In January, Xiang Nan and Cong Shan returned to the mainland.

Although my parents are gone, my father-in-law and mother-in-law are still there. And Ning Yong is also there. Xiang Nan is the only brother left in this world, so he is willing to see each other more often.

After all, Ning Yong is already over sixty. If we don’t meet him again, we may never see him again in the future.

In January, Universal Pictures released the movie "X-Men: Apocalypse."

"X-Men: Apocalypse" tells the story of Apocalypse, the most powerful mutant in history three thousand years ago, who resurrected and decided to unify the world, and for this reason he came into conflict with the X-Men.

The original version of "X-Men: Apocalypse" did not have a good reputation. First, because there were too many characters, and the screenwriters were busy dealing with it and did not create these characters well at all.

The second reason is that the story line is too confusing, with a hammer on the left and a stick on the west, and there is no clearly visible main line at all. Therefore, although "X-Men: Apocalypse" was given high hopes by Fox, its final box office and reputation were not satisfactory.

For example, with an investment of US$180 million, the box office was originally expected to be over US$800 million. However, the box office turned out to be only US$560 million, which was nearly US$300 million less than the expected box office.

Therefore, when Xiang Nan wrote the outline of the script, he made significant changes to the original script.

For example, the scenes of Phoenix, Cyclops, Nightcrawler, Storm, and others were greatly reduced, and they were basically reduced to Easter egg-type characters. The scenes were concentrated on the main characters such as Apocalypse, Professor X, Magneto, Mystique, and Quicksilver.

In this way, the scenes will not be too scattered, causing all the characters who appear to have blurred faces, and no one image will be clear and can leave a deep impression on people.

The character Apocalypse was also introduced, and why he wants to dominate the world and unify the world. Whether a superhero will be a hit or not depends entirely on how well the villain is created.

If the villain fails to create, it will be difficult for the superhero to succeed. Just like "Green Lantern", the final boss inspection monster is as ugly as a piece of shit, and its strength is so poor that it can be killed by a single sun. It's really unbelievable.

Like a strong man who can dominate the universe.

You must know that the sun is still ranked high in the solar system. If you look at the universe, it is just a sesame seed. There are many giant stars and super giants in the universe, each of which is hundreds, thousands, or tens of thousands of times larger than the sun. If

If you are even afraid of the sun, let alone conquering the universe.

Because of the modifications made to this movie, the plot was clearer and smoother, and the characters were more three-dimensional and vivid. Coupled with the grand scenes and gorgeous special effects, "X-Men: Apocalypse" finally won the support of movie fans.

support.

In the end, the North American box office was US$310 million, and the global box office exceeded US$800 million. Compared with the cost of US$150 million, these results are very good.

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In February, the movie released is "Avengers 2".

This movie tells the story of the Avengers cleaning up the mess for Iron Man. In fact, the story of "Avengers 2" is not exciting.

On the one hand, the boss Ultron seems to be very strong but is actually very weak. Compared to gods like Loki and cosmic armies like the Chitauri, Ultron is far different in both style and strength.

On the one hand, Hawkeye appears in a family out of nowhere, while Quicksilver can run faster than lightning, but is killed by a bullet, and he feels so miserable even when he receives his lunch box.

In comparison, Quicksilver in "X-Men" only appeared for a few minutes, but he left a very deep impression on the audience.

This is the lack of care in character creation.

Therefore, Xiang Nan also re-edited this script, which greatly strengthened Ultron's strength. It has a higher IQ than Iron Man, is a genius, and has computing power that even a supercomputer cannot match.

It is also extremely powerful and can compete with the Hulk; in addition, its speed is as high as Mach 33, which is faster than Iron Man.

Such a smart, fast, and powerful villain is the powerful enemy of the Avengers.

As soon as he appeared on the scene, he showed invincible domineering, dismantling Iron Man's suit and beating him into a disability; driving the Hulk directly into the ground, making him immune to Thor's lightning attack, and almost crushing his Meowth Hammer. As for Captain America, Hawkeye, and Black Widow can't even take a single move.

Such a powerful enemy brings a great sense of oppression, and also makes the audience worry about all the heroes. This kind of desire is suppressed first, which makes the climax of the story even more exciting.

Unlike the original "Avengers 2", Ultron's performance was very awkward from beginning to end and did not pose a sufficient threat to the Avengers. Instead, he was chased around.

Naturally, the final climax was too watery, so when "Captain America 3" was released, the audience said it was the real "Avengers 2", which was really embarrassing.

The re-adapted "Avengers 2" has indeed been well received by the audience, and is considered to be of better quality than the previous "Avengers".

Therefore, after the movie was released, it was a box office hit. The final box office in North America was US$500 million, and the global box office was US$1.67 billion.

Such astonishing box office results once again shocked the industry, and also made the concept of movie universe deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. For a time, the establishment of a movie universe became the only magic weapon in Hollywood, and every film company was trying it.

But currently the one doing the best is Warner Pictures.

Warner Pictures' DC Universe is quite prosperous now, but the reputation and box office of most of its movies are not as good as those of the Marvel Universe.

For example, "Man of Steel", which was released in 2013, only had a global box office of 680 million US dollars, which is not as good as movies like "Ant-Man" and "Black Widow".

You must know that Superman is one of the three giants of DC, while Ant-Man and Black Widow can only be regarded as second-tier heroes in Marvel.

Another example is "Batman v Superman: Justice League", which was released in 2016. The global box office was only 850 million US dollars, which was not as good as the box office of "Captain America" ​​and "Iron Man".

"Justice League", which was released in 2017, had a global box office of only 650 million US dollars, which is only half of the box office of "Avengers".

It can be said that Warner's DC Universe is not a success.

The reason for this, in Xiang Nan's opinion, is mainly because Warner acted too hastily. Many heroes appeared in a hurry before they had time to set the stage, so that the audience didn't know them and saw them fighting together, so naturally there was no sense of involvement.

For example, Darkseid, in the DC universe, is the same tyrannical character as Thanos. In fact, the character Thanos was created after Darkseid.

In order to introduce Thanos, the Marvel Cinematic Universe has paved the way for at least three movies, "Avengers", "Guardians of the Galaxy" and "Avengers 2".
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