Chapter 104 102 Points 95, Zombie Conqueror
Chapter 104 Opening score 5, Zombie Conqueror
Atlanta, Georgia State University.
This is a higher education institution that has been established for nearly a hundred years. However, since it is a public university, its conditions are naturally not as good as those of private universities, and it does not belong to the Ivy League.
In the morning, John Jr. dragged his tired body back to the dormitory. He drank too much at the party last night. When he woke up, he was lying in the trash can.
He shook his roommate who was still in the quilt: "Jon, wake up Jon, it's time for class!"
"Wow!"
Jon's reaction was very intense. He kicked John Jr. down and woke him up.
"Wang Defa! What are you doing!"
Fortunately, the kick was not strong. John Jr. rubbed his abdomen and stood up again.
After a while, looking at the buddy in front of him, Jon finally reacted.
"Sorry, it's a stress reaction. I had a nightmare. There were zombies, lots of zombies."
Little John looked at him speechlessly: "Brother, 28 Days Later was last year's movie. Haven't you woken up from your dream yet?"
Jon got dressed and got out of bed: "No, it's not 28 Days Later, John, it's The Walking Dead. Last night in the public area, Tina and I were dating."
"Then the TV screen jumped to HBO. I don't know which son of a bitch changed the channel, and then it came."
"This is a new show, a very pure zombie TV show, you know? A zombie TV show!" Jon emphasized word by word.
"I've never seen such an exciting TV series. The sense of the end of the world is even stronger than that of "28 Days Later". It's so exciting!"
"Originally, Tina and I wanted to do something, but we were attracted by the TV. You didn't see the scene yesterday. The public area has never been so crowded."
"It feels like half of the school is here. Everyone is still using the phone to notify others. Fortunately, Tina and I are sitting on the sofa in front. Those who come late can only stand on the table to see clearly."
"What! Too exaggerated!"
Little John naturally didn't believe it. He knew about zombies, but it was the first time he heard of zombie TV series.
"Exaggerated? That's because you didn't see the scene last night. You can go to the school forum. I think it has been posted there."
When the two went to the classroom, Little John was surprised to find that many of the classmates he met on the way were actually talking about zombies.
As soon as she entered the classroom, Beatrice stood up and asked loudly: "Jon, they said you recorded a video last night? Do you have a videotape of "The Walking Dead"? Can you lend it to me?"
"And me!"
"And me!"
"I want to watch it too. Everyone says this show is great. It's a pity that I didn't catch it last night."
"Me too. When I walked to the public area, it was already crowded."
Jon shook his head: "Who said that? I don't have a videotape. I'm looking for it too. I need to review it. Last night was too sudden. This show suddenly jumped out, and many details were missed."
"Okay, then I can only post on the forum for help."
Finally, the get out of class was over. It was noon. He found a computer and entered the school forum.
It was indeed filled with a large number of new posts, almost all of which were discussing "The Walking Dead."
A photo was hung high on the top, which was a scene of a large crowd in the school public area. A sentence was PSed on the photo: Zombies have come to reality!
"It's just a TV show. Is it really so good? "
Little John's curiosity was aroused and gradually expanded.
Similar situations occurred not only at Georgia State University, but also in various schools across the United States. College students can watch it at school, and many middle school students watch it at home after school.
As for elementary school students, their parents will send them away and watch it themselves.
Of course, there are also parents who are fascinated by it or don't care much, and they just hold their children to watch it, regardless of whether it will leave a psychological shadow on the children.
Overnight, HBO only aired the first episode, and "The Walking Dead" became popular. Topics began to appear on the Internet, and the discussion gradually increased.
In the MGM building, Eric came to the office and took a sip of the coffee brewed by Chen Xing. The temperature was just right.
Turning on the computer, Eric clicked on Google, and then typed in the four words "The Walking Dead", and links popped up instantly.
Looking at the page number, it was actually as high as hundreds of pages, although some of them were before the broadcast Yes, but the speed of spread shocked Eric.
You have to know that it is not 2010 when the original time and space "The Walking Dead" was broadcast. The Internet has not yet been fully popularized. Families use more slicked-back hair, and ordinary people cannot afford easy-to-carry notebooks.
Moreover, without the 7 years of popularity accumulation of the original comics, it can still reach this level of discussion overnight. It can only be said that this drama is really excellent.
There is another reason, that is, the incomplete popularization of the Internet has led to the fact that today's family entertainment is still dominated by TV. People sit in front of the TV after work and dinner, which is still the mainstream habit.
In addition, excellent large-scale dramas have not entered the blowout era like a few years later. The audience's taste has not been cultivated. "The Walking Dead" makes the audience feel novel.
"Facebook must be established quickly. Using the social nature of Facebook will play an important role in the spread of film and television dramas."
While thinking about it, Eric clicked on IMDB. As expected, the entry interface for "The Walking Dead" appeared here, and the scene selected was the scene of Rick riding in Atlanta alone.
Looking at the number of people who rated it, there were 5,322 people with a score of 5. Among them, 72% gave 10 stars and 3% gave 1 star.
Of course, this score cannot be used as the final criterion for considering the quality of "The Walking Dead", after all, the number of people is too small.
With the increase in the number of TV series, it is impossible for every episode to be as exciting and exciting as the first episode.
The increase in the number of raters will also cause the scores to continue to decrease. These are normal phenomena.
So far, the number one reviewer is "Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back," with more than 600,000 people rating it.
In second place is "Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope" with more than 500,000 viewers.
This shows the influence of the Star Wars series around the world, especially in Europe and the United States. However, after all, the two movies have existed for more than 20 years and have a solid foundation.
In third place is "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring", which also has more than 500,000 ratings, which is only over 50,000 less than "Star Wars: A New Hope".
Ranked fourth is "The Matrix" with more than 480,000 ratings.
The fifth place is the Cavalry of Middle-earth. "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" has only been released for 5 months, and it has received more than 430,000 ratings, which is outrageous.
Turning the mouse and pulling down, Eric browsed the comments.
It was almost unanimously praised, and the key words focused on excitement, reality, novelty, humanity, survival, and morality.
The few criticisms mainly focused on the horror, especially the scene of a half-length female zombie crawling on the ground, which scared many people.
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Dad and Bordeaux came in, the latter holding a stack of newspapers.
Dad's face was full of joy, and the corners of his mouth almost reached his molars: "Eric, take a look at these comments. Those picky movie critic bastards have all given recommendations, hahahaha."
Eric opened the newspapers, and sure enough, many of them mentioned "The Walking Dead" in the entertainment section.
Independent Spirit: "I have been paying attention to it since I learned that MGM started this project. We have seen sitcoms, urban emotional dramas, and crime suspense dramas, but this is the first time we have seen this type of zombie TV series."
"While there have been many zombie movies on the big screen, this was a groundbreaking first on the small screen, and after I watched the first episode, I knew The Walking Dead was a success. Congratulations to MGM. Congratulations." HBO!”
ABC Entertainment Online: "Frank Darabont is my favorite director, I loved his The Shawshank Redemption, and when I found out he was taking on a zombie TV show, I thought maybe he was going to have a successor. It was the second failure after "Forgot Who I Am," but it turned out that "Forget Who I Am" was an occasional miss."
"Frank Darabont teamed up with MGM to give us an amazing journey into the apocalypse, and if subsequent episodes maintain their standards, I'd say The Walking Dead will sweep this year's Emmys."
Los Angeles Post: "Last night I was told to watch a new HBO show called "The Walking Dead." Frankly speaking, I'm not interested in fantasy creatures like zombies, and the beginning of this show is very similar to "28 Days Later." It’s all about coma, hospital, sobriety, and the end of the world. I thought this was a poor imitation drama.”
"But when I saw the Morgans and their sons being stuck in the decision-making process of killing or not killing their wife who had turned into a corpse, and when I saw the survivor camp getting into a dispute over whether to risk saving Rick, I discovered something different, the struggle of human nature. It is the connotation that a qualified TV series should have, and "The Walking Dead" does a better job than "28 Days Later" at this point.
"And when The Walking Dead doesn't focus too much on zombies, it will be liked and accepted by more viewers, so I recommend it."
"Eric, MGM didn't stuff money this time, and HBO only used normal promotion methods. "The Walking Dead" is conquering the market."
"Have you got the viewing data?" Eric asked expectantly.
Dad was silent for a moment: "The prime-time data is 6.2 million subscriptions and online viewings at the same time, which may be lower than everyone's expectations."
Hearing this, Eric frowned. If the figure of 6.2 million was placed in 2010, it would certainly be a hit, but in 2003 it would not be worthy of the cost of "The Walking Dead."
As a result, just when he was thinking about what went wrong, his father suddenly shouted: "But the 11 o'clock replay episode reached 9.5 million subscription views, second only to "Band of Brothers"'s 10 million, we did it!"
"Yes!"
Eric immediately stood up and punched the air with a left hook. This is the power of a good work. As long as it is not too advanced like "Future Water World", even if it was born ten years in advance, it will still be loved by the audience. .
It should be noted here that 9.5 million refers to HBO subscribers, not the specific number of people. One user may be a family, and a family generally does not have only one viewer, so the specific number of people often doubles to three times.
"Eric, the viewing data of rerun episodes can only illustrate the potential of "The Walking Dead". Even if it is half a place behind "Band of Brothers", I believe that "The Walking Dead" will definitely surpass "Band of Brothers", maybe next week." Dad. Said with confidence.
"Don't comfort my dad. The director of Band of Brothers is Spielberg. Its cost and publicity are more than three times that of The Walking Dead. I will be very happy if it surpasses it, and I won't be disappointed if it doesn't."
"It's best if you think so. Now I'm sure I can kick that guy Zach Thomas's ass!"
The dad said, and he kicked the air with a left kick, and walked out of the office with a laugh.
After the dad left, Bordeaux handed over a report with information about the crew of Happy Death Day. The project was ready to start.
Since the cost was not high, only $5 million, Eric handed it over to Volvo for overall operation after it was approved, and he didn't care too much.
The preparations are almost done, just come and make a report.
The quality of a movie is most related to the director, screenwriter and leading actor. Other aspects have an impact but are secondary factors.
In addition to Eric, the other screenwriter was Christopher Smith, who was found from the union and has been in the industry for a few years.
However, his career will usher in a turning point in a few years, because he will write and direct a famous movie "The Grim Reaper", which shows that this person is capable.
In view of Smith's potential, MGM signed a contract with him to write three movies.
The director column says Anthony Russo and Joe Russo, yes, the famous Russo brothers.
In the future, the Russo brothers will co-direct movies such as "Community", "Captain America 2", "Captain America 3", "Avengers 3" and "Avengers 4".
It can be said that the Russo brothers have taken half of the high-scoring works in the Marvel series.
But now it is 2003, and it is still early for the Russo brothers to rise. Now they are still small roles who have only directed two or three unsuccessful movies.
Eric is very satisfied with this choice, because his brother Anthony Russo is good at playing the technique of time and space montage, and I believe that it will be a good choice for them to direct "Happy Death Day".
MGM also gave the Russo brothers a director contract for 5 movies.
Five movies may take seven or eight years to make. Famous directors will definitely not sign. But now the Russo brothers are lucky to have some. What else do they want?
The male lead is confirmed to be Benjamin McKenzie, a newcomer who debuted last year. He will play James Gordon in Gotham in the future.
The female lead column is empty, and this position is left for Eric to decide.
He picked up a pen and wrote Gal Gadot in the blank space.
According to his idea, after Gadot finished filming Transformers, MGM will take a break for a while and start filming The Hunger Games. At that time, she will continue to be the female lead. The two big investments are enough to make her jump directly from an amateur to a first-line female star.
However, so many things happened later, and MGM is under great financial pressure now. The Hunger Games may have to wait until next year to start filming.
So Eric kept a hand. If he can finish filming Transformers before Happy Death Day, he will let Gadot play the female lead.
If he can't finish filming, Hollywood doesn't lack such young girls. Let her father use it to sell favors.
Now that Transformers has been filmed, the good projects will naturally be left to our own people.
If nothing unexpected happens, this movie will be released before Transformers, just to accumulate popularity in advance, which will also help the box office of Autobots.
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