity of the MCU aura, but that he himself has always been an avid fan of the Gears of War series. In order to bring "Gears of War" to the big screen and play his favorite game protagonist Marcus in it, Dave traveled all over Hollywood's relationship circle. However, although there is a strong interest in adaptation from the game copyright holder to the film company, due to box office expectations, actor selection and other factors (the most ironic thing is that despite Dave's great efforts, Universal, which holds the film adaptation rights, is very eager to have Dwayne Johnson play Marcus), it is still untargeted.
Compared with another MCU colleague, Tom Holland, the little spider has successfully become Nathan Drake on the big screen, and Dave Batista can only continue to crouch outside the door of the film company's project department in addition to the set of character skins in the game.
Japanese tough guys from neighboring countries – Yusaku Matsuda and Takeshi Kitano
When I was growing up, it was a honeymoon period in Sino-Japanese relations, but unlike my parents who were deeply fascinated by Ken Takakura (standing collar trench coat yyds) because of "The Hunt", the post-80s generation was more exposed to Japanese tough guys through the medium of games, such as Matsuda Yusaku in "Ghost Warrior 2".
Today, more people still have Matsuda Yusaku's "One Piece" (the prototype of the pheasant) from Eiichiro Oda, in fact, the film "Human Witness" starring Matsuda Yusaku was introduced to China, and the popular "Straw Hat Song" in the film left a deep impression on two generations.
Inside and outside the screen, Matsuda Yusaku can be regarded as an uncompromising tough guy, when he was young, he caused eye injuries when filming, went to the hospital for suture surgery, after the operation, he actually did not know that the doctor would be responsible for removing the stitches, so he manually endured the pain of removing the sutures, resulting in permanent damage to the eye muscles, and manually generated his own expressionless tough guy face on the screen afterwards.
In Japan, Yusaku Matsuda is definitely a T0-level artist
The same is expressionless, Kitano Takeshi is a traffic accident caused by facial paralysis, "Rulong 6" thanks to Sega's ancestral "face deterioration" technology (do not believe it to see the teachers in "Rulong" honor bar), completely retain Kitano Takeshi's iconic face art. And Kitano Takeshi's tough guy image on the big screen is often related to a certain degree of dark attributes, such as the extreme Taoist in "Extremely Evil", as for the "battle royale" theory that "eats chicken" games is now avoided, it comes from the Japanese film "Battle Royale" in which Kitano Takeshi played the devil instructor.
We are logging tired – Vin Diesel
With the outstanding box office performance of the "Quick Shock" series, Wen Diesel has always had a high reputation among the new generation of film fans in China. In addition to the development so far, the degree of science fiction has been equivalent to the driver into the Transformers pretending to drive the "Rapid Shock", Wen Diesel has also led a real series of science fiction films - "Interstellar Legends".
In 2004, the film's original game of the same name was released, and became synonymous with excellent film adaptations of the early 21st century, the game focuses on first-person immersive experience, the protagonist Redick played by the player has the characteristics of stealth assassination, the graphics technology and level design playability are also very online, is a rare masterpiece. In contrast, the game version of "Fast and Furious", which was announced more than a year ago and then turned over in a low-key way, is more in line with the standard process of film and television adaptations.
By the way, and the image of Donald's big brother in "Rapid Shock" is completely different, Wen diesel on the set is not "man" at all, especially in the "Rapid Shock 8" where he is the producer, in order to highlight the core position of the individual, not only does he use his position to delete a lot of Jason Statham and Dwayne Johnson's scenes, his own traffic star-level acting skills have not grown at all, behind the tough guy set, in fact, there is a real "drama bully".
Synonymous with big guys – Arnold Schwarzenegger
A song "you could be mine", where to find the world.
The terminator's screen image spans film, television, comics, games, and other media, becoming a cultural landmark that integrates science fiction elements such as time travel, human-machine warfare, and nuclear weapons crisis. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who has already been homaged countless times by countless works, has never faded from the player's vision, whether it is a direct film adaptation of the game or a cameo in "Mortal Kombat", the governor seems to always be the macho man with the shotgun in one hand. And Schwarzenegger is also a science fiction, magic double repair, starring him in the year of "The Barbarian King Conan", is the fantasy world depicting the ancient era of tough guy representatives, you in many European and American CRPG played warriors, barbarians and other professions, you can also see Conan's shadow from the human setting.
At the end of the 90s, when the first batch of indoor gyms in China rose, Arnold was worshipped as the second master of Guan
Descendants of the dragon - Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan, Jet Li
These three kung fu movie stars provide video games with a full set of material packages about Chinese martial arts, and the characters born from the three of them inspired by the design can almost make a big mess on their own.
Specifically, there are "Jackie Chan Kicking Pavilion" as the originator of the fighting game in the FC era; there are also flying dragons like "Street Fighter", Luo of "Iron Fist", Jack of "VR Warrior", etc., specifically to pay tribute to the role of Bruce Lee, double knuckle sticks, aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa Boys should be self-reliant".
In addition to this kind of character design based on a specific kung fu star, taking a targeted authorization or tribute style, there are also game characters created by the strengths of each kung fu (appearance) like "a hundred flowers and wrong fists".
SNK's "Legend of the Hungry Wolf" series has a character called Hong Fu, from the appearance, his character archetype is more like Jackie Chan in the early kung fu movie, the profession of the Hong Kong police, obviously taken from the Jackie Chan movie "Police Story"; and the double stick in his hand is undoubtedly Bruce Lee's iconic weapon; even the name "Hong Fu" is also easy to think of Hong Jinbao, who is also from "Seven Little Fortunes" with Jackie Chan, and the developer responsible for the "Legend of the Hungry Wolf" must have not watched less kung fu movies.
Conclusion: According to the current cultural and creative atmosphere in Western society, the role of "militant under the banner of anti-war" like Rambo + straight men of steel + tough guys acting with muscles has been increasingly marginalized by the market (the audience likes "American buttocks"). In the field of games, in addition to the classic characters such as Kratos and Marcus, which were born more than a decade ago, the image of the traditional tough guy in the new characters is gradually decreasing, and I think I will not be surprised if there is a female protagonist who can be used in GTA6 in the future.