What has happened in the 10 years since the first "Transformers" in 2007? Spider-Man changed three stubbles, and Iron Man's money went from Tony Stark's pocket to Robert Downey Jr's bank account with ease. "Transformers" and these peers face the same problem: how to ensure the vitality and freshness of an IP? Is it constant or changeable?
Obviously, the real answer is far from that simple. The solution of Michael Bay, the king of blasting, is that there is no solution.
As one of the creators of the Hollywood blockbuster era in the new century, with years of self-releasing, the studio's unfavorable years, and the greed of foreign capital, he finally turned into a shabby appearance with a strong face and laughter.
In "Transformers" and its sequel, what we see is the miserable failure of the old Hollywood system represented by Michael Bay (and Jerry Brookeheimer of "Pirates of the Caribbean") in the new internationalization process. Spielberg’s DreamWorks and Amperin have gradually lost their right to speak, and capital from China has gradually increased the proportion of investment in cooperation projects with Paramount (and Lionsgate), which not only brings guarantees to overseas markets, but also allows movies from The typical representative of American cultural output has fallen into a mixed-race Chinese local brand advertisement.
Considering that selling copies was originally made for commercials, it's really the reincarnation of shellfish.
When an irreconcilable contradiction appeared between the car culture rooted in the United States and the needs of internationalization, relying on the tricks of "looking up at the wide-angle explosion, blasting the girl to watch the sunset", the selling copy of the world finally lost the final bottom line. —— It is the colonial aspirations of the Cybertron villains again, and the Transformers have been smashed into human history to install black technology, and they are both majestic (shock) and shocking (breaking) the sky's anti-one to become a miscellaneous fish. , And again, it is Ke Bowen's oath of loyalty to mankind. These old sesame seeds and rotten corn, and more and more chaotic Qiqi Kaka bang pops, make the entire "Transformers 5" an unrestrained noise and farce.
Even if the gods are fighting, there must be a reasonable reason for the gods to fight. Because they can? That is hooliganism.
Lack of innovation, self-repetition, and lack of surprises. These symptoms have been fully aggravated in "Transformers 5". The 2-3 year development cycle has never slowed down the condition of selling copies. And since the second part, the human drama that has become more and more distorted and overwhelming is now really out of wits.
What is the role of humans in Transformers movies? It is to increase the connection and fetters between the two species. This task mainly falls on the Hornet. But since the first part, we have never seen an effective emotional connection, which has formed the separation of the story and the closeness of the two worldviews. Imagine a movie with the title "X-Men". The protagonist is not a mutant, and the story is not a race conflict, but the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law of the counter shop of the X Academy. In the background Magneto is beaten on the ground by a few small gangsters. .
How terrible it would be.
And this kind of scene has happened 4 times in "Transformers".
The story outlines of the 14 sequels in the legend are probably the same. They have no humanistic spirit and have high-purity engine oil flowing in their bones.
It is undeniable that the script created by the four screenwriters has strong narrative ambitions, but in the hands of a control freak who sells copies, no matter how new characters and new settings are introduced, "Transformers 5" is still the same. It's the old and rudimentary of changing the soup without changing the medicine. Selling copies for "Transformers" has accumulated too many exaggerated myths, and none of them have the possibility of taking root.
The only hope is that the iron knots at the end of the film will finally leave the earth.
From a certain perspective, "Transformers 5" and last year's "Independence Day 2" are simply distant relatives. Changing the skin and then circling the money, it is almost unmatched.
The so-called Optimus Prime, who has been thrown into the dark side and destroyed as usual, is just like the Van Diesel of "Fast and Furious 8" and the Black Widow of "Captain America 3", and it is meaningless. Once upon a time, the addition of Mark Wahlberg also brought some prospects for the series (if the inventor’s settings were flushed to the toilet), but "Transformers 5" was designed in an illogical chaos, and succeeded again. The relationship between the characters and the content of the story in the previous movie are treated as rubbish, just like Megan Fox in "Transformers 3".
Congratulations, congrats. Some people are liberated, and some people have to pretend that they are not selling themselves for money.
Some movies kill time, but "Transformers 5" not only saves time, but also kills people.
"Transformers 5" is a terrible action movie, and there is a huge gap between it and the previous ones. Selling copies of this cook has fallen from cooking to enlarging the smoke shell, and now he has reached the point of directly giving diners white powder. This series of Paramount represents the ultimate infancy, even infantile, of American entertainment. If it is an animation, it can also arouse people's creativity and imagination. And the latest work of this live-action movie, except for the deafening roar, can no longer squeeze a single cent.
For many years, we have all heard this saying: Commercial movies are the main driving force of the film industry, so it doesn't matter if the special effects of commercial movies are important to the story. It doesn't matter if the leading acting skills are offline.
So when "Transformers 2" was released, some people bought it; when "Transformers 3" was released, some people bought it; when "Transformers 4" was released, some people bought it; and when "Transformers 5" was released , There will still be people buying it; when "Transformers 678" is released, there will still be people buying it.
The indulgence of the past is the cause of today's bitter fruit. But there is no shortage of those who eat the fruit.
Such a Transformer, such a Ke Bowen, would have fallen down earlier.
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