Those who have finished reading the full volume of the original comics have recently spent time completing the Netflix series.
The original work is very grand and profound, but the story is not delicate and smooth because of the times. It is very smooth and smooth in just 10 words. The sincerity of the production team is admirable. Let’s call Netflix nb first.
But when it comes to the adaptation of the script outline, there are still good and bad points.
The good part is the strings. . . Miki's part of the adaptation is very good, clarifying the ambiguous positioning of Miki in the original work, and very well raised the overall concept of the whole play.
In the original work, the ugly side of human nature is too one-sidedly emphasized and the goodness of human nature is completely ignored. In this way, although the author's expressive intention is very strong, due to the lack of authenticity, it finally weakens the original critical effect that he wants to achieve. .
The CB version more profoundly lashes out at the ugly side of human beings by creating a rare but very strong beacon of human nature and the tragedy of extinguishing this beautiful light, and also more strongly urges the audience to summon the courage to confront The bad side of human nature.
The beauty tree line can be said to be the biggest highlight of the CB version of the devil.
However, the biggest flaw was the Asuka that was supposed to be the main line.
I am very dissatisfied with Asuka's adaptation:
First of all, in the early stage of the CB version, the bird's actions to harm humans were too obvious, and its problematic shady attributes were exposed early, making the exposure of the real body that should be the climax of the paragraph become meaningless. Especially in the words of the athlete, Asuka's behavioral motives are completely untenable and contradictory, but any audience with a normal IQ knows that Asuka is not right. In this case, the script is still unfolded according to the original version of "Justice—"The Demon King", which resulted in only two perceptions of "does not move too clearly and stupidly" and "dramatically changed the plot".
In addition, Asuka intervenes too clearly to undermine the theme of "human beings themselves are the real demons". Whether it's the initial exposure of demons, to online rumors, to the final expert falsification, all of them are "devil" flying birds operating behind the scenes, and human beings are always in the position of victims. If the original version is "The Devil's Whisper", the CB version is simply "The Devil is holding a loudspeaker and shouting into the human ear".
Including the final battle, in ep09 "Go to hell, you mortals!" The demons who finally opened the killing ring still decided to fight to protect human beings in the decisive battle of ep10. The human civil war and the human vs demon battle, which are paralleled with the decisive battle between the demons and the demons, further strengthen this sense of off-play.
What if the demon army won? Wouldn't the humans continue to kill each other and even continue to fight the demon army? The funny thing is that at the height of the battle between the demon army and the demon army, the humans in the scientific fortress were still persecuting the demons, but when the demon rushed in to save her, the persecuted demon shouted that I am a demon People killed the demon who came to save her. . .
In contrast, the decisive battle between the demon army and the demon army after the demise of the original human beings is much more epic. Also much purer.
In the final battle of the CB version, Easter eggs such as the Devil Special Search Team, the Science Police, and the Devil Girl, which were added in order to sell feelings, ended up ruining the entire decisive battle. I really don’t know how to feel. . .
What I liked about the original Devilman is that it tells the story of a demon whispering a lure and humanity taking its own course. Although Netflix's CB version is more delicate and excellent in lyricism, it fails to give a better answer to the key theme of "The Devil's Whisper". Rather than exploiting the weaknesses of human nature, demons use information asymmetry and their own peculiar abilities to win.
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