Chapter 350 Comic Material

Chapter 350 Comic Material

Chapter 350 Comic Material
Among the comics provided by Yusuke Ogawa, there are actually not many science fiction works like "Secret" that involve topics such as the brain, subconsciousness, and memory.

A slightly closer example is "iMENTOR", which is a series of comic stories. Each episode is an independent chapter and can be said to be a collection of short science fiction stories.

In it, various protagonists meet and reunite, weaving different bizarre stories, and all the bizarre stories are inseparable from a black technology called "iMENTOR".

This "iMENTOR" technology is somewhat similar to the Sibyl System in "Psycho-Pass" and also like Marvel's "Project Insight". It can collect everyone's personal information, analyze people's psychology with questionnaires, and even read people's brain waves, so as to conduct comprehensive analysis and give people appropriate advice.

For example, judging marriage suitability, judging career orientation, judging which city is suitable for living, etc.

As a product that has evolved to a certain extent through the combination of computer algorithms, statistics and informatics, "iMENTOR" also raises the question of where the development of science and technology will take humanity.

This kind of science fiction work with a certain amount of philosophical thinking is indeed more suitable for the [Galaxy Cinematic Universe].

In addition to this, there is also another classic science fiction work in the comics provided by Yusuke Ogawa that explores the nature of human nature and human civilization - "Akira".

This is the work of Japanese animation master Katsuhiro Otomo. It was released in Japan in 1988. Most domestic audiences don't know much about this animation work. Also, because it is so old, its fame is naturally not as good as "Gundam" and "Neon Genesis Evangelion".

But after the release of this animated film, it caused a strong response around the world, from Japan to the United States across the ocean.

In 2002, "Akira" was rated as one of the 20 best science fiction films in history by the authoritative film magazine "Wired".

This is the only film from Asia on the list, and also the only animated film.

The story of "Akira" takes place in 2019. Human beings rebuild the city from the ruins, and the world seems to be returning to its previous prosperity. However, under the appearance of prosperity, society is still turbulent.

One night of that year, on a closed highway on the outskirts of a city, a group of bikers were racing on the road, led by a young man named Kaneda, a vocational high school student.

Then, because of an encounter with a strange short man, the high school student was captured by the military in a helicopter and was detained together with the short man.

Tetsuo enters a strange place that seems to be conducting research on super powers, while Kaneda is thinking about how to rescue his friend Tetsuo.

Little do they know, their future is beginning to change dramatically because of the mysterious power—Akira.

The story background of "Akira" is somewhat similar to the Hollywood sci-fi action film "Blade Runner".

Their stories all take place in chaotic metropolises, and they can all be classified as "future science fiction films."

It’s just that director Ridley Scott used a lot of black tones in "Blade Runner" to exaggerate the despair of the fallen world.

However, director Katsuhiro Otomo inserted a lot of bright colors into "Akira" to create a different kind of vitality.

As for the main conflict point in the film, "AKIRA", it actually means "light" in Japanese.

This was originally a creation of an advanced civilization, which contained many secrets. However, greedy and arrogant humans lost themselves in the process of discovering the secrets, which eventually led to the disaster.

After reading the introduction in the information, Wang Hao immediately linked it to the Brilliant Group in the [Galaxy Cinematic Universe] and the movie "The Witch".

The power of "AKIRA" shown in the animation is more biological, which is easy to integrate into the movie universe.

Another similar science fiction comic is "The Smelliest Weapon", which tells the story of a clerk named Nobuo Tanaka who works for a pharmaceutical company and rushes back to the company despite being sick, and accidentally takes an experimental drug developed by the company in cooperation with the military.

From then on, Nobuo became a flesh-and-blood factory producing deadly stench. Unaware of this, Nobuo followed his boss's orders to send drug samples to the Tokyo headquarters, causing widespread panic along the way. The military had to send a large number of troops to intercept Nobuo halfway.

This work can also be incorporated into a story system based on the Brilliant Bio Group. In the end, it is all the fault of this giant multinational biopharmaceutical company and Dr. Chen behind it. What is ultimately reflected is mankind's abuse and lack of restraint in science and technology.

The key point is that these unscrupulous things happening in Japan always give people a sense of no disobedience, as if any unscrupulous things happening in this land are not surprising enough.

Of course, in addition to those works that can be related to the Brilliant Group, other works can also greatly expand the boundaries of the [Galaxy Cinematic Universe] and give Wang Hao a lot of inspiration.

For example, "Macross", this animation work Wang Hao actually saw on TV when he was a child, but what he watched at that time was probably not the original version, but the American long-running science fiction animation series "Robotz". This work is divided into three parts, and the first part "Macross Saga" is actually based on "Macross".

Of course Wang Hao didn't know this at that time. He only remembered the cool fighter jet that could transform into a robot, and the huge spaceship that was sailing in the universe and had an entire city inside.

Now that he saw the information provided by Yusuke Ogawa, he realized that this science fiction work is even better than "Robotech".

The story of "Macross" is actually very simple. In 1999 AD, a huge unidentified meteor fell on the earth.

Subsequent investigations confirmed that this was actually an alien spaceship. The humans on Earth thus learned that aliens do exist, and this caused a certain amount of turmoil on the global scale.

Eventually the world split into two major organizations, one was the Earth Integration Government, and the other was the Anti-Integration Alliance.

Around this alien spaceship that crashed to Earth, the Earth Unified Government spent ten years transforming it into a 1200-meter-long super-large battleship, named "MACROSS" (meaning "big universe" in German). Ten years later, on the day of the official commissioning ceremony of the MACROSS, a large-scale space-time jump reaction was suddenly discovered near the lunar orbit.

At this time, the main gun on the Markros ship fired automatically and hit the alien fleet observation ship that appeared near the moon.

At this point, the Earth United Government was suddenly forced into a fight and had to hastily engage in combat with the aliens. It also launched the Macross into space to divert the enemy's attention.

It was in this sudden conflict that the young man Ichijo Hui accidentally boarded a fighter plane of the Unified Army and was involved in the battle. He rescued a girl named Lin Mingmei, and got to know the female officer Hayabusa Misa on the ship. Thus, the "First Space War", the war between humans and aliens, also kicked off.

When it comes to this story, the first thing that comes to Wang Hao’s mind is the spaceship faction in “The Wandering Earth” and the light-speed spaceship in “The Three-Body Problem”.

Since it is a science fiction movie, how can it be without something as iconic as a spaceship?

When Wang Hao watched "The Wandering Earth", especially "The Wandering Earth 2" in his previous life, he felt it was a pity.

Because the overall production of "The Wandering Earth" lacks foresight and planning.

Just like the Jupiter crisis in "The Wandering Earth 1", "The Wandering Earth 2" has become a prequel, which greatly weakens the uncertainty and sense of crisis in the second part. Because everyone has seen the first part, they all know that the protagonist team will definitely succeed.

Then, "The Wandering Earth 2" is a prequel, which is too lengthy as a whole and can only compress a lot of information into one movie. This greatly raises the threshold for watching the movie and is not very friendly to ordinary audiences.

In fact, given the scale of "The Wandering Earth 2" and the original story of the film, there is still a lot of content to be filmed.

Such as the construction of planetary engines, the construction of space elevators, the changes and impacts brought about by the era of Earth braking, and the reactions of various parties such as the "wandering faction", "digital life faction" and "spaceship faction" in this process.

The entire "The Wandering Earth 2" can be expanded into a prequel trilogy, and even the props and special effects materials of these movies can be used during the filming process, and a few spin-off dramas can be produced to form a [Wandering Earth Universe]. This not only enriches the worldview of the movie, but also better maintains the popularity of the movie series.

Of course, this is just an opinion with hindsight. When Guo Fan was filming "The Wandering Earth" in his previous life, it was extremely difficult and the future was bleak. He did not expect that this movie would achieve such great success, so that the subsequent "The Wandering Earth 2" was launched in a hurry.

Moreover, he is the only one in the field of domestic science fiction films, and there is a shortage of related talents. The rush to shoot "The Wandering Earth 2" almost cost him his life, causing him to lose a lot of weight.

If he were to be allowed to explore the entire [Wandering Earth Universe], I'm afraid he would be defeated.

However, just because [The Wandering Earth Universe] can't do it doesn't mean that Wang Hao's [Galaxy Cinematic Universe] can't do it. His development over the years is no joke, and the relevant talent training is not empty talk. It's just a space battleship and a space machine battle, [Galaxy Cinematic Universe] can arrange it.

At the same time, when they first launched the project of "The Three-Body Problem", they also said that the [Galaxy Cinematic Universe] would also involve ancient alien civilizations. It wouldn't matter if there was another wreckage of an alien spacecraft. "Macross" could be integrated into the movie universe. As long as some changes were made, the conflict shouldn't be too big.

With the space battleships already available, it will be no problem for "Cowboy Bebop" to be integrated into the "Galaxy Cinematic Universe".

The story of "Cowboy Bebop" is also very simple. It tells the story of two space bounty hunters named Spike and Jet, who are driving their spaceship on an interstellar journey. They meet Faye, a beautiful woman who is in huge debt and loves money, and Ed, a computer prodigy. They also adopt Ain, a data dog with high IQ. The four of them and the dog go on an adventure in the universe together.

Hmm... does it look familiar? Yes, this comic is similar to Marvel's "Guardians of the Galaxy", but "Cowboy Bebop" focuses on cyberpunk + fantasy universe + western cowboy style.

Of course, if this story is really going to be filmed, it has to be arranged in the later stages of the [Galaxy Cinematic Universe]. At least there is no hope before The Wandering Earth sets sail.

Compared to "Cowboy Bebop" or "Macross", "Star Cleaners", "The Distance to the Moon" and "Mobile Police Patlabor" may be produced earlier.

The comic "Starry Sky Cleaners" tells the story of space debris cleaners and belongs to the category of hard science fiction. It just so happens that the movie "Gravity" that Wang Hao is going to shoot this year is about a crisis accident caused by space debris.

Therefore, this work can be used as a derivative work after "Gravity" when the space station is established in the movie universe.

"The Distance to the Moon" is a very hardcore science fiction comic about lunar exploration. It assumes that in the middle of the 21st century, China and the United States will become the only two superpowers in the world, and each will bring a group of younger brothers to start a space race and compete to develop a lunar base.

This story can also be integrated into the early space line of the [Galaxy Cinematic Universe]. Although this comic story is imaginary, the story material is very rigorous. It is based on the actual Chinese lunar exploration project and NASA's lunar exploration program. The various lunar exploration and aerospace technologies involved are all real technologies, so it is very useful for reference.

As for the last one, "Mobile Police Patlabor", it is a long science fiction manga created by Masami Yuki, which tells the story of the Special Vehicle Section 2 of the Security Department of the fictional Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department.

In the new era in the comics, in order to speed up work efficiency, build larger buildings and cope with such huge projects, large robots that can be driven by humans and are specially designed for industrial use are developed.

After they were widely used, in addition to increasing construction efficiency and solving housing problems, they also created a lot of employment opportunities.

However, at the same time, a new problem has also arisen, that is, the frequent occurrence of criminal cases involving robots.

In order to cope with the escalation of criminal incidents caused by the proliferation of mecha tools, the police force "Special Vehicle Section 2" equipped with robots naturally came into being.

The difference between this comic and similar films like Gundam is that it focuses on people, the members of the police department and various social events, rather than gorgeous mecha and exaggerated battles. The overall style tends to be realistic.

This means that the cost of adapting this work will be very small. At the same time, in the [Galaxy Cinematic Universe], the exoskeleton mecha that previously appeared in "Wolf Warrior" also has new story material.

(End of this chapter)