is in the emptiness of the drama shortage, and a drama just popped up.
has been suppressed for two years, and the low-key launch directly ignited the trending searches.
This fire did not come easily - Youku's last hit suspense drama was Pan Yueming's "White Night Chase".
The last two-male costume detective drama, "League of Gentlemen" starring Jing Boran and Song Weilong, was launched in a low-key manner and finished broadcasting in a low-key manner.
In short, the audience originally "hated iron but failed". Believe it, but not so dare to believe it.
didn't expect that after the broadcast, the word-of-mouth would be extremely polarized, but it seemed to be so interesting.
"Light Yuan", starring Zhang Xincheng + Fu Xinbo, the original "Silent Reading".
Most of the negative comments are from fans of the original book, and the comments are surprisingly consistent: magical changes, embarrassment, failure of character creation.
praised it, but it obviously comes from those who haven't read the original: I haven't read it, but it's really okay to watch as a criminal investigation drama.
so how is this show going?
Is it the actors or the show itself that caused the controversy?
must find out for himself.
watched eight episodes in a row, it's time to draw conclusions: this web drama has three highlights, one embarrassment, and two regrets.
Next, let’s break it down with everyone.
01, let me talk about embarrassment first: the sci-fi setting is tasteless
The first thing that makes people feel dark is the sci-fi setting.
The beginning of the story tells the setting of the plot: another civilization in another time and space, SGD 253, behind the soaring crime rate, is related to "zero-degree empaths".
The so-called zero-degree empathy is because of genetic attributes, there is no way to empathize with other people, which is equivalent to pointing out the setting of "genetic crime" at the beginning.
In the presentation of the sci-fi scenes of this drama, the opening can be said to spare no effort.
For example, what the neighborhood will look like in the future.
is full of cyber-like large fluorescent screens everywhere, and it is full of the traditional opening flavor of science fiction films.
also explained a coquettish department: crime eradication hope, special dispatch team...
has the details in place and is self-contained.
Another example is a city full of dark colors. Under the tall buildings, crime abounds. In less than one episode,
showed a Gotham-style parallel universe sci-fi city, which is chaotic and dark enough.
However, this setting did not continue.
After the opening scene, the series quickly returned to the way of criminal investigation dramas, and there was hardly any sci-fi meaning.
is equivalent to putting on a wonderful sci-fi shell on the basis that the plot is almost the same as the original, as if rigidly combining sci-fi and suspense, it looks a little strange.
02, let's talk about the highlights: authentic criminal investigation, super value action scenes, and careful images
But the first highlight of the series is the authentic flavor of criminal investigation dramas.
The reason why the original "Silent Reading" is so popular, apart from the two male protagonists, is that the case and the story are interesting, and the drama clearly restores the original work as much as possible in terms of the case. The
story begins with the "Lower West Side Murder Case". The murder of a courier has aroused the attention of public opinion, and Luo Weizhao (played by Fu Xinbo), the leader of the special investigation team, was ordered to investigate.
This male protagonist appeared on the stage is a common taste in the ancient Hong Kong criminal investigation dramas. He encountered a knife-wielding robber while riding a bicycle.
then went straight to the murder of the delivery man, which is also a crime about zero-degree empathy.
first layer: case investigation.
According to the condition of the deceased's body, Luo Weizhao quickly deduced that the deceased was strangled to death in a coma, with no obvious signs of struggle, and there was no evidence to prove that this was the first scene.
When another male lead, Pei Su, appeared on the stage, he revealed the temperament of a criminal, dark and indifferent. Based on the strangle marks on the deceased's neck, the hang tag on his clothes, and the sticker on his head, he concluded that the deceased had met a powerful person, and he directly judged that the perpetrator must be a person with zero empathy.
But the second layer of the story soon unfolds: the twist.
Following the police investigation, Pei Su was quickly identified as a suspect because not only had he met the deceased before his death, but he was also obviously inextricably linked to the case.
Although he was cleared of the suspicion quickly, another rich second generation who had a close relationship with him was quickly locked up again.
And it is not easy to dig deeper into the case. Why did the murderer throw the body in the old city where it is easy to be found?
and it's a serial murder case, is it possible that it is deliberately sabotaging Pei Su's ongoing project development?
In addition to these two layers, there is a third layer in the story: corruption within the police and even the SGD government. The special investigation team led by
was blocked at the beginning of the investigation, and after a lot of flattery, he seized the opportunity to investigate the circumstances of the crime scene and useful clues.
And the person in charge who barely let go is the umbrella of the suspected local gangster. In other words, there are bureaus within bureaus, and cases within cases.
Following the main line and the core are advancing according to the original work, using the early sci-fi settings to come up with a desire to prosper before suppressing, gradually pulling away the tension of the background of the drama:
A sinful space-time city where black and evil are rampant, and the underworld overwhelms the white. , SGD.
A police team that is regarded as the last hope by the whole city, the special dispatch team.
and, two people involved in the puzzle: a policeman who wanted to investigate the case, and a genius who was passively involved.
must say that the investigative link is progressing very fast, there are basically four episodes with one case, and there is a feeling of interlocking, there are basically no waste dramas, and the plot does not drop intelligence. Because
is an overhead setting, the scale is not small: the justice side is no longer "safe to win".
Even, there is no longer a clear "38th line" between good and evil.
But the most enjoyable part of the series is the second highlight: the explosive action scenes.
has one thing to say, the production level of the series is indeed not low.
's static lighting, composition, and color adjustment are above the standard.
can be used as the picture "moving": chasing cars, blasting, action... everything you should have, but the whole is amazing.
It can even be said that it is rare to see such rich and exciting serial action scenes in domestic dramas.
The main line of action begins with him: Luo Weizhao, the leader of the special dispatch team.
This is mainly due to the proficient use of two techniques in the action scenes:
1, "going to the meeting alone".
At the end of the third episode, Luo Weizhao went deep into the clubhouse of the criminal gang to rescue the informant, and was recognized as soon as he entered.
Just as the little sister found out the clues of the whistleblower, the gangsters from the entire clubhouse came out in full force. Why
? Because of an overdose, the whistleblower died in the clubhouse.
Therefore, the leader of the special dispatch team cannot be allowed to go out alive.
results in... guess what?
One against many.
first single-handedly beat up the gangsters who poured in like a tide.
used another sliding shovel to cut a bloody path through the narrow aisle of the clubhouse.
crossed the rooftop again, flew all the way into the small room where the whistleblower was, only to find that the whistleblower was dead.
The only way is to leap from the room and break out of the encirclement.
managed to rush out, just in time to meet the young lady who provided the information just now, but the two were quickly surrounded by nearly a hundred people pouring in from all directions. At the critical moment—Pei Su arrived in a luxury car.
Next, is the brightest part of the show: "Speed Breakout".
It can be said that the next paragraph is the best car chase scene I have seen in domestic dramas in recent years, and there is indeed no one.
The entire 5-minute car chase action scene frequently maintains a conscious sense of cinema in visual presentation.
Pei Su comes to the rescue with a flying car, throws off the gangsters, is it over?
just started, and soon, more than a dozen motorcyclists were chasing after them, chasing and killing them all the way.
The camera starts from the motorcyclist drifting by, pushes forward to shoot a fight, then pans, shoots down, advances to the fight inside the car, and passes by the speeding car.
After shuttling back and forth inside and outside the car, he pushed forward, shot upwards, and rose to a high altitude, and finally fell to the overlook of the protagonist group who were trapped on the bridge by the speeding party... Ten motorcycles. In this scene of
, a variety of camera movements are integrated, which not only increases the excitement of the chase, but also relatively completely depicts the interaction between the two male protagonists who have to work together in the face of complex situations.
can't be said to be breathtaking, at least absolutely pleasing to the eye.
This is not the best.
Lens language can only be called top-notch when combined with narrative or characters.
The relationship between Pei Su & Luo Weizhao.
Large-span, fast zoom-out lens, starting from Luo Weizhao and ending with Pei.
not only intuitively shows the spatial relationship between the two, but also metaphorizes the entangled character relationship between the two:
one left and one right, one dark and one bright, one life hanging by a thread, and the other upright.
It's not so much that they're looking for justice. Rather,
is trying to reach the bottom line of justice while struggling.
Highlight 3: Exquisite images with a full sense of cinema. The lighting and shadows of the
series are really just right. In several murder scenes, the lights flicker on and off, and the atmosphere is mysterious, strange and tragic.
makes Chinese thrillers comfortable.
Especially the suicide case of Pei Su's mother when he was a teenager.
There is a hint of strangeness in the horrifying atmosphere. The terrified eyes of the
young man and the rushing police pushed this strange charm to the extreme. A sense of oppression gushed out.
This is movie quality video.
Metaphor, implicit. Through precise lighting, changes in light and shade can induce changes in characters.
instead of gore and horror.
has to say that the show crew really put their heart into restoring the original work and producing the series. It's certainly not a bad show.
03, Finally, I would like to talk about regrets: what a pity, what a pity, the character creation, two sighs
the first sigh, the modeling makeup is too heavy.
Especially Pei Su played by Zhang Xincheng. In
's original book, he is a mysterious genius who lacks empathy.
is indifferent, gloomy, handsome, with a gentlemanly scum face, but has a unique mind.
can see that Zhang Xincheng's face has become thinner after the drama, his chin has become sharper, and his eye sockets have sunken marks. With shoulder-length long hair, he is wearing a neat suit and metal-framed glasses. It's a bit ascetic.
But I just want to ask the stylist, what's the matter with the ridiculous unlined eyebrows and the more inexplicable side-parted long bangs?
can only say that the makeup is too much, but the result is too much.
second sigh: the character creation is too shallow.
In fact, the drama did not change much about the male lead’s interaction. Pei Su and Luo Weizhao’s superficial hostility at the beginning gradually turned the enemy into a friend. ,not bad.
Fu Xinbo has been lukewarm these years, and playing this role as a married man will inevitably arouse doubts from fans of the original book, but his performance is actually not a big problem, especially when the character is rough on the surface but quick-witted. The reliable taste is very precise.
Zhang Xincheng's acting skills are already highly anticipated. His performances in "Hello Old Time", "The Day I Became You", "Basic Law of Genius", "In the Name of Family" and "County Party Committee Compound" have all been well received by the audience affim. In the
play, his character design changed drastically, but he also performed the character’s mystery and high IQ. When he fell into crime analysis, his eyes gradually became deep, as if he fell into empathy for someone with zero degree of empathy. The eye scene has its own suspense There is an irresistible charm.
But why am I still feeling sorry?
Because neither Pei Su's role nor Zhang Xincheng's acting skills stop there.
There is no doubt that Pei Su is a protagonist who has nothing to do with "Wei Guangzheng". In order to highlight this point,
gave a lot of deliberate portrayal in the play, but it seems a bit too hard. But the real charm of Pei Su's characters lies in the entanglement between black and white.
Looks like he has zero degrees of empathy.
But he happened to show the empathy for the disadvantaged groups that people with zero empathy can't have.
is the huge suspense created by the characters themselves, so that this suspenseful detective story does not fall into clichés and is not boring.
But what the protagonist group lacks in this play is precisely to give the audience a real "sense of substitution".
cannot identify with a character and empathize with it.
Take Pei Su as an example. He is the first protagonist and the keel of the play. If he fails to be portrayed, the whole play will collapse.
The problem with the current characters is not only that the makeup is too heavy, but also that there is not enough digging.
What the audience feels now is that he is extremely smart, capable of reasoning, drag racing, profiling, reasoning, and everything.
bull! Niu is a good person?
But what really matters is the human touch.
Pei Su's human touch, that is, the character breaks through his own inherent personality at a certain moment.
let the character, from darkness, to light.
Looking at it now, the character is a bit strong and unremarkable.
The audience can only feel that the characters are showing their charm.
raised his eyebrows, smiled, and fiddled with the pen in his hand pretending to be relaxed.
What is the real personality and humanity of the characters? Can't tell.
Zhuang Wenjie actually has this potential, because he was born in a dark crime family, has a dark father played by Yu Bo, and has the biggest characteristic, blood-sickness.
fainted because of the deep childhood shadow, the mother played by Jianing Xue committed suicide in front of his eyes.
Whenever he is in a desperate situation or needs to be guided, the past will appear in flashback. How
treats his relationship with his father, how to get out of the past, and how to choose between black and white are the biggest uniqueness of this character.
This should also be the best part of the play: how a genius with zero empathy wanders between good and evil, and how he fights against his own destiny.
But did the audience see it? No.
We can't ignore the breakthrough made by "Guangyuan" in the domestic double-male-lead suspense genre, as well as the sincerity in production, but it is still far from the truly excellent domestic suspense.
regret is not just a drama regret.
is a prominent problem in many domestic dramas.
has the scene, production, light and shadow, but it can't bring the audience a truly suitable aesthetic. It has to use excessive bangs and makeup to cover up the true charm of the characters themselves. The
people were regarded as part of the strange and treacherous case, rather than the real protagonist. The most regrettable thing about
is that the show finally achieved zero empathy with the audience on the most critical issue.
