People from every department I met at Disney’s Burbank headquarters kept telling me that "Invincible Destruction King 2" can be regarded as the biggest blockbuster in the history of Disney animation.
In the animation world, Disney is the undisputed old empire. The Hollywood industry has said that now is another golden decade in which the old Disney tree has sprouts and once again takes off. I still remember the sense of surprise when I saw "Invincible Destruction King" turned out in 2012. In the game hall in the 80s, the wonderful friendship between the low-pixel bully in the arcade and the little loli in the adventure of the game, this retro and innovative originality makes people can’t help but confirm again, is this still a Disney animation? Six years later, "Invincible Destruction King 2" is here again!
I don't know if you have noticed it. In Disney's territory, the series of movies are quite rare. The upcoming "Invincible Destruction King 2: The Internet" is one of only three sequels (the other two are "Fantasia 2000" in 2000 and "Little Heroes of Rescue: The Adventures of Australia" in 1990) . What's more rare is that this time the original team of the original creators joined forces again. If the first "Invincible Destruction King" is a nostalgic love letter written to the childhood game hall, then this one is heading towards a new era of ever-changing internet.
People from every department I met at Disney’s Burbank headquarters kept telling me that "Invincible Destruction King 2" can be regarded as the biggest blockbuster in the history of Disney animation. Leaving the exclusive game they depend on for a living, Ralph and Winnie Lopp embarked on a new adventure in this most complicated online world.
1. The most complicated scene in history is called the Internet
Larry Wu, director of environmental visual effects, said that when he first heard director Rich Moore say that the protagonists of "Invincible Destruction King 2" were going to the Internet world, he first clapped his hands and praised, what a wonderful idea! But in the next second I knelt and wailed, God, what am I going to do.
The Internet is a scene that everyone in modern society is familiar with and cannot do without. Even if the two directors, Rich Moore and Phil Johnston, have previously successfully shaped the complex animal-inhabited city-states in "Crazy City", how can they properly use animation to present the Internet? The difficulty of the world is beyond imagination. Furthermore, the Internet is changing iteratively every moment, and the production cycle of cartoons lasts for several years. How to ensure that the Internet world in the movie can faithfully reflect the present when the movie is released is also a problem they have to solve.
Director Rich Moore quipped, everyone knows that Disney’s pre-development and research team has always been rigorous. We went to Africa when we were filming "Zoo City", Norway when we were filming "Frozen", and we went when we went to "Moana". To the South Pacific islands, to this "Invincible Destruction King 2: The Internet", we went to the One Wilshire Building in downtown Los Angeles, which is 20 minutes away by car.
Don't underestimate this, One Wilshire is the largest network data center in the United States. Between the cold processor and data cable, the main creative team found the inspiration to build the Internet world. "We can think of it as a city with a long history like Istanbul or Rome. The oldest buildings are at the bottom, and new buildings are layered on top of it." The Internet world in the movie is also structured like this. You can see the oldest websites that have been abandoned, and the next level may be some sites in the 90s, and then climb up one level at a time. The top level is the mainstream sites we use in our lives now. Each building is a website, and the external shape may be similar, but the internal space varies greatly. The visual effects department also created a new transportation system for the online world in the film. The characters take the square shuttle bus to go to different websites, as if the files are compressed and packaged and then transmitted from the optical fiber.
There are more than 150 scenes in the whole film, which is unprecedented. Just the scene where Ralph and Winnie Lopp first saw the online world contains more than 100,000 environmental elements! This does not include vehicles and other characters. Because of the large volume of this movie, all Disney’s original equipment was not enough to digest, so they designed a new rendering machine cluster and worked day and night, reaching the longest rendering time in history-1.9 million rendering hours per day ( The previous record was "Zoo City", 1.5 million rendering hours per day)!
All in all, just to realize the most complicated scene in the history of animation, the ubiquitous and elusive Internet.
2. The explosive growth of the population
The simplest data is often the most intuitive to illustrate the problem:
In 2008, "Lightning Dog" had 57 characters in the entire film. By 2012, "Invincible Destruction King" had 421 characters in 223 characters. Although there were only 182 animated characters in "Crazy Animal City", there were as many as 687 changes in modeling. . This year's "Invincible Destruction King 2: Rape on the Internet" has reached a new level-434 characters, 6752 styles.
In addition to the characters in the first movie, there will of course be many new characters in "Invincible Destruction King 2". The role settings in the online world in this film are also very concise and interesting. They can be roughly divided into two categories. One is Net Users, which are virtual images of people in the real world when they go online, and they are small stand-ins for you and me in the Internet world. , And another type of Netizens are citizens in the online world. They perform their duties and work hard to provide various services to Net Users around the clock. For example, Knowsmore is the incarnation of a search engine. Wearing a Ph.D. hat and big glasses, it earnestly finds answers for every Internet user who comes to ask questions. Even if you say the last sentence, he can take the next sentence (corresponding to the search in real life). The automatic association function of the website), sometimes it will be over-enthusiastic to help.
Activities in the online world are generated between these two categories of people. Ebay has become a super big auction site, and each product has a small auction specialist. There are also many clever designs that make people smile, which are appropriate and cute. My favorite new character is Yesss Zan, a fiber optic plush jacket, constantly changing avant-garde looks, and controlling the most popular websites. Any hot search will have her behind her. Yesss belongs to Netizens but is different from others, because her real body is an algorithm, this idea is too extreme, the algorithm in the world of the Internet has been refined. The second half of the second act is also the most common and worst aspect of her accompanying Ralph's network. "If you want to go online, don't read the comments", this is the most direct advice Yess can give.
3. A historic moment, a collection of Disney princesses
"Do people always think that all your problems will be solved by the appearance of a strong man? Then you must be a princess!" Judging from the previous promotional materials and trailers, the most eye-catching is the 14 Disney princesses A large collection of history. These princesses are the brightest images in the long years of the Disney Kingdom, and they are also the most precious assets. The princess gathering at this time was not only a tribute to the classic characters, but also a ridiculous self-deprecation of traditional identities. The new era and female consciousness will inevitably call for a new definition of princess.
Female screenwriter Pamela Ribon told me that when she was still working for "Moana", everyone often discussed what is a princess. Moana is the chief’s daughter, but she doesn’t seem to be like a Disney princess. What about Winnie Lopp? She is also a princess, but a princess in a hoodie. With these thoughts in mind, Pamela began to write the script of "Invincible Destruction King 2" and she joined the princess group drama. At first I just wanted to enjoy myself, "When I finished writing this scene, I thought I would either be expelled directly by Disney, or I would succeed." As a result, the internal preview was well received. Even the creators of the previous princesses, He also gave enthusiastic encouragement without hesitation.
But technically speaking, it would be a daunting challenge to present these 14 princesses together in this movie, because the princesses are in different ages and span too much. For example, Snow White and The Little Mermaid are both representative princesses in the 2D era. This means that CG versions have to be recreated specifically for them. Some princesses are more realistic in style, and some are more cartoonish. What's more rare is that all the original voice actors of the princesses are back, and everyone reunites to give their voices to the classic characters again.
In the movie, Winnie Lopp led everyone to change costumes, and each princess put on casual clothes. The most eye-catching look is Mulan’s red dragon-patterned bomber jacket. The t-shirts or pajamas on other princesses also have small ideas. I am waiting for everyone to find the eggs when watching the film. It is conceivable that the peripheral products that will be launched later will be on sale. After all, the play trick is Disney's specialty.
In addition, a new racing game Slaughter Race appeared in the movie. The scenes were inspired by the "Mad Max" series and the real bad traffic in Los Angeles, and the first Zhongyun Nilop's own marshmallow dream-style racing car. Quite different. I believe that audiences who have watched the movie will never forget this female driver vs. female driver racing scene. In order to distinguish it from other main scenes to the greatest possible extent, the cars and characters are more realistic and dynamic. The photography team and special effects team are quite Take effort. There are 9 shots in Shank's car alone, and 7 in Winnylop's car. In total, more than 100 cameras were used to capture the entire action process, and more than 100 minutes of footage was taken. The lighting is also more realistic, and the traces of dust, smoke and tires on the ground are quite realistic. Shank is dubbed by Gal Gadot in "Wonder Woman", which is very suitable for the role. It is said that on the day Gadot came to Disney to dub, the special effects team was dispatched to see the goddess, and it was not in vain that everyone worked so hard for this car scene.
The online world in the movie is brilliant, and what is moving is the friendship and growth between Ralph and Winnie Lope. It's like a small partner who left their hometown and went to a big city together. Some people are quickly caught up in the water, some feel uncomfortable, and even go astray. In this kind of family carnival cartoon, I am a little surprised to see the direct description of the dark web and online violence. The last two directors said sincerely that they discussed when they were working on "Crazy Zoo", and they would never have a delusion to find a solution to racial discrimination by shooting a cartoon, but if you can use this movie, Leading parents to communicate with their children on such issues is already a great result. Similarly, "Invincible Destruction King 2: Rape on the Internet" is impossible to declare that it can overcome all the dark sides of the Internet, but at least we can follow Ralph and Winnie Lopp to experience all this, in the most complex world Here, guard the initial friendship, and then travel separately.
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