What do they do when dozens of people are thrown into an ever-changing labyrinth to fight different opponents, leaving only seven left?
From the Japanese movie "Battle Royale" more than 20 years ago, to "Alice in the Dying Country" in recent years, to the popular "Squid Game" all over the world, there has always been no shortage of audiences for "battle royale" themed films and television. The limited space, complex human nature, and bloody killings are vividly displayed in every square inch.
This kind of film and television is usually too dark and violent, and is often labeled as a grade, and in the youth-themed domestic animation that I want to talk about today, there is also a unique campus version of "Squid Game", there is no bloody scene, but it is equally exciting. Let's walk into this "Douluo Dalu 2 Peerless Tang Gate" to find out!
The Seven Monsters Trials began, and the "Battle Royale" opened with blood
The Shrek Seven Monsters Selection Contest is the "Squid Game" from "Douluo Continent 2 Peerless Tangmen". This is a big climax in the early stage of the whole animation, Huo Yuhao, Beibei, Wang Dong and other new generation of seven monsters finally gathered for the first time after nearly half a year after the animation was launched, contributing to a wonderful chaos.
The rules of the Seven Monsters Trials are very simple, dozens of students are randomly divided into different areas in the "Ruins Labyrinth", and the opponents encountered are also random, the maze will cut the field at regular intervals, and only the central area of the maze will be retained after an hour, and those who are defeated in the process and have no time to escape from the maze will be eliminated, and the final seven people will be eligible to participate in the new generation of Shrek Seven Monsters.
This kind of competition mechanism is somewhat similar to the popular battle royale and squid game, and the personal standard of the former is different from the former, the Seven Monsters Trials not only have extremely high requirements for the level of single-handedness, but also test team spirit and coordination ability, both strong force duels, and complex human nature games. As the prompt sound of "XXX was eliminated by XXX, there are still XX people left" sounded in the sky above the arena, the ambitions and desires of the teenagers were swaying freely in the narrow maze, and the degree of bloody violence was far less than the former, but the level of excitement was not reduced at all, which was more suitable for all ages to watch.
The plot is exciting and plump with the original work, and the battle is not wrong
The Seven Monsters Trials are mainly martial arts in the original novel of Tang Sanshao, and the animation restores a number of high-burning and neat action scenes, but in order to avoid the audience's visual fatigue, it must not be fought from beginning to end. This first gathering of the Seven Monsters has a lot to explain in terms of character relationships, character personalities, combat skills, etc., and the animation screenwriters obviously seized the opportunity and fleshed out a lot of details on the basis of the original work.
First, a new martial soul display has been added. There are dozens of outstanding disciples of Shrek's outer courtyard gathered on the field, and the protagonist group familiar to the audience shows off the martial spirit, which is definitely not enough to form a fresh visual impact. As a result, the peerless Tangmen animation showed new materialized martial souls such as the manticore, the shadow demon fox, and the human-faced demon spider, and the advanced production technology made a richer image of the martial soul come out, and the impact and fighting between different martial spirits made people's blood gush.
The second is to strengthen the soul of the Seven Monsters and the Emotional Killing. The animation added the plot of Jiang Nannan and Bei Bei's tacit battle, Jiang Nannan also used an invincible golden body to protect Bei Bei, and the debut of this move on the field was the martial soul combination of Xiao Wu and Dai Mubai, one of the original seven monsters. The partner configuration of Captain Shrek + Soft Bone Rabbit returned to the arena after 10,000 years, which not only rendered the comradeship between the seven monsters, but also fought a wave of unexpected "emotional killing", how could people not be moved.
The third is the new scene of the first encounter with Caitou and Xiao Xiao. The animation set up the encounter plot between the pair of energetic Lori and the honest boy at the node of the assessment competition, and Caitou first came to a "hero saves beauty", and then used a lollipop to capture the girl's heart of snack Xiao Xiao, and many viewers called "too sweet". The interaction with Caitou and Xiao Xiao is warm and natural, and it naturally opens the emotional development line of this future couple.
The magic of this brawl is that the audience knows who the winner is, but they still can't help but sweat for their fate. Judging from the scenes added and adapted from the animation, even if you have read the original book, you will never expect what new plots will appear in turn next, and the detail maniac can always find new easter eggs in the film. The Douluo version of the "Squid Game" is still in progress, and let's see how the new Seven Monsters will overcome obstacles!