To say that the most popular and social network TV series in these two days must be "The Beginning" starring Bai Jingting and Zhao Jinmai.
This is known as the first "unlimited stream" theme TV series in China, the current Douban score of 8.2 points, whether it is a very fresh cycle setting in the domestic drama, or the vivid performance of a group of actors, or the details that cause netizens to compete to be "Sherlock Holmes" to reason about "solving the case", have been praised.
But today, the morning reporter invited Amao, a veteran fan of "infinite stream" novels, to discuss together, does "Beginning" really belong to the theme of "infinite stream"? There are still many people who are actually unclear, what is the concept of "infinite stream"?
Casually search for information on the Internet, "Beginning" and "Infinite Stream" are associated with a lot of news news, and everyone can often see the publicity gimmick of "the first unlimited stream TV series in China".
But in fact, if you explore the origin of the concept of "infinite flow", you will find that in fact, the setting of the time loop in "Beginnings" and the "infinite flow" are completely two concepts.
"Infinite Stream" originated in 2007, when Chinese.com's novel "Infinite Horror", which began, and then triggered the advent of a large number of follow-up novels.
The meaning of infinite stream is actually "all-encompassing", containing infinite elements, including science, religion, mythology, legend, history, reality, movies, anime, games, etc., and above them, there is such a worldview that contains all of this is the essence of infinite stream novels.
Infinite stream novels are generally unique spaces created by unknown technologies or abilities in the present world, summoning people from this world to the past and sending them to the virtual spaces created by this space for training.
In layman's terms, it is that the protagonist team is pulled into a different world, and then goes to different worldviews to complete different tasks.
For example, the originator of "Infinite Stream" "Infinite Horror", that is, after the protagonist enters the alien space, the system releases the task, so the protagonist goes to different worlds, that is, different movie worlds to complete the task, and these movie worlds are actually many well-known horror suspense movies, such as "Alien", "Resident Evil", "Legend of the Gods", "Curse" and so on.
Amao also told reporters that the "infinite stream" is actually the task of each world equivalent to different copies in the game, and basically the protagonist is to keep brushing the copy to survive or upgrade.
Amao said that in the early years, there were many novels set by "infinite streams" at the beginning, and her favorite was a novel called "Thriller Paradise".
"Thriller Paradise" is also an "infinite stream" novel, telling the story of the protagonist entering a game called "Thriller Paradise" that transcends dimensions and constantly fights copies to pursue the truth.
Therefore, it is obvious that Ah Mao, who also watched "The Beginning", also said that this TV series is obviously not an "infinite stream" setting, and she feels more like watching the "flat version" of "Source Code".
Indeed, strictly speaking, The Beginning should be considered to be a "loop system", "infinite reincarnation system", or "circular flow", referring to the repeated reincarnation over the same period of time, somewhat similar to constantly returning to the same game save point.
Such classic settings are actually very common in foreign film and television dramas, such as "Source Code", "Edge of Tomorrow", "Groundhog Day", "Horror Cruise" and so on.
Such a time loop setting in domestic film and television dramas is relatively rare, but it is not nothing, for example, in 2017, there was a "Endless" directed by Wang Xiaokun and starring Fan Wei and Jia Jingwen, and this movie also used the setting of "infinite reincarnation", that is, the protagonist played by Fan Wei was trapped on his birthday April Fool's Day.
Of course, "Beginning" is not a standard "infinite stream" and does not affect that this is a good drama, and it can be understood that the filmmakers only played the "infinite stream" sign at the beginning for promotional considerations.
Ah Mao told reporters that she had no impression of seeing a truly unlimited stream of film and television dramas, which was a pity.
Considering the very rich world view setting of "infinite stream", for the tv series of the general thirty or forty collectives, it is actually more suitable for this theme than the movie, and I hope to see the real "infinite stream" TV series in the future.
Reporter Lu Yier
Source: Morning News