“I won\x26#39;t be back”
Editor’s note: This article is from WeChat public account “Entertaining Unicorn” (ID: yuledujiaoshou), author Zhou Rui.
What does the so-called “intergenerational difference in the formation of the era” mean? Just hear the line “I will come back.” The young friends after 00 thought of the gray wolf in the “Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf” which is a star far away from the sky. Friends born in the 1980s and 1990s, think of it. It is Arnold Schwarzenegger’s “Terminator” T-800.
The fans of the “Terminator” series called the “Terminator” (1984) and “Terminator 2: Judgment Day” (1991), the director of “Kashen” James Cameron, as the series. The original works, the three works that were absent from the card (“Terminator 3” (2003), “Terminator 2018” (2009), “Terminator: Genesis”) are regarded as parallel and time-space The story of the rumor – in fact, the most popular films in this series are also the first and second works. Director Cameron, starring Schwarzenegger, and Hamilton is called the “iron triangle” .
So from 1991, on November 1, 2019, “Terminator: Dark Destiny” (hereinafter referred to as “Dark Destiny”) was officially released worldwide, Cameron’s screenwriter and producer, played by Hamilton Hamilton. Sarah Connor’s return, Schwarzenegger’s T-800 once again appeared on the screen, the “iron triangle” reunited, the story line re-connected to “Terminator 2”, the time has passed 28 years, the whole series has ushered in 35 anniversary.
In the past 35 years, the fans who initially watched the “Terminator” and have been shuddering have become calm social people. They can easily point out many tribute plots in “Dark Destiny” and feel the political correctness of the new era. The rise of the feminist power satisfies or sighs for this movie that has accumulated memories and feelings. A group of newly-raised viewers looked at the classic “antique” of this return, and commented on the customary Hollywood blockbuster review mode.
Soon, the film market gave the results. The domestic “Dark Destiny” was released for 4 days, and the cumulative box office reached 213 million. The Douban score fell from 8.0 to 7.2 points. It was strongly suppressed by the literary youth film “You of the Boys”.Head, followed by Japan’s new Haicheng animation “Weather of the Air” is chasing after. In the North American market, as of November 3, North America’s first-day three-day box office reached $29 million, becoming the weekend box office champion, but the results were lower than market expectations.
The white-haired Schwarzenegger made a farewell to the audience for the T-800. There was a small detail in the movie. The Terminator put on a leather jacket and looked at the sunglasses on the table when starting. Choose not to wear it anymore.
Why is the age obsessed with Terminator?
People who have not been immersed in the same era or culture are hard to understand the meaning of the Terminator series. In 1984, “Terminator” was released in the United States, the sci-fi thriller theme, the high-efficiency killing robot without emotions, wearing a black jacket, wearing big sunglasses, riding a Harley motorcycle to pursue the future savior mother, stimulating a little bit of thrill The destiny of decay is sad. The film has created the peak of Hollywood commercials in the 1980s, from technical aspects such as mechanical effects and model building, to the artistic aspects of script content, soundtrack, editing rhythm and atmosphere creation.
The film succeeded in causing a sensation in the homeland, occupying the US box office rankings for two consecutive weeks, James Cameron became famous, and Schwarzenegger opened his golden age. Schwarzenegger himself mentioned the Terminator, and mentioned that after the film was released, he walked on the streets of New York, and suddenly someone stopped him and told him to say the classic lines, “I’ll be back!”.
“Everyone who made the film didn’t expect people to remember this line, but it really became one of the most classic lines in the history of film. Just like when I took the “Terminator”, I didn’t think of it. It will cause such a big sensation, but it has indeed become one of the most classic movies in the history of film. “Terminator” made me quickly become a famous actor, and made me a real Hollywood action star.”
This is the meaning of Terminator for the Hollywood film market. It makes the public aware of the rich imagination and creativity of the Hollywood sci-fi movies in the 1980s, the sinister and bloody under the metal texture, each The lenses have become the nourishment of later action movies.
In 1991, “Terminator 2” was released to further promote this series of films to the altar. Mother and child love and fate reincarnation, T-800 with human thought, thumbs up in flames, naked skin and naked Metal face, icy liquid robot, leather clothes, sunglasses, shotgun, roses under the feet… “Terminator 2” takes the film content and technology control to the next level, all plots and labeling The lens has become one of the symbols of Hollywood pop culture in the 1990s, representing the culmination of Hollywood sci-fi commercial blockbusters. It has created many images of sci-fi action films, directly poked the hearts of countless straight geeks.
Until now, some people have traced the film to the film, and they can’t help but sigh. “This is actually a movie born in 1991!” And when a movie is related to the times, it is not difficult to understand why the public is against the Terminator. There is a kind of obsession, this is not only the worship of Cameron, Schwarzenegger and other masters, but also the love of movies, but also the nostalgia for the retro culture of the 80s and 90s. Even though the terminator of the Terminator has been mixed, the image of the T-800 has always been clear in the history of the film.
It may be possible to answer from here, who is contributing to the box office for Dark Fortune. The classics are revived on the screen, and even have “pure blood”, which is a happy gift for fans. According to the Lighthouse Professional Edition data, the proportion of male audiences in the “Dark Destiny” audience reached 68.7%, while the proportion of viewers aged 25 to 34 accounted for 39.2%.
Compared with the “Youth” of the same period, you can know the difference. The “Youth of You” female audience reaches 84.9%, and the audience under 24 years old accounts for more than 70%.
Obviously, “Dark Destiny” is a work that is more inclined to the young and middle-aged market. Old fans come to bid farewell to the T-800, but this farewell does not deliberately lyrical, the movie savior from a woman’s womb has not yet appeared in life. Become a woman, the T-800 has the warmth of human nature and white hair, but still retains the power of the Terminator. The phrase “I won’t be back” is an understatement, and the tough guy is a little gentle.
Tencent’s “Joint Production” road
It is worth noting that as early as last April, “Dark Destiny” appeared on the film list of Tencent Pictures. At that time, Tencent Pictures announced that it would join hands with Skydance Media to restart the film “Terminator Trilogy”. Tencent Pictures is responsible for the promotion of the film in mainland China. The name of “Dark Destiny” was not yet determined, and everything was replaced by “Terminator 2019.”
In the past three years, Tencent Pictures has been involved in the investment or promotion of many large IP Hollywood commercial films, and has obtained global box office share. In 2016, Tencent Pictures participated in the distribution of “Warcraft”, mobilizing social network business group SNG, Tencent mutual entertainment ING, mobile Internet business group MIG and other multi-department resources, including Tencent mobile (computer) butler, QQ browser, QQ space The tool platform, such as wallet, allows the film to reach the maximum coverage. In the end, the domestic box office of “Warcraft” reached 1.472 billion. This cooperation allowed the industry to see the promotion strength behind the Tencent Pictures.
