"What an amazing story!" Boss Jia couldn't help but exclaim after watching the new version of the Treasured Lotus Lantern.
First of all, the plot of the Treasured Lotus Lamp was impeccable.
As everyone knew, there were three versions of the Treasured Lotus Lantern that were popular in Hua Xia. There was the animated version of the Treasured Lotus Lantern that was released in 1999. There was the 2001 version of the Treasured Lotus Lantern that was produced by Tang Ren Film and Television and starred Lin Zhiying. There was also the 2005 version of the Treasured Lotus Lantern starring Jiao Enjun, Cao Jun, and Shu Chang.
In terms of the story, Old Dai's version of the Treasured Lotus Lantern was quite similar to the Treasured Lotus Lantern. It was also recognized as the best version of the story. At the very least, the portrayal of Yang Jian's character was many times better than the simple villain in the movie.
Of course, because it was a TV series, and there were two TV series, the story was a little watered down. There was also a lot of Hua Xia's love story, such as little Chen Xiang falling in love.
But in the movie version, there was none of that. Although Little Fox's character was still there, she was more of a childhood friend than a girlfriend. In the end, there was no melodramatic sacrifice for love. In the story, there was a lot of foreshadowing for Yang Jian. It made Yang Jian's sudden whitewashing not seem abrupt at all. The slightly experienced audience could even see the complexity of Yang Jian's character.
The most outstanding part of the movie's plot was the climax of the movie, where Chen Xiang crashed into the projection wall.
First of all, during the movie, the audience had accumulated resentment for a few hours. It needed a big climax to explode. Destroying the Heavenly Screen Wall was the highest explosion.
Chen Xiang broke the Heavenly Screen Wall and the Heavenly Screen Wall, destroying the control that the immortals and demons had over humans. This perfectly sublimated the main theme of the story.
It turned out that this wasn't a simple story of breaking a mountain to save his mother. It was a story that told humans how to break free from the three mountains that were pressing down on them. The main theme was completely sublimated.
Secondly, this kind of breaking the restrictions of feudal superstition on society, allowing everyone to obtain freedom and sweeping away all the evil spirits, was obviously in line with the correct social outlook, and would be a bonus in the review.
Especially the final twist. All of Yang Jian's obstructions and attacks on Chen Xiang were for this final moment, to turn around and destroy the entire Heavenly Court. The shock and reversal it gave the audience was unimaginable. Most of the audience would probably think that this was a simple battle between good and evil, where Chen Xiang defeated Yang Jian. The final battle between good and evil, where good triumphed over evil, would be completely driven crazy by this plot.
One had to know that this was not the audience of 2020 who had experienced too many twists and turns in movies and TV dramas, but the audience of 1996. The movies they watched were basically straightforward, with good defeating evil. There were very few twists and turns in the plot, so the audience would definitely feel that their brains were not enough.
At the same time, in terms of the details, there were many exciting and thought-provoking parts in the script. For example, in the scene where Yang Jian captured Liu Chenxiang in the Dong Sheng Divine Continent, the storyteller first told him that there was a place in Qian Jue Land that was connected to the Underworld.
When Yang Jian was assigning tasks to his subordinates, he directly forced Chen Xiang towards Liu Chenxiang. In the end, when Chen Xiang broke through everything and tried to fight to the death, Yang Jian's attack, which had never failed, was unexpectedly repelled by Liu Chenxiang. The remaining power broke the stone tablet of Liu Chenxiang's land and revealed the entrance to the Underworld.
In the end, Chen Xiang directly escaped into the Underworld. As a God, Erlang Shen was not allowed to enter the Underworld without the Jade Emperor's orders. This allowed Chen Xiang to escape and continue to grow.
When they watched the movie, they might have thought that the scriptwriter had forced the plot to kill. However, after watching the final battle, they realized that it was actually all part of Yang Jian's plan.
There was also a very shocking scene. In the end, Liu Chenxiang was pushed onto the Dragon-Slaying Platform. The Dragon-slaying Saber that could even kill a True Dragon shattered when it slashed Liu Chenxiang's neck. All the deities, including the Jade Emperor, were stunned. At that time, Zhu Bajie even said, "Oh my god, hasn't the Dragon-slaying Saber been strengthened by a hundred thousand times since it couldn't kill Monkey King? Why can't it kill a child?! "
This sentence was connected to the Journey to the West.
However, this was not the most important thing. The most important thing was that after Liu Chenxiang broke free from the Dragon-Slaying Platform and merged with the Treasured Lotus Lamp, he stood high above all the deities and said, "I, Liu Chenxiang, am not a deity nor a Buddha, not a demon nor a devil, not a ghost nor a dragon. How can your Dragon-slaying Saber kill me? I'm just a human!"
"I'm just a human!" If there was a Bilibili in this era and people could watch the movie on it, Boss Jia could imagine that the whole screen would be crazily filled with this sentence.
It was because this line, coupled with the entire plot, was really too exciting. Even though Boss Jia had not seen the real movie and had only seen the script, he was deeply shocked by this scene. It made his blood boil.
In the end, and the most incredible thing to Boss Jia, was that Teacher Dai's Treasured Lotus Lamp actually completed the Hua Xia myth.
As everyone knew, the myths of Hua Xia were mainly made up of books such as "Classic of Mountains and Seas", "In Search of the Supernatural", "Investiture of the Gods", "Journey to the West", and "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio".
The talented web writers of later generations actually magically connected the stories in these traditional books with the worldview, forming a vast and mighty worldview of Xianxia.
Of course, such a worldview was very nonsensical in the eyes of traditional Taoists, but it could perfectly connect all the myths and legends of China. Boss Jia liked it very much.
However, there was a break in the worldview of Xianxia. That was, after the world of Journey to the West, the whole story stopped. There was no unified view of what happened after Journey to the West.
Although some web writers wrote later stories, none of them were recognized by all the novels of the Primitive Era.
It was not until Boss Jia saw Elder Dai's Treasured Lotus Lamp that he came to his senses. Wasn't this the next great tribulation of the prehistoric novels?
In order to save her mother, Chen Xiang destroyed the Heavenly Court under Yang Jian's scheme. From then on, the Heavenly Court was destroyed, and the Three Realms were completely separated. Humans would never have such things as ghosts and serpents. Wasn't this just the era after the New Hua Xia, where there were no demons and ghosts, and even animals were not allowed to become spirits?
It could be said that once the Treasured Lotus Lamp came out, it perfectly explained why the human world was no longer like the ancient times, where there were so many legends of immortals and monsters. Because of the scheme of Yang Jian and Chen Xiang, the entire human world had obtained unprecedented freedom. What a beautiful plot!
"This old man, don't tell me he wants to put an end to the stories of immortals and monsters!" Boss Jia looked at Dai Tielang deeply.
Of course, Dai Tielang now didn't know about the Primitive Era, but the traditional Hua Xia myths and legends did stop at Journey to the West. It didn't explain why the demons and ghosts of Hua Xia gradually disappeared.
So Dai Tielang made up for it himself???
Boss Jia muttered in his heart, but he couldn't see anything from Dai Tielang's face, so he didn't ask much. Moreover, if his master really had such intentions, then as his disciple, he would have to put in all his effort no matter what!
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