Xu Chunwei
In 2001, after TVB remade a new round of Jin Yong dramas, it ushered in this round of closing works "Yitian Slaughtering Dragon". When the drama was broadcast on the mainland, it was divided into two parts: "Leaning On the Heavenly Sword" and "Dragon Slayer Knife". By appropriately adapting and adding characters and plots, the screenwriter has made the historical background more grand and the protagonist image more perfect, achieving a classic Jin Yong drama.
The original version of "Yi Tian Slaughter Dragon" and the mainland version of the poster
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Casting work once made the show hot before it was broadcast. Back to the casting of the 2001 version of "Yitian Slaughtering Dragon", most Jin Yong fans and film and television fans will probably be dissatisfied with the casting.
Wu Qihua, who played the male protagonist Zhang Wujie, was 37 years old at the time, Liu Songren, who played Zhang Cuishan, was 52 years old, and Michelle, who played Yin Susu, was 46 years old. Daisy and Xiaozhao's mother and daughter are sisters in reality, and Jiang Xinyan, who plays Daisy, is the sister of Xiaozhao Jiang Xiwen (originally known as Jiang Xinci).
On the other hand, the candidate for the heroine Zhao Min is also changed again and again. Li Zi had played Zhou Zhiruo in the 1993 film version of "The Demon Sect Leader of the Dragon Slayer", and TVB originally wanted her to play Zhou Zhiruo in order to seek advertising effects. However, Yuan Jieying and Liang Zheng, who were favored by producer Zhuang Weijian, quit successively, and Li Zi, who was originally scheduled to play Zhou Zhiruo, re-played Zhao Min. Zhou Zhiruo was led by the new Hua Dan She Shiman.
In addition to Li Zi, other important supporting characters also have the experience of starring in "The Dragon Slayer in the Sky", and they have added a lot of color to the TV series. After the 1994 Taiwanese tv version of "Yitian Slaughtering Dragon", Gu Feng played the white-browed eagle king Yin Tianzheng for the second time; Liu Dan, who played the Golden Retriever King Xie Xun in the Taiwanese television version, played the well-known late Yuan Dynasty Haojie Ruyang King Chahan Timur, who is also the father of the heroine Zhao Min.
King Chakhan Timur of Ruyang
In this play, the actors who play the main villain roles have the experience of starring in Jin Yong dramas, and Cheng Kun and Chen Youyu are both starred by senior villain professionals. Liu Jiahui, who played the Golden Wheel King in the 1995 version of "Divine Eagle Hero" and Shi Wanfu in the 1999 version of "Snow Mountain Flying Fox", played Cheng Kun. Quan Guanqing, who framed Qiao Feng in "Eight Parts of Heavenly Dragon", in the wind of betraying the Heaven and Earth Society in "Deer Ding", in "Yitian Slaughtering Dragon", became Chen Youyu. What is not known is that Chen Rongjun, who played Chen Youyu, actually had the experience of starring in "Yitian Slaughtering Dragon" before, and he played Han Qianye, XiaoZhao's father, Mr. Yinye, in TVB's 1986 version of "Yitian Tulong".
The show is not so rigid about the original chapters. On the contrary, the TV series was appropriately adapted, and even straightened out the logic of the original novel. Audiences who have read the original novel generally find it difficult to imagine that Zhang Cuishan, a decent young man with both culture and martial arts, without a little emotional foundation, will like Yin Susu, an evil witch. The screenwriter added the setting that both were calligraphy lovers, laying the foundation for their feelings. Zhang Cuishan and Yin Susu met for the first time at the calligraphy and painting exhibition in Hangzhou to appreciate Zhang Xu's "Belly Pain Post" and met. The play also highlights the setting that Zhang Cuishan is a famous calligrapher.
Zhang Cuishan and Yin Susu discuss calligraphy
The time span of the original novel is the largest in the Archery Trilogy. The beginning of the volume is the appearance of the teenager Zhang Sanfeng, followed by Zhang Cuishan, and finally the protagonist Zhang Wujie. If the reader does not read it, he will think that Zhang Sanfeng is the protagonist. TV dramas cannot be filmed in a running stream. The screenwriter shows the experience of the young Zhang Sanfeng and the origin of the Jiuyang Shengong through the dialogue between Zhang Wuji and Zhang Sanfeng, which not only does not lose the important plot of the original work, but also straightens out the chronological order.
The Nine Yang Divine Gong that runs through the whole play
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"Yitian Slaughtering Dragon" gives the impression that martial arts are not the most deadly, but that power and calculation are. The drama of the TV series is extremely outstanding. Although Michelle, who plays Yin Susu, is a hard injury in age, her acting skills are unmatched by Yin Susu in the past. Especially in the part of the centenarian feast, her hatred for her enemies, her affection for her husband, and her love for her son were all expressed. After she successfully deceived the famous and decent people such as Kongwen, that contemptuous expression and vicious eyes were completely expressed by senior actors, and she could be called the most expressive witch Yin Susu.
"Centenarian Feast Destroys Liver and Intestine" Yin Susu fragment
The TV series has also greatly expanded the pattern of the original novel. The scheming in the original work is only between Zhao Min and the Ming Sect, between Zhao Min and Zhou Zhiruo, between Cheng Kun and Xie Xun and the major factions, and they cannot jump out of the scope of the jianghu feud. In addition to retaining these original plots, the screenwriter placed the TV series in the historical background of the end of the Yuan Dynasty, making it a political power plot TV series. The struggle between the Yuan Dynasty and the Ming Sect was no longer limited to the fighting of the jianghu masters, and Wang Baobao and other Yuan Dynasty generals repeatedly mobilized troops to eliminate the Ming Sect.
The history of the end of the Yuan Dynasty is the history of the battles between the rebels and the rebels (south), and the battles between the warlords and warlords of the Yuan Dynasty (the north). The same is true of adapted TV series. On the side of the Ming Sect, the military led by Zhu Yuanzhang repeatedly clashed with Zhang Wuji and other Ming Sect management, under the pretext of eliminating Zhao Min and attacking Zhang Wujie.
In the Yuan Dynasty, important political forces such as the Yuan Shun Emperor (who did not appear directly) and the Pingnan king Polo Aru (the prototype should be the Yuan Dynasty emperor Wei King Polo Timur) were added. The King of Ruyang was not only distinguished in his achievements, but also deeply loved by the people and highly praised the Lord. Although Emperor YuanShun and Polo Aru both wanted to eliminate the rebels, they were very suspicious of The King of Ruyang. Polo Aru was also obsessed with getting Zhao Min. Cheng Kun and Chen Youyi forgave the master and apprentice, and the second elder Xuan Di and other young people were more capricious, and they went back and forth in the Pingnan Palace and the Ruyang Palace. Cheng Kun's ambitions are even greater than the original, not satisfied with controlling the martial forest, and want to divide the land and become a prince. These settings make the historical background of the TV series more grand.
Former Indoor Toshin
Cheng Kun's ambitions are even greater than the original
Correspondingly, Zhao Min's plot has also been greatly increased. Zhao Min of this drama is worthy of the good name of the female Zhuge Ge, and it can be said that he is the most brilliant in the wisdom of Zhao Minli in the past. On the yuan chamber, she eliminated her political enemy Polo Aru. In terms of Ming Sect, she saw early on that Zhu Yuanzhang had ambitions to usurp the throne and become emperor. In addition, in the original work, the Four Heroes of Wudang overheard Song Qingshu confess to kill Mo Shenggu; the TV series was changed to Zhao Min's design to let Song Qingshu say it. In contrast, the Taiwanese version of Zhao Min is completely a heroine of a bitter love drama, with an IQ dropped; the 2003 version of Zhao Min is like a youth idol drama heroine.
Zhao Min saw Zhu Yuanzhang's ambition
As a martial arts drama, martial arts is also to be brilliant. This is also a matter of course, the TV series shows the martial arts very well, and uses the narration to annotate important martial arts such as jiuyang shengong and Qiankun great shifting, so that the audience can see clearly and clearly. This drama is the first TV series to shoot Zhang Sanfeng's Yitian Tulonggong bridge section. It is a little regrettable that when Zhang Cuishan and Xie Xun competed, the words on the stone wall of Wang Panshan were outlined, not written with an iron pen.
Zhang Sanfeng created the Heavenly Dragon Slaying Gong
The main martial arts have narration subtitles
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rivers and lakes
In the original work, Zhang Wuji's life is always influenced by others, dominated by the environment, and unable to get rid of the shackles. To be the leader of the Ming Sect is to be influenced by the Ming Sect people. Emotionally, Mr. Jin Yong also said in the afterword of the original work: "Zhang Wujie has always dragged mud and water... But deep down in his heart, which girl did he love more? I'm afraid he doesn't know it himself The TV series gave a perfect ending, Zhang Wuji became single-minded, and Zhao Min became the real heroine.
The concept of love is more specific than the original
After having feelings with Zhao Min, Zhang Wuji also became much smarter. Zhao Min was forced to marry Queen Pingnan, and Zhang Wuji borrowed wine to dispel his sorrows. After Zhang Wuji got Zhao Min's letter, he was able to understand the hints in Zhao Min's letter and rescued her. Zhao Min used the excuse to look at the dragon slaying knife in order to follow Zhang Wujie, at this time she was already determined to abandon her noble county lord status. Zhang Wuji also discovered this, and the two showed their mutual admiration for each other early on the Spirit Snake Island.
The two were in touch with each other
Zhao Min abandoned his status as a county lord
The Book of the Slaughter of the Dragon in Yitian divides the historical Han Lin'er into Zhang Wuji and Han Lin'er, who died at the hands of Zhu Yuanzhang's general Liao Yongzhong. However, in the novel, Zhang Wujie's martial arts are over, how to kill, the author can only hastily end. After Zhang Wuji overheard Zhu Yuanzhang's conversation with Xu Da and Chang Yuchun murdering Han Lin'er, he mistakenly thought that he was right. Indignant, he withdrew from the Ming Sect. This clashes with Zhang Wujie, who has a broad heart and a generous heart at the center of the book. The TV series was changed to Zhang Wujie, who voluntarily quit the Ming Sect for zhao min. In this way, it can maintain Zhang Wuji's broad and benevolent image, and it also highlights the perfect ending of not loving Jiangshan and loving beauty.
Don't love the country and love the beauty
The endings of Zhou Zhiruo, Song Qingshu and others are also relatively good. When Zhang Wuji and Zhao Min, who left the mortal world, snuggled together on the bank of the Han River, they met Song Qingshu, who had lost his martial arts, and Zhou Zhiruo, who had lost his memory. They have all reformed.
Song Qingshu and Zhou Zhiruo repented and rehabilitated
Finally, it is worth mentioning that the theme song "Wind and Clouds" sung by the protagonist Wu Qihua is also very brilliant. It expresses the life of Zhang Cuishan, Zhang Wuji's father and son, and the ideas that the playwright wants.
"Slaughtering the dragon and leaning on the sky for a second to cut the empty" "Thousands of generations who are crazy and brave, calling the world's heavens to praise" is the struggle of the people for the power represented by the heavenly sword and the dragon slaying sword; "In the end, the two will not be compatible, in my life" is The life portrayal of Zhang Cuishan; "Who can distinguish between good and evil, from one to the end" is Zhang Wujie's emotional entanglement with the two heroines and his exclusive view of love; "Fame and fortune quietly flow through, how to bring it into dreams, hatred even if a heavy laugh turns into emptiness" is Zhang Wujie's open-minded outlook on life.
This issue is edited by Shan Zou