"Later, he finally arrived in Isidora. The buildings here have spiral staircases studded with spiral shells. The people here make perfect telescopes and violins. The foreigners here hesitate to face two women. I would always meet a third woman at the time, and the cockfighting here would evolve into a bloody fight for gamblers." Just like Calvino wrote in "The Invisible City", Marco Polo, who came from Venice a long way, rely on With these wonderful stories like One Thousand and One Nights, the Khan of Yuan Dadu, Kublai, was attracted.
In the long and long voice of Humai, the Yuan Dynasty under Kublai Khan’s rule was a mixed race. The Mongols were the most noble, followed by the Semu, and the Han and the Southern were inferior. Externally, if the Mongolian army did not surrender, they would directly slaughter the city and pierce the people on the wooden stakes like skewers, so that Europeans mentioned Kublai Khan as the "Great Demon King."
However, this is an adaptation. Even if details such as the cricket prime minister Jia Sidao, the Kunlun slaves on the street, the intermarriage of the Persian tax officer and the Han people are restored, it is still unavoidable that the characters are both true and false:
[Hundred Eyes] in the
play The martial arts expert who taught Marco Polo the technique of survival is blind, but in fact, there are real people. In Marco Polo's travel notes, he mentioned that Boyan, the general who attacked the Southern Song Dynasty, was known to have a hundred eyes. The screenwriter probably created this character based on the name "Hundred Eyes" and became Mark Polo's Kung Fu teacher.
[The battle between Kublai and Alibu]
Marco Polo did not write about Kublai’s war with Alibu in his travel notes. What he recorded was another war, the battle between Kublai and Naiyan, but This is the battle between the nephew and the uncle, it has nothing to do with the battle between brothers. The screenwriter probably wanted to highlight the tension of the drama. He had to say that Kublai and Abriel threw Galaha in the big yurt, reminiscing about their childhood, and then sent a bunch of broken arrows the next day, indicating a bloody battle. coming soon.
With a huge investment of US$90 million in an episode, the production unit Netflix strives for beauty in the scenes and costumes. What is particularly unforgettable is the production of the title, the special effects simulate splashing ink to paint, showing the magnificent mountains and rivers, the eagle hits the sky, the horse galloping and other scenes, and the soundtrack is supplemented. With Matouqin and Humai, you will understand that it doesn't matter if Marco Polo has been to the East. His travel notes and this American drama show the most aggressive and expansive East in Western imagination.
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