Chapter 48

”HBO has invested $223 million to build the "Pacific War" and is about to make a grand debut“

”’Nine years after brothers company, the Pacific war set off a new wave of war type works“

”Hanks and Spielberg work together again to create a cruel war story. "

"The production cycle is as long as three years, and the 'Pacific War' is finally about to officially premiere."

"Beyond the classic expectations, the 'Pacific War' carries HBO's ambition to break through itself."

"Confidence," says Steven Spielberg

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The next day after the premiere, the news about the "Pacific War" spread all over the world. HBO, together with Tom and Steven's signboards, not to mention Zhu Yu's "brothers company" in the front, "Pacific War" has been the focus of attention since the project establishment stage. It has experienced twists and turns in the early stage of script adaptation and disputes in the medium-term funding preparation, After more than three years of long preparation, it was difficult to set up CASS in the later stage. Now the TV series is finally on the stage. It is no exaggeration to say that the expectation has really broken the table.

The grand occasion of the premiere last night made people look forward to it.

"Can the Pacific War recreate the style of the brothers company with an inexperienced newcomer leading the show?"

"Langley Hall: a new comer in cast CASS."

"Tom Hanks: Langley is at the heart of the show."

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In contrast, the focus on Lan Li is really limited. Referring to the experience of "brother company", in order to show the authenticity and balance of the crew, "Pacific War" did not use big stars, so almost all the actors were strangers, and there was no essential difference between the newcomers and the seven line actors.

What's more, the "Pacific War" is a group play and a TV play. Even if Tom and Steven work together to make it, the focus is doomed not to stay on the actors.

Even Damien Lewis, a "brother company", was not able to cause too much discussion at that time. As a matter of fact, after the "brothers company" broadcast, no actor can immediately become popular, because the success of this series comes from the whole, not from individuals.

This time, at least several other media mentioned the name of lanli alone, trying to attract the audience's attention from different angles. This is the benefit of lanli's amazing performance at the premiere.

There is no doubt that the major media have left a place for the "Pacific War" in important pages. The North American film market in spring has been a little depressed, and now there is a blockbuster work on the stage. Naturally, people do not want to let it go easily.

On IMDB, the world's largest online database website for movies, actors and television, "Pacific War" has become a hot topic and a wave of attention before it is broadcast. Since the series has not been broadcast yet, IMDB does not have an open scoring system or an open discussion system. It only updates HBO's official trailer and detailed shooting information.

Nevertheless, it still hasn't stopped the enthusiasm of netizens. On the list of the most anticipated works, "Pacific War" has soared to the third place, just behind the hot works "Toy Story 3" and "Inception" in this summer's season, leaving "Iron Man 2", "Twilight 3", "Shrek 4" and other works behind, It shows unimaginable appeal.

Just as "Shawshank Redemption" has dominated the list of IMDB's best 250 films for more than 10 years, the list of IMDB's best 250 plays has been dominated by "brothers company" for nearly 10 years; Even more incredible is that "Shawshank Redemption" dominates with a high score of 9.2, but "brother company" scores 9.5 among more than 240000 people, which can definitely be regarded as a miracle among miracles. This shows that "brother company" plays an important role in the audience's mind.

Now, "brothers company" brothers drama "Pacific War" is about to be broadcast, the audience's enthusiasm has completely burst.

It's not just IMDB. On the discussion board of Yahoo community, the discussion on "Pacific War" has broken the table. Thanks to the upcoming show, it has aroused the enthusiasm of countless "brothers" fans, and has become the most popular 24-hour Series in the discussion board, attracting more than 10000 netizens to participate in the discussion.

As a TV series, "the Pacific War" has attracted a lot of attention. In the years since the end of brothers company, it is estimated that only the grand finale of "friends" can be compared with that of "lost" and "prison break", which are far from comparable.

What's more interesting is that "Pacific War" is broadcast on HBO, a wireless TV station - in other words, a pay channel. Not every family in the United States subscribes to HBO. In wireless TV stations, ratings and audience numbers are not what they care about. Professional reviews and subscriber feedback are the core competitiveness. But now, the "Pacific War" has erupted in an incredible audience.

This is indeed a spectacle.

With all expectations, on the evening of March 21, the "Pacific War" was officially launched!

William Taylor is one of them. As a fanatic of "brothers company", he started the countdown two weeks ago. A week ago, he made this Friday free and did not arrange any other activities. Even his parents knew about his "special plan" tonight - he is only 18 years old, I will enter the University in September.

"Billy, Billy." Panting, a voice rushed in from the outside, and Graham Huges almost knocked the door open, with a greeting in his mouth: "good evening, Mrs. Taylor, Mr. Taylor."

But William didn't care about the groaning door. Instead, he put his finger on his lip and quickly waved, "turn off the light at the door. There are still three minutes left." Even the voice is deliberately lowered, as if really in the cinema in general, for fear of scaring the other audience.

Graham didn't have time to wipe his sweat, so he sat down next to William. Then he took out the popcorn and coke in his backpack one by one, and looked at William one by one. Both of them showed similar smile. They adjusted their sitting posture on the sofa, held the popcorn in their arms, and looked at the TV screen.

At this time, the advertisement was playing, but the two people were staring at the screen as if they were enjoying the most wonderful movie in the world.

William's mother went to the door and looked at the two people's serious posture. She couldn't help laughing and shaking her head. "You're too nervous. After all, there will be DVD or Blu ray Disc..."

"Ma, Mrs. Taylor!" William and Graham yelled in unison, responding to their understanding of closing the door of the room, and they looked at the TV screen together again.

"Here we go!" William's voice trembled, while Graham held his breath and his pupils seemed to spread.

It's not just the Taylor family. At this moment, on this Friday night, this carnival night, this weekend night, countless families in the United States choose to stay at home, not because they are too old to miss the night life, not because they are too tired to work, just to watch the "Pacific war"!

In addition, in order to watch the live broadcast of the show for the first time, some people choose to go to the home of friends with HBO pay channel, bring a dozen beers and invite a group of friends to gather together like a party to enjoy this special night; What's more, I went to the bar directly to open the HBO channel of the bar. I just hope to find like-minded strangers to watch it together, just like watching football or the world cup.

Such a grand occasion is staged in every corner of the North American continent. Even if it is not empty, it is not far away.

Later, according to statistics, the premiere ratings and audience numbers of the "Pacific War" on that night both reached new highs in two years, and easily broke the achievements of the "brothers company" that year.

Although the wireless TV network led by HBO does not care about the audience rating, what they care about is the overall subscriber satisfaction, only the part of the audience who pays for it is what they need to pay attention to; However, the frequent creation of ratings records is still eye-catching.

The ratings of American TV series are divided into two data, one is the number of viewers and the other is the ratings. Both data have professional explanations and definitions, but the simple understanding is that the former represents how many people have watched in the United States, and the latter represents how many people are 18 to 49 years old among the viewers - it is generally believed that this is the backbone of consumption.

Before that, HBO's ratings record was maintained by the 2007 finale of the classic series "the underworld family", with 7.1 million viewers and an incredible 11.9 ratings. With a simple horizontal reference, a cable TV series that depends on its audience rating for a living, with a audience rating of more than three, is enough to spend money, and with a audience rating of more than five, it is rare.

Now, the number of viewers of the "Pacific War" is as high as 5.9 million, and the audience rating has reached an amazing 4.6. On that night, he killed all the radio dramas and became the audience rating champion! HBO has become the most brilliant show in the past two years after the "Underworld family" that swept across the United States!

It is worth mentioning that "Pacific War" is a mini drama. The real money making part of such a drama is the sales of video discs, video on demand, and the competition for awards at the award ceremony. But now, this set of mini drama has set off a frenzy at the time of its broadcast, and even HBO, who is not bad at money, is smiling.

All the signs indicate that the "Pacific War" has started a good start, and the continuation of the glory of "Brotherhood" seems close at hand.

The screening of the first episode ended soon, less than an hour long, people can't feel the pause of time at all. Watching the subtitles slide up on the TV screen, William's expression is a little strange, and Graham also cast a puzzled line of vision. Then William frowned and said, "why do you think... Something is missing?"