Old dramas with a little bit of topicality can't escape the fate of being remade.
Even though the vast majority later proved to be redundant, the ratings and word-of-mouth doubled.
But there are still drama parties who do not believe in evil, and would rather lose money than jump into the pit.
No, after nearly 20 years, "Pink Girl" has been remade again.
Not surprisingly, just after the start of the broadcast, it was madly complained about -
The ideal life of love
Originally known as "Shibu Girl".
Adapted from the comic of the same name created by Zhu Deyong in the 90s.
But the audience is most familiar with the 2003 version of the TV series.
It set a ratings record when it was broadcast in Taiwan that year, and was replayed three times a day at the request of the audience.
Broadcasting on the mainland the following year also had a good performance, especially sought after by young female audiences.
It is not an exaggeration to say that it is the pioneering work of domestic urban women's film and television dramas.
The story revolves around four heroines with very different personalities.
"Marriage maniac", "million charms", "man's wife", "innocent sister", each has its own charm.
Many of the views of the characters in the play do not feel outdated even if they are put in the present.
The previous work is so excellent, the pressure of the new version is naturally not small.
As early as the official announcement of casting at the beginning of last year, this drama was very unproductive.
Watching the original version gradually climb from 7.3 to 7.8, you can guess how disappointing the new version is.
The first impression is that the casting is contradictory.
The most controversial is the "mega-fans".
There is no diss Yin Tao's meaning, but she really has nothing to do with this character from looks, age and temperament.
Shoulder-length and neat short hair with a deep V professional suit, anyone who looks at it is copied from the next door "Positive Youth" strong woman standard.
If the human design has been greatly changed, it is still understandable.
In the partial drama, it is also arranged that she will capture all the male guests on the blind date scene as soon as she appears.
The bright and transparent beauty Wan Ling is really not like Wen Ruxue in the long drama.
Who would have thought that two generations of fans would have been born in the same year!
That is to say, Yin Tao, who is 40+, challenged the role played by Chen Hao in his early 20s this time.
It is worth praising the courage, but how strong the contrast is, but it is self-evident.
Xia Ruoyan, who plays the "man's wife" in the play, is more suitable for this role.
In fact, her facial features are softer, and her makeup and temperament are closer to the original "Ten Thousand Charms".
If you want her to play a female bully who is bent on career, it is really difficult for her.
When I saw Ding Huiqiao training employees one by one with a straight face at the meeting, I was even more determined by this idea.
How sharp the lines are written, how bad her performance is, and the feeling of deliberately trying to make a strong woman not too obvious.
If you want to make up for the deviation of the person by relying on acting skills, Xia Ruoyan is indeed still tender.
Looking for Song Yi to play a "marriage maniac", it is even more confusing.
The original character is an ordinary-looking 29-year-old hated young woman.
Therefore, when Rene Liu, who was gentle and intellectual, played Fang Xiaoping, she also used two major ugly artifacts: tooth and earthy wear.
Her obsession with marriage and her inferiority in her bones are not unfounded.
Growing up in a single-parent family, the three sisters and six wives urged marriage in various ways, which made Fang Xiaoping develop the habit of chasing men when she saw them.
Later, when the groom released the pigeon on the wedding day, the mother did her best to taunt and suppress the power.
Under the stimulation, she released the harsh words of "never come back without finding the groom".
The new version of Deich has never had a similar encounter.
She is the other extreme of Fang Xiaoping, young and beautiful and rich.
However, she only wants to marry an ordinary "soft rice man" who can no longer be ordinary, and is even willing to wash his hands and make soup for him in the rental house.
As a result, her boyfriend with excessive self-esteem also decided to break up with her on the eve of the wedding...
This year, even Bai Fumei is worried about getting married, is it possible that China's marriage market has been involved in this point?
The screenwriter either has a hole in his brain or has never been a mortal.
Checked it out, the screenwriter is called Jin Lu, the last work is a 3.8 point big bad film "My Girlfriend is a Robot".
Advise actors who have pursuits to avoid lightning.
The only character in the play who has a touch with the original version is the "innocent sister".
In fact, Xue Jianing was a year older than Chen Hao, and Sheng Zai had grown a baby face.
She came to play the fanatical star chaser Ha Mei, which is really very pleasing.
The new version was replaced by Zhao Jinmai in 2002, the age is appropriate, and the drama is also good.
As long as the human setting does not collapse, the audience should not be out of the play.
Second, the style is erratic.
The positioning of "Pink Girl" is very clear, and the general direction is urban light comedy.
Wu Huashan is one of the screenwriters, especially good at writing sitcoms.
After that, he also cooperated with Shang Jing in excellent TV series such as "There Are Aliens at Home" and "Urban Six".
At that time, the handsome men and women in the play did not have any idol baggage, and funny and ugly could be easily handed.
Therefore, the style of the whole play is more relaxed and humorous, and there are sharp golden sentences output from time to time.
The new version of the style hovers between workplace drama and light comedy, but neither side is flattering.
Suspension is an old problem of domestic workplace dramas.
The four female protagonists, plus a "naïve sister" girlfriend who has not yet appeared, are not ordinary workplace social animals.
Whether it's a business executive, or a studio owner, there's no shortage of money.
Therefore, the export is a declaration of independent women, and the love cause can be grasped with both hands.
When you really want to reflect your business ability, you have to play it twice.
Either design the plot of the protagonist to passionately insult his subordinates, or praise the protagonist through the mouth of others.
As a wedding planner, Wen Ruxue can also hunt for groomsmen at the wedding site with ease.
Strong women in the workplace are really not so good.
The original "man's wife" is the inspirational representative of women in the workplace.
Because the black-hearted boss ran away, she was forced to work as a cleaner to pay off the debt.
But she was not discouraged by a momentary downfall, but seized every opportunity and promoted step by step by hard.
Originally, because of their different origins and experiences, pink girls can often collide with interesting sparks.
Nowadays, these characters are vaguely positioned, similar in setting, and less recognizable.
The audience is often even foolish to distinguish between "millions of fans" and "men and women".
According to the "positive energy" route of this play, Dai Xixi may be transformed into another similar independent woman in the future.
It can only be said that such a remake is a violation of the original version.
With the mental strength of this magic change, it is better to make an original script.
At least the audience will be less disgusted.