Yesterday (15th), at the premiere of a Chinese-foreign co-production, news came out that the national IP TV series "Family with Children" will start filming a big movie. Not only is it expected to be filmed this year, but it also stars Song Dandan and Gao Yalin. , Yang Zi, Zhang Yishan, You Haoran, etc., relevant news immediately aroused heated discussion among netizens.
"Family with Children" is a sitcom about children. It tells various interesting stories between parents and three children after the union of two divorced families. The drama was put into production on April 29, 2004. There are four parts in total. The first, second and third parts have 100 episodes each, and the fourth part has a total of 67 episodes.
In the drama, Song Dandan plays mother Liu Mei, Gao Yalin plays father Xia Donghai, Yang Zi (parts 1 and 2) plays Xia Xue (parts 3 and 4 are played by Dan Lin), Zhang Yishan plays Liu Xing, and You Haoran plays Xia Yu.
Since its broadcast in 2005, "Family with Children" once became the TV series with the highest ratings during the same period in CCTV's lunchtime slot. To this day, the classic lines, jokes, scenes, plots, etc. in the play are still popular on the Internet, forming various hot memes, widely welcomed by the public, and can be called a national IP.
However, it has been nearly 20 years since the premiere of "Family with Children". The children in the show, such as Zhang Yishan and Yang Zi, have also entered middle age. As soon as the news of the filming of the big movie came out, some netizens expressed their expectations, "It was special when I was a child. I like watching it, it’s a perfect ending for me as a child.” “When I grow up, I also want to see them get together when they grow up.” “If it’s the original cast, I really must watch it.”
However, some netizens held objections, "Are you going to shoot a family with children in their 30s?" "There is no need to shoot anymore," "I'm really afraid of another accident that changes a classic beyond recognition," "I don't know if it can be done again. "You can't capture the feeling of childhood", "It's good to leave some good things in the past", "It's hard to criticize", "money-making movies", etc. More netizens lamented that their childhood was about to be ruined again.
For many netizens, everyone has several memorable TV series in their childhood. However, in recent years, there have been more and more projects to remake and adapt national IPs, including classics, idol dramas, and ancient martial arts. None of them have been spared. However, remakes are rarely successful and have become almost synonymous with bad movies. Many remakes and adaptations are regarded by netizens as money-making.
Yangtze Evening News/Ziniu News reporter Kong Xiaoping
editor/Gong Lifang
