Recently, with the fire "middle-aged men to oil", "human oil" and other Internet boom discussion of "Chase the light! The second season of "Brother" is currently airing.
Compared with the first season, not only was the title of "brother" changed to "light chaser", but the show can be said to be "successful in oil removal" from the aspects of human design, link setting, and guest performance. This also makes the show further get rid of the bad reviews of the previous season and gradually walk in a positive direction.
Chase the Light! The name of "Brother" was directly changed to "Chasing the Light!" The performance of the first program is very eye-catching: CSM63 City ratings 1.49, CSM35 City ratings 1.48, ranking the third in the same period of the current season, network broadcast also won the Maoyan heat day crown. The heat of the last two issues has also basically maintained the top three positions of cat's eye heat.
In the second season of the show, many viewers think that the chosen "light chaser" (brothers) is still very good, there are Chen Chusheng, Di Maxi, Han Yu, Jiang Chao, Liu Ye, Man Jiang, Ni Kun, Na Wu Kere, Qin Fen, Sha Baoliang, Shang Jiuxi, Wu Jianhao, Wang Xi, Wu Zhenyu, Xu Zhixian, Yang Hesu, Yang Zongwei, Zhang Aoyue, Zhang Weijian, Zhang Xiaolong, Zhou Xiaoou and other 21 male artists of different ages.
And "Chase the Light!" ", is also adjusting the rhythm, so that the "light chaser" (brothers) towards self-improvement and middle-aged oil control of the "light chasing" journey is solid progress.
Chase the Light! Produced by Youku and Oriental Satellite TV and produced by Canstar, it is a tribute to the theme music competition variety show.
All the "light chasers", including 43-year-old Wu Jianhao, 52-year-old Zhou Xiaoou, 56-year-old Zhang Weijian, and even 60-year-old Wu Zhenyu, these "brothers", did not deliberately cater to the heat of the shape, did not deliberately create a sense of network, and chose stage performances that suited their age, positioning and status.
At the beginning of the show, the light chasers have to give up the aura of the past - everyone carries a "light chasing object", which is the "highlight" witness of their respective acting careers, but before starting the light chasing journey, the light chasers must place this item in the cabinet, seal it, temporarily bid farewell to past achievements, and start again.
This different ceremony highlights the shift in the focus of the show from "past aura" to "speaking with performance". Among them, Wu Zhenyu even carried an empty box, believing that he was "hoping to learn new things, and human life should not always be trapped in themselves... Put everything down and empty your past achievements. ”
Wu Zhenyu also did this in the show, on the first stage of the first issue, he sang a classic song "Forgotten Time" - a white suit, shaking the wine glass in his hand, the old record player on the side played music, the classic role he played on the back screen alternately appeared, and then Wu Zhenyu slowly walked to the front of the stage and sang in a low voice" "Who is knocking on my window, who is stirring the strings....". That kind of emotion and charm really filled the whole stage, full of contagiousness, and all the audience was intoxicated by it.
The reason why "Forgotten Time" was chosen is also because it was one of the most successful films performed by Wu Zhenyu that year - an interlude in "Infernal Affairs 2". At that time, Ni Yongxiao in "Infernal Affairs 2" was interpreted by Wu Zhenyu in a layered manner, which profoundly showed the complexity and tragedy of the "godfather-like" characters of this city government.
When Wu Zhenyu, who has been in the industry for more than forty years, sings sweating profusely on stage and showing his true self, it can be said that he is more of a break with the past of actor Wu Zhenyu and presents a side of Wu Zhenyu's self-singing stage. And such a performance is a "chasing light" journey for him.
Also breaking the reshaping on the stage is Zhang Weijian.
Zhang Weijian is well known for the classic TV series he starred in, "Qi Tian Dasheng Sun Wukong", "Xiao Bao and Kangxi", "Journey to the West", "Little Fish and Flowers Without Defects", "Young Fang Shiyu", "Clever Little Don't Understand" and so on. There are also songs such as "True True False", "Who Do You Love Me Like", "True Hero" and so on.
However, Zhang Weijian, like Wu Zhenyu, did not choose his famous songs "True Hero", "True True false", "Who do you love me like" on the first stage of the first period, but felt inspired by the departure of the people around him, hoping that all the audience would bring a song "Good Health" safely and healthily.
In addition to netizens have barrage memories of killing: "little fish", "Qitian Great Saint Sun Wukong", "clever little does not understand", "cool wind has faith, autumn moon boundless" and so on. The song also triggered a hot search on the Internet.
Zhang Weijian: "I chose this song because there will be some friends who work hard to put the word health very far behind." ”
Breaking the remodeling, letting the older "brothers" choose their own stage interpretation, showing their original state and sincere feelings, is undoubtedly the success of the current "Chasing the Light" hit.
Zhou Xiaoou performed a song "Love Me Or Not", which evoked the memories of all the audience; Di Maxi performed a song "Stranger", feminine without losing strength, conveying the belief in chasing the light... At the same time, the stage performances and performances of Wu Jianhao, Xu Zhixian, Ao Yue and other dancers' brothers also made all the audience shine, and Zhang Xiaolong and Liu also integrated the elements of national style and brought a unique stage performance.
In the first program, Table Tennis Grand Slam winner Deng Yaping, as the "witness officer of chasing the light", was touched by the courage of the brothers who chased the light: "21 artists, especially the older generation of artists, dare to step out of the comfort zone and accept new challenges, embodying the spirit of daring to challenge.".
In addition to the adjustment of the program mode and links, around the theme of "chasing the light and paying tribute to the times", the program group also set up five performance themes - the light of life that pays tribute to the spirit of sportsmanship, the light of the blood of the people's children and soldiers, the light of the inheritance of Chinese culture, the light of the struggle of ordinary laborers, and the light of exploration that pays tribute to the spirit of attacking space.
Before the performance, a themed reality show in the form of teamwork tasks was also set up. In the latest episode, because the Winter Olympics are coming, the light chasers have ushered in the teamwork task before the first performance - the light chasing games.
At the Games, the light chasers and volleyball players Hui Ruoqi and Xue Chen came to the same field to compete. It is understood that in the follow-up program, the light chaser will also experience militarized competition, space exclusive training and so on.
Although some of the light chasers are over 40 or even 50 years old, the fighting spirit displayed on the sports field is moving.
After the opening, Wu Zhenyu, who said before that he "just want to rest", like a different person, holding the volleyball and sprinting to the scoring point again and again, although the speed is not very fast, the physical strength is also somewhat untenable, but he is very happy in it and never gives up. It showed the tenacious will to rush forward desperately to achieve the goal, and also made other light chasers praise "Wu Zhenyu big brother is too hard!" ”
Zhou Xiaoou's team pays more attention to teamwork, Sha Baoliang uses the ability to control the ball as a server, and Manjiang and Aoyue, who have a height advantage, are assigned to attack in front of the net. Yang and Su run fast and are responsible for a pass. They know how to do what suits them best with their respective strengths, play to their strengths, and win the game in the end.
Such a teamwork task reflects the unity and hard work of the light chasers, so that the audience in front of the screen feels the warm blood and sportsmanship of the light chasers.
After the Light Chasing Games, returning to the performance stage from the sports arena, the light chasers integrated the feelings from the Games into the stage, sang the understanding of the sportsmanship with music, and began the performance around the theme of "Light of Life".
Previously, 21 light chasers formed four studios, and they would participate in five performances in a fixed team and face a knockout format.
The captains of the four major studios are Wu Jianhao, Wu Zhenyu, Zhang Weijian and Zhou Xiaoou. In the latest episode, Zhou Xiaoou's team "Jing AD209 Studio" and Wu Zhenyu's team "Three Five Studio" performed.
"Kyo AD209 Studio" chose the difficult dance song "Move Up". Many people did not expect that in fact, the majority of the mesozoic light chasers actually chose this performance work that was a bit difficult for them.
In the rehearsal, Zhou Xiaoou was hung in the air for the first time, so nervous that his limbs were stiff and confused. However, after adapting to the exercise, he has been able to sing and dance in the air more freely in the official performance, and other people have made their own breakthroughs.
Man Jiang: "If you don't move anymore, maybe the best youth will pass." ” Zhou Xiaoou: "It's very difficult, but when I come to this stage, I am chasing the light, and I want to try to break through myself.... As soon as a person withdraws the fire, the momentum will immediately slacken, so no matter how difficult it is, I will complete it. ”
On the stage, Zhou Xiaoou, Man Jiang, Sha Baoliang, Yang Hesu and Zhang Aoyue followed the rhythm of the drum beat and performed wonderful mechanical dance movements, accompanied by complex formation changes and stage design of hanging Weiya, which pushed the atmosphere of the scene to a climax.
The "Three Five Studio" led by Wu Zhenyu chose a quiet and powerful song - the theme song of the movie "Kailash" "No Fear In My Heart".
In the previous discussion, the light chasers have contributed their own adaptation opinions, and Chen Chusheng wants to return to the song itself and sing out the emotions. Ni Kun considered more stage choreography, allowing the performers and lights to slowly descend from the heights, giving the audience a sense of hope.
The final effect of the performance is very good, the light chasers sing "what are you hiding from, what are you keeping" to the broken mirror, the large screen in the rear shows their own images, the combination of virtual and real, everyone seems to be in dialogue with their past selves, and there is a time and space shuttle journey on the modern stage.
Chase the Light! Jin Lei, general director: "Chase the light! The integration of the five theme ideas, from the conception of the work, the choice of songs to the way of arranging and performing the performance, is a more comprehensive test for the light chaser."
Chase the Light! It is indeed a journey of "chasing the light" of Zhang Weijian, Wu Zhenyu, Manjiang, Ni Kun, Chen Chusheng, Di Maxi and other brothers, a journey of blood and hard work, showing sincerity and self-reliance.