The Difference between Wandering Earth Novels and Movies

The biggest difference between the film and the original work lies in its scientific nature.

Adapted from Liu's novel of the same name, this film tells that facing the imminent destruction of the sun, human beings have to carry out the plan of "wandering the earth", trying to escape from the solar system with the earth and find a new home. During the whole process of Jedi rescue, many people tried their best and made epic sacrifices.

In the original work, science is overwhelming, and we can't try the gap that science thinks is insurmountable. At first, Director Frant Gwo went to the Chinese Academy of Sciences to discuss the feasibility of promoting the earth, but the explanation given by scientists was impossible.

Liu's novel The Wandering Earth has only 20,000 original words, which seems to extract wonderful paragraphs from a long article. The basic framework of the Wandering Earth series movies is the same as the original novels, and the core theme of the original novels: human beings facing the challenges of the universe is preserved as much as possible. But it simplifies the complex sci-fi settings of the novel.

The Background and Original Intention of Liu's Creation of The Wandering Earth;

It is a trend that all kinds of fantasy literature merge with each other. Although science fiction is mixed with some fantasy and magic works, science fiction with distinctive features in the traditional sense still exists.

For example, Mars Rescue is a best-selling American science fiction novel. Later, it was made into a movie, and the box office was good. It is an extremely traditional and pure science fiction novel, and it has also achieved success.

Other American science fiction movies, science fiction movies in Hollywood blockbusters, such as Gravity Interstellar, mostly don't have much magic color. They are pure science fiction and have achieved great success.

Liu's point of view is not to oppose science fiction and other fantasy literature. They can exist completely, absorb each other's strengths and even merge with each other.

But as far as Liu himself is concerned, he must have written more traditional and pure science fiction. He thinks that a group of people should insist on writing this novel, that is, science fiction with a science fiction core.

One author put it very well, "You can't deny the existence of day and night just because dusk and morning are black and white. It has overlapping parts and distinctive parts. "

This feature appears not only in science fiction, but also in fantasy novel, so Liu thinks this is a trend of fantasy literature development.