Chapter 1626

Li Xianzhe nodded slightly. In order to cater to the mainstream culture, American comics have always followed current events, and all periods are full of the brand of the times at that time.

In 1938, the national comics United Publishing Company (the predecessor of DC Comics company) launched the world's first superhero - Superman on the inaugural issue of action comics, which was a great success.

Later, DC plans to create a hero for its other publication, detective comics, to compete with Superman.

At that time, the journal had been published for more than two years and published a variety of detection and adventure stories.

But there is no role in the soul. At the age of 26, painter Bob Kane took over the task and finally created the early Batman with Bill finger.

In May 1939, Batman was born in the 27th issue of detective comics.

Once launched, it was very popular, and the next year it had its own comic series of the same name.

With the emergence of this leading figure, "detective cartoon" has also become the longest comic series in DC's history.

In 1940, Batman added a young assistant Robin.

He is called the wonder boy. He is not only welcomed by young readers, but also adds the loving side of elders to the ruthless Batman, making the role more three-dimensional.

In the following decades, the story of Batman introduced Alfred, a father like old housekeeper, a clever bat woman and Leslie, a mother like doctor.

Batman's origin is further supplemented and improved. These greatly enrich Batman's character.

With the evolution of time, various interpretations of Batman have emerged.

Not only the image and equipment have changed, but also the style is very different.

He was a detective in the dark in the 1930s, a gentle parent in the 1940s and a science fiction adventure in the 1950s.

The Batman TV series in the late 1960s adopted an exaggerated and funny aesthetic treatment, which led to Batman still being inseparable from the image of the play for decades after the end of the TV series.

The success of Frank Miller's short comics Batman: the return of the dark knight and Batman: the first year in the 1980s, as well as the live action film directed by Tim Burton, brought Batman back to his original dark tone.

In the comics after that, Batman's reality and limitations have increased, and the enemy is more powerful, cunning and crazy than before.

His mental trauma has been emphasized again and again, becoming more and more hesitant and lonely, increasingly paranoid and dark.

"So, Kevin Chan originally wanted you to play, rather he wanted to create an Asian version of Batman."

Jeff Jones said with a smile, "in the United States, the friction between white, black and Asian groups has been increasing over the years because of racial discrimination, but most people are gradually realizing that an America with strong racial discrimination is not what they want.

It is precisely Batman's evolution that represents the epitome and development of American society in various periods. Therefore, in order to cater to the current American social atmosphere, Kevin Fuyuan mentioned this idea to me a long time ago, and he is also an Asian.

But at that time, I and most senior executives of Warner thought that this idea was too scary and dangerous, so it has been shelved. "

Speaking of this, Jeff Jones drank tea and smiled. "But now it seems that Kevin Fu thought it was time for you to join. Although it is undeniable that he did so entirely to retaliate for such a gift you gave him before. As you easterners say, it is a big deal to kill fish and catch fish on a ship.

But I think so. First, the style of Batman comics today is completely different from that at the beginning of its early birth. Many versions of his story have been written by multiple authors.

Second, in the original cartoon, the author of any period did not emphasize that Batman was white.

It's just an American cartoon. Americans subconsciously believe that they don't think he is black or yellow, so they won't mention it.

Third, the adaptation of the film does not follow all the original settings of the cartoon. Kevin Fuyuan believes that as long as the Batman film can succeed and the story and Batman actors can conquer the audience, the audience will not care whether the Batman is Asian or white.

Perhaps the birth of an Asian Batman will give Americans a trace of psychological comfort and sympathy.

For example, accepting the Asian version of Batman represents your opposition to racial discrimination to some extent, which is exactly the openness and tolerance Americans want psychologically.

Finally, we can set it in the film that Bruce Wayne is an orphan adopted by Thomas Wayne.

Whether at the beginning of Batman's birth or now, the example of Americans adopting Asian orphans across borders has always been a common occurrence for most Americans, which is completely reasonable and not unacceptable to film fans. "

"Why do I feel like you and Kevin Fu have already agreed to pit me."

Li Xianzhe buried his head in a bitter smile and said, "that guy Kevin Fitch treats me like this, even you."

"Come on, my friend, what a magical experience it was to play Batman.

And I've read your script. It's perfect. I can really say without exaggeration that the 'Dark Knight' Trilogy you created is the most perfect Batman film of all ages. "

Referring to the script, Jeff Jones danced excitedly and clapped his hands.

"In addition, no matter what Kevin Fuyuan thinks of you, first of all, he is also an oriental.

Don't you easterners like newspaper group heating best? At this point, I believe he will not harm you, because once he decides to announce the launch of an Asian version of Batman, Kevin Fuyuan will face no less pressure than you. "

Li Xianzhe opened his mouth to the point of being poor in words.

He knew that if Warner announced the news, the repercussions would definitely be of the sea quake level.

Everyone will think Warner is crazy, but Kai wenfuyuan has always been the core personnel of Warner's senior management. He has this ability.

The idea of using Asian Batman to poke the most vulnerable and unwilling point of American self-confidence - racial discrimination is really unprecedented.

"Whoever says Batman must be white" Jeff Jones made Li Xianzhe speechless.

It seems that in the end, he has become as biased as Americans, just like a long time ago when he talked to Kevin Fitch about the Twilight series, which is very popular and deeply loved by women in the United States.

Kevin Fitch has always been a loyal fan of this theme. He said something that impressed Li Xianzhe.

"Just like the vampires in twilight, they are actually the same as the vampires in the East, especially in HK movies.

They all suck blood. The difference lies in different regional cultures, so they are called differently.

It is called vampire zombie in Asia and can be translated into vampire in the West. "