The competition of domestic variety shows is quite fierce, so any variety show that can open up popularity will continue for many seasons, even if word of mouth declines, they still persist in recruiting new people and never want to stop.
For the popular variety show, instead of slowly pasting away, taking the initiative to press the pause button is a cool and brave thing.
"Longing for Life 7" is a trailer that this show is about to press the pause button.
In the latest issue of "Longing for Life", Huang Lei and He Jiong announced a news that made the audience feel sad, "Longing for Life" was suspended, how long it was suspended is unknown, and whether the eighth season has a chance to return is unknown.
And this news also became the sad tone of the first issue of "Longing for Life 7".
Zhang Yixing and Zhang Zifeng quit the program
In the past, "Longing for Life" will have permanent members, in addition to the two big parents of Huang Lei and He Jiong, Zhang Zifeng, Peng Yuchang, Zhang Yixing, and Dahua have all been permanent members who brought infinite vitality to this show.
But as soon as "Longing for Life 7" was launched, there were only two lonely old people, one of them went to the house to repair tiles, and the other sat in the house doing needlework. A large family that used to be lively and lively, now there are only two parents left.
And these two big parents are still aging at a rate visible to the naked eye.
Huang Lei also took a large amount of medicine before going to bed, and He Jiong's eyes were tormented by myopia and presbyopia at the same time, but what is more frightening than aging is loneliness, especially the busyness of children, which renders the lonely atmosphere.
At present, Zhang Yixing, Zhang Zifeng and Peng Yuchang are still members of the big family, but because the three are busy filming, they can basically only take time to come back in this season.
Although the program team did not say it explicitly, it is certain that Zhang Yixing, Zhang Zifeng and Peng Yuchang have all withdrawn from their residences, and the program team has unexpectedly not found a new person to replace them.
But fortunately, the program team and Huang Lei and He Jiong still took the camera and traveled thousands of miles every day, allowing the audience to follow their footsteps and briefly visit Yixing and Zifeng, who were busy with work.
It turns out that sensationalism is not the thunder of variety shows, and it is not sincere enough
For them who are familiar enough, this is a visit, but for the audience in front of the screen, it is a farewell. Therefore, sensationalism has become inevitable.
Huang Lei and He Jiong left at five thirty in the morning and drove 8 hours to Zhang Yixing's film and television base. They walked all the way, stopped all the way, and bought a lot of specialties in the service area to bring to the children, but the children did not know about it.
After a long journey, Huang Lei and He Jiong arrived at the hotel where Zhang Yixing was, but they could not contact Zhang Yixing himself. The two stood in the hotel lobby in confusion, but at this moment the audience saw guilt on the faces of the two teachers.
Huang Lei repeatedly emphasized "don't be pressure", "just take a picture", "will not affect your work", at this moment Huang Lei is really like an old father who misses his children very much, but is afraid of affecting his children's work.
After saying goodbye to Zhang Yixing, Huang Lei and He Jiong embarked on the road of visiting the class again, and continued to drive for three hours to arrive at the Xiamen Film and Television Base to visit Zhang Zifeng.
Zhang Zifeng, who was busy with work, did not reply to Huang Lei's message in time, and the two parents were stopped outside the door again. Anxious and confused, despite being across the screen, the audience couldn't help but have a sour nose.
In the first episode, there were too many shots full of parting sentimentality. When Huang Lei read Zhang Yixing's private message in the car, when Zhang Zifeng turned around and left, but when he turned back a few steps, the sensationalism rendered by parting did not have the insincere hard chat in the previous program, only sincere nostalgia and reluctant farewell.
Open the Douban comment area of "Longing for Life 7" and find that the audience does not dislike sensationalism, but just does not like unnatural hard incitement and insincere hard cue.
Some netizens lamented the emotional touch brought by the show, bluntly saying that "saying goodbye is for a better goodbye", and sighing that "from the first season to the seventh season, it has also accompanied me through all stages of my life". Obviously, the first issue of "Longing for Life 7", although sensational and sad, was unexpectedly brilliant and good-looking.
"Longing for Life" is back at its peak, and the comedy laughs still don't stop
Although the show focuses on a farewell and sensationalism, the first episode of this season is still full of laughter. He Jiong and Huang Lei, who are super terrier, fantasize about riding an electric car to visit the children's class at every turn, and the two are happy, even if they imagine it with a sense of interesting pictures.
Brother Zhang, who is 30+, is more and more mature in his busy work, but he is still the teenager who wants to be demeanor and not warm, and when Huang Lei helps him tie the buttons, he will weakly say "It's not handsome to tie it".
When he said goodbye, Zhang Yixing's unchanging blessing painting style was staged again, while wishing Peng Yuchang's game an early upgrade, and on the other hand, wishing Zhang Zifeng, who was in his early 20s, "thrive".
It's just that when it was time to convey the blessing, the two parents had amnesia, and Huang Lei came with a "keep it as it is", and made up the blessing without blushing and without a heartbeat.
As for Peng Yuchang, he still likes silly music, and in the video chat session, the bearded Peng Yuchang made the audience laugh as soon as he spoke. His giggling and faceless appearance made what should have been a parting and sad atmosphere instantly turned into a large-scale embarrassing laughing scene.
And in the face of the familiar Teacher Huang and Teacher He, Peng Yuchang is still not big or small, and he comes when he opens his mouth. At this moment, the audience seems to return to the period when Peng Yu walked around the stove and helped Huang Lei make a fire. Even if it is a farewell, this familiar mode of getting along still makes people feel warm and happy.
In fact, judging from the content of the first issue and the trailer of the next issue, "Longing for Life 7" has not become weak due to the absence of children. The force majeure that the festival can't go down is actually just that the children are busy with work, but the program team is stubbornly unwilling to continue to recruit new people like other variety shows.
For the audience, "Longing for Life 7" is no longer a variety show that simply feels the pastoral life, only those familiar with it get together, is the "Longing for Life" that the audience wants to watch the most.
Therefore, when five people and three people are flawed, the suspension of the show is the most rational and appropriate choice at the moment.
Of course, judging from the performance of the previous seasons of "Longing for Life", this show fell into the cliché, and the boring and single form and content are indeed unsolved problems. For the program team, the entire creative team also needs time to "upgrade" and start again.
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