This article is written by @Film from Time Editorial
Get lost in light and shadow and find an illusory possibility.
In 2017, there was a box office dark horse "Genius Gunner" in the Thai film market.
The director took the story of a genius bully who used his high IQ to cheat, and made the tension and excitement of the spy war film. At the Golden Swan Awards, known as the Oscars of Thailand, he won five awards such as Best Picture, Film Emperor and Film Queen.
The film grossed 113 million baht at the Thai box office, and after the introduction of Chinese mainland, it set a box office record of 271 million yuan.
Three years later, "The Talented Gunner" was adapted into a TV series version and began airing in Thailand in August.
What is the quality?
Abroad, IMDb scored 8.3. Domestically, 2138 viewers scored 8.6, 0.4 points higher than the movie version.
Time Jun chased this drama for the first time, the overall rhythm is brisk, the plot is smooth, and it does not fall into the cliché of idol dramas.
It looks comfortable and is its biggest feature.
Moreover, there are many doubts about the Thai education system and the confusion of teenagers about the future, which is enough to make people reflect.
Many netizens said that the casting this time is a bit strange.
Before interpreting the plot, let's introduce the four actors in the new version.
The heroine "Genius Xiaolin" is played by June, a second-term member of the former Thai girl group BNK48. Compared with the cool version of Judith Joan Charong Suin, the heroine of the drama version is more sweet and cute.
Left: The heroine of the drama version, Prinpitsia Kemaranajun
Right: The heroine of the film version, Judimund Joan Charong Suin
The male protagonist, "Xueba Banks", is played by Thai star second generation Ginger Wattanasin.
In contrast, the male protagonist of the film version, Chanon, is more angular, and there is more stubbornness and incomprehension between the eyebrows.
Left: The male protagonist of the drama version, Ginger Wattanasin
Right: The male protagonist of the film version, Chanon Sanding Tenggu
Supporting actress Pak Fu Mei Grace is played by Thai actress and singer Savanna Paisa Paya.
She and the film version of the actress Isaya Hesuwang are basically cute and match the silly white and sweet character personality.
Left: The drama version of the female supporting Zawanya Paishanpaya
Right: The female version of Isaya Hesuwang
The supporting actor, Mr. Fuerdai Pai, has been soaking in the meat forest of the wine pool since he was a child.
The actor Parris Intara Komayasut and the film actor Pinaro Supan Pingyou have similar temperaments, and there is a sense of cynicism and uninhibitedness in their hands and feet. In the play, Pi's mantra is: "Although I don't study well, I have money." ”
Left: The drama version of the male actor Parris Intara Komayasut
Right: Film version of the male partner Pinaro Supan Pingyou
From the plot point of view, the two versions of the main line is not much different, the drama version is also about the genius high school student Xiaolin and another bully Banks, jointly planning a cross-time zone cheating story.
The difference is that the script threads will be more comprehensive and complex.
First of all, it is reflected in the introduction of the character background. The volume of the 12 episodes of the drama version is indeed a lot more information supplement than the film version.
For example, Xiao Lin's motivation shift has become clearer. There are two reasons why the genius Xiaolin accepts cheating on the exam:
1. Family: Powerless class solidification.
Xiao Lin's father is an old and good man, allowing his colleagues to squeeze.
Although he was a teacher, he was innocent for half his life and never took on private work.
On the contrary, other colleagues went to make up lessons for students after work, and threw the inventory work to him to deal with. Xiaolin's father did so much, but he never got a raise or promotion.
The daughter is angry, but she can't change it. Especially when she knew that the scholarship promised by the principal was not worthy of the name, her father borrowed money everywhere in order to save tuition, and the family was surrounded by walls.
2. School: Ubiquitous deception.
The first scene at the beginning is a scam.
Xiaolin participates in a word fighting contest, and if she wins, she can get a scholarship and attend an aristocratic school.
But when she saw that her opponent, who had been behind herself, suddenly used an eraser to cheat. Xiao Lin suddenly understood that there was nothing fair about this game. Victory or defeat is in the hands of the powerful.
Exams in schools are also a scam.
Xiaolin found that the math teacher deliberately leaked questions to the students who participated in the cram class.
Therefore, Xiaolin's motivation for choosing to cheat is to use her own strength to challenge the unspoken rules of the adult world. She initiates a cat-and-mouse game in the shadows, trying to lead the way for new rules.
Banks' motivation to cheat stems from extreme poverty.
Although the family has a laundromat, he has been washing by hand to save money.
While washing clothes, I also have to take care of my mother, who is getting older.
The hardships of life made him extremely rational, indifferent, and had a strong sense of boundaries. Good grades + scholarships, he saw as the only way out.
Therefore, when Banks first met Xiaolin, he did not have any greetings, and came up to ask Xiaolin why she shared the scholarship equally with him and refused to become friends with her.
Because: "If we are not friends, there is only one sad person, the one who has lost the scholarship." If we are friends, there are two sad people, two people who have lost their scholarships and two who have received them. ”
When Xiaolin and Banks' storyline intersects, it means that the most exciting part of "Genius Gunner" has begun.
The endless cheating tricks began to play out.
Compared with the piano cheating method in the film version, the drama version has developed a new set of clock cheating schemes.
How to play it?
The minute hand represents the number, and when it is displayed until the first few minutes, it means that the answer to the question is to be told.
For example, the first minute means that the answer to the first question is to be answered. The second minute is the answer to the second question.
There are 60 minutes in total, which corresponds to exactly 60 questions.
For the answers to each question, look at the second hand
The second hand points to 1 and selects A. Point to 2, choose B, and so on.
When you really go to the battlefield (examination room), the familiar spy movie texture of the film version is back!
The devil is one foot tall and one foot high, and in the countdown time, there is an undercurrent of fierce competition, and the people who watch it are overflowing with happiness
But the drama version of "Genius Gunner" has done it, not only "cool".
Its critique of Thailand's education system is visible to the naked eye.
The day before, the principal also congratulated Xiaolin on winning the high school scholarship. The next day, she found out that the school still required her father to pay a large sponsorship fee.
What about the full scholarship? Why are principals inconsistent?
This incident contributed to Xiao Lin's decision to operate the cheating business. She picked up the phone and said the classic dialogue from the play: "The school can earn our money, why can't we make the school money?" ”
After talking about the principal, he also took the matter of teachers flocking to run training classes.
As mentioned earlier, the math teacher in the play not only has reservations about teaching in the classroom, but also leaks the test questions to some students in advance.
For what? Attract more students to their own cram schools! The teacher's wallet bulged, and the students laughed at the exam, killing both birds in one fell swoop.
Naïve Xiaolin, the day before, was still interpreting the problems in the math cram school for Grace. The next day, I found that the questions of the original midterm exam were also these.
A sentence from the math teacher when proctoring the exam is also worth playing:
Exams aren't hard, right?
If you listen carefully to the class, or come to the teacher to make up the lesson, you will know that mathematics is not difficult.
The implication is that if you don't come to me for cram school, the exam will be difficult. If you look for me to go to cram school, the exam is not difficult at all, because you have done all the exam questions.
We often see this kind of news of teachers using their positions for personal gain.
But there are still too few film and television dramas that dare to shoot it directly. In that sense, The Talented Gunslinger is brave and critical enough.
In addition, Banks' family setting has another metaphor on a social level.
The mother was ill and was in poverty in the family, and was reluctant to go to the hospital.
If Banks receives a full scholarship, the mother can go to a private hospital. If you can't get it, you have to go to the public hospital to queue.
This means that the mother and son must wait until 5 a.m. to the evening to see the patient. During this period, you also have to endure a bad medical environment.
Xiaolin got a scholarship to relieve her father's financial pressure.
The missed Banks can only endure a series of effects of poverty.
Therefore, Banks' precocious puberty is particularly distressing. Because of this suffering, it should not be borne by a minor.
And this powerless frustration is not only crushed by Banks, but also by thousands of people struggling to feed themselves in real life.
The drama version of "Genius Gunner" is filmed about the life of the post-00s, but the plot has torn apart Thailand's social structure, the gap between rich and poor, the education system and so on. The depth and breadth of content has long surpassed that of similar dramas.
Currently, the drama version has been updated to episode 10.
Banks was expelled from school for being exposed to STIC cheating.
Xiao Lin plans to wash her hands in the golden basin.
Banks begged her to make one last vote, because this time the temptation was even greater: an exam, 800 customers, a one-time deposit of 50 million baht.
Anyone who has seen the film version knows that Xiaolin finally chose to turn herself in, and Banks fell deeper and deeper.
One tried to save himself, one couldn't extricate himself.
But this time, Time Jun hopes that the ending of the drama version can come to a different number of ways, and live up to so many profound preparations for the first 10 episodes.
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