I don’t know when it started, but remakes of classics have become a new craze. There are not many good scripts, but remakes are always in a row.
This year, the remake of martial arts drama is Gu Long's turn to " Peerless Twins ". You should know that this remake has been fifteen years since the previous version. Since its launch, the new version of
0 has been at its highest ratings and has repeatedly hit peaks, and has won the first place in the same period of dramas. But compared with the high ratings, the drama received a lot of complaints and a sluggish rating on Douban after it was broadcast.
, especially the loyal audience and Gu Long fans of the old version, have repeatedly complained about the "magic modification" and "destroying classics" of this drama.
Is this drama really so bad?
"The pressure is particularly great for me"
"The Twins" tells the story of twin brothers Jiang Yuer and Hua Wuque being separated by their enemies, and each grew into a hero in the martial arts world, and finally went through hardships to solve the mystery.
Before this, Tony Leung Wu Dairong , Jimmy Lin Su Youpeng and other classic interpretations.
, it is very difficult to surpass the remake. In addition to the new version of the most well-known protagonist, , Hu Yitian, , he can only be regarded as a traffic-produced young actor, so the audience naturally doesn't like it.
However, this does not mean that the actors are not taking the role with care.
"This is a very famous martial arts IP, so the pressure is quite high. At that time, because I only filmed campus dramas, I have never been exposed to many things in ancient costumes and martial arts," Hu Yitian said in an interview.
The first time I got the script, Hu Yitian felt that Hua Wuque was a very complicated and tangled person.
Hua Wuque was raised by hatred. In the first sixteen years of his life, he had never experienced warmth and happiness, nor had he been spoiled and cared for. "For such a person who is not very emotional and desireless, you are required to spend a lot of time trying to figure out his psychological state and feel some of the actions he might make in different situations, such as micro-expressions. His joys, anger, sorrow, and happiness are more tolerant and restrained."
In order to better interpret this character, Hu Yi not only had to figure out the character's psychology, but also made great efforts in physiology.
He has never filmed ancient costumes, and learned riding, hanging wires and a series of martial arts movements under the premise of zero foundation. When he was learning to ride a horse, he even encountered an accident where the horse was out of control. Fortunately, he was in danger in the end.
In order to take photos of the sunrise early, getting up at two or three in the morning has become commonplace.
Similarly, the protagonist of Xiaoyuer Chen Zheyuan also made countless efforts to film this classic.
When I first received the remake news, Chen Zheyuan was very excited to check Xiaoyuer's relevant information and reader reviews, and wrote a character Xiaozhuan of about 1,000 words. When I met director Zou Jicheng and producer Bin, I talked about my own experience and expressed my understanding of the role. I can be said to have used all my strength to show my enthusiasm for this role.
However, after an hour and a half of conversation, Director Zou told him: "I understand almost everything. Through the conversation with you just now, you can see that you have a little fish's face, but you are a little flawless in your heart."
"We hope that the little fish we present is an innocent child in the eyes of others. There can't be anything in his eyes, you have to find a way to remove it. We will see you again in ten days. During this period, you can buy a book and take a look," Director Zou said to Chen Zheyuan before leaving.
That's it. In the 10-day interval, Chen Zheyuan not only had to complete other shooting work, but also studied novels. The staff who were fascinated by the shooting scene had already started calling him "Little Fish".
But even if you work so hard, you are just one of the many candidates.
Fortunately, he later wrote a character with a size seal script of about 3,000 words, and ranked among the top 30.
After meeting the director four times, he once again wrote a character named Xiaozhuan with six or seven thousand words, and ranked among the final three.At this time, nearly half a year has passed since the entire casting process. Chen Zheyuan read the entire novel 6 times and watched the TV series 2 times.
Finally, after watching Chen Zheyuan's most casual photo of holding a chicken coop, the producer decided that this actor was not only the best candidate for Xiao Yuer, but also in life, Xiao Yuer himself is undoubtedly.
After the filming started, Hu Yitian and Chen Zheyuan completely abandoned themselves and turned into their respective roles.
These efforts made them recognize each other. After the filming was completed, Chen Zheyuan said that Hu Yi and Hua Wuque were very similar. Hu Yi also laughed and said that Chen Zheyuan was Jiang Xiaoyu Yuanyu.
Unfortunately, even though the starring actor made great efforts, the overall effect was still not highly evaluated.
classics are hard to surpass
Lin Zhiying Su Youpeng's version of Xiaoyuer and Hua Wuque is the most popular version at present. Lin Zhiying's Jiang Xiaoyu put away the little whirlwind's handsomeness and played seriously; Su Youpeng's Hua Wuque's white clothes are as gentle as jade. The version of Tony Leung and Wu Dairong of
TVB is the most recognized by book fans, and is described as the most appropriate version of the characters. Wu Dairong is even known as the most classic Hua Wuque.
Zhang Weijian Nicholas Tse's version has a magical change plot that is too exaggerated, but it also conquered the audience with its acting skills.
However, even if the new version of "The Two Men" does not completely succumb to traffic in casting, it is still because the starring actor is too immature and it is difficult to take the lead.
The most well-known Hu Yitian looks handsome and is quite young and handsome in modern dramas, but the disadvantage of wearing ancient costumes and having a face is revealed.
Without bangs, his face doubled with his head hood. Hua Wuque's gentle and jade-like image as a young man turned into a facial paralysis under his role. The combination of modern makeup and ancient costume styles is also inconsistent with how you look at it.
He is not a professional background. Although he has made in-depth research on Hua Wuque, he has been learning the ways and movements of ancient people with his body and performance teachers during the crew.
However, when filming is really started, there will still be a collapsed expression from time to time. When playing some more depressing scenes, it looks a little dull and dull, which makes people feel a little out of the way.
Another starring Chen Zheyuan was vomited and looked like Zhang Dada and Bao Beier . Even if the audience is "very fragrant" with their lively acting skills in the future, there is also an excessive force.
When expressing sadness and anger, there is a patterned routine of hideous expressions and covering your face.
The other actresses, except for Zhao Yingzi and Liang Jie, are slightly recognizable, and others have little characteristics. They all have white faces, one-line eyebrows and big European eyes. The audience shouted that they looked like sisters who had been separated for many years when they were in the same frame.
What's even more terrifying is that in order to catch up with the progress, the crew gave up the original sound to choose dubbing, which caused the mouth shape and sound to be out of sync, which made the audience look quite embarrassed.
But after all, the low rating of this drama is not just a problem with the actors, but the entire team is inadequate. One of the reasons why the screenwriter’s script is not modified properly is a lot.
Among the four masters of martial arts, the most widely spread work is Jin Yong . Some people say that Jin Yong and Gu Long’s martial arts are two worlds. Jin Yong emphasizes theory, while ancient dragon emphasizes artistic conception.
The martial arts system in Jin Yong's novels will tell you clearly: what kind of sword technique he practices, what sword he uses, what moves he uses, and how he fought.
And Gu Long will only tell you that his swordsmanship is very good and he is the best in the world, but the specific details are indescribable.
For example, a very popular sentence in online novels nowadays: a hint of undetectable smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. I have read the text clearly, but how do I take it?
For this reason, Gu Long's novels are less film-and-scene, and it is also difficult to make film-and-scene. If film and television are to be transformed, major changes are necessary.
Lin Zhiying and Su Youpeng's version of "The Twins of the Gentlemen" removes the heroine Su Ying , and combines her with Zhang Jing . The object of Aoyue's infatuated love has been changed from Jiang Feng to Yan Nantian .
Zhang Weijian, Nicholas Tse's version of "Little Fish and Flowers Wuque", Zhang Jing becomes Murong Xian , and died in Xiaoyuer's arms. The most magical Jiang Yulang's personality is turned into Jiang Yuyan . Not only is she infatuated with Hua Wuque, she also killed the whole drama to the title.
The new version of "The Twins of the Peerless" is actually highly restored based on the old version, but the final effect is incredible.
When Jiang Feng elopes with Huayuenu , and Lianxing went to intercept the killing, the lines of the two were actually like this: ", but do you know, do I hate them so much? I hate my heart is bleeding. I hate that I can only stab myself with a needle. I keep stab myself to forget this pain. I am also a woman, I will be hurt, love, and hate ." After watching it, netizens exclaimed that they were embarrassed, as if they were walking on the wrong set of Grandma Qiong Yao? But in fact, this passage is indeed almost the same as the original work.
is just placed in the present, and over-restore has become a problem. The communication language of the past is not suitable for the tastes of today's audiences. There is no problem with these lines in film and television dramas decades ago, and it will seem too embarrassing to put them in the present.
So, it is necessary to make appropriate adaptations while respecting the original work. Qiong Yao gradually declined because her works did not conform to her current view of love.
The original script is no longer in line with modern culture, and the pictures and costumes are disconnected, which has even lost the favorable impression of this drama.
web game-like art concept pictures, and travel promotional video-like sets make the audience quite out of the play.
Clothing and makeup, the protagonists are fine, the supporting roles and supporting roles are terrible, and the top ten evil people's looks are so weird that it makes people wonder if the budget for the costume props is spent on the starring actors.
summary
From the perspective of commercial dramas, it is successful, and its high ratings have enabled investors to obtain huge returns.
But from the perspective of artistic value, it seems not to be recognized much.
I don’t know 20 years later, what people remember are Tony Leung and Wu Dairong, Jimmy Lin and Su Youpeng, Jacky Cheung and Nicholas Tse and , or Hu Yitian and Chen Zheyuan?
