On October 31, the TV series "Ask the Sky" announced that it was finalized, and at 8 p.m. on October 31, Youku officially launched online. The speed at which the fixed file started was quite interesting, and it was not set aside for myself during the fixed file publicity period. In some information platforms, "Asking Heavenly Record" was once named "Asking Heavenly Record of the Young Zhong Kui", which belongs to the mysterious drama at the level of Zhong Kui's story. This kind of drama belongs to the theme content of film and television dramas that has a lot of risks in the reputation of film and television dramas. The speed at which "Ask Heavenly Record" was fixed and started, I don't know if it is related to its own subject matter attributes.
Zhong Kui is the content of the legend of ghosts and monsters in ancient China. In the creation of film and television dramas, it is not recommended to modify the content of ancient ghosts. Therefore, the final title of this TV series became "Asking Heaven". In the play, the name of the male protagonist is not called Zhong Kui, but Zhong Yunfei. Obviously, this fantasy theme of "Asking Heaven" began to avoid the "Zhong Kui" problem - the drama broadcast online, although there will be a shadow of Zhong Kui's story, but the male protagonist has changed his name after all.
"Ask the Heavens" is starred by young actors such as Xing Zhaolin, Suga Andongzi, Xuan Lu, and other young actors, and Kou Zhenhai, Zhang Guangbei, Ouyang Fenqiang and other actors of the older generation make cameos (according to the Douban information of the play). In terms of cast, this "Ask the Sky" is obviously relatively good. However, as a fantasy theme, in fact, many times do not look at many acting cameos, but to see whether the male and female protagonists have a strong ability to call for traffic. In an era of de-traffic, I don't know if "Ask the Sky" can mobilize more young audiences to chase the drama.
This kind of fantasy-themed TV series, more, should be aimed at the youth group. Of course, when I say this, there may be young audiences who are not happy. Earlier, I wrote in a drama review article that this kind of drama should be suitable for some young audiences, who knows, a young reader left a message expressing dissatisfaction, thinking that this is aesthetic discrimination against himself. Such a reader should give a big thumbs up. Many of our young audiences are also aesthetically very advanced. Therefore, I am a little confused about the specific audience group of the fantasy drama "Ask the Heavenly Record".
In terms of fantasy themes, it is really a bit outdated. When the fantasy drama was really in full swing, it was more than ten years ago, that is, when Yang Mi and Zhao Liying were in full swing, and now, these once small flowers have also grown into mothers with independent children. The main reason why fantasy dramas were able to catch fire at that time was that the children of that year had never seen that the TV series could use special effects in a large area. And now, young audiences have not seen anything, and the special effects level of fantasy dramas has long been outdated. The important point of special effects will become the content of fantasy dramas that may be ridiculed by the group.
In terms of theme, "Ask the Heavens" may be out of time. This theme, ten years ago, has been made rotten by a large number of fantasy novel adaptations. Because of this, the audience is more looking forward to more realistic TV drama works, the play has logic, the characters have intelligence, the story has inspiration and so on. In the fantasy film and television dramas, what is most lacking is actually logic, intelligence and enlightenment. I don't know if this "Ask heaven" can be left alone.
As of now, this TV series has released a fixed trailer, the color is more general, let people pinch the quality of its main film sweat. And the drama also has a relatively complete plot synopsis, you may wish to take a peek at the leopard:
Zhong Kui (Xing Zhaolin) was jealous and hateful before his death, and was martyred with his body, the Jade Emperor felt that Zhong Kui was awe-inspiring and righteous, and wanted to be crowned as a demon master, specializing in all uneven things, and upholding justice for the world, but all the immortals thought that Zhong Kui had an impulsive personality and was difficult to take on heavy responsibilities. After some heated debate, Guanyin Bodhisattva proposed that Zhong Kui be treated as an examination before deciding whether to be a god. The Jade Emperor readily agreed, and made it forbidden not to interfere in mortal grievances, not to change the cause and effect of mortals for personal gain, and other taboos.
Since then, Zhong Kui, Liu Hanyan (Xuan Lu) and Wang Fuqu (Xu Wenjie) have worked together to face the trial. Zhong Kui and the three of them were full of vigor and worked together, and they wanted to use their swords to sweep away the unfairness of the world, but they repeatedly encountered difficulties, only to find that the merits were far from the simplicity they imagined. In the setbacks and trials, the personalities of the three people gradually matured and their strength gradually became stronger. In the face of the rampant demon world counterattack, the three of them will not hesitate to sacrifice themselves to achieve justice. This fearless spirit eventually touched the Heavenly Court, and they were not only named demon-catching celestial masters, but also became the eternal guardian gods of the human world.
Seeing such a plot synopsis, I have no confidence in "Asking Heaven", and I always feel that this kind of fantasy drama is really outdated. Perhaps, Youku will set the show to start broadcasting, but also feel that "Ask the Sky" does not seem to need a premiere of the publicity cycle, you can take it directly. Of course, the quality of the play still needs to wait for the play to go online before it can be known. Our above content can only stay in the guessing stage. I hope that "Ask the Sky" can make the audience shine. (Text/Ma Qingyun)