Is "The Adventure King Wesley: The Broken Man" a mystery drama or a science fiction drama?
"The Adventure King Wesley: The Broken Man" is directed by Chung Shao-hsiung, starring Shawn Yue, Hu Ran, Simon Yam, Lam Jiadong, Man Kai Ling, and Ye Xiangming.
The play is adapted from the science fiction novel "Wesley Series". It tells the story of Wesley, the special consultant of Interpol, who due to the appearance of the fragmented man Deng Shi, joins hands with Bai Su, the daughter of Interpol's top executive Bai Boss, to explore the secrets of human body fragmentation. ?
The drama premiered on iQiyi on April 9, 2018
Chinese name
The Adventure King Wesley: The Broken Man
Production Company
iQiyi
Production Region
Mainland China
First broadcast time
2018 April 9
Director
Chung Shao-hsiung
Starring
Shawn Yue, Hu Ran, Simon Yam, Lam Jiadong, Man Hoi-ling, Ip Heung-ming< /p>
Number of episodes
36 episodes
Each episode length
45 minutes
Type
Science fiction
Online broadcast platform
iQiyi
In addition to having sci-fi and adventure elements, the show also integrates police and criminals, detectives, occult and Ancient civilization and other elements. There are also many comedy scenes added to the plot, allowing the audience to relieve their tension during the brain-burning plot. Multiple elements go hand in hand with the plot, allowing the audience to understand the contradictions and conflicts between interests and emotions in a relaxed and moderate rhythm
Science fiction fans cannot miss this online drama! The first science fiction movie you ever watched may have something to do with it!
"The Adventure King Wesley" is broadcast today, adapted from "The Broken Man" of Ni Kuang's "Wesley Series". This article will lead you to look back at Ni Kuang and Wesley. Why was a science fiction work able to break through in an era when ancient costumes, martial arts, and romance works were all the rage? Why is the Wesley series called "the number one Chinese science fiction IP"? Dear Ni Kuang, let me worship you first!
Why? Because the first science fiction movie you watched was probably related to "him".
Okay, let’s not sell it off, this drama is called "The Adventure King Wesley: The Broken Man". It will be launched on iQiyi at 8 o'clock tonight on April 9th. It will be produced by Wang Jing, Shawn Yue, Simon Yam, Lam Jiadong, and Hu Ran have a movie-level cast, and seeing the word "Wesley" in the title of the play, it is estimated that half of my friends will understand the origin of this play.
The name "Wesley" is the name of the remaining half of my friends. Even if you have not read the relevant novels or movies and TV series, you have basically heard of it. Even if you take a step back, you have never heard of the name "Wesley". Well, I want to tell you here that Wesley is one of the earliest and most influential IPs in Chinese science fiction works.
Why is "Wesley" so powerful? Even though Liu Cixin's "The Three-Body Problem" is now a household name, the Wesley series, as a representative of Eastern science fiction, is unmatched.
Let us take a brief look at Wesley and his story.
When talking about Wesley, we have to mention its author Ni Kuang. One of the four great talents in Hong Kong, he is broad-minded and open-minded. Every time he speaks, he must use the words "hahahaha", no more and no less.
Ni Kuang, who is collectively called a "genius" by Huang Zhan, Cai Lan, and Jin Yong, has two greatest wonders. One is his extraordinary imagination, and the other is his god-like hand speed. .
Let’s take a look at Ni Kuang’s business card back then. It looks like this:
“Rewrite science, gods, monsters, social ethics, literature and art, love, science fiction, martial arts, romance, detective mystery novels, prose and essays. Thesis movie script", this is not an exaggeration at all. The key lies in the line at the bottom: "Delivery on time, price at a reasonable price."
Yes, this is Ni Kuang. He has a wide range of interests and can write about anything. Ni Kuang wrote more than half of the scripts for Shaw Brothers movies at that time. He covered martial arts films, romance films, and comedies, and he was always there to save the scene. , whenever you have a movie that is on schedule and has been unable to submit the final draft of the script, you can contact Ni Kuang, and he can complete the task beautifully for you. Even Jin Daxia's "Dragon" had Ni Kuang as ghostwriter.
And Ni Kuang’s writing speed is staggering. It is said that he is the holder of the Guinness World Record for “the person who writes the most Chinese characters”. Whether it is true or not needs to be verified, but Ni Kuang writes at least 10,000 words a day, continuously. A month of style, but the evidence is conclusive.
Never procrastinating is one of Ni Kuang's greatest characteristics.
It stands to reason that such a "draft basket" is a bit similar to the Internet writers we have today who hang out in various forums. What they write is fast, but smelly and long. But the reason why Ni Kuang is called one of the "Four Great Talents" is because the works he wrote were of extremely high quality under the premise of speed, his imagination was full of ideas, and the style of his works was ever-changing and unmatched.
That’s why Jin Yong dared to hand over the second half of "Dragon" to Ni Kuang without any worries.
The Wesley series is a novel series created by Ni Kuang. It has more than a hundred stories and is also Ni Kuang's most famous work. The protagonist of the novel is named Wesley, and when Ni Kuang published the novel, his pen name was also "Wesley".
The uniqueness of Wesley is that this series is a set of science fiction novels. In Hong Kong in the 1970s, martial arts, action, supernatural and even fantasy were everywhere, but there was no science fiction. Ni Kuang used science fiction themes to open up the Chinese literature market. This is a very remarkable achievement.
The reason why a set of science fiction works can stand out in the barren area of science fiction soil in Chinese literature and even the film and television industry relies on Ni Kuang's transcendent imagination. Because the styles of this set of works are varied, the core theme is not simply science fiction, but a fusion of Eastern folklore, metaphysics, and even supernatural aspects. The story content also involves adventure, action, reasoning, suspense, horror, etc.
In short, the Wesley series is based on the model and theory of a science fiction work, using Ni Kuang's unique imagination to graft countless fashionable themes, using excellent creativity and Ni Kuang's endless twists and turns. The storyline forms a series of works called "Why didn't I expect that".
For example, "One More" from the Wesley series. There was a shipwrecked ship with 23 people on board. When rescue came, 24 people were actually saved. Such strange things naturally make people curious and want to read more. Another example is the story selected in this set of "Adventurer King Wesley: The Broken Man" - "The Broken Man": A person's head, hands and feet can actually move around without the body! Gimmicky enough. From Egyptian mummies to the bull-headed god of the East, it turned out to be a science fiction fable.
Another example is the movie "The Legend of Wesley", which combines wild imagination with reliable scientific theories and incorporates metaphysics and feng shui with oriental characteristics. It has been enthusiastically sought after by the audience after its release. It can be called the Chinese version of "Raiders of the Lost Ark." The scene where the alien spacecraft breaks out of the ground at the end of the movie is grand. If you look closely, you will see that the spacecraft is clearly a mechanical dragon, achieving the perfect combination of science fiction and Chinese culture.
This is the legendary "Oriental science fiction". Using our own familiar context and sense of substitution to interpret a relatively unfamiliar story is one of the reasons why Wesley is so popular.
The story of Ni Kuang's Wesley series seems to be standardized, but there are twists and turns inside. There is a bright future, and the ending is unexpected. You think it is a suspense story, but in the end you find out that it is a fairy tale. You think it is a supernatural story, but in the end you find out that it is a science fiction theme!
And the one who carries it all is the protagonist Wesley, who is curious about everything. He comes from a superior family, is very adventurous, and asks for answers. Accompanied by his confidante Bai Su, he completes one bizarre adventure after another. Adventure story. From the blue-blooded man to the old cat, from the Overlord's armor to the strange man from the underground, from the Electric King to Conway XVII, and the alien doctor at Lerman Hospital, etc., there are all kinds of surprises, and it is extremely enjoyable.
Having become familiar with Ni Kuang and Wesley’s novels, let’s talk about the online drama “The Adventure King Wesley: The Broken Man”. It is a film-level work, produced by Wang Jing, Shawn Yue plays Wesley, as well as Simon Yam, Lin Jiadong, Hu Ran and other stars have joined the cast, which makes me a little excited just thinking about it.
In fact, since Ni Kuang wrote Wesley's novels, the series has been continuously adapted for the big and small screens. Among them, "Yuan Zhenxia and Wesley" directed by Lan Naicai in 1986 had a box office revenue of more than 10 million, "Legend of Wesley" directed by Teddy Robin in 1987 had a box office revenue of more than 18.7 million, and "Blue" in 2002 with an investment of 40 million "Blood Man" dominated the box office within 3 days; and the number of actors who played the role of "Wesley" ranged from international superstar Chow Yun-fat to TVB brother Luo Jialiang...
The Wesley series is so popular. On the one hand, Because the work is beautiful, and on the other hand, the style of the work has led an era of Chinese film and television dramas.
Let’s not talk about the distant ones, let’s talk about the nearby ones. The tomb robbery novels we are familiar with have their roots in Wesley.
Whether it is "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" or "Tomb Raiders", or even "Searching for the Dragon", "Old Nine Gates", "Soul Ferry", "River God" and so on on the big and small screens, they are all influenced by Wesley's influence. Because this series of novels, and even various film and television dramas starting from works such as "The Legend of Wesley" and "The King's Disarm", have truly brought Chinese film and television dramas from the shackles of ancient costumes, martial arts and even fantasy into the realm of contemporary adventure themes , integrating elements of science, Eastern metaphysics and even theology, giving these works the wings of imagination.
This is our Eastern "Raiders of the Lost Ark", "The Mummy Returns" and even "Sherlock Holmes".
From this aspect, it is enough to see the groundbreaking significance of the Wesley series. The first science fiction literary work we encountered when we were children is most likely related to Wesley. Even if you don't see Wesley's name, you can definitely find the "Oriental science fiction" story model created by Ni Kuang in those works.
This is also the winning formula for this set of "Adventure King Wesley: The Broken Man".
The play focuses on the fierce confrontation between the good and evil factions represented by Wesley and Deng Shi. At the beginning of the film, it is explained that the ancient box can cause people to become fragmented or immortal through some mysterious power. In the transition, Deng Shi is seen standing in the mysterious blue light totem holding the ancient box, and his body begins to strangely fragment and decompose... However, this full of... The ancient box with magical power is just the tip of the iceberg. The last layer of powerful alien technology in the tomb is the ultimate treasure that attracts people.
The combination of unrestrained imagination and reliable scientific theories, and the incorporation of oriental metaphysics and Feng Shui into it are the unique charm of the show. In the exposed trailer, various realistic sci-fi element special effects make the audience feel immersed in the tension. In order to create high-level special effects, the "Wesley the Adventurer" series invited the people who produced "The Secret of the Dragon" ", "Westward Journey 2" and other classic special effects movies are escorted by the special effects team.
Even in order to show the real effect of desert exploration, the filming team went to Egypt to set up real locations, coupled with leading special effects technology, and such a heavyweight lineup, from the texture of the movie to the It can be seen in the trailer.
It can be seen that Wang Jing definitely does not dare to neglect "Wesley", an epoch-making IP in the history of Chinese film and television literary works. Spending a lot of money and using the audio-visual language and story rhythm of the new era to allow old fans in the past and even new audiences in the next era to re-understand a brand-new Wesley is the most attractive aspect of this set of "The Adventure King Wesley: The Broken Man" .
Because Wesley, with his super creative ability, legendary stories, fantastic ideas and elusiveness, is the "magic weapon" to attract the audience. ?