Chapter 407： A new definition of war film

Generally speaking, more entertainment news focuses on Hollywood movies than TV series.

Even the most popular "Friends" had a far lower share of media coverage when it aired than films of the same period.

Movies are the core of the entertainment industry!

Even TV stations have far higher ratings than TV shows when they play movies.

Band of Brothers is clearly the most special one, though.

USA TODAY: "People in the past never thought that Hollywood superstars like Steven Spielberg, Dunn Walker and Tom Hanks would get involved in TV. People in the past also I never thought that someone would dare to use an investment comparable to a special effects blockbuster to make a TV series, but all this happened right in front of me, "Band of Brothers" let me witness!"

"Entertainment Weekly": "In the past TV drama market, the four treasures of love, criminal investigation, legal affairs and medical care have always played the leading role. There is no doubt that the emergence of "Band of Brothers" is a 'giant drama' for these grand narratives. Let's pry out a new world!"

"Audio-Visual Club": "From "Saving Private Ryan" to "Pearl Harbor" to "Band of Brothers", the filming of war dramas has a new definition. Realistic filming, never beautifying the attitude of war, praise Heroes but based on the spirit of anti-war, this is the correct value orientation. To face up to history, we must first start from respecting history, and the attitude of "Band of Brothers" is worthy of recognition."

Even the highly authoritative "New York Times" praised the mini-series with unusually high-profile remarks: "There will be no drama in the world that can better represent 'war drama' than 'Band of Brothers'. There is no doubt that "Band of Brothers" redefines the grammar of war drama and is set to become a milestone in the history of American drama."

Even "Film Review", which has always only reported movies and is very professional, spent a lot of space describing the first episode of "Band of Brothers"—

"The Brotherhood, the 101st Airborne Division E Company, has a total of 140 people. The 10-episode 1-hour TV series, how to distribute the scenes, and how to combine points and faces are all difficult problems to be solved. Fortunately, the production team has done an excellent job. Missions, character archetype interviews lead to the beginning of each episode in a very immersive way, and the flashbacks are also reasonable.”

"The first episode of "Band of Brothers" mainly introduces the hero E Company and the first non-commissioned officer Captain Sauber to break away from E Company. As the most special existence of E Company, Captain Sauber's training method is largely E The company's future laid a solid foundation, but his incompetence in actual combat and his character problems made him unpopular until he was transferred out of the company."

"The handling of this character in the play adopts the method of promoting first and then restraining. At the beginning, the devil-like training and strict management gave rise to the idea of ​​'the devil is a good instructor', and later in the actual combat training stage, his incompetence was exposed one after another. As well as the character of excluding non-commissioned officers, on the basis of these two aspects, a close-up shows his final reluctance to E Company, and the role is three-dimensional."

"Such a double-sided character also makes the expected military training mode in the first episode not monotonous. In response to the first sentence, it is also expected that a group of soldiers suddenly appeared in the first episode, except for Captain Sauber and Wen. It's hard to identify most of the soldiers at once, except for Lieutenant Tess and a few familiar faces."

"Of course there are a lot of close-ups, but the switching between shots is also very fast. The first episode should be a good introduction for the later battlefield part, and the first episode did a good job. The last 10 minutes of waiting before the battle is the highlight of the whole film. Highlights."

"Lieutenant Winters pulled the team members one by one to board the plane, the British army watched off, and the silhouette of the plane in the sunset finally connected the fate of the e company to the background of the first big airborne in World War II. All the emotions were rendered in place, and the official pull Open the magnificent part of the European battlefield - the Normandy landing!"

…

On September 10, "Band of Brothers" landed on major entertainment media and became the most watched cultural phenomenon that day.

Dunn just picked out a few important reports and read them, and reacted.

It's Monday, and he's sending little Taylor home early, and she's still going to school.

Along the way, Tang En sternly reprimanded her: "How many times have I told you that other people's rooms can't be tampered with, so why can't they remember?"

Little Taylor muttered, "I didn't see it again."

"You!" Tang En was angry, "If you talk back, I'll tell your mother that there is no pocket money for three weeks!"

"It's not fair!"

Little Taylor's eyes instantly turned red.

Tang En taught: "I am an adult, you are a child, you have to listen to me, this is the greatest fairness! What happened last night, are you wrong?"

"wrong."

Little Taylor pursed the corners of his mouth and twitched his little nose.

"louder!"

"I was wrong, I was wrong, can I still be wrong?" Little Taylor burst into tears, crying "woohoo".

Tang En felt a little distressed, but he was cruel, "Do you dare to do it in the future?"

"Don't dare!"

Little Taylor answered weakly, looking aggrieved, I still feel pity.

Sending her home, Andrea saw the two tears on her cheek, and knew that she must have made a mistake, her face sank, and she began to teach her a lesson, "What's going on? Didn't you agree, do you want to be obedient? ?"

Little Taylor burst into tears with a "wow", "Bad guys, you are all bad guys, you all bully people together!"

Tang En was puzzled, and quickly took a few steps forward and put her in his arms, "Alright, alright, this matter is over, let's not mention it, okay?"

Andrea looked hesitant.

Tang En didn't hide it, and said quickly: "Last night when my friend and I were in the room, she didn't knock on the door, and suddenly broke in."

"what?"

Andrea was shocked.

Losing etiquette is a problem, and seeing some pictures that are not suitable for children is even more of a problem!

Tang En touched his nose and hurriedly said, "The situation at the time...it's okay, but etiquette can't be lost."

Andrea breathed a sigh of relief.

Tang En patted little Taylor on the back, feeling that this matter was too harsh on her, and coaxed softly: "Okay, don't cry, what gift do you want, can I give it to you?"

"Don't!" Little Taylor sniffed and sobbed sadly.

"Then...it's the weekend, shall I take you out to play? Where do you want to go?"

This time, Little Taylor's crying stopped immediately, and Shui Mist's eyes burst into a rainbow-like brilliance, "Really?"

"real!"

"Don't lie?"

"Don't lie!"

"I'm going to Disneyland! You never took me there!"

Dunn's complexion suddenly changed.

Disneyland…

When Tang En travels, he must bring a lot of bodyguards. With so many people, he will definitely attract attention.

But his relationship with Disney...

This can be a little tricky!

Andrea saw Dunn's embarrassment and frowned, "Baby, it's not good!"

"No, I'm going to Disneyland!"

"Okay, then Disneyland." Dunn stretched out his hand and wiped the tears from her face, "You're happy, don't cry, I'll take you there on the weekend!"

"Oh yeah!"

Little Taylor raised his arms excitedly and jumped up.

Andrea was both happy and emotional when she saw Dunn doting on her so much.

Every family has a scripture that is difficult to read. Her husband, Scott Swift, the father of little Taylor, usually works in New York and is separated from the two places. The husband and wife have had many conflicts.

Especially the place on Wall Street in Manhattan, rotten, dirty, ugly, mercenary, sex, drugs, gambling, violence, bastards, everything.

Scott Swift, a mature middle-aged man with a fortune of tens of millions, can he survive loneliness?

"Hey!"

Andrea sighed secretly in her heart, she really couldn't be sure whether it was right or wrong for her family to move to Los Angeles.

On the right side, family conditions are obviously better. Little Taylor is studying in the best private schools, learning music from the best musicians, and is a "good friend" of Dunn Walker.

On the wrong side, the integrity of this family may be cracked.

…

Today is September 10th.

Back at the company, Dunn received detailed statements faxed from Comcast and Sta.

At present, the sta TV network has a total of 10.72 million paid subscribers. UU reading last night's first episode of "Band of Brothers" had an average viewership of 12.86 million, and at its peak, it exceeded 14.38 million household users!

In addition, last night, a total of 6.5 million home users used starz TV's free trial service for the first month.

If "Band of Brothers" can successfully capture the hearts of these users, then in the coming week, the number of sta subscribers may increase by millions!

According to Comcast's forecast, because of the strong response and huge impact of the premiere of "Band of Brothers", in the next week, sta's subscription members will increase by another 5 million!

sta's forecast is slightly conservative, arguing that the increase in subscribers will be between 4.2 million and 4.5 million.

Even Comcast boldly made a language, professional cable TV station, will start from September 9, 2001, and truly enter the mainstream of TV vision, and it will be out of control.

Everything I expected was very good.

But Dunn knew that this beauty would definitely come to nothing.

Professional cable TV will rise, but never so easily.

Tomorrow, the "911 Incident" will break out, and the entire United States will be plunged into unprecedented panic and shock. Who has the heart to subscribe to TV stations?

Even most entertainment activities have to be cancelled because of this.

The second episode of "Band of Brothers" cannot be aired this weekend either, it has to be postponed for a week.

Because the second episode is a vigorous landing in Normandy, the explosion scene is very cruel, isn't this adding salt to the wounds of the American people?

In a short period of time, sta subscribers will definitely fall into lag.

Fortunately, "Band of Brothers" has a total of 10 episodes, which will be played for more than two months, which is enough time.

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