"A month is too long for me!
I just need 7 days, 7 days later, the beach is mine! ”
For old Hong Kong drama fans, they should remember:
A long time ago, Hong Kong dramas were not exactly equal to TVB!
Before entering the 21st century, the field of Hong Kong drama,
In addition to having TVB,
There is also Asia Television, abbreviated as ATV!
ATV is a Hong Kong television station established earlier than TVB.
Although it had gone out of business in previous years, it had also been brilliant for a while.
"Huo Yuanjia," which was once popular throughout the country, is the work of ATV.
"The Great Hero Huo Yuanjia"
Later, the very avant-garde "I Have a Date with a Zombie" is also the work of ATV.
In the 1990s, the most competitive era for ATV and TVB,
In that decade, both television stations produced many classic works.
But during that period, ATV had several very strange moves.
It is that it will actually shoot competitors - TVB's IP.
"Big Time"
For example, "Big Time" is TVB's best Hong Kong drama, almost none;
ATV actually dug up Wei Jiahui, the core creative character of "Big Time",
And invited the core lead actors Zheng Shaoqiu and Liu Qingyun to shoot "Big Time 2".
This involves copyright issues, and TVB itself certainly has opinions,
Therefore, TVB set the title of the film as "Battle of the Century".
Another example is "The King of a Thousand Kings", which is actually a classic work of TVB,
Later series of movies such as "God of Gamblers", "Gamblers", "Gamblers" and so on, all originated from this drama.
In 1996,
ATV also invited the core star of "King of a Thousand Kings" - Xie Xian, that is, Tse Ting Feng's father,
Filmed the "King of a Thousand Kings Re-emergence", which this article will introduce.
The ATV version of "Big Time" may be far worse than the TVB version;
But the ATV version of "King of a Thousand Kings" is no less watching than the TVB version.
Personally, it's more exciting than the TVB version!
My reasons are many:
(1) The narrative of "The King of a Thousand Kings" is more innovative in terms of narrative.
The plot of this play,
Maybe a lot of it is not only imprecise, but also very imprecise,
But it wins first: the director tries to tell the story in a more innovative, unique way.
For example, in the plot of the first episode,
A brief introduction to the appearance of each character,
It's a bit like imitating the world classic literary work "One Hundred Years of Solitude",
At the beginning, it is simply "spoilers" of the fate of each character.
Tell them what they will achieve in many days.
For example, when the characters use the "Thousand Arts" trick,
The corresponding screen will be accompanied by the name of the move,
This gives the audience a little sense of comics, even a sense of play,
Let the gambling drama, which is a very nostalgic theme, look very young.
Compared to the TVB version,
Because of these innovations, the ATV version looks much more modern.
(2) The martial arts style of the ancient dragon
Although this drama is about a group of miraculous "old thousands" who have made their debut in Shanghai Beach.
But in fact, the director is more of a jianghu film, a martial arts film.
It's very much like a gulong-style martial arts film.
It's just that the director replaced the "martial arts" in Gulong's martial arts novels with "Thousand Arts".
Many of the lines in the play are even a bit like imitating cologne.
The play portrays characters with various personalities and tells the story of the casino jianghu' grievances.
Domineering Dragon IV;
Inspector Lee, who has a sense of justice;
Chang Kun with a black belly; "fierce character" boss Ma Xiao;
It looks like an old jianghu with a knife in a smile, but it is actually a very principled old good man Gu Tingkuan;
Looks like a nerd, but gun skills, gambling skills will be learned to the north of the gate...
There are so many unique characters in the play, there is always one that the audience can like;
And the plot of the play,
Some are domineering and entertaining;
For example, the Dragon Four of the Gamblers can always have a strong aura,
Say many domineering lines similar to "The fire I put out in the dragon four cannot be extinguished".
Some are very affectionate and can impress the audience;
For example, Long Si and Li Wei were originally masters and apprentices,
Because of their incompatibility with each other's ideas, they once parted ways and broke away from each other's master-apprentice relationship;
Many years later, after the two masters and apprentices talked about their hearts,
Li Wei shouted to Long Si again, "Master",
This plot is very touching to the audience.
generally
The plot of the ATV version of "King of a Thousand Kings" is very loose,
But its casino jianghu, with blood and tears, can make many viewers feel very atmospheric.
(3) The actor is strong
This drama brings together Xie Xian, Liu Songren, Michelle, Yang Gongru, Ye Tong, Wu Tingye, Kaohsiung, Jiang Haowen, etc., and the lineup is very strong!
There are such powerful factions as Liu Songren, Xie Xian, and Jiang Haowen, and there are beautiful women like Yang Gongru.
With the cast alone, this drama is worth watching the audience.
And the ATV version of "King of a Thousand Kings",
In terms of clothing styling, it is much better than the TVB version.
For example, he also plays the god of gambling,
In this drama, Xie Xian, who was almost 60 years old at the time,
Looks much more handsome and charismatic than when he was in his 40s.
(4) Special effects are fully upgraded.
If the TVB version of "King of a Thousand Kings" is a drama film,
Then the ATV version of "King of a Thousand Kings" is a special effects film!
Because there are a lot of special effects about a thousand arts,
At that time, when the audience watched the special effects of this drama,
Maybe we're new to 3D special effects movies!
(5) Soundtrack
Compared to the TVB version of "King of a Thousand Kings",
In terms of soundtrack, the ATV version of "King of a Thousand Kings" is very gorgeous!
For any film and television work, in fact, the soundtrack is very important.
A movie, or a TV series,
If you can have a good soundtrack, it is actually half the success,
Because the soundtrack can invisibly affect the audience's viewing experience,
A normal plot,
If there is a good soundtrack, the feeling to the audience is very different.
How good is the soundtrack of the ATV version of "King of a Thousand Kings"?
The theme song of its pure musical version alone can already make the audience listen to it very emotionally.
The theme song of the play,
In fact, it is also the theme song of the TVB version of "King of a Thousand Kings", sung by Wang Mingquan.
However, in the ATV version, the theme song became pure music,
And re-arranged the music, become imposing,
As long as the audience has seen the ATV version of "King of a Thousand Kings",
I will definitely remember the theme song in my mind. “dang dang....”
And for this play, maybe the audience doesn't look at the picture,
Just listening to the soundtrack, you will feel stimulated,
Because of its soundtrack, it's really too good.
For example, every time the character of Dragon Four appears, the soundtrack is always so domineering;
Every time there is a thousand tricks duel, the soundtrack is always very stunning, making the audience feel excited,
Plus special effects graphics,
Those scenes of thousands of tricks will make many viewers addicted.
Overall, the ATV version of "King of a Thousand Kings",
Not worse than the TVB version, or even better than the TVB version, very worth remembering
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