has learned from the previous experience of the hit of "Chu Liuxiang", and the wireless side has regarded "The Peerless Double Pride" as a great enemy from the beginning.

In order to seize the lead, Wireless directly advanced the start time of "Dragon Babu" by two days without any notice, and won 42% of the premiere ratings in one fell swoop.

This result greatly excited the wireless side, and it is more determined to invest in the production of martial arts dramas in the future.

The next day, Hong Kong's newspapers and newspapers published their evaluations of this edition of "Dragon Babu".

Everyone invariably took out the previously popular "Chu Liuxiang" for comparison, although this wireless failed to dig Cheng Xiaodong directly, but all kinds of high-altitude Weiya, martial arts stand-ins, and even the use of various special effects blasting, sound, light, smoke and shadow in "Dragon Babu" are completely a copy of "Chu Liuxiang".

It can be seen that this wireless has really put a lot of effort into imitating "Chu Liuxiang", and the plot of "Dragon Babu" itself is very exciting, and it is not surprising that the broadcast has achieved good ratings.

What really surprised many people was that this kind of martial arts drama filming technique, which relied on stunts and special effects, completely replaced the hard-core martial arts style that had been popular on the TV screen for more than ten years so quickly.

Lin Xi's prophecy at the press conference of "Chu Liuxiang" became a reality in a blink of an eye!

What worries these people even more is that this popular trend that happened on the TV screen may soon be transmitted to the big screen, when the hard-hitting action movie is really about to be completely launched on the stage of history.

Sensational news reports such as "The End of Hardcore Martial Arts Films" and "Real Kung Fu is Dying" appeared on the pages of major newspapers and magazines, and many hardcore kung fu films that were about to be shot or ready to be shot were suspended or canceled by film companies for various reasons, which made people panic in the industry for a while.

Even the famous martial arts film director Zhang Che couldn't help but stand up and accuse that this kind of shooting method of martial arts films is good-looking, but it makes it more difficult for those action actors who have worked hard for many years to get ahead, because in the future, everyone only needs a good martial arts stand-in to make martial arts movies, and the ones who appear in front of the camera are always handsome men and beautiful women, and no matter how good kung fu is practiced, it is impossible for everyone to know, because there will be no audience to care about who is the stand-in for whom.

Zhang Che stood up and expressed his position, which was immediately approved by many people, and as the pioneer of this shooting method, Lin Xi was naturally criticized.

"The Peerless Twins" is about to start, in order not to affect everyone's perception of this TV series, Lin Xi had to stand up and respond.

"Movies in the 50s were still popular with Huangmei tunes! Later, the direction of the wind changed, and the public's preferences also changed, who did the actors and directors who filmed Huangmei tunes complain to? I admit that this kind of filming technique practiced from "Chu Liuxiang" will indeed make many people eliminated from this industry, but on the other hand, I want to ask, even if I didn't do this, would these people not be eliminated in the future? I know that these words will definitely sting many people, but I still have to say, how many actors and directors who were beautiful in the past can continue to be beautiful now? I can't adapt to the changes in the audience's preferences, but I stand up and blame others for innovation, I think this is a very humiliating thing in itself! ”

The reporter of "Ming Pao Weekly", who was rapidly recording Lin Xi's words in the notebook, suddenly stopped writing when he heard this, raised his head and glanced at Lin Xi.

"Can I understand your last sentence as being specifically aimed at Director Zhang Che?"

"Actually, I'm not just talking about him, but I don't object to you writing like this, offending a Zhang Che is better than offending more people, right?" Lin Xi shrugged indifferently.

This reporter can be sent to interview Lin Xi, of course, he will not be so stupid as to even write this sentence down in his notebook, all he needs is Lin Xi's attitude.

He then asked, "What do you think about the fact that it is more difficult for action actors to get ahead?" ”

"Before answering this question, I think it is necessary to clarify one thing, before the filming of "Chu Liuxiang", is it easy for action actors to stand out? It's been almost ten years since kung fu movies became popular, right? There is also a Bruce Lee in Hong Kong, and then there are other action actors coming out? The rest of these people are not all doing martial arts and stand-ins, so what's the difference between that and now? ”

In the reception room, only the rustle of the reporter's rapid writing on the notebook could be heard, and the sound of Lin Xi's speech.

"Don't look at the Hong Kong film and television industry is now in a good shape, and the market is also very prosperous, but in my opinion, the development of Hong Kong's film and television industry is quite unprofessional, and some important positions in many crews are picked by one person, although I do not deny that there are indeed some people who are capable and can do all the work, but a person's energy is always limited, and he is a director and a martial arts instructor in a play, and even acts by himself, which is a very unprofessional appearance."

"Now many people say that filming like this will block the way for action actors to rise to the top, but in fact, I just let action actors return to their most important jobs, and lighting, photography, and props, action actors have a lot of behind-the-scenes nature from the beginning, and showing their faces in front of the camera is the business of the leading actors, which is not discrimination, but the division of labor is like this."

The reporter from "Ming Pao Weekly" stopped his pen again, raised his head and asked: "So you also admit that there will be fewer and fewer actors with real kung fu in the future?" ”

"It depends on how to define real kung fu, because what I know about kung fu in reality is actually a way to exercise the body and the skills of fighting, people who have practiced kung fu will definitely be better than ordinary people, and they will have a great advantage when they do it, but the problem now is that all the kung fu in film and television works and novels is exaggerated, including Mr. Bruce Lee, he is a person who really practiced kung fu, but in reality, it is probably impossible for him to do it like in the movie, right?"

"It can only be said that actors who have practiced must have more advantages than actors who have not practiced, but after all, manpower is endless, so there will only be fewer and fewer actors who are willing to work hard to practice martial arts in the future, or the more they go on, the more necessary there is, this is not only related to the professional division of labor I mentioned earlier, but also because of the progress of technology, now we can use the technical means of hanging Weiya and Power powder to achieve a more exaggerated martial arts effect than reality, and there will definitely be better technology to achieve these things in the future. Even all kinds of scenes in mythological stories that move mountains and seas and turn the world upside down can be made through guò techniques, and at that time, the role of real kung fu will be greatly weakened. ”

After Lin Xi's exposition of this point of view was published in the newspaper in an exclusive interview with Ming Pao Weekly, it immediately attracted a lot of controversy.

On the one hand, because Lin Xi responded fiercely to Zhang Che's questions in this interview report, this slap hurt many people's faces, so it was also hated by many people and fought back; On the other hand, Lin Xi's assertion that technological progress replaces real kung fu has also attracted a lot of discussion.

Although many people don't want to admit it, they know very well in their hearts that I am afraid that what Lin Xi said will really become a reality in the future, because the various changes in the film and television industry over the years have actually verified this.

Of course, there are also people who insist on disagreeing with Lin Xi's opinion, especially Bruce Lee, the spokesperson of real kung fu movies, whose first reaction after hearing about this incident in the United States was to shake his head.

"Lin Xi filmed that TV series, some time ago a friend sent me a videotape from Hong Kong, and then I also watched it, although I don't agree with some of his handling techniques in martial arts action design, but I have to admit that he is indeed very thoughtful and dares to innovate, but I really can't agree with the fact that technological progress replaces real kung fu, because what he mentioned is just the appearance of kung fu movies, and I think the most important thing in kung fu movies is not what form is used, but the spirit of martial arts, No matter how advanced your technology is, the role of people is irreplaceable. ”

In view of the fact that what he said about Lin Xi last time was deliberately misinterpreted by the media after he returned to Hong Kong, Bruce Lee was also much more cautious in his interview this time, and deliberately found a very reliable media to help him spread the word.

It's a pity that Bruce Lee still underestimated the ability of the Hong Kong media to "make waves", although his original words have not been changed, but the media's interpretation of these words completely violates his original meaning, such as "Bruce Lee criticized Lin Xi for not understanding kung fu movies", "Bruce Lee choked Lin Xi only emphasizes the form and does not understand the connotation" and other sayings are endless, readers who do not know the truth really think that Bruce Lee is targeting Lin Xi after reading the newspaper.

In this regard, Lin Xi's reaction was much calmer.

At the press conference before the launch of "The Peerless Twins", he just responded nonchalantly that Bruce Lee made movies to spread his martial arts spirit, and he made TV series to meet the needs of the audience, with different starting points, so it is normal for the two to have differences of opinion on this issue.

Although the media still refused to let it go, the news that "Lin Xi's press conference satirized Bruce Lee's unprofessionalism in making movies" soon spread, but at this time, Lin Xi had no time to pay attention to these anymore, because "The Peerless Twins" was about to start broadcasting on ATV.

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