Another extra chapter of "Snow Leopard" has been completed. Brother Zhou Weiguo takes turns to be the male lead. The national IP is overused.

The Anti-Japanese War themed movie "Snow Leopard: Secret of the Secret War" has been completed, and the classic national IP "Snow Leopard" has been moved to the big screen again.

"Snow Leopard: Secret War" is created by the original cast of the TV series "Snow Leopard". Pan Taiming, who played Liu Yuan in the old version of "Snow Leopard", Lu Fangsheng, who played Sun Xinpu, and Bai Hongbiao, who played Liu San All actors including Zhang Zhengyong, who plays Yang Dali, return, and the well-known actor Feng Yue, who had a wonderful performance in Zhang Ruoyun's version of "The New Snow Leopard", also appears as the starring role.

This movie will unfold the story with Liu Yuan, played by Pan Taiming, as the protagonist. In the TV series "Snow Leopard", "Liu Yuan" is one of the main characters. He is Zhou Weiguo's eldest brother with a different surname, and went to the Central Committee with Zhou Weiguo He studied at the Army Academy and persuaded Zhou Weiguo to join the Eighth Route Army many times and helped Zhou Weiguo solve his difficulties in life.

Appearing as the protagonist this time, I don’t know what kind of story “Liu Yuan” will bring to the audience.

A similar movie "Snow Leopard: Tiger Roaring Soul" has been released before, and the content is based on Xu Hu, a member of the Snow Leopard Special Forces, as the protagonist.

It can be seen that the producers are already working hard to produce a spin-off of the "Snow Leopard" movie.

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Similar to "Bright Sword", "Snow Leopard" can also be called a national IP. All viewers who are interested in war-themed TV series have praised "Snow Leopard".

"Snow Leopard" is adapted from the amateur sniper's online novel "Special Warfare Pioneer". The content does not vilify the Japanese army. This is the essence that distinguishes it from the anti-Japanese drama. Especially the interpretation of Takeshita is very good. Bin Polite but forced to participate in the war, the complete combination of chrysanthemum and sword can be called an ideal figure under Japanese traditional concepts;

The acting skills of the leading actor Wen Zhang are indeed excellent, and the character of Zhou Weiguo created is full of appeal and three-dimensional Plump, resourceful, eclectic, strong-willed, restrained and affectionate...

The role of "Zhou Weiguo" is a representative role in his acting career, and it is also comparable to "Li Yunlong" in domestic anti-war dramas. Actor,

The success of "Snow Leopard" has also spawned various derivative works.

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Three years after "Snow Leopard" aired, the original cast teamed up again to create "New Snow Leopard", with the soul character Zhou Weiguo once played by Wen Zhang being played by Zhang Ruoyun.

To be honest, it’s hard to understand why it needs to be remade. To be honest, Zhang Ruoyun is very suitable to play Zhou Weiguo’s younger brother Liu Zhihui, but playing Zhou Weiguo is almost boring.

The combat effectiveness of this version of Zhou Weiguo is comparable to Schwarzenegger + Stallone + Jason Statham + Jet Li, which means that Zhou Weiguo is equal to half of the Expendables.

Currently, "Snow Leopard 2" has been completed, and the protagonist has been changed from Zhou Weiguo to his third brother Liu Zhihui.

"Snow Leopard 2" is a sequel that restarted 9 years after the premiere of "Snow Leopard". Taking Liu Zhihui, the third brother of the original classic character Zhou Weiguo, as the first perspective, it tells the story of Liu Zhihui who abandoned the secret and surrendered to the bright side during the Liberation War and led the Kuomintang troops to surrender. He joined the Communist Party during the uprising, during which he launched a thrilling struggle story with Kuomintang agents, military, bureaucrats, etc.

Young actor Zhang Mingen plays the leading role as the male lead Liu Zhihui, while Wen Zhang's Zhou Weiguo will also appear in the play, but his role may be small and just a soy sauce role.

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The movies "Snow Leopard: Secret War", "Snow Leopard: The Tiger's Roaring Soul" and the TV series "New Snow Leopard", "Snow Leopard 2", etc., TV series and movies are working together to continuously There will definitely be more extra chapters of "Snow Leopard" in the future.

In short, after Zhou Weiguo, his brothers became male protagonists one after another, including Liu Zhihui, Liu Yuan, Xu Hu, Liu San, Qiu Ming, Yang Dali, and even the sacrificed Qingfeng Village boss Zhu Ziming. Resurrection from the dead and continuing to fight, so as long as the character is related to the TV series "Snow Leopard", even the cook in the cooking class can be the protagonist. What was once a national IP has become a "fast-moving consumer goods" in film and television works.

Moreover, the quality of these "extra chapters" is getting worse and worse, they no longer explore the significance of the revolutionary struggle, they begin to vilify the Japanese army and the Chinese army, and the images of the main characters become more and more flat.

Take "Snow Leopard: The Tiger's Roaring Spirit" released last year as an example. Not to mention the fact that the actor's role only lasted three minutes for promotion, the poor content even made the audience disappointed.

The plot is indeed a typical anti-Japanese drama. The protagonists can kill four snipers in a row by relying on a few directions. The routines are also the same old-fashioned routines and plot trends, as well as the same female characters. The officiant worships heaven. Audiences familiar with the "Dream Boat Trilogy" such as "Snow Leopard" and "Black Fox" can also find that "Snow Leopard: The Tiger's Roaring Spirit" can be seen in the protagonist's costume styling, pretending to be a devil, and combat deployment to the final revenge. The shadows of the play are so patchwork that one has to doubt the sincerity of the creator.

In addition, the director also "shamelessly" added clichéd martial arts drama plots such as the male and female protagonists "taking off their clothes to warm themselves over the fire", making an Anti-Japanese War-themed work nondescript.

National IP does need to be continued, but if the main creator is not strong enough, it is better to let classics like "Snow Leopard" stay in their original appearance forever, otherwise the end will be the same as "Bright Sword".

Text | Fatty Song