Soon, "The Invisible Man" starring "The Handmaid's Tale" Elizabeth Moss will be released. In our impression, the concept of the invisible man or the transparent man must be familiar to sci-fi fans. .
But it is estimated that many people will mistakenly think that characters and stories with superpowers like the Invisible Man should come from a superhero background, or a character in a superhero comic, but the Invisible Man is not a superhero, nor does it come from a superhero. English comics.
The story of the Invisible Man came out decades earlier than DC and Marvel Comics. The novel of "The Invisible Man", published in 1897, came from HG Wells of "Shakespeare of Science Fiction", and now we The well-known "time travel", "alien invasion", "dystopia" all come from him.
HG Wells' sci-fi style, popularizing scientific knowledge, is strictly a soft sci-fi theme, and is often ironic, and has a critical awareness of consistent capitalism. Most of his works are sci-fi stories that threaten human beings , such as war, human mutation, the demise of the sun, alien invasion and so on.
As early as 2005, Steven Spielberg's "War of the Worlds" story came from HG Wells.
Nowadays, there are countless film and television works about "invisible man" on the market, including superheroes that everyone is familiar with. Of course, they will not let go of superpower settings such as making themselves invisible.
For example, in Marvel's "Fantastic Four" The Invisible Woman, and DC's Martian Manhunter, and in the recently popular anti-super-British drama "Black Robe Picket", there is a wretched invisible man in the "Big Seven" .
The 2020 version of "The Invisible Man", which is about to be released, is officially announced to be based on the blueprint of HG Wells' "The Invisible Man". From the trailer, the main focus of the film is horror, and the film uses the M18 level, it seems It can make good use of the invisible man setting, reflecting the psychological fear of people, rather than relying on the so-called action movie type.
Just before the deadline, the word-of-mouth ban of the new version of "The Invisible Man" was lifted, with a freshness rating of 92% on Rotten Tomatoes, and even the strictest Metascore has a good score of 66 points, which is a very good score for a thriller. Started.
Of course, "The Invisible Man", which HG Wells is so famous for, will not be adapted and started shooting until now. As early as 1933, the first "Invisible Man" was released, and it still belongs to Universal Pictures as well as 2020 "The Invisible Man" .
Since 1933, the invisible setting has been out of control since then, and it has appeared in various film and television works. The most well-known adaptation of the invisible man is the "Transparent Man" in 2000, which was inspired by the novel, and then in 2006 "Transparent 2" was also released.
Today, we will focus on the works of the most original "The Invisible Man" novel, and talk about the works of "The Invisible Man" in a targeted and comprehensive manner, so that everyone can better welcome the 2020 version of "The Invisible Man".
1933's "The Invisible Man," famous for being "nearly close to the novel in story and spirit."
The film tells the story of a snowy night, a man with bandages all over his face and sunglasses checks into a hotel.
But because the mysterious man was doing all kinds of experimental research in the guest room, which made the room a mess, the hotel owner finally couldn't help it and decided not to take in the mysterious man.
But the grumpy mysterious man threw the boss down the stairs and stayed in the hotel. When the police arrived, the mysterious man untied his bandages and stripped naked, making himself invisible.
It turned out that the mysterious man was chemist Dr. Jack Griffin. He was testing an obscure drug called monosucrose, and found out that he could be invisible, but after being invisible, he could never come back, so Griffin hid. To the hotel to do the explicit research.
Griffin's fiancée, on the other hand, is busy looking for the missing Griffin, his father-in-law, the experiment's employer.
After that, Griffin was completely irritated by everyone, relying on his invisible ability, he fled after making a riot in the hotel, and he also made fun of passersby on the street without distinction.
After Griffin left the hotel, he went to the house of a man named Camp, who wanted to partner with Campo to take the evil plan of terror to rule the world, starting with a murder case.
At the same time, the police were tracking the whereabouts of the invisible man at the hotel, and Griffin just quietly returned to the hotel and turned on the blackening mode, which was another big riot, and this time Griffin killed an officer.
Camp felt that it was unreliable to be tied to the crazy Griffin, so he began to seek help from the police, and called Griffin's father-in-law and his fiancée. After Griffin's fiancée went to him, although Griffin appeared Much calmer, but at this time Griffin had already become irritable and arrogant.
Griffin started a killing spree. He derailed a train, killed more than 100 people, and threw volunteer rescuers off a cliff. Griffin became the most wanted man, and the police launched a big manhunt.
Next is the confrontation between the police and Griffin. The police used various means, such as spray paint, and cast a net to capture the invisible Griffin, but they were all played by Griffin.
People all over the city also learned from the broadcast that there is a mysterious and terrifying invisible man who is haunting, and anyone who knows must notify the police immediately.
Finally, when Griffin was resting in the barn, he was found by a farmer. At this time, it happened to snow, and the snow on the ground increased. The police set the barn on fire and forced Griffin to come out. Griffin's footprints reveal himself, and the police shoot and wound Griffin.
Griffin later died in a hospital bed and made a dying confession to his fiancée, and his body began to take shape.
The 1933 version of "The Invisible Man" is relatively close to the original novel, and even the name is the same, but the angle of the novel is more inclined to Griffin's own experience, part of the reason why Griffin blackened and runaway is indifference Everyone looked at Griffin at the monster, and no one offered him a helping hand.
Griffin in the novel was finally beaten to death by a mob.
Due to the good box office and response of the first "The Invisible Man", Universal Pictures released "The Return of the Invisible Man" and "The Invisible Woman" consecutively in 1940.
"The Return of the Invisible Man" tells the story of a death row prisoner who was wrongly convicted, and Frank Griffin, the brother of the original invisible man, injected the death row prisoner with an invisibility agent, so that the death row prisoner Radcliffe could escape from prison. .
So Radcliffe began his own course of redress, which of course also suffered from the confrontation between the police and the public.
In the final battle, Radcliffe was shot and bleed, which led to his exposure. At this time, he had already returned his innocence. Many people donated blood for Radcliffe, and he was re-transfused. He gradually became visible and was eventually rescued.
"The Return of the Invisible Man" also achieved great success at the box office at that time, so there was a third work about the invisible man, "The Invisible Woman".
The invisible protagonist of "The Invisible Woman" is a woman, the genre of the film is comedy, and it has nothing to do with the original novel.
The film tells that the inventor Professor Gibbs invented an invisible device, and the experimental object was Katie who had just lost her job. Afterwards, Katie used her stealth skills to complete some adventurous tasks, and brought out a lot from it. joke.
The three successful film and television works set by the Invisible Man from Universal Pictures opened the door to the invisible setting. Since this setting has no copyrights, major film and television companies have followed suit to develop related invisible works.
Among them, the most famous is "Transparent" by Sony Columbia Pictures in 2000. The director is the famous Paul Verhoeven. It is estimated that everyone knows a little about his works, including "Starship Troopers", "Instinct", "Black Book", Schwarzenegger's "Total Recall", the French version of "Her" and so on.
"Transparent" because of the work in 2000, the film industry has been very good, the film was also nominated for the best visual effects of the Oscar at that time, the plot of the film was also inspired by HG Wells' "Invisible Man" novel.
The film is about a scientist named Kane, who and his team have long been researching the ability to make people invisible for the military.
Although this technology has made gorillas invisible, it is easy to be invisible and difficult to appear, and the visible technology has been plaguing Kane.
And when Kane was working from home, he often looked at the young woman in the opposite building to change clothes. Kane also thought of some difficult analysis of visualization technology from the inspiration of beauty. Well, this logic is also possible.
After that, Kane went to the research room to show the gorilla before. With the injection of the visualization agent, the blood vessels of the gorilla began to appear, and then the bones and muscles. This way of showing is also a highlight of the movie.
With the success of the Gorilla appearance, the team cheers and celebrates, the lascivious Kane and the team's Linda were previously lovers, and Kane wanted to take this opportunity to seek a reunion and was rejected.
The next day, the team reported a regular meeting on stealth technology to the military, but Kane concealed the breakthrough in visible technology because Kane wanted to directly conduct the final human experiment.
So, Kane volunteered himself as an experimental subject and asked other members to inject him with an invisible agent. This process was very painful. First, the skin disappeared, and then the muscles, blood vessels, and bones.
Due to the need to test the medicinal properties of invisibility, Kane was invisible for three days and could only stay in the laboratory. During this tormented time, Kane became lustful again. When his female colleague fell asleep, he performed various Dirty and obscene behavior, but also forcibly kissed Linda.
Fortunately, there is a developing agent, and the team members are going to show Kane, but there is an accident in the middle. Kane rejects the visualization agent, and his body is extremely painful. Then the visualization potion fails, and Kane becomes invisible again.
But the visual failure seems to be not entirely a bad thing for Kane. In order to be fair, the team made Kane a rubber headgear so that everyone can see Kane.
At this time, Kane was under house arrest in disguise and was not allowed to leave the laboratory, because this would lead to unnecessary panic and unknown consequences.
Other teams are also trying to find a formula for revealing human beings. After more than ten days of various tests, they have been unsuccessful. These drugs have made Kane grumpy, and staying in the laboratory has also made Kane lost. patience.
Finally, Kane couldn't bear it anymore and left the laboratory, saying that he would be back in a few hours.
After Kane returned home, he saw the beauty on the opposite floor again, and he became lustful, and this time Kane had invisible ability and could do whatever he wanted, so Kane ran to the opposite building and did unspeakable lewd things to the beauty. .
Linda learned that Kane left the laboratory and went to his apartment, found Kane's mask and clothes, knew that Kane must have done something bad, but because Kane is the captain of the laboratory, everyone is not good to Kane Well, it happened, and the matter was over.
After Kane tasted the sweetness outside, he definitely didn't want to stay in the laboratory. He played his hands and feet on the surveillance camera in a loop, and he went outside to get away with it.
Kane's next target is Linda, but when he arrives at Linda's house, he finds that Linda and Thanos are engaged. Kane angrily smashes the window, causing Linda to suspect, but the fake surveillance shows that Kane is still in the laboratory .
After Linda returned to the laboratory, she discovered the loopholes in the monitoring and learned that the situation was out of control. The team decided to report the whole incident to the military, but at this time Kane was also around them and heard what they said.
When Linda and the others went to tell the committee about the old doctor, Kane followed and drowned the old doctor in the swimming pool.
In order not to let the military know the secret of his invisibility, Kane decided to kill all members of the team.
The decisive moment of the film takes place in the laboratory, and the team fights against Kane together.
Due to Kane's ability to be invisible, the team was not an opponent at the beginning. Kane released the heat first, interfering with the thermal imaging device, and then got Chubby, as well as Sarah, Curly, and finally locked Linda and Thanos. freezer.
Kane also built a chemical bomb, ready to blow up the entire laboratory. However, the smart Linda found a way to open the door, took the flamethrower to find Kane again and spit fire to him, Kane's clothes quickly burned, so he took off his clothes and became invisible again, Linda turned on the laboratory sprinkler, Gives Kane a certain level of manifestation in the water.
At this time, Brother Thanos also came over and electrocuted Kane in his mistake. After the electric shock, Kane was no longer invisible, but became a skinned muscle man.
In the end, Thanos and Linda worked together to kill Kane.
This 2000 "The Invisible Man" has a good reputation, but the box office is not bad. It belongs to a purely commercial action film. After many years, because of the increasing popularity of director Paul Verhoeven, "Transparent Man" has become more and more popular. This popcorn commercial work has been dug up and studied again by many people, and I also feel that the film shows a more selfish desire to be invisible.
Not long ago, it was talked about in "Shazam of Thunder" that if people choose to have a superpower, most people will choose invisible skills, because most people don't want to be superheroes, but want more desires get expanded.
It happens that this "Invisible Man" seems to hint at this topic from the side.
Next, Sony Columbia Pictures released "Transparent 2" in 2006, but this time it is a movie made with pure IP, which is not worth mentioning. It has absolutely nothing to do with the previous one, and it has nothing to do with the novel. None of the main creators are familiar faces.
The film mainly tells the story of stealth skills being controlled by the military. An invisible soldier has done a lot of assassinations for the government, but then the military's stealth project plan was revealed, and the soldier had to die, so the soldier took revenge on the society.
Since then, the setting of the Invisible Man has not caused many ripples in other film and television works, until the upcoming 2020 "Invisible Man", which brought the setting of the Invisible Man to the screen again.
2020 "The Invisible Man" is released by Universal Pictures, which is the same film company as "The Invisible Man" in 1933. Originally, this film was to be included in the Universal Dark Monster universe, and it was also invited at that time. Johnny Depp came to play, remember the star photo that started the dark universe, Johnny Depp was standing there.
However, due to the fiasco of Tom's "The Mummy", the whole plan was aborted. Johnny Depp said goodbye, and Universal didn't mention the dark universe itself. It took a step by step and acted in a low-key manner.
It is currently known that the budget cost of "The Invisible Man" in 2020 is only a mere 7 million US dollars. After all, the invisible man can't see anything, and there is not too much special effects cost. Nice effect.
Judging from the current trailer, it feels pretty good. The heroine has been surrounded by her controlling husband for a long time. Just when the heroine wants to flee, the unexpected death of her husband frees the heroine, but things are far from simple. The husband seems to have become an invisible person and continues to mysteriously control the heroine. The heroine feels that there is always someone at home, but others feel that the heroine has a mental problem. What the film will develop in the end can only be known when the feature film is released.
It seems that the theme of the film is a serious discussion of mental confusion and psychological fear, and the use of camera images has indeed created a shadow of fear.
So whether the film is good or mediocre or bad, after the release of "The Invisible Man", Da Cong will analyze it for everyone as soon as possible.
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