The historical and realistic themes complement each other, and the narrative techniques are refreshing
Which TV series made you cry and laugh in 2022
For many TV drama inventory lists at the end of the year, it is quite difficult to choose the best drama series in 2022: "The World", "Our Ten Years", "The Great Game" and other realistic themes, "The Long River of the World" and "Mountain and Moonlight" and other historical themes, continue to uphold the characteristics of TV drama era narrative.
Even more gratifying are the innovations in TV drama themes, narratives, etc.—thus, we have seen the "infinite flow" in "The Beginning", the "dual time and space" in "Basic Law of Genius", and the poverty and hardship in "Rivals". The spy couple in "The Wind Rises from Longxi", Chen Gong, the "feather all over the place", saw the smoky police station in "Police Honor", and the workplace in "County Party Committee Courtyard", and saw Zhao Liying In the transformation of "Happiness to Thousands of Families" and "The Wind Blows Pinellia", Zhang Ruoyun's growth in "Knives in the Snow" and "Police Honor"... In 2022, which TV series will make you cry?
"The Beginning" "Science Fiction" has gained temperature
At the beginning of 2022, countless viewers are fascinated by "circulation"; taking the bus, QAnon mobile phone ringtones, "Aunt Guo" and "preparing for a drug test" have become brand new topics after "Mountain Climbing"...all thanks to a 15-episode novel The volume of the web drama "The Beginning".
"The Beginning" does not follow the old path of American dramas and Korean dramas. In the end, it is not "surreal" that makes people want to stop, but a return to down-to-earth reality. In addition to Wang Xingde and his wife who finally revealed the mastermind of the bombing, Lu Di, a two-dimensional boy in black and black hat who guarded his backpack, claimed to be "the messenger of cats" but was not understood by his parents... These ordinary people have a sunny and warm heart In terms of human nature, there are also "hidden corners" that are carefully guarded.
It is precisely because of the thick and colorful shaping of these little characters who do not enter the cycle that in the end, "science fiction" has warmth and flesh and blood, and the "infinite flow" of the niche is transformed into the empathy of the public.
"The World" lays out the empathy points without forgetting "difficult to express"
As a well-deserved national drama of the year, "The World" is a warm and heavy life history of the people.
Its tears were poked in the silent place where it was caught off guard: Zhou's father rubbed the photo before leaving home, "This may be the last photo of our family"; Zhou Bingkun gave Zheng Juan money for the first time and was blasted away. Chased out and knelt on the ground to leave the money; Zhou's mother held Zhou's father's hand in the ice and snow, and followed him calmly; Zhou Bingkun was wronged and cried: "I am the most worthless"... These vivid empathy points And the smell of fireworks in the world makes the history of nearly 50 years of sentient beings have enough depth of the times.
In addition to these scenes that make people cry, "The World" has the greatest stamina and those "difficult feelings" that cannot be cried out: Zhou Bingkun and his "optical film" partners have been rooted in the bottom all their lives, and they have tried their best to fail. Open up a new world of "counterattack".
The story of "The World" is actually full of tragedy, but the kindness and warmth of the characters in the play cover the coldness of reality. The sincerity, loyalty, generosity, and dedication of Zhou Bingkun, Zheng Juan, Zhou's father, and Zhou's mother arouse our deep feelings. Nostalgia, and finally won the audience's heartfelt love.
"Rival" modern spy war drama is making small steps again
If there is only one spy war drama that can make you cry and laugh in 2022, it must be given by "Rival".
Guo Jingfei and Tan Zhuo, the pair of "poorest spies", made modern spy war dramas make small steps forward again.
The "method" of "Rival" to break through is not complicated. It subverts people's inherent impression of the spy war theme. The spies here do not have high technology, high consumption and sense of luxury. They are replaced by a talkative taxi driver husband and a hyperthyroidism Emotionally unstable wife.
Counting carefully for life, arguing about children, complaining about money, and fireworks become a protective cover for dangerous identities.
Similarly, the national security officers in the play are not symbolic mysterious, special, and heroic. They will also lose their temper because their children do not do their homework, and they will feel lonely when they see their former lovers have a new life.
When people praised "Adversary", they all mentioned its novelty-returning spies and national security to down-to-earth life characters.
In fact, this is precisely the return to the essence.
The most important thing in a good spy war drama is the characters, followed by the plot.
Looking back on classic spy war dramas such as "Latent", we remember more characters such as Yu Zecheng, Cuiping, and Li Ya, rather than how they rescued comrades and stole information.
Conversely, as long as the characters are vivid and the audience believes it, even if there are some coincidental events, it is acceptable.
"Menghualu" breaks the rigid routine of ancient puppets
The industry has predicted that 2022 will be the year of "Old Idol 101". In the end, it will not be Di Lieba, Yang Yang, and Yang Zi who will make their C debut, but Liu Yifei and her "Menghualu".
Although the high attention in the second half also caused word-of-mouth backlash, Liu Yifei's appearance, "Gu Panshenghui" sense of CP, and the joy of supporting roles fully stimulated the audience's sense of participation from all dimensions.
It is rare for puppet to move from the fixed circle to the public view.
"Menghualu" breaks the "deadlock" by relying on the ancient puppet's shell and the modern core: the story of three low-status women, after each experiencing setbacks in marriage and love, join hands to manage a small teahouse into a big restaurant step by step.
This kind of setting not only meets the audience's expectations for the genre of costume idol dramas, but also fits the life and emotional experience of contemporary women.
Gu Pan'er, Sun Sanniang, and Song Yinzhang, each has a mature personality, distinctive personality, and authentic and self-consistent behavior and lines; when they start a business together, they can see the mutual achievements of their friends and are willing to shield each other from the wind Rain, protect each other comprehensively.
At the same time, it also perfectly interprets the state of mind of women who are working hard to make a living and longing for love.
This kind of friendship between women that contemporary women generally desire and is more valuable than love, "Menghualu" is more natural and unpretentious than most modern TV dramas, and it is even more refreshing in costume dramas.
Costume idol dramas have been caught in a strange circle in recent years and cannot extricate themselves: the script is heavily dependent on the big IP of the Internet, and the originality is seriously insufficient; the actors are deeply dependent on the traffic stars, and the most popular male and female idols are compared to force the most popular male and female idols to form a CP; , the audience simply "can't move"... Because of "Menghualu", the rigid creative routine has been broken.
I am even looking forward to the new "ancient puppet" that will be broadcast in 2023.
"The rest of my life, please give me more advice" is so "light" that it breaks the defense
I watched a lot of urban emotional dramas this year.
Looking back at the end of the year, I didn't expect that the most "light" one "The rest of my life, please advise me" is what I can't forget for a long time.
Perhaps it was because of the high expectations for the combination of Xiao Zhan and Yang Zi during the broadcast, which indeed formed a gap with the true intention of the main creator, which affected the objective evaluation of it to a certain extent. The high-sweet series is actually a warm-healing series that needs empathy.
The emotional line between Lin Zhixiao and Gu Wei presents a soothing and long-lasting love model, each experiencing the pain brought about by real life, and the relationship between them begins with mutual appreciation and pity, and finally heals each other.
It is different from the current love theme, there is no inexplicable love, but an understanding of love.
Compared with love scenes, what is more moving in "Yu Sheng" is actually Lin Zhixiao's father-daughter relationship.
The way of getting along with each other when there is disagreement is the most authentic life section of many Chinese families, where warmth and contradiction coexist.
Especially after experiencing family accidents, knowing each other and reconciling, Lin Zhixiao's lack of fatherly love has also been made up, and the family line in the play is more vivid and complete.
The two themes of "reconciliation" and "accompaniment" between parents and children are deeply buried-the storm crying at the end caught people off guard.
"Ignite Me, Warm You" The "pure" of youth heals the "abuse" of adulthood
"Light Me, Warm You" is a new episode of this year's "Real Fire", and it is another highlight moment after the "Youth Pain Drama" has died down for many years.
Li Xun, a programming genius who is flamboyant and "beautiful and miserable", and Zhu Yun, a brave and tenacious girl, have gone through many ups and downs from the young campus to the workplace, and still move forward and grow hand in hand.
For the adaptation of the highly popular novel, "Light Me Up, Warm You" not only retains the heart-moving scenes in the original work, but also adds a more suitable expression for film and television, including the "pure" of youth and the "abuse" of the adult world. There are also fireworks shows, maple leaf kisses, scenes of famous snow places, and the little thoughts when watching the art exhibition-showing us the beautiful love that goes to each other and the passionate youth that strives for dreams.
The audience sighed: It has been a long time since I felt the recklessness of youth so immersively.
"Cang Lan Jue" has a youthful feeling that is not hypocritical
This summer vacation, you will suddenly find that many friends around you who are not "love brain" have suffered from "spell syndrome": the cause is the "Canglan Jue" which sounds very routine at first glance.
It's already 2022, will anyone still be poisoned by the "two men chasing one woman" or soul-swapping stalks that have not changed for thousands of years?
When you're "laughing" you probably lose a lot of fun because of Pride and Prejudice.
Some people say that the IQ of "Canglan Jue" is "very childish for children, but just right for adults".
Take a closer look, in fact, this anti-logic comment is precisely its uniqueness.
People who suffer from "jue syndrome" like its juvenile feeling, like that the male and female protagonists are not ink marks and have a long mouth, and there is no suspicion, grievance, or insincere words on both sides.
The straight-forward "Canglan Jue" allows us to no longer be tortured by "you listen to me" and "I don't want to listen" during the summer vacation, and we don't have to endure misunderstandings that can be eliminated with a single sentence and have to "keep silent" to make us feel aggrieved .
In the end, "Silly White Sweet" Xiaolanhua and Dongfang Qingcang, who "sets the ceiling for the hero", revived the Xianxia drama that has been blowing out but constantly bringing aesthetic fatigue!
"The Wind Blows Pinellia" Highlights and Heartfelt Hearts of "Breaking the Times"
"The Wind Blows Pinellia", which ended at the end of the year, is full of stamina.
Whether it is the rhetoric of "Open your eyes and take a good look, this is a new world", or the spirit of "Steel Triangle" who dares to think and fight; whether it is the dress, big waves, Flaming red lips, the BGM "Unforgettable" and "Wild Lily Also Has Spring" that came out unexpectedly... This drama is enough to make people immerse themselves back to the 90s, the "breakthrough era" that relied on struggle to support ambition!
"The Wind Blows Pinellia" does not cover up the flaws of human nature in the mall, and writes freely about the fate of people and the times. When watching the drama, you can feel a particularly strong sense of power.
In addition to the overseas trip of the steel buying team, Xu Banxia's hard work for half a year and finally waiting for the steel price to rise, etc., there are also heartwarming moments such as Xu Banxia and his father's alienation to reconciliation, Xiao Chen's loyalty and helplessness.
In addition, "The Wind Blows Pinellia" also gave supporting roles such as Zhao Lei, Wu Jianshe, Qiu Bizheng, Ye Mao, and President Gao to play large-scale roles. Each character has a multi-faceted personality and is full of charm, ranging from company management to small It is short to the parents and complements each other.
A really good drama with aftertaste should be like this. There are interpretations everywhere, all meanings, and all reasonable.
(Text/Beijing Youth Daily reporter Yang Wenjie Coordinator/Liu Jianghua)