To be honest, FZ's second easter egg has little to do with the main storyline, or has nothing to do with it.
But Nanaya did it anyway.
The reason is very simple, he just wants to make the audience feel uncomfortable.
With the end of FZ, the first phase of the Type-Moon Video Universe has been completed.
So how can we get the audience to focus on the second stage?
You have to know that the Type-Moon Cinematic Universe is different from the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
The first three stages of Marvel can be seen as an extremely long TV series, connected by the Infinity Stones.
But Nanaya's FSN and FZ are both relatively complete stories.
If we really compare them, Fate at its current stage is actually more like the "X-Men" series.
How can we keep the audience curious and actively pay attention to relevant information about the movie?
Nanaya thought of many ways and finally decided to use a huge suspense to pique the audience's curiosity.
Is there any greater threat to human society than human extinction?
Using humans as the subject can definitely pique fans' curiosity, making them curious, thinking, and digging out the true meaning of the final Easter egg.
By the way, it also diverts the audience's attention from the idea of "killing the director".
As for whether the audience will figure this out again after going home, Nanaya doesn't care.
Anyway, they wouldn't be able to see me by then.
Cough cough.
The above are all jokes. The main reason why Nanaya chose to use FGO's Easter eggs is for commercial considerations.
It's like the Easter egg in "Avengers 1".
Use a purple potato spirit - in fact, Thanos' color at the time was more like sweet potato - to tell the audience that the story of "Avengers" is far from over.
There is a bigger conspiracy behind this.
What if most people didn't know Thanos at that time?
It doesn't matter, those Marvel fanatics who know who Thanos is will promote it for Marvel.
Judging from the results of the premiere, Nanaya's approach is indeed quite effective.
No one expected that after the movie story was over, there would be an ending that said "To be continued".
This also slightly eased the audience's resentment towards the director for not stopping the cut.
"The end of human history means the extinction of mankind, right?"
A movie fan asked his friends around him.
"It should be... No!"
The other party slapped his thigh and said, "If it is a major crisis of human extinction, then the Heroic Spirit Emiya Shirou should be able to stop it! Isn't this his job?"
"That means...the Heroic Spirit Emiya will also appear in the subsequent stories?"
This sentence triggered speculation from others nearby.
"Maybe other characters from FSN will appear as well." Someone frowned and said, "I remember in the deleted scenes of the UBW DVD, there was a shot of Saber remaining in the world, right?"
"Does this mean we can see Saber again?"
This excited guy is obviously a loyal fan of Artoria.
"Are we still going to talk about the Holy Grail War in Fuyuki City?"
"After all, what UBW did at the end was not much different from what FZ did at the end. There will definitely be a sequel..."
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The audience's discussions not only did not die down as the film officially ended, but instead became louder and louder.
The entire screening room became noisy.
"Brother-in-law? Should we go on stage for a curtain call?"
Because the lights were on, Lily had already let go of Nanaya's arm.
However, her hands still held onto Nanaya's and she refused to let go.
"Hmm...wait a little longer."
Generally speaking, at the end of a premiere, if the audience is satisfied with the movie, they will applaud and thank the audience.
Then the main creative team will go on stage to take their bows.
If there is a lot of cursing, then this step will be automatically omitted.
But now, the audience neither applauded nor cheered.
I didn't think the movie was so bad that I needed to smash mineral water bottles at it.
So even Nanaya was a little unsure for a moment.
"Nice movie."
Sitting in the critics' area, Turan nodded slowly after the movie ended.
Nanaya Kiryu did not let herself down.
The second half of the story of FZ raises the level of the entire movie FZ.
"Indeed, it is much better than those other rubbish movies"
Another film critic sitting next to Turan also gave a rare positive review.
"If it weren't for that last part, I would have given the film an excellent grade, but now it's just a passing grade."
The film critic sitting behind Turan shook his head and expressed his feelings: "The movie should have ended when the screening ended. The last move made the movie incomplete."
Someone immediately expressed his agreement: "Yes, after watching this movie, I thought that director Nanaya Kiryu had the potential to become the Wachowski brothers. But it turns out that a rotten tree cannot be carved..."
[Have I been led astray by you like the Wachowski brothers? ]
Turan snorted in disdain in his heart.
When "The Matrix" was first released, he liked the movie very much like his peers.
That's because this movie is a perfect combination of commerce and art.
Turan even feels that with the Wachowski brothers as an example, future commercial films will move towards this goal.
But the result was that the Wachowski brothers were led astray by their own group of like-minded people.
Today, the Wachowski brothers are immersed in a beautiful dream woven by film critics. Their films are unmatched in philosophical height, but their commercial performance is getting worse and worse.
But these guys are complacent, thinking they have put people on the right track.
Turan really looked down on these guys from the bottom of his heart.
"Applaud, this is professional ethics."
After saying this, Turan took the initiative to clap his hands.
Although other film critics were not very happy, they also applauded.
With a leader, things will be easier later on.
First the film critics applauded, then the media reporters followed suit, and then the ordinary audience joined in...
The applause became more and more enthusiastic, and soon the enthusiastic applause from the theater could be heard even outside the theater.
I don't know who shouted the first sentence, but then the same name began to echo throughout the entire theater.
"Nanaya! Nanaya! Nanaya!"
The voices shouting Nanaya's name became louder and louder, until they even drowned out the sound of applause.
Although it sounds nice when many people shout your name together.
But Nanaya always felt that there was a hint of resentment in these people's voices.
If I really have to describe it, it would be a love-hate relationship.
They thanked Nanaya for telling them a wonderful story, but such an ending obviously could not make the audience happy.
So they called out Nanaya's name with very complicated emotions.
It is obvious that Nanaya's attempt to put the blame on Urobuchi was not very successful.
The audience still believes that the one who caused the trouble was Nanaya himself, not Urobuchi, the "scapegoat".
[It's none of my business. This is all caused by Urobuchi.]
Of course Nanaya could hear the resentment of these people, and he rolled his eyes at the ceiling.
Amid applause and cheers, Nanaya and Lily led the rest of the crew onto the stage for their curtain call.
Regardless of whether the audience has the intention of sending razor blades to themselves, the movie "Inferno" itself has undoubtedly won the recognition of the audience.
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"The Holy Grail War is undoubtedly a cruel war, but in fact, all wars in this world are cruel.
"The enemy will do everything they can to destroy you. Fighting for honor is ridiculous in itself. The era of chivalry is long gone."
At the press conference after the premiere, Nanaya expressed his film creation philosophy to reporters.
Probably because the plot of the movie is not "popcorn-y" enough.
It's rare for reporters from the entertainment media to focus on the film itself rather than the negative news about the actors.
Of course, some reporters also raised technical questions.
"Director Kiryu, we know that the IMAX versions of your two FZ films were in 3D format, and your new film will also use 3D technology. Do you think 3D is the future of film technology?"
"If you're asking me if it is, then I'd definitely say yes, otherwise no theater would be willing to play my new movie."
Having said that, Nanaya smiled easily to the hundreds of reporters in the audience.
"In fact, starting with Chicken Little in 2005, after the efforts of countless filmmakers over the past few years, we can see that 3D film technology has matured."
"3D movies are no longer a new concept, but a technology that can be widely used in movies, just like the popular computer special effects. FZ's IMAX 3D is just a superficial attempt for me."
Nanaya pointed outside and said, "Before shooting the new movie, I went to see director James Cameron. He had the same idea as me, that 3D movie technology is already very mature, and now all we need is a movie to promote it on a large scale."
Another reporter stood up and asked, "Director Kiryu, do you think your new movie will be the one that promotes 3D technology?"
Although Hollywood leads the world in technology, it is also notoriously conservative.
So whenever someone wants to break new ground, everyone's first reaction is always to see a joke.
"Well~ Director Cameron's movie has already started filming."
Nanaya joked, "That's not necessarily the case, after all, Director Cameron has never been very fast at making movies. Maybe mine will be released first."
"Hahaha!"
The reporters in the audience laughed good-naturedly.
No one would doubt that James Cameron is a great director.
But his title of the king of defaulted payments is not undeserved.
It was easier to say when you weren't that famous before.
As Cameron's status has grown, the severity of his defaults has also been increasing.