Although we had anticipated the movie viewing frenzy early, we should not take it lightly even if it is point projection; But the reality is still far beyond imagination.
On December 3, there are still two days to go before the pop drummer screening, but the six theaters in Los Angeles and New York have already begun to queue up. The most spectacular scene was in the lower part of Manhattan, New York, where more than 300 fans arrived 48 hours in advance and lined up.
It's just a screening of an independent art film. However, during the screening period, a fanatical fan effect similar to "Star Wars" broke out. This is definitely a unique landscape of the North American market. Even if the person involved is lenley, such a grand occasion is far beyond the scope of imagination.
Even William and Graham were frightened.
After they arrived at the scene, at least more than 100 people lined up at the gate of the cinema - and there were also young artists who came to the Art Theater on weekdays and nights to watch. The chattering discussion was definitely a unique feature of West Hollywood, which made people think of summer nights in Europe
After nightfall, groups of local residents go out of the house one after another to enjoy the cool and cozy of the hot air. They gather in twos and threes in the bar at the corner of the block, holding a bottle of beer, standing on the side of the street, chatting with their familiar and new friends. Gradually, the whole block is full of figures, but it doesn't seem crowded at all. On the contrary, it adds a little flavor of life in the bustle.
Casual, comfortable, comfortable and enjoyable.
It must be emphasized that there are still 48 hours to go before the point mapping!
"Star Wars" is a kind of belief, for which countless fans are willing to give everything; So, does this mean that lanli is also becoming a kind of faith?
It was a sight William had never seen before.
With the advance of time, the number of people queuing at the gate of the cinema continues to increase. According to rough statistics, more than 500 people have gathered at the scene.
That's a bit off the mark!
Later, William learned that this seems to have become a hot spot similar to the "ice bucket challenge" on the Internet. Countless Internet celebrities have begun to participate in it, and countless netizens also want to join in the fun - even if they are not interested in blue rite or movies at all. The problem is that the discussion about "entertainment to death" is still spreading on the Internet, while the actions of netizens are promoting the tide of entertainment to death in another way, which is really ironic.
But no one cares.
More and more people join the queue in order to join the fun. They don't care whether they can see the film or what it means to Don Quixote. They just try to prove that they are on the scene by means of photos or videos, just like clocking in, and then become their own show off capital. That's all.
However, their actions make don Quixotes who are really eager to see the film complain incessantly.
There are more and more people, and there is a unique scene of endless traffic at the gate of the art theater, which is another wonder of the Internet age; Then the development of things gradually deviated from the track. The appearance of scalper ticket is the most direct reflection, like a mirror, reflecting the impetuousness and absurdity of the whole era.
First, someone bought the top position of the team at a high price, which went up all the way from the asking price of 311 to 10000, but still failed to stop the momentum, causing a lot of consternation at the gate of the cinema, and then things began to be chaotic - the positions behind also began to auction, it seems that all the positions in the top 300 are waiting for the price, and the more the front is, the more expensive they are; No matter whether the parties are willing to transfer their position, they will become the entangled object of scalpers.
After the first wave of cattle inquiry, the second wave and the third wave of cattle came forward. It's very annoying to bombard people like this.
Seeing that the order of the scene is getting out of the way, more and more chaotic, more and more outrageous, more and more exaggerated, William Grahame finally can't bear it any longer and comes forward. Originally, Don Quixote didn't organize any activities for today's screening. The main reason is that the screening itself doesn't need to be pre heated by publicity, and it's more a communication between the audience and the film, William and Graham also want to devote themselves to watching the film, but now it seems that things are on the verge of losing control, and order must be restored.
William and Graham quickly contacted Don Quixote, who was familiar with him, and then spread the news one by one, ten by one, so that all the fans united to resist the scalpers, and excluded all the interference factors as far as possible, forming a copper wall and squeezing out the fish rafts one by one. Finally, the chaos at the scene gradually restored order.
At least for the first 150 positions. Only the real die hard fans will come to line up early, and only the real movie lovers will forget to eat and sleep and give everything, neither for fame nor for profit, just to be able to see the movie at the first time. This is a kind of faith from the heart.
Faith, however, cannot be bought.
Although there were more or less "traitors" in the second half of the team, the calculation of the scalpers worked in the end, but they were only a minority group and failed to create further waves. On the contrary, the so-called "fans" of trading positions and the greedy scalpers became the targets of Quixote, That kind of burning vision burst out the substantive strength, let a person some legs soft.
The chaos is moving in another direction; But this is just the situation at the gate of the cinema, and there is another situation on the Internet.
First, some people peddle the queue position, then some people peddle the "false" movie tickets that don't exist at all, and then some people peddle the queue service tomorrow, the day after tomorrow and even in the future.
Surrounding the "pop drummer" screening period, the surrounding industries seem to be extremely prosperous. You can clearly and vividly feel the excitement and excitement of the whole social network. The wave of "entertainment to death" has not subsided, but has become more and more intense. Everyone is eager to take a share in this topic storm.
This is undoubtedly the most ironic thing.
Harvey Weinstein said in an interview, "I don't know what Langley thinks about such a scene? Like it or reject it? "
It's just a little joke, but the hidden words still make Hollywood feel the real meaning of Harvey
The atmosphere was foul. Whether the blue rites love or not, whether the blue rites are intentional, so the mess of the mess is closely related to him. And those judges who are not accustomed to the Internet bubble, who will not blame the old academy, besides blaming the blue rites?
Beauty is a curse.
Even so, the use of words here is not appropriate, but the meaning can not be more accurate, when people try to shirk responsibility, or try to divert attention, as long as it is easy to push the fault to "beauty": who let you so drown? Who made you so ostentatious? Who made you so beautiful?
Obviously, it's all lanli's fault. Because of lanli, the whole film industry, the whole Hollywood and the whole news industry have become a mess. Hateful!
Harvey's ability to judge the situation and capture people's hearts is always excellent. He knows clearly when to give a fatal blow is the best choice, and also knows clearly when to make progress by retreating so that he can get twice the result with half the effort.
An unexpected news event, an unexpected upsurge of film viewing, two seemingly unrelated things have become a thorn in Harvey's mind. Before the "pop drummer" was released, prejudice has already taken root.
That's Harvey's ability.
Obviously, this is definitely not a predictable situation. Even William, who is on the scene, has not been able to predict the direction of things.
Cattle never retreat, but like sharks around, waiting for the opportunity, a little bit of loopholes may become their breakthrough; This stalemate lasted until the beginning of the movie. After nearly 43 hours of confrontation, it finally came to an end.
William felt unprecedented fatigue, both physically and mentally, the excitement of meeting Don Quixote again and the tension of encountering a scalper in front of him, which was superimposed layer by layer and suppressed heavily. When the excitement and blood subsided, the fatigue surged like a tide.
"Hoo William yawned four times in just two minutes, and then all the other don Quixotes around him seemed to be infected - wait, or did someone else infect William?
"Will." Graham hit William with his shoulder, saw his tired eyes, and said anxiously, "I think they did it on purpose?"
"Who?" William can't keep up with his speed of thinking.
"Cattle. There are also unidentified molecules in it Graham said his conjecture cautiously, "think about it. Even for the sake of queuing or movie tickets, they stick to it for 12 hours, and then realize that we are absolutely impossible to compromise, so they don't have to stay any longer. But the fact is that they followed us for two days until the last moment. Why? Are you sure it wasn't intentional? "
William still didn't react and looked at Graham in a daze. "... Er, do you mean they deliberately followed the queue to the end? But why? "
"You're just repeating what I said. I'm asking you why?" The more he thought about it, the more determined he was and the more anxious he was.
William opened his mouth slightly, but his head stopped working. He was a little dull, just looking at Graham.
Graham scratched his head irritably. "That's it, that's it! They want us to be exhausted, have a bad night's rest, have no rest during the day, and finally go to the movies. You should know that the movie created a lot of controversy when it was released in Toronto, so what happens when you watch it in a state of irritability and exhaustion? "