The editor would like to ask you a question, are you still watching Hong Kong dramas now?
Think of that year, Hong Kong drama was the white moonlight in the minds of many people. Whether it is a modern drama such as "Storm of Hearts", "Pearlescent Treasure" and "Magic Hands and Benevolent Hearts", or classic palace fighting dramas such as "Golden Branches Desire" and "Palace Heart Plot", almost every one of them can trigger a ratings boom, and even affect many people's choice of future career direction.
But now in the face of this question, more people may answer not to chase. It's really not alarmist or how, but now the charm of Hong Kong dramas produced by TVB has indeed been damaged a lot, and the ratings of the episodes are not as good as before...
What's more, the pioneering feeling that Hong Kong dramas once boasted of seems to have been left behind by the pace of the times. With the development of the mainland region, the scenery and installation here have made a great leap forward, but the once brilliant "Pearl of the Fragrant River" has stopped its steps——
Just like the wedding part at the beginning of "Family Glory", which just aired the finale and was known as the Chinese version of "Penthouse", it really frightened the editor. At the beginning, two brides who are ready to marry into the ma family are wearing makeup and hair, but this photo studio-style wedding dress is afraid that people will know that you are rich?
And will the "luxury jewelry" prepared by the century-old Ma family for the daughter-in-law's girlfriend be too shabby? For this chain, the editor visually measured 100 pieces can not be more.
Just this level of lighting and installation (not to say that all dramas in the mainland are better than this), it really makes people infinitely nostalgic for the brilliant TVB of that year.
Although many people think that this Hong Kong drama plot that gathers the top lineup is very enjoyable and looks very enjoyable, to be honest, the editor believes that it is not very qualified to be regarded as the Chinese version of "Penthouse", at least the dress of these "rich and broad wives", compared to the ladies who live on the "top floor", it is indeed a bit difficult to get their hands on.
The overall styling is old and outdated
This is the common way all the female characters in the series are styled – unfashionable. Just the beginning of this not quite right "luxury wedding" exposes the shortcomings from makeup and hair to clothing style, and the clothes used by daughters-in-law are not popular items today.
Looking at the clothes that these rich daughters-in-law usually wear, although their big-name items are also there, the visual effects and aesthetic awareness after the overall matching always make people feel a little old, and even if this is a film and television work made 10 years ago, some people will believe it. Looking at the screenshots of these episodes below, you can see that this kind of clothing is really impossible for people to boast.
Zhen Xin, who is a former Hong Kong sister champion and an excellent financial anchor in the play, always seems to wear clothes that make him look old and cheap, even professional clothes such as suits and trench coats are not textured enough, how to look at it feels a little strange. (Although Yang Yi's own acting skills have nothing to say)
Looking back at Ma Jingyi twenty or thirty years ago, her overall temperament and style seem to be more in line with the feelings of rich ladies and rich daughters-in-law.
The styling is exaggerated and the details are not good
To say, the daughter-in-law of the ma family set in the play is not bad money, and the editor can also see that they are trying their best to "concave" their own rich and stylish appearance, so all kinds of exaggerated big gold chains and large earrings are really not falling in one episode -
But the editor would like to ask everyone, does this way of wearing really make people think that the character is very rich? Presumably, many people will not think that this is a really rich way to wear, at least the shape of these daughters-in-law and the Korean version of the "Penthouse" compared to the noblewomen, it will look cheap, especially these few studio-style skirts, it is really not advanced enough.
If you want people to feel that you are "rich" from the bottom of your heart, you can't just wear a few big logos or wear a body of diamonds.
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It is better to give up the messy cumbersome decorations and only wear simple shapes, but can rely on the aura to prop up the feeling of rich people.
Looking back at the styles of the highly acclaimed elite women in previous film and television works, such as the daughters and daughters-in-law of the rich families in the popular American drama "The Battle of Inheritance", don't they all emphasize the sense of high quality and texture? Their clothing is not high-profile at all, but with its excellent texture, you feel very advanced and tasteful.
However, in this "Family Glory", it is really difficult for the editor to see what the "old money" should look like, even compared with the three sisters of the Kang family in "Pearlescent Treasure" many years ago, especially the wedding configuration between Kang Yasi and he Feng, the richest man in the play...
Makeup and hair drag their legs, looking old and dull
In addition to the lack of strength in the clothing accessories themselves, the makeup and hair in "Family Glory" are also the existence of "button chicken legs". The so-called "rich daughters-in-law" always appear in the camera with overnight makeup that looks like three days and three nights without sleep, and no matter how you look at it, you feel that they are not good-looking.
Especially Li Caihua's makeup in the play, from the unsmooth hair color to the inconspicuous lip color is not very suitable for her, completely without the attraction of Ellie in "The Temptation to Go Home" that year, not as good as the tone in her own small video...
As for Yang Yi (who has changed her name to Yang Xiyao) and Xiong Dailin's makeup and hair in the play and TVB at its peak, there is also a big gap, which seems to remind the audience that they are not young at all times.
This still will make people mistakenly think that they are the same generation as "Ma Laoye"
After watching "Family Glory", and then recalling the heyday of Hong Kong dramas that we are incomparably nostalgic for, why can those "Hong Kong style" outfits that always brush the screen be deeply rooted in the hearts of the people and still not outdated?
The editor believes that this is very closely related to the development of the times and the socio-cultural background at that time. At that time, subject to economic conditions, the development of the mainland region was obviously lagging behind that of hong Kong, and the development of the fashion field of the former was even more blank. So looking at the fashionable white-collar workers in TVB dramas who wear sophisticated professional suits and go to work with coffee in their hands will indeed make us envious:
But now, with the continuous progress of the mainland region, most fashion and trends are no longer out of reach for us. As a result, the envy and longing of "things are precious for rarity" will no longer exist.
And the Hong Kong female stars of the last century have their own characteristics, or sexy and bright, or beautiful and shy, or atmospheric intellectual. Everyone has a unique shining point, and the unique beauty makes every Hong Kong female star have a high degree of confidence and style when facing the camera.
At that time, they controlled the European and American style of fashion items, even if the figure was not as slender and slender as the European and American models, but everyone could do it generously, with a variety of manners, and there was no overwhelming medical aesthetic factor, and everyone's facial appearance was also very natural.
Looking at the current Hong Kong female artists, more or less have left traces of medical beauty on their faces. In addition to leaving the beauty's twilight sighs, it also destroyed the original style and characteristics of the Hong Kong style beauty, and ended up with the result of "obscuring the people"...
When external social factors and their own appearance and style have been changed, the once highly respected "Hong Kong style" has begun to decline. After all, the kind of cultural self-confidence and the various lights of female stars in Hong Kong at that time were really not something that could be learned by simply relying on big waves + red lips.
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