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2022 enters April, and the domestic drama that is scheduled for April finally has some differences. Because from the end of "The Beginning" and "The World of Man", the second half of February and the whole of March are filled with urban family ethics and emotional dramas, such as "The Season of Encounter", "Our Marriage", "Two Conjectures of Marriage", "Heart Residence", "Chasing the Family" and so on.
In addition to the similarity of "Dear Child", the other two major dramas "Mountains and Rivers Moon Ming" and "Special Battle Glory" are completely different in the TV series that have been scheduled in April. "Mountains and Rivers Moon Ming" belongs to the old-school historical drama, depending on how well the script is handled.
"Special Combat Glory" starring Yang Yang and Li Yitong is likely to create a new history of domestic military dramas. This is not a deliberate elevation of it, because the development of the current domestic military drama has come to a critical point, as long as the quality of "Special Warfare Glory" does not collapse, then it may be the TV drama version of "Wolf Warrior" or "Red Sea Action".
This is the TV drama version of "Wolf Warrior" and "Red Sea Action", can not create a new history of domestic military dramas?
"Soldier Assault" is the ceiling of domestic military drama? What about Fire Blue Blade?
The content expressed in this film and television drama and whether the audience likes it or not are related to the environment of the times, so here is still from the development of domestic dramas. From the perspective of trailer publicity, "Special Battle Glory" is indeed very much in line with the needs of the audience in the new era, and if it is done well, it is likely to be out of place.
Since it is a new era, what is the military drama of the old era?
Military drama is a work that reflects contemporary military life, which is quite different from war drama. The official definition of "Garland Under the Mountain" and "Triumph in the Midnight" in the 80s are military dramas, but in addition to "Garland Under the Mountain", other works are not deeply impressed by the audience now.
The military dramas of the 90s were much lonely, just one of many themes. For example, when we think back to the military dramas of the 90s, you can't seem to think of any well-known works.
The military dramas that are most impressed by Chinese audiences are undoubtedly around 2000 to 2010, just like the historical dramas that gave birth to "Yongzheng Dynasty", "Towards the Republic", "Daming Dynasty 1566", military dramas gave birth to "Highlight the Siege", "Women's SWAT Team", "Top Gun", "Soldier Assault", "Fire Blue Blade" and other works.
"Soldier Assault" is also a masterpiece of domestic military dramas, if you ask where the classics of this drama are, I believe that different audiences have countless understandings, but if you look at it from the perspective of the development of domestic dramas combined with the development of China's society. The biggest feature of "Soldier Assault" is that it shows the indomitable spirit of Chinese soldiers at that time.
This is combined with the actual environment at that time, the mainland has no more war after the war against Vietnam, and the movie "Flower Bad Under the Mountain" that was born in accordance with the dynasty at that time is one of the best military films made in China so far (one of the war films), but there has been no war after that.
The 1990s began to bring about various changes brought about by economic opening-up, and there were many major events involving military service at that time (it is not easy to write here), but somehow this military drama is not very good, at least from the perspective of the works presented, there is no military drama like the historical drama "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" in the eyes of the audience.
After this time came to 2000, there was naturally no war in reality, and the peasants who worked brought about by economic development and then did not go to the army were all popular social phenomena at that time, and behind this social phenomenon was the life of the audience. This is combined with the revolutionary spirit of the first thirty years of New China.
In fact, "Soldier Assault" tells such a realistic story.
This young man from the countryside who was still a little stupid, Xu Sanduo, devoted himself to a military career. Through the tempering of his military career, Xu Sanduo not only deeply understood the spirit of the new Chinese army and qualified to grow into a people's soldier, but also infected many soldiers.
This drama not only has no love scene throughout the whole process, but also has a bit of a gunfight scene that fights bad people at the end, which is very counterintuitive from the perspective of film and television dramas. But "Soldier Assault" is a god work with groundedness, revolutionary spirit (and of course, a good cast), and that kind of vigorous and real emotion.
In fact, the movie "Rushing Out of the Amazon" two years earlier has the same magic. This movie does not talk about the arduous training of Chinese soldiers, but we Chinese soldiers have gone to the international level, although we are poorly equipped and there has been no war for many years. However, Chinese soldiers are definitely no worse than other soldiers in the world by virtue of their hard-working and hard-working and spiritual beliefs.
As for the later "Fire Blue Blade", this is obviously because of the success of "Soldier Assault" was born of the same kind of military drama, "Fire Blue Blade" is the best work after that, but it was born because it was affected, although it is also very classic, but the overall quality and influence can not be compared with "Soldier Assault".
Soldier Assault and I Am a Special Forces Soldier? Who is the first domestic military drama
Around 2010, China's development has come to a new stage, the international situation is just beginning to go out, in reality there have been various historical events such as the evacuation of overseas Chinese, but the propaganda orientation is still quite conservative.
This military work naturally cannot do the global bubble girl of the British "007" agent, let alone the degree to which Rambo fought from the remnants of the Vietnam War to the Afghan War in the pre-American era, and the modern Middle East war on terrorism.
The "I Am a Special Soldier" born at this time is somewhat special, this series is actually only the first part of the highest quality, even if Wu Jing's second part is one stop behind. I don't know if you have found that the story told by "I Am Special Forces 1" is a bit like "Soldier Assault" + "Wolf Warrior".
The first half of the story is still about the protagonist joining the army, and then through continuous hard training to grow into a good warrior, the second half of the exercise to fight terrorists, but the identity, organizational structure and nationality of terrorists are mostly fictional, and even the language and cultural characteristics are not obvious.
This is why international participation is not enough in reality, and mainstream audits are more conservative.
The second part of Wu Jing and the third part of the later "Dark Phoenix" are basically a model, but the quality has dropped from one stop to two stops, but for Chinese audiences, it is still possible to see Chinese soldiers killing the enemy on the small screen, highlighting the spirit of Chinese soldiers.
This time came to 2015, and the theme of domestic movies was first opened up. Because Wu Jing made "Wolf Warrior" this year and got a good box office, followed by "Mekong Operation" in 2016, which adapted real events, and then the peak of "Wolf Warrior 2" in 2017 and "Red Sea Operation" in 2018.
These domestic military films, more precisely modern war action films, they are based on real events around 2010, behind which there is a strong increase in China's national strength, And Chinese soldiers and Chinese go out to participate in international affairs, and it is a manifestation of the Chinese spirit in the world.
Unfortunately, the successor to "Sky Hunting" is weak, and later because of the relationship with the United States, the official mainly promotes the creation of the theme of "Resisting US Aggression and Aiding Korea", so we have seen similar themes in recent years, more of which are "War To Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea" war films.
Yang Yang, Is Li Yitong's "Special Battle Glory" worth looking forward to? This may be the TV version of Wolf Warrior 2.
According to the above analysis, we will find that in previous years, domestic war movies have long erupted to reflect such real events around 2010, but domestic military dramas have not kept up.
After 2015, there are also military dramas after the "I Am a Special Soldier" series, such as "Love Special Soldier", "Trumpeter in Place", "You Are My City Fortress", "Ace Troop" and so on. I believe that when I say the names of these military dramas, everyone will find the problems of these dramas.
These dramas are obviously affected by the entry of this korean drama into the Chinese market around 2015, and the "traffic economy" that has emerged in the Chinese market, although there are also better films such as "You Are My City Fortress". But the problems of other dramas are very obvious.
The main actor is a popular traffic star in the market, and the background of the male protagonist is no longer even a farmer, and there are hard-working soldiers. It is the rich second generation of the rich, driving luxury cars and equipment, and falling in love with beautiful female doctors or female soldiers. At the same time, the arduous military career of the past has also been greatly weakened.
These are combined with the common production level of the "traffic economy", the actor's makeup is too exquisite, the temperament of the body is not like a soldier at all, and the story plot is too bad, etc., which is the real reason why the current domestic military drama is not good.
Yang Yang, Li Yitong starring in "Special Battle Glory" does have the potential to change this trend, from the early trailer and publicity. Although Yang Yang is also a "former flow", the play has a lot of hard training scenes, which is completely in line with the growth experience of the protagonists of the previous domestic military dramas, and the director has clearly stated that there is no love scene in the play. In this way, the two biggest lightning points of domestic military dramas in recent years have been avoided, the suspended protagonists and the noisy love dramas.
However, the biggest attraction of the drama "Special Battle Glory", or whether it will collapse or not, is still concentrated in these two aspects.
The first is whether it can show China's modern military equipment and military life. It's 2022 now, and of course the TV series has been pressed for three or four years, so it reflects the situation in previous years. However, there is a serious generation gap in the development of military equipment and the perception of the general public, and this problem is not large.
Whether the TV series can reflect the modern training methods and Chinese military equipment of Chinese special forces, of course, cannot be completely realistic, as long as the performance is more professional and excellent, then it will definitely be well received by the audience.
Second, when the TV series is in the second half of military exercises and special missions overseas, while showing the spirit of Chinese soldiers in the new era, whether it can be filmed well and filmed is extremely important.
There are also a lot of this plot in the trailer, and it seems to be an action like "Mekong Operation".
Let's think carefully about whether Wu Jing's "Wolf Warrior" and "Operation Red Sea" not only reflect the spirit of Chinese soldiers in the new era, but mainly the two films have reached the level of production and are still good. From the perspective of modern military war action films, the two films can be comparable, or even lose to similar films in the world?
This is the same as the Chinese science fiction "The Wandering Earth", spiritual content and the film and television industry are indispensable.
In 2021, there is also a similar TV series "Boat of Peace", which is still the director team of "The Twelve Hours of Chang'an". But the TV series was shot in cell mode, and each story went too fast to unfold. In the end, although the production of the whole drama was good, there was no flash point, the plot was superficial, and the final market performance was average.
This time, Yang Yang may open a new chapter in domestic military dramas
In fact, in the past few years, the quality of domestic military dramas has been worrying, and it may even lead to the end. The main reason is that the old model is no longer in line with the expression of the new era, and at the same time it is seriously affected by the "traffic economy", of course, this impact is not only a theme of military service.
Of course, no matter how well the analysis of "Special Combat Glory" is, I believe that this military fan will definitely be very picky, but if it is too picky, it can only be said that it is better to watch the documentary. If there is no problem with the general direction and big details of this film and television drama, the story plot is burning, the characters are well shaped, and the rhythm is smooth and wonderful, it is definitely worth watching.
Yang Yang, Li Yitong's "Special Warfare Glory" at present, does have the potential to become a TV drama version of "Wolf Warrior" or "Red Sea Action", if successful, it is naturally the benchmark of military dramas in the new era.
Finally, I hope that domestic film and television dramas are getting better and better!