How do you evaluate the TV series "Ghost Blowing the Lamp: Longling Labyrinth" starring Pan Yueming and Zhang Yuqi?

A line from the original work of "Longling Mysterious Cave": Step into the road of life and death with one foot, push open the door of right and wrong with both hands. This is the best summary of this web drama, and it is actually a common dilemma for TV dramas adapted from web novels.

When Zhao Liying was arguing with the crew of "You Fei", she also made similar complaints. As a frequent guest in IP adaptation dramas, Ying Bao actually has the most say.

The IP adapted from "Longling Labyrinth" is another super giant in the world of online novels, Lei Jiayin in the world of giants, the existence of the giant among the giants, with many fans and vicious eyes, and a die-hard loyalty to the world's most popular novels. Extremely high. Among the many previous film and television dramas about Ghost Blowing the Lantern, except for the movie "The Secret of the Dragon" which is considered to be above the standard and has received unanimous praise from fans of the original work and movie lovers, most of the others are basically hovering near the passing line, especially some small-scale movies. Qian's movie has left a lifelong shadow on fans of the original work.

Fei Zhenxiang, the director of "Longling Labyrinth", is considered a veteran of this series. Firstly, he is a fan of the original work. Secondly, his previous adaptation of "Nu Qing Xiangxi" has a Douban score of 7.1, which is the highest in the entire adapted series. It is rated relatively high in the game, so if he and the original team continue to take over "Longling Labyrinth", they can basically continue the advantages of the previous game.

But the problem is that the shortcomings of "Nu Qing Xiangxi" have been inherited as always, and "Longling Mysterious Cave" has amplified these shortcomings to some extent, and even sublimated them into a failure.

First of all, there is the issue of actors. Pan Yueming's acting skills are actually very good, he is a very capable actor, and he also does a good job in character creation. But the Hu Bayi he played still almost feels like Pan Yueming is more righteous than ruffian, and his intelligence is all written on his face. Moreover, for Hu Bayi's humorous interpretation, Pan Yueming basically used his mouth to show it, and used his expressions. In terms of character portrayal, there is about ninety-nine Lu Han differences between Pan Yueming and Chen Kun, so Pan Yueming feels like "a good performance" but "almost boring". And compared to Hu Bayi, Pan Yueming is indeed more suitable to play Blind Chen.

Forget it about Zhang Yuqi, her character matching in this drama is too low. Shirley Yang’s bravery, composure and uprightness were completely destroyed by Zhang Yuqi’s winking and drake voice. Zhang Yuqi probably sticks too hard on the label of sexy queen. It feels like she can't act if the clothes are too tight. It's really disappointing.

Jiang Chao’s Fatty Wang is a surprise. Although Jiang Chao has passed the peak period of Wulin Gaiden, his appearance is less joyful and has a bit of vicissitudes, but he still fits well with Fatty Wang. Jiang Chao is very good at performing the details of characters, and occasionally his eyes show greed and shamelessness, which is much more exciting than directly describing the characters with lines.

Other characters, such as Golden Tooth, Pelican Whistle, etc., do not have many surprises and can only be regarded as barely passing.

In terms of plot design, the biggest problem faced by "Longling Labyrinth" is the clichéd rhythm and amount of information. Compared with "Nu Qing Xiangxi", the plot of "Longling Labyrinth" advances more slowly. Sometimes an episode does not explain a clue clearly, and it is filled with characters fighting and making mysterious special effects scenes. In fact, this is also the biggest problem in the adaptation of the "Ghost Blowing Lamp" series. The text of the original novel focuses heavily on describing scene details, explaining scientific principles, and rich inner activities of the characters. But these things are precisely the most difficult to show with film and television lenses, especially the details of the scene. Tian Xia Ba Sing can even explain a small stone in detail, but in TV series or movies, such informative details can only be used with special effects. However, our current level of special effects cannot restore these details at all, so the most exciting parts of the novel are all shot through long shots or flashbacks.

The scene special effects cannot be done, so the plot can only be promoted by character performances. Fei Zhenxiang is an actor himself and has also studied Peking Opera Wusheng. His understanding of performance is more focused on lines, so We saw the intensive cross talk-style dialogue between Hu Bayi and Fatty Wang and others, but after listening to their chatter, we found that the plot did not advance at all, and the amount of information was pitiful.

Of course, these are not necessarily the problems of the crew itself, but there are too many restrictions on domestic drama adaptations. When you roll up your sleeves and prepare to show off your talents, you will find that you will be slapped as soon as you make a move. The censorship system of kicking the wall as soon as it opened its legs, and the wolf in front and the tiger in the back, made it impossible to show many exciting parts, and could only compromise and compromise again and again until it turned into a cross talk drama.

The failure of "Longmen Grottoes" is actually the existing dilemma of domestic TV dramas, and there is currently no solution to the problem.