Chapter 66: Terminator Upper

  Whether it's Ron Meyer, George Lucas or Steven Spielberg, they are all at the top of Hollywood and Nicole Kidman is just a new female star. Even if you add Jodie Foster, they may not necessarily welcome her with a smile.

  This circle is glamorous, and this circle is also realistic. As long as they can create value for them, they don't mind whether the object of their dealings is God or Satan.

  Of course, Steven Spielberg's face is somewhat unnatural, as if he was dragged here.

  Sitting in the projection room, Ryan was still thinking about his conversation with the three giants. It was clear that they had come to find Nicole Kidman for him, not her.

  In fact, several major film companies, including Universal Pictures, have been eager to acquire the film adaptation rights for "Jurassic Park". Even when Spielberg used the excuse that it was difficult to produce lifelike dinosaurs with special effects technology and had Goldsman release a statement saying that they would not consider selling the rights for the time being, this did not dampen the enthusiasm of these film companies.

  It would not be strange at all if George Lucas were standing there, as he is the head of Industrial Light & Magic, which has Hollywood's top special effects company in its hands. The special effects for Terminator 2 were outsourced to them, and probably no one else has more confidence that they can produce realistic dinosaurs on the big screen.

  Just look at Spielberg's expression, and then think about the series of events that took place around "Jurassic Park" in the past life. Ryan was a bit puzzled, undoubtedly, no one can make movie production thrilling and full of childlike fun like Spielberg.

  But from Ryan's observation, it is clear that the Jewish director's mind was not on this.

  I don't know if a conversation between Spielberg and Universal Pictures in their past life has happened or not.

  Ryan can't recall whether it was in '91 or '92 that Universal Pictures approached Spielberg to direct "Jurassic Park", only to be repeatedly rebuffed. Driven by profit, Universal Pictures brought out the big guns and promised to invest in "Schindler's List" if he would just direct this film.

  Spielberg spent nearly a decade trying to get Schindler's List made, with numerous setbacks and many people claiming that it would be better to donate the money to a Holocaust memorial rather than make a movie about it. It wasn't until the 1990s that Spielberg finally decided to direct it himself, but he couldn't find investors.

  It's no surprise that Universal Pictures had a stranglehold on his rights, so Spielberg was able to secure funding for the film after directing Jurassic Park.

  But the move by Universal Pictures created a significant rift between the two parties and strengthened Spielberg's desire to start his own film company, indirectly contributing to the birth of DreamWorks.

  Of course, what happened was far more complicated than Ryan could have understood in his past life. Perhaps only God knew what had really happened between them.

  If the adaptation rights are sold to another film company, will everything change? Will Schindler's List be delayed indefinitely? That wouldn't be fun.

  Although "Schindler's List" has a lot of beautification for Oskar Schindler, it is undeniable that this is one of the greatest films in history, even if it tells about Jewish affairs.

  Forget it, let the villain continue to be played by Universal Pictures, and I don't need to get into trouble with Spielberg. Besides, in a broad sense, they are people on the same line.

  However, I have to cut a big piece of cake, after all, now in control, the copyright of "Jurassic Park" is entirely in my own hands.

  "Ryan, you're spacing out again."

  Nikki playfully pinched his ear, Ryan came back to himself and only then realized that the lights in the projection hall had gone out and the movie was about to start.

  A car covered in dust and damaged, abandoned and collapsed buildings, skulls and white bones scattered all over the ground, all showing how frightening this world is. In this apocalyptic scene, the subtitles show its era - 2029.

  The camera moves with Sarah Connor's simple explanation of the world, finally settling on a pile of eerie skulls.

  Just as the audience gasped at this terrible future, a silver-white alloy foot suddenly fell, crushing the skull into pieces. The camera then panned up to reveal a humanoid robot made of bones, and before the audience could marvel at this terrifying mechanical killer, a desperate battle between humans and machines unfolded before their eyes.

  A lone skeletal figure of a mechanical assassin, row after row of gigantic mechanical war chariots, even the skies are filled with flying mechanical bodies. They have no emotions or rationality, only knowing crazy slaughter, and when humans face them, they can only fight to the death to gain a way out.

  As the human resistance leader John Connor emerges, Sarah Connor's voiceover narration also slowly comes to an end, leading into the next story - Skynet once again sends a cyborg assassin back in time to kill a young John Connor, while the human resistance organization also sends a protector back in time. Who will find John Connor first?

  "Fantastic, this is the best sci-fi opening I've ever seen." Nicole leaned in close to Ryan and whispered.

  In this era, the human and machine war in the opening of Terminator 2 was shocking, representing the most advanced film technology in Hollywood today, of course, it was burned out with tens of millions of dollars.

  The first character to appear... no, it should be the robot T800, who arrives at the biker bar in an absolutely classic soundtrack and sweeps across the floor, with a fight that has no aesthetic appeal. T800 is like an M1A2 tank, crushing everything that blocks his way.

  Black sunglasses, black leather jacket and pants, a Harley-Davidson motorcycle, plus that customized shotgun, formed Arnold Schwarzenegger's most classic movie image, without exception!

  After the appearance of villainous robot T1000, the future savior makes a grand entrance. Ryan plays John Connor without any of the depression from "The Sixth Sense" or the cuteness from "Home Alone", and it's clear at first glance that this is a boy in his rebellious phase.

  I didn't know if anyone noticed that the ugly foster father was James Cameron in a cameo role. Ryan tilted his head and did not see the tyrannical director.

  Undoubtedly, the most damaging image in the movie is Linda Hamilton's. She looks much coarser and wilder than she does in real life, just like someone from her previous life commented, James Cameron's favorite type of woman is a tall, powerful, and majestic beauty.

  The highlight of the fight in this play is the battle between T800 and T1000, especially when T1000 was blown out with silver-white wounds one by one in the corridor of the mall, the identity of the liquid machine man first appeared.

  Cameron also took Ryan's suggestion and discarded the sound of the shotgun, replacing it with the rumble of a cannon firing, which was exceptionally well done.

  The T800 and T1000 engaged in a fierce hand-to-hand combat, devoid of any flair, with slow speed and ungraceful movements, yet showcasing the Terminator's unparalleled robust body and immense strength. The exceptionally solid walls of the building seemed as fragile as tofu under their impact.

  In the subsequent chase scene, the crew debated whether to have John Connor fire a gun, knowing that in the eyes of the Parent-Teacher Association and the MPAA, underage characters firing guns on screen is one of the most terrifying images and has an extremely adverse social impact.

  If a film contains such footage, it would be even more serious than ***, and the MPAA might rate the movie NC-17, which means no one under 17 is allowed to watch. Terminator 2 would definitely lose big time.

  Finally, James Cameron just adopted the plot of John Connor loading bullets.

  Ryan himself wasn't very familiar with the US film rating system, but after going through this experience, he even specially researched it a bit and couldn't help but think of "Little Soldier Zhang Ga", if it were placed in North America, it would absolutely be...

  This film is a classic, not just because of its special effects, James Cameron may be a commercial director who rarely considers art in his films, but he's indeed a master at storytelling, and this movie combines science fiction with philosophical thinking so perfectly.

  This is best exemplified by John Connor and the T-800, when Sarah Connor wanted to destroy the T-800's CPU, John went so far as to use his own hands to protect its CPU, even saying to his mother, "He's my friend!"

  This is also one of the places where Ryan shines in the film, with his rebellious appearance and pure and kind heart being portrayed to perfection, almost stealing the spotlight from Linda Hamilton.

  In a past life, there was this classic line: being a demon is just like being human, you need to have a compassionate heart. With a compassionate heart,

  It's no longer a monster...

  And when a robot has a heart that belongs to a human being, what is it then? And how will it behave? This is also one of the themes expressed in the movie.

  Terminator 2 not only has intense gun battles, cold-blooded killings and crazy pursuits, but also a warm side that makes people feel warm. John Connor forbids T-800 from killing humans, teaches him to learn human emotions, and learns how to smile.

  In the T-800 setting, the most appreciated aspect is that he learns and understands human emotions, rather than just being a cold-blooded machine that only executes commands.

  To be honest, although this is a sci-fi action blockbuster, the special effects shots are not many, but they are particularly impressive. Almost every special effect shot that appears will make the audience's eyes light up and applaud endlessly.

  From the opening scene of human and machine warfare to T1000's transformation and self-healing wounds, to Sarah Connor opening the T800's skull and removing the CPU, every shot is done perfectly, making people applaud. Even after ten years have passed, people may think that these special effects are outdated, but they cannot deny that in this era, it was the most advanced film technology.

  Of course, all of this is closely related to the powerful Industrial Light & Magic, and Stan Winston was one of Hollywood's top special effects masters at that time, who also collaborated with Cameron during the production of this film, and later co-founded Digital Domain, which is second only to Industrial Light & Magic.

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