Chapter 1378: 1378

As soon as he came up, Kevin's momentum was suppressed, and he was already weak since he came to the door in person. This is the site of Endeavour Elite Brokerage Company; when he met Mark, Columbia Pictures must not be a community; and then to Hugo 's absence, Rick's direct attack. Kevin did not expect such a situation at all.

As a co-screenwriter, Roland couldn't help sitting up straight. Looking at Rick, he asked in dissatisfaction, "What happened to my script? We have already revised it according to your request. Is there any dissatisfaction?"

The first time the script was picked on, it was part of the plan. A few days ago, they submitted the second revised script to Rick, but now Rick is still full of ridicule, which really made Roland very excited. Feeling insulted.

But Rick was not at all frightened. He still had that gentle and friendly smile on his face, raised his hand to stop it, "Don't get excited, I have no ill intentions." These smiling words made the meeting room The atmosphere was a little calmer, "I mean, this is a commercial work, right? The main role is the visual effects, the war scenes, for this part, I believe in your professionalism, and I also believe in the audience's taste. ."

Rick's words were considered approval of the script, which made Roland calm down a little, "However, the characters are already supporting roles, and on the basis of supporting roles, you have arranged so many roles to split the time, almost every role The appearance time of the film is very limited, and even after the revision, there is still not much improvement. So why does such a role need Hugo to play? I don't think Hugo will be an excellent vase, let alone that Hugo will Perfect for puppet characters that fill the playing time."

As soon as Rick's words changed, the whole tone became sharp and harsh, which made Roland's face anger instantly, but then he was stunned and found that he could not find anything to refute. It reminded Roland of the second plan mentioned by Kevin. He had to control himself, and then straightened up again embarrassingly, avoiding Rick's sight.

All this happened in an instant, and the brief confrontation between Rick and Roland was over before he could react. Rick, who was fully prepared, caught Roland and Kevin completely by surprise. However, this little reaction time made Kevin calm down immediately. As the CEO of 20th Century Fox, he needed more wisdom than cleverness.

"Rick, I think I know what you mean..." Kevin tried to ease the atmosphere, but obviously the other party didn't want to.

Joseph shook his head and said, "No, Mr. Burns, you don't know."

"Please call me Kevin." Joseph's words were interrupted, which made Joseph pause for a moment. He saw the persistence in Kevin's eyes, so he nodded his chin, "Kevin, you don't know what Hugo means, Otherwise, the script will not be revised and it will still be like this. Hugo does not reject commercial movies, but you have taken such a simple script. I can sum it up in one sentence: the aliens attacked the earth, because of their spacecraft's Protective shield, nullify our attack, rout, and finally rely on a... er, inexplicable... how should I say, doctor? A doctor's opinion, plant a virus on the ship, and then the Americans blow their minds and rout alien."

After Joseph finished speaking, he deliberately paused and looked at the few people in front of him.

Roland opened his mouth, but in the end he didn't say anything, and Dean, who was sitting beside him, muttered unwillingly, "He's a computer expert."

"Sorry, my fault, a computer expert." Joseph knew that he could correct his mistakes, and he simply admitted his mistakes, which made Dean stunned and ashamed. "The simple plot and bloated character settings make the story even more so-called. The visual effects are the only thing to watch, so as an actor, what is the significance of Hugo's role?" Joseph expressed his meaning completely , and then stopped talking, just sat there and handed the scene to Rick.

As Joseph said, Roland and Dean were not masters at writing scripts. They gave "Independence Day" a huge world view, and then arranged the plot according to the typical story direction of Hollywood type films, that's all. In fact, the three male protagonists in the film are very vague.

The role of the so-called computer expert David is simply untenable, and the direct relationship between him and his ex-wife is superfluous, which does not contribute to the plot at all; Air Force pilot Steve is just a puppet. Simply put, He is a "pilot", and he didn't contribute anything except flying a plane. As for the role setting, it was even more pale, and the parts of saving his girlfriend and proposing did not add to the warmth of the movie; the president, who was relatively full at the end, actually That is to show his warmth as a person, as a president's decision has no effect in the face of alien attack.

On the contrary, the character of the veteran soldier who finally sacrificed himself to crash into the spaceship with a fighter jet is more vivid—not plump, but relatively vivid.

The reason why the "Independence Day" script has been criticized is that the simplicity of the plot is only part of the story. Compared with "Terminator 2" and "True Lies", the story is indeed too simple, but it is more because the characters in the script are too simple. There are many, but there is no real central character, which means that there is no central focus that ties all the stories together. Simply put, it is the lack of the lone hero who can turn the tide.

At the end of "Independence Day", the veterans sacrificed themselves to end the spacecraft, the president personally went into battle to incite everyone to join the fight, computer experts found the weak points of the spacecraft, and the pilot was only responsible for flying the plane. That is to say, it relies on many different characters to end the story, which makes the whole plot too loose.

Instead of depicting a lot of masked characters without any depth, it is better to focus on one or two characters. For example, there are only four main characters in "Terminator 2", the future savior John, John's biological mother Sarah, T-800, T-1000, but these four characters are connected to a huge world view, and T-800 shoulders the burden of the entire rescue mission. Although the script of "Terminator 2" has also been criticized by countless film critics, it is enough to become a classic masterpiece of action movies.

The same goes for Independence Day. The revised script has been improved, but there is still no essential change. After getting Hugo's approval, Rick began to show his strengths. He wanted to make Hugo the first actor of "Independence Day", an absolute actor.

Kevin sighed inwardly, although he had long known that Hugo was strict with the script, and after the "Love is the Only" crew met, he asked Roland and Dean to revise the script. But now it seems that their revisions still missed the point.

But it's normal to think about it. Hugo has always been picky about scripts and characters. Everyone knows this. Even Steven's script was picked on by Hugo, and Hugo himself was an excellent screenwriter, so It's normal for him to have a lot of ideas about the script.

"So, what do you think should be done?" Kevin knew that he really couldn't take the initiative in the script. To impress Hugo, he had to have an excellent script. And Kevin knows the meaning of the role weight more clearly than Rick and Joseph.

Putting Hugo in the lead role in a work that doesn't carry enough weight is not just a waste, but it doesn't fit their premise for a commercial movie. In Kevin's view, he absolutely supports giving Hugo more weight, allowing Hugo to provoke the weight of the entire script and maximize Hugo's influence.

What's more, they are at a disadvantage in every link today. It can be seen that Rick and the others are bound to win the script. So, Kevin simply handed over the initiative and let Rick speak.

For such a situation, Rick was not surprised at all. He and Joseph dared to be so full of firepower that they were not afraid. He knew that Kevin would not disagree with them in the script, "I think you should put David The role of Steve was eliminated and the story line of that character was also focused on Steve, so that the whole story line became obviously clear."

Hearing Rick's lion's words, Kevin and Allen didn't react, but Roland and Dean gasped. Roland didn't hold back this time, and said directly, "Could it be? Don't you know that the clues on David are very important? It is because of David's existence that they know the alien attack plan, and the president leaves the White House in time; it is also because of David's knowledge, so They just came up with a plan to break the protective shield of the alien ship!"

In the face of Roland's excitement, Rick was not in a hurry at all, and still looked calm, "I know what you mean, but you don't understand what I mean. David is not an indispensable role, maybe we can keep this role. Come down and let him know the alien attack plan, but the relationship between David and his ex-wife can be completely canceled, and more ink is given to the relationship between the president and Steve; and in the end, David's computer knowledge can be completely settled On Steve..."

Halfway through the words, Rick raised his hands and expressed his humility, "I'm not a professional, I don't know how the script should be written, but I mean, you give too much weight to the role of David, but And it didn't really turn the tide of the battle. Instead of that, it's better to spread David's storyline to other characters, and then let the other characters gain weight. Of course, the other way around, cancel the role of Steve and put Steve The story is split between David and the president, and I don't care."

Roland couldn't help but froze in place. At this time, he understood what Rick meant. In fact, it was to reduce the role, make the story line more concentrated and compact, and at the same time increase the role of the role. Not only does this give characters more room to play, but the story also becomes more fluid.

Roland and Dean looked at each other, but they didn't know what to say, but Kevin was silent, because he knew that if the script was revised in this way, it would definitely be a huge project, and the entire script would almost be overturned and rewritten, which is different from His plan is also not in line with - this project has started computer special effects production work since April this year, if the filming does not start before January next year, it will not be in time for next year's summer vacation.

"Okay, no problem!" Suddenly a voice interjected, breaking the silence in the conference room, everyone was stunned, and it was Allen who spoke!