On the evening of February 27th, the TV series " Zichuan·Guangming Sanjie" was launched on a number of genuine video platforms. This TV series stars Yang Xuwen, Liu Yuning, and other actors. If you only watch the beginning, a large number of ordinary viewers will definitely be attracted and think it is a costume war drama. However, after watching a few more episodes, everyone suddenly realizes that it is just a costume idol drama.
The war content at the beginning of "Purple River" can indeed attract a lot of ordinary viewers. In an open land with mountains, the two armies faced each other. The northern nomadic army was charging with 300,000 people, while the southern defenders had only 30,000 people. The war is about to break out. If you don't know, you might think it is the Chinese version of " Spartacus ". However,
, the beautiful image can only last for a few minutes. After the war started, it ended immediately. Obviously, the screenwriters and directors of the show know that shooting such war scenes is still very expensive. If you can reduce it, try to reduce it as much as possible. The audience's appetite has been whetted, and they want to follow the drama and watch the subsequent war scenes. However, among the plots that have been released in many episodes, there is just such a war scene.
The next scene is that the male protagonist who can take the general's head among thousands of troops is transferred back by the court, and must be investigated and put to death. Then, there are all kinds of fights in the court, and the hero survives in a crack. This approach is actually no different from other costume idol dramas. Especially the first thing the male protagonist does when he comes to Beijing is to go to Yihongyuan. This setting is exactly the same as that of vulgar costume idol dramas - if you don't go to a brothel, it seems like you can't do anything. In the plot content of
, there is a court trial and a rescue. In fact, they are all old routines of vulgar online novels. These contents cannot stand up to the scrutiny of ancient official history. Moreover, almost all plots and characters cannot stand up to the scrutiny of normal IQ. This kind of content is more like a young man who has never read history and deliberately wrote it to make people laugh. It is a typical pediatric content. The content of the court obviously cannot withstand scrutiny, is suspended and frivolous.
There is another biggest content theme in online dramas like this, which is to engage in objects. Therefore, in the play, at the beginning, there is a female general who is a bit "flirty" with the male protagonist. Then, there is the princess of the Northern Kingdom, who also has to follow up an emotional line. Then, there is a young woman from a well-known family in the capital who really likes the male protagonist. A group of women surround the male protagonist. This is not a costume idol drama. What is it?
The few episodes of "Purple River" that have been released have been struggling in the sequence of costume idol dramas. The audience who was deceived by the war scene at the beginning seemed to have no more patience to wait for the subsequent battle scenes. By the way, will such an idol drama really have battle scenes? In the whole TV series, the helmet and armor have a good visual effect. However, when you are dressed neatly, you are not here to fight, but to act like an idol drama.
In terms of acting skills, Yang Xuwen's hilarious performance style has enhanced the temperament of an idol drama for this TV series, making it relatively watchable. Idol dramas are actually just about letting the male and female protagonists find something to do in an imaginary environment, and then start the love mode. Anyway, it's all fictitious. If the male protagonist is a bit more noisy, the drama will be fuller and more interesting.
Yang Xuwen's online reputation seems not to be very good. I wonder if it is related to the case in which he was involved in a case of a naked woman jumping off a building. Drama critics can't explain clearly about the lawsuit. I can only speak from a personal perspective. I feel that Yang Xuwen's performance in this costume drama is acceptable, at least better than many popular stars.
The supporting actor Liu Yuning is a more typical traffic star with no acting skills. Some female viewers said Liu Yuning was ugly. I do not know why. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that Liu Yuning, a popular celebrity, always looks sad. The facial expression of this popular star in the drama is not pleasing to the eye.This kind of expressionless performance can easily make the audience sleepy, or it has a hypnotic effect.
"Zichuan" is disappointing overall. A TV series with a top-notch armor, it is full of visual effects, but it just doesn't do serious things, it just acts like a costume idol drama. Therefore, this TV series is destined to be a self-pleasure work for fans and will not attract more ordinary fans of the series. (Text/Ma Qingyun)
