On the evening of April 29, the TV series " Young Babylon " was launched on Tencent Video in episode 4, officially starting the premiere mode. Based on the plot content of the drama that can be watched, it is a relatively typical idol drama with a weak sense of age. The beauty and acting skills of the heroine Yang Caiyu are obvious to all, while the acting skills of the male protagonist Hou Minghao are Relatively poor.
Let’s talk about idol dramas first. If the audience's expectation for the plot of this TV series is a period drama that restores factory life in the 1990s, then this TV series will obviously not be able to meet everyone's expectations. If the audience just wants to watch an idol drama in which the male and female protagonists have sex in a given environment, then, very good, this TV series can meet everyone's expectations.
In terms of the sense of age, the TV series "Young Babylon" is very weak. This weakness is multifaceted, both at the script level and at the picture level. Of course, at the script level, it pursues the temperament of an idol drama, so a large number of scenes are perfunctory in dealing with the issue of the sense of time.
As for the visuals, it would have been easy to create the look and feel of the 1990s. However, I don’t know whether it was due to cost constraints or because the director was not familiar with the living conditions in mainland China in the 1990s. The TV series overall lacks a sense of age. If it weren't for the specific year subtitles at the beginning of the play, the audience would definitely not be able to tell what era this is a play. Idol dramas do not strive to create a sense of age. They do not seek truth or imagery, but seek the atmosphere of an idol drama.
In terms of performance, the leading actor Hou Minghao also has the biggest problem. This popular star has been handling roles in the same way as idol dramas. Although the play also pursues some sense of the times in terms of persuading Taoism and other aspects, Hou Minghao was unable to express the temperament of the factory youth of that era. This role is difficult to perform in a realistic and realistic way. In addition, Hou Minghao also has a soft aura personally and cannot express the toughness of the character.
Especially in the fight, Hou Minghao's weak and powerless performance made people feel that he was not here to help his brothers, he was just here to back him up, and he was just one more person to be beaten. Traffic stars are prone to weakness. In this TV series, for the story to be successful and the characters to be established, the male protagonist needs to have a "factory gangster" temperament. Sorry, Hou Minghao's temperament is like a good boy, he can't act like a bad young man.
At the same time, this role requires actors and directors to work together to achieve a sense of adolescent sultryness, so that the play will be enjoyable. For example, in Jiang Wen's "Sunny Day", the young man played by Xia Yu has a typical boring temperament. The realization of Jiang Wen and Xia Yu is very vivid. For the same role, Hou Minghao and director Lin Yuxian's realization was very poor. Our current directors and actors often can't control the boring atmosphere. There may be many reasons.
I feel that one possible reason is that it is easier for young men today to find partners. Many of them have girlfriends when they are teenagers. They lack the love that Jiang Wen and Xia Yu had in their youth. A feeling of not wanting the opposite sex. Male directors and actors, in their youth, have a feeling that they want the beautiful opposite sex. Only in their subsequent film and television careers will they show a strong and sultry temperament.
For example, the hero played by Hou Minghao was sending the heroine played by Yang Caiyu home. It rained, and the hero saw the heroine's breasts that were wet by the rain. This is a very boring and tense scene. But Hou Minghao and director Lin Yuxian's implementation is too superficial. If this scene was realized by a knowledgeable director and actors, the effect would definitely be very good. The real value of "Young Babylon" is actually the boredom of young factory boys in the 1990s. Failing to achieve this, the TV series loses its most important point.
The role realization of the heroine Yang Caiyu is remarkable.This actress is not only good-looking, but also has the temperament of a script character. She is beautiful and capable at the same time, which is a kind of flamboyant beauty. This kind of beauty is no longer unusual nowadays. In the 1990s, when everyone was just opening their eyes to the world, there were really very few of them. It is inevitable that a large number of young men regard women with such beauty as their dream lovers. This is the beauty of young Ni Ping . Editor, I may be showing my age.
Yang Caiyu's "energy" is very strong. I feel that the degree of realization of Yang Caiyu's role in the TV series version of "Young Babylon" is even higher than that of the heroine Li Meng in the movie version. Although Li Meng is poetic and literary, he is still relatively small and does not have the impression of a big sister. In the TV series version, Yang Caiyu's temperament secures her position as the elder sister. If the male protagonist had a better temper, this drama would be better.
Unfortunately, Hou Minghao has no acting skills and cannot act as a ruffian. Once this is done, the show becomes flimsy and uninteresting. (Text/Ma Qingyun)
