The drama version of "The Rings King" is launched, and the heavy money has not smashed good reputation

[Global Times Special Reporter Lu Ke] The highly anticipated version of "The Rings of the Rings" version of "The Ring of Power" (pictured) was finally launched on September 2. The producer Amazon released the first two episodes on the streaming platform for the first time. Although it received ultra -high broadcast rates and media praise, the evaluation of ordinary audiences was controversial. The overall reputation was not as good as another fantasy drama that was broadcast recently - "Game of Thrones" series "Dragon Family".

The number of audiences in the premiere is 25 million

The episode version of "Power" adapted from the original novel of Thorkin belongs to the "Second Era" on the timeline, which is thousands of years in the morning than the 2001 movie version of "The Rings King". Because the elves in Tolkin have eternal life, the two elf aristocrats in the movie version -Kalanda Crel and Ellonde will appear again as the protagonist, including humans, dwarves and other ethnic groups It also appeared one after another to form an epic Middle World. In the latest two episodes of "The Ring of Power", the younger Kailan Crel disregarded the opposition of the clan, and resolutely embarked on the journey to find the demon king Solun. "Source of the Mage" and "the power of the Lord of the Rings" and the hate and gap between different races.

According to Agence France -Presse on the 4th, the official data of Amazon showed that the premiere of "The Ring of Power" won the number of 25 million audiences in the world- "Amazon's record of all the number of episodes and movies in the first day of the movie". On the two major film review sites in North America and MetAcritic, "The Ring of Power" scored 83%of freshness (film critic score) and 71 points of mainstream media. Return, "Create a cordial Middle -earth world and promise to start a grand adventure"; "Rolling Stone" affirmed that "the visual effect of the first two episodes is shocking, the character image is vivid, and it has a sense of awe, which is right, and this is right. It was the characteristic of the Jackson movie version of the year. " "Famous Field" believes that "the drama successfully locks the mystery and poetry of the Middle -earth world in the atmosphere, but I don't know if the next few episodes can be maintained and whether it will collapse because of excessive expansion." However, there are also American Cable TV News Network Network. (CNN) criticized "lack of inspiration in the story, lack of a sense of urgency in narrative"; "Times" believes that the play "is not challenging and boring." The Washington Post even pointed mercilessly, "Compared with the movie version of Braxite and Vivien, the actor's actor's performance is weak, and the kind of discourse and dialogue that deliberately recite is old and boring."

The score is not as good as "Dragon Family"

From the perspective of the number of viewers alone, the "Ring of Power" on September 2 is slightly higher than the "Dragon Family" (10 million in American audiences). However, in the eyes of many ordinary audiences, Trot The former of the gold novel is not as basic as the original latter. On the Rotten Tomato Film Review website, the popcorn index (audience score) of "Ring of Power" is only 49%, and the audience scores on the Metacritic website are only poor 2.4 points -9 points behind the movie version. On China Douban Network, the score of "Ring of Power" (7.6 points) is also lower than "Dragon Family" (8.7 points).

If the mainstream media in Europe and the United States are still "merciless", ordinary audiences and original writings fans sharply pointed out all the disadvantages of "Ring of Power". The first is the original black elves added by the episode. Fans believe that this violation of Tolkin's original "Elf skin color is white and light". The performance of black actors is quite satisfactory, and the love of human women seems to be in conflict and procrastination. The second is that the face value and appearance of the male elves have been vomited, which is far from the movie version. In contrast, the young Kailan Cuier has a good image, but the IQ is worrying. In addition, there are two story lines such as dwarves and Hobbit (Great Football) "mediocre and slow". As a new work of Tolkien's "Rings King" series, the IP pearl and jade are obviously not expected.

The episode version of "The Rings King" will not only be compared with the movie version, but also compares horizontally with the "Dragon Family" series "Dragon Family". For 84%and 6.6 points, get more affirmation. When the two strong encounters, the producer HBO of "Game of Thrones", in order to compete for the audience, took the opportunity to play the first episode on the video website for free; on the other side, Amazon had to turn off the official website comment area because of too many bad reviews to review whether there was malicious maliciousness. The phenomenon of discreditation, but it still cannot stop the audience from expressing their opinions in word of mouth.

Fantasy epic is not easy to shoot

As one of the most famous popular literary works in the West, "The Rings King" has a huge reader group and cultural foundation in Europe and the United States. When the movie version of Peter Jackson was released 20 years ago, it caused a sensation in the world film industry. The Trilogy of the Rings of the Rings not only achieves unprecedented commercial success, but also set off a wave of global fantasy culture. It has spawned the birth of similar works such as "Game of Thrones" and "Golden Pass Pan" to cultivate a large number of fans. In 2012, Jackson used the original classmate to create a prequel trilogy, "Holbit", and upgraded the cost investment and visual effects. He also used the most advanced 48 -frame playback system at that time, only to present the audience more realistic Middle -earth world.

Compared to the emperor's masterpiece in Tolkin's pen, the capacity of the six film version of "The Rings King" is still not enough, especially the battle of humans, elves and demon king Sauron in the "Second Era" in Middle -earth, and the Supreme Magic Rings. Back in the area, the fans and fans hope to truly unfold this history, and the voices of the episode version of "The Rings King" are getting higher and higher. Until 2017, Amazon, which shifted from online shopping to streaming business, reached a cooperation agreement with the Trustin Heritage Foundation, spent $ 250 million in the copyright of $ 250 million, and started shooting the "Rings King" episodes. According to the "deadline" report on the industry website, among the competitors who competed with Amazon's copyright of the "Rings King", there were streaming media leaders and traditional TV giants HBO, but both of them were not as generous as Amazon. In Hollywood, the magic theme film and television drama is generally cost -effective due to the requirements of service and special effects. For example, the first quarter production cost of "Game of Thrones" is as high as US $ 100 million, and the cost of the movie version of "The Rings King" is also from 93 million US dollars in the first part. , Rising to the last $ 320 million, which is also the result of the director Peter Jackson is good at saving expenses. The budget of Amazon's "Ring Rings" episode 5 years ago was $ 1 billion in 5 seasons. Now the first quarter that is released will cost $ 465 million in the first quarter, with an average cost of more than 50 million US dollars per episode, but the reputation is not as good as the word of mouth. The movie version of the year ... showing that it was not enough to create an epic work, and the money alone was not enough.

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