On the evening of September 7, the TV series "Two-Faced Detective" was launched on Mango TV in multiple episodes, opening the premiere mode. The TV series starred Lin Yushen, Liu Yitong and other actors. Based on the above online plot content, it is a double male idol drama under the banner of criminal investigation drama. It can even be said that this TV series has a certain tendency to have the meaning of a certain kind of "rotten" drama.
In terms of story content, "Two-Faced Detective" has used the plot of nearly two episodes to show the "human setting" content of the two male protagonists. In the criminal investigation part, there are no substantive cases, in other words, there are no criminal investigation cases that make the audience shine. This is also the most debatable place of the play. Is it about "writing people" or "writing stories"? Of course, no matter which kind of emphasis is placed, it is possible to produce a high-quality drama. However, "Two-Faced Detective" brings this TV series into the sequence of idol dramas with its own non-seriousness.
Obviously, in the opening episodes of the plot, this "Two-Faced Detective" focuses on presenting the human temperament of the two male protagonists. The first male protagonist is an expert in solving cases, and Gao Leng is very cold, likes to be alone, and has a strong fighting ability. The second male protagonist is an apprentice attribute, learning from the first male protagonist, and likes to paste the cold ass of the first male protagonist with a hot face. Therefore, the two male protagonists formed this kind of immediate master-apprentice relationship and joined hands to "do business".
Because of the need to create a large number of people with two male protagonists, the opening part of "Two-Faced Detective" does not hesitate to take out a large number of plot markets to present these contents that have little to do with the trend of the main plot line. In the opening part, a large number of bridges are in the service of showmanship, rather than serving the backbone of the plot. Of course, from the perspective of idol drama creation, this way of trying to give gold to the two male protagonists is the best way to instill idol consciousness in the audience. It is also based on this that I said that this TV series is actually the essence of idol dramas.
The interactive content of the two male protagonists playing the edge ball, and some of the "decaying" double male protagonist TV series that we have criticized in the past, although it is slightly different, but some of the side balls played are indeed debatable. Personally, I think that in many innocuous costume romance dramas, playing this kind of double male protagonist's edge ball is also counted, if in a very serious modern criminal investigation drama, the two male protagonists also have some excessively intimate interaction, it is relatively inappropriate. I think that in reality, our criminal investigators are all of excellent quality, and there will be no "appearance" of the second male protagonist. Moreover, everyone is also organized and disciplined, and there will be no cool one or twenty of the first male protagonist.
If this is not the most opening plot of "Two-Faced Detective", the first male protagonist goes deep into the pyramid scheme organization, single-handedly, directly pounds the old nest, or in order to shape personal heroism services, then later, in the plot of the second episode, the first male protagonist enters the interior of a gang, comes to a dozen and twenty, obviously even the basic case handling procedures are not gone. This kind of excessive personal heroism is only suitable for idol dramas, not criminal investigation dramas.
Speaking of the criminal investigation plot content of the play, this is also the place where "Two-Faced Detective" is most likely to be spat upon by the audience. For the general audience, it is necessary to see the effective criminal investigation part in the content of the first two episodes. However, in "Two-Faced Detective", the plot of the first two episodes only has the content of a girl's bedroom attack, and the lack of inheritance and transition cannot form an effective suspense point. In particular, the first male protagonist immediately "solved the case" and found the content of the so-called real murderer, which lacked the technical content of the criminal investigation drama. Such a story is obviously not enough to meet the audience's aesthetic needs for drama chasing.
For the general audience, the content of the two episodes cannot attract everyone, and it will not continue to "waste" time. In the later plot of "Two-Faced Detective", although there are also some criminal investigation contents, it is still based on the handsomeness of the two male protagonists, which is not in line with the real criminal investigation state. Such a narrative mode does have a huge possibility of dissuading the audience.
In this state, in the face of a new thinking, what exactly does the criminal investigation drama rely on to attract the audience? With the narrative law of the two male protagonists? With the personal heroism of the two male protagonists? With some punches and kicks? This is clearly not the case. What really attracts the audience is the content of the criminal investigation case itself, especially the process of the criminal investigators cracking the case, in this process, there can be fight dramas, IQ duels and so on. Based on the story of the criminal investigation itself, it will produce effective points of view.
In the current state of "Two-Faced Detective", its narrative ambition is not in the criminal investigation content, but in the cool play of the two male protagonists. For such works, it is even more important to leave the criminal investigation theme and march into some genre dramas that are not hung up in reality. (Text/Ma Qingyun)