This year have witnessed many film and TV series adaptations of web fictions, such as The Sound of Desert(《大漠谣》), My Sunshine(《何以笙箫默》), The Dairy of Tomb Stealing(《盗墓笔记》), Hua, Qiangu(《花千骨》), Love YunGe from the Desert(《云中歌》), Nirvana in Fire(《琅琊榜》), etc.

It is said that great IP, sufficient investment and famous stars result in high profits of these films and TV series.

On the internet, there are pros and cons about films and TV series adaptations of web fictions. I figure out people who are in favor of the adaptations are enchanted by vivid scene, good-looking actors or actresses and extraordinary plot. And those who disagree with the film and TV series adaptations may expect too much to accept them. Firstly, it’s impossible that the films and TV series are fully faithful to the original work for the audience to appreciate. Novels override the films and TV series in arousing readers’ imagination. The loyal fans of original novels can build up an image of character in mind with a mixture of personal imagination and writer’s description. They are unsatisfied with the adaptation naturally.

But the controversy disappeared when Nirvana in Fire came out. Everyone cannot express their likeness to it enough because it truly demonstrates the spirit of the original novel and breathe new life into the original novel in return.

What is the art of act? What is beauty of brilliance? What is the charm of character?

I got the answers from Nirvana in Fire.

I recognize it’s unusual that we have seen utmost adaptations and variety shows which imitated foreign countries in the whole year. Someone guesses entertainment circle fall short of scripts and new ideas now. If so, it’s so terrible and sad to acknowledge that Chinese are confronted with the risk of losing originality and creativity in play! I call for young Chinese thinking on
their own more.