On September 1, 2010, the "Ningbo Evening News" published: Duliang disclosed that the creator of the new edition of "Bright Sword", Huang Zhizhong will play Li Yunlong.
The reason for the remake is that the "Bright Sword" of that year was a commercial operation, very hasty, with little funds and relatively rough shooting quality.
After five years of remake, the funding, the picture, the production level will be better. This is the explanation given by Du Liang, and at the same time he also promises that -
In addition to the original text of "Bright Sword", the new version of "Bright Sword" is accompanied by a nearly 50,000-word "Li Yunlong Prequel", focusing on the legendary story of the protagonist of the novel, Li Yunlong, between 1936 and 1937.
The 171st Regiment of the 23rd Division of the Red Ninth Army, where Li Yunlong belonged, engaged in a life-and-death duel with ma jiajun, and he led a regiment to the Gobi Desert at night under the crazy encirclement and suppression of Ma Jiajun, sneaking into the ammunition depot, and disguised to capture the enemy's head.
Li Yunlong led a regiment out of the Gobi, and after crossing the desert, only 6 fighters were left to find the organization.
Huang Zhizhong starred in "Li Yunlong" is difficult.
The "Li Yunlong" played by teacher Li Youbin is a peak, a classic in film history, and it is too difficult to surpass.
But forced by helplessness, coupled with the director's continuous visits, finally agreed to star, friends said that he was crazy.
Huang Zhizhong also admitted in an interview: Li Yunlong's basic personality cannot be changed, "The difference is that my name is Huang Zhizhong, and I play a young version of Li Yunlong." ”
In 2011, the new version of "Bright Sword" was launched as scheduled.
Douban scored 4.7, and the lead actor Huang Zhizhong was scolded miserably.
Even some netizens said bluntly -
IP circle money well... It is far worse than Li Youbin's version
Li Youbin's mud-legged virtue, Huang Zhizhong can't learn, he played the National Army is ok; Ren Quan's Zhao Gang is simply a waste of this role, and the typical rich second-generation gongzi brother joined the army and went to the army
Huang Zhizhong's fundamental role in this product is Li Youbin, not Li Yunlong! The failure of the new version of "Bright Sword" is doomed.
01: The time is not right
The old "Bright Sword" pearl jade is in front, the quality and reputation are there, and the preconceived concept is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
This is also indelible.
More importantly, in the temperament of the TV series, the old version of "Bright Sword" gives people the temperament of "heroic and good man".
The new version of "Bright Sword" is more like an elegy for heroes in a brutal war.
It's not bad, it's less of the dusty smell of the war years, the smell of real people.
The old "Bright Sword" is rough, but it is a human story after all, and the new "Bright Sword" is a genie, but every time when someone sacrifices, or a war occurs and "sounds" the background music, it is reminded that this is a TV series.
This directly pulls the audience out of the plot, and the original sense of design has become a burden.
The timing is also not right. The old version of "Bright Sword" was broadcast in 2005, while "New Bright Sword" was broadcast in 2011.
The remake time of the two dramas is 6 years apart.
The time of 2011 looks very close, but the bad is that it will be in the era of the rise of China's mobile Internet.
Huang Zhizhong's version of "Li Yunlong" has not been widely disseminated, and most of them are still watching "New Bright Sword" on local television.
In that year, there were four very popular war-themed TV series "I Am a Special Soldier", "Indelible Fan Number", "Orient" and another work by Huang Zhizhong, "Chinese Expeditionary Force".
The new version of "Bright Sword" has not received attention, of course, this is also related to the script design of the new version of "Bright Sword" itself.
The script is set off.
Huang Zhizhong's version of "Bright Sword", the first episode appeared in the female time.
This drama actually has to be bad, here is not discriminatory meaning, but in the screenwriter processing, women's identity often carries a certain emotional element in it, but the first episode does not.
Therefore, when Xiao Zheng lay down next to Li Yunlong and put his arms around Li Yunlong, this episode suddenly became a Qiong Yao love drama:
Starry night to make up for the red five stars, Zheng Fang's hand was pricked by a needle, Li Yunlong was busy catching his wrist and sucking his hand; walking through the desert, Zheng Fang shouted "Can you give me a hug", and Li Yunlong immediately embraced the beauty into his arms.
The new version of "Li Yunlong" became tender, but the manly "bright sword spirit" was gradually lost.
A grounded, flesh-and-blood, poor people from the Eighth Route Army who were born with great defiance and military talent disappeared, and the new version of "Li Yunlong" became a tall general.
The general also had an inexplicable first love at the beginning.
Therefore, the character development of the new version of the series has already failed, and the lack of temperament in the process is the biggest failure of the actors.
This is also the gap between Huang Zhizhong and Li Youbin.
02: Huang Zhizhong's appearance and conditions
In Li Youbin's version of "Bright Sword", there is actually a very strange thing, the independent regiment always wears bloated winter clothes.
Although it was later learned that the reason for the low investment and short shooting cycle, the props team has not changed the clothes for the play, and the drama is also caused by the reason of shooting in winter, but there is no intention to insert willows, willows are shaded.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Li Yunlong wore military uniforms and officer uniforms, but until he put on the general's uniform,
Li Yunlong could not hide his recklessness, which was in line with the origin of Li Yunlong's smith in the original work. He was a farmer, and he kept the true colors of a farmer throughout.
Huang Zhizhong's "Li Yunlong" is different. The shape of Li Yunlong in the new "Bright Sword" began to pay attention to it, his clothes became clean, and Li Yunlong in different seasons also had different clothes.
There was even a period of grass coat.
This is different from the "Li Yunlong" who came from a smith, Huang Zhizhong's version of "Li Yunlong" is actually more like a Confucian general, less wild.
Of course, there is no way, Huang Zhizhong also admitted that before performing the new "Bright Sword", he actually avoided imitating the performance of teacher Li Youbin, but he was still affected by the previous people planting trees.
Huang Zhizhong began to deliberately lower his voice and speak in a dumb voice, but it felt like he was imitating Li Youbin.
However, this cannot be blamed on Huang Zhizhong.
In appearance, Huang Zhizhong is different from Li Yunlong. Huang Zhizhong would look young, with a thin face, tough eyes, and a righteous face, and he would have just finished playing a senior general of the "Expeditionary Force".
Huang Zhizhong's whole person's embodiment and posture are still stuck among the Confucian generals of senior generals, and Li Youbin does not stop, he was 47 years old at that time, and the years have left traces on Li Youbin's face.
In 2005, as soon as Li Youbin appeared, that Li Yunlong was him, and in 2011, huang Zhizhong appeared, and he became a young version of Li Youbin, which is not to blame Huang Zhizhong's acting skills.
Before he starred in the new "Bright Sword", he had already realized: just like Tang Guoqiang's version of "Zhuge Liang", Li Youbin himself is Li Yunlong, and Li Yunlong is Li Youbin.
Refer to Li Youbin's way of acting, the bandit spirit is far inferior to Li Youbin, do not refer to Li Youbin's way of acting, and lost Li Yunlong's soul, do not blame anyone, blame the role itself.
03: Character dramatization
In addition to the role casting of "Huang Zhizhong", which is somewhat difficult to surpass, the casting of other characters in the entire new "Bright Sword" also has problems.
Kong Erzi's Leng, the monk's humble heroism, Ding Wei's confucianism, Zhang Dabiao's wisdom and courage, Zhao Gang's patriotic passion, and Chu Yunfei's national righteousness all disappeared.
Everyone in the new version seems to be acting, memorizing the lines in a wooden way, losing the sense of reality that the old version brings to the audience.
Ren Quan starred as Zhao Gang.
From the appearance of the image, than the old version of He Zhengjun is more in line with the description of the original white-faced students, but the problem is in the script,
Ren Quan's version of the character of "Zhao Gang" has not been raised in the end. The whole character is too flat, and Ren Quan is also too suitable for playing the role of this predatory soldier, which is too testing of acting skills and aura.
He did not support Zhao Gang's white-faced student's blood.
The biggest problem with the new version of Xiuqin is that there is no emotion.
In the old version, Xiuqin's role is actually not much, but the reason why he can make a deep impression is that Xiuqin's simple and affectionate true emotions.
In the episode, although the story of her and Li Yunlong was not explained, the strong and simple emotion came from the screen.
The new version of Xiuqin, not to say that it is not bad, but can clearly feel that this is acting, and the actor has not entered the role.
The new version of Tian Yu: more feminine, less temperament.
Gan Tingting looks very clean and beautiful, but she is not suitable for the role of "Tian Yu", and her styling design is too modern.
Tian Yu is a scholarly child, and her personal temperament of shuyun is overpowering her appearance itself, but I don't know if it is deliberately done by the director.
It is still a problem of stylists, Gan Tingting's Tian Yu temperament and styling still continue the identity image of "Pan Jinlian".
People are beautiful, but in that war era, the foundation on the face was inevitably a little too much.
To some extent, Huang Zhizhong's "Li Yunlong" was put on the edge of a cliff from the beginning of the shooting,
First, Li Youbin, who is integrated with the character, and then the supporting role who cannot complete the aura hedging and resonance with him.
The setting of the film script and the adaptation of the character modeling also mostly have problems here and there. Even if "Li Youbin" is allowed to play the new version of "Bright Sword", he can't act well.
Even if teacher Li Youbin "super god play", but only to create a classic "Li Yunlong", those stormy heroes? Who will interpret the hero of the "Bright Sword Spirit".
Huang Zhizhong's acting skills are no problem, but unfortunately, he plays Li Yunlong. The dragon's nature is like a fiery fire, and the jealousy is like a vendetta of Li Yun.
The man from the peasants, illiterate, was given the courage and hope that the Party and the Red Army had given him to live.