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is produced by Youku and produced by Galaxy Studio. Yan Bei serves as the chief producer, directed by Shenyang, written by Wang Jialu, and co-written by Zhu Liya. It is adapted from the novel of the same name by Priest, and is an urban suspense love story starring Liu Haocun and Lin Yiyi. The drama "Derailment" is currently airing exclusively on Youku. In the plot of
, Jiang Xiaoyuan (played by Liu Haocun), who comes from a well-off family, suddenly turns into a rural working girl with the same name as herself. In the process of struggling to survive, she meets her mysterious bamboo horse Qilian (played by Lin Yi) in parallel time and space. While searching for the truth, the two also jointly wrote a story about love, career and inspirational life.
In the current era of major dramas such as "One Thought Off the Mountain", "The Boy Who Sings the Dragon" and "Ningan Like a Dream", although the popularity and traffic of "Derailment" have not skyrocketed, after watching 8 episodes in one go, I can To put it responsibly: the show's soft science fiction + slightly suspenseful atmosphere is really unique.
Parallel Time and Space
Just like the title of the play "Derailment", it means deviating from the original trajectory of life. "Derailed" cleverly borrows the high concept of "parallel time and space" to make the original "Phoenix turns into a chicken" cliché of ancient idol dramas full of fantasy, but it does not turn it into a fantasy drama like "The Three-Body Problem" and other hard-core science fiction dramas. This parallel time and space travel gives a set of scientific explanations, but makes the audience feel a fatalism full of metaphysics.
Looking at the domestic dramas about the theme of parallel time and space, either a hero from the sky like "Chrono Romance" saves the fate of a former lover, or a loser like "Chrono Player" starts a cheating life. "Derailed" focuses on female growth and counterattack. The heroine Jiang Xiaoyuan has a very obvious character growth arc.
If parallel time and space like "Chrono Player" is to add buffs to the protagonist, then Jiang Xiaoyuan in "Derailment" has fallen to the bottom, and suddenly changed from the wealthy daughter of the Chongqing Jiang Group to the bottom of society. A rural migrant girl living with her grandma even dropped out of college.
So it can be said that this is the most down-to-earth parallel time and space drama in China so far.
Since it is called "Derailment", it needs to be played thoroughly. Jiang Xiaoyuan, who traveled to parallel time and space, was penniless and had no academic qualifications, so she could only work at the lowest level. So I worked as the receptionist of an Internet cafe, then worked as an apprentice in a hair salon, and later started a beauty business. This time, the heroine does not have the so-called "aura", but is down-to-earth working in the lowest level service industry.
However, if Jiang Xiaoyuan has no buff at all, this drama will not be good to watch, and the heroine will not be able to achieve a counterattack. It is precisely because of her identity and memory as a wealthy daughter that she works well in the hair salon. On the one hand, she knew how to use Internet public opinion to attract customers. On the other hand, with her artistic skills and advanced aesthetics, she was also able to make the most unique and most suitable hairstyles for her customers. She soon had her own regular customers and allowed the hair salon to develop. Beauty business.
While "refreshing", what the audience should see more is the growth of Jiang Xiaoyuan herself. As the daughter of a wealthy family, she was arrogant and did not take anyone else seriously. Even being condescending to her best friend who owned a coffee shop was like a charity. Traveling to parallel time and space, Jiang Xiaoyuan became a working girl at the bottom. She can better empathize with the hard work of people in the service industry, and also knows that making money is not easy. When she returns to her own world, Jiang Xiaoyuan will inevitably be reborn.
All qualified TV dramas know how to write exciting plots, but what the audience should pay more attention to is the themes and thought-provoking parts behind the plots. The "soft" part of "Derailed" is the key to widening the gap between it and similar dramas.
Emotional suspense
"Derailment" is a typical suspense drama. However, this drama is not a hard-core mystery drama. Instead, all suspense points lie in the fate of the protagonist and the emotions between the characters.
The first suspense point of this drama should be Feng Ruixue’s disappearance and Jiang Xiaoyuan’s time travel. Ruixue and Jiang Xiaoyuan are best friends, but Ruixue had an affair with Jiang Xiaoyuan’s boyfriend. After Jiang Xiaoyuan discovered it, Ruixue asked Jiang Xiaoyuan for forgiveness by the river. , but she disappeared completely. Where did Ruixue go? Did she commit suicide because she couldn't bear her betrayal of Jiang Xiaoyuan? These suspense become a sword hanging in the hearts of the audience. Later, Jiang Xiaoyuan came to the river under the instruction of Assistant Xu, but accidentally fell into the river and came to a parallel time and space. So, where did the original Jiang Xiaoyuan go? Is Ruixue also in this parallel time and space? Where did Jiang Xiaoyuan go in this parallel time and space?
At the same time, in this parallel time and space, the male protagonist Qi Lian also experienced the disappearance of his friend. His friend Xu Jingyang was once an athlete, but his leg was broken due to an accident. The last time he saw Xu Jingyang was on the rooftop. On the road, there was only a wheelchair, and this man disappeared into thin air. The same incident happened to two people, which is certainly not a coincidence.
After arriving in parallel time and space, when Jiang Xiaoyuan and Qi Lian met, new suspense arose again. That is what is the relationship between Jiang Xiaoyuan and Qilian? Why did Qilian suddenly leave without saying goodbye? What on earth did he do to offend Jiang Xiaoyuan?
In the subsequent plot, as clues gradually unfold, the audience can guess that Qilian's leaving without saying goodbye is related to his search for the whereabouts of his friend Xu Jingyang. Almost all the suspense points and clues in "Derailed" revolve around the relationships between friends, relatives, and love. It is also the emotional changes of these good friends that attract the audience to continue to follow the show.
It can be said that compared to those hard science fictions, "Derailment" has a human touch.
"Vicque" style love
Love mixed with suspense has become a popular theme in domestic TV dramas in recent years. Youku's "Derailed" puts forward a new concept of love - "Vicque" style love.
The so-called "Vickel" was invented by the Swiss inventor George. Its full name is "Velcro". Velcro is actually two nylon straps that play the role of cockleburs, one of which is painted with The coating has small thorn-like hooks on it, and the other one has thousands of small loops on it. The hooks and loops can stick together firmly.
"Derailment" borrows this concept to express the inseparable love. In the drama, Jiang Xiaoyuan and Qilian have a fateful love. They have an inseparable reason from the moment they meet. Compared with those TV dramas that forcefully find coincidences, the expression of love in this drama is more reasonable.
From the plot point of view, the fateful connection between Jiang Xiaoyuan and Qilian is not only childhood sweethearts, but also closely related to the entire confusing main plot. The reunion between Qilian and Jiang Xiaoyuan was due to the discovery of Jiang Xiaoyuan's location on Xu Jingyang's mobile phone, and the reason why Qilian had been pestering Jiang Xiaoyuan was because of his past feelings and guilt for Jiang Xiaoyuan. Jiang Xiaoyuan and Xu Jingyang are the "chosen" people by fate, and both of them are related to Qilian, which makes the fate of these three people closely linked. Qilian's meticulous care for Jiang Xiaoyuan and all the help he gave her came from the guilt mentioned in history, which is much more advanced than forcibly designing a series of coincidences.
In addition, Jiang Xiaoyuan and Qi Lian redeemed each other spiritually. It is no coincidence that Qi Lian likes Jiang Xiaoyuan, and it is no coincidence that he likes this "traveler" Jiang Xiaoyuan again. In parallel time and space, Jiang Xiaoyuan and her grandmother depended on each other, but Qi Lian was an "orphan" who was ignored in this world, so he had long regarded Grandma Jiang as his relative. In another world, Jiang Xiaoyuan's family was well off, her parents were busy with business, and she was very neglected. She also found the warmth of her family in the civilian version of Jiang Xiaoyuan, so when she called Grandma Jiang, she also He also healed himself.
There are close plot connections on the outside and emotional interoperability on the inside. The love scenes in "Derailed" are relatively realistic and believable.
Why is it said that "Derailed" is the most down-to-earth urban drama in 2023? The plot about civilians working, the suspense scenes closely related to emotions, and the inseparable love scenes are all very down-to-earth. Compared with "Shuangwen", "Believable" is the science fiction suspense drama that contemporary audiences want to watch.
