Also known as "Transformers", why did the explosion die...
As of this writing, Bumblebee has been in theaters for almost two years. However, after the highlights of 2018, Paramount fell into the bottom again. But at least no bad news has come out of the film industry recently, which...isn't that good news.
Speaking of this movie, now it seems that Paramount really spent a lot of effort in revitalizing the Transformers series and linking up with other IPs under Hasbro, and also set up a screenwriter room for this.
I don't know if they are the same group of 12 (or 9) screenwriters mentioned in the tidbits of this film, but if there is a linkage, it should be a big family.
The following are the specific names and representative works:
Akiva Goldsman: is the leader of the entire screenwriting room, representative works "The Da Vinci Code", "I am Legend". He won an Oscar for Best Adaptation for A Beautiful Mind. He also wrote "Midnight Bell 3 (US version)" (…), 2017 version of "The Dark Tower" (…), "Batman and Robin" (…). Recently, in the whole series of Star Trek TV series, the level of screenwriting has not been very good in recent years...
Michael Chabon: One of the screenwriters of the representative work of the old version of "Spider-Man 2", "Marvel Kid", and "Alien Battlefield", one of the blockbusters in Disney's feng shui years. I've been working on the Star Trek TV series lately.
Brian K. Vaughan: Mainly a comic book writer, wrote a few episodes of "Lost" and a few episodes of "Under the Dome."
Nicole Perlman: One of the screenwriters on the films Guardians of the Galaxy and Captain Marvel.
Lindsey Beer: A newbie? I haven't written any famous works before, but I was dug up by Paramount to develop Hasbro and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
Nicole Riegel: Also a novice, but once wrote a script that was blacklisted.
Cheo Coker: The operator of the Netflix Marvel series Luke Cage.
John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein: This writing duo wrote the first version of Spider-Man: Homecoming and wrote and directed a small comedy film called Game Night. He is also the director of Paramount's IP "Dungeon and Dragons" (not sure if he will quit in the future, because this project has also been in operation for many years).
Joe Robert Cole: One of the writers on Marvel's "Black Panther" and was previously a writer on one of the episodes of "American Crime Story."
Jeff Pinkner: Is one of the writers on two new Jumanji, Venom and The Amazing Spider-Man 2. Wrote "I, Robot" and the 17th edition of "The Dark Tower" with Akiva before (…)
Geneva Robertson-Dworet: One of the writers on the 18th edition of Tomb Raider and Captain Marvel.
(Eh? The above seems to be 12 people... That should not be the same group of people as the 9-person screenwriter room mentioned in the tidbits of Change 5, and the possibility of sharing is not ruled out)
Then count the few people who appeared on the screenwriter list in "Transformers 5":
Art Marcum and Matt Holloway: The writing duo disappeared from the screenwriting industry for a full decade after writing the original script for "Iron Man 1" that year (and possibly involved in editing the script but not signing it) until "Transformers 5" ". In the same year as "Iron Man 1", he wrote the Marvel movie "The Punisher 2" (…), and after "Transformation 5", he wrote "Men in Black: Global Hunt" for Sony (…). After two bad movies (not sure if the culprit is on both of them), it seems Sony still has hope for the duo to keep the Morbius project in their hands.
Ken Nolan: He also disappeared for more than a dozen years after Black Hawk Down, until Transformers 5 and Brave, which was released in the same year.
In other words, there should be at least 15 people involved in the construction of the Hasbro Cinematic Universe. Some of these 15 people have won Pulitzer Prizes and some are Oscar winners. Although the representative works are mixed, it is still very exciting. The tidbits say that these screenwriters went to Hasbro to learn about Cybertron and other IPs before writing the stories. And "Transformers 5" should be the first shot of this huge universe.
However, like "The New Mummy", it was misfired.
From the "Transformers 5" tidbits, it can be seen that although there is a huge screenwriting team to construct the world view, the general direction is wrong from the beginning. Or to put it another way, it cannot be said that it was a mistake, but that the timing was not right.
Transformers 5 sees the King Arthur era (the part by Ken Nolan) and even a glimpse into part of World War II (the part by Art Marcum and Matt Holloway). I won't comment on whether it is suitable or not. Maybe some people will like the result of the combination of Transformers and human history, and from the manuscript drawn by the artist, it feels okay, not very dissatisfied.
However, has the origin of Transformers been made clear? Is Cybertron clear? Are the stories that are unique to Transformers ready? I personally feel that since it is a Transformers movie, it is always necessary to tell the story clearly first. When the audience has a certain knowledge reserve and emotional foundation, it is more appropriate to combine and thread the human history. Can you imagine that the first movie of the Marvel universe is "Avengers 3", the villain is Thanos as soon as it comes up, Loki is just blackened, and there are more than ten minutes in the middle of the linkage with the X-Men.
Combining with mythology is when the story is too late to be told, or it is in line with the time. When everyone knows a little about the story of Transformers, if you want to have a little more connection between the human world and Transformers, you may choose a plan. . Too much rush to unveil the cosmic curtain will only kill the audience. 2017's The Mummy and Transformers 5 both told us this.
Looking at the above screenwriter combinations, there are many screenwriters of Marvel movies and TV series. But Paramount doesn't seem to notice that the quality of Marvel movies is not very good. What makes the MCU take off is its overall planning and the inextricable connections between the works. The forward-looking and quality control of the helm is very important. And the works of Akiva, who is at the helm of Hasbro's universe of screenwriters, in recent years... well, let's not talk about it.
However, all the points mentioned above are not conclusive. It was director Michael Bay who really let the Transformers explode.
In this series, the success is also Michael Bay, and the defeat is also Michael Bay. From the tidbits of "Transformers 1", it is not difficult to see that the reason why he was attracted to film Transformers at that time was only because he had a strong understanding of how a car becomes an Autobot and how two robots with several floors fight each other. interest of. The Cybertron culture of Transformers itself did not arouse Michael's interest. From the tidbits after the series, the focus of the film's publicity has gradually moved closer to "how hardcore and cool the robot design is" and "how grand the explosion scene", and the space occupied by "cybertron culture" is getting less and less.
Even the producer's attitude towards "Transformers" has begun to deviate from "doing something that has never been done before", rather than thinking about telling the story well, which is terrible.
In fact, the most correct way is to replace Michael Bay immediately after the completion of "Transformers 1" or "Transformers 3", reshape the world view, and create a new story on the basis of the perfect character image design left by Director Bei. , the real Transformers story. (I actually liked the image processing of Transformers in Michael Transformers 1, it was broken without being messy, and there were a lot of edges and corners. The image in "Bumblebee" always gave me a very clumsy feeling, although the G1 block is a classic , but why don't you pay attention to being fashion-forward. Of course, when it changes from 4 to 5, it's too far off...) Maybe you can promote the world of Cybertron well with the blessing of the billion-dollar box office of "Change 3" .
Fortunately, now we have "Bumblebee", and "Bumblebee" should probably be the restart of the entire series
Bar?
Paramount, don't mess around anymore... Pull out the character design draft of "Transformers 1" and combine it with G1 to tell a good story...
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