is real! Korean dramas are breaking the rules again!
Recently, the Korean drama "Parasite: Gray Force" was launched, with 6 episodes released in one go. It has exploded in popularity and reputation.
On the Netflix platform, the show's global viewing time reached 1.5 million hours in the first three days of the first weekend, with 6.3 million viewers, ranking directly at the top of the global non-English drama list on Netflix this week!
also directly ranked second in the annual list, second only to the 8.3 million viewers of Netflix's " tri-body ". The popularity of the
drama has extended from the Internet to China. The Douban score of the drama is 7.7. As more and more people watch the drama in the past two days, the rating has increased from 7.7 to 7.9, and it has also ranked first on the hot list.
Netizens who have watched the show gave simple and unified reactions: is so good!
Now, let’s talk about this "Parasite: Gray Army" in detail.
This drama is adapted from the classic anime IP " Parasite " created by Japanese cartoonist Iwa Akijun.
This work uses a sci-fi imaginary plot in which parasitic beasts infiltrate the human brain and control their bodies, as well as the philosophy of life conveyed through the work.
comics have sold more than 25 million copies in more than 30 regions around the world, setting a record.
also won the 17th Kodansha Comic Award in 1993 and the 27th Nebula Award in 1996.
Because of the high standard of the original work, this IP has produced animated and live-action movies in 2014, and the reputation is quite good. The Douban score of the
animated version is as high as .2 for . However, due to some restricted elements, the animation was once removed from the entire network, and was banned.
This time Netflix found this IP and hired a very important creator to shoot it.
The director of "Parasite: Gray Army" is Yeon Sang-ho, who has produced " Train to Busan ".
The director does have a good way of representing this non-human species.
The screenwriters are Yeon Sang-ho and Liu Yong-jae. Liu Yong-jae's representative work is the Korean version of "House of Money", which has a Douban score of 8.4.
Moreover, this time the Korean drama version of "Parasite: Gray Force" has also received the support of the original author. Iwa Mingkyun expressed his expectations for the Korean drama adaptation, and also revealed that he and the director have a good understanding:
"This is a brand new story. Although I am the author of the original comic, but I am also a viewer who will experience surprise and awe along with the work.
Looking back at the time when the original comic was adapted in Japan, "Parasite" was like a "child" to me.
It was born in my small room, and the animation and live-action films are like "grandchildren", they come from my children.
But going out into the wider world will lead us to worlds we have never imagined. "
This means that although the IP of "Parasite" is filmed, the Korean drama has its own adaptation and innovation.
watched 6 episodes in one go. "Parasite: Gray Force" created a unique narrative context for Korean dramas while retaining the imaginative world of the original comic.
can be seen as another story in the same world view as the original work. Although there is still a certain gap between
and the original work, the drama itself is both complete and in-depth, making it a masterpiece worth watching.
01 parasitic
On this day, a grand music festival party was being held at a stadium in South Korea.
A man took advantage of the carnival and rested in a small room.
At this time, a large group of unknown creatures were landing on the earth, and one of them landed in this room.
It breaks out of the spherical container, looks for the human life form closest to it, gets in through the ear, and enters the human brain.
In just a few seconds, the man seemed to have experienced something extremely painful. When he woke up again, his movements were slow and his eyes were dull. He no longer looked like a human being.
In fact, he is indeed not a human being now, but a monster whose brain was eaten by a parasitic beast.
Parasitic beasts are alien creatures, and they need to parasitize humans to survive. The way
is parasitic is to invade a person's body, eat the person's brain, and then control the person's body.
Their shapes will change, but they will all "explode" directly from the head and turn into various tentacles or sharp knives.
The man walked out of the room and came to the stadium. He suddenly went berserk, his head exploded, and he hacked to death many partygoers.
At the same time, in a small supermarket, a man with a condition disorder became murderous after an argument with the cashier.
He followed the cashier after she got off work, then intercepted her on a secluded lane and stabbed her several times.
The cashier crawled deep into the farmland and was dying because he had been stabbed several times.
At this moment, the parasite landed near her and crawled into her body.
In a flash of lightning, the violent man who came with a knife was killed. He was cut open from head to chest with sharp objects and died on the spot.
The woman parasitized by the parasite is the heroine of this drama, Jung Soo In.
And they are only two of the many humans who are parasitized by parasitic creatures. The impact of parasitic beasts on humans will be devastating...
I have to say that because of Netflix's wealthy investment, this The special effects of the show are so explosive!
is like the transformation of a parasitic beast. No matter how many times you watch it, you will still be amazed. It is so amazing and wonderful.
02 Organization
Because there was too much noise at the music festival, humans quickly established a hunting organization for parasitic beasts - the Gray Army (hereinafter referred to as the Gray Army).
The captain of the gray team is Cui Junjing, a former psychology professor and an excellent profiler.
On the day the parasite landed on the earth, she and her husband were shopping in the supermarket. Her husband was accidentally parasitized and went on a killing spree in the supermarket.
During the fight, Cui Junjing had one ear cut off, but fortunately, she finally locked the parasitic beast into the storage room of the supermarket.
And through the next few months, she formed the Gray Team organization and did some research and investigation on the parasitic beasts.
This is an alien parasite that invades the human body and eats the human brain.
They have many changes in shape and are good at camouflage. They usually look like ordinary humans. The method of distinguishing
is very simple. Take an X-ray of the brain to see if it is still a human brain.
There is a simpler way to tell. Pull out a hair. If the pulled hair moves and then breaks, it means that the "person" is a parasitic beast.
There are also ways to eliminate them. Destroy the human tissue they parasitize at once, either using a knife to cause a large amount of blood loss, or using a gun to directly hit the heart, or using a shotgun to explode the human body.
At the same time, humans also discovered that there is a very strange way of sensing between parasitic beasts.
So Cui Junying used her husband, who had become a parasitic beast, as a "hound" and hunted the parasitic beasts across the country.
The humans are taking action, and the parasitic beasts are not idle either.
Their leaders have found ways to make themselves stronger, build organizations, and leverage the strengths of their members.
To put it simply, it is hugging together for warmth.
They use the "church" as a cover to create secret bases to store their "food" - human corpses.
uses the "specialties" of the members of the organization, such as beauty and seduction, to lure humans to a specific location, and then kill and dismember them.
However, the good days of the parasitic beasts are coming to an end.
The gray team led by Cui Junying came here. They first used hounds to remove a corpse room, and then locked Xiuren through combing the suspects.
In fact, Xiuren is not a complete parasitic beast. When she was parasitic, she was too seriously injured. In order to survive, the parasite had to treat her first, so it could not completely eat her brain.
Xiuren became a mutant who is human most of the time and a parasitic beast a small part of the time.
But she is not recognized by the parasitic beasts, but is also regarded as a dangerous creature by the gray team and must be eliminated.
Since then, the war between humans, parasitic beasts and mutants has officially begun.
For parasitic beasts, the first step is to get rid of the biggest threat-the hound.
So they sent out the mole in the police force, and while the Gray Team was searching for Xiuren, they used special tools to get rid of the hounds.
Unexpectedly, the murder scene of the mole was witnessed by one person, and this person was Xue Qiangyou.
Xue Qiangyou was originally a gangster who organized a gang. He received instructions from his boss to assassinate the leader of a gang. As a result, the assassination failed and he had to run away.
Unexpectedly, when he returned to his hometown, he found that his sister at home had become very strange and his sister was nowhere to be found. After
followed his sister, he discovered the fact that his sister had turned into a parasitic beast, and that his sister had also been killed by the parasitic beasts and stored as "food".
In the process, he got acquainted with Xiuren and the parasitic beast Heidi in Xiuren's body.
Three "people" formed a team for their own reasons to fight against the parasitic beasts.
Back to the timeline of the war, after the hound was killed, Cui Junying saw the transformed Soo-in with her own eyes, so she decided to treat Soo-in as the second hound.
But because of its status as a mutant, its characteristics were even stranger, so it was first transported to the headquarters for research.
The second battle between parasitic beasts and humans started during the transportation.
On one side is the gray team escorting Xiuren, on the other side is the parasitic beast who wants to kill Xiuren, and there is also a team that is trying to rescue Xiuren.
The three-party war was about to break out, and ended with Xue Qiangyou rescuing Xiuren.
While this war seems to be over, in fact, the leader of the parasitic beast is already brewing a new and more terrifying plan.
03 "Human" Nature
Since we are filming "Parasite", it is inevitable to compare it with the original work. Of course, the Korean drama version has been significantly changed, and the plot has basically nothing to do with the original work.
But judging from some details or deep philosophical thinking, the Korean drama "Parasite: Gray Army" also has its merits.
The core of "Parasite: Gray Army" is about "human" nature.
Even if it is a parasitic beast, it also shows its "human" nature as the plot progresses.
For example, the big boss in the play is a parasitic beast that originally lived on the priest.
On the first day of parasitism, it learned through study that only by establishing an organization can it be more powerful. The longer
lives on humans, the more human-like it becomes.
Originally, these parasitic beasts were just living organisms that only wanted to survive. They had no emotions, no good or evil.
Eating the same kind is just for food and survival.
This was well reflected in Heidi in the early stage.
Although it has participated in many thrilling rescue activities with Xiuren, it is basically not because it wants to save, but because it wants to live, so it has to save Xiuren who is in a dangerous state.
It seems that they broke into the church base together and saved Xue Qiangyou during the fight, and the reason why it transformed into protection was because Xiuren was in danger.
Just like what Xue Qiangyou said later, let’s temporarily form a team. Heidi will protect you, and you can also protect me by the way.
After seeing too much human behavior, the parasitic beast that lived on the priest began to become more and more like a "human", especially the way he dealt with things.
even sacrifices all his own kind in order to achieve his ultimate goal.
At the same time, a control group was also set up in the human team.
For example, the police officer who became a mole, why did he betray humans and help the parasitic beasts? Very simple, money and power.
He was dissatisfied with the low salary of the criminal police and chose betrayal in order to serve his power.
In his pursuit of money and power, he has no so-called concept of good and evil, and is indifferent to the murder of his fellow human beings. All he wants is to satisfy his own desires.
This rebellious police officer fully explains what the pastor said, humans can also be parasitic, they are just parasitic on a certain organization.
Of course, the excessive pursuit of "humanity" is a standard feature of Korean dramas, but in an IP like Parasite Beast, it seems a bit petty.
And in order to pursue the fast pace of the plot, the advancement of the plot is sometimes a bit stiff.
Because of the inclusion of the Gray Team and the portrayal of the "human" nature of the parasitic beast, Heidi, who was originally supposed to be the protagonist, has very little portrayal.
The portrayal of the male protagonist Xue Qiangyou is not full, and this line is always outside the main line.
But its flaws do not hide its merits. As a monster drama with some thought, "Parasite: Gray Force" is still qualified and worth watching.
Qingshi Film Editorial Department | Lao Meng
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