Text | Mu Ran
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It's been 5 years, and "Celebrating More Than Years 2" is finally coming!
In 2019, the first season of the male frequency drama "Celebrating More Than Years" was broadcast, and it won a high rating of 7.9 in one fell swoop, but because it left an unfinished ending, the audience has been looking forward to the sequel to this work.
Why did Yan Bingyun kill Fan Xian?
The drama party said that the story has not come to an end, and is looking forward to reuniting with Jun for the rest of the year, but when will they meet again?
It wasn't until last year that the second season of "Celebrating More Than Years" began filming, and it was not completed until the end of the year, but it was recently reported that this work will be broadcast in two episodes every night around May 16.
Before that, the condensed version of the first season of "Celebrating More Than Years" will be the first to be re-screened on CCTV eight sets, and four episodes will be broadcast every night to warm up.
Obviously, both the drama party and CCTV are very clear that after five years, the audience has almost forgotten the plot of the first season, but it also shows from the side that the second season closely inherits the plot of the first season, and wants to continue the story, rather than retell the story.
So this time, the audience was finally able to know whether Fan Xian was dead or not, and why Yan Bingyun stabbed him.
However, there are joys and worries about the sequel, and the audience has waited for so long, it is inevitable that there will be negative voices, but I didn't expect that the reasons for the audience's bad reviews were surprisingly consistent.
First, the volume is limited
Should I say it or not, seeing that the volume of the second season is only 36 episodes, it does make people feel a nameless fire in their hearts.
The first work is 45 minutes long in a single episode, with a total of 46 episodes, although the ending is unfinished, but at least it makes people watch heartily, not only talking about conspiracy, but also about love, and incorporating all kinds of suspense, even the famous scenes are enough.
But in the second season, which made the audience wait for a full five years, the volume has been reduced by a full 10 episodes, and the length of each episode remains the same, still 45 minutes.
Judging from the audience's bad reviews, it is obvious that such a length of time lacks sincerity and lives up to everyone's expectations for five years.
Although many dramas have the problem of large volume and water duration, judging from the first season of "Celebrating More Than Years", the content is too extensive, and it takes a long time to shoot all kinds of elements in place.
Moreover, compared with the first work, not only the original cast has returned, but also a large number of new characters have appeared, which means that the series not only has to tell the story of the "old man", but also portrays these newcomers.
For example, the queen who did not appear in the first season, played by Yu Feihong this season, looks at the momentum and feels that Emperor Qing can be forced to abdicate, and it will be a highlight to shoot this power struggle.
In the first season, Mrs. Wang Qinian, who was put on the hat of "tigress", also showed her face in the second season, and it was still portrayed by Gao Lu, who had performed Lin Xiaoniang in "Know or Not", just by watching Mrs. Wang and Wang Qinian, the rival couple, quarrel and quarrel, you can play a few episodes.
There are also characters such as the princess of Northern Qi played by Mao Xiaotong, Sang Wen played by Wang Churan, and Yuan Meng played by Wang Xiaochen, will they all be brushed aside in the play?
For other dramas, the streamlined volume may make the plot more compact, but for group dramas like "Celebrating More Than Years 2", it is very likely that there will be a problem of stopping at a shallow level and making new characters look at the flowers.
If there is a third season that can be said to be reasonable, but people have to worry, there is a five-year gap between the first and second seasons, will the second and third seasons be broadcast one after another?
And the show has not done any publicity for the third season at present, which means that "Celebrating More Than Years 2" is very likely to end directly with 36 episodes, which is really mixed, the audience has waited for so long, it can be broadcast in half a month, it is not enough to watch it!
Second, it is difficult for sequels to become the norm
But the duration is only one aspect, and everyone is more worried about whether "Celebrating More Than Years 2" can continue the level of the previous work.
Today's domestic dramas are not only prone to sequel dystocia, but more often the sequel overturns.
Even the noon sunshine of the "first brother of national drama" cannot escape such a rule.
Among them, the word-of-mouth era drama "Dajiang Dahe", the word-of-mouth evaluation of the first work was as high as 8.8, but in the third part, it dropped directly to 8.0, although the quality is not bad, but compared with the first work, the quality has decreased significantly.
The IP of "Ode to Joy" is even more word-of-mouth tragedy, the first work launched in 2016 still has a score of 7.5, and by the end of the fifth season this year, the score is just enough to reach the passing line.
The most disappointing thing is "Langya Bang", the first work has a score of 9.4, which can be called the ceiling of domestic costume dramas, and in the second part, not to mention the full lineup, the score has dropped directly to 8.4.
Without exception, these good dramas have a poor reputation for sequels, so "Celebrating More Than Years 2" is very worrying, whether it will repeat the mistakes of these dramas.
The audience's worries are indeed not groundless, when the cast of "Celebrating More Than Years 2" was officially announced, there was a problem of changing roles, even if it was just a marginal small role, someone would break the head, and the show didn't care whether the audience would play after the role change.
This kind of casting that only relies on traffic and capital makes people wonder whether the purpose of "Celebrating More Than Years 2" is to shoot the drama well and make the "Celebrating More Than Years" series truly become a classic, or to seize this wave of traffic and circle a wave of quick money?
The second is the content presented in the trailer, emphasizing comedy over power schemes, although it will make people feel more interesting in terms of appearance, but the reason why the first work of "Celebrating More Than Years" exploded out of the circle is not only because the plot and characters have their own laughs.
Fan Xian's special identity allows him to be protected by strong people, but it is also dangerous, "Celebrating More Than Years" starts from this person, and sees the big from the small, so that the audience can feel the treacherous and undercurrent of the temple dispute.
And the eldest princess played by Li Xiaoran, Chen Pingping played by Wu Gang, Emperor Qing played by Chen Daoming, as well as the crown prince and the second prince, etc., are not comedy-oriented characters, and their highlights are all power schemes.
If it is still the coexistence of joy and conspiracy, it may be reasonable, but looking at the casting, not only does it retain the funny role of Guo Qilin in the previous season, but also adds Xu Zhisheng in the new season, which makes people more and more worried that this drama will change to the comedy route.
epilogue
Combined with these two negative reviews from the audience, the expectations for "Celebrating More Than Years 2" have been lowered again, and on the one hand, I want to see the original cast return to tell the story in "Celebrating More Than Years 2", and on the other hand, I also hope that the quality of the play can be worthy of the audience's five-year wait.
So, are you optimistic about "Celebrating More Than Years 2"?