Recently, the world's first streaming media Netflix (Netflix) suddenly announced that it will put China's classical masterpiece "Water Margin" on the screen, and also to get rid of the original story background, this top streaming media company that has produced many film and television dramas such as "Rome", "Love, Death and Robots", "The Irishman" and so on, is finally going to start with Chinese elements.
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Netflix (Netflix) world-class streaming media company, in China equivalent to the role of Youku iQiyi, although it is world-class, but in China there is not necessarily Youku iQiyi's influence, but the emergence of Netflix (Netflix) does bring more viewing experience to Chinese audiences, and now Netflix (Netflix) is also going to adapt China's classical masterpieces, in this regard, how do Chinese netizens think?
French Water Margin - The Prince and the 108 Flames
To say that in recent years, foreign film and television peers have adapted Chinese masterpieces in the minority, but they are only limited to "Journey to the West", Japan, South Korea, the United States, Australia, Vietnam have filmed film and television works about China's "Journey to the West", and there are few involved in other famous works, there have been Japan and France have successively adapted "Water Margin", but in the end due to low spread and no following.
The Korean version of "Journey to the West" is simply the feeling of destroying the Chinese people
The reason why they are willing to adapt "Journey to the West" is because the story of "Journey to the West" seems to be relatively simple, and the huge and complicated social relations shown in "Water Margin" and the complicated family culture in "Dream of the Red Chamber" and the profound schemes in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" are a test of their understanding of Chinese culture.
The most successful Chinese elemental animation "Kung Fu Panda"
The most successful Chinese elemental animation "Mulan"
The success of cartoons such as "Mulan" and "Kung Fu Panda" filmed by Disney with Chinese elements has indeed made the Chinese people see a joy, feeling that they can be proud of the fact that The Chinese element symbol has become the world's cultural IP, and the subsequent failure of the live-action version of "Mulan" has to make the Chinese people worry about the ability of foreigners to adapt Chinese elements.
Example of the failure of magic reform - live-action version of "Mulan"
After all, Chinese culture has a long and profound history, and the natives still can't get a glimpse of its full picture, not to mention those foreigners who are accustomed to going straight, they always feel that a simple adaptation according to their thinking logic can achieve the effect of simplifying the complex, but they don't know that China's element symbols can only be rooted in China's cultural soil, once separated from the background of this background, it will be a kind of non-justification, such an adaptation for the small foreign market can only be a layman to see the hilarity, For the huge Chinese market, it is an unacceptable insider doorway.
Netflix version of "Water Margin"
The reason why Netflix (Netflix) dared to take the risk of adapting China's "Water Margin" is also because Netflix (Netflix) has made bold attempts in recent years on the basis of the frequent appearance of overseas localization film and television masterpieces, and in this regard, many domestic netizens do not buy it, most of them say that most of the domestic film and television works on "Water Margin" are in line with the original and have repeatedly overturned, and the "Water Margin" that Netflix will shoot this time will be separated from the original story background setting, which is the rhythm of the magic change. More fears are "ruined classics".
Lu Zhishen of Xu Jinjiang and Lin Chong of Liang Jiahui
100 points of Wu Song - Ding Haifeng
If nothing else, as far as those well-known characters in the film are concerned, Netflix (Netflix) may be difficult to meet the expectations of domestic audiences, Li Xuejian's Song Jiang, Liang Jiahui's Lin Chong, Xu Jinjiang's Lu Zhishen, Ding Haifeng's Wu Song, these are probably Netflix (Netflix) difficult to reach the height.
Nobusuke Sato's "Please Call Me a Hero"
The Netflix (Netflix) adaptation of "Water Margin" will be directed by the Japanese director Shinsuke Sato, who has directed "The King of the World", "Please Call Me a Hero", "Abandoned Treasure Island", "Killing City", and "Deep Sea Havoc" screenwriter Matt Seth wrote the screenplay, for the two choreographer combinations, domestic netizens expectations are not very high, the level of screenwriter Matt Sand, by many netizens complained that its quality level is uneven. Director Shinsuke Sato's "The King of the World" is a story of China's Warring States era, and the film's Douban score is only 6.4 points. Perhaps Nobusuke Sato is interested in Chinese history and culture, but the works he shoots are really not so satisfactory.
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