The new poster of "The Wandering Earth" reveals that the planetary engine is tall, mighty and powerful

Yesterday, the movie "The Wandering Earth" released a "Planet Engine Panorama Edition" poster, which is very shocking. The poster shows the full view of the engine and the living environment of the future world. This set of posters is ingenious, with different parts disassembled and displayed in full, allowing a glimpse of a lot of hidden details.

A planetary engine that shows the most concrete sense of volume

In the world of The Wandering Earth, the sun is about to explode. In order to survive, humans have done everything they can to build 10,000 "planetary engines" in Asia and America to push the earth out of the solar system. How to present the "planetary engine" on the big screen is a major difficulty in the film. From the poster, we can see that all parts of the "planetary engine" are running at high speed. Its structure is complex. The bottom is supported by 7 huge brackets, the steering structure in the middle is responsible for adjusting the angle, and 6 huge exhaust holes are used for heat dissipation. The vector nozzle blades distributed on the top spray out huge blue and white strong light beams that point directly to the sky.

In the blue-gray sky shown in the poster, Jupiter and its satellite Ganymede are striped next to the "planetary engine". At this time, the Earth has been sailing for a long time and is very close to Jupiter. Through the comparison, we can intuitively feel the size of the "planetary engine". There is also an eye-catching detail. There is a transport plane flying in front of the engine, carrying cargo. The "planetary engine" has become the natural background of the transport plane's flight, which also makes us feel the height of the "planetary engine".

In addition to highlighting the size and height of the "planetary engine", the details of the poster also show the great changes in the natural environment between heaven and earth after the earth stopped rotating. The world was covered with ice and snow, and the original ecosystem was completely disrupted, triggering various survival crises: the wreckage of airplanes and ships was inserted diagonally into the ground; the whale that jumped out of the water was frozen into icicles at the moment of struggling to rise; the once dazzling Oriental Pearl Tower is now eclipsed and dumped in ruins. The city is hidden at the foot of the "planetary engine", and flying drones are searching for signs of life. Several rescuers in protective clothing are carrying out rescue in the wreckage. Human beings seem extremely small in the face of huge disasters, and people are curious whether humans still have the courage to take risks.

There are several secrets about numbers hidden in the poster. Zooming in and observing the steering position in the middle of the "planetary engine", you can find the number "0623", which is the birthday of Liu Cixin, the original author and producer of the film; and the number "2000" is hidden on the left bracket. The original work of "The Wandering Earth" was published in the 7th issue of "Science Fiction World" in 2000, and this number is to commemorate its publication. There is also a number "42" hidden on the wing of the plane in the lower left corner of the poster. It comes from the words of a supercomputer "Deep Thought" in "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy": "The answer to the ultimate question of everything in the universe is 42", and Liu Cixin also joked: "42 is a very auspicious number". The "Planetary Engine Panoramic Edition" poster pays tribute to Liu Cixin through these numbers, and also pays tribute to science fiction people.

Creating a heavy industrial texture of Chinese science fiction from scratch

The "Planet Engine Panoramic Edition" nine-square poster highlights the sense of volume and heavy industry, and presents the imaginary engine through the comparison of details. Director Guo Fan talked about the setting of the "Planet Engine" and introduced: "The size design of the 'Planet Engine' has been precisely calculated. It is necessary to consider whether it is feasible in the real engineering structure, and to ensure that it is strong enough to reflect a strong sense of volume. It is 11 kilometers high, which is really too huge, and 11 kilometers is the height limit of buildings that the earth can bear. Once this limit is exceeded, the building will collapse. In the design, in order to reduce the point pressure, the bottom of each "planetary engine" is connected into a surface, which becomes a flat thrust to push the entire earth. This process is actually very difficult."

"The Wandering Earth" is a Chinese science fiction film. From concept design to special effects production, the local team has been exploring and trying. Art director Gao Ang revealed that various plans were tried during the design period, but in the end, the spherical and columnar designs were rejected. In the end, the "planetary engine" shape that everyone saw was a more reasonable mechanical structure and the design that best reflects the industrial texture.

When talking about why the Chinese chose to install an engine on the Earth, Director Guo Fan explained: "The Chinese want to take the Earth with them on their journey. This form is an expression of the Chinese people's complex emotions towards home and love." The "Planetary Engine Panoramic Version" poster conveys not only the living environment of the world of The Wandering Earth through detailed comparison and panoramic presentation, but also implies the courage of humans to take risks in the film. The audience will be able to find the answers to other important elements and emotions hidden in the poster one by one in the movie when it is released.

The movie "The Wandering Earth" will be officially released on February 5, 2019. On the first day of the Chinese New Year, take a chance!