On the current domestic screen, a trend of spy warfare is quietly emerging.
This current is like lightning in the night, piercing the calm sky, arousing the desire for suspense and confrontation in the hearts of the audience.
The carefully woven intelligence network, the contest of wisdom and courage, and the secrets hidden in the shadows are all brought to life on the stage of TV dramas.
It attracts countless eyeballs.
People are full of anticipation for every turn of this invisible war.
For example, early works, especially The Pretender, The Cliff, and The Kite, were not only widely discussed at the time.
And it has deeply influenced the thinking of a generation.
However, the novelty of the genre is gradually eroding, and the storyline is starting to become cookie-cutter due to the scarcity of innovative elements.
Viewers are also tired of this kind of similar content, and interest is waning.
Thankfully, there was a turnaround not long ago.
This turning point is like a long-lost sunshine, quietly penetrating this long-term haze and illuminating the way forward for domestic spy war film and television dramas.
In the TV series "The Wind Chaser", viewers witness an elaborately choreographed dance in which every step is cunning.
Every rhythm beats the pulse of finance.
The old-school spy war drama has suddenly transformed into a financial show for traffic stars, which is not only the return of the retro trend, but also a big party that rekindles the enthusiasm of the audience!
The success of "The Wind Chaser" not only set a new high standard in the same type of drama, but also rekindled the audience's expectations for more excellent works.
Immediately afterward, "When the Stars Shine" also joined the competition.
It doesn't just want to get a piece of the pie, but is eager to find its own place in this vast field of domestic spy warfare and tell its own story.
In addition, the drama features many well-known stars and experienced actors, aiming to attract the attention of a wide audience and strive to gain critical acclaim.
However, when the show first met the audience, it exploded.
But the audience's criticism was like a storm, focusing on a few fatal weaknesses, ruthlessly revealing that the quality of the script lagged far behind the established high standards.
There is no doubt that this incident once again cast a shadow in the development of spy war dramas and became a stumbling block that hindered its progress.
There are so many logic loopholes that you can open a bug-finding episode
"When the Stars Shine" is not just a drama, it is a legend, an immortal legend about those hot-blooded young people during the Anti-Japanese War.
In the play, Hua Zhen, played by Li Xian, was originally the young master of a Kuomintang bigwig.
But the gears of fate took a sharp turn due to a sudden change, and the script of the old routine made him turn into the protagonist of the story.
Since then, he has met Luo Minmin, played by Ren Min, and Chen Hao, the police captain played by Zhou You, these young people with distinctive personalities and full of vitality.
Fighting side by side with the vast land of the motherland, we are composing a glorious story together.
Speaking of what TV series is the most popular now, it must be a spy war drama!
The young man staged a bloody drama, and the audience watched it intently, and their blood boiled, as if they had become agents in the play.
It's not just a visual feast, it's an emotional roller coaster that makes people want to stop.
However, no matter how handsome or mysterious you dress up your character, whether a spy war drama can become the center of the topic depends on whether the plot is powerful, whether it is exciting enough, and whether it can make the audience addicted and guess what will happen in the next episode while eating popcorn.
Only the carefully woven plot, every step has been logically scrutinized, and every turn is close to the audience's heartstrings.
in order to make people indulge in the ocean of stories.
Today's audience is like a picky elf, only the most exciting wits and the most secret undercurrents can make them addicted, and think while watching:
"This screenwriter is really a master of doing things!"
However, the storyline of "When the Stars Shine", despite its charm, leaves a few regrets in the rigor of logic.
In particular, the coherence of certain episodes raises a number of problems.
For example, an underground worker with a mysterious identity could easily enter the banquet of the top echelons of the Kuomintang with just a simple piece of identification.
The doorman's inspection was too sloppy, and the situation did not seem logical.
During this time, the Scout Captain is known for his extraordinary abilities and sharp instincts, but he has a secret - he is colorblind.
This small flaw also caused unexpected confusion.
Because, he actually mistook a gray robe for black, and this character can really cause a burst of laughter.
In addition, in this show, the logic thing seems to be a luxury.
For example, our male protagonist has a teacher who teaches during the day and becomes an underground worker at night.
One day, he mysteriously handed the male protagonist a book and told him: "Go to Shanghai and deliver this book to the designated place." ”
Doesn't sound like a mission from 007?
As a result, before the male protagonist had time to show off, he found that he accidentally stepped into a murder scene and became a frequent visitor in detective novels.
The suspense is there, the sense of realism... There may be a question mark.
There is also a killer who meets the child sister, but it is not the type to kill the other party in two, he chooses to let the child sister go.
This paragraph is the most inexplicable, I really want to ask the killer is this afraid that there are no witnesses?
Or do you want to fatten up and kill again?
As for the male protagonist, he suddenly appeared outside the window when he ran away, just like a supermarket promoter suddenly appeared to advertise, which caught people off guard, and they didn't know whether to cry or laugh.
To sum up the view of the plot, "When the Stars Shine" is like a scattered chess game, and every move seems to be taken randomly.
Logic is obviously illusory here.
It's a bit like the kind of "Anti-Japanese War Drama" that makes you want to complain while watching, but it's replaced with Li Xian's version, and there are so many logical loopholes that you can open a bug-finding drama.
The performance of the actors is uneven, and the inner drama is insufficient
In the play, Mr. Huang Zhizhong plays not only a strict and fair senior official, but also a moral compass for the whole story.
Meticulous law enforcement, as well as justice.
In all aspects, Mr. Huang turned this role into the core of the conflict between the characters in the play.
It can be said that Mr. Huang's acting skills are like a glass of old wine, the more you taste it, the more flavorful it becomes, and people can't help but want to book another ticket.
But what about the other little fresh meats?
Their performance is like freshly baked bread, which looks very fragrant, but when you bite into it, it is light and tasteless, and it is obvious that you need more practice.
Take Hua Zhen played by Li Xian as an example, he is not only an activist in the story, but also a young man full of contradictions in his heart.
In his heart, there is a grand dream slowly unfolding - to become the guardian of this world, and to use his knowledge to bring peace.
In addition to this, Hua Zhen's heart also longs for his father's affirmation and recognition.
But in the face of his father's face that was always as cold as an iceberg, according to common sense, he should be extremely lost and helpless at this moment.
But when Li Xian interprets the role, he doesn't seem to be able to go deep into that emotional level.
The lack of a resoluteness in his eyes, the sparkle of perseverance abandoned by the world, makes his performance look a little mechanical, as if it were an elaborate program that malfunctions at the most critical moment.
In addition, Hua Zhen has a dream that his father has always opposed - to become a navy. In his opinion, the Japanese army will inevitably have a war with the Kuomintang in the near future.
Among them, the navy is the key focus.
However, in the play, when he met a little girl with tears streaming down her face, Li Xian's performance was like pressing the pause button.
Compassion seems to have been stolen by some troublemaker.
The whole person seemed unusually calm, as if he had seen a slightly sad kitten, rather than a child who needed comfort.
This does not fit in with his ideal self-image.
Look at the heroine Ren Min again, standing in front of the mirror, when the audience examines her style, the cheongsam tassel in the ancient costume, and the cheongsam in the Republic of China.
However, no matter which style it is, it fails to fully capture the hearts of the audience.
It can be seen that not only is her ancient costume a little less quaint, but also the Republic of China costume has not fully demonstrated the dignity and elegance of that era.
She plays a female police officer in this drama, which should be iron-clad and majestic, but look at her appearance.
It's as if it's blown down by the wind, and it's weak.
The audience who didn't know probably thought that the script was wrong, and wrote the gentle little white rabbit as a female man.
In addition, the CP sense of the hero and heroine is really absent.
Ren Min's appearance is no different from those ordinary students shuttling through the corridors of the campus, while Li Xian has an exotic and mysterious temperament.
When they stand side by side, it is as if people from two worlds have accidentally collided, and the sense of incongruity makes it difficult for others to believe that they are a couple made in heaven.
There is also Zhou You, who plays the second male lead, Zhou You may not have an eye-catching appearance, but I have to say that the resources behind him are really sufficient.
He stepped onto the stage in a style quite similar to Dai Xu, and every movement and expression was full of dramatic tension.
However, in that skillful handling of the role effortlessly, he doesn't seem to have fully touched Dai Xu's breathtaking acting skills.
For example, Li Xian and he set up a posture in the hotel corridor, like two chefs preparing to compete in silence to see whose dish is more fragrant.
The audience's eyes widened in anticipation of an earth-shattering showdown.
But who knows, the two are like swordsmen who forgot to bring their swords, you go back and forth, but only draw a few funny circles in the air, making the whole scene look like a farce, not a climactic confrontation.
When I first heard the news of "When the Stars Shine", I was personally as excited as a chicken, and my heart felt like a deer was bumping around.
I almost didn't get my heart out.
Imagine that era of the Republic of China, which was full of nostalgia, and the plot full of spy shadows was like delicate silk, entwining every corner.
Every suspenseful case is like a carefully woven mystery.
A variety of elements are intertwined to create a fascinating historical picture.
However, when the curtain fell and the reality came to mind, I found that what was in my heart was not the grandeur I expected.
It's a ripple of loneliness.
It's pretty bleak, especially the narration at the beginning, and the crying of the little sister.
I used to think that "Wind Chaser" set a big banner for spy war dramas, but now I am looking for it all over the world, good guys, this flag is rarer than pandas.
"When the Stars Shine" is a spy war-themed TV series, but the plot construction is obviously flawed.
Judging from the current plot alone, the play is more about reflecting the sad feelings between the people's heroes of that era, and it is detached from the showdown line of the overall spy war.
At present, this drama has just started broadcasting, and it may be understandable that the plot is bland. So, are you tempted by such a genre?