This is the story of the birth of "Soldier Assault" -
In the summer of 2004, several friends of Kang Honglei asked him to go to the compound of the Beijing Military Region under the Western Mountains to watch the drama "Erna Assault".
The lights went out, the curtain opened, and he sat there paralyzed as if he had been hit by a bullet, tears rushing out, and what was played that night, Kang Honglei did not remember, only the scrappy soldiers on the stage.
The lights are on and the people are scattered. Kang Honglei stepped onto the stage and hugged the actors, he saw the tears and indomitable tenacity, and decided to express the desolate and vigorous military lament in the TV series.
The next day, Kang Honglei contacted a friend to ask who the author of the play was, and the friend told him that the author of the play was called Lan Xiaolong and gave the phone, Kang Honglei called, the phone was connected, and he showed his intentions.
He wanted to change the drama into a TV series, and wanted to get Lan Xiaolong's consent, Kang Honglei's phone call said for a long time, Lan Xiaolong did not speak, paused for half a day and said: "The SCRIPT of the TV series has long been written." ”
Based on the drama "Erna Assault" and the novel "Soldier", Lan Xiaolong has already created the TV series "Soldier Assault". But the script was put on hold for a long time, and no one shot it.
Kang Honglei asked, "Can you let me shoot it?" Lan Xiaolong thought about it and agreed. The next work was preparation, but Kang Honglei's preparation work encountered a huge dilemma: "Bright Sword" was on fire.
In 2005, "Bright Sword" starring Li Youbin was popular all over China, and each David TV took turns to broadcast it.
The entire Chinese film and television market has seen the wind direction, imitating the "bright sword" and writing scripts to shoot TV series. Even though Kang Honglei made "The Years of Burning Passion" famous, he still could not attract investment.
Because "Soldier Assault" is a modern military drama, it cannot attract investment, and no big capital businessman dares to invest. Kang Honglei has no way, as long as he relies on cheeky, entrusts people to find relationships, runs forward and runs on his own, finds investment, finds actors, finds venues, people leave, ups and downs.
In 2006, led by Bayi Film Studio, co-produced by Huayi Brothers, Chengdu Military Region, written by Lan Xiaolong, and directed by Kang Honglei, "Soldier Assault" started in Yunnan after gathering young actors such as Wang Baoqiang, Zhang Yi, Zhang Guoqiang, Chen Sicheng and so on.
A year of preparation, so that "Soldier Assault" in less than half a year to successfully complete the shooting, post-production, review and other work.
Originally, when Kang Honglei was the director, Lan Xiaolong's expectation value was 60 points, but after shooting, it exceeded 100 points.
On December 24, 2006, "Soldier Assault" premiered. Controversially, as the episode fermented, it caught fire, and each David TV took turns to broadcast.
Li Yunlong (Li Youbin) and Xu Sanduo (Wang Baoqiang) became national phenomenon superstars together.
In those two years, the "don't give up, don't give up" preached by "Soldier Assault" and the "bright sword spirit" promoted by "Bright Sword" also became buzzwords, appearing in the news media with great frequency.
Fifteen years later, looking back, we find that "Bright Sword" and "Soldier Assault" resonate with the pulse of society and the expectations of the people, and even today they still have the influence of their "aftershocks".
"Literature changes are stained with the world, and the rise and fall of the world is related to the chronology", these two excellent works have revitalized our hidden national spirit.
On the one hand, in "Soldier Assault": everyone dreams of becoming a "hero", many successes provide one,
Although it is old-fashioned, it is an eternal truth: "do not give up, do not give up", do everything needs to be adhered to.
On the one hand, in "Bright Sword": Li Yunlong's deeds tell us, "When narrow roads meet, the brave win."
Even if the other party is the first in the world, he must show his sword, fall under the opponent's sword, and although he is defeated, this is the spirit of the bright sword.
Who has had the greater influence of "Bright Sword" and "Soldier Assault" over the years? Fans were chattering.
Xiao Wenqing and intellectuals on Douban can't argue, so the two dramas are 9.4 points, both of which are excellent.
It's hard to compare because the successes of Bright Sword and Soldier Assault are different, they are two hero genres.
Li Yunlong is a hero in battle, and Xu Sanduo is a hero who is ready to fight. They are different, comprehensive comparison, YunGe feels that the gap between the two dramas is mainly reflected in two aspects:
1, the first is that the creative theme is different.
Let me first say the conclusion: "Bright Sword" is much more ideological than "Soldier Assault", but "Bright Sword" is not expressive enough.
"Soldier Assault" is a fable that brings a little appease to the social anxieties under the change of the times, telling the audience that no matter what position they are in, there must be corresponding pressure, and there is a possibility of disadvantage and elimination.
The best way to face the possibility of disadvantage and elimination is not to escape it, but to go forward, face it head-on, and defeat it.
In the TV drama version of "Bright Sword", there is one thing from the beginning to the end: unify your thinking and prepare for war.
It doesn't look like a brain, because it looks cool and straightforward, and its kernel and success model are easy to understand. The theme design of "Bright Sword" is completely different: it seems that there is a bright sword spirit hidden behind Shuangwen.
Many people think that "Bright Sword" is a cool text to fight monsters and upgrades, and even regarded as the originator of the anti-Japanese drama, which is wrong.
Li Yunlong was dismissed, Kong Jie stepped down from the independent regiment, Zhao Gang was transferred, and in "Bright Sword", no one involved in the transfer disobeyed the order, and in the whole "Bright Sword" is a strict army with clear rewards and punishments, and the military and the people are close to each other.
"Bright Sword" does not lack cruel authenticity, in the TV series, it is mentioned that the Western Route Army "only survived one-fifth of the veterans of the Northwest Jin Dynasty", and Li Yunlong's independent regiment was left with more than 300 people in the 1940 sweep.
The most important thing in Bright Sword is:
How did these 300 people develop strongly to more than 10,000 people? This is the core of "redism" and the "bright sword spirit", and it is also the fundamental reason why our army can win.
Unfortunately, the crew skipped because there was no money. "Bright Sword" This crew cost 8 million yuan, the shooting time is 3 months, the editing is chaotic, the production is rough, the entire series is filmed in winter, Li Youbin himself even appeared on camera as a mass actor...
If there is money, the production of big special effects and big scenes will definitely push "Bright Sword" to a higher level.
The original is more exciting: the more wonderful and deviant his story is in the early stages, the stronger the contrast in the later periods.
It asks: When revolutionaries become rulers and some of them become privileged, how will the revolution proceed? How do former revolutionaries face this new revolution?
Du Liang created a li yunlong like that, who said it was not because he was using such a "hero biography" to miss the era of heroes, so the plot stopped at the video to put on the general's uniform, which is the best ending of the TV series.
Whether it is a TV series version or an original version, the national and homeland ideology of "Bright Sword" is much higher than that of "Soldier Assault", limited by production and cost, and the expressiveness of "Bright Sword" is far less than the truth and resonance of "Soldier Assault".
2, the character shaping is different.
Again, let's start with the conclusion: the characterization of "Bright Sword" is more ideological than that of "Soldier Assault", but he is not vivid.
In "Bright Sword", Li Yunlong's bandit spirit is real, but his obedience to orders before absolute orders is also real, and Li Yunlongfang is definitely a top Internet celebrity today.
In the war years, everyone wanted to be Li Yunlong, not Mu Ne's Xu Sanduo. Why? Because there are many of them, like our friends around us, like the fathers of the older generation, like brothers, and like ourselves.
What Xu Sanduo has is not only the value of the life of contemporary soldiers, but also the discussion of life values.
I remember that a few years ago, there were always people who liked to compare Xu Sanduo with Forrest Gump in "Forrest Gump", which means that the current film company uses a "fool has a fool's luck" successful logic to meet the audience's daydream.
In fact, this evaluation only sees the appearance of many successes. Unlike the Hollywood blockbuster "Happiness Knocks", Where You Meets the Nobleman, Chris Gardner, who went from salesman to witness, and Forrest Gump, who met the Nobleman, is also different.
The reason why Xu Sanduo was able to succeed was because he was assigned to six shifts to manage logistics, and when the veteran passed the time, he was still insisting on training...
Xu Sanduo was able to meet the noble man because of his room full of pennants and awards, and Yuan Lang liked Xu Sanduo because it was obviously a common exercise, but Xu Sanduo's hands were scratched by thorns and he had to catch him.
None of the people who have stayed with many people for a long time have not been influenced by him, and he has always been on his own to get to the end.
Xu Sanduo has a "purity" that has not been lost by growth.
In the old A selection competition, when Cheng Cai gave up Wu Liuyi and Xu Sanduo would rather lose than carry him away, Xu Sanduo was very affectionate.
In war, anyone can safely give their backs to people like Xu Sanduo.
Because he was sincere, brave, fearless, intelligent, tenacious, reliable, and in him there was the innocence we have lost.
Li Yunlong is different, in the original he changed. They robbed him of the headquarters of Tarzan Division, and he handed over their guns and compared them to their hearts, and of course he knew it was wrong.
But when Li Yunlong seemed to see the tragic situation of the city covered by artillery fire, the deaths of thousands of people, the collapsed walls of buildings, and the blue sparks of blown-up high-voltage transmission lines, in order to avoid civil war, he felt that he was right.
Nor was he clear about what was right and what was wrong.
Literati, terrible reincarnation,
Li Yunlong was destined to fall to pieces.
In terms of the value of ideological enlightenment, Li Yunlong's reincarnation is more thoughtful, and Xu Sanduo is more expressive and infectious
In summary, the pattern of "Bright Sword" is actually much larger than that of "Soldier Assault", but due to the flaws and limitations of the shooting period, the emotional appeal and resonance of "Bright Sword" are far less than that of "Soldier Assault"...
Of course, although there are differences and gaps, it does not prevent these two TV series from becoming classics. The film and television works that the masses of the people like are good film and television works.