Chapter 176

Li Chengru took the afternoon train back to Yunnan, with two cameras urgently needed by the Journey to the West crew, thinking that with these two new cameras, the crew's filming work could also go a lot smoother.

If Yi Qing had three cameras when he was in the crew, he would have been a lot easier.

There is probably only so much Yi Qing can do, and if he wants to help next, he can only wait patiently.

Waiting for the crew to have no money to continue filming, CCTV will no longer allocate funds, what Yi Qing has to do is to inject funds into the Journey to the West crew before the 11th Bureau of China Railway, but this obviously cannot be gratuitous.

It doesn't matter if you help the crew get two cameras, but if you spend millions, just for the end of the credits, there is a thank you so-and-so, then it's not interesting.

Yi Qing did not lack this gratitude, which had no practical meaning for him, and what he wanted was more practical.

If this thing can be done, maybe the sequels in the future don't need to appear, and there is really no need for that thing to appear, and it feels disturbing to watch it.

Although director Yang Jie called the sequel an addendum, saying that it was based on the 86 version of "Journey to the West" and added some content, most of them obviously didn't buy it, and didn't recognize that the dozen episodes filmed later were compared with the 86 version of "Journey to the West".

Because the 86 version of "Journey to the West", as a monument to the history of Chinese TV dramas, is already a sure thing, and a so-called sequel will pop up later, and the vast majority of viewers will complain after watching it, thinking that this sequel is too ruin in childhood and ruined the classics.

The 86 version of "Journey to the West" Yi Qing has watched it countless times, but the sequel, after watching it once, he decisively gave up, it is not a taste, and it can't be put on a plate at all.

Not only the audience, but even director Yang Jie herself, she later thought that "Journey to the West Sequel" was not as good as the first 25 episodes in her autobiography "My Ninety-Nine-Eighty-One Difficulty".

Compared with the 86 version of "Journey to the West", when filming the sequel to "Journey to the West", the crew had more abundant funds, more advanced equipment, and more realistic special effects.

Some people think that maybe it is preconceived or emotional, but in fact, Yi Qing feels that the reason why "Journey to the West Sequel" is disappointing is nothing more than several aspects.

First of all, the congenital disadvantage of the plot without a head and no tail, according to director Yang Jie, "Journey to the West Sequel" is a supplement, which is based on the five episodes that were not filmed in the 86 version of "Journey to the West", and then adds a work formed by the story, so it has the congenital disadvantage of having no head and no tail.

However, with the 86 version of "Journey to the West" in front, the impact of no head does not seem to be great, but the ending is obviously too hasty, there is no foreshadowing, it seems blunt, the entry point of the story is not easy to find, and naturally it is impossible to let the atmosphere rise all the way to the climax of the plot.

One of the characteristics of the 86 version of "Journey to the West" is that most of the episodes are self-contained, and the sequel abandons this practice and becomes a general TV series, which also makes some old viewers feel a little uncomfortable.

Secondly, the music connection is not good, which is also a place that has been widely complained about by the sequel, and the impressive music of the 86 version of "Journey to the West" is also one of the success factors, in addition to the title, many episodes are also very popular.

If the sequel can continue to use the original title and music style, it will undoubtedly increase a lot in nostalgia, but unfortunately, this has also been abandoned.

Of course, this is not to say that the composition level of the sequel is not high, the composer with the same name as the basketball superstar is also a composer, and compared with Mr. Xu Jingqing, it is not far behind, like "Rap Face" and "Qianmen Love Thoughts Big Bowl of Tea" are his masterpieces, and the audience is unhappy mainly because they feel that the music styles of the two works are not connected, and there is a sense of detachment.

Third, the overly humanized modeling and trendy makeup, when filming the sequel, the makeup technology at that time was obviously much more advanced than the 86 version, and more consideration was given to the feelings of the actors.

However, the problem brought about by the new technology is the stiffness of the face, especially Sun Wukong and Zhu Bajie, who can obviously feel that their expressions are much less, as if the plastic surgery face will not smile, which is the disadvantage of the progress of styling.

In addition, there is also a problem with makeup for characters who do not need to wear masks, and although smoky makeup is trendy and will make young people feel relatable, it will undoubtedly make older audiences feel uncomfortable.

There are also demons and monsters who have appeared on the stage with a shape of killing Matt, and when Yi Qing was watching, he was really afraid that they would suddenly line up, and then sing "Wrong, Wrong, Wrong".

It is worth mentioning that the main makeup artist during the filming of the sequel is the daughter of director Yang Jie, who was still in middle school when the 86 version of "Journey to the West" was filmed.

Although the 86 version of "Journey to the West" was only a five-cent special effect, it was absolutely refreshing to the people of the whole country back then, and a lot of makeup back then was enough to fake it.

In contrast, all the monsters in the sequel look like they are wearing a hood or mask, very pediatric, like a clumsy children's drama, which is really uncomfortable.

Lack of demonic spirit, lack of groundedness, and even trying every means to get closer to the original image from bionics cannot change the long-ingrained demon concept in the audience's minds.

There is also a martial arts design like a martial arts drama, it is said that the martial arts design of "Journey to the West Sequel" is the Hong Kong Cao Rong team directly introduced by the director of CCTV without consulting with Director Yang Jie, which is the actor who plays the Monkey King who can't move his neck in "Journey to the West".

The 86 version of "Journey to the West" martial arts design Erlang Shenlin Zhiqian just put a name on the crew, and he gave the crew a set of WIA equipment and went back.

The level of Cao Rong's martial arts design is naturally undoubted, and the various martial arts scenes in the play are also very exciting, but I always feel that there is a bit of a martial arts flavor and a lack of imagination.

The martial arts action in the 86 version of "Journey to the West" is not fancy, but many designs take into account beauty and fairy spirit, such as the scene filmed by Yi Qing and He Qing, the fight scene between Little White Dragon and Princess Halloween, although it is not intense, it is very beautiful and beautiful.

The martial arts design of the sequel is a bit mechanized in comparison.

In addition, the difference in filming locations also caused the two sections of Journey to the West to be praised for decades, and the other was constantly stepped on.

The 86 version of "Journey to the West" was filmed in the early eighties, so the scenery is still relatively primitive. By the time the sequel was filmed, it was the end of the 90s, and tourism was already booming, so there were already many traces of man-made on the filming location, and the previous Lingxiu could no longer be recovered.

The last is the replacement of actors, which is also the most complained about in the sequel to "Journey to the West", Cui Jingfu replaced Mr. Ma Dehua to play Zhu Bajie, Liu Dagang replaced Yan Huaili to play Sha Seng, and the relative Sha Seng who does not have too many scenes and lines, the most concentrated complaints from netizens are concentrated on Zhu Bajie.

In fact, in Yi Qing's opinion, whether "Journey to the West Sequel" is replaced or not, there will be people complaining, and there will be problems.

Tang Seng and Sun Wukong, who did not replace, were also complained by many audiences, such as Xu Shaohua's fatness, Chi Chongrui's hippie smile, Sun Wukong's stiffness and slowness, etc., presumably if Zhu Bajie and Sha Seng did not replace, there would also be complaints.

Therefore, if you don't replace people, you may be scolded for sticking to the rules, and if you don't replace people, you may be scolded for ruining the classics, so the problem is not whether to replace or not, in the final analysis, it is still difficult to relive the old dream.

If "Journey to the West Sequel" is not compared with any work, it is still a conscience drama relatively speaking, and it is very good in all aspects, so there are many people who think it is good-looking. But once it is related to the 86 version of "Journey to the West", a lot of bad things will immediately appear.

The existence of these places also makes some of the highlights in the "Journey to the West Sequel" unable to play, such as realistic special effects, equally beautiful female goblins, etc.

In Yi Qing's view, the most fundamental reason why the sequel makes him look bad is that the 25 episodes of the 86 version of "Journey to the West" were filmed for six years, while the 16 episodes of "Journey to the West Sequel" were only filmed for one year.

This is the difference between finely crafted handmade artworks and industrial assembly line goods, and this trend of industrialization of film and television drama production is difficult for film and television practitioners, including director Yang Jie, to resist.

In short, "Journey to the West Sequel" is a masterpiece in the industrialization process of the film and television industry, but it is full of ingenuity, and it is still a long way from the fairy artwork.

Yi Qing has no intention of belittling Director Yang Jie's dream work, after all, aside from the 86 version, the so-called sequel is still good in terms of quality.

However, if possible, Yi Qing still hopes that Director Yang Jie can take this opportunity to present the whole picture of "Journey to the West" completely.

If you don't have any regrets, you won't be able to mention the things that come true and make up for it later.

Yi Qing had calculated before that if he wanted to finish filming "Journey to the West", Yi Qing would have to provide at least 5 million funds, and he would naturally be able to get this money, but it depends on the price.

Yi Qing really hopes that Director Yang Jie can finish filming "Journey to the West" in one go, but the problem is to make up for the regrets of his previous life, compared with such a huge amount of funds as 5 million, it is not so difficult to accept to leave regrets.

To put it bluntly, Yi Qing can provide financial support at the right time, but this requires the Journey to the West crew, or simply CCTV, to pay a certain price.

For example, the overseas broadcast rights of "Journey to the West".