What should a "qualified" TV series look like?
Wang Zhiwen said: "Get rid of the unhealthy trend of the industry such as lateness, stand-in, and cutouts, do not rush to achieve quick success, and sincerity will naturally move people." ”
Chen Sicheng said: "To say something, the script must have strength." ”
Screenwriter Liu Heping said: "Don't pursue fire, the work should be evocative." ”
These sounds not difficult to achieve, but looking at the film and television dramas of the past few years with such standards, the performance of many dramas is difficult to say -
The appearance is gorgeous and the data is impressive, but if you look closely, you will find that they are actually embroidered pillows.
Fortunately, in 2020, this phenomenon has finally ushered in a transformation, and this year's domestic dramas have exploded in the direction of quality.
Whether it is the main theme of spy war dramas, tomb robbery dramas, network comic dramas, or the most eye-catching suspense crime dramas, the drama market throughout 2020 will be full of trouble.
In a word, the national drama market in 2020, although it has only passed a short time ago, has an important position in the history of the drama, the great strides of the drama industry system, the meticulousness of the script creation level, the jagged and abundant styles of the genre, all of which are very gratifying.
Below, Pigo will take you back to the ten highest-rated episodes in 2020 and look back at their brilliant moments again.
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Hidden and Great
51 episodes 丨 Douban 8.2 points
Many people chased "Hidden and Great" at the beginning, all of them ran to the lead actor Li Yifeng, and passers-by thought that this was just a work of licking faces.
However, with the progress of the plot, we will find that in addition to Li Yifeng's appearance, there are more characters worth playing in this drama.
For example, Xia Jicheng, who seems to be an old fritter, is honest in heart and experienced in struggle; Yang Kui, who is fierce in means and has a dark heart; Wang Keda, who is obsessed with official positions and is always hit by failure; and Zhao Zhiyong, who is a small white pigeon in the early stage and blackened in the later stage.
These characters always bring a strong tension on the bridge, prompting out the emotional points on each bridge.
However, these are the superficial efforts of "Hidden and Great", and the biggest innovation of the screenwriter here is actually the improvement of the spy drama, or the "stealing beams for pillars".
Many people at first glance think that it is telling the story of the underground party during the Republic of China period, but in fact, the series only uses this to interpret the "office struggle". It can even be said that the protagonist Gu Yaodong embarked on the revolutionary road step by step from a small clerk in the police station.
This mode of fighting monsters with the main line in the cool drama may be its way to win.
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Dragon Ridge Labyrinth
18 episodes 丨 Douban 8.3 points
In fact, whether it is "Ghost Blowing Lights" or "Notes on tomb robbery", the IP of these two major tomb robbery themes has already had a large number of film and television adaptations, but there are very few successful people, and the root cause is that the creators can not find the right way to open the tomb robbery drama.
The previous works were either blindly delayed in visual effects, or set up a platform for tomb robbery and talked about the love of Lieutenant Jin.
"Longling Labyrinth" is not the case, and like the previous work "Nuqing Xiangxi", it firmly grasps the secret key of the taste of popular culture, allowing us to see the five elements and eight works in traditional culture, Qimen Dunjia, entering another wonderful unknown world.
This has to mention the director of this film, Fei Zhenxiang, and the producer Guan Hu, the two of whom cooperated to open up a new series of "Ghost Blowing Lights", plus Pan Yueming, a pure and authentic Beijing grandfather, which indeed made "Longling Labyrinth" the most successful tomb robbery drama in 2020.
The series followed by "Yunnan Bug Valley" will also land on the network platform this year, which is worth looking forward to.
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"Loading the Stage"
33 episodes 丨 Douban 8.3 points
The hit drama in December last year is undoubtedly Shaanxi's full-flavored "Loading Stage", which inherits the 2000 good drama "The Happy Life of Poor Mouth Zhang Damin" in terms of image tone.
Adapted from the novel of the same name by Mao Dun Literature Award winner Chen Yan, the drama has been praised by many critics as the best contemporary novel in the past decade since its publication in 2015.
Director Li Shaofei naturally will not let go of the essence of the original novel - a strong atmosphere of common people, that is, the calm state of mind of the male protagonist Diao Dashun when facing a hard life, a posture that is soaked with bitterness but still looks at life.
This has to mention the story told in this film, a trivial life about the stage bearer. They worked all their lives for the grand performance of the stage, but they were ignored by everyone.
To be honest, in today's large number of film and television dramas that show the life of the middle class, it is rare to see such a theme of the series.
However, what is slightly flawed is that compared with the original novel, the image of Diao Dashun's daughter Diao Juhua in the series has changed dramatically. And now the volume of 33 episodes has actually been cut by about 7 episodes, which is why the audience will feel uncomfortable when chasing the drama.
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The Ultimate Note
36 episodes 丨 Douban 8.4 points
From Douban opening score of 6.6 to finally fixed at 8.4 points, the web drama "Ultimate Notes" achieved a super counterattack.
In fact, at the beginning, when the audience witnessed its rough special effects scenes and lack of cast, it was difficult to arouse enthusiasm for chasing the drama.
However, for the original party, "Ultimate Notes" perfectly poked their climax point, and this high degree of restoration of the plot of the original novel has also become the magic weapon of this drama.
From the phenomenon of word-of-mouth counterattack of the drama, we can also see the two major trends of domestic dramas in the future.
The first is that for big IP adaptations, if they want to gain the favor of the original party, they must be in line with the original novel to the greatest extent. Not only is the fit between the actor and the character's appearance so simple, the key is the coincidence of the plot and various kinds of obedience.
The second is the audience diversion of domestic dramas, if a series wants to be successful, it not only has to get the favor of passers-by, but also has to find potential and accurate fans of the original, which is often more sticky than passers-by fans.
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Chess Soul
36 episodes 丨 Douban 8.8 points
Like "Ultimate Notes", few people will be optimistic about the "Chess Soul" drama at the beginning, after all, the Japanese manga adaptation, or the idol star lineup, most of the web dramas in this configuration will not have too good endings.
However, "Chess Soul" has become the favorite of most viewers in November.
Adapted from a phenomenal manga of the same name co-created by Japanese manga artists Ken Obata and Yumi Horita, the original was serialized in Weekly Shonen JUMP between December 1998 and July 2003, influencing more than a million Japanese youth to once again become enthusiastic about the ancient art of Go.
The most gratifying thing about this drama version of "Chess Soul" is that it has successfully achieved localization adaptation.
Although chu wei's shape still has a strong Japanese style, it is still reasonable to replace the noble Fujiwara Sasuke of the Heian period in the original work with the master Chu Wei of the Southern and Northern Dynasties period.
In addition, the drama is interspersed with details of nostalgic elements such as four-wheel drive racing, old-fashioned popcorn, and the legend of the Paladin Sword, as well as the use of cool drama mode to set off the ancient intellectual sport of Go again, which is very attractive to the current post-90s and even post-00s audiences.
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"Crossing the Yalu River"
40 episodes 丨 Douban 8.8 points
If the filming and release of "King Kong Chuan" represents a rapid march in the field of China's film industry, then the broadcast of "Crossing the Yalu River" is a superimposed rush in the field of Chinese television dramas.
From the official start of filming on August 15, 2020, to the completion of the whole drama on November 26, and then to the approval of the film on December 27, and then broadcast immediately, such a production speed is difficult to find a second in recent years of domestic dramas.
However, the fast-paced production speed did not make "Crossing the Yalu River" a main theme drama that only had one scene, but strived to be smooth in terms of cast, plot layout and scene restoration.
After watching it, many people have commented that for the generation at a special historical node, this drama uses a detailed and close narrative posture to let us enter the magnificent poem of the 1950 War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea.
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Bridge of Sighs
15 episodes 丨 Douban 8.9 points
Most people's impression of Hong Kong dramas is either stuck in the old 80s dramas such as "Shanghai Beach" and "Legend of the Eagle Hero", or slightly moved to the new century police dramas such as "Forensic Record" and "Stealth Sniper".
However, only 15 episodes of "Bridge of Sighs" tells us that Hong Kong dramas have long been on par with American dramas in terms of form and theme.
The show was produced by ViuTV, a niche producer who has always wanted to be new, and it has previously produced a cool niche drama like "Margaret and David Mung Bean", so the appearance of "Bridge of Sighs" is not without warning.
However, for most mainland audiences, the symmetrical composition, tricky photographic angles, and interesting editing techniques that appear in this drama are unique, exploring the inexplicable entanglements in the hearts of modern urban men and women.
However, "Bridge of Sighs" is destined to be a carnival for a small number of audiences, which can be seen from its Douban score of only 48,000 people.
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The Hidden Corner
12 episodes 丨 Douban 8.9 points
Unlike "Bridge of Sighs", "The Hidden Corner", which was launched in June, should be the most topical drama of 2020. The evaluation of nearly 900,000 users on Douban is enough to explain all the problems.
Pi Ge still remembers the unprecedented boom caused by this drama when it was just broadcast, "Zhang Dongsheng invited you to climb the mountain", "Do you see if I still have a chance" and "I sing the first "Little White Boat" for you" The "three deadly three terriers" are eye-catching on major social platforms, and also make Qin Hao, a literary and artistic man who has been wandering outside the mainstream film and television industry for many years, really catch fire.
The reason why this series can provoke a hot discussion among the whole people is, of course, not only the continuous explosion created by Qin Hao in the play, but more importantly, the brilliance of zhu chaoyang, Yan Liang, Pupu and other three child characters.
After all, before, we have never seen children have such a heavy heart in domestic film and television dramas.
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"Big Rivers 2"
39 episodes 丨 Douban 9.0 points
There is no doubt that "Big Rivers and Great Rivers 2" is undoubtedly the finale of the 2020 annual national drama.
After two years of disobedience, we finally ushered in this word-of-mouth masterpiece of the noonday sun, although as early as Anai's original novel series "The Great River Goes East", we already knew what would happen to Song Yunhui, Lei Dongbao and Xiao Yang Patrol in the second part, but it still could not stop our expectations for this plot.
If you look at the division of the types of dramas, the "Great Rivers and Great Rivers" series actually belongs to the standard main theme of film and television dramas, telling the great changes in Chinese society since the reform and opening up 40 years ago, and the three different economic forms represented by the individual economy, the collective economy and the state-owned economy.
However, in the context of the character as the vertical axis and the big era as the horizontal axis, it allows us to see the real past in our lives, whether it is the emergence of big brothers, the prevalence of motorcycles, or the popularity of color TVs, which make people think a lot.
Further, in the "Big Rivers" series, we see not only the big times, but also the ups and downs of each individual, and the vicissitudes of life.
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The Silent Truth
12 episodes 丨 Douban 9.2 points
If "The Silent Truth" and "The Hidden Corner" are put together, the topicality of the latter is indeed far ahead, but from the calm preparation of the plot, the subtlety of the narrative, and the interlocking of the case, "The Silent Truth" can be described as the best drama of 2020.
Also adapted from Zijin Chen's novel, the more "The Silent Truth" sees the back, the more you can feel the helplessness and anger of the characters, as well as the dullness of the world and the heaviness of life.
The biggest impression left by this drama is that the prosecutor Jiang Yang, played by Bai Yu, is a pure idealist and also a noble humanitarian.
Bai Yu has been interpreted from the bright and brilliant of Jiang Yang's youth to his middle-aged trepidation, if there is any role on the screen that makes people heartbroken, Jiang Yang can definitely be among them.
As for this drama, it also reshapes the dimension of domestic crime dramas, and pulls simple criminal crimes, devious cases, and little by little to social changes and human pathologies, which can be described as needles into the bones.
Such a high-quality work, I really hope to be reproduced in the "Mist Theater" series behind iQiyi.
After reviewing the 10 highest-rated TV series in 2020, Pigo has another feeling for the innovative spirit of the creators, and last year's best dramas, especially the "Mist Theater" launched by iQiyi in the second quarter, are the most groundbreaking. You know, domestic drama fans have long been obsessed with crime dramas in Europe and the United States, whether it is David Lynch's "Twin Peaks" or "Breaking Bad" with the Emmy Award, which has won a soft Hand, which has pushed the breadth of crime themes and the depth of the theme far.
Although the series of works of "Misty Theater" are still difficult to compare with these classic American dramas, their short and concise impact and deep concern for reality are enough to be comforting and exciting.
In addition, a series of fantasy themes, such as "Dragon Ridge Labyrinth" and "Chess Soul", let us see that the series with unique traditional Chinese culture can be well expressed in fun and inspiration.
This year's domestic dramas still continue the momentum of last year, only less than half a year, such good dramas as "Mountains and Seas" and "The Age of Awakening" have been competing for the honor of "Annual Drama King" in advance, hoping that in the remaining 8 months, such good dramas can be more, so that the fight of the "Annual Drama King" will be more "tragic".
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