CATDOLL: The new version of "Calabash Brothers" is too broken and was criticized by netizens. The producer said that there is no money

The Chinese animation "Calabash Brothers" can be said to be a childhood classic for many people born in the 1980s. Recently, this work was remade into a 260-episode new work "New Calabash Brothers", which was launched on July 11. However, after the new version of "Calabash Brothers" was launched, the audience's complaints about the new version of "Calabash Brothers" were one after another. The film currently has a score of 3.5 on Douban. Netizens also said: "Another classic animation is ruined by the current Chinese people."

In addition to the forced plot, the new version of "Calabash Brothers" has caused dissatisfaction among the audience, and more importantly, it is focused on the art design. After watching it, many netizens said that the new version of the characters are "too tender". The Calabash Brothers are young and handsome, which is understandable, but even the grandfather looks decades younger, and his skin is smooth as if it has been rubbed, which is a bit wrong. Moreover, the audience positioning of "New Calabash Brothers" is not clear, and the producer is not clear. If the new version of the cartoon is made for the post-80s generation, the current film is too childish. It is estimated that this cartoon must want to create a family-friendly scene, where parents can watch it with their children, but it is this family-friendly positioning that makes this cartoon look out of place.

Wang Peng, founder of the new version of Calabash Brothers, said that the "shrinkage" of the characters was mainly due to cost control, because they really had no money. Wang Peng said in an interview with the media: "(The pictures did not meet expectations) It was mainly due to lack of funds. At present, the cost of producing animation in China is 30,000 to 40,000 per minute. The production cost of "New Calabash Brothers" is 240,000 per episode, and the whole project costs 120 million. As far as I know, this project did not raise so much money, so they must have cut corners on quality."

Regarding this explanation, netizens believe that it is a problem of the production team's own planning. If there is less money, they can shoot fewer episodes first, incorporate sincerity to earn reputation, and then attract more investment in the future. However, such a production that does as much as it is paid will not improve the level of domestic animation. There are also views in the industry that "the adaptation of classics must have a quality foundation, and it cannot be changed or edited randomly. This is a second destruction of the IP. If there is no ability to adapt, the classic IP can be left unchanged and not made. Don't destroy the classics of the previous generation in the hands of our generation."