Japanese Entertainment: From special effects actor to action superstar

Chapter 117: Major Changes to Civilization Observers

After dinner, work officially began.

Gu Ming had no opinion on the image design. In this regard, Narita Toru was professional.

In comparison, Gu Ming cares more about another thing.

"You should already have some ideas about the new character's settings, right?"

"That's right. Although we initially intended to differentiate it from the previous work, some intricate connections are hard to avoid. After discussing it with Wangu's father, we decided to stick with the setting of the movie, with the events taking place five years after the departure of the Jettons."

Five years later, the Kote Team was disbanded and the Security Team was established to take on new responsibilities.

The actors and so on all need to be replaced, and as per convention, cheaper actors have to be found.

Gu Ming quickly recalled that there were indeed overlapping actors in the two works, such as the poisonous viper Sandaifu who played both Lan and Guqiao team members.

Although the name of the Third Lady of the Poisonous Viper is not nice, her face is still very kind, chubby and round, with a vivid image. There is a picture at the end of the article.

"Since this is a newly formed security team, it should be led by a senior."

"That's right. I've been considering it as well. However, Nihei Masaya doesn't have enough time to perform for a long time. On the other hand, Viper Sandafu has more time and can stay in the security team to continue to shine."

"Since you're still the same person, there's no need to change your name. Why not just stick with Lan?"

"Come to think of it, Furuya-kun played an alien character before. If Wangu finally keeps Furuya-kun as the main character, we can borrow this setting."

The two discussed it briefly, and Gu Ming thought for a moment, but shook his head.

"I don't think it's appropriate. How about making some changes? It's not about aliens from outer space, but aliens possessing people, similar to Hayata Susumu's setting."

Although we require innovation and change, we cannot change everything.

Who cares about an alien!
But if aliens are moved by the noble sentiments of the earthlings and possess and become a part of the earthlings, that would be different.

After watching this, the audience might think, maybe I can also be noticed by aliens!
Gu Ming continued, "By analogy, even the antagonists in the plot can have similar settings. For example, after this new character arrives on Earth, why do those enemies and aliens appear? Even if it's a single-episode drama, if there are some detailed settings, it will help the audience understand."

"For example, some kind of cosmic energy... well, just like in the previous theatrical version, under the influence of the negative energy of the universe, some people are possessed by aliens! In fact, they are still good people, but they are affected and become extreme, thus transforming into giant aliens to cause destruction everywhere, but of course they will be baptized in the end."

Gu Ming paused and suddenly felt that the design looked familiar.

Negative energy monster plus full moon light!
"do not care……"

Gu Ming cleared his throat and continued to talk about the setting of this part.

Anyway, there are still decades to go before the Heisei era, so there is nothing wrong with coming up with the settings for thirty years later in advance.

Tetsuo Kaneshiro listened attentively, and suddenly he had a sudden epiphany, as if a lot more content had been added to the script design.

Although it is a unit drama, Wan Gu also intends to express various thoughts in it, but the tone must of course be positive!

1977, this is not 1974.

After getting rid of the recent economic difficulties, Japan is in a period of rapid development. It is the time when national self-confidence is the strongest. At its peak, it was even proud enough to "sell Tokyo and buy the whole of the United States."

It is certainly impossible to continue telling a depressing story at this time.

In a blink of an eye, Tetsuo Kaneshiro already had a rough framework design in his mind.

Narita Toru was quite happy because almost all the characters in Seven are aliens, and he likes aliens.

When making the outer space suit, all your skills can be put to good use.

Unconsciously, as several people discussed, a rough story framework was put forward.

Seven, a civilization observer descended from another planet, observes the civilization's development through various interactions to determine if any species poses a threat to the universe. Inspired by the youthful enthusiasm of Moroboshi Tuan, Seven possesses his body to facilitate his actions. While usually invisible, he emerges to fight monsters when necessary.

Similar to the situation with Hayata Shin, Seven would not appear easily, but would leave the battle to humans themselves, and would only come out when he was really unable to cope.

When fighting the enemy, try not to kill them but to persuade them.

This is Gu Ming's suggestion. Since he is a civilization observer, he will certainly not call for fighting and killing. As a civilian, he should act more gently.

As for the method of persuasion, it is also very simple.

Now there is a Seven in front of the alien. He has a beam shooting ray that is twice as powerful as the Spesium ray, and a medium-splitting dart.

Now it depends on whether the alien wants to eat the rays or the head darts. If he doesn’t want to eat anything, just get out of here.

If logic doesn't make sense, our Seven also knows a little bit about cosmic boxing!
"The action design can't be like that of swordplay films. The one-hit-decisive fighting style isn't suitable for special effects. When we filmed Ultraman before, we mainly drew inspiration from various throws and throws in judo, so of course we can't use the same style this time. To fit the character's identity, I think we can consider a 'battle of wits' approach."

Jincheng Tetsuo adjusted his glasses and said, "Go on."

"Look, for example, there's this alien whose ability is to turn into a jeep and crash into you... The first generation's style was to grab the jeep and throw it out, but Seven is of course different. He'll test it, then observe the jeep's tires, then blow them up, and then grab the alien driving the car and demand that he leave the planet."

Gu Ming briefly explained his ideas, and Tetsuo Kaneshiro agreed with them.

The styles of two different works cannot be exactly the same, so the script can focus on this aspect and then hand it over to Gu Ming to design the action.

Before I knew it, it was evening and the tea on the table had been drunk several times. Instead, the number of manuscripts piled up with various ideas increased.

Seeing that everyone was thinking, Shaqin did not come over to disturb them. She just changed the tea and stood by.

Come to think of it, she still really enjoyed watching Gu Ming and the others thinking together. They often say that serious men are the most handsome, but it depends on what they are serious about.

If you are playing seriously, then it is boring, but when you are working seriously, it is certainly different.

This is a very serious matter.

What she particularly liked was the imagination that Gu Minghui showed.

Although Furuya-kun looks like he has never been to school, he is indeed a very thoughtful person!
Seeing that it was getting late, they decided to discuss the matter further before saying goodbye.

Gu Ming had just sent a few people away when he turned around and met Shaqin's gaze. He said with a bit of amusement: "What's wrong? Do you have anything to say?"

Shaqin nodded: "Yes, um, don't aliens have their own emotions?"

"Of course...but why didn't you say it just now?"

Shaqin gathered her hair and smiled shyly, "You guys seem so serious about what you're saying, and I don't really understand, so it's better not to speak carelessly. If I say something wrong, it'll be obvious."

"There's nothing obvious to say. Since you have an idea, that's great. You can write it down. I'll discuss it with them when I have the chance."

Speaking of which, the official partner of Tuan Moroboshi is naturally 'Juliano', and the actor is Yuriko Hishimi from Toei.

In terms of appearance, it is quite outstanding.

But now due to time changes, Hishimi Yuriko obviously will not play the role of Juliano.

At this time, the price of Hishimi Yuriko is already quite high, and Wan Gu will not pay that much.

Gu Mingxin said he didn't know who would replace him.

—Any readers who understand this could recommend a similar actor? The author is waiting for a review!

(End of this chapter)