Since the CCTV version of the TV series " Journey to the West " was broadcast in 1986, Sun Wukong has become a well-known character in China. He is not only famous but also very popular. From the elderly in their 80s to the children who have just learned to walk, almost everyone knows the existence of Sun Wukong, and they all like Sun Wukong very much.
Following the trend and remaking classics is also what some domestic filmmakers are most willing to do. In 2015, the animated film "Journey to the West: The Return of the Great Sage" directed by Tian Xiaopeng and starring Sun Wukong as the first protagonist, created a high box office of nearly 1 billion yuan in theaters in mainland China, breaking the record for Chinese animated films in one fell swoop box office record. Since then, various animated films featuring Sun Wukong as the protagonist have been released.
Sometimes it is a good thing for a character to become popular, but sometimes it can have the opposite effect.
After the great success of "Journey to the West: The Return of the Great Sage", a large number of follow-up works have emerged in China. However, the quality of these follow-up works is uneven, and their respective ratings almost do not reach the passing line.
In other words, those works that follow the trend all fail. It is precisely because of the failure of these follow-up works that domestic audiences have become tired of the character Sun Wukong, and even developed feelings of disgust.
But sadly, in mainland China, there are many characters like Monkey King who are constantly being consumed by filmmakers. Among them, the most famous and popular one is probably Dee Renjie.
In the Chinese mainland market, Dee Renjie has almost become a household name. The "Detective Dee Renjie" series starring Liang Guanhua directly set off a drama-watching craze among domestic audiences.
But now, he is about to make the audience tired and disgusted.
In the past ten years or so, there have been many film and television dramas with Dee Renjie as the main protagonist. Especially in the past month, domestic online video platforms have produced three Dee Renjie movies one after another. These three movies But they all became bad movies in the eyes of the audience.
The first is "Detective Dee: The Tongtian Doll", which started airing on July 13 this year. The story line of this film is too simple. As a costume suspense film, its story plot has no twists and turns, and it is not very smooth. Therefore, after the film was aired, it did not achieve good box office results, nor did it create high popularity.
Then there is "Detective Dee: The Dragon Has Regret", which was broadcast on July 26. The film is starring Zhang Zijian, who plays the well-known character Yuan Fang, and also has two well-known actors, Xu Shaoqiang and Michelle Xue, joining the cast. Although
has a strong lineup, the quality of the film is not very high, the plot is blunt and awkward, and there are many unreasonable things.
The last one is "Detective Dee: The Mirage" which will be broadcast on August 6th.
Although the film has not been officially broadcast yet, we can feel that its quality is not high just from the preview. What's more, this is the third Dee Renjie movie broadcast on domestic platforms in the past month, and the audience is already tired of it.
has been consumed continuously since it became popular, causing the character itself to make the audience feel aesthetic fatigue. This time, Di Renjie has become the "Sun Wukong". He went from being a household name to being tired of it now.
