This year's iQiyi Mist Theater gives people a feeling of "sad clouds and miserable fog".
The first "Goodbye That Day" is said to be the pilot film of the Mist Theater, and since it is a hot scene, the small short drama of 6 episodes can also be regarded as decent.
But what about the "big meal" after that?
Duan Yihong teamed up with Hao Lei, Zu Feng, Wen Zhengrong, Wu Yue, and Wang Xiaoshuai to direct.
The result?
Only a failed score of 5.6 points was achieved.
This big-ticket acting school had a hard time getting together and acting in such a bug-filled family ethics drama.
Sure enough, this proves one thing again:
There is no good script, even if you are the queen of the film emperor, it is all in vain.
After the "Fatal Wish", the expectation value was not high, and the result was even worse.
Then, it's only a decent "Who's the Murderer".
To say that this drama can only be regarded as "OK", it is really not that I have a high vision, but the "tone" of the Mist Theater is originally high.
I believe that most people have great expectations for the Mist Theater.
After all, the Mist Theater of 2020, because of the existence of "The Silent Truth" and "The Hidden Corner", is really too amazing.
And now, the Mist Theater is about to play the final trick:
"Gold Rush".
According to official news, the drama was rescheduled for January 18th, and iQiyi Mist Theater was broadcast exclusively.
I believe that many people, like me, are looking forward to the early start of this drama, so we may wish to take a look at what are the highlights.
1. The subject matter is interesting.
The play is adapted from Lai'er's novel "1986 Gold Rush Horror".
The original novel is about the 1980s, when the state lifted the ban on private gold mining.
As a result, in just a few short years, a large number of gold diggers poured into the Altai Mountains in northern Xinjiang like carp across the river.
The "Gold Rush" TV series changed this location to a fictional country:
Arch Horse Country.
Although the location has changed, the excitement remains the same.
"No blood is not prosperous, and the undead are not rich."
The old gold customers all say so, but those who have not gone deep into the situation will not appreciate the heavy meaning.
In fact, regarding the depiction of gold diggers, domestic film and television dramas are also involved, such as Zhu Kaishan (played by Li Youbin) in "Breaking into the Guandong", and Chen Huaihai (played by Chen Baoguo) in "The Old Tavern", all of whom have mined gold in the Kanto Mountains in the northeast.
It is still rare to describe the lives and dangers of gold miners in such depth.
There is also a lot of information released in the trailer.
In the Four Woods Yard of Gongma Guojin District, the rainy season is coming, and gold diggers have to rush to find more placer gold before the rainy season comes.
This is their dream of getting rich, and it is also their "life".
Wu Jianchao, played by Liao Fan, is a local gold boss, who on the one hand protects the safety of Chinese gold prospectors here, on the other hand, he must also accumulate enough placer gold in order to allow himself to retire early and "go ashore".
At the same time, a young man named Chen Baojin came to simuchang in the gold mining district.
Unlike other people who came to Gongma with the dream of making a fortune, Chen Baojin's original purpose was to find out the truth about his brother's accidental death. Yet everything that was happening here was far beyond what he had known before.
In the original novel, in fact, there are more things that are "strange and chaotic", such as sheep with human eyes, mysterious stone people, and various strange diseases.
What is even more strange is that Chen Baojin and the gold diggers seem to be in a confused time and space.
The TV series eliminated most of the "unnatural phenomena".
Instead, it focuses more on discovering the conflicts and collisions between human nature, interests, and moral laws.
As director Jiang Zhuoyuan said in an interview:
What we are discussing is the war between evil and good in the face of interests and desires, and the war between the desires of the human heart and the moral conscience.
The lines in the play are more direct and clear:
You people are more terrible than "ghosts"!
2. The cast is worth looking forward to.
The drama is starring Liao Fan.
I have always felt that Liao Fan is an actor whose strength and popularity are extremely mismatched.
Years of acting career, did not let more people remember him. But good actors can always seize the opportunity, and in 2014, Liao Fan won the Berlin Film Festival Silver Bear Award for Best Actor for his film "Daytime Fireworks".
In the same year's "No War in Peiping", Liang Jinglun, played by Liao Fan, did not fall behind in the drama with a bunch of old drama bones.
Even better than Fang Meng'ao, played by the protagonist Liu Ye.
In the 2020 Mist Theater's divine work "The Silent Truth", Liao Fan played Yan Liang.
Interestingly, since then, Liao Fan has not yet had a new film and television drama on the line, this time "Gold Rush", and it is a mist theater work, can Liao Fan continue to be brilliant?
The drama and Liao Fan starred in Chen Feiyu.
Mention this name, many people will subconsciously "Oh" a sound:
"That's not Chen Kaige and Chen Hong's son!"
Yes, as a famous second generation star, Chen Feiyu's acting career is indeed much smoother than others.
However, whether it is the second generation of stars or ordinary actors, in the end, they still have to rely on acting skills and works to speak.
This brings me to one of the most recent events:
The Beijing Bureau issued a document prohibiting the broadcast of variety shows such as Tammy and Idol Cultivation.
Among the Pending American Dramas, the hottest is "Hao Yi Xing" starring Chen Feiyu and Luo Yunxi.
This is good, with the beauty of the road to become the "top stream" has been sealed.
Let's just act.
From the trailer, it can be seen that Chen Feiyu's eye drama and facial expressions are well controlled, if he can maintain the standard of the trailer in the main film, then he may hand over the first masterpiece of his acting career under the leadership of Liao Fan.
In addition to the two male protagonists, there are two "serendipities" in "Gold Rush".
The first is Suko.
Everyone should not be so forgetful, "Sweeping Black Storm" should still be remembered.
Dajiang, played by Su Ke in the play, can be described as countless fans.
Poor English, funny expressions, and a sentient personality, when Su Ke played dajiang offline, there were many viewers clamoring to "send blades" to the screenwriter.
The other is Lu Xiaolin.
The name is a bit unfamiliar, but mentioning her works and roles should remind you:
Ren Yueting in "The Silent Truth";
Gao Yanan in "White Night Pursuit".
She starred in a suspense drama, just like the sentence said: Zhang Fei eats bean sprouts - a piece of cake!
In fact, having said so much, the overall point of "Gold Rush" is not much, but it is enough "hardcore", if it starts broadcasting, then it is inevitable to open the drama chasing mode.