Good news:
024, the new year of "Sword and Fairy". The not so good thing about
is:
consumption downgrade. Before
, there was the 4.3 version of "Sword and Sword IV" and the 5.0 version of " praying for the present ".
Let’s not talk about the plot, let’s talk about the appearance. Back then we watched Liu Yifei, Yang Mi, Tang Yan, Liu Shishi. Today you can see Ju Jingyi and Yu Shuxin.
Do you think this is the end?
no no no.
also -
See Xiaoyao again
data was thrown silently. What about the quality of
?
Frankly speaking, compared with the other two "Sword and Sword" themes this year, " Meet Xiaoyao again" is not bad.
has been restored in many places and has been done with care.
But unfortunately the result is still -
is useless.
Even though "Sword and Fairy" is a big IP with a deep fan base, this adaptation focuses on emotions.
cannot replicate the sensation of "Sword of Sword One" back then.
can't even reach a satisfactory playback data today.
why?
Because today's "Immortal Sword" is essentially a completely different thing from the "Immortal Sword" back then.
Nostalgia or sincerity are nothing but "fake efforts" -
uses the busyness at hand to cover up the weariness of not wanting to make progress.
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word of mouth is divided.
also has "game party" feeling that the plot is restored.
also felt that it was inferior to the 2005 version of "Legend of Sword and Fairy".
Actually, when "Legend of Sword and Fairy" was first released, its reputation was equally divided.
Douban's opening score is over 7 points, and it has only risen to 9.1 after years of emotional filtering.
The biggest doubt comes from the "game party". In their eyes, the 2005 version of "Sword of Immortality" is a magic modification. Li Xiaoyao's character design does not fit the game. Tang Yu, who has no sense of presence, becomes the second male lead. Many important game settings are not included. Show it...
So there is also a situation where one "immortal" has its own expression -
In your mind, "Immortal Sword", is the game version or the 05 drama version?
This controversy continues into today's evaluation of "See Xiaoyao Again".
Some people think that compared to the 2005 version of the "magic reform", this adaptation is more orthodox and corrects chaos.
Some people say that it is ugly just because it looks ugly, and even restoring the game is useless.
is right.
is the two sides of "See Xiaoyao Again".
It can be seen that strives to restore, which is a major KPI for this version of adaptation.
For example, the appearance of Jiujianxian.
is not like the 05 drama version where he suddenly appeared when he heard Li Xiaoyao's name while hiding in the grass.
instead restored the plot in the game where Li Xiaoyao met Li Xiaoyao by chance while asking for a drink at the door of the inn, and met at the Shilipo Mountain Temple to learn martial arts.
For example, seeking medicine on Fairy Island.
"Meet Xiaoyao Again" restored the plot of the aunt's serious illness, the child Wang Xiaohu provided information, and the boatman Zhang Si Ge helped to go to sea.
In the 05 episode, it was simplified to a relatively functional scene such as Xiaoyao going out to sea alone, and Wang Xiaohu saving Xiaoyao who fell into the water.
On the road to service, this time there are more restorations:
’s image design of the fairy island stone statue, Zhao Ling’er’s skill Thunder Curse, and more soundtracks from the original game.
"Inn" and "Butterfly Love" are all derived from the game's original soundtrack.
Inn, Lin Kunxin
Die Lian, Lin Kunxin
For example, Zhao Ling'er's red-haired snake body shape when she first transformed into Nuwa, and Lin Yueru's women's clothing matching are also based on the game settings.
For fans of the game, these are definitely elements that can bring back memories and good feelings.
But honestly.
Sir was also following "Legend of Sword and Fairy" back then.
When the drama came out, were you most concerned about comparing the plot to the game one by one?
For costumes and idols, the first thing to look at is and .
Especially the audience of "Legend of Sword and Fairy" is mostly teenagers. Once Hu Ge, , and Liu Yifei appear on the screen, you will definitely follow this magical journey.
And "See Xiaoyao Again".
Those who knew it said it was Li Xiaoyao, but those who didn't know thought it was Li Ronghao .
Look at Zhao Linger again.
doesn’t have much flaws in appearance, it’s quite cute.
But it just doesn’t feel fairy enough. This version of
deleted the scene of peeking into the bath, and changed it to Li Xiaoyao directly asking for medicine. When Ling'er heard this, he seemed to be particularly embarrassed and panicked.
I can’t hold my head high when speaking at other times.
does not look like a noble fairy.
In this mental state, I feel like I have been pampered by my boyfriend for ten years.
and 05 "Fairy Sword".
Liu Yifei's acting skills can't be said to be particularly outstanding, but at least her energy and spirit are online.
found out that someone was watching her take a shower, so he gave the order directly.
After the change of clothes, activate the skills directly to give you some color.
This is the proper posture, what's the point of being coy?
"Meet Xiaoyao Again" on the one hand restores the game, and on the other hand it directly uses a lot of the bold adaptation of 05 "Sword of Immortality".
For example, version 05 has made significant adjustments to the game plot of Li Xiaoyao returning to ten years ago to witness the Nanzhao Rebellion.
increases the bond between Li Xiaoyao and Zhao Linger, and connects most of the characters in the play, which greatly strengthens the sense of fate in their tragic ending.
This is one of the reasons why the be ending of Fairy Sword moved the audience.
"Meet Xiaoyao Again" is almost completely copied -
Lao Lao and Zhao Ling'er on Xianling Island can recognize Li Xiaoyao at a glance as their benefactor who saved them from the civil strife in Nanzhao.
Jiu Jianxian saw Li Xiaoyao's appearance, so he became interested in this inn boy and wanted to teach him kung fu. An innovation of the
05 version is that in addition to the emotional settings of the protagonist trio, Jin Yuan and Caiyi, it also creates different emotional entanglements between multiple pairs of characters.
For example, Tang Yu and Anu in the love line, Jiujianxian and Shengnu, Dugu Swordsman and Witch Queen, Jiang Ming and Nuyuan.
For example, Elder Shi and Baiyue in the family line, Elder Shi and Tang Yu, Jiujianxian and Anu, Jiujianxian and Li Xiaoyao, and even Dugu Swordsman and Jiujianxian...
For example, Li in the friendship line The trio of Xiaoyao Tang Yu and Liu Jinyuan, Liu Jinyuan and Bai Yue, or even Bai Yue and Li Xiaoyao...
In short, it highlights a obsession and resentment, love and hatred .
enriches and expands some NPC-style characters in the game, turning them into new emotional clues and landing points. In the end, they all deliver an emotional critical blow to the audience.
This is also one of the reasons why the TV series of that year became a god.
And in "See Xiaoyao Again", another choice was made.
For example, the CPs of Tang Yu and Anu are arranged to appear early, which to some extent replaces the role of Gai Luojiao and Elder Shi in the game (bringing Zhao Ling'er back to Nanzhao), and also eliminates the dispute between white and black seedlings. background story.
For example, let Liu Jinyuan participate in the adventures of the protagonist group very early, strengthening his friendship with the protagonist group, and also laying the groundwork for his possible plot later.
also innovatively designed the entanglement between the Korean medical fairy and the corpse demon of Guiyin Mountain, as well as the identity of Han Mengci's female village leader.
is obviously following the same example.
In addition, there are more "emotional aspects" presented -
For example, the title of the film is not called "Legend of Sword and Fairy", but "Meet Xiaoyao Again".
Obviously what the creator wants to attract are game players and drama viewers.
So you can clearly see the mashup of game and drama elements mentioned above:
For example, the same actor is invited to play Li Xiaoyao's aunt.
The same character evokes the same memory.
For another example, from the first episode, there has been "private goods included" in the ending song.
directly played "Xiaoyao Tan", and then Sir followed it to check.
Sure enough, some of the most popular songs in the first part, such as "Slaying the Wolf", "It's Always Quiet", "June Rain", have all been arranged.
So if it is just from the perspective of "feelings".
"See Xiaoyao Again" is considered to be thoughtful.
But the problem is that audiences who go there for their feelings are often the most difficult to deal with.
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is adapted from the game, or from version 05.
has become an opposing issue again today.
The bigger problem is-how
can shoot the "Sword and Sword" IP that suits this era.
as an example.
The first meeting between Li Xiaoyao and Zhao Linger.
In the game version of the 1990s, Li Xiaoyao went to Fairy Island to seek medicine for his aunt. He accidentally saw Zhao Ling'er taking a bath, and was shocked for a moment.
In order to get the elixir, he used his clothes to threaten the other party, but Zhao Ling'er almost killed him with a thunder curse. After explaining the reason, the kind-hearted Zhao Ling'er took Li Xiaoyao to the pharmacy to get the medicine.
Then I met grandma at the door.
Because Ling'er's body was seen, grandma had to force Li Xiaoyao to marry Ling'er or die.
This became the first marriage between the two protagonists.
From the current perspective, it can be said that it is a traditional and straight male aesthetic.
So in the 2005 version of "Legend of Sword and Fairy", the creator made substantial adaptations.
Although there is also a plot design such as "mistakenly watching a fairy taking a bath".
But the scene is very beautiful.
On one side is Li Xiaoyao, played by Hu Ge, with a look of shock on his face.
On one side is Zhao Linger, played by Liu Yifei, looming among the lotus flowers and leaves.
also specially added a dialogue to the two protagonists:
-Why are you taking my clothes? Do you want to threaten me to give you the elixir?
-No, no, no, I would never dare to steal your clothes.
The creators at the time had obviously realized that the plot of the original work was very negative for Li Xiaoyao's character image:
A low-life person who takes advantage of others and takes advantage of others cannot be the protagonist and hero for the audience to take on.
Therefore, based on this chance encounter, the buff of the bond was specially strengthened.
In the future, Li Xiaoyao will travel back ten years and save his grandmother and young Zhao Linger from the chaos in Nanzhao.
So even though Li Xiaoyao is completely ignorant now, the grown-up Zhao Ling'er has already had a deep love for Li Xiaoyao.
Only the joy of meeting the benefactor + hero + sweetheart can dilute this "bad" encounter.
Later, the grandma took the decision to betroth Ling'er to Li Xiaoyao, which is relatively reasonable and not the "chaste" kidnapping in the original work.
But this is the 05 version, what about this time's "Meet Xiaoyao Again"? The two words
and delete .
Yes, this design was removed directly.
Li Xiaoyao entered Fairy Island, and was directly struck by Zhao Ling'er as an outsider with a thunder curse, but accidentally discovered that it was a surprise from his benefactor + sweetheart.
Although the plot requires them to get married quickly (which is a key element in advancing the story).
But for the current audience, this emotional foundation is obviously weak, or too old-fashioned.
obviously couldn't completely follow the previous plot design, which was attributed to Zhao Ling'er's initiative or grandma's strength.
Even because the setting is too straight, it can only emphasize this time paradox:
As Zhao Ling'er's husband, Li Xiaoyao went back ten years ago and promised to marry the young Zhao Ling'er.
But, do they become husband and wife because they experienced the story, or do they experience the story because they are husband and wife.
is in an infinite loop.
lacks the final word of persuasion.
For ordinary passers-by, it may be difficult for the audience to understand: Why are we deeply in love, and why should we commit ourselves to each other?
Even Zhao Ling'er's behavioral logic of "White Moonlight" cannot withstand questioning.
So just by comparing the adaptation of this plot, you can see that -
"The Fairy Sword" IP has a long history of creation, so in the adaptation of the current era, compared to other works, there are more flaws that need to be filled.
is the most obvious.
This time, in order to weaken Lin Yueru's embarrassing situation among the three, she strengthened her friendship with Ling'er.
but the patch is applied.
will naturally deviate further and further from the original work.
The plot is laid out slowly, with a soulful be-style, and the focus is on the thrilling ending. It is also a story about a male protagonist. Perhaps compared to the most popular Chinese dramas at the moment, everything is a bit inferior.
sentiment may be enough.
But I can’t hold on, times have changed.
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To be honest, "Meet Xiaoyao Again" has made great efforts to correct the Fairy Sword IP.
For example, in the story about killing the corpse monster in Baihe Village and defeating the Red Ghost King, the soy sauce NPCs, such as Korean Medical Fairy and Han Mengci's father and daughter, were greatly rewritten:
Han Mengci transformed from a medical girl to a copycat master. , commanding hundreds of people in the village to defend Baihe Village from the zombie invasion.
looks very heroic.
But judging from the scene where Li Xiaoyao and his party were first arrested, this place is more like a bandit den than a villagers' self-defense organization in terms of behavior and style.
How did Han Mengci, a female prostitute, become the leader of the village?
is difficult to examine in detail.
can only try to move towards a comedy style through the use of individual actors and scenes.
also has relatively successful adaptations, such as linking the Korean medical fairy with the real reason for the proliferation of zombies in Guiyin Mountain.
In the original game, the Korean Medical Fairy was a kind-hearted and sad-looking doctor of Baihe Village. He was worried about the invasion of corpse demons, worked hard to treat diseases and save people, and also helped Zhao Ling'er conceal his identity.
In the 05 version, this basis has not changed, but a setting of a Moon Worshiper pretending to be a Moon Worshiper is given, implying that the protagonists' adventures along the way are all arranged in advance by the Moon Worshiper.
But in today's "Meet Xiaoyao Again", an independent story has been added.
The Korean Medical Immortal is a cultivator of immortality. She has a similar spirit with the demon Meng Ke from Guiyin Mountain and becomes close friends. However, because this relationship is not tolerated by good and evil, it eventually leads to a catastrophe, allowing the more evil Red Ghost King to take advantage of the situation and spread the corpses. poison.
In order to protect his friends, he had to tolerate the spread of corpse demons, and in the end, he sacrificed himself to make up for his mistakes.
This adaptation is good not only because this relationship has the element of "deep love to the point of decay", but also because it fits the most core proposition in the story of "Sword and Sword 1".
(Although this proposition is old and heavy for the current ancient puppets)
Is there a different path for transvestites?
Or more directly, emotions can transcend identity bias.
The most touching part of "Sword and Fairy", whether it is the series or the game, is all based on this.
For example, in the chapter "Red Ghost King", the friendship between Han Kuang and Meng Ke.
For example, in the Spider Spirit section, the love between Liu Jinyuan and Caiyi.
For example, in the section of the Demon Locking Tower, the sadomasochism between Jiang Ming and the fox demon female Yuan.
and discussed Zhao Ling'er's identity, Nuwa.
The reason why Nanzhao Kingdom started civil strife was because the incited people felt that the witch queen was causing chaos in the country.
But every time the Nanzhao Kingdom calmed down, it was because of the self-sacrifice of Nuwa's descendants.
As for the relationship between Zhao Ling'er and Li Xiaoyao, her back and forth struggle with herself is also based on this relationship.
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"Fairy Sword" is an IP that values love more than anything else.
So its story is destined not to be so "cool" or so "fast-paced".
is destined not to be so rational, to adapt to the current situation, and to withstand repeated weighing, manipulation, and consideration.
It is not good at asking about the cause and effect of love.
It prefers to show the solidity and thickness of love.
What a pity.
No one cares about depth and thickness nowadays, only presence and absence.
I don’t know if you have noticed it.
These are interesting topics to talk about, and they can be discussed on the IP "Sword of Immortality", but it is difficult to delve into them in the current big genre of ancient puppets.
Of course, they also have various types of elements, and the reversal of the plot can create a strong enough emotional impact.
But how many can be left behind and chewed over and over again?
When everyone thinks about this answer and looks for what kind of mark our kind of film and television creation can leave.
can actually answer why the IP of "Sword of Immortality" is no longer working.
can even answer why everyone is increasingly losing patience with remakes and adaptations of classics such as those by Jin Yong.
It’s not because the changes are bad or careless.
still returns to "Sword and Sword 1".
Why was it so popular in 2005?
Of course, the sentiment of game fans is one reason.
But it can gain widespread popularity, is the first to create a trend.
This is the first domestic TV series adapted from a game.
is the originator of fairy tale dramas.
's original music "Xiaoyaotan", "June Rain" and "Always Quiet" are still catchy.
But today.
Is there anything new in "Meet Xiaoyao Again"?
Xianxia dramas are already everywhere.
Game adaptations are nothing new. What is original about
music? Just use the game BGM and the 2005 version theme song to refresh your feelings.
It’s not that the IP of “Sword of Immortality” is out of date.
is without innovation and creativity and is destined to be left behind.
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