Watching "Electronic World Hegemony" again today, the film seemed incoherent and even moaning. If it appeared in the TV series "Mystery Science Cinema 3000", it might still be clear. The 12-year-old children who watched "Electronic World Contest" have now become 40-year-old middle-aged people. They may have an irrational sense of nostalgia for the film.
In fact, "A Thousand Years of War" is pretty cool. Of course, most of that can be attributed to the architectural style, interior design and advanced racing game. But they are just some pleasant compensation-you will also see two (or three, depending on how you calculate) incarnations of Jeff Bridges, which is also a good deal. Although it turned out to be just half an hour in the end, it was not bad, but it was quite ordinary. The film should have been made into a wonderful commercial film, especially in terms of 3D effects, but this film is far from the height of the best sci-fi/fantasy movies.
The closest thing to "Genesis: Legend of War" should be Wachowski’s "Speed Racer": It is also an abuse of high-tech methods, the same is a fighting game style, the same big companies conspiracy to control everything, the same Show the eternal love between father and son and the same fundamental stupidity. But to be fair, the film is more fascinating.
The film seems to imitate "The Wizard of Oz": From the 24th minute, the 2D picture becomes an excellent 3D effect, just as the monotonous color gives way to the colorful colors of OZ Junior High, and Sam enters the virtual space. He seemed to be thrown into the group of lions and had to drive a motorcycle to start escaping. This high-speed death chase takes place in a dark Colosseum-like scene, the space is so large that it seems to fit the entire Chicago.
This scene is not only the most exciting scene in the film, it can also become a paragraph that compares the development level of the new and old versions of the special effects. The old version of the racing car looks like some geometric shapes, like things on a children's drawing board, or a one-dimensional game that doesn't even have an environment map.
In contrast, the new design elements are definitely a highlight. The Philip Johnson-style luminous wall is in sharp contrast with the night background; the leather uniform is clearly distinguished from the aerodynamic motorcycle with light and color: orange and red are the soldiers sent by the system in the virtual world, white and blue The ones are outsiders. The trajectory of the vehicle is very 3D, and Daft Punk's soundtrack creates a fresh and dynamic style. The effect of the war at the end of the film is also beautiful, but unfortunately the story has fallen into a long and tedious multiple endings.
The younger version of Jeff Bridges in the film looks convincing. Ironically, the biggest legacy of "Genesis: War" (the subtitle of the film is literally translated as legacy) is probably not to become a classic science fiction film, but to convince the middle-aged actors that they can also star in a youth romantic movie.
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