ThesuccessoftheAsianprotagonist“GoldenRomance”hasinspiredtheglobalaudience’spassionforAsianstoriesandmadeMarvelreadytomove.Recently,ManWeiguanannouncedthatheisplanningthefirstfilmfeaturingtheAsiansuperhero“upperQi”
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The success of the Asian protagonist “Golden Romance” has inspired the global audience’s passion for Asian stories and made Marvel ready to move. Recently, Man Wei officially announced that he is planning the first Asian superhero. “上气”. The main movie
This character is not a temporary revival of Marvel. He has been in the Marvel universe for almost half a century
“上气” is a member of the Avengers League and has appeared in the big events of the league. Its prototype comes from the kung fu star Li Xiaolong. He is not a superpower who is talented. It’s a kung fu kid who has been practicing swords and swords since childhood
In the last century, Bruce Lee’s whirlwind swept through Hollywood. In the old American heart, Chinese Kung Fu became another portrayal of super powers. Without the help of magic and mechanical equipment, the heroes can fly away and block the Wanfu
Before the appearance of Bruce Lee’s tough guy, the impression of the Chinese in the foreigner’s heart always stayed in the image of the big man
In July 1973, Bruce Lee passed away. In order to pay tribute to the Chinese Kung Fu star, Marvel created the role of “Upper Qi” and Li Xiaolong. Let Bruce Lee’s life continue in another dimension
This is called the role of Kung Fu Master, The real name is Zheng Shangqi, a native of Hunan
The earliest debut was in the 15th issue of Special Marvel Edition, published in December 1973. And his author is the author of the tyrants who let the superheroes collect the ash
Zheng Shangqi is not too obvious personality. , he is pure-minded, not close to female color, serious, honest, and many other superheroes have nothing to do with his life, and there is no sister to group CP with him
He and other superheroes of Marvel also often fight together
He used to be the martial arts coach of Spider-Man and also joined the secret avenger of Captain America. In the first words of “Avenger V5”, the gas became the new Avengers hand-picked by Iron Man and Captain America
He has similarities with the US team, Most of the time, you can only rely on boxing to the real kung fu of the flesh to fight against evil forces
He is agile, can avoid machine gun bullets, not only bulletproof but also bullets can change the path, all kinds of cold weapons are easy to brush, especially the signature nunchaku…
At the same time he is also a master of meditation, this metaphysical kung fu,. You can use your mind to raise your physical strength and speed to the same level as other superheroes
However, in the 38th words of The Avengers V5, He got a copy function. , can transform out an infinite number of yourself, form a kung fu army, stage the ultimate PK without a shadow
Marvel’s official announcement also caused a lot of controversy. Because the father of this Asian hero is the most symbolized figure of the Chinese in the West: Fu Manchu
Fu Manchu’s debut in Marvel was in 1964, set as one of Iron Man’s dead rivals. Many women have been collected around the world for his breeding offspring, and Zheng Shangqi is his most satisfied son
He is a ring control like the tyrant, creating 10 magic rings for himself, with 10 different abilities, especially terrible
Fu Manchu was born in the early 20th century. His various settings fully demonstrate the western demonization of Chinese
The prototype was born in the English novel “Father of Dr. Fu Manchu”. Appearance is ugly, brushing the little scorpion of the Qing Dynasty, wearing the top of the Qing Dynasty officials, and daily enthusiasm against the white police, is the Asian version of the evil doctor
According to the author Saxu Rumer, when he was not inspiration at the time of creation, he set the evil villain into a Chinese gangster, and fantasized a demonic image of Fu Manchu
The actor of the white robe Saruman in the Lord of the Rings series. Christopher Lee. I played this role in the 1940s
1 meter 96’s tall figure and evil face make him quickly become the incarnation of the “devil”, the film called “Fu Man Chau Castle”, is a real horror film, also a European teenager Childhood shadows
Christopher Lee’s version of Fu Manchu.
Fu Manchu’s smearing of the Chinese makes him trouble every time he appears
In May 2013, Chevrolet launched a nostalgic TV commercial for the car in Canada and other places. But in the lyrics of advertising, China is called “the land of Fu Manchu.”
In just one week, they received countless boycotts, ads were removed from all TV stations in Canada, and advertisements posted on the Internet were all revoked and replaced
In the Marvel story collection, Zheng Shangqi was used by his father as a tool to dominate the world. In the beginning, I was always forced to fight against the decent heroes
Later he gradually discovered that Spider-Man, Professor X, and Iron Man is all righteous people who take human well-being as their own responsibility
Recalling the constant use of his father’s various conspiracy and disregard of family, Zheng Shangqi finally awakened and completely broke with the gangster And in the name of justice, Fu Manchu was removed, and the drama of the great deeds was staged
It is not difficult to imagine that if Fu Manchu’s son is put on the screen according to the outline of the old story, more or less will lead to the topic of “insulting China” Most of the netizens hold the attitude of “no need to go online”, but there are still many netizens who think that “the mess is insulting China”…
However, the authors of Marvels with an infinite universe are based on this consideration. Also in other story systems, Zheng Shangqi had created another father, a samurai named Zheng Zu, which weakened the background of Shang Qi
The script in this movie is still in the process of editing. If you want to put Zheng Shangqi’s main movie on the big screen, it is estimated that you have to move around and vigorously wash the white disgraceful setting to dispel some doubts in the hearts of Chinese audiences….