text / Ding Minjun
Starting from "Boys Over Flowers", Lee Min Ho and have led the trend of Korean dramas for 10 years. His fans cover different age groups from the 80s to the 00s.
can say that the three words "Lee Min Ho" come with ratings and popularity guarantees, but time has passed, and after four years of absence from the small screen, his new drama does not seem to satisfy everyone.
The scary thing is that Lee Min Ho's fans seem to not allow doubtful voices. The premiere of
"The Forever Monarch" has attracted much attention. Fans and netizens have torn apart
Lee Min Ho's reputation. The new drama "Forever Monarch" has attracted much attention since its preparation in the summer of 2019.
plus this drama also has actors with good reputations like Jin Gaoyin . On the day of its premiere, "Forever Monarch" surpassed the hot search charts several times.
However, after watching the episode, many people were a little disappointed. Although the ratings of
's premiere breaking 10 is a good result, it is far from reaching public expectations.
Under such circumstances, many entertainment actresses and self-media have released drama reviews. Among them, a Korean drama translation team published an article discussing ratings, which entered the attention of Lee Min Ho fans because of the high number of hits. in. After
read the article, fans sent articles to question the author, with fierce words. Under the siege of fans, Guan Bo had to issue an apology and clearly expressed his support for Lee Min Ho's new drama.
Even "Lee Min Ho" couldn't help but reply in person, which was to add fire to the storm.
However, after reading the article, some netizens said that the article did not actually mention Lee Min Ho's acting skills and other issues, but only evaluated and predicted the ratings.
In addition, this article also discusses the plot and lighting issues. These are actually not related to Lee Min Ho himself. The article is not subjective, but provides many relevant screenshots as evidence.
Under such circumstances, Lee Min Ho’s fans still believe that this article is discrediting their idol, which netizens obviously cannot accept.
originally had to be tested by the public after it was broadcast. As long as it is an objective view, there is no right or wrong.
But I don't know since when, fans are no longer able to accept the doubts of their idols from the outside world, as long as there is a trace of disturbance, they will fight back.
This approach not only apologizes and deletes related articles from related authors, but also aggravates public dissatisfaction, and even creates greater resentment towards the star.
Lee Min Ho obviously affected his reputation because of the behavior of his fans.
But to be fair, "Forever Monarch" did not satisfy everyone.
Lee Min Ho's appearance has been complained, and there is no breakthrough in acting?
Lee Min Ho's previous Korean dramas were based on love, so the protagonist's appearance is relatively high.
As he grows older, Lee Min Ho seems to be seeking transformation.
Therefore, he chose to cooperate with Jin Gaoyin this time, and it seems that he also intends to change the style of his works.
In addition, after the broadcast of "Forever Monarch", the controversy about Lee Min Ho's appearance has also become raging.
Since returning from the military, Lee Min Ho has never stopped talking about "face swelling" and "chicken hair".
originally thought that Lee Min Ho would let everyone see his changes after the new drama was broadcast, but after nearly a year of adjustments, Lee Min Ho's face was still a bit "swollen".
This has also caused many audiences who chased the drama for the protagonist's appearance to be dismissed, but in the eyes of fans, even if Lee Min Ho does not rely on appearance to win, he still has good acting skills to attract audiences.
But unfortunately, since the 2 episodes of "Forever Monarch", Lee Min Ho can play his acting skills in very few places.
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and the setting of one person playing two roles were a big test for the actors' acting skills. Many people had high hopes for Lee Min Ho before the show was broadcast.
But judging from the current plot, although the big framework of the parallel world has been opened, the correlation between the two worlds does not seem to be very strong.
In addition, the character of the male protagonist has not escaped from those roles that Lee Min Ho used to shoot, and it is still the setting of a young boy.
This is undoubtedly allowing Lee Min Ho to continue performing in his comfort zone. Although his acting skills are impeccable, he failed to make everyone feel the progress.
All the routines that can be thought of,
can be seen in "Forever Monarch". In fact, the Korean drama market has been constantly changing in recent years. The previous routines of car accidents and cancer have long been eliminated.
and even many Korean dramas have achieved great success because of anti-routines, but when the time comes to 2020, "Forever Monarch" seems to repeat the same mistakes and replay the old stalks that were eliminated.
Some netizens said that the setting of the prince and Cinderella between the male and female lords is really old-fashioned. The setting of
parallel time and space, two worlds is similar to "Want to See You" and "W Two Worlds", but the screenwriting skills are much different.
In addition, it is difficult to attract viewers because the protagonist and heroine hug as soon as they meet, and the BGM must be put on the hug.
Netizens who have watched "Ghosts" are even more blunt, and can see the shadow of "Ghosts" in the drama "Forever Monarch".
The screenwriters of the two dramas are the same person but on one hand, the setting of multiple CP lines in the drama also makes people play.
In fact, as early as the official announcement of "Forever Monarch", many netizens said that the combination of Lee Min Ho and Kim Goeun was not compatible. There is a certain gap between
in appearance and performance style. If they have to adapt to each other's rhythm in the play, it will be a big test for the actors and the audience.
Although the actors still showed a good tacit understanding, most of the audience felt that there was no sense of CP between Lee Min Ho and Kim Go-Eun.
, on the contrary, is full of CP between Lee Min Ho and the second male, Lee Min-ho and the second female, Kim Go-eun and the male third. This situation has also appeared in "Ghosts". It is undoubtedly that the screenwriter has double insurance for the drama.
But this will affect the audience's experience of chasing the drama, and it can be regarded as some loss outweigh the gain.
Under the circumstances of frequent criticism of the protagonist's appearance, insufficient CP sense of the male and female protagonists, and old-fashioned plot, how "Forever Monarch" broke has become the focus of public attention.
Fortunately, only two episodes will be broadcast, and there will be a chance to comeback later.
The answer to the questions about why the heroine could save the boy who was still a child 25 years ago, and whether there is an inevitable connection between the protagonists in the parallel world, remains to be revealed.
Are you looking forward to the follow-up plot of "Forever Monarch"?
