drama series "Ghost Blowing the Lamp", "Kunlun Shrine", is finally online after a lapse of one year.
Pan Yueming , Zhang Yuqi , Jiang Chao played the three "Golden Captains" regrouped again, except the former director Fei Zhenxiang was replaced by Cai Yuexun , the others are still the original formula, guaranteed the same "smell". After 4 episodes of the
series aired in the first week, Douban directly gave a high score of 8.2, and then increased by 0.1 points, becoming the highest rated season of this series.
The most exciting thing for fans of the drama and the original book is that the filming of "The Return of the South China Sea" is still performed by this group of "iron triangles". The super IP of
"Ghost Blowing the Lamp" has been adapted into multiple versions in the past, including movies, episodes, online movies, and even stage works. The reputation is uneven, but this version alone can always get everyone's infinite expectations.
It's just that at present, the scheduling method of the online drama "Kunlun Shrine" has been criticized by netizens.
It is undeniable that the entire "Ghost Blowing Lamp" series can maintain a unified main creative team, which is already the best case result for the current series of works adapted from various IPs. What's so good about
"Kunlun Shrine"?
has only aired for 4 episodes. Why did "Kunlun Shrine" get a direct recognition of 8.3 points? Since "Longling Labyrinth", the series has always tried its best to restore the original work.
Let's not talk about the content of the amazing adventure, the gag of the Iron Triangle has always been the main point of view in the original book. In this series, these have been preserved as much as possible. Especially after the running-in of the first two works, the tacit understanding between the three actors Pan Yueming, Zhang Yuqi and Jiang Chao has already been highly adapted to the roles.
"Kunlun Shrine" begins, and the interaction between the three directly pulls the audience back into this relationship. Although
is a series of dramas, "Kunlun Shrine" does not design too many thresholds for watching dramas, so that audiences who come into contact with this IP for the first time can naturally get close to it. For the audience who came with "Longling Labyrinth", they can easily find the easter eggs of the first two works in this work.
What does Kunlun Shrine say? In the experience of " Yunnan Insect Valley ", the "Iron Triangle" found Zong Chenzhu, which is said to be able to dissolve their erythema in "Longling Labyrinth" for some reason. But they didn't know how to use the life-saving artifact. Hu Bayi recalled his experience as a soldier in the Kunlun Mountains in his early years. At this time, Shirley Yang discovered trace elements in Zong Chenzhu through scientific instruments. .
So, the trip to Tibet begins. The main line of the story is very simple, just the various experiences on the way of the adventure, which add excitement to the whole story.
This has to compare the level of the two previous works of "Longling Labyrinth" and "Yunnan Insect Valley". The former's score has remained at 8.1 points so far, while the latter's score is only 6.1 points, barely passing. The problem that caused the big difference between the two seasons is the adaptation itself.
The first two works of
are being adapted. Although they are close to the original works, they are still often criticized by screenwriters for making various additions for no reason. The beauty of the "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" series lies in how the "Iron Triangle" helps each other overcome various difficulties, but in the adaptation of the series, in order to promote the development of the story, a wave of opposites is added for no reason to complete the adventure process together.
"Longling Labyrinth" is relatively good. The characters Ma Bold and Li Chunlai, who only "lived" in the original novel, have only "lived" in the narration, and they have become the villains who run through the whole situation, and have completed the attention to detail in the drama. Contradiction confrontation.
and for an action-adventure drama, "Longling Labyrinth" adjusted the order of "Going to the Tomb" to ensure the flow of the drama and the structure of the three-act ceremony, and at the same time enriched the content of the original work. Under the adaptation of
, although many book fans still complained and even expressed dissatisfaction, from the perspective of a wider audience, this twists and turns plot is still very suitable for the current rhythm of watching dramas.
came to "Yunnan Insect Valley", this way of creating characters increased, not restrained by the fans' complaints before, on the contrary, it became more and more intense. In this season of
, a lot of villagers who have nothing to do with the original have been added, which makes the rhythm of the story more procrastinated. The advantages of the adaptation of the previous work have not been continued. Instead, the simple and flat storytelling makes the whole story seem weak and powerless, making the wonderful story in the original work even more bland, and the suspenseful and tense atmosphere is impossible to find.
Not only that, but the relationship between the "Iron Triangle" is not as interesting as when the previous work was assembled, but inexplicably joined the ambiguous emotions of too many Hu Bayi and Shriley Yang, breaking the harmony of the "Iron Triangle" relationship.
With the adaptation feedback of the first two films, from the current four episodes, "Kunlun Shrine" seems to have achieved strengths and avoid weaknesses.
Of course, in this novel, the story of a group of nine people entering Karamir is not enough for the screenwriter and director to add too many characters in terms of characters. It's just that the current half-hour duration of a single episode and the capacity of only 16 episodes, it remains to be seen how the team will cut the content of the original work.
Not only that, but after 4 episodes, the team has not yet entered the core of the destination, so one can't help but worry about whether it will be as procrastinated as the previous game and slower to enter the topic. It's just that it's too early for "Kunlun Shrine", whether it's worry or praise. Where did the
web drama "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" win?
As mentioned above, there are many literary and artistic works adapted from "Ghost Blowing the Lantern". In terms of movies, there was a successful case " Searching for the Dragon ", but the follow-up works are like "big cakes". In the various strategies of Wanda , they are mentioned over and over again, and there is no following. It is only clear that director Wuershan will not return to direct, and the "iron triangle" composed of Chen Kun , Shu Qi and Huang Bo will hardly be reunited.
assumes that without the blessing of the original team, as a series of works, it will eventually lose its original flavor.
and Huayi once found the director of " National Witness ", and shot "Yunnan Insect Valley", "Longling Labyrinth" and "Kunlun Shrine" in the form of a set shot. The
film found a group of new actors to shoot. In the end, "Insect Valley of Yunnan" was released at the end of 2018 and scored 3.2 points on Douban. Kunlun Shrine", there is no follow-up news.
To a large extent, the non-line version of the story is adapted, almost reduced to a state of magic change, the adventure that should have been outstanding, but was robbed by love here, and the actors are even more difficult to fit with the character's temperament. The copyright of the Huayi version comes from the Dreamer Films behind it. In fact, in the trilogy of "Looking for the Dragon" and Feixing, we can actually see the confusion of the previous copyright ownership of "Ghost Blowing the Lamp". The
novels were serialized on the Chinese website , the starting point of , in the early years. In that era when IP copyright awareness was not clear enough, they eventually scattered everywhere. With the progress of subsequent industries, especially the acquisition of Qidian Chinese.com by Reading Group , a subsidiary of Tencent , after the film and television industry has developed more organically, copyrights have returned one by one.
Finally, Tencent, Dreamer and Wanda reached an agreement to hand over the adaptation of the novels of the "Ghost Blowing Lamp" series to Tencent. Before "Longling Grottoes", Tencent handed over "Jingjue Ancient City" to Noon Sunshine for production, but unfortunately it did not follow up.Continue to create.
So, Tencent and Guanhu 's Seven Impressions cooperated and took the lead in filming the prequel of the "Ghost Blowing Lamp" series "Nu Qing Xiang West". Pan Yueming played Chen Yulou, and partridge whistle starred by Gao Weiguang also appeared in today's "Kunlun Shrine". The success of
"Nvqing Xiangxi" prompted the two to have a follow-up in-depth cooperation.
So, in 2020, Pan Yueming, Zhang Yuqi and Jiang Chao's iron triangle assembled for the first time to complete "Longling Cave". At the end of the series, the show revealed that the three actors had signed up for three series. This year, they said at the press conference that they had signed up for five films in one go. In addition to the filming of "The Return of the South China Sea", they will also appear in the back. "Wu Gorge Coffin Mountain".
Obviously, the unity of the main creators is the key to whether the IP universe can really take shape.
As for the current drama series "Ghost Blowing the Lamp", on the premise that the script adaptation is as close to the original as possible, the actors are also willing to accompany the audience to grow together. This is the most commendable situation in the current Chinese drama market. Looking at the overseas drama market, those who have gone through the seasons and become the classics in the hearts of netizens are all like this.
When an actor and a role are really equated, the work and the actor are truly infused with soul.
Perhaps, it is still too early to judge the quality of "Kunlun Shrine", but for this kind of companion drama, while the audience is looking forward to it, they also hope that it will produce more possibilities.
