the story: the country boy dream trip
this is a world full of bizarre idea and whimsy, walking in the streets of joint stiffness are some robots, like humans in their clothing, food, shelter 、Running around in such mundane things, chasing fame, status and money, and enjoy it, and will not change because their "body" is metal...
The level of robots depends on the materials they are made of, so it says " "Bronze Bottom" Rodney's origin can only be described as "humble", but he thinks he has the golden head of an inventor. Although life in the small town is calm, it does not satisfy Rodney’s curiosity. He decided to visit the famous inventor "Da Wean" in the "Robot City". This legendary figure who is already the president of a large company is his lifelong An idol, Rodney took his proud inventions and set foot on the seemingly sunny road...
Rodney’s simple mind, who has never experienced humanity and sophistication, doesn’t know that material desires have already overwhelmed the "big welding". The enthusiasm and ideal of the original invention, but the "Robot City" such a prosperous and highly mechanized metropolis is actually undercurrents. Rodney, a newcomer in the country, looked at the swiftly dressed but frowning passers-by. After the initial freshness and excitement, he was unprecedentedly confused. Although he found a "big welding" company, he was mercilessly ridiculed by the janitor-successively hitting the wall made Rodney realize the gap between dream and reality. Just when he was almost desperate, a group of robots called "scrap copper and rotten iron" reached out to him. In the huge city, only this group of people who worked hard at the bottom of society was willing to help Rodney. It gave him a place to stay in this completely unfamiliar city. At the same time, love also knocked on the copper heart of this simple young man. Although he went to the company under the name of "Da Weld" several times to squat without success, he got acquainted with the female manager "Nut" there...the conspirator "Sawtooth" "Not idle, he plans to destroy the "Robot City" to make huge profits-all the personnel are in place, and a good show kicks off.
Behind the scenes: Blue Sky Studio
No one can connect the cute icefield animals in "Ice Age" with the terrifying alien monsters in "Alien 4", but these characters are either too good or evil to the extreme from the same behind-the-scenes team. --Blue Sky Studio. The Blue Sky Studio led by Chris Wakey is an excellent production team. After more than ten years of obscurity, it was not until 1999 that "Bonnie" won the Oscar for Best Animated Short Film. This 7-minute animated short film simply describes the story of a long-eared rabbit constantly competing against a moth in the kitchen, but it is Weiji’s sincere work for eight years-seven minutes The animation took eight years? Perhaps it is this demanding attitude of perfection that attracted 20th Century Fox. Although it was a great success at the Oscars, Blue Sky Studios still can only make a living by producing CGI special effects shots in TV commercials or certain movies. The first animated feature film "Ice Age" in collaboration with Fox finally reversed this. situation.
In 2000, 20th Century Fox's "Frozen Planet" came back from the animation market due to the old-fashioned story. The CEO of the company learned from the painful layoffs of the animation department, and instead signed the Blue Sky Studio with an investment of 60 million. It took three years to produce "Ice Age". The stylized story of abandoning a child and returning home was well received. It became the first animated feature film with a box office of more than 200 million yuan, helping 20th Century Fox to win back in the animation field. A place... This year, in addition to the second animated feature film "The Adventures of Robots", Blue Sky Studios has also won Oscar nominations for two original animated short films. Although they have not won the award, they are still expected to rewrite Disney and DreamWorks monopolized the animation market and entered the Warring States period of three pillars.
From the small animals with silky hair and soft bodies in "Ice Age" to the hard metal robots in "The Adventures of Robots", anyone has reason to think that this is a kind of "backflow" phenomenon of the work of the blue sky studio. In fact, otherwise. I believe anyone who has watched "The Incredibles" can understand that the development of the animation industry can be said to be changing with each passing day, one year after the other, and the audience's requirements for animation works are becoming more demanding, but it is because Pixar has cultivated the taste of the public. mouth. The creator of Blue Sky Studio, Chris Wicky, knows that technically he must not be able to fight "The Incredibles" that has been done so well, so he can only "outsmart" the story. The high level of modernization has directly led to humans’ sense of worry, and the imagination of the future is also about the gains and losses. Weiji has grasped this point and boldly proposed the abstract concept of "robot city", laying a foundation for "in such a city, "Anything can happen" foreshadowed.
FUN FACT: One year a year is perfect.
Two consecutive animated feature films have been separated by three years. The personality of Blue Sky Studio's "Wen Tun" seems to be a far cry from the rapid changes in the film industry. Chris Wakey also admitted that the three-year "blank period" is indeed a bit too long, but it is also helpless: "When filming "Ice Age", everything was in the experimental stage. This is true for the film, and the same is true for the cooperation with 20th Century Fox. Fox’s budget for "Ice Age" is 60 million US dollars, which is not a small amount, but for a 3D animation work of the same length as a movie , It still pales in comparison and is below the lowest level." Obviously, Weiji compared the other two major digital animation productions "Finding Nemo" and "Shrek." In 2000, Fox first made a significant layoff and then changed its contract to Blue Sky Studio. Although it was a bit of a desperate move, it was only a visitation adjustment period. The contract also clearly stipulated: budgetary The maximum limit is only 60 million, and the decision to continue the cooperation is based on the results of the first film...
Therefore, the so-called "blank period" of these three years was actually spent on the production of "The Adventures of Robots". Wei Ji revealed that he had renewed his five-year contract with 20th Century Fox last year, and each year an animated feature film is a contract. Additional content in: "Blue Sky Studio has only about 200 employees. Compared with Pixar's Pixar and DreamWorks' PDI animation department, it is only a small workshop at best. But everyone working here After a rigorous screening, talent and creativity are also among the best in the industry. For a studio, no matter how big or small, one animated feature film a year is just right. This is the experience of many years. Take DreamWorks as an example. , After it launched "Shrek 2" last year, it released "Shark Gangster" in the same year, which is a bit too eager for quick success. Not only did the latter film not increase DreamWorks' animation market share, it also cut it virtually. The halo created by "Shrek". The Hollywood animation industry is approaching saturation at an unprecedented speed due to the "leader" of Pixar. If you want to get a share of it, the most important thing you should pay attention to is quality rather than quantity. "
The next work of Blue Sky Studio is the sequel to "Ice Age", which was released in 2006, but the protagonist of the story has become the one who didn't appear much in the first episode, chasing pine cones in the opening, haha, The unlucky squirrel that caused a big avalanche.
Comment one:
"The Adventures of Robots", designed with the image of a tin robot after the fireworks, once gave us a lot of hope. Just like "Little Chicken Run" completed by clay dolls, "American Police" made by marionettes, and "Superman Squad" made of silk material, the novel shape design will bring extraordinary film creativity, allowing us to Marvel at it. However, although the launch of "Robot Adventure" has an unusual appearance, it arranges the same characters and life experience as the world. Like human beings, they toil in the mundane things of clothing, food, shelter, and transportation, chasing fame, status, and money, and they are always happy, and they will not change because their "body" is metal. Say in good terms: highly realistic simulation of everything in human society. But in critical terms: it's like a new bottle of old wine, it smells good, but it tastes like vinegar.
There is no cartoon in the movie market today that can attract countless audiences with its plot alone like "Snow White" or "Bambi" or "Beauty and the Beast". Today's adult-oriented cartoons must have impressive characters, unconventional plot designs, and eye-opening details. "Robot Adventures" completed the first item and passed the third item, but adopted the classic Hollywood routine in the plot design. Not only does it allow people to see the beginning, they know the end, but there is no suspense along the way. Tell people how to look at it with peace of mind. Rodney, who loves invention, went from a small town to a big city for the first time, and wanted to use his brain to get ahead. But accidentally fell into a conspiracy. But in the end, justice always triumphs over evil. The hero also wins the beauty and returns to his hometown. It seems that the film of this kind of plot has been filmed many times. Even at the beginning, Dad used his own examples to encourage him, and when he encountered setbacks, he called Dad at the time when he should have appeared. Such a twists and turns of the traditional three-stage plot design is really too big, and there is no idea at all.
Perhaps the screenwriter’s thoughts are based on the many detailed designs of the film. Thinking about how to copy other videos. The familiar plot screens we can count in "Robot Adventure" include the round kick in "The Matrix", the hillside rush in "The Lord of the Rings", the furnace battle in "Terminator II", and the "Me, Robot" in Similar to the office, and the big butt insects in "Bug Assault Team" and so on. It can be said that many similar plots make people feel that the whole film is not worth watching. What you see in the film are the scenes that have existed in other films. What's so good about copying the drama? And "Robot Adventure" is not as funny as "Scream", and it is not as subversive as "Shrek". Even Robin Williams, who plays the same role in "Aladdin", is responsible for the funny task.
However, there are still two plots in the film that make people feel that the rhythm is tight and the picture is wonderful. One section is Rodney's journey from the station to the machinery company in the big city. The cumbersomely designed vehicles, the right time coordination, just made people (robots) breathe, but started again. It feels like riding a roller coaster. It's just that the plot is a bit outside the plot of the whole film, it seems that it is completely unnecessary and will not affect the development of the plot; not to mention just the means of transportation, it seems that it does not need to be so cumbersome. Is the big city showing off to the country boy or the film showing off to the audience? The most disturbing thing is why the old fender was kicked out of the cage when it was at the end, deliberately leaving Rodney alone (God knows where the old fender wanted to go). This section makes people feel that the screenwriter is extremely arbitrary with the plot setting, and arranges as much as he wants, regardless of the continuity and rationality of the plot development. Another segment that also has a sense of dissociation with the entire film is the domino performance when Rodney and the female designer found the original corporate president "Big Welding". The same is optional and has nothing to do with the plot.
Fortunately, there are still some details in "Robot Adventure" that are impressive, and I can't help but laugh. It's like Rodney's homemade little robot can't help peeing on steel balls when he sees big people "big welding"; Rodney grew up with many other people's old bodies; the old fender's song "I'm singing and dancing in oil"; on the station Jackson dance steps and so on. Small details reflect big ideas. This is the most exciting part of the film and the work should be done.
"Robot Adventure" found such a classic image of the Tin Robot, but did not write a classic story carefully. Excellent visual effects cannot conceal the popular clichés of the plot. I copied a paragraph from the east and a paragraph from the west, destroying a good movie in my own hands. Poor, there will be no cartoons designed in the image of a tin robot. After the splendid fireworks, the quiet night sky was brought to people, and it was blank.
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