In recent years, from the perspective of domestic drama output, you will find a problem, martial arts dramas seem to be less and less.
A large part of the martial arts dramas that we are familiar with are the handiwork of Jin Yong and Mr. Gu Long, especially the Jin Yong martial arts dramas have been remade countless times, and the directors and screenwriters are almost poor in skills, or they can't shoot decent martial arts dramas.
For example, the "New Tianlong Eight Parts" that was sprayed by the whole network in the previous stage, the plot has been outrageous to the point of irreparability, and it is called the worst by netizens, and there is no one.
Everyone is silently looking forward to it, when will we see a martial arts drama with a real taste of jianghu?
Recently, Zhang Ruoyun's new drama seems to give some answers. "Knife Line in the Snow"
The attention and discussion of this drama has been high since its inception, after all, the original novel of "Knife Row in the Snow" itself has a high degree of popularity, and in 2015, it also won the silver medal of the first Online Literature Biennial Award.
Although the novel's world view is the foundation of fantasy, but it is a martial arts story, in the hearts of the original fans, "Sword In the Snow" can be called after the snow, there is no more rivers and lakes, and even the existence of China's fifth most famous book.
It can be seen that this novel has a heavy weight in the hearts of fans of the original work, and after the film and television screenwriter Wang Tian also predicted that "the adaptation will definitely be scolded, I am ready", but what he did not expect was that he would be scolded so badly.
Everyone thinks that Tencent's S-rated TV series "Knife Line in the Snow" will break through at the end of the year, after all, it is a big male IP drama created by the highly acclaimed "Qing Yu Nian" "Original Class Original Horse" two years ago.
As soon as the episode came out, the broadcast rate of the whole network broke 13%, and the TV rating broke 1, but on the Douban Weibo, it was directly sprayed with underwear, Douban 5.8, and the word of mouth differentiation was very serious.
"From the beginning of casting is a congenital deficiency"
"Is there no martial arts instructor in this drama?"
"The jianghu in my eyes is not like this, the rainbow cat and blue rabbit are stronger than it"
………
So, is it really that bad?
In some ways, it really doesn't work, but it would be biased to say it's rotten.
Although I have not seen the original work, I can also know from the mouths of the fans of the original work that the first thing is the human magic reform.
It is understood that although the male protagonist Xu Fengnian in the original work is called "the first in the world", he is a very deep and scheming belly black shizi in the city government, and Xu Fengnian, played by Zhang Ruoyun after filming, has traveled with MaFu Lao Huang for three years.
A hanging Lang Dang's appearance, like the "Fan Xian" of that year.
Since it is a "jianghu travel" type of male protagonist novel, the plot content must be complex in structure and numerous in characters.
As Xu Fengnian's groom Lao Huang, it is obvious that he also left a strong mark in the original work, a mouth with missing front teeth and a very characteristic Western Shu cavity. On the surface, it is the identity of the groom, but in fact, it is the sword jiuhuang who is unpredictable in martial arts.
This is also the reason why Xu Fengnian wandered outside for three years but was still safe and sound.
Although the drama version of Lao Huang has good acting skills, it is not the Old Huang in the minds of the original fans at all.
The description of Lao Huang in the book is like this,
"No matter who Lao Huang sees, he is the same for thousands of years, grinning, missing front teeth, smirking, a mouthful of yellow teeth missing front teeth, it seems ridiculous to be a thief and a thief"
But the drama version of Lao Huang stole sweet potatoes to eat from the first appearance, to eat with Xu Xiao's father and son after returning home with Xu Fengnian, the brain door was almost printed with the word "shrewd", and the difference between him and Huan was 18,000 miles.
In addition to Lao Huang, the most controversial is the female lead casting.
In the original work, the "Rouge Review" is the male protagonist Xu Fengnian's list of the world's most beautiful people according to the national women's appearance according to their appearance, and those who can be listed are all special things in the world.
And one of the female protagonists of xu fengnian, Jiang Ni, is the third beauty on the list, sinking fish and falling geese, pouring the country into the city, originally a princess of the Chu state, but because of the destruction of the country and the death of the family, she became a lowly servant.
"The eyebrows are like daisy, the cheeks are shallow and shallow, and the posture is absolutely beautiful."
Although Li Gengxi still looks very pure, he is still far from the description of the novel, and his acting skills are the same as "Little Joy", and the appearance of squeezing his eyebrows and making his eyes is indeed not the temperament of a princess of the fallen country.
The changes in the plot are even more unacceptable to fans of the original work.
For example, in the third episode, Jiang Ni and The Orphan Girl Yu Youwei of Qinglou were forcibly recognized, and a lot of interaction and emotional lines were added between Jiang Ni and Xu Fengnian, directly changing the hateful Jiang Ni into a stupid woman who was willing to understand Xu Xiao (Xu Fengnian's father).
Therefore, from the perspective of these original works, it is indeed "rotten", but for the audience who have not seen the original work, its play is rotten but not so bad that it is hopelessly bad.
Although there are many power plots in the play, but the line of martial arts is not impossible to watch, many netizens are dissuaded by Zhang Tianai's slow-motion play in the first episode, so some wonderful parts are missed later.
For example, in the follow-up plot, Lao Huang challenges Wang Xianzhi to die in battle.
If this paragraph is placed in the opening, it is estimated that the score will not be so tragic, because this paragraph is also the most chivalrous part of the whole drama.
Before Lao Huang went to challenge Wang Xianzhi, the second in the world, he must have known his fate, but why did he still have to go to his death?
When he was a young swordsman, he once challenged Wang Xianzhi and won the battle against Wang Xianzhi, he was the first in the world, but later he ran away timidly, and since then this has also become his heart knot.
After escaping for more than 30 years, he finally reappeared, because he did not want to leave regrets for himself, although he never looked back, but he finally got his wish and became a swordsman in the true sense.
Maybe today's children don't understand the true meaning of martial arts dramas, in their eyes it is just a flowing water drama with a knife and a gun, and they don't know that this is the white moonlight after 8090.
Guo Jing, who is a righteous and original force in "The Legend of the Eagle Shooter", Ling Huchong, who is unruly but has a hot intestine in the ancient road, and the love and hatred between the iron-guted god Hou Gu and Su Xin in "The First in the World"...
But I don't know when it started, those martial arts dramas that swing back and forth are finally in decline.
Although there are many immature places in "Knife Row in the Snow", the jianghu flavor in it is indeed a bit interesting.
If you put aside the original work, focus on the action guidance to put more effort into, not to be scolded so miserable, compared to the fierce spit I think the dare to challenge the martial arts theme of the drama should still be more encouraged, because the overall look at the crew costume and plot design can also see that it is indeed used.
Moreover, after all, martial arts dramas are also one of the characteristics of domestic dramas, and they really should not be left behind.