Among the narrative texts of gods and demons in China, Fengshen is the second largest IP after Journey to the West.
Folk so-called: True Three Kingdoms, Fake Gods, Journey to the West, Coaxing the Dead, in the so-called national reading, imagination and fiction are the biggest features of the story of the gods, and they are also its most attractive characteristics.
However, the literary nature of "Fengshen Bang" is far from "Journey to the West". In terms of the shaping of the characters, the interest of the language, and the setting of the structure, they cannot be compared with "Journey to the West". 
In short, "The Romance of the Gods" is a text that cannot be read perusally. It is too thick, the author is obsessed with the structure of the worldview, but the details of literary creation are very perfunctory, and the formations of the princes of the 36th Route break Xiqi and fight against the ...... in the process of cutting down the ZhouIt's like the constant repetition of the "fighting monsters" mode, like today's popular online text routines, constantly copying, pasting, and tirelessly plagiarizing others and copying oneself. So what is the praise of the god story?The greatest value should lie in: the establishment of the immortal system. "Romance of the Gods" was written after "Journey to the West", although it has many references to the gods and demons system of "Journey to the West", but it can systematically sort out and establish the ** and genealogy of ancient Chinese mythological characters and religious gods in addition to "Journey to the West", complete the biographies of the main characters, and combine the stories of the Shang, Zhou and Yi dynasties into perfunctory writing, which is creative in this regard. 
It is very interesting that the ** of "Romance of the Gods" draws on and refers to "Journey to the West", and the 90 version of the TV series "Fengshen Bang" was also filmed under the influence of CCTV's 86 version of the TV series "Journey to the West". It is said that after the success of the TV series "Journey to the West", Shanghai TV also wanted to catch up, and the shooting of the 90 version of "Fengshen Bang" was a bit different. The specific details are unknown, and if you guess, the creative team really wants to create a mythological drama with a different style from "Journey to the West". 
Of course, this is a very difficult thing, first of all, it involves the lack of technical reserves for filming mythological dramas. Including stunts, makeup, and props are not yet developed, and the use of modern visual means to visualize a literary work with a widely read base of the masses, in fact, there are still many things that need to be created. At that time, Shanghai TV had great ambitions, and most of the actors in the play came from well-known institutions such as Shanghai Opera, Changchun Film Studio and Beijing Renyi, and the director was the famous TV series female director Guo Xinling (who had directed "Big Family", "Begonia", "The Strange Case of Rose Fragrance", and the lineup was absolutely dazzling. On the whole, although limited by the strength of the time, as well as the many constraints and collisions of ideas involved in the creation, the 90th version of "Fengshen Bang" does have regrets and shortcomings, but it is still a classic mythological drama work. 
Here I want to talk about the commendable things about this TV series, first of all, the successful adaptation of the ** original book.
* There are many low-quality contents in the text of "Romance of the Gods", in the original work, there is a simple and crude fatalistic idea, everyone is a pawn under the big theme of "Fengshen", as for whether the plot twist is blunt, whether the characters are full, and whether the story will arouse readers' empathy ......These do not seem to be the author's concerns, but this makes the story of the work not strong, which is a very fatal problem for contemporary TV viewers. Therefore, the screenwriter's adaptation must first delete some plots and dialogues that are too similar and unoriginal;Secondly, it is to increase the content that meets the tastes of modern audiences, such as the interaction of characters' emotions, such as increasing the weight of love scenes and family dramas;Also, try to make the evolution of the story conform to the principles of drama, and some content that is not strong in drama can be merged or deleted. 
In addition to continuing the basic story line, the TV series has made wonderful plays, adding some attractive emotional stories, such as Qingjun, the daughter of Shang Rong, an old minister of the Shang Dynasty, who fell in love with Ji Fa and became a couple, and was also interspersed with the struggle for the throne between Ji Fa and his younger brother Ji Sui, the plot is more ups and downs, and the watchability of the story is greatly enhanced. In the original book, Yin Jiao and Yin Hong, the sons of King Xu, rescued Xueyi from Guangchengzi and Chijing respectively, and were ordered to go down the mountain to help Jiang Ziya, but they were successively provoked by Shen Gongbao and defected, and finally both died tragically, and the similar endings of the two were very boring. 
In the play, a bold adaptation is carried out, so that the two of them are evil and good, and Yin Jiao still betrays his master to crusade against Xiqi for the Shang Dynasty, and helps the gang to abuse;Yin Hong was mellow and simple, and used tricks to assist the Holy Mother of Fire Spirit, and made great contributions, and he himself had a poignant love with the daughter of the general soldier of the Shang Dynasty, and finally Yin Hong was killed by his mother-in-law, and his girlfriend committed suicide and martyrdom ......The juxtaposition of the different personalities of the two princes and the two different life trajectories increase the tragedy and make it easier to arouse the audience's empathy. Secondly, there is the successful casting. Now, almost no one can deny that the charm of Jiang Ziya played by Lan Tianye, Daji played by Fu Yiwei, and King Shang played by Daqi ......These actors have become one with the characters they play and have become irreplaceable classic images. 
also includes Nezha, Erlang Shen, Tuxingsun, Shang Qingjun and others, all of which left a deep impact on the audience. 
Lan Tianye is a famous actor in Renyi, who has acted in the famous drama "Pekingese", "Teahouse", "Cai Wenji", etc., and has decades of accumulation in performance.
Fu Yiwei has an evil and vicious temperament in her charm, and I wonder which actor in the future can have her natural state?It is said that the director gave up dozens of red stars and chose Fu Yiwei to play Daji, which was originally very controversial at first, but this decision was undoubtedly successful. 
In addition, King Wu's benevolence, Nezha's irritability and youthfulness, Yang Jian's calmness and wit, and Queen Jiang's forbearance ......The temperament of the actors and the personalities of the characters in the play can fit so well, which cannot but be said to be a major feature of the actors of that era. 
Finally, it is also necessary to talk about the aesthetic style of this mythological drama work. In terms of the aesthetic style of mythological dramas, if "Journey to the West" represents a classical and orthodox aesthetic, then the aesthetics of "Fengshen Bang" are bold, avant-garde, and can even be said to be cult (there is another more cult 89 version of "Fengshen Bang", which was stopped after 5 episodes due to controversial content).
It is said that in order to catch up with the production quality of ** TV station, the crew of "Fengshen Bang" invited actors and production teams from Hong Kong to assist in the filming of the film, and they made subversive changes to the art style of the film. I don't know if the Hong Kong production team deliberately wants to avoid the traditional mythological image, or is not familiar with the characters and scene design in Chinese mythology, in short, the overall art style of the 90 version of "Fengshen Bang" has become a hodgepodge of Chinese style, ancient Greek style, Japanese style plus a little bit of modern fashion style after the Hong Kong team has changed.
The men in the play often shaved their hair short, bare half-bodyed, and wear Roman shoes to show off their thighs, while the women do not hide it, and the headdress and earrings are accessories that have never been seen in traditional Chinese costumes. Even TVB actress Chen Xiuzhu played Nuwa Niangniang is a tulle cover to show off a pair of **...Although there were many orthodox people who felt that it was nondescript, it was more fresh and exciting for the audience. Many actors have also criticized this style of costumes, and it is regrettable to talk about it.
Moreover, in order to enhance the texture of reality, many horror scenes in the film are not shy about it. For example, Bigan digging out the heart, Queen Jiang digging out the eyes, Yu Basin, Bo Yi Kaoto Dream, Nezha committed suicide, etc., the painting style is also quite strange and bold, and the imagination is outstanding, leaving a childhood shadow for many friends.
Flowers bloom and fall, flowers bloom and fall, long years, a long river, a myth is a wave, a myth is a teardrop, there is you in the gathering and scattering, there is me in the gathering and scattering. From the perspective of today, the technology of those years was backward, the scenery was poor, and due to cost reasons, the design of martial arts and war scenes had no texture at all. But the 90 version of the mythological drama "Fengshen Bang" still has many rare points. This cult's mythological drama will be accompanied by the theme song and remain in the memory of a generation. 100 help plan