"Somehow in my dream, I saw the waves in my heart, and now I put aside the world affairs and break off the hatred to accompany me to the horizon".
In 1983, a martial arts drama "Legend of the Carving Hero", which was produced wirelessly and adapted from Jin Yong's original work, was broadcast. Huang Rihua played the silly boy Guo Jing and Weng Meiling's pretty Huang Rong, and became popular in Asia.
Along with the hit of the drama, there is also the theme song "Blood and Heart" sung by Luo Wenzhenni.
Just tomorrow evening, another 60 episode martial arts drama adapted by Jin Yong will be broadcast in Goose Factory, "Jin Yong's Martial Arts World". The whole play is divided into five short plays, which are led by The Heart of Iron and Blood.
When it comes to martial arts dramas, many people will immediately think of several classic dramas written by Jin Yong that were shot wirelessly in the 1990s, such as "Smiling Proud Jianghu", "Condor Heroes", "Deer Ding", "Heaven Reliant Dragon Slaughter", and "Carving Heroes"
Or, it is the classic Chinese martial arts dramas produced by Zhang Jizhong and starred by Liu Yifei, Huang Xiaoming and Li Yapeng.
That was really the golden age of swordsman dramas.
However, in recent years, under the multi-directional attack of ancient puppets, ancient words and fantasy, the martial arts dramas have almost disappeared and become a thing of the past.
Only a few can be seen. For example, Zhang Ruoyun's "Flying Swords in the Snow". It's hard for swordsman dramas to return to their peak, and Jin Yong's adapted dramas no longer have the appeal of the past.
Is the traditional martial arts drama really declining? No one dares to shoot a martial arts production?
This martial arts drama, which will be broadcasted tomorrow, on June 17, may be the final answer.
Five units, Eastern Evil and Western Poison, Southern Emperor and Northern Beggar, Huashan Sword, Nine Yin Scripture, and Iron and Blood Heart, together constitute the Jinyong Swordsman World.
Directed by Yang Lei, director of Three Bodies, Xu Bing, screenwriter of Red, Deng Ke, director of My Wife, Cao Dun, director of Twelve Hours in Chang'an, and Zang Xichuan, director of Silent Black Soil.
The main cast includes this Sha, Bao Shangen, Zhou Yiwei, Gao Weiguang, Chen Turin, He Rundong, Hanikzi, Mingdao, Meng Ziyi, etc.
It can be said that this is the most magnificent martial arts production with the strongest lineup in the past decade.
But it is destined to face several mountains in front.
Not to mention Huang Ri's version with 9.2 points, Zhang Zhilin's version with 8.9 points, and even Li Yitong's version with 7.9 points, it is not easy to surpass them.
What is the greatest Xia? It is Guo Jing's work for the country and the people.
Can this play reproduce the glory of the old martial arts dramas?
Can the story capture the happy feeling of gratitude and hatred that we once envied?
Why not draw the bow together to see Jin Yong's world of swordsmen.
1、 Story: not only the story of Guo Jing and Huang Rong, but also the expansion of the five unique stories
Speaking of which, the series is really famous.
Some people may ask why it is not called "Legend of Heroes in Carving Shooting", and why Gao Weiguang's western poison and Zhou Yiwei's eastern evil are in the middle of the fixed poster?
The reason is very simple. If it is just a remake of sculpture shooting, why send five domestic first-line directors to such a big battle?
The drama is not a simple remake of The Legend of the Carving Hero, but to complement the five unique stories.
With Guo Jing and Huang Rong as the core of the story, "Iron and Blood Loyalty" mainly tells the story of Guo Jing, who carried his family feud into the Jianghu, went through strange adventures all the way, and finally grew up to be a great chivalrous person "for the country and the people" with the help of Huang Rong.
But the main characters in the other four chapters are the five unique characters.
The first highlight of the drama is the completed world of shooting and carving swordsmen.
For example, The Southern Emperor and the Northern Beggar, led by He Rundong and Mingdao, tells the story of Hong Qigong and Duan Wangye when they were young.
In the same year, Wireless also asked Zheng Yijian and Wei Junjie to shoot the Southern Emperor and Northern Beggar, and Li Yaoxiang played Zhou Botong.
For example, "East Evil and West Poison" talks about how Huang Yaoshi became a great master, how he met his wife Feng Heng, and how he broke with the West Poison.
Of course, it is Huashan Lunjian that gathers the five wonders together again. "Whoever can practice the Nine Yin Scripture is the best in the world."
This part of the story can be referred to the Nine Yin Scripture shot by Li Rengang that year, starring Zhang Zhilin and Jiang David. This is also a recognized legacy of the martial arts drama.
The Nine Yin Scripture should tell why Mei Chaofeng and Chen Xuanfeng betrayed their school and how they broke with Dongxie.
Like Zheng Yijian's "Southern Emperor and Northern Beggar" and Jiang David's "Nine Yin Scripture", the story will inevitably have a large number of original plots and original characters, which will bring new ideas, but also the biggest challenge.
The second important point is how to adapt the classics again.
Compared with the other four chapters, the story of "Iron Blood and Heart" will mainly rely on Jin Yong's original work.
But this brings another problem. The audience is really familiar with the story of the legend of the carving hero.
In fact, the latest version of Li Yitong is only seven years old.
How to reintroduce these well-known swordsmen heroes is the biggest problem.
From the trailer, in addition to reproducing the original famous scene, Yang Lei is likely to strengthen the part of the family and country feelings that the classic version has brought, that is, how Guo Jing, the son of the golden sword, fought against a generation of hero Tie Muzhen in order to defend Xiangyang.
For example, the dialogue in the trailer - "Guo Jing, if I must win Xiangyang, what will you do?" "Then I have to live and die with Xiangyang."
In fact, this is also the final fate of Guo Jing and Huang Rong in the original work.
I always believe that there is no shortage of audiences for swordsman dramas. With the original work of Mr. Jin Yong, this drama has the potential to be a blockbuster.
Next, let's see how the five directors shoot and the actors act.
2、 Actors: This Sha plays Guo Jing, Gao Weiguang plays Western poisons, and Wang Jinsong, Yin Zhusheng and other powerful factions are in charge
The five directors of the play are all domestic first-line directors, and the leading director of "Blood and Heart" is Yang Lei. After "Three Bodies", no one should doubt his ability as a director.
The cast of Jin Yong's Knight errant World includes more than 20 stars, including Gao Weiguang, Bao Shangen, Zhou Yiwei, Mingdao, Gao Weiguang, He Rundong, Meng Ziyi, Chen Turin, among others, Gao Weiguang, Zhou Yiwei, among others, among them, Gao Weiguang, Zhou Yiwei, among others, the famous new generation, such as this Sha, and Wang Jinsong, Yin Zhusheng, among others.
However, casting is the most important thing for martial arts dramas. Selecting the right actors will produce a 1+1>2 effect.
Are the actors in the play right? Let's start with the six actors I most expect.
First, this sand
It's crucial that this sand plays Guo Jing. If the first movie "Blood and Heart" is not right, the audience may abandon the play directly, so this sand must be performed well.
In the original book, Guo Jing officially appeared at the age of 18. Huang Rihua, Li Yapeng, and Hu Ge had only just started this role for a short time. This Sha was a little older at 27, but he was better than a teenager.
Many audiences know that he is Yang Jian in the Goddess Trilogy. In fact, he has played Li Dongfang in the martial arts drama "Shadows of Mountains and Rivers" before. A long gun has been danced by him, and with the special physical training of the Goddess series, the last thing to worry about is the action drama of this sand.
But the most difficult thing to perform as Guo Jing is to perform his stupidity.
This stupidity is not stupidity, but wisdom like stupidity.
Guo Jing is honest and patriotic. He is not smart, but has great wisdom. In the past, Huang Rihua was the most successful actor in this role. Hu Ge and Zhang Zhilin's Guo Jing are too smart. Li Yapeng's version is too silly. It is difficult to grasp the discretion.
I am optimistic that this Sha will play Guo Jing as his new representative role.
Second, Gao Weiguang
Finding Gao Weiguang to play Western poisons is definitely a wonderful pen.
The audience may think that western poisons should be the sinister look of Lorraine.
But look at how the original book wrote, "He is tall, dressed in white, has a high nose and deep eyes, has a brown face, and is full of vigor. His eyes are like swords, very sharp, and his voice sounds like metal."
This is not Gao Weiguang.
Gao Weiguang is a growing actor. His acting skills are really mediocre when he first started his career, but he has been making progress since his debut. The partridge whistle in Nuqing Xiangxi is almost the same as that in the original book, regardless of its role image or body shape.
After that, Chen Zhibao and other people in the "Blade in the Snow" can see his acting skills. Of course, he has another characteristic, that is, he can play.
He plays western poisons, which is exotic enough, and fight scenes are no problem, but what is more worth looking forward to is how he will play a western poisons, which is different from the wireless classic version.
After partridge whistle and emperor, Gao Weiguang should also have a new classic role.
Third, Zhou Yiwei
Here comes another one who can fight.
Many people know Zhou Yiwei, of course Ding Xiu in Embroidery Spring Sabre.
The absolute whole battle ceiling, with both good and evil images, makes people love and hate.
After that, Zhou Yiwei's role shaping was good and bad, but he was an actor with a strong style, and the role would be brilliant if he was in the right state. I think Huang Yaoshi is the role he can play well.
This version of Herbalist Huang's staffing is closer to that of David Jiang's version, fighting for the Nine Yin Scripture, also to save Feng Heng. It should not be difficult to play such a heavy and tolerant role on Monday.
Some people often complain that his acting skills are a little tricky, but Huang Yaoshi is a Wulin master who has always been busy playing flute and playing handsome in fights. I think the possibility of Zhou Yiwei's performance overturning is zero, but it is still a bit difficult to surpass Zeng Jiang's classic version.
Fourth, Chen Turin
Chen Turin may be the most suitable actor to play Feng Heng among the internal entertainment florets.
Feng Heng, who has more eyes and eyebrows than Yushu and a delicate heart, is a nearly perfect beauty in Jin Yong's writing. The only shortcoming is that he is in poor health and has a sense of weakness.
Chen Turin's appearance and temperament can be performed when she is in shape. She is Feng Heng.
Fifth, Meng Ziyi
Mencius' charity performance of Mei Chaofeng is also a good choice of actors.
One of the classic roles of Meng Ziyi is the most beautiful Mu Nianzi. She really has the chivalrous face in Zhang Jinyong's plays.
In the past, Mei Chaofeng always had a ghostly figure like a female ghost.
However, this version will be filled with the love story of Mei Chaofeng and Chen Xuanfeng until the end of the period when it is completely blackened. It should not be difficult to play the most beautiful Mei Chaofeng again in the form of Meng Ziyi's swordsman.
Sixth, He Rundong
When he became popular, He Rundong played many roles in martial arts dramas, such as Nie Feng in Feng Yun and Lu Xiaofeng series.
In recent years, the scenery is not his own. He has also acted in swordsman dramas such as Sword Dynasty and Flying Fox. He has a lot of experience in swordsman dramas.
There were not many classic versions of Nandi this time, which also gave him a lot of space.
From wandering the Jianghu as a young man to becoming a Buddhist and indifferent to fame and wealth as an old man, Nandi is actually a very effective role. Let's see how he plays it.
In addition to these, there are Mingdao's Northern Beggars, Wang Jinsong, Yin Zhusheng, Yang Haoyu and many other powerful factions. It's just because they are more involved in the drama.
3、 There are three problems that Jin Yong's Knight errant World has to face if it wants to "explode"
1. Can young actors sustain the play
A character is the soul of a martial arts play. A good character makes a chivalrous person.
Although there are many powerful actors, there are still many young actors in the play, especially the first unit, "Iron and Blood".
In addition to this sand, whether Bao Shangen can perform Huang Rong, the ghost of Gu Ling, and whether the two new actors can perform Yang Kang, the heartless Yang Kang, and Mu Nianzi, the miserable Mu Nianzi, is still in suspense.
2. The martial arts dramas are not easy to shoot. Can the gorgeous director group really do it?
If a martial arts play is good, the ability of the director is also crucial.
The 83 version of the most classic "Legend of the Carving Hero" was produced by Wang Tianlin, the famous father of Wang Jing. In the 1990s, many classic Jin Yong dramas were produced by Li Tiansheng, the wireless ace.
These main creators have a common feature, that is, they are experienced in battle and have rich experience in martial arts dramas.
In contrast, the director group of Jin Yong's Swordsman World is luxurious. Yang Lei, Xu Bing, Cao Dun and others are not ordinary people, but the risk is that none of the major directors has any experience in shooting Jin Yong's Swordsman Dramas.
From the perspective of the trailer, the focus of the drama has been marked with obvious director style, such as Yang Lei's "Iron and Blood". In Chinese aesthetics, there is a kind of image texture of desert dust and Jianghu misty rain, which reminds people of his "Three Body".
Xu Bing's "East Evil and West Poison" has an unusual relationship between characters. West Poison and East Evil are both enemies and friends.
Cao Dun's Hua Shan Lun Jian continues his fierce image style.
Judging from the preview's camera language and pictures, the technical level of the directors is absolutely no problem, but whether they can tell a good martial arts story and whether the style and level of the directors will form a gap needs to be questioned for the time being.
3. The action scenes are filmed carefully, so swordsmen fans can rest assured?
Of course, martial arts dramas must be played well to be enjoyable.
Play is not only a means to show the character's excellent martial arts, but also an important carrier to express the character's character, emotion and story.
In the past few years, the most unsatisfying thing for the audience is the action scenes of slow scenes.
But it seems that the shooting of "Jinyong Swordsman World" is coming true.
The actors received strict martial arts training before the official shooting.
Wu Zhi said there were hundreds of fights in the episode. No wonder director Yang Lei started the fight with three sentences.
He Rundong said that when he fought with Mingdao, the sound of "Kong" with his two arms sounded painful.
This sand said that the Beggars' Sect meeting had been filmed for seven days, and the top of Huashan Mountain had been filmed for more than ten days. These days, the male leader has personally played martial arts dramas for dozens of days.
In action design, the play reduces the use of special effects and tries to make everything physically dependent.
This is a decent fight.
It is not that special effects can not be used in the play, but that the actors can give direct impact to the audience only when they really play.
In addition to Goose Factory's huge investment in Jin Yong's Swordsman World, Tsui Hark's Legend of the Eagle Shooting Hero will also land on the big screen this year. Will Jin Yong's Swordsman, who has been silent for a long time, return to the peak?
I think that Jin Yong's swordsman has always been able to find his own new audience in the new generation, and the domestic swordsman will certainly usher in a busy year.
However, the most classic chivalry feelings have long remained in the era that belongs to its best.
The first wave of martial arts drama craze in Hong Kong and Taiwan originated from the 83 version of "Shooting Carving". The series became popular, with Andy Lau's version of "Divine Carving", and Tony Leung's version of "Yitian Slaughter the Dragon" and "Luding".
In the 1990s, the special effects technology was relatively mature, and the talent pool of Hong Kong Opera was at its peak. This round of wireless remake of Jin Yong's drama also produced many classics such as Gu Tianle's version of Divine Sculpture, Huang Rihua's version of Eight Heavenly Dragons, Wu Qihua's version of Reliance on the Sky, Lv Songxian's version of Laughing Proud Jianghu, and Chen Xiaochun's version of Deer Ding.
Zhang Jizhong's version of several Jinyong dramas makes full use of the great mountains and rivers of the motherland, giving the mainland Jinyong dramas a sense of cultural seriousness that Hong Kong and Taiwan dramas do not have.
Wang Xinmin's Xiake Xing and Liancheng Jue are rare and outstanding works. Unfortunately, they have seen too few audiences.
However, in the past ten years, although there have been some blockbuster releases of authentic versions of "Shendiao", "Xiaoao", and Zeng Shunxi's "Yitian", Jin Yong's swordsman dramas have lost their former glory.
Wang Jing's remake of Lin Feng's "Reliance on the Sky" and Yen Zidan's "Biography of Qiao Feng" all have poor reputation. What's the chance of success for Zhang Yuqi's "Laughing and Proud Jianghu"?
The last martial arts drama with a good reputation seems to be Li Yitong's and Mencius' version of "Shooting and Carving".
Why can't you make swordsman dramas for entertainment?
Perhaps the real reason is that the golden age of chivalry is far behind.
Those classic works in those years were just a meeting between Jin Yong's swordsman and the golden wind and jade dew of a swordsman era, "asking whether this mountain is the highest in the world".
The happy and unrestrained era of chivalry is gone, and the era of chivalry dramas will automatically give way to Xianxia, and Xianxia will give way to Xiandou.
This audience no longer believes in swordsmen, and would rather taste the sweetness of love in the world of fairy puppets, which is not the fault of swordsmen.
Compared with "Jin Yong's Swordsman World", can it reproduce the peak of swordsmanship? Perhaps the real question is, can it present a bloody and soul stirring story of swordsmen?
While paying homage to Jin Yong and paying homage to his feelings, can he inject "new" into the chivalry of the times?
The world of Jin Yong's swordsmen has long been gone. At least we still have "Jin Yong's swordsmen world" to think about.
