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Chapter 629: The only science fiction film where you hope aliens win

"Didn't you tell me before that there's a high chance this movie is a bad one? If we go, will we be in for a torture?" Da Tiantian said again.

She was stubborn back then.

At that time, Director Bi organized an expert observation seminar and convened a group of experts and bigwigs in the film industry to study the movie "Dreaming of Show Business" together.

Da Tiantian was invited by Director Bi at that time.

Li Yu urged Da Tiantian not to participate, saying that it was a very shocking movie and she would definitely regret it if she went.

Da Tiantian refused to believe it and insisted on going. But when she arrived at the seminar, she began to recall her life.

What she saw was clearly a pile of smelly feces, but the experts on the scene were praising the feces in various ways to say how sweet it smelled.

She was a little worried that this time the same mistake would be repeated.

Seeing how cautious Da Tiantian was, Li Yu couldn't help but sigh that every failure makes one wiser.

Da Tiantian’s worries are correct. The movie "The Fortress" has a similar experience to "Dreaming of Show Business Circle".

Before the movie was released, Director Fuji and the main creative team went to various cities to attend meet-and-greet events to promote the movie. The ticket prices for early small-scale previews were as high as nearly a thousand yuan.

After a small-scale preview, many media outlets said that the word-of-mouth for this film exploded and that it was a conscientious masterpiece worth watching a second time.

If Director Fuji had Director Bi's connections in the film industry, he would probably also call a group of experts to promote his new work.

"Tiantian, you've really learned your lesson now, but let's go anyway. The invitation that Director Fuji sent me is a little different.

They said I was a famous director in China and one of the few directors in China who dared to make science fiction films and could make a lot of money.

He is a newcomer in the field of science fiction films and wants some advice from me, a veteran with successful experience.

He was so sincere, he would be hurt if I didn't go."

Li Yu looked at the invitation letter in his hand and said with a smile.

Sincerity is just a joking statement made by Li Yu. In fact, there is no sincerity at all. Instead, the smell of showing off and provocation is overwhelming.

Anyone with a normal brain, seeing the invitation letter in Li Yu's hand, could tell that Director Teng was inviting Li Yu to show off.

Director Fuji wants to use a real science fiction blockbuster to tell Li Yu who is the king of this track.

Of course Li Yu could see what Director Fuji was thinking. He came here just to have fun.

In his previous life, he only knew about Director Fuji's science fiction masterpiece through explanatory videos on various video websites, and he had not actually watched the full version.

He wanted to see how shocking the complete version of this "masterpiece" that almost closed the door to domestic science fiction was.

Da Tiantian didn’t say anything else. Since Li Yu was going, she decided to go with him.

Anyway, even if I get tortured, Li Yu will be with me, so I can just watch the fun.

……

Soon, the day of the premiere of "The Fortress of Devil City" arrived.

Li Yu and Da Tiantian really came to the scene.

Director Teng on the stage was very happy to see Li Yu and Da Tiantian coming. He was really afraid that Li Yu and Da Tiantian would not come.

If these two people hadn't come, he felt that he wouldn't have had enough fun showing off.

After waiting for a long time, Da Tiantian finally saw the true face of this epic sci-fi blockbuster during the preview.

In the previous segments, she had been listening to Director Fuji and the main creative team praising how great the movie was, and her ears were callused from it.

When introducing the movie, Director Fuji said that the character Jiang Yang was very suitable for the leading male role.

He also said that the actor who played the leading male role was very smart and responded to the director's requirements very quickly and accurately. He thought the actor performed very well. The main actor also played the attitude of a soldier and the fearless spirit for all mankind, which made people's appetite very high.

Da Tiantian watched the movie seriously. She had seen a lot of science fiction movies about fighting off aliens and saving all mankind, so she was very familiar with the routines.

The beginning of "Magic City Fortress" is similar to many science fiction films. In the future, humans have discovered an energy source called fairy vine, which is inexhaustible and can replicate itself.

Anyway, the fairy vine is very powerful and has attracted the covetousness of aliens.

In order to obtain this energy, aliens invaded the earth and destroyed most of the cities, leaving only the fortress of Magic City left for humans.

There's nothing wrong with this, it's a normal science fiction cliché.

Soon, when the leading male actor came on stage, Da Tiantian couldn't hold it anymore.

Just now, Director Fuji and the main creative team praised the leading male role, saying that the leading male role performed the attitude of a soldier.

Which soldier has a hairstyle with bangs that almost cover his eyes?
Everyone else has short hair, except the male lead who has long bangs.

Everyone else pulled their hats down, but the male lead was reluctant to pull his hat down, probably because he was afraid that pulling the hat too low would ruin his hairstyle.

In the battle between the male protagonist and the alien soldiers, whether he is running, dodging attacks, or doing various big movements, his hairstyle always remains neat.

Da Tiantian was so embarrassed that she started to use her toes to repair the major infrastructure project.

Li Yu has emphasized countless times in the past that costumes, props, hairstyle, and makeup are all crucial.

She played her first role in life, Xiao Wan Qianqian, in "My Love from the Star".

Li Yu was very picky and dissatisfied with the makeup the makeup artist did for her. In the end, he even shaved off part of her eyebrows and made them into willow-leaf eyebrows.

To make it more realistic, Li Yu even had someone throw the clothes she was wearing into the mud and step on them a few times.

At that time, she felt that Li Yu was an obsessive-compulsive detail-obsessed person.

A lot of the work Li Yu did was unnecessary.

Only now did she understand how much the viewing experience would be affected when an actor's makeup, hairstyle, and costume did not match the character's setting.

What’s even worse is that such a problem is not a big problem in “Magic City Fortress”.

Because the heavyweight content is still to come.

In this doomsday war depicted in the movie, humanity has reached a point of life and death.

But the director and screenwriter's operation was very skillful. When it came to the critical moment of life and death, the style suddenly changed, and the male protagonist wanted to pursue the female commander.

Secret love, carefully prepared birthday gifts, tall, rich and handsome man pursuing sweetheart, unrequited love, and dog-licking text messages.

All the cliches in these cheesy romance films appear in this movie.

The subsequent plot is also very confusing. It is obviously a science fiction war film, but the love part is longer than the science fiction war part.

After watching the whole movie, Da Tiantian found that she couldn’t understand what the director was trying to express because the plot was completely illogical.

She really wanted to find a bright spot in this movie, but she found that she couldn't find any advantages, only flaws.

This is clearly a movie added to the slot.

It's rare for a movie to be this bad, even Da Tiantian would like to say it's rare.

"I don't know why, but after watching this movie, I actually hope that the aliens in the movie can win. I have watched so many science fiction movies, but this is the only one that made me have this idea. I think the explosiveness of this movie can compete with Director Bi's "Dreaming of Show Business Circle." Da Tiantian said speechlessly.

She was very glad that she listened to Li Yu's advice and avoided this huge trap set by Director Teng.

(End of this chapter)