"MVP Lover", also known as "Never Give Up", in 2002, was the second idol drama fully planned by the original production staff of "Lavender". Starring Zhang Shaohan, Chen Qiaoen, Yan Xingshu, 5566 group, etc. It's the best basketball-related movie or TV idol drama I've ever seen. This is a story about high school students, but also a story of youth.
The main content of the story of this drama is more bloody, but there is no way, it is attractive... The story tells the story of Tian Yuxi, played by Zhang Shaohan, and Duan Chenfeng, played by Yan Xingshu, who stumbled basketball and love. On the way to the National High School Basketball League, Duan Chenfeng hit a girl on a motorcycle, who happened to be the sister of his old rival ICEman. This accident completely changed the love trajectory of the male and female protagonists, and also changed the outcome of the basketball final, which triggered the plot.
Looking at Taiwan's long and shiny idol drama history, "MVP Lover" is not too prominent in it, after all, before it there were "Meteor Garden" and "Lavender" sitting, followed by "The Wedding Dress of Heaven", "The Prince Becomes a Frog", "Mischievous Kiss" and a series of classic dramas from both sides of the Taiwan Straits and the three places. But "MVP Lover" has a quality about pure youth, it is not the class difference between the prince and Cinderella; not the business battles and intrigues that belong to the adult world; nor does it deliberately render the vigorous love; it is about basketball, it is about a group of students struggling for basketball, and it is about a simple and beautiful youth
This trait had never existed before it, and it had almost disappeared in the boom period of Taiwan dramas after it, so the movie-watching experience it created was unique: it told basketball to attract male audiences, and its idol drama model of love was aimed at female audiences, and before and after it, it did not produce such a TV series that conveyed the spirit of sportsmanship in the form of idol dramas.
This is a Taiwanese idol drama that combines movie stars, singers and bands. Duan Chenfeng in the play, yan Xingshu, was once a basketball player, a player in the Chinese Taipei men's basketball team, and one of the most outstanding defenders, with the title of assist king. Later, he turned to the entertainment industry and finally returned to the basketball world. The reason why this drama is the best basketball idol drama in my opinion, in addition to this professional basketball player, there is another player who is also a member of the Chinese Taipei men's basketball team, he is Gao Tianqi, and the teammate who plays Duan Chenfeng in the play is happy. With the joining of these two basketball masters, the interpretation of the basketball skills of this drama stands out from the crowd, because I usually play basketball, and I can see at a glance the effect of editing in some plays. The same effect in this play, I don't have one in my mind.
This is also an idol drama that many singers have joined to perform, so the music in the play is also remarkable, and I know that many songs are still catchy. Many of the theme songs of this drama were sung by the Taiwanese idol group 5566 at that time, such as "I am sad", "It doesn't matter", "Provocative" and so on. Many people began to like them after watching this drama, which shows how hot this drama was at that time.
In the blink of an eye, 18 years have passed, and I don't know why the brain appears 18 years will be a good man again... Indeed, 18 years are like arrows, and the children born at that time are now adults. The youth that was once longed for is only a memory, and the love that was once longed for is gradually blurred. I vaguely remember that Zhang Shaohan was still very young that year, Chen Qiaoen was still very young, after watching the TV series, I had to go to bed early, and I had to go to school tomorrow...