[Editor's note]
The "first episode" series of dramas to help everyone watch the drama is here, the recently launched episodes, is it worth entering the pit?
Maybe some dramas will get better, and maybe some dramas will start high and go low, so this article only represents the author's opinion on the first few episodes and is for reference only. If there is a slap in the face in the follow-up, please notify everyone at any time.
"Spring Sends Lover"
Broadcast platform: CCTV 8, Tencent Video
Premiere time: April 22
Adapted from Douban's reading novel "Lover", similar to "Going to a Windy Place", local customs + regional characteristics, this time it is Quanzhou's turn.
The setting of the male and female protagonists is quite distinctive, one is the mortuary, and the other is the hot sales, which makes the CP's feelings more predictable sense of conflict. The casting of Li Xian and Zhou Yutong is also more in line with the characteristics of the characters.
The poster of "Spring Sends Lovers".
The drama feels comfortable, and it is not limited to the framework of the current puppet, not in a hurry to create the so-called sugar spots, but to let the intersection of the two parties not happen in a hurry in the event, which is more grounded and realistic than many current puppet dramas. No one has a love brain, it is fate and common experience again and again that make two people tightly bound, and it is the emotional pull of adults.
And the respective life lines of the two characters are also interesting, Liu Lin once again played an impressive mother, with a broken mouth and a bad temper, but she sincerely protects the three children in the family, and the irritable grandmother who worries about her grandson every day on the other side is also very cute.
But there are also many viewers who think that this drama is not as good as "Apocalypse" adapted from Douban's reading novels, first, the indifference of the male protagonist is always a bit stereotyped and not humane enough, some fall into the routine of idol drama characters, the character of the undertaker is not three-dimensional enough, and the heroine's enthusiasm and tolerance are also a little too much, she can be easily forgiven if she is deleted WeChat and scolded frivolous; The younger sister ran away from home, etc., all of which are in the service of the feelings of the hero and heroine.
But on the whole, the actors' performance and plot rhythm can reach seventy or eighty points, which makes people want to continue to chase more.
"The Big Lady Who Overcomes Difficulties"
Broadcast platform: Tencent Video
Premiere time: April 26
If some dramas should be entangled in whether the logic and conflict are smooth, some dramas are used to decompress, such as this one, which sounds as ordinary as many ancient puppet names, but it is quite good to watch.
Xu Lu and Liu Xuning "swapped faces"
The plot mainly tells the story of the Luo family who made wine and had three daughters, the eldest daughter Luo Ailian was smart and capable and beautiful, and was deeply loved by her father and wealthy son, causing the jealousy of her stepmother and sister. Luo Ailian was rescued by the boss of the dart bureau and changed her face to her deceased sister, and since then she has begun to investigate the case and take revenge.
The plot is a short drama-style climax, the rhythm is very fast, five or six episodes will explain Luo Ailian's life experience and face change process, after the face change, Luo Ailian also devoted herself to investigating the case, and soon used the dart official business to return to Luo's house to seek revenge. It was jokingly called "effective face change" by netizens.
From the overall makeup to the casting of the actors, it can be seen that the cost is not high, but fortunately, the main creator grasps the big and lets go of the small, knows what the audience wants to see, and uses the cost and mode of the long drama to pursue the effect of the short drama in essence, although I don't know how the subsequent episodes will perform, but the performance of the first few episodes can see that the main creator is sober-minded, and catches the audience's attention with one emotion and event after another, as long as there are no conspicuous bugs in the logic, the protagonist can always be in the center of the event, not for a long time, the actor can complete the basic emotional performance without playing, and there are enough conflicts, the audience can be retained。
After getting off work, relax, look at Xu Lu's beauty, and see how Luo Ailian takes revenge, it is still very decompressing.
"Faint Fire"
Broadcast platform: CCTV 8, Youku video
Premiere time: April 27
Adapted from Jiu Yuexi's novel, the original work is still entangled in lawsuits, and the film and television drama was airborne first to "save your life".
The quality of the drama is good, benchmarking the suspense drama theater of the other two platforms, at least this time Youku's shelf is also sufficient, the overall rhythm, performance, lighting, etc., all make people feel the intentions of the main creator, and it is a sophisticated suspense drama.
The story itself has a good setting, one is a beautiful woman who has been rumored to be rumored in the town all year round, and the other is a stereotypical school bully boy, different classes, different ages, different living environments, they intersect in a murder case. This kind of character setting gives enough relationship tension, and the so-called "crazy woman" and "charming woman in a small town" committed homicide are realistic and eye-catching characters.
The beautiful wife involved in the murder case and the eyewitness to the case, Xueba boy, are very attractive
Only three episodes were broadcast, and the case was viewed more from the perspective of Lin Fangluo, who investigated the case, and the protagonists of the stories shown also had a sense of story, and the main creators were also creating a sense of mystery and complexity of the case through the human environment of the town, the rhythm was slightly dragged, and the plot arrangement between the police and the parties involved in the incident was slightly unbalanced, sometimes making people want to fast forward, and sometimes making people feel attractive. At the beginning of the third episode, the case is getting better.
In the current suspense drama, it is not difficult to shoot the first three episodes, but the difficult thing is how not to end badly, there are already several surprises at the beginning and a lesson from the end to the street. Viewers who like this kind of drama can wait for follow-up word-of-mouth.