For the test screening in Los Angeles, Don Simpson found an audience of mainly teenagers as the test screening audience.
"Where did you find so many teenagers?" Ronald also held a test screening. It was difficult to find so many teenagers by calling the cinema.
"I went to the university to recruit. There were fighter jets that launched missiles, and Tom Cruise flirted with beautiful teachers. They signed up quickly. Anyway, I paid for their movie tickets with my own money."
Ronald admired Don Simpson's mobility very much. He fought with fighter jets and missiles, and fell in love with a beautiful teacher. To put it this way, it was simply the most beautiful love story for a college boy.
"But our target audience is not just teenagers, will we not get real results?" Ronald was a little worried.
"Ronald, at this time, don't have such a woman's sympathy. If we don't get the best audience evaluation, how much marketing budget do you think Mancuso will give us?" Don Simpson pulled him to
On the side, he whispered, pointing to Mancuso sitting in front. He personally came to see the preview screening in Los Angeles.
"The end justifies the means," Ronald added another comment to Simpson. But he was right. Since it was a fight between two sides, don't blame yourself for firing out all the available ammunition.
Paramount's factory logo flashed, and two large metallic gray characters "top gun" appeared on the screen. During the test screening, the subtitles had not been fully matched. The theme song was played next, and fighter jets took off and landed on an aircraft carrier in the rising sun.
lens.
"Ouch..."
The college student audience was pumped with adrenaline by the two beautiful music videos in the opening scene. Then, in the Western Pacific, two MiG-28s used overlapping tactics to sneak attack on the aircraft carrier formation.
They are stacked together at a close distance, so that only the signal of one is displayed on the radar.
Two fighter jets, the Maverick and the Jaguar, were sent to intercept.
The Jaguar was shaken by the overlapping tactics of the MiG-28 and was targeted by one. The Lone Ranger ignored him and drove away the other MiG.
When the Lone Ranger played by Tom Cruise came back, the MiG-28 chasing the Jaguar threatened to fly upside down in the face. The MiG pilot was so frightened that he fled.
A burst of fierce applause erupted from the audience. Against the powerful and ruthless opponent of the Soviet Union, any action that could defeat them, even if it was fake on the screen, would make the young people very excited.
"It seems that I arranged the beginning very well." Ronald sat in the seat at the back and looked at the applauding college students, feeling half relieved.
"Isn't this the young Amish woman among the witnesses?" Two male college students were talking about McGillis, who appeared in the airport classroom swaying in her hair stockings.
"Oh, I didn't expect her to be so..." The two looked at each other and whistled. They had both seen the previous "witnesses", but they didn't expect that the pious and pure young woman would turn into a teacher with flaming red lips.
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The whistles kept coming and going, but Ronald was still very happy. Male college students always have a special affection for sexy female teachers.
When the scene of the pilot playing beach volleyball came, it was the female college student's turn to start swallowing her saliva.
As the plot progresses, the Lone Ranger and the Goose went to the Top Gun Naval Flying Technical School. On the training ground, the Lone Ranger was closely pursued by the instructor "Joker". On a whim, he wanted to play a big one. Suddenly he pulled up the F-14 Hero
Cat, put the F-5s driven by the instructor behind him in front, and then returned to the original altitude. One locked the opponent with the missile radar.
"Damn! What a madman." The clown cursed in the cockpit in front.
The young students defeated the instructor and made the college student audience so happy that they applauded for the second time.
The plot continues to move forward. When competing for the top gun trophy, Iceman's plane held the front attack position, waiting for the perfect attack position without firing. The Lone Ranger urged from behind, and he had no choice but to pull up the plane and leave.
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The Lone Ranger and Goose, who were very close, were caught in the wake of the Iceman aircraft engine. The two engines stopped one after another in the air, and the Lone Ranger's fighter jet fell into a horizontal spiral.
The Goose pulled up the ejection lever, and there was a burst of explosions, and the water-drop canopy was exploded and flew up. However, the aircraft, which was stuck in a horizontal spiral, did not continue to move forward, but spun in place. The Goose ejected first half a second later.
Hitting the canopy that should have been left behind.
After another half a second, the pilot Lone Ranger was also ejected, and the canopy had been knocked off by the goose. He opened his parachute without any damage and fell to the sea.
"Oh..." The audience exclaimed. The audience did not expect that this radar officer, who had a sense of humor, was a brotherly brother, and had a happy family with a wife and son, would die so unexpectedly.
Fortunately, Ronald did not let the audience be immersed in this emotion for a long time. The Lone Ranger and the instructor "Venomous Snake" talked about his father who disappeared on the Vietnam War battlefield. It turned out that he was to protect several comrades including "Venomous Snake",
It was then besieged by MiG-21s and crashed in Vietnam.
In order to prevent the tragedy caused by using the wrong map from being exposed, the American government did not give the Lone Ranger's father a certificate of death in action, and also allowed his orphan, the Lone Ranger, to live with the rumor that his father might defect while serving in the navy.
I was passed over for promotion opportunities several times.
Discovering the true meaning between comrades who want to save each other at all costs, the Lone Ranger quickly recovered.
At the graduation ceremony, Iceman received the first place trophy. However, a sudden warning came and five recruitment letters recalled the three crews of Iceman, Hollywood, and Lone Ranger, and returned to the aircraft carrier in the Caribbean to fight against the harassment.
Malfunctioning minesweeper MiG-28.
The MiG-28 again used the overlapping and concealment stunt. The radar signals of three MiG-28s were discovered on the aircraft carrier, which was actually a six-plane formation. Two crews, Iceman and Hollywood, attacked, but they were unexpectedly surrounded by six planes. Hollywood's F
-14a was immediately shot down by a missile launched by MiG.
The Lone Ranger and the temporary radar officer Wizard went out together. During the dog fight, he accidentally fell into the wake and horizontal spiral again. Fortunately, he quickly recovered. Holding the metal dog tag of the stupid goose in his hand, the Lone Ranger overcame it.
Overcame psychological barriers and rushed into the battlefield again.
"Aw...aow..."
This passionate two-on-six scene quickly aroused the enthusiasm of the audience, and they started screaming again.
The Lone Ranger used a sudden pull-up tactic to let go of the following MiG-28, and shot down the opponent with one missile.
"Hua Hua Hua..." The young people couldn't bear this kind of heroic act and started to applaud again.
Iceman was rescued by the Lone Ranger, and he also shot down a MiG-28. Under his control, the Lone Ranger used his superb flying skills to bite two MiGs and shoot them down respectively.
Finally, on the sea, two F-14A Tomcats shot down four MiG-28s and lost one of their own. The two remaining MiG-28s, seeing that they were outmatched, pulled the joystick and escaped.
"Ouch, ouch..." The audience began to scream again. This way of winning with less, saving their companions, and shooting down the enemy made them feel comfortable.
In the end, the Lone Ranger did not choose to continue serving on the aircraft carrier, but returned to Top Gun Flight School and became an instructor. He and Charlie reunited in the bar, and the two kissed each other while singing "Take My Breath Away".
"Man, when are you going to release it officially? Next year? That's great. So by next summer, we'll be the only ones in Los Angeles who've seen the movie? Cool! My roommate didn't listen to my advice and watch it. He's going to regret it to death.
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"This is the best movie I have ever seen, absolutely amazing!" Audiences lined up to fill out evaluation forms at the Paramount staff at the door.
"Yeah, do you still play it in Los Angeles? It's so beautiful. I want to watch it again."
"A, a, a again." After collecting all the score sheets, the staff in charge of statistics began to scream, "Oh my God, I have never seen such test screening scores."
"A? Really?" In the lounge, the score from the live statistics was obtained. This showed that there were not many viewers who gave it a score below A.
"Did everyone in the audience fill it out? Are there any errors in the statistics?" After carefully asking the team a few questions, Mancuso took off his reading glasses from the bridge of his nose and said, "Okay, you can go out first."
He pinched the root of his nose, feeling a sour feeling coming from him.
How can this be?
Even if Don Simpson played a trick and found an audience that was too concentrated among young people, the ratings were not fake after all.
To say the least, even if the score is fake, the three applauses, whistles and shouts that came during the screening cannot be faked.
"Allocate the marketing budget based on the production cost one to one." Mancuso felt bitter, but for a movie with such feedback from test screenings, he had to give the most generous marketing budget.
"I'm leaving first. You can discuss the marketing plan with the producer and director." Mancuso felt that he could not understand the audience. After giving instructions to Ned Tanin, Mancuso silently left the cinema.
Instead of going home, he went to the home of his son, Frank Mancuso Jr., and when he got to the driveway in front of his son's house, he got out of the car, sent the driver back, and walked into the door alone.
"Daddy", his son Frank Jr. is about to go out. He has inherited his legacy and is working as a producer for Paramount. "My 'April Fool's Day', can you find a good schedule next year? There is a summer schedule."
is it possible?"
"You should release it in March, it will be a summer movie...the summer movie will be reserved for a great and strong film."
"Well, Mira is watching TV inside. She knows that Big Daddy will be happy to come and see him."
Old Mancuso walked into the room and saw his granddaughter Mira lying on the bed watching her favorite MTV channel, which was playing "We Are the World" narrated by Jane Fonda.
"Sweetheart, why do you like to watch MTV channels?"
"Big Daddy!" Mira stretched out her hand for old Mancuso to hug, "I just like to watch it!"
Mancuso held his granddaughter in his arms and said, "Can you tell Big Daddy why you like this channel?"
"Hmm... this one looks good, but other channels are too slow." While her granddaughter was getting close to her grandfather, she was still staring at the TV intently, and started applauding MJ on the TV. When she was at home, she could watch two videos by herself.
Three hours of MV program played repeatedly.
"Too slow..."
Mancuso put his granddaughter down, looked at his watch, and silently counted the shots. On average, the shot was cut every two to three seconds, which was indeed much faster than the movies he made."
"Hey!", he sat down on the chair slumped, maybe the next generation will be the world.