When it comes to fantasy films, many people may think of "Game of Thrones", "Harry Potter", "The Lord of the Rings", "The Hobbit"...
Among them, there is no better production, more complicated story lines, and a more magnificent worldview than "Game of Thrones".
It's just a pity that "Game of Thrones" ended badly, and since then it has not found a film and television drama that can match it, which has also become a major regret for many fans.
However, recently Amazon has put a big move, and the new drama is determined to make the next "Game of Thrones" -
Wheel of Time
The Wheel of Time
In fact, this drama is indeed qualified and has the hope of becoming the new favorite of the fantasy world.
The series is based on Robert Jordan's classic novel of the same name, along with The Lord of the Rings and A Song of Ice and Fire, and is known as the Big Three of Western Fantasy.
Almost every fantasy fan has been drawn to the world of "sword and magic" in the original book, and each in the series is a unique adventure that intertwines into a grand, awe-inspiring, and colorful story.
Because of the epic world created by Robert Jordan, "Wheel of Time" topped the New York Times best-selling list immediately after its publication in 1990.
After "The Lord of the Rings" and "A Song of Ice and Fire" have world-renowned film and television works, Amazon finally decided to film and television the big IP of "Wheel of Time", and it was personally handled.
Pei Chunhua in "Disappearing Lover" was also specially found, and the joining of the goddess of strength also made people look forward to this drama.
The story takes place in a magical world unlike any other.
The most magical and powerful force in this world is the Supreme Force. But this power can only be controlled by women, who are also known as "two instrument masters".
But at the beginning of the founding of the world, there were also male two-instrument masters.
It was only at that time that he experienced a fierce battle between light and darkness, and one of the male two-instrument masters led a hundred male two-instrument masters to seal the dark power as a "true dragon".
However, the cunning Dark Emperor, towards the end of the war, polluted the supreme power of the male two masters with evil powers.
After this, the hundred two masters fell into madness, and the world collapsed for a while.
The true dragon at that time went crazy and died. But the existence of the wheel of time means that "death" does not disappear forever, and he may return in some century.
The prophecy says that if mankind faces the end of the world again, the true dragon will be reborn into the world, but whether the rebirth of the true dragon will save the world or destroy the world again is still unknown.
But what can be known is that the true dragon exists between the four young people in the village of Two Rivers.
They are: the girl Ai Wen, innocence and perseverance;
Rand, Ai Wen's green plum bamboo horse, a little handsome guy;
Blacksmith Palin and Curly Gomet.
The four young people originally lived a peaceful and happy life in the village, until the Spring Festival, everything changed...
Overnight, the village flooded with orcs, who slaughtered villagers and destroyed houses in order to catch the "real dragon".
The Beast Demon Men are the Dark Emperor's minions in the human world, and they are ordered to capture the "True Dragon", because the True Dragon is the only one who can compete with the Dark Emperor.
Just as the village was about to be destroyed, a white light crossed the sky, and the beast demon was repelled.
This white light came from mu rui, the two yi masters.
The purpose of her trip with her protector, Lan Renlong, was also to find the true dragon, protect his safety, and bring him back to the Base Camp of the White Tower.
With the help of Mu Rui, the village survived.
But the four young men could not stay any longer, otherwise the Beast Demon would make a comeback.
Therefore, they decided to follow Mu Rui to the White Tower.
However, this road is still difficult, not only to avoid the tracking of the orcs at any time.
It is also necessary to guard against the killing of the two masters by the Children of Light.
Under the danger, the injuries on Mu Rui's body became more and more serious.
Although the two masters can heal others, they cannot heal themselves. If she couldn't find the other two masters, she would die halfway through.
At the same time, a mysterious man who claimed to be a true dragon appeared. He possessed enormous power and required the union of multiple two instrument masters to be able to suppress it.
However, his power does not seem to come from the right place.
Each use is like being manipulated halfway, obviously not a real dragon.
I have to say that Amazon can also see the intention in the production this time, and the rhythm of the wallpaper can be made at any time, and the special effects are also full of the taste of burning funds.
However, the whole play that was finally presented always felt that something was missing.
IMDB has a score of 7.5, and Douban has only a score of 7.7.
It boils down to the fact that the storyline is too thin.
Compared with the grandeur of the original work, the adapted version of the drama is somewhat sloppy. Some of the content is not clearly explained, often giving people an ambiguous sense of confusion.
For example, in the paragraph where Palin accidentally kills his wife, it is only said that he killed the red eye, and the logic is somewhat untenable.
In the original book, Palin has great strength but is extremely inferior, and he injured his friends because of strange forces when he was a child. If this is reflected, it may be better understood that he has always had this inner demon after he killed his wife by mistake.
For example, everyone in the play seems to have a different identity, and they can easily touch the supreme force.
There was no foreshadowing before, and it was somewhat sloppy.
Overall, Dean was somewhat disappointed with the adaptation of the drama version of Wheel of Time.
However, the dean and dean will continue to chase, after all, the recent new British and American dramas are really nothing to watch, they are more crotch...
Amazon wants to take over the baton of "Game of Thrones" is not a day or two, in addition to the "Wheel of Time" drama, there is also a top IP that is more familiar to domestic audiences -
- The Lord of the Rings.
The drama version of "The Lord of the Rings" has been scheduled to be released on September 2 next year.
To tell the truth, after seeing the main actor of the play, the dean was cold. (Male and female protagonists tend to be new to the industry... ）
Now after watching this play, the dean is more worried.
But now I can only pray, I only hope that such a classic work will not be destroyed...