Because of Halloween, revisited the three seasons of "Soul Ferry".
When it comes to tv dramas with supernatural themes, in the past thirty or forty years of chatting, the Chinese people are tireless. In the field of web dramas, "Soul Ferry" is an eternal god, and there is no new IP to compare, let alone surpass, and the era environment may not allow it.
Nowadays, this IP has not ushered in the fourth season or a new fan in China, but has produced a Remake of Nanyang. The director and starring actor change over and over again, the character settings are all retained, and Guo directs and supervises the production.
First of all, in the casting, mainland audiences can still faintly recognize several familiar faces, including Qi Yuwu and Ou Xuan. The overall appearance of the whole drama is very high, but the style is Southeast Asia, if you don't speak Mandarin, you think it is Thai opera.
(But it really seems like a full Guangxi accent oh hahahaha)
There are a lot of mixed-race actors at the beginning of the film, which is more interesting.
The visible production budget has come up, and the new version of the special effects is the same as the original, but the advancement of technology has made the overall effect less embarrassing.
The house that Holly rents in the play is no longer a simple basement, but a cozy suite. What was arranged for Zhao Wei was a luxury villa with a swimming pool, and the funds were burning!
For fans of the show, it is inevitable to compare the two versions, and even expect the plot to be slightly changed and better completed.
Adapted by a team in Singapore, the original 19 episodes were expanded to 36 episodes, adding details to the original story structure.
For example, the heroine grew up in Thailand (later found that she could not speak Thai), the heroine's mother married a rich boss in order to have a better life, etc., and each episode more or less added some localization creation details as a plot supplement.
The more such changes are made, the more obvious they become.
The red-clad student unit, the student sister was originally an ordinary red long skirt, here changed to a red sarees, to the student sister installed the identity of Indian mixed race, the terror index plummeted.
The addition of this Indian element sounds outrageous at first, but it is actually reasonable. For some reason, there are many Indians in Malaysia and Singapore, and a large percentage of them speak Mandarin, or even Hokkien.
As soon as the strange knowledge increased, the horror index of the plot broke a new low.
It is undeniable that the remake adding local features is very positive, indicating that the production team is not completely lazy.
Not completely, meaning there is also a place of laziness. The female ferryman who appears in episode 8 is still Mulan. Hemp, why should the Chinese ghost manage the ghosts in Singapore?
The screenwriter began to exert his strength, which was reflected in the ghost city unit.
In this unit, the last episode did not let Xia Holly buy a mobile phone again, but met her sister in the ghost city and remembered the origin of her eyes.
The next episode expands the story of Pluto's meeting with Zhiyin, adding the entanglement of three lives to Zhiyin.
The units of the three seasons were re-screened and mixed, and Xiaoya's identity as a goddess was removed, becoming the cause of the death of Holly's parents, the coherence was not damaged, and a little dog blood was added to their feelings.
As for whether it is self-consistent enough and whether there is water and soil dissatisfaction, it is a matter of opinion.
The mainland version of "Little Nyonya" is also such a remake route, not changing the basic plot of the main line, copying (mostly) and then relying on the actors to play.
Qi Yuwu's version of Zhao Guan, playing Shuai a bit upright, but not too contrary to the peace, Shuai is still handsome,
All 44 years old, he almost appeared on camera, appeared quite handsome, cos a "Matrix" to dodge bullets.
(Screenshot is difficult, not cut)
But the original Zhao Wei is a character with a very troublesome personality, Qi Yuwu's performance is a bit unattainable, and he has not performed a hard mouth and a soft heart, but it seems that the big guy wants to threaten.
Wang Guanyi's version of Xia Holly is softer and more cute, and she can't move her little crying bag, she has suffered too many grievances, but looks like someone who will never get angry.
Mixed-race actor Kinkaid plays Xiaoya, who is super beautiful, but does not have the original smart acting skills.
As for the performance of the actors, the lack of dubbing does amplify the lack of actors. Crappy southern accents have a wall with northern accents, and audiences who are accustomed to dubbing dramas will not be comfortable.
It can only be said that it is probably in line with the local audience, after all, the official screening is also in the international version of the website.
I don't know if it is a different way of expression, although the plot of the replica version has not changed much, but it is not scary at all.
Some hardcore shots, such as female ghosts entering the sheets, red-clad students suddenly appearing on the stairs, secretly looking at the door outside the door, etc., the original version screams minute by minute, and the replica actors often scream, but the horror effect is numb.
The most impressive actor is the adult version of Lin Zhiwu. In episode 10, when I expressed my years of pain to my brother, the contradiction and pain were really good. Later, he transformed into a 17-year-old actor, and his expression was very green, and he felt that his mouth that spoke his lines could not be opened.
Speaking of bad things, Starfall is a particularly disaster-stricken one. The actors in the whole unit have extremely amateur line skills, like a rehearsal program of a drama club.
In "Puppet", veteran actor Ou Xuan performed perfectly. Under the condition of the original sound, the broken sentences and emotions of the lines are very in place, and the seniority is guaranteed.
The discussion of this drama is not high, and the score in a certain petal is only 4.8, not only failing to pass, but also the lowest in the whole series.
There are several reasons in my opinion:
First, in the eyes of most film and television enthusiasts, domestic dramas are the original sin, and remakes of domestic production are even more sinful, and subconsciously cannot be worse than the original.
Domestic production can be so good, you a foreign drama, how can it be bad?
In addition, the "Soul Ferry" IP has a strong Chinese label, the mythological system of the story, the urban legend are pure Chinese flavor, and the slightest change will appear to be unremarkable. Evaluations can only be pulled down again.
Second, the online platform is limited to the international version, and only the original IP powder may be seen, and the classic status of the original version cannot be shaken. If you don't see the highlights in the first few episodes, the follow-up innovations will be difficult to pay attention to.
More importantly, the production aesthetic of local dramas has not met the standards of the Chinese people.
The luxurious scene is indeed modern, but I don't know if it is too long to shoot the costume, the Chinese costumes inside are very Taobao studio style, it looks weird.
The soundtrack is also seriously inferior to the original in terms of emotional mobilization, and it is not at all terrifying and terrifying. If you want to adjust the funny atmosphere, it is also not infectious.
After watching the Nanyang version, I have to sigh the situation of domestic production.
In fact, the story of the Iron Triangle is complete and there will be no more seasons.
Probably only in Zhao Wei's body, he can also make a few more online movies like "Magnificent Era" and "Yellow Spring".
("The Magnificent Generation" is so poor that he can't afford to make a poster)
The recent development of the Iron Triangle is also regrettable.
Yu Yi's works are broken, and more roles played after Zhao Wei have not yet appeared, and now the main work is placed on musicals.
Wang Xiaoya seems to have disappeared for a long time, and in 2019, Guo Dao was on the interview program, and she finally appeared. It looks like he should be sick, thin into a piece of paper man, with bulging eyes and bulging teeth.
(Taken from TikTok)
(Same frame as her Uncle Guo)
Recently, looking at her social media account, her health has improved significantly and she has resumed her work. However, after a serious illness, the old state began to appear, and there was a feeling of exhaustion visible to the naked eye.
The best state is Xia Dongqing, actor Liu Zhiyang is in the ascending period, shooting a lot of main theme film and television dramas, and the resources are getting better and better.
However, the three are still in the same company, and the "Guo Jiajun" team has been very stable for many years. They have also cooperated in such a high-profile work as "Hitting the Dog Stick" before, and it is also expected to throw out a set of king fried.
Finally, only Chinese ghosts can scare Chinese!