Superstar From Age 0
Chapter 238

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Chapter 238

Boom!

Boom!

The cookie video ended and the Shadowman OST started playing. 

White letters appeared on the black screen.

[Ryan Will]

[Evan Block]

[Richelle Hill]

[Swalin Annum]

The names of the director, actors, and staff disappeared one by one, but the audience could not leave their seats. 

Sniffles could be heard here and there, and some closed their eyes and enjoyed the Shadowman OST. 

Their eyes were also red.

Lee Miyeon and Park Seonga wiped their tears, regretting not bringing tissues.

“…Do you think there are more cookie videos?”

“Hmm. I don’t think so. Even if there are, they probably have nothing to do with the Shadowman series.”

“That’s true.”

Lee Miyeon and Park Seonga’s voices were low.

They would probably feel the end of the Shadowman series that they had been following for a long time when the ending scroll was over and the lights in the theater turned on.

They liked the ending. 

They couldn’t think of any other ending that would be better.

They were satisfied enough, but they felt sorry that the Shadowman series was over. 

That’s why they didn’t want to get up from their seats.

“I’ll watch it again, but I want to stay until the end for now.”

“Me too.”

Eventually, when the last logo of Marine Corps appeared on the ending scroll, the audience got up from their seats. 

Everyone had a bittersweet expression on their faces.

***

The people who were waiting for Shadowman 3 were excited to see the audience from the previous show coming out.

“We watched Shadowman when we were in eighth grade, right? I never thought we would watch the same movie until now. I wonder how it ended.”

“Well, it’s a hero movie, so maybe it’s a happy ending?”

“For whom?”

For Jin Natra? Or for Shadowman?

Kim Suhan scratched his cheek at his friend’s question.

“Both… would be nice, but it would be hard, right?”

The hero and the villain had conflicting goals. 

He wondered how he would have unfolded the story if he were in charge. 

Kim Suhan, an aspiring movie director, was lost in thought.

“Oh. They’re coming out.”

The audience started to come out of the theater. 

The next show’s audience, of course, but also those who had to watch other movies because of the sold-out tickets, and even the theater staff, all looked at one place.

“…Is this another crying challenge?”

It wasn’t like Shadowman 1 where they cried out loud, but they all came out of the theater with sniffles. 

Strangely enough, unlike the crying challenge where only 10% cried, most of them had red eyes.

‘It doesn’t seem like they’re crying because they’re sad.’

Kim Suhan tilted his head as he was sensitive to people’s expressions due to his job. 

No, there seemed to be some sadness, but also satisfaction and emotion. 

Their expressions were too complex to define with one word.

“Hey. Let’s go in.”

“Yeah, okay.”

Kim Suhan stopped looking at people’s faces and moved his feet at his friend’s call. 

His friend smiled and said.

“But it seems like the ending was good, right?”

“Yeah. No one seems angry.”

He was glad it wasn’t a cliffhanger.

***

[Shadowman 3 pre-booking rate, 97.7%!]

[Shadowman 3 pre-booking, over 2.1 million tickets sold, breaking records!]

[Shadowman 3 opens today! What will be the opening score?]

[Shadowman 3, how long will it take to reach 10 million viewers?]

-Wow. Look at the pre-booking rate. Everyone must have wanted to see it so badly… Me tooㅋㅋ

=Me too. I’m one of the 2.1 million. I’m really looking forward to it.

=222 Me too.

-Don’t expect too much or you’ll be disappointed. Just expect moderately.

=That’s easier said than doneㅠㅠ I watched Shadowman 1 again after the re-release and I can’t help but expect more.

-I hope it’s not a cliffhanger.

=I trust director Ryan!

-I’m watching it tomorrow because there are no tickets todayㅠ

=Me too. I wanted to watch it in a good place but it was sold out.

-Now I can’t even go online, right? I have to be careful of spoilers since it’s the last episode.

=Please…!

-It won’t take long to reach 10 million viewers.

=22 The shortest record is 14 days.

=Even if 1 million people watch it every day, it will take 10 daysㅎㅎ.

“***

“Hello. This is Moviegoer.”

-Yeongha!

-Yeongha-goer fighting!

“Today’s review is about the last episode of the Shadowman series, which took as long as 10 years to finish.”

-10 years. That’s amazing.

-I was 20 years old when I watched Shadowman 1ㅎㅎ I’m already 30…ㅎ

-Time seems to fly by. It feels like yesterday when Davis Garrett had an accident. I remember the chaos back thenㅋㅋ

“Yes. It was really chaotic back then. I was looking forward to it too, but then they said that Shadowman and Green Wing were coming out instead, so I was a bit disappointed.”

-Especially Shadowman. Green Wing was quite popular, but Shadowman was really obscure.

-I didn’t even know it existed.

-Well, the comic was out of print anyway.

-I heard that the comic is coming out again these days.

-Oh! Really?

Moviegoer stopped the viewers from going off topic and continued his talk.

“And now, Shadowman has made three movies and closed the curtain. Have you all seen it?”

-ㅇㅇ I watched it as soon as it opened.

-Me too!

-It’s been two weeks alreadyㅎ There won’t be anyone who hasn’t seen it.

“Then let’s talk about it from the beginning.”

Moviegoer showed a scene from the cookie video on the monitor. 

It was the moment when Jin Natra’s shadow enveloped Tul Natra.

“The first start of the movie was the forced succession scene that came out in the cookie video. The cookie video was impressive, but the shadow’s power was more impressive when I watched the movie, right?”

-CG team. They’ve been sharpening their knives.

-The cookie wasn’t bad eitherㅋㅋ

“There’s an interview about the shadow CG, right?”

-I saw it tooㅋㅋ

-Specter 2ㅋㅋ

The interview with the CG team and staff was translated and appeared on the monitor screen.

“After watching Shadowman 3, there have been testimonies of seeing real moving shadows everywhere. Director Ryan said he saw them too. Some were shocked to see the same shadows they saw during filming.”

-Maybe the specter ghost followed Seo-jun to America.

-Seo-jun’s popularityㅋㅋ

-Or maybe it’s just an American ghost that attached itself to Seo-jun?

-222 Gold, black. The colors are different too.

-…Whatever it is, it’s creepyㄷㄷ

“Yes. It’s a scary story… But, whether there are ghosts or not, Shadowman 3 was a hit.”

-It reached 10 million viewers in just 12 days ㅎㄷㄷ

“Yes. It reached 10 million viewers in just 12 days. The opening score was also amazing. 1.5 million! It broke the record for the opening score too!”

-Seo-jun has another 10 million movie.

-It would be faster to find a movie that’s not 10 million.

-Specter?ㅋㅋ

“It’s also doing well overseas. I guess it might be the best performing hero movie among Marine Corps movies. I’m looking forward to how much profit they will make.”

-I spent a lot on that.

-222 Me too! I ran for the eighth time!!

-I ran for the sixth time!

“I ran for the eleventh time.”

Moviegoer laughed at the unexpected Nth battle and continued his review.

“Next, let’s look at the action scenes. The CG was great, but the stunts were also realistic, right? Actor Seo-jun Lee was amazing, of course. He’s good at sports, so maybe that’s why he learned so fast in just a month from October when he left for the US to November when they cranked in?”

-He could be a national representative for anything…ㅋ

-I know someone who said Seo-jun is really good at sportsㅎ

-He’s also good at acting, so it’s hard to take him outㅠㅠ

-Jin Natra was so terrifying that I was scared even though I didn’t do anything wrongㅋㅋ

-22 I couldn’t breathe. I was afraid he would be annoyed by my breathing.

-Why are you being politeㅋㅋㅋ

-Are the reporters okay?

-ㅋㅋI was worried about them flying away when I saw them.

“From what I heard, it was an amazing shooting with no injuries more than any other movie. There might be a new jinx among the stuntmen called ‘death’ in the US. There are pictures of Seo-jun and the director, actors, and stuntmen bowing to the death scene.”

-Deathㅋㅋ

-Seo-jun promoted Joseon Annals last timeㅋㅋ This time it’s deathㅋㅋ

-Hey, is that Korean guy Jin Natra’s stuntman?

“Yes. He’s Jin Natra’s stuntman, Kim Jaeyeon. He did all the scenes where Jin Natra was attacked.”

-Wow. Really?

-I thought I could tell Seo-jun’s double.

-22 Seo-jun has a unique vibe.

“Yes. To be honest, I thought so too. You mean the vibe of his ‘character’, not ‘Seo-jun’, right?”

-ㅇㅇ Evilness? Jin Natra’s own vibe. There’s something like that.

-That’s why I was worried when I heard about the stuntman… It was a needless worry!

Moviegoer nodded his head.

“I couldn’t tell where they used a double. Throughout the movie, there wasn’t a single moment when he wasn’t ‘Jin Natra’. I would like to tell Kim Jaeyeon to try acting.”

-Right. He seems like he can act well.

-He would succeed if he could act like that.

They talked about Kim Jaeyeon for a while and Moviegoer returned to his review.

-Why didn’t he go to the underground temple right after the forced succession?

“He probably needed some time to make Tul Natra’s shadow completely his own. If he moved recklessly, he would have self-destructed before his plan was completed. And thanks to the long time it took, Jin Natra was able to appear in a formidable way.”

-He was no joke from when he came down the stairs.

-The real villainㅋㅋ

-His shoes were scary tooㅎㄷㄷ

-But I couldn’t take my eyes off him. I kept looking at him.

“A villain who is bad but attractive. I did too. How did you feel when Korea came out?”

When Korea became the topic, the chat room exploded. 

Everyone poured out their feelings when Korea came out in the chat. 

Moviegoer read the fast-rising comments quickly.

-I cheered from when the subtitles appeared on the screen! Of course, in my mindㅋㅋ

-I was so excited when it was marked on the map!!

-My company collapsedㅋㅋ

-Oh. Me tooㅋㅋ I went to work every day saying it would go bankrupt, and it really didㅌㅋㅋ

-But it was close when the spaceship fell.

“Ah. I know. I was nervous that it would fall on King Sejong’s statue or Admiral Yi Sun-shin’s statue.”

-I clenched my fist when it fell next to King Sejongㅋㅋ

-22 My heart dropped.

-They don’t seem to destroy important buildings in movies.

-ㅇㅇGwanghwamun, which was in the front, was fine too.

-The stone steps were swept away and the wall collapsed, but the Geunjeongjeon building was pretty intact.

“It seems like they adjusted it a bit for the Korean audience, even though the content was about alien invasion. If you look at Redbone 2, where New York was destroyed…”

Moviegoer and the viewers shook their heads as they recalled the miserable New York.

“It would have hurt my heart if Gwanghwamun and Geunjeongjeon were destroyed too.”

-But it was kind of funny that the spaceship fell next to King Sejong.

-Why??

Moviegoer blinked his eyes and waited for the next comment.

-King Sejong encouraged science and astronomy research, right? Don’t you wonder what he would have said if he saw a spaceship?ㅋㅋ

-Maybe he would have extracted alien technology.

-He would have written a lot of books too.

-??? : Welcome→ to↗ Joseon’s↗ palace→ stranger↘

-??? : Oh ho. Is this Natra’s ship?

-Natraㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-The feeling changes with just one vowel changeㅋㅋㅋㅋ

Moviegoer and the viewers burst out laughing at ‘Natra’.

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