I have nothing to do to brush station B.
A recommendation on the homepage caught my attention
Out of the instinct to watch fun, I clicked on the trailer and unexpectedly felt that it was okay.
The special effects are at least one dollar more than five cents, and the "Fast Pursuit" style pretends to be a villain, like a decent fight......
Not to mention catching up with Hollywood, at least it looks like some "film industry".
When did Indonesia secretly engage in copycat superheroes?
After checking, it turned out that people had already arranged their troops and planned an entire superhero universe.
Without further ado, let's talk about this Indonesian version of Wonder Woman -
"Wonder Woman Asikh"
Sri Asih
2023.1.26. Rotterdam Film Festival
Wonder Woman who fights boxing
There may be people who get confused.
The first thing to state is that there is no singing and dancing.
This is an Indonesian film, not an Indian film.
Indians have their own unique superheroes.
They don't obey any laws and regulations, and only live in the brains of human beings.
The Indonesians have relented a lot.
At least there seems to be some logic that humans can understand.
For example, our heroine, Alana, didn't have the power to reach the sky from the beginning.
It's just that there have always been some incredible things that have happened to her.
When she was still in her mother's womb, her parents took her on a trip.
The volcano, which was originally fine, suddenly erupted, and the smoke turned into shape, chasing and killing all the way.
The mother, who was only five months pregnant, suddenly broke her amniotic water and saw that she was about to give birth.
Although I don't know why an old woman who can deliver babies suddenly rushes out of the roadside.
But all in all, thanks to her help, Alanna was born early and survived.
Of course, she also went through the ordeal that many superheroes go through, losing her parents.
Since then, Alana seems to have been cursed.
She often hallucinates and sees a woman who appears in the flames PUA her.
Especially when she feels angry, this woman will always whisper inside her, persuading her to release her anger.
And when she succumbs to this voice, she can magically break through the limitations of humanity and gain superpowers.
The kind that can take people away with one punch.
When she grew up, Alana followed her adoptive mother and became a professional boxer.
Under the guidance of her adoptive mother, Alana has been learning to control her anger and is learning well.
However, there are always villains who don't have long eyes.
The rich boy Gomateo is a boxing enthusiast.
On weekdays, in addition to spending time drinking, I will occasionally fight with people.
Of course, the people who came to him had received money and deliberately lost to him with fake punches.
It is equivalent to collecting money to be beaten for the rich son's pastime.
Because he saw Alanna's heroic boxing on the Internet, Mateo was itchy.
Alanna originally thought it didn't matter, and it didn't hurt to give the rich a pastime and make some money.
However, Matteo is really a little too cheap, and he frequently ridicules, for fear that he is not annoying enough.
Enraged by the success, Alana made a backhand move to ascend to the dragon and hit him all over the ground.
As a villain who underfights, Mateo certainly won't stop there.
In this way, Alana was forced to get involved in a series of open and secret battles.
And her true identity, as well as larger secrets and conspiracies, are gradually revealed......
BCU with a promising future
In all fairness, this film is only about a five-point level.
The plot is a clichéd battle between good and evil.
The special effects are as mentioned at the beginning, one more piece than five cents, and there can't be more.
The various settings about the heroine also reveal a sense of Wonder Woman copycat everywhere.
The setting of the heroine of the ancient goddess is no different from Wonder Woman.
Fighting and blocking bullets with arm guards is probably also a reference to Wonder Woman's signature moves.
There is also the heroine's "Chaotian Aya".
Although not as cool and powerful as the Lasso of the Mantra.
But at least in terms of tying people up and throwing them around, the effect is still very different.
However, we didn't pay attention to the quality of this movie.
On the one hand, it's to have fun and see if they have learned some of the essence of Indian god films.
On the other hand, the BCU behind this film is really interesting.
BCU,全名Skimpy Cinematic Universe。
Similar to the MCU and DCEU that we are familiar with, it is a series of general terms about superheroes.
The series is based on Bumilangit's published comic book characters and focuses on building a superhero universe.
Although it looks very similar to DC Marvel's superhero characters, they are indeed adapted from their own original comic book characters.
PS: Founded in 2003, Bumilangit is an Indonesian intellectual property entertainment company with one of the largest manga character libraries in Asia. and dabbling in the production of films, TV series, animations, comic publications, licensing, sales, and digital businesses based on these characters.
Bumilangit旗下的一些漫画角色
BCU is their key project.
In the BCU setting, the universe is divided into four epochs according to different times:
The Age of Legends, the Age of Swordsmen, the Age of Patriots, the Age of Revolution.
The story of the first phase of the BCU, which mainly takes place in the era of swordsmen and patriots.
The former took place in the 17th century, while the latter takes place in the present.
The first phase consisted of 7 associated single-player films, as well as 1 rallying film similar to The Avengers.
At the same time, BCU is also actively promoting the episodic animation project.
It is also actively discussing cooperation with foreign platforms, and it is in full swing.
Among them, BCU's debut work "The Flash Gangdala" has been released in 2019.
If you look at it purely from the level of production, you may not be able to pass the passing line-
The main character's "Flash" uniform, which is made of tire leather from the factory, helmet and goggles, is plastic.
Every time the male protagonist wants to enhance his combat effectiveness, he has to wait for a rainy day to let the lightning split and charge it.
Usually in trouble, the male protagonist's solution is not by superpowers.
Rather, it relied on bare hands, hand-to-hand combat.
However, the movie still exploded.
It has even become Indonesia's most successful superhero comedy movie.
The reason for this, I'm afraid, is nothing more than two aspects-
First, localization is done well.
If you know that your special effects level is poor, then simply do less special effects.
The film is full of all kinds of cool action long shots, and the fights are all in one move.
The character is also how handsome and how to come, and sometimes it even looks a little secondary.
I suspect that the creator may have also referred to some of our previous kung fu movies.
In terms of story, it is closely related to the theme of social darkness and people's desire for justice.
Whether it is "The Flash Gangdala" or "Wonder Woman Assikh", it is the absence of justice and the appearance of heroes.
Many of the villains' lines are full of contempt for the poor, yet the whole city is in their hands.
Rounding off, the copycat Flash and Wonder Woman in the Indonesian version of Gotham City.
Second, the planning is well done.
Because they thought it clearly from the beginning, the positioning of each of their films was clear.
In addition to the main line of each hero, there are some clues about the future assembly in each part.
In "The Flash Gangdala", there is a plot that has nothing to do with the main line, and the mysterious person resurrects the corpse.
In "Wonder Woman Asikh", he followed up and explained the intention of this plot -
Back in ancient times before the birth of mankind, there were some powerful beings in the world.
They were divided into two factions, one was tireless in helping the poor and the weak, led by the goddess Asishh.
The other faction is evil, preaching hatred, which will only cause destruction and bring disaster, and will be led by the goddess of fire.
The two factions clashed until a great battle in which the goddess of fire was defeated and imprisoned in a volcano.
There are five generals under the command of the goddess of fire.
If all five generals are resurrected, the Fire Goddess will be able to break through the volcano's captivity and regain her life.
If nothing else, it is one of the five generals who is resurrected in "The Flash Gangdala".
The last movie similar to "The Avengers" is probably the ultimate showdown with the goddess of fire.
Perhaps because of the attributes of these heroes to ask for the lives of the people, the collection movie is called "Patriot" (Patriot).
The overall planning is clear and logical.
Even to make a difference in the style of each movie, they have already thought about it in advance.
"The Flash Gangdala" focuses on passionate hand-to-hand combat, and "Wonder Woman Assikh" focuses on illusion fighting.
On the whole, both the texture of the shots and props, as well as the complexity of the special effects, have made very obvious improvements.
Although it doesn't look good now, its momentum is gratifying, and it is also helpful for the development of the local film industry.
Maybe one day, they will really be able to break out of their homeland and go to the world.
Don't believe it, isn't this going online on our B station?
PS: The B station version is about 4 minutes different from the original version, and the ritual scene with a sense of religion that empowers the heroine is deleted.
In the end, the conversation is back to DC.
Because the heroes are similar, and because of seeing the efforts of BCU, it's hard not to think of DC's chaotic history.
From the peak of debut, all kinds of casting can be called a must, to the last good hand of cards played poorly, and ended hastily.
How amazing DCEU's original appearance was, how regrettable the final ending was.
Now that the rolling director has taken over this mess, before the film comes out, no one can say whether it is good or bad.
However, this courage and courage to dare to overturn and start over is at least a reason to look forward to it.
The heroic dream will not die, can the legend be renewed?
Let's wait and see.