Recently, HBO officially announced that it would cut the hit sci-fi series "Westworld" and stop at the fourth season, which integrates regrets without ending.
From the stunning start of the first season, to the third season of the second season, the ratings of Westworld have fallen off a cliff, and the reputation has gradually declined, gradually becoming tasteless, a pity to abandon it, coupled with the high production budget, each season requires a huge amount of about $100 million, making Warner executives finally decide to give up this popular IP.
Lead screenwriter Jonathan Nolan once said that Westworld was originally planned to shoot five seasons, and the fifth season would make a final for the confusing and ambiguous plot.
The suspect tracking of the year can still have a hasty ending, Westworld was cut in a hurry, so the main creator Jonathan Nolan was unwilling and very much hoped to end this popular drama, but Warner CEO made it clear on the phone that he would not spend tens of millions of dollars on low-rated dramas.
Interestingly, according to the original contract, the salaries of the leading actors such as "De Mei" still need to be paid.
As the female number one of Westworld, Evan Rachel Wood, Deloros in the film from the image of a pure and naïve girl to the queen who awakened and led the robot resistance army, which impressed many audiences and was affectionately called "De Mei" by domestic fans.
Wood became famous when he was young, made many movies, and today I will talk about the two works that Demei dedicated to in her early years, and the sacrifice was greater than "Westworld".
"Fantasy Floating"
HBO's 2011 limited series, rated 8.2, starring Kate Winslet, Guy Pierce, Evan Rachel Wood, De Mei appeared in the show.
Based on the classic black novel of the same name, the show uses five episodes to tell the struggle history and the story of success and failure of an ordinary single mother during the Great Depression in the United States.
At the beginning of the series, a large number of people are unemployed and life is unsustainable, the heroine played by Kate, in this case, the husband went bankrupt, cheated on her, and then the two divorced, living in embarrassment, in order to raise two daughters, the heroine, who was originally a housewife, had to work in a restaurant.
Originally, the heroine's family lived a rich life, but now it has suddenly become a poor family that is not even able to solve the problem of food and clothing, the heroine wants to live a high life, but does not want her daughter to know her predicament, so the eldest daughter has been arrogant since she was a child, always dressed in a bow, looking like a princess, and talking about those elegant arts.
The heroine's admiration for high society only stays at the level of envy, and her interaction with men is the result of the entanglement of emotions and desires. In the eyes of her daughter, all this has changed her taste, and her daughter has received a distorted message: if she does not join high society, then she will be ashamed to death; Men can take advantage of it, and women's beauty and body are the capital.
Therefore, the eldest daughter looks down on her mother's work and enjoys the doting brought by her mother, not only does not know gratitude, but also carries her mother to have a tryst with her lover behind her back.
The husband betrayed, the youngest daughter died, the eldest daughter betrayed, no matter how difficult life is, as a mother you have to persevere, even if all of the above may be caused by the heroine herself.
The series also reflects the most depressed era of the year. Everything is just like the title of the play, the fantasy world is floating, and the rush for several years is like a dream.
"Charlie Must Die"
A romantic comedy released in 2013 with a rating of 6.4. Max Mikkelsen, starring the Transformers male protagonist and De Mei.
After the death of the male protagonist, Charlie, went alone to the city that his mother was nagging about during her lifetime, on the plane, Charlie chatted speculatively with the passengers next to him, but the passengers died after falling asleep, and Charlie had to bring the luggage he left behind to his daughter Gaby.
After Charlie saw Gaby, he naturally fell in love with Gaby, but he didn't know that Gaby was the girlfriend of the local gangster boss, obviously the gang boss was angry about it, in the face of the menacing outlaws, Charlie was not afraid, he had to use courage to prove his love for Gaby.
This is actually a rather bloody story, the poor boy fell in love with the black boss's woman, the black boss thought about his own woman's feelings, endured it again and again, was bullied by this kid to the head, and finally fought a big fight, and the result was actually tragic, on the other hand, the poor boy actually hugged the beauty back.
In this movie, fantasy, love, thriller, comedy, music, male and female desire, etc., various elements are built together in complete harmony to build a stage of "love".
The overall pace of the movie is slow, the plot is bizarre, the atmosphere is psychedelic and sexy, the music is very ethereal, LaBeouf has an expression from beginning to end, the shape-shifting boy fights Lord Han, and finally wins the beauty return.