At this time, you may think of the black elf in "Lord of the Rings: Ring of Power" which has dropped to 6.8 points, and are ready to shake your head firmly.
Maybe you remember the "Dragon Family" which is still firm at 8.8 points, and feel that as long as the acting skills and plot are in place, characters who do not match expectations may be more and more pleasing to the eye.
But instead of fantasy, it is better to use AMC's latest American drama version " Night Visit to Vampire " to judge with your own eyes.
wins the adaptation rights of the "Godmother of Vampire" Anne Rice 17 novel. AMC plans to launch at least 5 new episodes in the next decade to create a magnificent "Eternal Universe".
As the first step, "Night Visit to the Vampire" has naturally attracted much attention since its official announcement, not to mention that the movie of the same name in 1994 has also cultivated a large number of fans.
At the peak of her appearance, Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt made the two handsome vampires in the book - Lester and Louis - have a face from now on.
It can be imagined how worried fans were when they learned that Louis' casting in the drama version was actually black. After the official release of this drama, fans of the original work were even more shocked by the strength of the adaptation and said that it was not so much "based on" (adapted based on the original work), but rather "inspired by" (inspired by the original work).
But perhaps there are not many fundamentalists in the original novel in China, and the score of this drama on Douban reached 8.4. Not only that, the adaptation of the drama version is precisely the reason why it has received good reviews.
After all, this is really delicious.
The novel "Night Visit to the Vampire" was published in 1976 and describes the vampire Louis telling the story of his "ghost" life to young journalist Daniel for the past 200 years.
Louis was a planter. When he lost his relatives and was determined to die, he was transformed into a companion by the vampire Lester.
But Louis was never willing to succumb to his body's bloodthirsty desire, and he once planned to leave Leicester. In order to maintain the relationship between the two, Leicester transformed a little girl named Claudia, who was raised as their daughter.
However, this still cannot stop the three of them from going to the ending of each other.
At the end of the interview, Daniel was deeply fascinated by the power of vampire . He ignored Louis' loss, pain and guilt, and even begged Louis to transform himself into a dark family.
Of course, Daniel's wish failed to come true and the two parted in an unhappy manner.
drama version began with that disastrous interview half a century later. Now, Daniel once again received an invitation from Louis to go to the Dubai mansion where the latter hid, and started the interview that could not be published that year again.
But the difference is that Daniel is no longer that young man with a young man. He is now successful and famous, but is suffering from Parkinson's disease.
He became a more insightful and sharper interlocutor, and the gap can be seen from the difference in the first question he asked in two interviews with Louis.
9 years ago, he mistakenly thought that the identity of a vampire was a gift and a gain, so he curiously asked when Louis became a vampire.
Now, after experiencing the vicissitudes of life, he has fully realized the meaning of the vampire identity. He asked a question provocatively:
"How long have you been dead?"
This question attracted a burst of laughter from Louis, and also made the audience understand that this night visit will not be the version we are familiar with.
First of all, those obvious differences.
Louis is no longer a white man. This 17th-century Louisiana plantation slave owner transformed into the brothel owner of the red light district of New Orleans in the last century.
Regardless of whether the original intention is for political correctness, the subversion of the character obviously increases the tension of the drama and the level of the characters, which conforms to the plot's needs and historical background, and does not make people feel abrupt.
Although Louis has accumulated considerable wealth and received different treatment from white people, and is even qualified to eat and play poker with the dignitaries, he still cannot enter the high-end theater openly and is also hindering his business cooperation with white people.
It is an alien, a contradictory collection.
is not only the best among the same clan, but also a cheap laborer who can be bullied at will in the eyes of white people. He is a family supporter, and his flesh-and-skin business and potential homosexual tendencies also make him secretly despised by his relatives.
He is both smart and smart, reliable and friendly, and can also use violent deterrence when necessary.
I have to say that actor Jacob Anderson contributed to Louis' shaping. This innocent leader who is serious in Game of Thrones finally has the opportunity to stretch his eyebrows this time.
He not only naturally showed Louis's ease in various circles, but also deeply portrayed the confusion of "other" no matter where he is.
Why did Louis, who is so multifaceted, attract the attention of the vampire Lester?
In the original and movies, Leicester met Louis after he lost his meaning in his life. The first encounter between the two in the play is earlier.
The power that Louis bursts out to maintain his business and the sadness that was forced to draw his sword to his loved ones, like the sparks shining in the darkness, Leicester, who was passing here, fell in love with him at first sight.
This is another important change in the novel by the drama version. It erupts the undercurrent and unexplained feelings between Louis and Leicester in the book, confirming the relationship between the two and greatly strengthening the sexual tension of the play.
Leicester, played by Sam Reed, looks handsome and gentleman, with a charming and affectionate French accent, but in fact he is a complete "crazy beauties".
He eagerly bought the property locally, creating an opportunity with Louis like a stalker.
He easily became a guest of honor for white and powerful people, and admired Louis, who was sitting in the game with a fiery look, showing his outstanding business acumen.
When those white elites despise Louis' efforts, he expressed his dissatisfaction to Louis telepathically. He paused time besides the two, replaced Louis and his opponent's cards, and showed his strength and charm to the person he liked.
At the same time, he pressed step by step, courting like hunting.
He took away the woman Louis liked and discovered the same-sex orientation he did not want to admit. When Louis confessed to the priest and asked for death, he cut off Louis' last possibility of seeking redemption from God and sent him a fatal invitation.
Louis cannot refuse. What attracted him the most was not the power of darkness, but the real seeing and recognition.
His wandering self has been longing for belonging, and this monster who had just brutally slaughtered two priests and his hands were covered in blood, telling him that he would give him home, love, and freedom.
drama version "Night Visit to the Vampire" retains the core skeleton of the novel and injects stronger flesh and blood.
It presents us with more than one night of exciting interviews, a more passionate and dangerous Roman, a more restless and out of control, and one Gothic bloodthirsty carnival after another.
What ultimately makes this new story that is very different from the original version stands true is the play's clever use of the concept of "unreliable memory and narrator".
In episode 3, Daniel compares the recordings of Louis' past and present interviews, pointing out that Louis is telling the same history with a completely different attitude and position than before.
973, Louis described Leicester as a pig ear without musical taste, a liar who disguises himself as a mentor, stupid and fragile; and now, he describes Leicester as a confidant, a shrewd hunter, an emotional manipulator, a handful of fire in the cold winter.
By shifting the focus from "vampire" to "interview (interview)", the drama version of "Night Visit to Vampire" reminds us that it is not willing to be a sequel to a novel or movie, but a re-interpretation of memory-based uncertainty and narrator subjectivity.
As Louis said, this is a "Odyssey of Memory", a journey of exploration of memory. From then on, all narratives that are different from those before will be given rationality for existence.
In episode 4, Daniel will gain another voice and perspective through Claudia's diary, just as the reporter needs to do in the real interview, facing the confrontation between the language and will of different subjects.
How to determine the truth, or give up distinguishing the truth, will be left to the listener - Daniel, and us - to make a judgment.
Come on, let the tale seduce you.
