I once watched a female college student's reaction video watching the old Three Kingdoms TV series on the Internet, which is the kind of TV series on the screen and she on the other, sometimes saying her own opinions.
This female college student doesn't even know what the word "owner" means, has very little historical knowledge, and only knows some famous characters and plots about the Three Kingdoms.
When she looked at the old Three Kingdoms, she often said that her face was blind, there were too many characters, and she couldn't see it, if only each character would have an introduction when he came out of the camera. Is Liu Bei only 28 years old? How do you look like forty or fifty years old? Why did Dong Zhuo dare to depose the emperor? Obviously all those ministers are against him? Why didn't Dong Zhuo kill Dong Zhuo when Yuan Shao and Dong Zhuo collided? And why was Empress Dowager Dong suddenly exiled?
1: From her perspective, we can probably see some ordinary audiences' understanding of the drama of the Old Three Kingdoms, such as: the age of the actors corresponds to the plot setting; Easy face blindness; The logic between the stories is not close enough; There is a viewing threshold.
Some of them I found when I looked at it alone, such as Liu Bei saying to Xu Chu when he fled the Xu capital that I had resigned as emperor in person. Emperor Xian is a nickname; Chen Deng said to Lü Bu, Cao Gong Table / Gift Family Father / Rank Zhong / Two Thousand Stones, there are two mistakes here, one is the error of the sentence breaking, the correct sentence is: Cao Gong / Table Gift Family Father / Rank / Zhong Two Thousand Stones, rank is the meaning of official position, and Zhong Two Thousand Stone is a specific Yulu. When Zhuge Liang pretended to be ill and wanted Liu Bei to be declared emperor, the clothes worn by Zhuge Liang had obvious creases made by irons, and normal folding would not produce such marks; There are also crossings such as corn; Frequent change of actors, the audience is prone to dizziness; Filmed by multiple directorial groups, there are differences in quality between the groups, which may also be the reason for the allocation of funds. There are also some limitations of the era, which I will not repeat.
2: There are many slots in the new three countries, and many people on the Internet have said this, so I will not repeat it.
3: The book "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" itself also has some plot abruptness, logical loopholes, cultural disconnection and other deficiencies.
4: Over the years, many people have discussed the Three Kingdoms on the Internet, and many stories of the Three Kingdoms have been dug up. It is also said that the Three Kingdoms has produced a lot of plots that were unfamiliar to the public before.
Based on these four points, we can draw a theory: there is still a lot of room for improvement in shooting a TV series that tells the story of the entire Three Kingdoms.
Among the four masterpieces, only the Three Kingdoms can be remade. Why? Because each of the other three famous books has at least two versions of the TV series, "Journey to the West" has multiple versions. Of course, the Three Kingdoms also have multiple versions of TV series, but only the Three Kingdoms has produced enough fresh plots, that is, the points I mentioned above, so there is still a lot of room for improvement.
But our version of the Three Kingdoms is called "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", why not just call it "Romance of the Three Kingdoms"?
The book "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" itself has the limitations of the times, and this will be discussed in detail later. In order to tell the story of the Three Kingdoms to be accepted by more people, it is necessary to make a major adaptation on the basis of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and integrate the culture of the times, but because "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is a famous book, a must-read book for students, and the content of the college entrance examination, it cannot be greatly adapted.
Therefore, we call it "Romance of the Three Kingdoms".
"Romance of the Three Kingdoms". The "Three Kingdoms" shows that our version of the Three Kingdoms has added more real history, which is in line with the current market environment in which many people are discussing the real history of the Three Kingdoms. "Interpretation" buys us a pass to write fictional plots and has more creative space.
New Three Kingdoms director Gao Xixi is filming a TV series called "Three Kingdoms Era", which is also about the entire Three Kingdoms, and the banner is real history. But if your positioning is real history, it means that the familiar but fictional plot such as Wen Jiu Chopping Huaxiong, passing five levels and slashing six generals should be deleted; Fictional characters such as mink cicadas are also deleted; Fictional settings such as military generals singled out also had to be deleted. Then the excitement of this Three Kingdoms may be greatly reduced. Combined with his previous works, it is likely that it is only under the banner of real history, so I am not optimistic about this drama.
Let me talk about the seven points of improvement over the previous two editions of the Three Kingdoms.
First of all, in general, "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is divided into three parts, the first script "Heroes Chasing Deer" has been written, about 40 episodes, the plot arrives at Cao Cao preparing to go south to Jingzhou.
Boost 1: Divide the plot
The first part of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is divided into 32 chapters, and the characters in each chapter try not to involve other chapters, compared to "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", it will be more independent, even if you look at it from the middle, it is easy to understand.
Some episodes in the old Three Kingdoms TV series have serious spoilers, such as "The Death of Lü Bu". This is mainly because the original book adopted many such chapter titles. Chasing dramas is more taboo to spoilers. Although we all know that Lü Bu must be dead, many viewers who have not seen the Three Kingdoms, he does not know which plot point Lü Bu died at, so it is still necessary to retain some mystery.
The "Death of Lü Bu" of the Old Three Kingdoms is two episodes. When the production team is preliminarily producing, there may be more, and then some of them will be deleted; It may also be less, and then fill in some of it and force it to match the length of these two episodes.
The version of the Three Kingdoms I envisioned, in the TV series, such as the beginning of the "Taoyuan Three Junctions", there are black and white words: Taoyuan Three Junctions, and then start playing, the duration may be one and a half episodes, and when the next episode progress bar is halfway, it is over, and then a black and white headline appears, and then the next chapter does not have to be forced to match the duration.
The original work of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is longer, and talk about this and that, for many historical whites, watching this story is a bit like running a marathon, too complicated, can't understand, may be very tired after watching for a while, can't stick to it. We divide the entire story of the Three Kingdoms into a relatively independent chapter, and many viewers will be much more relaxed when watching it.
Boost 2: The story has been greatly improved
I wrote a story about Cao Cao before he became an official, riding with Yuan Shao and others, drinking and having fun, and stealing other people's brides. I also highlighted the setting that Cao Cao and Yuan Shao have a particularly good relationship.
We all know that later Cao Cao and Yuan Shao will fight in Guandu and become opponents on the battlefield. The ancients may not feel so strongly about this contrasting plot, but we modern people see this kind of plot, when we were young, we were small, the relationship was very good, and when we grew up, we were opponents, and even if we didn't die, we would really feel a lot of emotion.
This kind of plot is very much in line with our modern people's appetite, so it is necessary to write it.
Note that I don't write according to the format, I often write various stories of the Three Kingdoms when I was a student, and I have accumulated it for many years. I'm also a modern person, and some of the plots fit my imagination, which may also meet the appetite of most audiences. I shall now present a general conclusion.
Cao Cao in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" seems to have naturally become a prince.
This version of Cao Cao has experienced three entrepreneurship.
In his first venture, that is, to fight against Dong Zhuo, Cao Cao sold all his family property in Chen Liu to recruit volunteers, but he basically lost all of them when he pursued Dong Zhuo alone. The first business failed, and Cao Cao was frustrated.
The second time he started his business, Cao Cao received a large amount of funding from his friend Wei Hong, and recruited 4,000 soldiers, but on the way back, there was a mutiny, and the supplies were looted. The second venture failed again, and Cao Cao was discouraged and wanted to break up.
Xia Hou's very refreshing words made Cao Cao regain his confidence.
The third time he started his business, Cao Cao fought in Yanzhou and succeeded, but the process was difficult. Cao Cao appeared here with dark circles under his eyes and a very haggard image.
Looking at these plots, we will feel that people who started as high as Cao Cao have experienced several failures in entrepreneurship, and even if the third time is successful, the process is so difficult. Also, Cao Cao's dark eye image may not have been seen by most people.
After taking Yanzhou, Cao Cao was proud and complacent, and enjoyed himself in the palace all day.
Xun Yu gave some advice and planned a career blueprint, which lifted Cao Cao's spirit again.
In the Three Kingdoms, the plot of this kind of employee planning the blueprint for the boss is actually not only "Longzhong pair", but also Xun Yu to Cao Cao, Lu Su to Sun Quan, and my version changed to Zhou Yu to Sun Ce. The plot of this kind of blueprint is also very good-looking, and it is necessary to write.
We not only feel better watching such a plot, but also feel that such a Cao Cao is more real.
This version of Cao Cao fought very hard in the Battle of Guandu, gambling with his life, and then desperately the kind, I will not go into detail here.
After Cao Cao unified the north, he rewarded meritorious heroes in Yecheng and shared the entrepreneurial process of the past twenty years with everyone. At this time, Cao Cao's sideburns were white. We, the audience, will follow the memories of Cao Cao, and then see the dashing Cao Cao at the age of twenty, to see the young man who is dedicated to the country, and feel the hardships of that journey again.
Through this plot, we viewers seem to have followed Cao Cao and those people, who have walked through decades of life, and will really shed tears and feel a lot of emotion.
When we look at such an image of Cao Cao, is it fuller? Because the image of the characters is determined by the plot, the plot of this version of the Three Kingdoms has been greatly optimized.
Improvement 3: The plot of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" Chinese disjointed has been deleted
"Romance of the Three Kingdoms" Liu Beisan let Xuzhou's plot, many people will say that Liu Bei is hypocritical when they watch this paragraph. In fact, in ancient times, this kind of three concessions was a common etiquette, so great that the emperor had to give three times to receive Zen; As small as usual, small people give gifts on holidays, but also have to push and go, several times, and finally willing to accept it. Because the image of Liu Bei created by me is a positive character, writing this kind of plot now will conflict with the setting, so I have to delete it.
Liu Bei in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", goat's beard, looks benevolent and generous, has a lot of crying plots, and has no opinion. Ancient people liked this image, especially the literati, which was the ideal boss of dreams.
But now, more of us may like Mu Qiang.
Therefore, this version of Liu Bei will basically restore the true history, joy and anger are not colorful, and it looks more majestic.
Liu Bei of the right history has a beard on his chin and no chin. There is a game called Crouching Dragon. The Sky Falls", also noticed this, but the image of Liu Bei they made did not have that aristocratic temperament.
An old TV series "Dragon Ball of the Demon World", Shangguan Yun in it is a good reference image. As soon as he stood there, we knew that he was a leader, a martial arts alliance master, either a positive BOSS or a negative BOSS, anyway, it must be the boss of a force, and he is very aristocratic. There is also Liu Bei of the right history who likes to wear gorgeous clothes, which is also in line. However, Shangguan Yun is negative, and this version of Liu Bei is positive.
Liu Bei was defeated by Cao Cao in the ancient city and went south to Jingzhou. This paragraph is very important, don't write something?
Liu Bei looked back to the north, and Nan Nan said: In the world of life, suddenly like a traveler.
Just this scene, this line, Liu Bei's eyes, show that frustration to the fullest. We will sigh that failure really runs through people.
After decades of entrepreneurship, I still have nothing. Life is really a failure. But we will see that Liu Bei will have one of the three points in the world. Keep going, there will be hope, there will be winning.
Boost 4: The image of secondary characters is richer and more three-dimensional
The old Three Kingdoms are more restored to the original, so there are many characters who appear, and those main characters have more plots and lines, and the image is relatively full, while many supporting roles only have one or two scenes, and there are fewer lines. For many historical whites, if you delve into it and look for the original work, it is a burden; If these supporting roles are ignored, then the meaning of these plots and characters is not much, and it will appear verbose.
Therefore, the New Three Kingdoms directly deleted most of the characters, mainly portraying those dozens of characters, Xu Chu, Cao Ren, Xun Yu next to Cao Cao, and Zhang Zhao next to Liu Bei; Sun Quan was surrounded by Lu Su and Lü Meng. The plot is also mainly about the struggle between Cao Liu and Sun.
Therefore, the new three countries are easier for many people to understand, and they can roughly feel the cultural characteristics of the three countries.
The old Three Kingdoms is actually a problem with the original work, that is, in order to set off some main characters, "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" wrote a lot of secondary characters, but many secondary characters are basically one or two images, and the repetition rate is too high.
For example, Guan Yu passes five levels and cuts six generals.
First, there are logical loopholes.
Think about it with the thinking of a normal person, everyone knows that you Guan Yu is Cao Cao's red man, I can't tell you it's too late? Why should I stop you? Well, stop you and forget it, on the grounds that there is no official document, it is still said in the past. But why should I kill you Guan Yu? I know that you Guan Yu is very powerful, why should I gamble my life to kill you Guan Yu? Do I kill you, and I still expect Cao Cao to reward me? Of course, there is no such bug in history, because Cao Cao clearly let Guan Yu go, so Guan Yu did not have any obstacles along the way. Lao Luo forcibly added such a plot in order to highlight Guan Yu's bravery.
And I have seen an evaluation that said that those few people in the family are normal guarding the pass, they are performing their duties, and you Guan Yu still forcibly rushed the pass, it is you Guan Yu who is wrong. This is in conflict with the positive image of Guan Yu.
Second, the character image is repetitive.
These five level guards exist purely to set off Guan Yu's scene, and the images are similar, but some will use tricks.
There are many characters in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", but most of the people's images are repetitive, either brainlessly rushing forward, or loyal and brave, etc., but the names and the time and place of appearance are different.
On the one hand, Lao Luo tried to write the characters and plots that appeared in the main history, and on the other hand, he had to adapt and highlight the main characters, which led to this plot being very rich. For those who like it, this is not only fine, but will feel very exciting; But for many historical whites, it may be a little complicated and too large.
Five levels and six will either delete this plot or adapt it to make it reasonable. My choice is a reasonable adaptation.
Kong Xiu of the first level, who fought all over the nearby hundred miles of invincible hands, thought that the world was invincible, arrogant and ignorant, and wanted to get Guan Yu's Blue Dragon Moon Knife and Red Rabbit Horse, greedy and ignorant, so he came to kill Guan Yu.
Han Fu, who was in the second level, stopped Guan Yu under the city tower and cursed, which is to humiliate this world-famous general, which feels very cool.
Bian Xi in the third level and Wang Zhi in the fourth level are the apprentices of Yan Liang and Wen Qiu respectively, and they are the traitors installed by Yuan Shao in Cao Ying, in order to avenge the master, so they came to kill Guan Yu, which is quite loyal.
Qin Qi in the fifth level, the setting is an old man, and the bug of Ka Guan Yu not killing the old man is that before fighting, he induced Guan Yu to reiterate the rule of "three do not kill" in front of everyone, one of which is not to kill the old man, and then keep pressing Guan Yu to fight.
Written in this way, the guards of the five levels, Guan Yu have a positive reason to kill them, there will be no sense of moral guilt, and the image is more distinct, and the logic is also smooth.
The original book and the first two versions of the Three Kingdoms have many plots with imprecise logic, and the logic everywhere in this version of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is relatively rigorous and can withstand scrutiny.
For example: Cao Cao assassinated Dong this paragraph.
The old Three Kingdoms Cao Cao said that the reason for being late was that the horses were thin, but the thinness of the horses was a "continuous event", why weren't you late before? Being late is an "emergency". So I let Cao Cao say here that he had encountered an accident, which is reasonable. After Cao Cao came to Dong Zhuo's side, he had nothing to do, so he just stood and was unreasonable. Why did Dong Zhuo say before that Cao Cao was late? The setting of this line must be that Dong Zhuo agreed with Cao Cao before, and then you Cao Cao came and stood dumbfounded? Definitely unreasonable. My assumption here is that Cao Cao will regularly come to Dong Zhuo's mansion to talk to him about the situation inside and outside the imperial court, which can not only let the audience understand some of the situation in the world through Cao Cao's mouth, but also reflect Cao Cao's ability. When Dong Zhuo first entered Beijing, he urgently needed a smart, politically savvy and capable person to help him. In this way, the causal relationship between Dong Zhuo's reuse and trust of Cao Cao is clearer. Written in this way, the logic before and after is smooth.
Along the way, let me say what I think about adapting history.
Maybe friends who are new to history, see a wonderful historical story, like it, and then think, serve it in its original form, and most of the audience will also like it.
In fact, no, the real history does not have the story of "Taoyuan Three Jieyi", but our people prefer to regard Liu Guanzhang and the three as brothers of Jieyi. Zhuge Liang and Jiang Wei are not master-apprentice relationships, but we people prefer to praise them as master-apprentice relationships.
Culture is always evolving. Tang and Song dynasties, integrating the cultures of the three kingdoms into poetry; The Ming and Qing dynasties integrated the culture of the Three Kingdoms into novels and operas.
We will also express the culture of the three countries in a way that people in our time can feel better. For example, the writing is easy to understand and humorous.
The plot of the coalition forces begging Dong.
Hua Xiong called for battle, and Han Fu, one of the eighteen princes, said, hahaha, I have General Pan Feng, but I can cut Hua Xiong. Then Pan Feng went and was beheaded by Hua Xiong.
Lü Bu called for battle, and Kong Rong, one of the eighteen-way princes, said, hahaha, I have General Wu Anguo, I can kill Lü Bu.
Wu Anguo is not stupid, you like to brag, don't take me with you. Wu Anguo first said a lot of high-sounding, and then said that to deal with Lü Bu, there was no need to use traditional martial generals to single out the rules one-on-one. We eighteen princes, one from each of them, fought Lü Bu together. Wu Anguo also left a life because of this.
The plot of Ten Constant Attendants and He Jin fighting for power.
The main thing is that Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong discussed with each other, Zhao Zhong finished saying the final proposal, Zhang Rang asked the others, what do you think? The other eight said: I will wait for the second argument.
This has been the case several times.
Good fellow, there were workplace bastards in the Three Kingdoms era in 1,800 years?
The plot of Li Wei and Guo Wan.
Guo Xiao often went to Li Wei's mansion for dinner, and when he returned one night, he felt a stomachache. Guo Qiang's wife thought that Li Wei had poisoned, so she let Guo Xiao eat a lot of feces to induce vomiting. The taste is too big. Then the next day, Guo went to scold Li Wei. Li Wei scolded back, I treat you with good food and drink every day, what crazy did you come to me early in the morning, you ate last night, right?
Good guys, direct crit!
The plot of Tai Shi Ci.
When Tai Shici met Sun Ce, he asked, which of you is Sun Ce?
Sun Ce said, I am the little bully of Jiangdong.
Tai Shici said, I ask you which is Sun Ce?
Sun Ce said, I am Sun Bofu.
Tai Shici cursed, are you deaf? I ask you which is Sun Ce?
Sun Ce was furious and fought with Tai Shici. Tai Shi Ci hit the top, and unknowingly was surrounded by Sun Ce's soldiers. Sun Ce asked Tai Shici if he would surrender. Tai Shici held his head high and said, since he is surrounded, how can he not descend?
I have some adaptations here, so that Tai Shici surrendered in advance, but the plot of this piece will not be disgusting, say that the history is changed indiscriminately, but the plot is simplified. The episode of Sun Ce Jianye in the old Three Kingdoms mainly talks about receiving too Shi Ci, too thin, and too Shi Ci Zhongyi's image point, too many characters have it, there is no need to write it.
After Tai Shici surrendered, Sun Ce asked for his name. Tai Shici said his surname, first name, character, where person, height, specialty and other information, and kept talking about Balabala. Sun Ce was dumbfounded, and hurriedly pulled Mrs. Shici away, saying that he would eat.
In this way, the image of Tai Shici is very distinct, natural and easy to remember.
There is also a plot of the ancient city meeting.
Liu Bei Group reassembled, and a lot of new faces came, so everyone made a simple self-introduction. Liu Pi introduced himself, called Liu Pi, originally a yellow turban army, when the lord came to Runan, he defected to the lord. My friend Gong Du was just about to speak, and Liu Pi said that his name was Gong Du, and he was the same as me, and we were together.
Good guy, people Gong Du originally had this line, and you robbed it, it's too miserable.
These supporting roles, although there are few scenes, some may not even have lines, but they can still impress the audience, and will not be like in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", many characters are just a cutscene.
Lift 5: Lower the threshold
In terms of lines, such as Guo Jia's ten-win and ten-lose theory.
This is the original version of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms": Shao Fan has many manners, the public body is natural, and this way wins one also. Shao to reaction, public obedience to lead the world, this righteousness is better than the two. At the end of the Han Dynasty, the government was lenient, and the government was lenient, so it was not deterred, and the public correction was fierce, and the upper and lower levels knew the system, and this rule won the three also. The outside is wide and the inside is taboo, the use of people and doubts, the appointment is only relatives and children, the public is easy to simplify and the inside is smart, the use of people is undoubted, only talent is appropriate, not far and near, this degree is better than the four. Shao has more plans and few decisions, lost in the future, the public policy has to be carried out, the response is endless, and this strategy wins the five. Because of the wealth of the world, Gao Zhi gave way to receive reputation, and the good words of the warriors were returned to many outsiders, and the public and the heart were treated, and the sincerity was done, not for the sake of vanity, and the meritorious were not stingy, the faithfulness of the warriors and the foresight and the practical were willing to be used, and this virtue won the six also. The so-called benevolence of the woman is open to the small things at the moment, and sometimes there are some neglects, and as for the great things, they are connected to the four seas, and the grace is added, and they are beyond their hopes, although they do not see them, and they are all concerned, and they are all good, and this benevolence is better than the seven. Shao ministers fought for power, rumors were confused, and the prince was under the way, infiltrating could not work, and this Ming won the eight also. Shao is unknowable, the public office is to enter the courtesy, not the right to the law, this text wins the nine also. Shao Hao is a false situation, does not know the needs of soldiers, the public overcomes the crowd with few, uses troops like gods, soldiers are feared, and the enemy is afraid, and this martial victory is ten. With these ten victories, it is not difficult to defeat them.
Of course, it was very simple for ancient readers to read this, but for many of us now, there are indeed some thresholds, so they need to be appropriately adapted.
This is my version of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms": Yuan Shao has many manners, the lord is natural, and this way wins one also; Yuan Shao rebelled, and the lord led the world with obedience, and this righteousness prevailed over the two; Since Huan and Ling, government has been lenient, the powerful have become more lawless, the good have been deceived, and the evil have become even more evil. The Lord made severe punishments and strict laws, so that the upper and lower levels would abide by the system, and the people would understand the law, and this rule would prevail over the three; Yuan Shao was forgiving outside and taboo inside, and he was suspicious of people, and he was crony. The Lord is simple on the outside and clear on the inside, undoubtedly employing people, only talent is appropriate, this degree is better than the four; Yuan Shao was resourceful and less decisive, and regretted it afterwards. The Lord has to act in a way that is endless, and this plan wins the five; Yuan Shao came from a prestigious family, so he was good at receiving people who talked high and fished for fame. The Lord treats people sincerely, does not make false words, and rewards meritorious people with thrift, and never sparess, so those who are loyal and talented are willing to serve the Lord Lord, and this virtue is better than the six; When Yuan Shao sees people in difficulty, he shushes and asks for warmth, and for those who have not seen, he is not concerned, which is called the benevolence of villains. The Lord is overwhelmed by small matters in front of him, or negligent. As for the major events of the four seas, Enwei added everything, which can be described as a great benevolence. This Ren Katsu Shichiya; Yuan Shao's subordinates fought for power and profit, and the monarchs were separated. The Lord is under the rule of the Tao, so that all people are united, and this light is victorious over the eight also; Yuan Shao did not know right from wrong, and the lord would respect the right and wrong, and punish the law if he was wrong. This text Katsukyu also; Yuan Shao did not know about military affairs, the lord overcame the people with less, and used troops like gods, and this martial arts won ten also. The Lord has these ten victories, isn't it easy to break Yuan?
Plot: such as Lü Buyuanmen shooting halberd
We all know that Lü Buyuanmen's halberd shooting is very powerful, but how powerful is it? Most of us don't know it. As soon as we say that the college entrance examination is 600 points, we all know what level it is, because we took the college entrance examination. But what is the gate? How far is it? How difficult is archery? Many of us don't know it now. Therefore, it is necessary to use some techniques to make the audience see better.
My version is mainly through the lines of Ji Ling and Lv Bu to make a comparison, and there is a reaction of everyone to highlight the power of Lü Bu's halberd.
Improvement 6: Absorb essence, optimize insufficiently
This version retains and strengthens the plot of the old Three Kingdoms, where the characters laugh before they are beheaded, and they can save their lives; Ma Teng is the plot of the pot king. Some lines of the New Three Kingdoms are also retained, such as: That's good, wow, he crosses the river and I cross the river; Good strategy, but I want to modify it slightly. It's just that I changed the plot point.
People who have not seen the first two versions of the Three Kingdoms will definitely not be able to get these memes. However, many people have seen the first two versions of the Three Kingdoms, leaving some shadows of the first two versions, many of our audiences will have a sense of familiarity.
Some of the plots of the first two versions are excellent, but there are also shortcomings, so they need to be optimized, such as the story of the old Three Kingdoms "Taoyuan Three Junctions".
Guan Yu is in the same echelon as Dian Wei and Xu Chu, and he is a super first-class martial general. Dian Wei chased the tiger across the stream, and Xu Chu pulled the mad bull's tail back hundreds of steps, this kind of power far exceeded that of normal humans. And Guan Yu just lifted the millstone, and it was a little difficult, this combat power collapsed a little, and there was another person in Liu Bei's army behind who raised a larger millstone. Of course, the bravery of military generals does not rely solely on strength, but such details should still be optimized.
Improvement 7: More detailed information
The old Three Kingdoms had several scenes of soldiers playing drums, just the kind of only small arm swing, and the amplitude was small. This is not quite accurate. The drum is the horn of the ancient sergeant's attack, which has the effect of boosting morale and stabilizing the rhythm of the attack, most sergeants can step on the drum to advance, although everyone will not be completely consistent, but the overall rhythm can be grasped. So the drum sound is the kind of "boom-boom-boom" sound, very loud, and the interval is long. And the ringing gold, which can also be the ringing of the bell, is the signal of retreat, it should be the kind of "ding-ding" sound, urgent, crisp. So when beating the drum, the big arms should also swing, the hands should be thrown up, the pace should be slower, and the force should be a little harder. And when the gold is sung, he swings his forearm and fights with both hands.
There is a scene in the old Three Kingdoms, and the subordinates of the Jia Xu family say, Sir, the five senses of the general Cao Pi are here. This sentence is problematic, how dare the next person call Cao Pi's name? I know that if the production team directly let the lines say that the five senses are coming, then the audience may not know who is coming. In order to let the audience know, the words Cao Pi were added. But a more appropriate way is that we can directly put a parenthesis after the subtitle of "Five Senses Zhong Lang General", such as: Five Senses Zhong Lang General (Cao Pi) is coming, don't say the lines. There are many similar ones, such as weight, hours are different from today, and some difficult words, which can be explained in parentheses later.
The history of the Three Kingdoms involves a wide area and a long time, and you should get a timeline and a large map to cooperate with the explanation, so that the perception is better and easier to understand.
The main characters such as Cao Cao and Liu Bei must not only have surnames, first names, and characters in the introduction, but also have age information that will change. We, the audience, can have a sense of substitution, and have the feeling of following historical figures.
Soldiers do not wear armor most of the time, even when the barracks are deliberating, and only wear armor when there is a war and about to fight, and there must be shots of wearing armor, which is more cumbersome. Dozens of pounds of armor, who wears that thing when they are fine? It's both real and relaxed. Also, in an army, only a small number of people can wear armor, and there are also half-body armor, leather armor and people who do not wear armor, not everyone wears almost the same armor. This is both real and cost-effective.
In the play, elite troops such as White Horse Yicong are basically composed of young and middle-aged people. The age range of the Yellow Turban Army should be large, and there should be old people, children, and young adults.
Luoyang was this Luo before Cao Pi became emperor, and this Luo before Cao Pi became emperor.
Union prefecture is pronounced (bīng), 俸禄二千石 (shī), Han Shao (shǎo) emperor.
There will be many details such as this at the time of specific production, so I will not repeat it.
In general, this version of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" retains the essence of the previous Three Kingdoms works, optimizes the deficiencies, creates a lot of plots, the details are more perfect, the character image is fuller, three-dimensional, and the logic is rigorous, and the audience can understand and like to watch.
Two: The above is the improvement of our version of the Three Kingdoms in terms of script, as well as the improvement that the development of this era can bring.
1: Illustration
Insert some national style pictures in the play. With the development of education over the years, many people's Chinese style paintings are indeed very beautiful.
2: Mirror movement:
In the anime "Fire Phoenix Burning Plain", there is a scene of killing the general, that is, the lens is the gaze of the slain martial general before he died, and it is really great to follow his gaze!
There is also the Indian mirror, when Cao Cao was about to assassinate Dong Zhuo, Dong Zhuo woke up. At this moment, using an Indian mirror, rubbing and tweeting, super funny. Later, Li Ru came, analyzed some doubts for Dong Zhuo, and then used the Indian mirror, wiped, tweeted, and then the screen shattered, Dong Zhuo finally understood: Oh, it's not good, Cao Cao that kid is going to assassinate me. This way of moving the mirror is that I watch "Sword Net III. Shen Jianxin" was inspired, and two scenes in it used Indian mirrors, which is really funny.
What special effects technology is better, the picture is clearer and so on.
When it comes to the Three Kingdoms, many people have the inherent impression, the plot is long, the investment is large, the story is filmed badly, the plot is familiar to everyone, nothing new, it is real history, it cannot be arbitrarily adapted, ancient troubled war stories, the audience is small.
Now is an era of great cultural prosperity, science fiction, fantasy, doomsday, suspense, there are too many beautiful stories. And people's time is limited, and they can only choose to see a part. The living space of the story "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" seems to be getting smaller and smaller.
But the spiritual core of the culture of the three countries is very good, this history, including brotherhood, loyalty, meritorious achievements, galloping on the battlefield, idealism and other cultures, so that many people as soon as they come into contact, it is easy to substitute into it, produce feelings, and thus like it.
The culture of the times is indeed squeezing the living space of the story "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", but the story of the Three Kingdoms, which is excellent in itself, can also reverse absorb the culture of the times and evolve into "Romance of the Three Kingdoms".
This "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is a watershed and a milestone. Before that, a film and television drama that told the story of the entire Three Kingdoms was produced, the old Three Kingdoms was appropriately adapted on the basis of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", the new Three Kingdoms was greatly simplified, and the 3D animated version of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" was restored as much as possible. All everyone thinks about is on the book "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", tinkering. We have never thought that we will integrate the emotional points that we modern people are more likely to feel, such as persistence, accumulation, loneliness, and bottom line, and integrate more times and culture into it.
"Nezha's Demon Child Descends", there is a line, my life is up to me. This sentence has long appeared in fantasy novels many years ago, but due to the audience and other reasons, it is not as widespread as this movie. To be honest, I feel that this sentence is still a bit of a middle two, but it does resonate with many people.
Persistence, accumulation, desperation, bottom line, freedom, these emotional points are found in many modern stories, which is not unusual, but there are very few in the film and television dramas that talk about the entire Three Kingdoms before. We borrow Cao Cao, Liu Bei, Zhao Yun and other well-known characters to say these lines and walk these plots, and the effect will be very good.
Let's talk about seven more advantages of this Three Kingdoms TV series:
1: This is to tell the whole story of the Three Kingdoms, many people will come to see it, the basic traffic is very high.
2: Many plots have been optimized, the plays are more intense, the literary dramas are more humorous, and now it is the Internet era, which is easier to spread.
3: The emotions are very rich, suitable for repeated brushing, may not be repeatedly brushed all, but many clips are worth watching repeatedly.
4: Either because of study, or because of games, or because of friends chatting, many people need to roughly understand (not study) the history of the Three Kingdoms, and this drama will be the best choice in the future.
5: The Three Kingdoms is real history, the adaptation space is small, this Three Kingdoms has filled in most of the new plots that have appeared over the years, and it will be difficult to produce this kind of TV series about the entire Three Kingdoms in a short period of time.
6: I once watched a foreigner watching the live broadcast of the TV series of the old Three Kingdoms, the title is: After watching "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" before going to China, but many people in our own country can't understand the old Three Kingdoms. As China gets more attention in the world, more people will want to know about China, and this "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is a good carrier.
7: Show your excellent culture, it is easy to get recognition from others. The American game GTA5, which won Game of the Year 2013. The Japanese game "Wolf. Shadow Dead Twice", won the best game of 2019. The stories told by both have strong national cultural characteristics. Looking at other people's, cultures that do not exist in their own country, many people will have a sense of curiosity. Telling this kind of troubled war story, watching this kind of cold weapon fighting, the Three Kingdoms was originally the only existence, but the first two versions of the Three Kingdoms TV series were not perfectly displayed for various reasons. Under the premise of good looking, this "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" has a low threshold and foreigners can understand it.
To sum up, it is good to make a TV series "Romance of the Three Kingdoms".