Xiao Zhan's "The Sea of Dreams" premiered and brushed the cool clouds, and the top transformation era drama is geometric?
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The first festival in June is Children's Day, where the old IP Doraemon, Sky City, and Spider-Man are all in battle, making the movie market hot on weekdays. At the same time, the drama circle is not lively, and the top Xiao Zhan's new drama that has not been released for a year and whose commercial value has never been reduced has parachuted into Yangba. "The Sea of Dreams" was set, broadcast, ratings and discussion soared rapidly in the near day, so much so that it directly engaged in "paralyzing" Kuyun.
Many people sigh that the top power is really not ordinary.
Without much pre-publicity, the premiere data of "The Sea of Dreams" was extremely eye-catching, with the ratings peaking, and the attention of Kuyun Live reached 1.6%, and it could not land briefly due to a 257% surge in visits; The popularity of Tencent Video Station exceeded 23,000, and the popularity data of Maoyan, Lighthouse and other network platforms was TOP1; Xiao Zhan's new character "Xiao Chunsheng" ranks first in the Vlinkage drama character new media index as high as 9.09. As the plot progressed, #Xiao Zhanjing's lines##The sea in the dream ratings champion##Xiao ZhanXiao Chunsheng would be prodding#and other hot searches also appeared on the Weibo list for the first time.
It is worth noting that "The Sea in the Dream" is also the fifth cooperation between Xiao Zhan and 90 Hua Li Qin after the movie "Xianxian", the TV series "Breaking the Sky", "His Royal Highness Wolf" and "Qing Yu Nian". Li Qin, who rose to prominence during the new "Dream of Red Mansions" period, became famous earlier than Xiao Zhan, and the change of the cooperation mode between the two also witnessed Xiao Zhan's progression from male N and male number two all the way to the male protagonist. From a show with 0 acting experience to a starring new drama that instantly brushes the cool clouds, Xiao Zhan only took 5 years.
In the past five years, it has also been five years in which the film and television industry has changed and the Internet industry has gone from horse racing to squeezing out bubbles. Whether the word "top" can regain its glory after Xiao Zhan is a debatable thing.
And "The Sea in the Dream", which tells the story of the children in the courtyard under the wave of reform and opening up in the 80s and 90s, is also another popular drama that has attracted much attention broadcast by Tencent Video this year after "The Long Season". "Long Season" relies on hardcore suspense + old drama bones + breakthrough technology out of the circle, "The Sea of Dreams" is the collision of top actors and the theme of the era Beijing, in the case of Xiao Zhan's drainage and such a strong momentum on the air, it remains to be seen whether the play can survive to the end with quality and get excellent in terms of word of mouth.
What is the quality of "That Sea of Dreams"?
Where there is a top stream, there must be rivers and lakes, in addition to Kuyun experiencing the frightening night of "coming back to life" on Children's Day, Douban is also adopting "emergency measures" for "The Sea of Dreams". In the Douban comment area of "Dream Sea", you can see the words "There is an abnormal situation in the short comment area of this drama, it is being processed, and some short comments will be displayed immediately, please refer to it with caution". More than 50,000 short reviews can only be swiped out of a few dozen, mostly five-star reviews, and the original popular and latest comment toggle keys have disappeared.
Douban, which has always been Buddhist, takes the initiative to "control the evaluation", which seems to be a regular operation of the "top drama" with extremely polarized ratings.
However, there is no need to talk about top stream color change, adding too many strange filters to a drama. As a typical Beijing-style period drama, the quality of the first four episodes of "The Sea in the Dream" is acceptable, the familiar hero saving beauty, Shichahai covenant, peacemaking for brothers, not fighting and not knowing each other's plots, and a group of big yard children's flamboyant and proud personalities, reminiscent of dramas such as "Blood Romance" and "Days Related to Youth" many years ago, seeing Xiao Chunsheng played by Xiao Zhan, it is easy to think of Liu Ye's Zhong Yuemin.
The first four episodes revolve around the triangular relationship between Xiao Chunsheng, Ye Guohua and He Hongling, leading to a group portrait of a large courtyard disciple with different temperaments, and the overall tone is exciting, focusing on a young man in Beijing who highlights the momentum and spirit of young people in Beijing in the early days of reform and opening up. This type of film and television drama has become popular since the era of Wang Shuo and Ye Jing, and "Happiness Like a Flower" once again set off the climax of youth idols, holding Liu Ye, Sun Li, Deng Chao, Bai Lily and other first-line actors, which have gradually disappeared in the drama market in recent years, and the theme of Beijing Wei'er has also changed from a high-minded young diehard to a "Love Man Courtyard"-style narrative of ordinary people.
Xiao Zhan's performance in it still brings some surprises, and the Xiao Chunsheng he plays has a bloody and righteous side, and there are also some lonely heroes who are determined to go their own way. As a native of Chongqing, Xiao Zhan has no sense of harmony when he speaks in Beijing, and he also has a dashing youthful atmosphere. The late director Fu Ning has previously directed dramas such as "Family Portrait", "Shichahai" and "Hutong", which can be said to be familiar with this type of theme, and one of the screenwriters, Xu Bing's previous masterpiece "New World", is also related to showing life in Beiping.
From the current 4-episode story structure and rhythm, "The Sea of Dreams" can basically be regarded as decent and steady, but the problem of "Dream Sea" is whether it can make breakthroughs and novelties in the typical courtyard narrative when the lens language does not play like "The Long Season", after all, gold and jade are ahead, and it is not easy to surpass the classics or reshape the style. And repeating the relationship between the old-style protagonist and the old-style character, in addition to being able to stabilize the audience and fan base who love nostalgia and Beijing-style themes, there is still a certain difficulty in breaking the circle.
It is conceivable that Xiao Chunsheng's own characteristics doom his road will not be smooth, and the subsequent discharge, business, independent entrepreneurship and other plots are also a conventional period drama male protagonist and other entrepreneurial paths, similar to the settings of dramas such as "Many Years You Are Late", "Boiling Life" and "Nine Bends of Love" in the past two years. But in today's market atmosphere, these dramas are not the first echelon of ratings. Under the blessing of the young fan group of top actors and the theme of the Beijing flavor of the era, will there be a sense of dislocation? Or let this type of theme "regain a new life"? It remains to be seen what to do.
The transformation of costume flowers into a realistic theme, is it a crisis or an opportunity?
"Scarcity of beautiful men in ancient costumes/beautiful women" is no longer a new topic, and market demand and actor advanced demand are often contrary, which has caused many rising actors and works mismatch.
Xiao Zhan's most explosive news this year is nothing more than taking over the role of Tsui Hark's film "The Legend of the Condor Heroes: The Great Hero" "Guo Jing", before that, Xiao Zhan's masterpieces after "Chen Qingling" were still in a "missing" state. The two dramas in 2022 have a limited blessing effect on Xiao Zhan, the military theme "Ace Force" is not yet in his personal "comfort zone", and the current puppet drama "The Rest of Your Life, Please Advise" is also thunder and rain due to the quality and volume of the age.
Xiao Zhan's only ancient puppet drama inventory "Jade Bone Yao" is also delayed, and under several effects, the residual heat of the "new generation of ancient puppet male protagonists" erected by Xiao Zhan during the period of "Chen Qingling" and "Douluo Continent" consumes a lot. Coupled with the drama "Dream Like a Dream" for 2 consecutive years, Xiao Zhan's intention to transform and transform from an idol-to-actor is very obvious.
Coincidentally, take Li Qin, the heroine of "The Sea in the Dream", who is a Kunqu opera inheritor and debuted with "Xue Baochai" in "Dream of Red Mansions", and her two works in the past two years have nothing to do with costume dramas. This year's "Road of Life" also encountered a lot of negative reviews, and the mismatch with the role and the idol drama acting made it difficult for Li Qin to replicate the "amazing" of Tian Xiao'e in "White Deer Plain". And throughout Li Qin's several praise roles, whether it is the chicken leg girl in "Qing Yu Nian", or "The Legend of Chu Qiao" and "Ruyi", they are inseparable from the ancient costume of the strong visual system.
The same period drama, last year's "The World" with the blessing of all the drama bones, made this serious literary IP burst out with great energy. This year's anti-black theme "Crazy" is also following a similar route and is sought after by the whole people. This can not be said that relatively serious, span, and in line with reality are not suitable for high-traffic actors, Zhu Yilong's "Rebel" in 2021, Zhao Liying's "Wind Blows Half Summer" in 2022 have received good feedback, Zhao Liying was also shortlisted for this year's Magnolia Best Actress Award with "Wind Blowing Half Summer". Among the post-90s actresses, Reiza has also won the Flying Sky Award with the realistic theme "Mountains and Seas".
Costume dramas strongly attract fans, the reality theme is to win awards, enterprising actors are difficult to give up any end, but at present, it is still difficult for traffic actors with shallow experience and foundation to challenge the protagonists of realistic themes, especially in the contrast of supporting roles, professional is not strong enough, it is easy to expose shortcomings, and dye the role and even the entire drama with a "sense of suspension". Whether it is the recent controversial "Back Wave" caused by Zhao Lusi, or the prosecutor's theme "Public Prosecution" starring Di Li Gerba, there are such problems.
The popularity and strength of the competition have always been traceable, 85 Flower has tried in various types, except for Tong Yao's prize luck, most of them have not been able to escape the "flow" curse. In the rising period, whether to choose a fixed drama path, stabilize the position, or have the courage to broaden the boundaries and fight upward, the actor's acting career is limited, and personal choice is particularly important.
Although the traffic has planted a lot of problems in the realistic theme, there are still many people who are facing the difficulties. After Di Li Gerba's "Public Prosecution", there is also a drama involving the case "Sword and Rose" has been started; After "Ice Rain and Fire", Wang Yibo took over the spy war drama "Bright Road"; Wang Yuan and Guo Jingfei's youth inspirational drama "Splendid! Splendid! 》 will be available soon. In the next round, whether the seeded contestants are about to break the ground or the beautiful idols are reinvented, it will soon be known.