Adapted from the science fiction series Wesley, the play tells the story that Wesley, a special consultant of Interpol, joined hands with the daughter of Boss Bai, a senior Interpol official, to explore the secrets of the human body?
The play premiered in iQiyi on April 9th, 20 18.
Chinese name
The King of Adventure Wesley's Broken Man
Production company
Iqiyi
Production area
First broadcast time
April 9, 1965 438+08
be in charge of/supervisor
Shaoxiong Zhong
Star; Play the leading role
, Hu Ran, Yam Tat-wah,, Wen,.
interlude
36 episodes
Length of each episode
45 minutes
type
science fiction
Play online platform
Iqiyi
In addition to science fiction and adventure elements, the play also incorporates elements such as police bandits, detectives, mysticism and ancient civilization. A large number of comedy scenes are added to the plot, so that the audience can ease their tension between the brain-burning plots. Multi-elements go hand in hand with the plot, so that the audience can feel the conflict between interests and emotions in a relaxed and moderate rhythm.
Science fiction fans can't miss an online drama! The first science fiction film you have seen may be related to it!
The Adventure King Wesley is broadcast today, which is adapted from Ni Kuang's Wesley Series. This article takes you back to Ni Kuang and Wesley. In those days when costume, martial arts and romantic works were all the rage, why could a science fiction work be deus ex? Why is Wesley series called "the first IP of China science fiction"? Ni Kuang greatly, I worship first!
Why? Because the first sci-fi movie you watch is probably related to "him".
Well, it's not suspense. The play, titled "The Lost Man of Adventure King Wesley", was launched in iQiyi at 8: 00 pm on April 9, with Jing Wong as the producer and Shawn Yue, Yam Tat-wah, Lin Jiadong, Hu Ran and other film-level actors. Besides, seeing the word "Wesley" in the title of the play, it is estimated that half of my friends will understand the origin of the play.
The name "Wesley", the remaining half of my friends, have basically heard of it, even if they have never seen relevant novels or film and television dramas. Even if you have never heard of the name "Wesley", to say the least. Then I'm here to tell you that Wesley is the earliest and most influential IP in China's sci-fi works, and there is no one.
Why is Wesley so powerful? Even though Liu's "Three-body" is now a household name, Wesley series is second to none as a representative of oriental science fiction.
Let's take a brief look at Wesley and his story first.
When it comes to Wesley, we have to mention its author Ni Kuang. One of the four gifted scholars in Hong Kong, he is broad-minded, chubby and broad-minded. Every time you speak, you should bring the word "hahahaha", no more or less.
Huang Hong, Cai Lan and Jin Yong collectively called Ni Kuang a "wizard". The biggest magic lies in two things, one is a strange brain hole, and the other is a god-like hand speed.
Let's look at Ni Kuang's business card. It looks like this:
It's no exaggeration to say "turn to scientific genie, turn to social ethics, turn to literary love, turn to scientific fantasy, turn to martial arts, turn to detective reasoning novels, turn to essays, turn to various papers, turn to movie scripts". The key lies in the bottom line: "delivery time, price self-denial."
Yes, this is Ni Kuang, who has a wide range of knowledge and can write anything. In those years, more than half of Shaw movies were written by Ni Kuang. There were martial arts films, romance films and comedies, and there were rescue scenes everywhere. Whenever a movie is in a hurry, it's too late to hand in the final script. Looking for Ni Kuang, three times five divided by two will give you a beautiful task. Even in those days, Ni Kuang was asked to write Eight Dragons.
And Ni Kuang's writing speed is amazing. It is said that he is the holder of the Guinness World Record for "the person who writes the most Chinese characters", and whether it is true or not remains to be verified. However, Ni Kuang's writing style of at least 1000 words a day for a month is conclusive. One of the greatest characteristics of Ni Kuang is that it never delays.
It stands to reason that such a "manuscript basket" is somewhat similar to the network writers wandering in various forums now. They write fast, but they are smelly and long. Ni Kuang is called the "Four Great Talents" because his works are of high quality, full of creativity, ever-changing and unparalleled.
This is why Jin Yong dared to entrust the second half of Dragon Eight Branches to Ni Kuang, whether he asked or not.
Ni Kuang's novel series Wesley Series has more than 100 stories, and it is also the most famous work in Ni Kuang. The protagonist of the novel is Wesley. When Ni Kuang published the novel, his pen name was Wesley.
Wesley is unique in that it is a set of science fiction. In Hong Kong in the 1970s, martial arts, action, paranormal and even fantasy were everywhere, but there was no science fiction. Ni Kuang opened the China literature market with the theme of science fiction, which is a very remarkable achievement.
The reason why a set of sci-fi works can stand out in the barren soil of China literature and even film and television sci-fi lies in Ni Kuang's detached brain hole. Because the style of this set of works is changeable, the core theme is not pure science fiction, but a fusion of oriental folklore, metaphysics and even paranormal aspects. The content of the story is also varied in adventure, action, reasoning, suspense and horror.
In short, Wesley series is a series of works "Why didn't I think of that?" based on the mode and theory of a sci-fi work, with Ni Kuang's unique brain hole and numerous fashionable themes, and with excellent creativity and Ni Kuang's changeable storyline.
For example, Wesley's series "One More". Twenty-three people were shipwrecked on a ship. When the rescue arrived, 24 people were rescued. This strange thing naturally makes people curious and has the desire to read on. Another example is the story "Lost Man" selected from this set of "The Lost Man of Adventure King Wesley": a person's head, hands and feet can actually move around without his body! That's a stunt From the Egyptian mummy to the Oriental tauren, it was finally found to be a science fiction fable.
Another example is the movie "The Legend of Wesley", which combines imaginative ideas with reliable scientific theories and incorporates metaphysics and geomantic omen with oriental characteristics. After its release, it was enthusiastically sought after by the audience, and it was called the China version of raiders of the lost ark. At the end of the movie, the scene of the alien spacecraft coming out of the ground is grand. Look carefully, the spaceship is obviously a mechanical dragon, which realizes the perfect combination of science fiction and China culture.
This is the legendary "oriental science fiction", which interprets a relatively unfamiliar story with our own familiar context and sense of substitution, which is one of the reasons why Wesley is so popular.
Ni Kuang's Wesley series, the story seems to be modeled, but the inside is full of twists and turns. You thought it was a suspense story, but it turned out to be a fairy tale. You thought it was a supernatural story, but it turned out to be a science fiction theme!
What bears all this is Wesley, the protagonist who is full of curiosity about everything. His family is superior and adventurous. He tried to get to the bottom of it, and accompanied by the essence of his confidante, he completed one bizarre adventure story after another. From blue-blooded people to old cats, from bullies to underground people, from electricians to Conway XVII, and the alien doctors in Lerman Hospital, there are all kinds of wonders, and they are all very leisurely.
I am familiar with the novels of Ni Kuang and Wesley. Let's talk about this online drama "The Lost Man of Adventure King Wesley", which is a movie-level lineup. Jing Wong is the producer, Shawn Yue plays Wesley, and Yam Tat-wah, Lin Jiadong, Hu Ran and other stars join in. I'm a little excited to think about it.
In fact, since Ni Kuang wrote Wesley's novels, the series has been constantly put on the big and small screens. Among them, 1986 The Legend of Wesley directed by Lan Naicai earned more than10 million, 1987 The Legend of Wesley directed by teddy robin earned more than18.7 million, and Blue Blood Man, which invested 40 million in 2002, topped the box office in three days. There are eight generations of actors who play the role of Wesley, from international superstar Chow Yun Fat to wireless brother Gallen Lo. ...
Wesley series is so popular, on the one hand, because it looks good, on the other hand, it lies in the style mode of the works, leading an era of China film and television drama.
Let's say far and near. The familiar tomb-robbing novels have their roots in Wesley.
Whether it's a ghost blowing a lantern or a grave robbery note, it's even a dragon-seeking tactic, the old nine gates, the soul crossing, the river god and so on. On the big and small screens, they are all influenced by Wesley. Because this novel, as well as all kinds of film and television dramas starting from Legend of Wesley, Overlord and Demolition, has really brought China's film and television dramas into the field of contemporary adventure themes from the shackles of costume, martial arts and even fantasy, and integrated elements of science, oriental metaphysics and even theology, giving these works wings of imagination.
This is raiders of the lost ark in the East, where the mummy returns, even Sherlock Holmes.
From this point of view, it is enough to see the groundbreaking significance of Wesley series. Nine times out of ten, the first science fiction literature we came into contact with when we were young was related to Wesley. Even if you don't see Wesley's name, you can definitely find the story pattern of "Oriental Science Fiction" founded by Ni Kuang in those works.
This is also the magic weapon to win this set of "The Split of Adventure King Wesley".
The play focuses on the fierce confrontation between the righteous and evil factions represented by Wesley and Deng Shi. The credits at the beginning of the film show that ancient boxes can make people fragmented or immortal through some mysterious power. After the transformation, Deng Shi stood in the mysterious blue totem, holding an ancient box in his hand, and his body began to be strangely fragmented ... However, this ancient box full of magical power is only the tip of the iceberg, and the last layer of powerful alien technology in the ancient tomb is the treasure that people finally yearn for.
Its unique charm is the combination of its imagination and reliable scientific theory, and the integration of metaphysics and geomantic omen with oriental characteristics. In the exposed trailer, various realistic sci-fi element special effects make the audience feel immersive and nervous. In order to create high-level special effects, the adventure king Wesley series invited special effects teams who made classic special effects movies such as "Searching for the Dragon" and "A Chinese Odyssey 2" to escort him.
Even in order to show the real desert exploration effect, the shooting team went to Egypt for real live shooting. Coupled with the leading special effects technology and such a heavyweight lineup, we can see the texture like a movie screen from the trailer.
Visible Jing Wong absolutely dare not ignore Wesley, an epoch-making IP in the history of China film and television literature. Spend a lot of money, use the audio-visual language and story rhythm of the new era, and let the old fans, even the new audience of the next era, get to know a brand-new Wesley again. This is the most attractive place of this set of Wesley Adventures.
Because it is a "magic weapon" to attract the audience with its super conception ability, legendary stories, whimsical ideas and elusive Wesley. ?