After the new version of "The Legend of Sword and Fairy I" was broadcast, some netizens commented: "If the only criterion for evaluating an adapted TV series is whether the degree of restoration is high, then the new version does win." ”
This doesn't seem to be true, compared with the old version of "The Legend of Sword and Fairy I", the new version really respects the original work.
In fact, when Hu Ge and Liu Yifei's version of "The Legend of Sword and Fairy I" was first broadcast, many game fans expressed dissatisfaction, and the main reason for their dissatisfaction was that this drama had made significant changes to the game plot.
The content of the magic change not only has the character settings of the main characters in the play, but also the plot direction of the whole play, but the Internet was not as developed as it is now, so the TV series has been circulated, but the audience comments and word-of-mouth at that time have not been handed down.
Later, the traditional Xianxia-themed film and television dramas gradually disappeared from the screen, and were replaced by a large number of fairy puppet dramas that mainly focus on falling in love, such as "Sword and Fairy Six" broadcast some time ago.
"The Legend of Sword and Fairy I" no matter how much it changes the original plot, it seems to be much stronger than this kind of fairy puppet drama.
Now that the new version of "The Legend of Sword and Fairy I" has been launched, I have to say that this drama is more restored than the old version in terms of plot and character design, and even the costumes of the characters, and the sets and props in the play are very close to the game.
But after watching a few episodes, you will gradually find that this show doesn't seem to have any advantages other than being in line with the original game.
First of all, let's talk about the male protagonist Li Xiaoyao in the play, some people proposed that the appearance of the new version of Li Xiaoyao is very close to Li Xiaoyao on the game poster, and the new version of Li Xiaoyao looks very juvenile.
The most important thing is that the new version of Li Xiaoyao has changed the initial character of Hu Ge's version of Li Xiaoyao.
Hu Ge's version of Li Xiaoyao was more like a ruffian when he first appeared, often speaking ill of the people around him, and liking to give people nicknames that sounded a little vulgar.
The new version of Li Xiaoyao has no ruffianism, and the overall look needs to be corrected.
But both in appearance and acting skills, they are a little far behind Hu Ge. Especially when Jean appeared, it may be to show the liveliness and activity of Li Xiaoyao's character, and he always made some eyebrows-squeezing expressions, which made people uncomfortable.
And when I first met Ling'er, my performance was not very good, and I was a little deliberate.
Next, let's talk about the heroine Zhao Linger, in fact, when the old version of "The Legend of Sword and Fairy I" was first broadcast, many viewers did not buy Liu Yifei's version of Zhao Linger.
Although Liu Yifei is known as "fairy sister" by many people, not everyone recognizes her appearance, and some people felt that Liu Yifei did not perform Zhao Ling'er's aura, and the whole process was an expression, which looked a little wooden and had no sense of agility.
But compared with the new version of Zhao Ling'er, Liu Yifei's version is indeed much stronger in appearance, and it can even be said that there is no comparison at all.
In addition to the two leading actors, the new version of the choice of other roles is also unsatisfactory, so far I haven't seen any bright spots, if you insist on saying whether there is a stronger role than the old version, judging from the comments of netizens, Jiujian Xian may be able to be regarded as one.
In fact, the original game plot of "The Legend of Sword and Fairy I" is not complicated, if you want to make a qualified film and television drama, it is not necessarily a good thing to fully respect the original work, and some plots may still need to make some appropriate adaptations.
The new version of "The Legend of Sword and Fairy I" develops with the plot, and it doesn't really fully respect the plot of the original game, for example, in the play, after leaving Yuhang, Li Xiaoyao's concern for Zhao Ling'er has long exceeded the scope of "friends", plus the big wedding scene in Li Xiaoyao's dream, and the follow-up in Yangzhou, Li Xiaoyao called Ling'er's name in his sleep, which shows that the setting of this drama is that Li Xiaoyao likes Zhao Ling'er very much, and he can be said to be deeply in love with Zhao Linger.
But in fact, in the game, Li Xiaoyao asked for medicine for his aunt, met Ling'er for the first time and became husband and wife. After one night, because of the black sprout leader's forgetfulness, he forgot the one-day husband and wife relationship with Ling'er. After meeting Ling'er again, the description of the main line is not love, which also provides development space for Ling'er to get along with Yueru after leaving the team. The theme is clear, the logic is self-consistent, and the message is still in line with today's values.
It is precisely because of this that "whether Li Xiaoyao likes Zhao Linger or Lin Yueru" has always been one of the issues that fairy sword fans are keen to discuss.
If you follow the direction of the new version of the plot, how should the plot of Li Xiaoyao and Lin Yueru be carried out next?
If Li Xiaoyao only likes Ling'er alone from beginning to end, Yueru will completely become a supporting role in the love between the two, and accompany Li Xiaoyao all the way to find Ling'er. That was very unfair to Lin Yueru, and it was equivalent to weakening Lin Yueru's charm.
If Li Xiaoyao is made to miss Ling'er in front of him, and then Ling'er starts to have feelings for Yueru after leaving the team, it will be an insult to Li Xiaoyao and Lin Yueru.
So judging from the content of the first ten episodes, this version of "The Legend of Sword and Fairy I" is indeed in line with the original game, but if it continues to develop according to this setting, I am afraid that it will still have to embark on the road of "magic reform" after all.