Before the launch of "Snow In the Sword Line", it was once regarded by the whole network as the annual unfinale drama, and the popular IP, ancient costume martial arts, Wang Ti and Zhang Ruoyun joined hands again, and each point of view was brought out separately, which was very exciting.
However, after the launch, this drama failed to make the slightly deserted small screen in 2021 usher in "sending charcoal in the snow", but instead set off a bloody storm affected by the review problem and fell into the dispute of "deleting bad reviews".
Although the platform responded to a large number of bad reviews that were deleted is to clean up the "abnormal" information.
But it did not convince all netizens.
Because many users complained that their normal reviews were also folded or deleted, and even some netizens said that their accounts were implicated and banned due to bad reviews, questioning that capital was "covering their mouths".
Both sides hold a word, on the one hand, they think that the other party is an abnormal user, on the other hand, they think that the other party is looking for an excuse to delete the evaluation and control points, in the end which party is the real "victim", netizens have different opinions.
Leaving aside the controversy over deletion reviews, the first round of word-of-mouth feedback of "Knife Line in the Snow" is not ideal at present, and there are several problems in the work that have been seriously criticized, one is that the filter is too "green", which affects the visual experience.
Then the play is too slow, this problem is more prominent, it is a fatal blow for martial arts fans, and the fight scenes that appear in the first 6 episodes are almost all using "ultra-slow motion", which is slow to the point where the speed of driving 3 times is still slow.
The dissatisfaction of the original fans with the plot adaptation is also almost concentrated, from the main line to the details, from the human settings to the lines, many original fans have encountered the place where they "broke the defense" and lost the support of many book fans.
Seven words is not the original fan, can not empathize with the original fans, can only stand in the perspective of non-original fans to talk about "Snow in the Knife Line", objectively speaking, this work is definitely not a bad drama, but the opening experience is indeed disappointing.
First of all, let's talk about the disappointment, this drama makes the old mistake of domestic dramas: opening crotch.
The excitement basically starts in episode 5, and the first few episodes are densely slotted, and if the audience does not have enough patience, it is easy to be dissuaded before the quality turning point comes, and it is difficult to harvest a good experience.
First of all, the martial arts element has more surprises than disappointments, and audiences who expect to watch martial arts dramas need to adjust their expectations.
Before the start of the broadcast, Qijiao had always thought that "The Knife Line in the Snow" was an orthodox martial arts drama with a foundation, and the various materials of the work were also full of martial arts atmosphere, which made people can't help but look forward to the return of the martial arts production.
But in fact, it is still a typical big male protagonist opening and hanging cool drama.
Wuxia, to some extent, can only be regarded as a side dish of the work, all kinds of kung fu masters and the setting of the jianghu pattern, following the martial arts world view, the way the story is opened is more scheming or upgrading.
This has led to the work everywhere mentioning the rivers and lakes, everyone talks about kung fu, but there is no martial arts style bone, coupled with the slow and outrageous and unsympathic play, the remaining part of the martial arts has become thin.
Until the sixth episode of Sword Nine Huang revealed his identity and prepared to return to Wudi City to continue the battle with Wang Xianzhi, only to let the audience dream of returning to the top of the Forbidden Purple Battle, the feelings of the jianghu, the obsession of the swordsman, and the enlightenment of the avenue still have a strong appeal.
However, it is obviously not enough to rely only on the self-combustion of the elders to support the martial arts background, and it can only let the martial arts come out in stages to shine, which is a pity for a work with temples and rivers and lakes as the background.
Of course, if you are not misled by the early publicity, the requirements for martial arts charm are not high, this problem can be completely ignored, if martial arts fans adjust their expectations, perhaps the patience of chasing the drama will be enough.
Secondly, the opening three assassinations are less effective, making the male protagonist appear to be "pretending X" more than "wisdom".
The first four episodes of "The Sword In the Snow" mainly revolve around Xu Fengnian's exploration of the truth of his assassination, and he has experienced three assassinations caused by the remnants of the Chu state, the Chu people Hua Kui, and the Lin Tanhua from his own family.
Finding the real chess player behind the three assassinations is the main line of the opening game, but whether it is the logic and presentation of the three assassinations, or the articulation strategy, it seems very weak, and even a little bit of middle two.
The assassination of Hua Kuiyu Youwei is like a child's play, the play is not beautiful, the camera is not solemn and nervous, and finally the assassination has evolved into the recognition between the princess of the fallen country and the noble daughter of the fallen country, and it is even more obvious that people want to cut out the three rooms and one hall.
The whole play does not allow the audience to see the sadness of meeting the deceased in other places, but the stiffness of the sisters forcibly holding hands.
Lin Tanhua's assassination is like a funny play, and he does not feel the wind and bone of this family man who sacrifices his life for righteousness, but feels that he is a middle school second young man who can understand the paranoia of the characters, but does not understand the logic of the plot.
Corresponding to these low-IQ cannon fodder is the wisdom of the male protagonist Xu Fengnian, whose personality is "chest hidden in the gully, and there is a good strategy in the abdomen", which makes people feel that his every move seems to have an ulterior motive and makes people wonder.
However, when the plot developed to the second assassination, Xu Fengnian's setting of appearance and inner wisdom was a bit untenable, and he always emphasized that he was secretly Taoguang yang obscure, but in fact, almost everyone knew that he was Taoguang yang obscure.
The "bitter meat plan" cooperated with Chu Lushan was recognized by Chen Zhibao at a glance, and the resolution of the three assassinations all depended on the various masters lurking around, and the deep strategy of the characters was more like a good X with his back to the tree, rather than a clever man.
When the male protagonist X looks greater than the good intentions, the character's personality charm is much worse, and whether he can counterattack in the later stage is temporarily unknown, but the early stage is too much like a second-generation shizi who relies on spelling daddy and hanging to play a deep play strategy.
Finally, the details of the emotional points are not coherent, and the first two episodes are slightly like PPT.
"The Sword In the Snow" is a group portrait story, based on the theme of the return of Xu Fengnian, the son of the Northern Starling, after he returned to the palace, he made Ji explore the reasons for his assassination in depth, and there were many characters in the early stages.
This kind of group portrait story begins with a test of the screenwriter's skills, and if you are not careful, you will stun the audience, but it is reasonable to say that the screenwriter Wang Ti has enough experience to control, and many of his original and adapted works are group portraits.
However, the level of development of the opening of "The Knife Line in the Snow" is not as good as before, not only scattered but also many details of the emotional points are not in place, such as the bridge section where Xu Fengnian and his brother Xu Longxiang reunite.
If it were not for the bullet screen with the original fan prompt, it is difficult to see from the plot that Xu Fengnian and Xu Longxiang are really a pair of brothers who love each other, and it is difficult to see the deep affection in the hearts of the two brothers in this gathering.
When the emotional tension between the details of the characters cannot be lifted, the plot will become pale and flat, like a PPT describing the outline of the story, rather than a perfect story that allows the audience to be emotionally plucked and immersed a little bit.
This problem is especially obvious in the first two episodes, slowing down the pace and reducing the appeal, and perhaps the producers are also aware of the problems, adding a lot of information points to the narrative content at the end of the first two episodes.
But no matter how the producer finds a remedy, the problem of the positive film is not infectious enough objectively exists, the audience is chasing the drama rather than listening to the book, when there are drawbacks in the play, story and emotional tension, it is difficult to make the audience applaud.
However, Wang Tian's gold medal screenwriter signboard is not water, after surviving the first four episodes of the bad, the reversal and highlights that belong to the tired characteristics will emerge little by little, at least to make most non-original fans change.
He put more emphasis on the "drama eye" of the opening assassination, which was very boring in the process, but the ending was extremely interesting, for example, Xu Fengnian suffered three assassinations after the puzzle bridge section.
Xu Fengnian deduced the first conspiracy from the clues, while the old father Xu Xiao simultaneously routined his son, subordinates and enemies before the conspiracy began, and the father and son played against each other and the brainy god of war, which was very emotional.
Wang Tian is good at excavating the great righteousness of the homeland and the warm point of view in the world, and it is also more and more outstanding with the development of the plot, the story of the blind old Xu, the sword nine Yellow chanting "old dog, old dog" suing farewell, all make people tear up.
The small warmth under the temple and the occasional feelings of the jianghu predecessors are the biggest chips for the audience to guard the audience in "The Sword In the Snow", and when Xu Fengnian re-enters the jianghu, perhaps these points of interest can be more intense.
But for many viewers, the excitement of "Knife Row in the Snow" came a little late.
I still hope that domestic dramas can pay attention to the quality of the opening of the work, keeping in mind that if the first look and feel is not outstanding enough, most of the audience will decisively give up the bad reviews, rather than always pinning their hopes on the audience will see more and more "true incense".
Time is precious, the audience has no responsibility to wait for a drama to counterattack, and the worse the opening experience of the work, the greater the difficulty of making the audience completely "true fragrance", instead of putting the pressure on the follow-up, why not firmly grasp the opening?