Text/Ma Qingyun
"Journey to the West of the Naïve Faction" has premiered online on the genuine video platform. This TV series produced by the "naïve" team has just been released, which has aroused widespread concern among netizens. Behind the attention, controversy also arises in passing. Because the 86th edition of "Journey to the West" is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, the "naïve faction" version is considered by many voices to be an over-consumption of the classics, especially the "naïve" version uses young actors for filming, gimmicks are greater than content, and so on.
With the development of China's film and television industry, "Journey to the West" has become an important theme content in film and television dramas, not only the film industry has appeared in various versions of the "Journey to the West" story, but also a large number of film and television dramas have used "Journey to the West" characters as prototypes for dramatic processing. In China's film market, there was once a problem that there must be monkey dramas in the Spring Festival every year. It is also based on this premise that "Naïve Journey to the West" has been marked by many netizens with a natural negative label - consumption classics.
In fact, this TV series starring young actors still has its own advantages. In the past TV drama content produced by the "naïve" team, they all use the contrast between children's ages and adult dramas to seek points of view. For example, the "Tale of the Naïve Sect Wulin" broadcast by the genuine video platform during the Spring Festival this year took advantage of this. A group of children, manipulating the mature drama in the "Martial Arts Tales", thus forming a point of view.
However, this "Naïve Journey to the West" is obviously not a point of view that seeks the contrast between the age of the child and the adult drama. For Journey to the West, it is a child story full of fantasy imagination. In particular, the role of Sun Wukong is really an important representative of the childlike heart. Looking at the original novel "Journey to the West", it is about the life experience process of the characters represented by Sun Wukong.
Sun Wukong in his adolescence is the Qi Tian Dasheng who made a big fuss in the Heavenly Palace, and Sun Wukong, who has gone through 9981 difficulties, is more like a young man who has experienced various experiences in life, and has begun to mature into a living individual with social personality. Because of the inherent nature of "Journey to the West", this story has a more visual sense of children's drama. It can be said that "Journey to the West" is the only high-quality novel with the attributes of children's books among classical Chinese novels.
Even in the 86 classic version of the TV series "Journey to the West", the adaptation of the original novel is inclined to be young and comedic. In this version directed by Yang Jie, many bloody scenes have been reduced, and the treatment of characters such as Sun Wukong, Pig Eight Precepts and Sand Monk has also been beautified, and strives to achieve a comedic expression. If it is based on the appearance of the original novel, these protagonists will be the appearance of the horror movie.
Even in the content of sun wukong and demons and ghosts, the classic version of "Journey to the West" adopts a childlike approach, with a stronger comedic flavor and reduced the horror atmosphere inside. This undoubtedly does not mean that the childlike and comedic treatment of "Journey to the West" has long existed, and it is easier to form social recognition.
"Naïve Pie Journey to the West" directly uses young actors to perform, which is the most appropriate. This story of the Western Heavenly Scriptures really has a child's value model. The great disturbance in the Heavenly Palace, the ninety-nine eighty-one difficulties, are actually the spiritual baptism that must be encountered in childhood. Let the children perform, more easily accepted by the young audience. On the contrary, "Journey to the West" is not for adults at all, but for children.
Every era should have its own era of "Journey to the West" TV series story. The 86th edition of Journey to the West is the memory of the "Journey to the West" of the post-80s generation. This version, which was popular at the time, is also the post-80s generation that has grown up. And now, in the face of our own children, re-taking out the 86 version is obviously a little outdated. At this time, the appearance of "Naïve Pie Journey to the West" can be described as the right time.
The real consumption classic should be shoddy to over-consume. On the other hand, "Naïve Pie Journey to the West", from the currently broadcast plot content, this version basically follows the story mode of the 86 classic version, and adds its own display content, the quality is passed, can not be regarded as a consumption classic, more like a classic remodeling. In "The Journey to the West of the Naïve Sect", there are intersections between the canopy marshal and the golden cicada during the haunting of the Tiangong Period, which is a high-quality content that is not available in the classic version.
In terms of special effects technology, many of our "Journey to the West" versions of the film have achieved a blockbuster temperament. For "Naïve Pie Journey to the West", it is obviously not able to compete with it. However, the "naïve" version did not use the five-cent special effect to fool the audience, and basically achieved a steady visual effect.
In terms of value, this TV series also meets the basic requirements of children's aesthetic scale. For example, the marshal of the canopy teased Chang'e, so he was relegated to the mortal world, and made a reasonable adaptation for the child. In The Naïve Journey to the West, marshals of the canopy are belittled for being drunk, defecating on the ground, and not abiding by the norms for protecting the environment. These adaptations are of positive value.
And for the key to "Journey to the West", the role of Sun Wukong, the "naïve" version is also not ambiguous. In the shaping of the role of Sun Wukong, the monkey play presented by the young actor is not lost to the six-year-old teacher, which can be described as full of charm. Under such a premise, it is difficult to say that the "naïve faction" is a consumer classic. It is more like reinventing a "Journey to the West" classic that is suitable for circulation among children today.