First off, Alibaba bought the COPYRIGHT of this story from Tang Qi before the plagiarism scandal. This information can be found on their production website. So the production team had no idea that this story was part of the scandal. Second off, it was never proved that this story, was in fact, plagiarized. As no legal actions have be taken. Third, the production team has modified the story since they bought the COPYRIGHT. During the scandal, the production team made sure to take out all "suspicious" parts of the written story. The movie contained no controversial materials, as the plot have been modified based on suggestions of general public. This movie is irreverent to the written story. Anyone who wants evidence, photo evidence can be found on the production team's Weibo.
This movie is very different in story telling and world setting than western movies. The amount of time taken to finish this movie produced astonishing CGI.
Please don't let the plagiarism scandal stop anyone from wanting to see a movie about the fascinating Chinese Xian Xia. As we rarely see anything from the "mysterious" eastern culture.
Lastly, boycotting the movie will not hurt the supposed "plagiarizer", as again, the COPYRIGHT was bought from TANG Qi a few years back. It is unfair to abase a movie based on a canard. The best way to boycott plagiarism is to boycott the writer herself. Rate her works low, don't watch anything that has direct association with her. It is interesting to see that most wanted to boycott the movie, give it a low score (5/10) but enjoyed the TV drama that came out earlier this year (8.4/10) as the TV production team have not bought the COPYRIGHT from her (so she benefits from it.)
Double standard much?
This movie is very different in story telling and world setting than western movies. The amount of time taken to finish this movie produced astonishing CGI.
Please don't let the plagiarism scandal stop anyone from wanting to see a movie about the fascinating Chinese Xian Xia. As we rarely see anything from the "mysterious" eastern culture.
Lastly, boycotting the movie will not hurt the supposed "plagiarizer", as again, the COPYRIGHT was bought from TANG Qi a few years back. It is unfair to abase a movie based on a canard. The best way to boycott plagiarism is to boycott the writer herself. Rate her works low, don't watch anything that has direct association with her. It is interesting to see that most wanted to boycott the movie, give it a low score (5/10) but enjoyed the TV drama that came out earlier this year (8.4/10) as the TV production team have not bought the COPYRIGHT from her (so she benefits from it.)
Double standard much?