Some time ago, when Penguin announced that it would remake the legend of the Sword and the Chivalrous Man, it caused controversy, and many people didn't want the classics to be destroyed.

Because the trilogy "Fairy Sword" produced by Tang film and television has experienced the embarrassment of "one is not as good as one", people have to suspect that remaking this classic will only lead to the consequences of "rollover".

However, with the development of casting plan and the confirmation of the starting time of the third season of 20021,the remake of "Fairy Sword" is a foregone conclusion.

There are three works in the drama version of The Legend of the Sword and the Chivalrous Man produced by the film and television in the Tang Dynasty.

The first one is the legend of the sword and the chivalrous man in 2005. Douban score 9.0, classic.

The second part is "Legend of the Sword and the Chivalrous Man 3" in 2009, with a douban score of 8.6. Although the word of mouth is good, it can be clearly seen that it has begun to decline;

The third film is 20 16 "The Wind and Cloud of the Sword". Douban's evaluation of 3.9 points directly declared it a bad film.

"Grinding a Sword in Seven Years" was booed. The failure of "The Fairy Sword Storm" directly led to the Tang Dynasty film and television dare not touch the classic IP of the Fairy Sword again. It was not until four years later that Penguin took over and proposed a remake plan.

Although the sequel of film and television works can't escape the law of "rotten tail", the trilogy of "Fairy Sword" has experienced a word-of-mouth collapse from 9 to 3.9, which is a rare phenomenon.

Why is the first part of the TV series "Fairy Sword" filmed by the Tang people legendary, the second part declining, and the third part rotten?

The landlord thinks there are three main reasons:

First, the role of the first film is the most classic, and the actors are well performed and impressive.

The reason of casting is undoubtedly the biggest influencing factor. After all, the casting of "The Legend of the Sword and the Chivalrous Man" can be described as a fairy lineup:

Li Xiaoyao played by Hugh and Zhao Linger played by Liu Yifei are still insurmountable.

The phrase "endless sword" is enough to prove Hugh's irreplaceable position to fairy sword fans.

Hugh's handsome face value and unique elegant temperament are simply born for ancient costumes; Plus, although he was a newcomer at that time, his acting skills were green, but he just performed his fledgling state perfectly, and he was not in a circle with Li Xiaoyao.

Liu Yifei has been recognized as the "fairy elder sister" so far, which also shows how impressive Zhao Linger she plays.

Like Hugh, Liu Yifei's beauty and unique "fairy spirit" are unique personal advantages. Looking around today's entertainment circle, almost no actress is more suitable to play Zhao Linger than Liu Yifei.

In addition, Lin Yueru played by An, Tang Yu played by Yu Yan of Eddie Peng Yuyan, Jiu Jianxian played by Xie Junhao, and the patriarch of Yue Bai played by Xu Jinjiang are still talked about by people.

The cast of "Xian Jian Yi" is beyond the reach of the last two films. Such a cast of immortal actors will not only make the audience score high at that time, but also make people with nostalgic complex constantly improve their reputation later, so "Xianjian No.1" has become a drama with a score as high as 9 points.

However, Xian Jian San is not so bad in the lineup, because Wallace Huo and Hugh formed a "high-value duo" and Yang Mi, Tang Yan and Liu Shishi formed a "three golden flowers", so the score is only slightly lower than the first one.

However, Xian Jianyun will be miserable. Although Elvis Han and Naza are not bad in terms of face value, they are hard to compare with the actors and actresses in the first two films in terms of popularity and acting skills. The supporting role is even less brilliant, and naturally it will have a bad reputation.

In addition, the level of special effects in the filming of "One Sword under the World" was backward, and the audience could not play because of the actor's sense of faith.

However, this kind of defect caused by technical problems will be the reason for praise in the future word-of-mouth evaluation.

Fairy Sword Storm was produced on 20 16, and the special effects technology at this time was not the same as that in 2005. Nevertheless, the fans of Xianjian will still feel all kinds of scenes when watching "Fan of the Cloud", and look back at "Fairy Sword I" with rough special effects:

Obviously Hugh, Liu Yifei and Ann are just playing opposite a plasticine-like "Red Ghost King". The audience doesn't think they can't stand it, but they are worried about their life and death choices.

Obviously, Anu in Liu Pinyan is just performing with a rough puppet "Golden Toad", and the audience is attracted by her naive performance, not because of this "spicy".

It is precisely because all the actors in "Xian Jian Yi" have a strong sense of performance belief, overcome the interference of rough special effects and props, and let the audience watch more with a sense of participation, so even if the special effects are not as good as the sequel, the reputation can be much higher.

Second, the plot adaptation of the first film was flawed, which did not lay a good foundation for the sequel.

In addition to casting, the story incoherence among the three "Fairy Sword" is also the reason why the sequel is difficult to attract.

Although the plot of "Xian Jian Yi" is close to the original work as a whole, in order to pursue the film and television effect, the screenwriter has adapted the story many times, and some even directly affected that the sequel could not be created according to the original work.

For example, in "World with One Sword", Li Xiaoyao's "fan brother" Wang Xiaohu was changed to a playmate about the same age as Li Xiaoyao, which directly made the role as the protagonist of "World with One Sword" in the game unable to take his own risks.

Because according to the game settings, Wang Xiaohu worshipped Li Xiaoyao since he was a child, so he will embark on the road of chivalry in the future and start the story of "Xian Jian II". The drama version of Wang Xiaohu and Li Xiaoyao are similar in age and are brothers. I can't say they have any admiration. Obviously, they are no longer suitable to be the protagonists in "Xian Jian II".

Of course, it is not impossible to create a king out of thin air to replace it.

However, as mentioned above, there are quite a few similar far-reaching plots. For example, in the drama version of "Fairy Sword Ⅰ", Lin Yueru was directly written to die in the lock demon tower, and Anu and Tang Yu directly became a pair of birds. These are all changes to the original settings.

Can Wang Xiaohu be replaced by others, and can Lin Yueru and Anu be replaced by others?

Therefore, the producers can only skip "Fairy Sword II" and shoot "Fairy Sword III" which tells a story before "Fairy Sword I".

Fairy Sword III tells the growth story of Jing Tian, the teacher of Li Xiaoyao's father. Although it has little connection with Xianjian I, it can correspond to various settings of Xianjian I, which can make up for the sense of alienation to some extent.

In addition, the crew continued to choose Hugh as the leading role, and also designed a scene of "Li Xiaoyao Passing the Scenery of the Meeting Place" with ulterior motives, skillfully linking "Xian Jian San" and "Xian Jian Yi" to make fans applaud.

The arrival of Xianjianyun not only brought Anu back from the dead, but also made the audience shout "I'm sure to eat", and also caused many fans' dissatisfaction because of the sloppy design of "One Being Original" by old Li Xiaoyao.

Theoretically, the fact that Anu is not dead accords with the setting of the game plot. Li Xiaoyao, who experienced the premature death of her daughter and the frustration as the head of the company, became depressed and unruly, which is understandable, but why did it become the point for the audience to vomit?

It can be seen that it is precisely because "Xian" did not make a long-term plan when adapting the plot, just to serve the immediate film and television effect, which made it difficult for the follow-up works to have a linkage effect with the previous works, resulting in a worse reputation.

Third, the theme exists in name only, and the market no longer favors the traditional "chivalrous man"

It is difficult for casting to surpass and adapt the plot, which will affect the reputation of subsequent works on the IP of Legend of the Sword and the Chivalrous Man.

However, if we put aside the story of "Fairy Sword" and look at the phenomenon that the sequel of "Fairy Sword" is getting worse and worse from the general theme of TV series, it is not difficult to find that this is actually influenced by the trend of TV series market preference.

As we all know, in recent years, the number of film and television works with Xian Xia as the theme is not only small, but also somewhat biased.

For example, the series "Honey as Sweet as Frost" and "Sansheng Stone III" are not so much fairy tales as fairy idol dramas. Fairy fights and men and women sprinkling sugar are absolute themes, and there are few descriptions of "Xia".

A phenomenal film and television drama like The Untamed, although its plot is fascinating and its thoughts are mixed with a certain degree of "Jianghu pleasure", can hardly be called "chivalry" in the traditional sense because of its "lingering reform" and relatively unprofessional fighting design.

There are directors who want to correct this prejudice. For example, in 19, the film Zhu Xian Yi directed by Cheng Xiaodong planned to add a lot of elements about chivalry, so as to reverse the situation that film and television works were either "heavy" or "without chivalry".

But unfortunately, Cheng Xiaodong's practice seems to have not been accepted by the market. He overcompensated a group of monks who were supposed to be sage-like-minded, and turned the mysterious fairy-law confrontation into close combat.

In the end, it not only disappointed the original fans, but also failed to please them, resulting in the loss of word of mouth and box office.

It can be seen that the theme of Xian Xia has actually existed in name only.

On the one hand, the traditional knight-errant is no longer popular in the market, and the "pain point" pursued by the audience when watching movies is no longer the pleasure and enmity in the rivers and lakes. Even if the film and television production team forces questions, it will only have little effect.

On the other hand, even a great director like Cheng Xiaodong failed in the theme of Xian Xia. How dare a small cafe and a small director with insufficient investment go against the will of the market to shoot an orthodox theme of Xian Xia? The investor's father will be the first to jump out and intervene.

Under such circumstances, how can a sequel to a traditional Xianxia drama like The Legend of the Sword and the Chivalrous Man surpass its predecessor?

Combined with the previous two analyses, it is not difficult to infer that not only the Fairy Sword will naturally become a "bad film" of the drama version of Fairy Sword, but also the situation of Fairy Sword I, which will be remake by Penguin Film and Television, is not optimistic.

Sometimes, "the past can only be recalled." Since the traditional theme of Xian Xia is gone forever, why remake it just for love?

I'm a dangerous building. Are you going to remake The Legend of the Sword and the Chivalrous Man? Don't be too happy. It's not as good as a sequel to Fairy Sword. What's your opinion? Please leave your comments below.