The two animation giants that audiences who love American comics cannot avoid, one is Marvel and the other is DC. The former relied on "Iron Man" to stand out from the siege, and successfully saved itself and successfully started the ten-year restart of the Marvel Universe. It was also favored by Disney and took it under its banner. On the other hand, DC is not so optimistic. Despite several attempts to adapt the popular anime characters Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, The Joker and Harley Quinn, the market has always given answers. DC is still unwilling, in "Birds of Prey". " was released shortly after the release of a "Harley Quinn".
"Harley Quinn" will not be a drama that fans of the original book will recognize, because it "magically changed" the characteristics of a large group of anime characters that are familiar to passers-by: Harley is full of contradictions about the clown, and it seems to be even more In order to be recognized and worshipped; the crime of the clown is no longer elegant and calm, and it is a little crazy; as an N52 hero, the poison ivy plots against Superman and Batman, but here is in love with a kite who is a waste... Not to mention the very down-to-earth scenes - the Justice League and the Devil's League always follow the audience and live broadcasts when they fight, and the superheroes and evil villains live a life of playing mobile phones, sending WeChat, and tweeting.
Is this the fall of DC? Instead, I see this as a bold and relatively successful attempt to save DC from the scene. In the glorious decade of Marvel, the audience's love for "heroes defeating villains" has been reawakened, and the fragility of the harmless adaptation of the hero has made more audiences who are not anime fans talk about it. It is also after ten years of scrubbing that it is difficult for DC to seize more word of mouth from the dominant Marvel: "Wonder Woman" is barely a hit, and "Aquaman" can only be heard. After ten years, the endless stream of hero-fighting comics and TV series finally bored the audience. In the social environment where totalitarianism and populism are on the rise, it is difficult to find a catharsis point of emotional resonance for the positivity of hero films to the suppressed audience emotions. The anti-heroic, villainous and destructive character of "Harley Quinn" fits the emotional resonance of the current social environment.
Secondly, "Harley Quinn" is well versed in the way of the audience in the expression of values. The "Ji Qing" between Poison Ivy and Harley Quinn, and the love and killing between Harley Quinn and the clown, are in line with the current popular LGBT movement and egalitarian movement, plus a lot of homophonic stalks, as always The high-quality production level gives a novel and comfortable viewing experience. But the theme is a little superficial, and the whole drama is trying to convey: how to become an independent person, how to get rid of the vassal of men, how to maintain the relationship between friends, and make its bold attempts appear slightly moderate. Of course, the struggle between the villains and the righteous people in the play is more like a small fight to some extent. In order to maintain the image of the "villain", they continue to choose to do some small damages, and to maintain justice and repeatedly arrest the members of the Justice League of the bad guys. It makes people feel the hesitation and powerlessness of DC: the direction of the attempt is right, but for the sake of word of mouth, it must be a cocoon.
"The Rise of the Dark Knight" and "Mystery of the Shadow" are insurmountable mountains in the hearts of DC anime fans. Can we still see the style before DC? This question seems difficult to answer. From the careful exploration of "Joker" to the constrained changes of "Harley Quinn", a problem DC has always faced is that it is difficult to break through the fixed audience tastes cultivated after this type of film is dominated by the Marvel family. Trying to break the boat is extremely difficult for DC. The easy-going hero is no longer in line with the current viewing taste and trend value. The rise of trial-and-error villains can easily lose word of mouth. Under such anxiety, DC's nervousness and hesitation prompted it to stare at Marvel's footsteps, but did not dare to make drastic innovations.
Although there are obvious flaws in this attempt, I really appreciate an adaptation of it - the lives of heroes and villains are placed under the camera, and the applause of the citizens makes the very magical comics even more magical and more magical. dark humor. Who would have thought that one day, the struggle between heroes and villains would become a topic of conversation for spectators? Maybe DC can consider this adaptation: Now that heroes and villains are in the context of cyberspace, whether justice and evil have become a show that responds to the moral code. Or, the development of high technology has made everyone indifferent to superpowers, heroes have become moral models in storybooks, the crimes of villains are insignificant, and their common enemy is only technology. Maybe it's more eye-catching.
In fact, DC does not need to stare at Marvel and worry about it. The high score of the first season of "Harley Quinn" has achieved the result they wanted by trial and error to a certain extent. If the publicity personnel consider increasing the promotion of the drama, there will be some dazzling results.
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