film and television industry, the creator Guo Jingyu , who is a director, producer, and screenwriter, is an existence that the audience loves and hates. The overall texture of his works is generally solid, and there are very few shoddy dramas. .
But the word of mouth of the story tends to run to two extremes.
Douban's 2.5 points " Mother's Road " and the classic heroine "Tie Lihua" were both directed and written by him. The phenomenal work "Soul Ferry" series in the initial stage of online dramas was also created by Guo Jingyu's team.
No matter the subject matter or the core, you can see the most traditional and the youngest collision in Guo Jingyu's works.
He will praise the traditional "virtue" that young people have no longer bought into, and will also give elements that young people love. Moreover, Guo Jingyu's works may appear polarized in word of mouth, but he never follows the trend of making perfunctory works.
For example, the word-of-mouth drama " the most beautiful youth ", when he was addicted to Gongdou Xianxia in the film and television industry, he boldly picked a period drama that was recognized as "not preferred" by young people, but received a wave of high scores from young audiences praise.
Now Guo Jingyu has once again touched the aesthetics of young audiences. The online drama " Tang Dynasty Weird Stories " supervised by him has been searched many times by the tap water. The subject matter is interesting and the content is solid. Nonstop.
is an old habit, first demining some audiences.
"Story of the Tang Dynasty" is a two-male lead drama. The protagonists are Guo Jingyu's royal actor Yang Zhigang and Yang Xuwen , who is very controversial. The latter makes many viewers discouraged. If you change the male lead, I am afraid this drama will has exploded.
put aside the private controversy of the male protagonist and only look at the work itself. The highlights of "Story of the Tang Dynasty" can definitely conquer most of the audience. It is a rare traditional costume detective drama in recent years. The old charm and the wonderful coexist.
Story of Weird Things
"The Story of Tang Dynasty's Weird Story" is developed in the form of a unit drama, three to six episodes tell a case, some cases are presented independently, and some cases are intertwined and progressive, each case has a characteristic: " sly".
"Chang'an Black Tea", the goddess asks for her life, the bride mysteriously disappears, giant beasts and four remote monsters go into battle, the murderer lineup seems to be omnipotent in the world, and seems to have "magic magic" beyond the limit of ordinary people. In
's "Gantang Station Strange Talk", the spooky station is full of mysteries, and the mysterious guards behave unpredictably. Is the python becoming an accomplice of human beings, or is it another dark killing of human diversity?
"Stone Bridge Picture", the four sons of Nanzhou are famous, and the famous paintings about them attract merchants to compete for high prices. The stone bridge enters the picture, but the picture kills?
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's series of "strange things" is the most attractive point of "The Story of Tang Dynasty". The various bizarre scenes made many viewers also directly call it "Soul Ferry", a hobby of unnatural phenomena. ecstasy. The screenwriter of
integrates the mysteries that the public likes into inference and investigation, which not only satisfies the visual appeal of fans of strange themes, but also perfectly avoids the review standards.
But this is not a ghost story, the most deceitful one is the human heart. The essence of
's works is to talk about the truth of solving crimes through ghosts and ghosts. Behind all unreasonable cases, all kinds of people are laying out the layout. Human nature is always the core of the crime theme, just like the first unit "Chang'an Black Tea".
Chang'an black tea is good tea, but it is used as a tool for power and profit. When the tea is stained with the bride's blood, when the drink turns into a hallucinogenic poison, everything escapes the true nature of people, things and things.
is waiting for the truth to come out, leaving the audience's thinking to continue. The boss who is strategizing in the ghost market looks extremely abominable, but he is also an ant active in the palm of others.
It is worth mentioning that the case will eventually return to the truth, but the screenwriter did not let the protagonist force science.
Compared with emphasizing truth, the plot is more inclined to integrate into the imagination of ancient backgroundsThe setting, such as illusion, which is more magical than magic, the addition of these elements makes the work more classical and dramatic.
The traditional detective style of
is characterized by "strangeness", while the detective part wins the favor of the audience by returning to the tone of traditional ancient detective dramas. This style is believed to have seen veteran detective cases such as " Detective Di Renjie " The audience of the show is no stranger to it.
It has an orthodox crime-solving charm that belongs to the ancient times. The foreshadowing of each case is very particular. The screenwriter carefully lays out the murderer's motives and methods, rendering the murder process very strong, and often makes the audience horrified. When
brings the audience into an immersive drama-chasing mood, the curtain of the protagonist group to find the truth will also be officially opened. The previous foreshadowings have been cracked one by one, and the truth will gradually emerge, but the answer will not be too straightforward.
often the protagonist group will carefully plan to wait for the murderer to be arrested. When they really want to reveal the murderer, the audience who are good at guessing the murderer will burn their brains together, and the audience who are not good at finding details will feel the reversal impact of the truth together with the characters in the play. The process of
is progressive and meticulous, and the look and feel is hearty. The traditional charm and the charm of reasoning go hand in hand. It is difficult for the audience not to be substituted. The combination of the two male protagonists in this play is also very "traditional", with one literary and one military, complementary and tight.
's text is "Wisdom Brain" Su Wuming (played by Yang Zhigang), Di Renjie's direct disciple, not only has the master's handed down methods and rich experience in solving cases, but also has the responsibilities of the job, and finally you don't need to ask " Yuanfang What are you doing when you see the body?" Look".
Wu is Lu Lingfeng, the son of an aristocratic family, and Di Renjie's die-hard fan. He is very jealous of Su Wuming's ability to be seen by Di Gong. He wants to show off his talent in solving cases, but he is inexperienced.
One is in charge of solving the case with his brain, the other is in charge of chasing the murderer with force, and the best partner is coming, but the screenwriter did not let them divide the priority according to the traditional reasoning story, and let one male protagonist serve as "assistance" for another male protagonist. Instead,
went with a real dual male protagonist and dual detective setting.
's old-fashioned Su Wuming trained young Lu Lingfeng while solving the case. Lu Lingfeng, who lacked experience in solving cases and human relations, gradually grew up with the help of the team, and had the strength to be his own.
Lu Lingfeng used to be obsessed with taking Di Renjie as his teacher, arrogant and conceited, but now he has forged a relationship with Su Wushuang as both a teacher and a friend.
group portraits are more interesting,
double male protagonists are the core characters of "The Story of Tang Dynasty", but this work still has excellent group portraits. The characters have the basic settings of orthodox detective dramas, as well as the cute points that young people love.
The older Su Wuming has rich experience and knowledge of the world, but he is not showy, nor is he a pedantic judge. The character of this character is a bit inherently smooth, as well as small "tricks".
Every time Su Wuming wanted to trick the young Lu Lingfeng, he would always dig a hole innocently. The contrast is very interesting. The young Lu Lingfeng was irritable and hard-hearted. He looked unhappy, but in fact he was full of arrogance.
combines the essence of the sweeping monk and the old urchin, Fei Jishi is also responsible for the jokes of his works. His actions are nonsensical but his hands-on ability is very strong. He is dubbed by the audience as the team "nanny". He and the two male protagonists are also a small iron triangle.
's best girl Pei Xijun was a love brain that audiences hated very much when she appeared on the stage, but as the characters entered the world from the back house, her super painting skills were gradually revealed, and her personal charm soared.
From Pei Xijun and Lu Lingfeng, the audience can also see the screenwriter's control over character shaping. In fact, many characters in the play have personality flaws that the audience hates when they are singled out.
For example, Xi Jun's high love brain, Lu Lingfeng's impulses sometimes appear in the early stage, if you only watch a certain clip, the audience may be angry with the character, but if you understand the whole character comprehensively, you will feel full and three-dimensional. The setting of the
unit roles also refreshed the audience. Nanzhou Sizi led by Wang Jinsong is a typical example, and the audience can feel the elegance of the Sizi.The style of life and loyalty and friendship of ancient literati.
Zhong Boqi, who has become a paranoid demon, has shown the audience the complex side of human nature. No matter how strong the literati, once he is coerced by selfish desires, he will also become abominable.
When a traditional detective drama meets a wonderful and novel group of characters, when Tang Dynasty Weird things collide with brain-burning reasoning, it has become the biggest "dark horse" of this season, "The Record of Weird Things in the Tang Dynasty", which may also be the most surprising this year. the dark horse.
Of course, "Story of the Tang Dynasty" is not perfect, the screenwriter's handling of the emotional line is very bad, almost no pair of CPs that have appeared so far have sparks, not as good as the four old brothers in Nanzhou. Emotional tension.
Objectively speaking, if the screenwriter is not good at writing emotional lines, there is really no need to impose it, not to mention that themes like "The Story of Tang Dynasty" do not need to add more attention to the love scene.
However, the proportion of love scenes in this drama is also extremely low, and its blandness does not affect the brilliance of the main story at all. Audiences who like detectives and quirky stories in ancient costumes will definitely not lose money by investing in "The Story of Tang Dynasty".
