The same scene, the same setting, the same plot, and the same plot could have different results in the hands of different people, just like the version of "Transformers" that was currently airing.
On the big screen, Bumblebee was engaged in a fierce battle with the barricade. The beauty of the powerful collision, coupled with the outstanding sound effects, made the audience in the theater involuntarily hold their breath. Cameron did not cut out the first fight between the Transformers like the original version. First, it was Adriaan's request. Second, in the eyes of this guy who was obsessed with machinery and robots, there was nothing more beautiful than this kind of plot.
Fortunately, Adriaan repeatedly emphasized that the Transformers must be designed to be heavy and strong. Otherwise, it would be difficult to reflect that kind of feeling. As mentioned before, things that were too intricate would always give people the impression that they would break at the slightest touch. When fighting, it would also seem light and airy. The heavy robot might be a little less agile, but its style was completely different. Besides, there was also editing.
Cameron's control of the camera was also reflected here. The tight transitions made the audience automatically ignore the problematic parts. Coupled with the semi-funny plot of the male and female protagonists dealing with the small robots, the fight between Bumblebee and the roadblock was particularly exciting.
Basically, compared with the original version, there were not many changes. At least, the confusing scenes of one person overturning the US military base, the shocking secret hidden under the Hoover Dam, and the final city war were still very good. Therefore, other than the robots not being as sophisticated, the Autobots appeared a little earlier. Some bugs were corrected, and the US military was not that powerful.
Of course, the Pentagon was certainly not satisfied. After the communication failed, they directly said that they would not support this movie. Adriaan did not care about this at all. The Department of Defense's sponsorship was not essential to the movie. Pulling them in was nothing more than the support of various free military equipment. If it was two or three years ago, the temptation to use free equipment was still very big. But now that the CG technology was becoming more and more mature, it was nothing more than a little more expensive. It was just a drop in the bucket for the profits of the "Transformers" series, or the profits it would create.
With just these few changes, the feeling of the movie was completely different. Even though there were still a lot of bugs, at least it was better than the version that exploded the shell. This was the power of the movie.
"It's wonderful, James. I love this movie. It's a dream come true." After the movie ended, the lights came on. After thinking about it, Adriaan gave Cameron a hug.
"As long as you like it. If you don't like it, I'm afraid I won't be able to get any more investors in the future." Cameron glanced at Megan Fox, who was snuggling up to him, and said half-jokingly, "Let me confirm again, are you satisfied with everything? Robots, plot, CG, and … your little girlfriend? "
Megan felt a bit awkward, but she did not let go of Adrian's arm. Adrian laughed and said, "Satisfied, everything is satisfactory. I can basically confirm that the box office earnings for this movie will not be a problem. So … why don't we talk about the sequel now?"
"Don't even think about it!" Cameron's voice suddenly rose a few octaves, as if to say, "Don't ever think about making me continue this series."
Well, it was understandable. Although the quality of "Transformers" was very good, there were too many bugs. It wasn't that the movie couldn't have bugs. Even a perfectionist like Cameron could find a lot of bugs in the movie if he wanted to nitpick.
There was no perfect work in the world, so bugs could be tolerated, as long as the story could move the audience. But if there were too many bugs, especially those that couldn't be solved before and after, it would make people feel disgusted. For example, in the original "Transformers," when the chaos first appeared, it swept through the US military base. If the Decepticons really wanted to find Megatron, shouldn't they have infiltrated the base? Why did they have to alert the enemy? Also, they used weapons of mass destruction at the beginning. Why didn't they use them after entering the city? As soon as Megatron appeared, the Decepticons became humanitarians?
Adriaan and Cameron spent a lot of effort to fill in these loopholes. Adriaan finally deduced from the actions of the Decepticons and the Autobots' understanding of them that they didn't take the humans seriously in the beginning and only stopped after things got out of hand. Cameron told everyone through Megatron that the Decepticons' energy weapons would cause damage to the AllSpark, so they couldn't destroy it.
This barely completed the plot, but correspondingly, a lot of unnecessary scenes were added, which was too exhausting. Cameron was a perfectionist, so naturally, he didn't want to touch it again. Not to mention, he had other things to do.
"You won't threaten me with that, will you?" he asked again, with a nervous look, but it seemed to be feigned.
"Of course not. I'm still looking forward to an epoch-making work from you." Adriaan smiled and shrugged. "Although it's a pity. I heard that Sony has developed a video camera for you? How's IMAX? "
"Very good. We have reached an agreement. I have to say, it's a great idea to cooperate with IMAX. The effect will definitely be better." Speaking of this, Cameron suddenly became excited.
"Very good, James, let's …" Adriaan looked around. Most of the people in the theater had left. "Let's talk on the way, and celebrate 'Transformers'."
There was no doubt that "Transformers" was a huge commercial success. In its first week, it easily exceeded 100 million in 4,000 theaters. The group of people who watched the cartoon had grown up, and they could afford to go to the cinema with their friends and family to reminisce about the past. Not to mention that it was directed by James Cameron. It was no surprise that it would cause a frenzy of moviegoers.
However, the movie's reputation fluctuated greatly. Some people thought that it was very interesting, some people thought that the special effects were only worth watching, and some people thought that it was stupid from beginning to end. This was a commercial movie to begin with, so film critics wouldn't bother discussing the artistry of the movie. Therefore, the objectors would point to the loopholes in the script. As mentioned before, it was easy to nitpick, and it was inevitable that there would be bugs in the movie. "Transformers" wasn't like "Terminator", where the world background and various settings were all designed by Cameron.
Even so, it did not stop "Transformers" from making money around the world. Not to mention the shocking 170 million box office in North America in the first week, just the new round of sales of Hasbro's toys would generate a lot of profits. In addition, new animations and new games were all put on the agenda. The Universal Studios was also preparing for a new "Transformers" -themed game.
Of course, in addition to the "Transformers," the two leading actors, Shia LaBeouf and Megan Fox, were also well-known around the world. Megan's seductive waist made her a sexy goddess in many people's hearts.
"Is it that charming? Mine is not bad either … "Jessica stood in front of the mirror and turned around, looking at herself and muttered. She was wearing a bra and a pair of hot pants, revealing her slender figure. Her flat belly showed no trace of giving birth to Mary.
"Look, Jessie is jealous." Adriaan, who was leaning against the headboard, said teasingly. He was naked except for a pair of loose boxers. Megan, who was next to him, had nothing on her body. Needless to say, there was no need to talk about what had happened before.
"Do I need to be jealous?" Jessica turned around and snorted with her hands on her hips.
"Not at all. Jessie's figure is as good as mine. In that kind of scene, she can charm a lot of people." Before Adriaan could reply, Megan jumped up from the bed and walked a few steps to Jessica's side. She hugged her and said with a smile.
However, she kept sticking to jESSICA intentionally or unintentionally. She shook her perky buttocks, and her waist, which didn't have any excess fat after giving birth to Evelyn, also swayed along with her. Seeing her little thoughts, Adriaan couldn't help but chuckle. Jessica also quickly noticed Megan's little movements, but she didn't care. Instead, she put her hand on Megan's shoulder and faced him together.
"Don't be delusional, my dear. You are all my beautiful little vases." Adriaan laughed and jumped up, hugging their waists. "Don't expect me to be the judge."
Then, without waiting for them to speak, he slapped their hips and said, "Okay, let's go out. It's only … five o 'clock in the afternoon. Think about where we are going tonight."
"Stingy man." Jessica and Megan said in unison. Then, they put on their clothes together.
After getting dressed, the three of them went to the garden. Mary, who was playing with the nanny, ran over.
"Mommy, what did you do just now? Why did Aunt Betty say that it's not the right time to disturb you when I wanted to come over? "This was the first thing the little one said.
"Um … Mommy and Daddy did have something to do, my dear." Jessica answered after hesitating for a while.
"Aunt Megan, too?" Mary looked back and forth between her father and Aunt Megan with widened eyes.
"Um … Yes." Jessica squeezed out a smile and said to her daughter. Then, she glared at Adriaan and said, "Come with me to the swing, okay? If you don't play with Daddy, Daddy bullied Mommy just now. "
The little one looked at her mother and then at her father. She immediately nodded and said in a childish voice, "Okay."
Adriaan could only shrug helplessly. It was obvious that Mary was always biased towards her mother.
"Do you still want to do this during the day?" Megan hugged him from behind and asked with a giggle.
"Why not?" Adriaan snorted indifferently and took Evelyn from the nanny.
Unlike Mary's liveliness, the seven-month-old Evelyn liked to sleep because of her premature birth. Although her body was fine, she was still weaker than her sisters. Fortunately, she was not sleeping. Instead, she was spitting bubbles and looking around with her eyes wide open. Her father and mother took turns to hug her.
"It's all thanks to Jessie. Although you did a lot of preparation for me and told me many things to take note of, there are many things that can only be understood after doing it." Megan said after kissing her daughter. Then, she leaned close to Adriaan and asked in a low voice, "Do you really think that we are only suitable to be vases?"
"Hehe … At least for now." Adriaan pinched her chin. "Don't look down on vases, Megan. It's not easy to be a vase that attracts the attention of the public for a long time. I know what you and Jessie are thinking, dear. This is normal. Every actor will be like this. However, to be honest, your talent is slightly lacking, so you need time to polish it. "
"Is this considered encouragement?" Megan said impatiently. She looked a little depressed. "Can't you comfort me?"
"I'm sorry, dear. I think this kind of thing should be told the truth." Adriaan smiled and kissed her forehead.
"Then how long do we have to wait?" Megan rolled her eyes.
"Wait … for a new sexy idol to replace you," Adriaan replied.
"Oh?" Megan raised her eyebrows. "Is it in the movie, or in bed?"
"What do you think, Evelyn?" Adriaan asked his daughter in his arms. The little one looked at her father blankly and spat more bubbles.
"Okay, okay." Megan rolled her eyes. Seeing her like this, Adriaan couldn't help but smile. "Oh yes, I suddenly thought of a good idea. Recently, Universal has been releasing a few song-and-dance movies, and they are all about idols. Maybe you can be the main lead in one of them."
"A song-and-dance movie? An idol genre? " Megan frowned at first, but then immediately relaxed. "Well, at least until a sexy idol replaces me appears, I'm still a sexy idol. However, dancing is not a problem, but singing … "
"Don't worry, it's just dancing." Adriaan smiled and kissed her again. "Although Jessie only danced for a short while in City of Sinners, it attracted a lot of people. Don't lose to her."
As mentioned earlier, Jessica and Megan were not very good actors, and they were both famous for their sexiness, so it was easy for people to be biased against them. No matter how hard they tried to perform, the audience would only pay attention to their faces and bodies, so it was not easy to arrange a suitable movie for them, especially for Megan.
Although as long as she was obedient, she would always be the female lead in the Transformers trilogy, there would be a change in every series, and it would be terrible if she didn't have other representative works. After thinking about it, the song-and-dance movie that he had been preparing since the beginning of last year reminded him that she was now a vase and a sexy idol, and she was so young, it was not a problem for her to act in some youthful movies.
The huge success of Transformers made many movie companies depressed and annoyed, and it had almost become a yearly tradition. Seeing Universal Pictures take in one profitable series after another, they were naturally unhappy. But who asked a pervert like Adriaan to be in charge? Also, he had made a big splash during the summer holidays with his performance at Cannes, so he had to put away whatever thoughts he had in mind.
No one would risk their lives for someone else, so Adriaan was busy with the filming of Out of Control with peace of mind. As Natalie got into character, the progress was finally picking up. But he kept a tight grip on it. After all, as long as the movie could be released at the end of the year, there was still a lot of time, so why not make the quality better?
Besides, there were always troublesome things to deal with at home, such as the conflict between Emma and Kate.
This conflict was irreconcilable, especially when Emma challenged Kate in front of her. Since Kate had returned to Adriaan's side, there was no way she would back down. But life was just that interesting. Kate was supposed to have an advantage, but who knew that the d * mned Emma would rope in Lily?
Because they had agreed not to tell Lily about it, Emma could openly get close to Lily. Emma, who had grown up with her, was sometimes more suitable to talk to than her mother, especially since Lily was almost ten years old and had started to have her own little secrets. Although Lily was smart and precocious, she could sense the strangeness between her father, mother, and Emma, but she couldn't think of anything else, even if she had a lot of aunties.
Apart from that, although Adriaan kept restraining his desires, Emma had found a new way to tease him: a breast massage. After guessing that Kyla's breasts were enlarged by Adriaan, Emma followed suit and asked for the same treatment. It was convenient for her to seduce Adriaan now and Adriaan in the future, so why not?
Under these circumstances, Emma easily broke the number of times she had slept with Adriaan since the beginning of the summer vacation. At the same time, she planned to break the limit and use the little chrysanthemum as well. One could imagine how dissatisfied Kate would be, and how much effort Adriaan had to put in to balance their relationship.
Of course, they still knew their limits. Charlize, Ivanka, and Yuji Hui were all on Adriaan's side, so the situation at home was still stable.
But that was just one of the things. On the other hand, music took some of his energy.
With the continuous development of iTunes, online downloads had become a very mature consumption model. The decline of the recording industry was also very obvious. Even BMG was considering shrinking their business. Adriaan had been waiting for this moment. He had formed an alliance with Sony for this moment, and he believed that it would be easier to achieve his goal now.
After all, the major music groups in the world were not satisfied with iTunes. Apple only provided a download platform, but it made a lot of money. Whether it was Warner, BMG, EMI, or Sony, none of them were satisfied with this model. At the beginning of the year, they had discussed building a new download channel together to get rid of Apple's exploitation and face the users directly. Unfortunately, even though the idea was good, it was more likely to fail.
First, Apple had done a good job in this area. It had a large number of loyal users. If the new channel didn't make a name for itself immediately, it would only be suppressed by iTunes. Second, Universal Music's attitude was very ambiguous. After all, AC Media held a lot of shares in Apple.
