Ancient puppets play a decisive role in domestic dramas.
In one sentence, it can be summed up as: always being complained about, always getting ratings, and always being filmed.
The ancient puppet market seems to have improved in 2020. "The Rumored Chen Qianqian", "Liu Li", "Under the Brocade", etc. have all received good scores, raising expectations for other works. value.
This is how "What Eve", with a rating of 7.1, caught the president's attention.
After finishing 30 episodes in one go, the president let out a deep sigh that could be heard by the neighbors next door.
If you don’t watch this show, you will never know how weird the next setting of the ancient puppets will be.
01
"What Night Is This Night" does not appear to be a hit at first glance.
The male protagonist Jin Han and the female protagonist Sun Yi are familiar faces, but they are not popular actors.
Adapted from the original work "Yu Zhao Ci", it is not a famous IP. In the setting of rebirth novels, the audience does not account for a large share of the romance novel market.
By the way, to add some knowledge, the author graduated from Tsinghua University.
There was also some friction between the male and female protagonists outside the show. In an interview, Sun Yi complained about Jin Han eating crayfish before filming a kissing scene. Jin Han responded solemnly on Weibo.
As a result, #SunYi complained about Jin Han eating crayfish before filming the kissing scene# and #金瀚 The most convenient thing to take out of context# were both on the hot search list.
Some people say that the woman is obviously joking, and the boy is a bit on the line. Others say that the boy just responds normally and should not be overly paced.
I won’t comment on what is right or wrong. After all, things outside the play should not affect the judgment of the play.
As far as the drama is concerned, "What Eve" lacks the natural popularity advantage.
But "What Eve" is ambitious.
Take a look at the works directed by the director, "The Legend of Heaven and Earth: The Fish Beauty", "The Female General of the Yang Family", "Young General of the Yang Family"...
Come and let your childhood memories go away. Wave.
There are also many acquaintances, including "Secretary Gao Yuliang" Zhang Zhijian, "Zhen Yuandao" Shen Baoping, "Li Shimin" Zheng Guolin, "Shopkeeper Qian" Hong Jianfeng, "Sima Zhao" Tan Jianci, "Demo" Yu Chengen... …
He is a seasoned actor and a familiar actor, so he should have no problem with his acting skills.
The series has a setting of a villainous male protagonist + a strong female protagonist, supplemented by the counter-routine of rebirth, which is not only in line with the current popular setting of strong women, but also in line with the preference for men to be both good and evil. , it can be seen that he wants to create a full-fledged character.
Unfortunately, the show has not concealed its shortcomings. Douban opened the score at 7.7. As of now, it has dropped to 7.1.
So, what exactly is its problem?
02
The story begins with a grand war scene.
The seriously injured heroine was dressed as a general. At first glance, she thought it was the filming set of "Ghost".
Me: Oh, it’s a war movie, the tone is quite calm, not bad.
As soon as the scene changed, the heroine asked the classic philosophical question like a hibiscus emerging from the water.
Where is this? Why am I here? who I am?
Me: Amnesia? It's okay, it's the usual routine, it doesn't affect anything.
Then a group of men in black appeared to assassinate the male protagonist Feng Xi. However, because the female protagonist was wearing the male protagonist’s jade pendant, they got into a fight with each other due to a mistaken identity.
The heroine’s strength was at the MAX, and she defeated the enemy in two or two blows, and even hugged the hero and spun around in circles.
The two of them were chatting under the tree at night. The male protagonist looked at the beautiful scenery in front of him of "the wind before the moon and the holly flowers blooming under the moon", and decided to name the female protagonist:
Winter Moon, why not What about flowering?
The next day when the male protagonist said goodbye, the female protagonist found that she could not play the flute she carried with her, so she decided to ask someone to help her.
The master poked the hole and instantly flew eight meters away, calling it a monster.
Me: Huh? Did I see it wrong? Is this a fantasy drama?
Then the flute inexplicably healed, and when the heroine played it, her memory was restored instantly.
It turns out that the male protagonist Feng Xi is a treacherous official who is keen on party strife. Dingyuan Marquis Lu Yuantong launched a war in the name of the Qingjun side. The female protagonist, a general who was dying after seven years of resistance, was killed by a man named "Eryu" The man reshaped his body with lotus roots, injected spiritual consciousness into the flute, and was sent back to the eve of the war.
Good guy, isn’t this the female version of Nezha?
No matter what, I didn’t expect this to be a time-travel drama.
The heroine decided to kill Dingyuan Hou who initiated the war and change history.
?
Obviously killing the male protagonist Feng Xi can fundamentally solve the problem, but the female protagonist does not. This is probably the prerogative of handsome guys (?)
The female protagonist tries to take advantage of the male protagonist He killed Marquis Dingyuan at the inn, but was stabbed by the hero in the chaos and died.
Don’t be surprised, this is the fastest female protagonist in history to be stabbed by a male protagonist.
Then the heroine was thrown into the river, but you must not have imagined that as a lotus root, her wounds healed when exposed to water.
So, she was resurrected.
Although Ou Root has many evil intentions, the heroine is very stubborn. As a female general who is supposed to be brave and resourceful, she only wants to assassinate Marquis Dingyuan.
When the camera turned, the male protagonist was drinking and drunk alone in front of the ancestral tablet. Every action said: I am a good person.
The current emperor is fatuous and superstitious, the left prime minister and the Marquis of Dingyuan are evenly matched, but the third prince, who is a clear-minded person, has no interest in government affairs.
The male protagonist’s mission is to overturn the unjust case against his mother’s family, the Ming family. To do this, he needs to overthrow the left prime minister, bring down the Marquis Dingyuan, and get the emperor to retract his confession.
Does this sound familiar?
PS: This male protagonist also has a little boy with strong martial arts skills.
The screenwriter tried to create an ancient puppet "Mei Changsu" who can "make every plan and win a thousand miles". Unfortunately, It's low profile.
Taking the first case as an example, the heroine successfully predicted the heavy snowfall in July by virtue of her advantage in time travel, and was recruited into the Taishi Bureau, the meteorological observatory at that time.
The flowers in the backyard of Anhou’s home, belonging to the Zuo Prime Minister faction, were bleeding profusely. The male protagonist said that the female protagonist was a psychic and asked Anhou to ask her to do something to ward off the disaster.
After the heroine went there, she rescued a maid who was beaten severely. The maid said that the strange phenomenon in the back garden was because her brother was buried there.
So the heroine told Anhou that if she wanted to ward off the disaster, she needed to take off her clothes and copy scriptures.
Of course, we don’t know what this method has to do with burying my brother.
The news of Anhou's practice reached the ears of the emperor. Although the emperor was superstitious himself, he "forbids the people to light lamps" and ordered Dali Temple to investigate the matter thoroughly.
After being caught, the heroine immediately told the truth and said that she had witnesses.
But the maidservant is actually the male protagonist’s person.
What was buried in the flowers was not my younger brother, but a disrespectful wooden sign.
The male protagonist wants to use this wooden sign to frame An Hou, and at the same time make the female protagonist submit to him.
As a result, the male protagonist did not expect that the maidservant was caught by the enemy after escaping. She ran to the court and gave false testimony, and the female protagonist was suddenly imprisoned.
Is this an exhaustive strategy? Played off.
Then the male protagonist tried to save the female protagonist. He first whipped the female protagonist.
After that, he stabbed himself twice, saying that the heroine was a half-immortal and that hitting her would cause backlash, so he asked the emperor to let her go.
The emperor actually agreed.
The male protagonist was promoted, the female protagonist was promoted, and the seemingly powerful Anhou fell down.
From now on, the heroine’s IQ is getting worse and worse, the hero’s love words are getting more and more greasy, and the male and female characters have more and more scenes, but they are making steady progress on the road to killing monsters and upgrading.
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03
Some people say that our requirements for ancient puppets are too strict.
As we all know, ancient puppets are easy to accumulate popularity, which is what Xiaohua Xiaosheng needs to become popular.
85 Flowers, which is often talked about, has almost everyone owning an ancient puppet show. Cheng Yi, Zhao Lusi, and Ding Yuxi, whose popularity has soared this year, have all reaped the benefits of ancient puppets without exception.
Many film producers believe that they have a tacit understanding with the audience: Ancient puppets are mainly about characters falling in love. The pictures are beautiful, the characters are brilliant, and the love stories are sweet. What more do you want, a bicycle?
As for the plot, it’s not important.
So there are a lot of details that cannot withstand scrutiny. I heard the dubbing of Qi Cocoon reciting modern lines. The drama of palace and house fighting is like playing house, with the heroine who is sassy in the front and behind. They all become silly and sweet, and the male protagonist is a perfect love brain no matter what kind of mission he has.
The filmmakers believe that the audience’s minds are only three years old, so they repeatedly produce works of the same level. The director is not demanding, the screenwriter is not diligent, and the actors are all obedient. After all, if you don’t act, there are thousands of others. Thousands of actors are waiting to take over.
They believe that no one is young forever, but there are always young people who buy it.
Is this really the case?
Obviously not, or not entirely.
In the past, "Nirvana in Fire" and "Celebrating More Than Years" led the trend of Machiavellianism, and later in "The Hidden Corner" and "The Silent Truth", the popularity remains high. When the market provides enough choices, the audience will Make your own judgments, and such judgments often have higher reference value.
If the ancient puppet show has been perfunctory to the audience for a long time, the audience's enthusiasm for the ancient puppet show will gradually dissipate.
Do you buy this ancient puppet show?
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