On the evening of December 29, the TV series "Across the Ocean to Love You Again" was quietly launched on Youku with 4 episodes, starting the premiere mode. This TV series stars Song Yi and Chen Xuedong. It tells the story of the male and female protagonists falling in love in an urban environment. At present, the broadcast numbers of this TV series are not ideal, and the number of short comments from the audience is relatively limited.
Among the limited short reviews from viewers, "Across the Ocean to Love You Again" received basically negative reviews of one or two stars. Among these negative reviews, some complained about Chen Xuedong's acting skills, others complained that the TV series was outdated, and even some complained that Song Yi was so good-looking, why would he take on such a TV series with a seriously substandard script?
Obviously, the main problems of this TV series have been made clear by the audience. Its biggest problem should be the outdated content of the story. In a suspended urban environment, the heroine was run away from her marriage, and the hero was in deep entrepreneurial crisis. The two ran away and went abroad. Then, such a group of male and female protagonists started to start a business again, and even fell in love. This kind of story, twenty years ago, seemed to be able to attract some audiences.
However, nowadays, even traffic dramas cannot capture the fan base. why? Because of this type of TV series, the audience has watched too many in recent years. They have a common title, that is, urban suspension drama. This type of TV series uses the same creative method, so after watching one episode, you can guess all the content that follows. TV dramas are about telling stories. If there is no story, no one will watch them.
On the premise that the script is seriously outdated, Chen Xuedong's performance is indeed a little too childish. Perhaps because of this childishness, all the characters played by Chen Xuedong look like they have not grown up. And this childishness and immaturity make Chen Xuedong seem to lack acting skills. In fact, childishness and tenderness are also the characteristics of an actor. When given the right work, he can produce very good-looking characters.
Some comments said that only Guo Jingming can like Chen Xuedong's acting skills. Here's the interesting thing. Chen Xuedong's face has the temperament of Guo Jingming. The two celebrities look very similar. Many of the works directed by Guo Jingming are childish, immature and childish. This immature temperament is obviously very suitable for Chen Xuedong. Therefore, in Director Guo's works, Old Chen can perform Xiao Chen very well.
In the drama "Across the Ocean to Love You Again", Chen Xuedong's performance is unreasonable. When this young actor who embodies immaturity and childishness plays a role, he gives the impression that he is still a child and cannot talk about love or sense of responsibility. I estimate that many young female viewers don’t like Dongdong classmate because he is too young and unable to give these young female viewers boyfriend power.
In this TV series, Song Yi is more like a mature big sister. Of course, Song Yi's performance is still the same, without merit or fault. However, in a TV series that focuses on love, there is no sense of camaraderie between the male and female protagonists. The only thing left is that the actors themselves are not embarrassed, but the audience is embarrassed. Actors like Song Yi are more suitable for mature and stable male characters when it comes to romance in dramas.
Of course, the biggest problem with this TV series is the script. For example, in Song Yi's opening plot, her boyfriend ran away from her marriage. She was crying and all the makeup on her face was gone. It can be seen that Song Yi is really performing hard. However, in a bloody plot about a boyfriend running away from marriage, no matter how hard the heroine works, it will be in vain. In this scene, Song Yi cried so much. My first feeling was: It's hard for Song Yi. I have to cry for such a bad script. Then I thought, why is it difficult? It’s not like crying for free and earning a salary.
It is conceivable that a TV series with extremely low quality will do harm to the actors. The TV series itself is bad, and the audience can just stop watching it. However, everyone will remember that this bad drama starred Song Yi and Chen Xuedong.For these two leading actors, if they want to reverse the negative reputation brought by a bad drama, they may need to make several good quality TV dramas to reverse it. Actors, cherish your feathers, this is where it comes from. (Text/Ma Qingyun)
