When it comes to the film and television works of "Journey to the West", we will immediately think of the 86 version of "Journey to the West" filmed by director Yang Jie and the later "Journey to the West Sequel", although these two are very classic, but the gap between the two dramas is 16 years. Although at that time, when the publicity was said to be the original class of people, but the two major leading actors Ma Dehua and Yan Huaili have been replaced, not to mention some other actors, of course, Yang Director must have his own considerations.
In "Journey to the West", it should be said that no role is superfluous, and no role is not classic. At that time, when I watched the 86th edition of "Journey to the West", I was impressed by the Jade Emperor's drill under the table. However, when it came time to watch the sequel, we could clearly see that the actor of this Jade Emperor had changed.
Originally, in the 86th edition, the Jade Emperor was played by Zhang Yushan, an old actor of the Comrade-in-Arms Drama Troupe of the Political Department of the Beijing Military Region. He did not have much introduction in the encyclopedia, he had played many roles in red movies, and after being selected by director Yang Jie that year, he also muttered, not knowing how the Jade Emperor acted, but in the end he still created this classic role very well. The Jade Emperor he plays has a domineering feeling, although there have been plots of being beaten under the table by Sun Wukong, but overall, Zhang Yushan is very powerful in some gaits and looks, like a big guy in the heavenly court.
When it came to the "Journey to the West Sequel", the role of the Jade Emperor was replaced by the famous director Wang Weiguo, who was an actor with glowing eyes, eight points of eyebrows, a face like a crown jade, a figure of eight feet, very dignified, and played the role of Lu Junyi in the 98 version of "Water Margin", which was very classic. This time I came to play such a role in "Journey to the West", can I play it well? As it turned out, there were no problems.
As a high-achieving student in Chinese drama, his voice and appearance are very good, he never uses dubbing when acting, and even he will match others, and his voice is very recognizable. It may be that in the "Journey to the West Sequel", director Yang Jie specifically wants Wang Weiguo to play the Jade Emperor a little affinity, so the Jade Emperor played by Wang Weiguo has brought a lot of humorous elements, since acting in this play, Wang Weiguo seems to have become a professional household of the Jade Emperor, many of the Jade Emperor's plays, have come to him, this is actually the industry and the audience's affirmation of him, in "Baolian Lantern" and the prequel, the Jade Emperor he played is more interesting, plus the background music is still somewhat festive, let us fall in love with this Jade Emperor who is a little afraid of his wife.
In short, although the 86th edition of "Journey to the West" and "Journey to the West Sequel" were filmed by a director, although they wanted to keep the original in part, it was absolutely impossible to be original, and there would be some innovative ingredients in everything they did, if "Journey to the West Sequel" really made up as it was, I believe it would not be brilliant, because the times have changed.
Which of the two Jade Emperors do you think plays well? Which one do you like? Who else have you seen playing the Jade Emperor? Looking forward to your God review!