Web Movie

[qikiqtarjuaq]

Quick heads up for people: There's going to be a two parter Guardian Web movie that begins filming in May. As is typical of Chinese web movies made to capitalize on popular shows, it will have a different cast and has a 99% chance to be crap. BUT on the 1% chance it's a decent adaptation, I figure I'd bring the news here.

From the info available, it will be guzhuang (historical period piece) and everyone is around 20. And there's wuxia? There's mentions of martial arts at any rate. Full Poster

Comments

[mekare]

Whaaaaaaat????

[qikiqtarjuaq]

Capitalism and coat riding at work! It's apparently a really common thing for Chinese dramas...

[trobadora]

WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT.

This is going to be hilarious or painful, isn't it?

[qikiqtarjuaq]

I'm looking forward to it! Because it'll either be a pleasant surprise or a complete trainwreck.

[asya_ana]

Part of me is screaming in delight, part of me is horrified, and part of me thinks it's best if I just pretend this isn't happening until it gets filmed (if it ever does). Best case scenario for me would be if it's kind of a prequel to the series or just so different that I can put it in a separate box.

LBR I'll watch it though. :D

[qikiqtarjuaq]

It certainly sounds like it'll be different. We'll see how it goes!

[maggie33]

Wait, what? I'll watch it, but what???????

[qikiqtarjuaq]

Lol my reaction in a nutshell.

[goss]

o_O

I...am going to pretend that this is a fan-made cosplay film. *g*

[qikiqtarjuaq]

Not a bad way to look at it. Hope they have a decent costume budget!

[goss]

I feel like the lead actors play such an integral role in my enjoyment of the series. And the only way any show without them will be salvageable is if I look at it as not being quite canon, like they're not being replaced in any way. So kinda like a tribute band, or an AU fanfic. *g*

[extrapenguin]

Ooh, interesting! I'll take a shot at it at some point. If it truly is historical/wuxia, then they can show supernatural stuff happening, since it's before 1949, and it'll very likely be more novel-worldbuilding fantasy, which should make a bunch of people happy. Regardless, it'll definitely be a completely different thing to the drama.

[qikiqtarjuaq]

Yeah, honestly my main worry is that they're all 20 years old, and there's a dearth of decent young actors at that age. But hopefully it brings something completely new to the table!

[ranalore]

Huh. Yeah, the different cast makes this a hard pass for me.

[qikiqtarjuaq]

Yeah, BY and ZYL's chemistry and acting is definitely a huge part of Guardian's success that this movie is lacking. We'll see who they cast and how they do!

[yantantether]

I'm cautiously interested! If it could explore some of the ancient-era novel stuff, it could be intriguing.

[qikiqtarjuaq]

Yep, although the wuxia stuff has be a bit confused. Hopefully they don't completely deviate from the book.

[silverblade219]

I don’t read Chinese, but the text of the weibo (?) post mentions Zhu Yilong and Bai Yu? So is some of the cast repeating or is just an identification to connect it to the show?

[qikiqtarjuaq]

It's a shameless attempt at grabbing attention by using popular tags. It basically says "In 2018, you had the popular show Guardian with Bai Yu and Zhu Yilong. In 2019, you get these two movies."

[silverblade219]

Thanks for confirming! Looking forward to see how this movie turns out lol

[xparrot]

Ahahahah oh noes...

...don't tell me Guardian will become one of those series they remake with a different cast every few years?!

[qikiqtarjuaq]

Hahaha can you imagine? But I think it'll depend on how this movie does. If it flops into nothing, there won't be any more.

[qwerty]

What? They want Da Qing to be fat, lecherous and avaricious??

It's impossible to make out much of the descriptions because of the image quality, but what I can see doesn't look promising...

[qikiqtarjuaq]

My eyesight is terrible, so I have to admit I didn't actually read the text beyond glancing at some numbers. But yeah, a bunch of super young version of the characters + some OCs and a rando 70 year old is... well, they're certainly adding their own touch to it.

[abyss_valkyrie]

I'm just gonna wait for everyone else to watch and review it and then watch if it's good. But knowing me, I'm probably gonna go watch it for at least five minutes or fast forward it if it's bad anyway just to cry and wonder why I did that to myself.

[qikiqtarjuaq]

LOL. Self control is overrated anyway!

[rheasilvia]

...

Wuxia is one thing - there was a lot of fighting in the past, so. ;-) But they are all around 20...? (Okay, now I am thinking about ways to make this work with drama canon, but honestly, I bet it is just going to be another novel AU.)

I can't really decide how to feel about this right now! I need time.

Thank you for alerting us to this development! It is certainly very good that the drama is so popular. As for the rest, we will have to wait and see. ;-)

[qikiqtarjuaq]

Yeah, the age thing is really o.O. Probably just a reason to cast young pretty actors. I'm reserving judgment until it's made at any rate!

[tinny]

W T F B B Q

I'm also betting on another novel AU. I like the novel though, so that wouldn't be too much of a deterrent for me. But I hate wuxia.

Oh well, I think this is one of those "where is my popcorn gif?" things.

[qikiqtarjuaq]

I hope if it's bad, it's at least entertainingly bad. Will be interesting to see what plotline if any they decide to pick up.

[tinny]

LOL yeah.

I only noticed on the second look what a marketing feat that poster is. There are no faces on it at all. :D

[trobadora]

I just remembered this and was wondering if there has been any news about it since this announcement. Have you heard anything?

[qikiqtarjuaq]

Hmm, well, they said they'd start filming in the middle of May, and they're filming both movies in 30 days, so I'd think they're not even done filming yet. That said, I haven't heard anything about it and no one can predict how much of a delay there is between filming and production!

[trobadora]

Thank you! I'm just really (morbidly) curious about this thing ...