The movie grossed hundreds of millions at the box office on the first day it was released. As the first work of a new production company, it can be said to be a miraculous success.
The movie's reputation is also surprisingly good. The largest domestic film and television rating website scored a good score of 8.4 on the first day. Of course, there must be extra points for the popularity of superheroes, and the rating will be based on experience over time. There will still be a slight decline, but judging from the current situation, the final score should be at least 7.5 or above, which is already a pretty good score for a commercial blockbuster that focuses on visual effects.
Of course, even those top movies with a score of 9 or higher cannot achieve zero negative reviews, and Planet Pictures, a fledgling new company, cannot escape such a fate. Naturally, some experts and peers have jumped out to criticize them. The movie is just a fast food movie, with no connotation or value, and the plot is mediocre. What's more, it makes the movie worthless, as if going to watch this movie is a complete waste of two dollars. hours of life.
In response to this, Richard just smiled and said it didn't matter at all. You can scold me all you want, anyway, we here will get cramps counting money...
The huge sales of the movie also boosted the popularity of the character. Many manufacturers had already signed contracts with them. The Spider-Woman model from a famous North American manufacturer was officially launched on the same day as the movie was released, priced at more than 400 US dollars. Knife, and the price has been getting higher and higher as time goes by.
Gwen herself felt incredible when she saw the price: "It's so expensive? Would anyone really buy this kind of thing?"
Richard was happy: "Don't underestimate your fans. Don't say 400, believe it or not, if we set 4,000, there will still be people buying it?"
Gwen didn't say anything, but she clearly didn't believe it.
Spending $4,000 to buy a model to take home as a display? Isn’t that a fool?
In addition to Spider-Woman and Iron Man, there is another character who unexpectedly became popular through movies, and that is our killer lady Elektra.
First of all, Erica's appearance is far above the average. She was directly promoted to become an idol without even wearing makeup. Furthermore, Miss Killer has a good temperament and a great figure, plus the "cool" set designed by a certain producer under the personal supervision of With her uniform that makes people look everywhere, Miss Erica’s popularity among the male audience soars like a rocket...
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While the movie was being released, Fury also took seriously the information Richard left for him and sent his best agents to investigate the human experiments on the alien beasts.
This process can be said to be full of difficulties. During the investigation, it encountered huge resistance from all parties. Even Fury himself received warnings from his superiors more than once to stop the investigation, but Fury ignored all these warnings. .
In fact, the top government officials can't do anything to him. If it were an agency like the CIA, it might really be unable to withstand the pressure and not be able to continue the investigation, but SHIELD is different. Director Ludan highlighted a soft spot that cannot be ignored. If he refuses to take it, he has to investigate clearly what he is sure about, even if the king of heaven comes, he will not be able to change his mind.
At best, those big guys can just say a few empty words to scare Fury, but how can Nick Fury be scared away with just one or two empty words? Lu Dan, that alien is pointing a gun at him How can a few officials eat a ruthless man who can keep his face straight?
On the contrary, it was the reactions of these guys that convinced Fury that there was definitely something fishy going on here. So no matter what the superiors said to him, Fury gave only one order to the lower-level agents - search for me, search to death! The sky is falling.
I will hold you up when you come down.
And his men did not disappoint him. In the end, all the clues pointed to a name that Fury was very familiar with and it seemed natural that he should appear here.
General Thaddeus Ross.
This general who was obsessed with gamma ray enhancement and created the Hulk and Abomination successively is undoubtedly the leader of human body enhancement in the military and an absolute radical. He firmly believes that under the current situation, future wars will sooner or later turn to super powers.
Transformation and super-powered armaments will become a major trend in the future. It is no secret in the military and political circles that General Ross is obsessed with various human body enhancement methods. If it is this old man, he may really do the kind of thing that makes human beings abnormal.
A crazy attempt to transform into a beast.
"You have crossed the line, Director Fury." General Ross's face appeared directly on the projection screen in Fury's office. He pointed at Fury fiercely through the screen, "This is not your job, take care of it."
Just mind your own business."
"When the military's small actions involve world security issues, that's my responsibility." Fury narrowed his eyes, "I don't think you understand what you are doing."
"Of course I understand. I'm trying to protect the world with my own hands. Instead of pinning my hopes on a group of unruly guys in strange clothes like you." Ross said coldly, "I know you are not afraid of pressure, Fury, but
You can't go too far. I didn't do anything against the rules, and all the charges you tried to impose on me are not true. So take care of your people, Fury, otherwise I won't ask you so politely next time
Already."
After saying that, the old man's image disappeared.
Arrogant, hot-tempered, and incapable of paying attention to proportions, this is General Thaddeus Ross.
You can imagine how much some of the big guys above are eager to control those extraordinary powers, so they tried their best to protect Ross even when he tried to expose such a big thing like Abomination. Maybe in the eyes of some people, Abomination was the accident.
On the contrary, a successful sample display made them more interested in Ross's research.
The problem now is that SHIELD can guess what Ross is doing, but he has no evidence. In addition, Ross has the permission from his superiors. Even if SHIELD discovers the problem, SHIELD can only show toughness within the system at best.
It's just an oppositional attitude. SHIELD and the military have always been in a state of dislike of each other, but all they can do is scold each other and cannot directly intervene in each other's affairs.
But it's only on the surface that you can't interfere.
In this case, what you need is not an agent or a general, but someone who is outside the system, unfettered and has no worries.
After the call with Ross ended, Fury immediately called Richard.
"It's me. Last time you asked me if anyone was using fragments of alien beasts for illegal experiments? I have a little idea here. I also have some information you may want to see. If you are still interested,