In the national drama market, period dramas always have a special charm, attracting groups of audiences to immerse themselves in them.
And there are many kinds of period dramas, such as era + history, representative works include "Meritorious", "Awakening Age" and other dramas, through delicate lens language, let the audience see the lovely and respectable heroes of that era again.
There is also era + emotion, representative works include "The World", "Parents' Love", "The Glory of Fathers" and other dramas, showing the development of the times in a small way, and filling up the "memory killing".
In addition, genres such as era + criminal investigation, era + business war have a special attraction to the audience. For example, "South to North", which was broadcast at the beginning of this year, won a lot of applause from the audience.
However, classics are destined to be classics, and with the broadcast of "Young Babylon" on April 29, I think that the big theme of the era is probably going to be planted.
Adhering to the belief that only after watching it can I be qualified to evaluate, I gritted my teeth and watched the first 4 episodes of the premiere. Isn't this story too "grounded"?
At the same time, I clicked on the comment area, and sure enough, there was a lot of scolding, looking at the one-star and two-star negative reviews of Yishui, I just want to say: The hero sees the same thing!
The plot is outrageous, and the service is too confusing
"Young Babylon" tells the story of a group of teenagers in a small coastal town in the early 90s of the last century, who enthusiastically and recklessly chased the train of the times, worked hard to run to their own glorious years in their good youth, and gained sincere friendship and love.
Most of the previous period dramas have full plots and ups and downs, such as "The Glory of the Fathers", which tells the difficult choices of two generations under the changing times.
However, in the current period dramas, it seems that there is nothing else to do except watch the male and female protagonists fall in love.
The plot of this "Young Babylon" is quite outrageous. The values conveyed are also incredible.
As soon as the story opened, it gave the audience a critical hit. Lu Xiaolu (played by Hou Minghao), the male protagonist of the college entrance examination immediately, accompanied his brother Li Guangnan (played by Fei Qiming) to confess in front of the factory for the sake of brotherhood.
I really don't understand, why does the confession have to be on the day of the college entrance examination? said that it is to be the first person to say happy birthday to the other party, but I ask, does this girl have no family, is there no one at home to tell her happy birthday?
Then something even more outrageous came, Qin Juan (played by Xiang Hanzhi) who was accused of Bai rejected Li Guangnan, who he didn't like, and then our righteous God of War Lu Xiaolu began a moral kidnapping.
"Li Guangnan ignored the college entrance examination, just to say happy birthday to you, even if you don't accept it, can your attitude be better?"
In less than 10 minutes of the plot, the screenwriter came up and gave me two hammers.
Not to mention that these two men didn't go to the college entrance examination and blocked at the gate of Qin Juan's factory, swaggering between people and playing music and confessing, delaying people to work, not to mention, after Qin Juan clearly refused, Li Guangnan also came over to talk a lot of nonsense, which is also to blame the girl's bad attitude?
Seriously, the plot after that is even more outrageous Mom opened the door outrageously, outrageous home!
After the confession failed, the crowd fought, snatched the suitcase of the passing heroine Bai Lan (played by Yang Caiyu), threw the suitcase out at once, and a goddess scattered flowers, and her private clothes flew all over the sky.
At this time, the camera is actually sensational, in the face of the underwear items flying in the sky, the filter is beautiful, a whole slow-motion picture, Lu Xiaolu's voiceover is still sighing that this scene is so gorgeous and beautiful, this morning is really commemorative.
And the male protagonist doesn't care if he misses the college entrance examination, and bluntly says that going to the factory is more interesting than going to college in the college entrance examination. Who can come to my rescue, is this really what the students of the 90s should have said? Was it that at that time, studying was so unimportant?
In addition to the outrageous plot, Fuhuadao is also quite unobtrusive. We compare the drama "The Glory of the Fathers", the background is the Northeast in the late 90s, not to mention the gorgeous clothes, but the picture tone, home decoration and furniture are full of age texture.
And let's look at "Young Babylon" in the early 90s, with fresh colors, a bright kitchen, a microwave oven, a large turntable table, an off-screen range hood, and a brand new gas cooktop.
Don't tell me that coastal cities are well developed, just from the picture, it is not an exaggeration to say that this is a modern family.
In addition, there is also the electronic watch in the hand of the male protagonist Lu Xiaolu;
The beret on Qin Juan's head and the suspender pants on her body look modern.
Looking at it as a whole, whether it is the tone of the picture, the clothes of the characters, or the props and sets, "Young Babylon" has nothing to do with period dramas at all. Seriously, remove the label of "era", change the background of the times, and leave some reputation for this theme.
The actor's acting skills are too poor, oily and endearing
To be honest, when I saw the cast, I already had a hunch that the acting skills of this drama would not be too good, and as expected, the two leading actors were really bad.
Let's talk about the male protagonist first, Hou Minghao.
His performance in this drama is summed up in two words: oily and rotten.
When the white and blue hair checklist, he pretended to be cool and handsome and stood in place, his neck crooked, staring at each other tightly, without a little mood swing, looking like he was in a daze.
and deliberately broke the white and blue bicycle, and when he heard the other party's questioning, he also looked at the white and blue with a greasy face and said his lines, and his Hong Kong-style flowing long hair fluttered in the wind, to be honest, he didn't feel handsome, but he was greasy.
Seeing Bai Lan's lewd smile when he blows his hair with a fan, it is really unbearable to look at directly.
Let's take a look at the heroine, Yang Caiyu.
The white and blue beauty she plays is beautiful, but it is too dignified. was robbed of the suitcase, his expression was not shocked at all, his eyes followed the road and passed by, without any emotional fluctuations, like a passer-by watching the excitement.
When the security guard asked her if she saw who in the crowd of people who was fighting first, Bai Lan still raised her head slowly with a faint expression, deliberately stopping at an angle that could show her beauty, with a pair of eyes that were big and godless, like a puppet.
When Lu Xiaolu damaged his bicycle, causing him to have to walk back, and he was drenched in the rain halfway, listening to the other party's provocation, Bai Lan's expression was still dull, his eyes were blank, and he couldn't see a little anger and anger.
Of course, compared to Hou Minghao, Yang Caiyu's acting skills are still slightly better, and he also has a bright smile in other scenes, but the emotional fluctuations that should be there are not enough, even if the skin is beautiful, the audience can't stand it.
epilogue
In general, it is clear at a glance that good dramas with intentions and bad dramas without intentions are clear.
Comparing the period dramas in the background of "The World", "The Glory of the Fathers", and "South to North", the audience can clearly feel the intentions of the main creative team.
And the new work "Young Babylon", the service has no taste of the era, the picture filter is full of idol drama texture, and the characters are not close to the face, it can be said that the show is the most careless drama I have ever seen adapted.
Judging from the current plot, this new work has no point that can retain the audience at all.
The plot is outrageous, the values are thunderous, the dermabrasion filter is ridiculously thick, and the actors' acting skills are not satisfactory, no wonder Douban has a bad review, if the follow-up plot does not improve, it must be difficult to gain a firm foothold in the market.