remake is a typical creative method of fast-food film and television works. It does not excessively deviate from the original IP, but can also add new elements to keep up with the times. This is a remake, which can regenerate a new secondary IP from the original IP, which is even more difficult. Quite large, and one of its representatives is "Journey to the West" starring Zhou Xingchi 24 years ago.
"Journey to the West" directed by Liu Zhenwei and starring Xingchi Zhou, is a rare work in the "Journey to the West" series that has been remembered by the audience to this day. The success of
made it a new generation of IP built from the old IP of "Journey to the West", so that after many years, Liu Zhenwei, who could no longer produce good works, started his own cold meal. Journey to the West 3" to the web drama "The Great Journey to the West: Love You for Ten Thousand Years", I don't cherish the crystallization of my youth.
A few days ago, another movie about Journey to the West was successfully completed. The movie was called "The Return of the True and False Monkey King: The Return of the God of War", directed by Jiang Yuecheng and Luo Le. Seeing the director’s name, do you think you don’t know anyone, and that the film is another one that nobody has heard of until the next screen?
But things are not that simple. The director Jiang Yuecheng of
was also an actor. Although there are not many roles, there is one that everyone is very familiar with. He was the "blind" in "A Chinese Journey to the West". He was timid and treacherous, but he was loyal and courageous at critical moments, making movie fans deep impression.
In addition to the "blind man" (drifting monk), he also joined the original member of "The Monkey King" from the original "Journey to the West", as well as the well-known Dashu Wu Mengda.
Uncle Da seldom participated in film and television works due to physical reasons in the past few years. Last year's "Laughs in the New Oolong Courtyard" made Uncle Da's comeback look very poor quality. Fortunately, the "Wandering Earth" of today's Spring Festival file turned the tide, and the desperate attitude towards work also let everyone see that Uncle Da's treasure is not old.
In fact, in addition to participating in "The Wandering Earth", Uncle Da also received many film and television works, including this time "True and False Monkey King".
Back then, Jiang Yuecheng's "Blind Man" (Drifting Monk) and Wu Mengda's "Second Master" (Pig Bajie) had vivid characters that are unforgettable. After 24 years, the two have cooperated again to return to the theme of "Journey to the West", and they do have some feelings. The excitement of the above, but when the work is placed in the current film and television industry where remakes are popular, the work will inevitably carry a layer of "sales feelings".
The reunion of the two after many years has indeed evoked a wave of memory killings, and it also shows the status of "A Westward Journey" in the hearts of the audience, not only the audience, this film has produced the actors who participated in the film. In particular, "Tang Monk" Luo Jiaying, many years later, in an interview, he frankly confessed that Zhou Xingchi had helped him by inviting him to participate in "Journey to the West": "I can eat in the Mainland because of this movie. "Journey to the West", everybody knows that Tang Seng is me when he talks about "only you"." Director Jiang Yucheng of
and screenwriter Chen Banghe have a good attitude towards the creation of this film. They have made clear money for other remakes. When quality does not matter, they can see that they have ulterior motives in the adaptation of their own works. They also understand that if they are too far away from the original work, they will be scolded and changed, but if they follow the original work completely, they will be criticized for having no thoughts. Therefore, they still have consideration for this aspect.
Therefore, this "True and False Monkey King" easily reminds the audience of the previous "Journey to the West". In this regard, one of the leading actors, Wu Mengda, is very humble: "Don't dare to break through the classics, as long as the audience can like me The character is very happy." At the beginning of the creation, Chen Banghe, the screenwriter of
, directly expressed his admiration for Master Xing: "Zhou Xingchi understands Journey to the West than many of us. We read the superficial story, but he reads the inside. The reason why
said that the film this time is not very similar to the Internet University, because among the members of the film discussion, we can even see Xu Jingqing, the composer of the 86 version of "Journey to the West", and the school notes of "Journey to the West" by Zhonghua Book Company Li Tianfei.
(I have to mention: Mr. Xu Jingqing alone took care of almost all the original songs of the boss Journey to the West, which is really good)
