There have been new films on Douban’s popular October movie list.
Sir watch it go from new to points; from highly anticipated to criticizing, the score slowly dropped... Finally, it became a quarrel in the circle of friends.
is not because it is too dazzling.
Perhaps, we are already too far away from this light.
"New Ultraman"
シン・ウルトラマン
Anno Hideaki , remake the first generation Ultraman.
When Sir first heard this news in 2019, he was still excited for a while.
One is a big deal for Tsunya Company (High Man copyright owner) + Toho , paying tribute to Tsunya Eiji , and let the first generation return to the big screen.
Another one is Anno Hideaki personally handled it.
, especially the latter, one of the most famous animators in Japan, Hideaki Anno, who is called "Rubbish" by fans, became a god for more than 20 years ago with the "Evangelion" series.
Of course, there are many concerns.
That's Hideaki Anno, a person who can engage in stream of consciousness in the TV version. Will
continue to be willful in Ultraman, stuffing piles of private goods and expressions? Will the remake be uneven and controversial?
Facts have proved that these pitfalls cannot be said to be missing at all, they can only be said to be completely guessed.
This is a project and screenwriter by Hideaki Anno himself, and he partnered with Anno during the EVA period as the director. He also invited actors such as Nagasawa Masami , Nishiji Hidetsuki , Saito Kuang and other actors participated in "New Ultraman".
received more than 4 billion yen in Japan, becoming the most successful commercial movie in the Ultraman series ever.
has gained polarization in terms of reputation. Old fans give high scores, and the audience complains about it.
(Interestingly, in overseas evaluations, many people who give low scores will feel that it lacks depth)
As a person who has written long talks for Ultraman (link).
Sir wants to say something that may not be appropriate.
If "light" is calculated in length.
All the entanglements and controversies in "New Ultraman" are just a brief "ripples" in the process of the continuous transmission of Ultraman's IP. It is not the end, but the pain.
1
Let me put aside a sentence that may offend fans.
Resetting the first Ultraman "New Ultraman" is not a good movie.
pair, Sir emphasized "movie". The first generation of
is very simple.
The special-photo TV series "Ultraman" launched in 1966 tells the story of Ultraman, the light giant from the M78 nebula, encountering and fusion with the human body on Earth, protecting the earth with the human body, defeating monsters and aliens who want to invade the earth, and finally giving his life to protect the peace on Earth.
not only created the heroic image of Ultraman, but also created the narrative routine of Ultraman series. The joke "Ultraman fights the little monster" has also emerged, making this series last for half a century.
But when it comes to "New Ultraman", this theatrical version tries to show all the plots of Ultraman from Earth to Death in two hours.
In 113 minutes, five paragraphs of fighting monsters appeared.
When these paragraphs are spliced together, the "movie sense" is completely broken.
First literary drama.
The literary and opera connection between each battle scene is stiff and boring.
The bonds and relationships between friends and Ultraman of the special countermeasure room of the Mob (referred to as "Mob") lack sufficient pavement.
It looks like a carefully cut version of the series, but it has not been made into a series.
Therefore, there is a lot of paving, such as the relationship between team members, the bond between people and Ultraman, the transformation of Ultraman...
all require fans to consciously activate dead memory and brains.
No memory?
That, watch the fight.
The monster-killing scene made in CG in the movie has also lost the sense of ritual in the "Ultraman" series compared to the special shootings in the past.
clearly used CG, and in the fight effect, it was used to "salute to the original work", but many action scenes looked like children's plays.
or the above are only at the script and planning level.
The technical threshold is greater.
First show you a few shots:
A large number of characters in the play are either peeping from a distant corner, close-ups, and various low and elevation angles. What is the effect of
?
is the impression of Sir.
is very delicious and understands fans very well.
But it is not "movie" and it is unnecessary.
And this has brought controversy to "New Ultraman".
male staring.
Sir was only discovered after reading the Douban comment area.
After careful look, there is indeed some suspicion.
There are fans who argue that low-level photography and huge women are scenes that are both in the original work.
Sir specially found comparison.
is indeed a tribute.
But in the new version, the design of letting the heroine slap her butts many times, the scene of making her so huge that she kicked the building in a skirt, and the plot of being photographed forming online violence .
Compared with the old version of uniforms, it can only be said that this design is a tribute.
At least, it will definitely offend female audiences at the moment.
There is a saying, it is not unfair to be scolded.
The pace is too fast, the story is thin, the fight is unpleasant, the character shooting is seriously stylized, and the comics to the movie is rigidly grafted...
"New Ultraman" is not a good movie no matter how it is.
especially for ordinary audiences.
of course.
is just for "ordinary audience".
2
This is an excellent "fan work".
Face fans, whether they are Ultraman fans or Hideaki Anno.
" New Ultraman " has many highlights.
says Ultraman.
Many people criticized that the new version of Ultraman has canceled the classic countdown light design and replaced it with a color scheme.
is silver-gray before it merges with humans, and it is normally red after fusion, and dark green after low energy.
But in fact, this may be a tribute to the original drawings of Yuki Narita, the original designer of Ultraman’s image.
△ Source: Ultraman Bar
The playing house fighting is also an echo of the first Ultraman TV version.
The leather suit worn by the actor at that time was modified from a diving suit, and the fighting action design looks clumsy at the moment.
Kick, hug, throw, throw, chop with your palm, etc. are all main skills.
was restored in the new version:
hug it.
△ Top: Version 1966, Next: New version 2022, Next: The same as
over shoulder.
And in the true and false Ultraman paragraph (the original TV episode 18 "Brother from the Planet"), the new version almost achieved a one-to-one replica.
Close-up between the two sides, then the real Ultraman made a move, fake Ultraman counterattacked and choked the neck, blocked the other hand, and slashed the side. The real Ultraman slashed the opponent's head with a palm, and his hand hurt, and he shook his hand. The other party flew up and wanted to escape, and the real Ultraman quickly emitted light...
In addition to these, the new version of the movie plot is to link five stories in the original TV, namely "The Cote Team Attacks", Chapter 9 "Fighting in the Lightning", Chapter 18 "Brothers from the Planet", Chapter 33 "Forbidden Language" and the last "Goodbye Ultraman", which brings together some famous scenes familiar to old fans:
The huge female team member, real and fake Ultraman.
and the "that adult" that fans talk about - Yantou captain Shafulin's appearance is even more surprising.
△ Sophia was once dubbed as Shafulin for her translation. The strong man in Ultraman universe
People don’t blame Ultraman fans for their likes it. "New Ultraman" is indeed a work of fan audiences.
is not over.
Anno Hideaki's iconic "private goods", although it is late.
The opening introduction of the monster's appearance in Japan. In addition to paying tribute to the origin of Ultraman's universe, the style is directly copied from the apostles of "Evangelion" attack.
Those offensive shots are actually more like the animation storyboard transformation that Anno Hideaki is familiar with.
and the scene of Ultraman playing Jeton is quite magnificent in "EVA".
Even the Shilang of the Hero who gave the soundtrack is the royal use of "EVA".
Still remember in 2016 " New Godzilla ", Hideaki Anno showed the response of Japanese society to Godzilla when it appeared - having a meeting, arguing, shirking each other, being scared, and then continuing to hold a meeting, arguing...
mocked the Japanese government bureaucracy in all directions, almost making a disaster monster movie into a political movie.
And in "New Ultraman", he did not let this go.
Aliens are coming, the Japanese government's response, and various political memes are played.
self-deprecating as a vassal of . The military expenditure of Americans sent troops insisted on letting the United States pay, and the Prime Minister and aliens reached cooperation in the hope of gaining the upper hand in global politics.
Not to mention the motif that Hideaki Anno has been talking about in "Evangelion".
Self-cognition and identity confusion.
But in "New Ultraman", the cognition is replaced by Ultraman himself.
How does a god decide to protect people step by step.
Even the adaptation of Zophy playing the role of "villain", which also corresponds to the meaning expressed by Hideaki Anno in "The Giant God Soldier".
Fear is the essence of God.
Anno Hideaki tried to shape Ultraman's "inhumanity" side and reconstruct his bond with humanity.
A "fallen" god.
He protects human beings because he is touched by individual behavior and is interested. He does not hesitate to disobey the precepts for this, integrate with human beings, read, and understand human knowledge and culture.
In the face of the threat from the government, he also showed his divine side and showed no mercy.
compares Zophy's choice, which belongs to the perspective of the gods.
Humans have the possibility of threatening Ultraman, so as higher civilizations, they should be eliminated. And clearing them is no different from clearing out any of the 13 billion lives of the Star of Light.
Moreover, the elimination of human beings is not based on emotions, but on rational judgment.
do you think it is very familiar?
The same idea is conveyed in "Three-Body Problem".
The highest respect for a civilization is to kill them all.
This also makes "New Ultraman" a remake and the theme is self-consistent.
makes it more like an Ultraman chapter of Anno Hideaki's "New" (similar to the Godzilla chapter of "New"), rather than just the new version of "Ultraman".
So from this perspective.
Even though the work has so many problems and thresholds, Sir still thinks this is an excellent fan-oriented work.
It is wearing Ultraman's face and telling Anno Hideaki's inner sac, grabbing both hands.
Both hands are pretty hard.
3
Return to the beginning question.
When "New Ultraman" was launched, everyone was furious. What were they quarreling?
is the guardian of fans, or is the audience offended?
not.
What I really want to make a fuss is.
What correct expectations should we have for Ultraman's works in 2022.
Note that this is not the question of not believing in light, but how should this light be transmitted if it still wants to survive.
Of course, fans hope to see what they like are liked by more people, can be authentic and replicated one by one; ordinary viewers also hope to find more excitement in old IPs and keep pace with the times, such as special effects progress, such as more ingenuity.
. This definition is what every audience wants to take into account, and this is the reason for the noise.
is also a threshold that creators will inevitably face when restarting almost all works.
But say that offends Ultraman fans.
Ultramant photography series back then, the design of fighting in leather case, the routine of fighting monsters to save the earth... In the current situation in 2022, whether it is technical level or aesthetic standards, it is destined to be difficult to win the likes of most people again.
The light in our memory has not disappeared.
Because light is never stationary.
New settings, new characters, new story logic, new value expression...it will eventually change.
If you do not accept this innovation, no matter how great the IP is, it will only be entertaining.
Just like Ultraman this time, rather than saying that Hideaki Anno was filming Ultraman, it is better to say that he is just using Ultraman's settings to tell his own stories and discuss his own expressions.
Borrow chicken to lay eggs?
No, it currently looks like win-win .
Because the box office proves this, "New Ultraman" is the best business performance in the Ultraman series.
. According to the information disclosed, this series should have three plots.
Before it is finished, all the debate can only be the pain on the road to restarting the old IP.
Fortunately, this first step is quite loud.
has surpassed many works that failed to restart.
Of course, passers-by will also have questions.
022.
Why do many people still pursue it with relish for the clumsy leather case, straddle special effects, and repeated story routines?
is precisely because of this purity.
As a sub-produced work, Ultraman's first creators all kept in mind a principle.
Because it is for children to see, you must be extra serious. We are all dream-making people, great people who give children hope and the future. Think of this and feel that everything we do is meaningful and that no matter how tired it is, it is worth it.
This sense of faith is the guarantee that Ultraman can become popular for half a century.
At the time, adults thought we were watching leather hood fights. What about
?
starts probably.
And those who chase this light until today finally discovered it.
Under the leather case, the consistent expression is conveyed:
Peace, justice, kindness, courage, harmony between people and nature, to protect the earth, to protect the weak...
Everyone who shouts "Believe in the light", about Ultraman, has his own white moonlight.
But, in that light, there is not only Ultraman.
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