On the evening of June 19, the TV series "Agent of Time" was launched on the official video platform with 4 episodes, officially starting the premiere mode. This TV series stars Jiang Long, Bi Wenjun, Bu Guanjin and other actors. It tells the story of the male protagonist who can use photos to travel through time. In the first episode of the story, after traveling through time, the male protagonist went to help a low-level employee of a company find evidence of being PUAed.
Based on the plot content of the current premiere, this TV series is taking the path of urban fantasy. Use photos to realize time travel, the focus is on what to do after time travel. In the premiere plot, the male protagonist helps the low-level employees, which is still somewhat warm. Obviously, this TV series is taking the youth route, telling the stories they like from the perspective of young people.
In this way, we come to the origin of fantasy dramas. Fantasy itself is nothing extraordinary, it is just a setting for a TV series. What truly measures the value of a fantasy drama is what it does after it becomes a fantasy. "Agent of Time" obviously understands this, so after it becomes a fantasy, it helps young people, especially those who are bullied by their bosses in the workplace.
This aspect can easily win the recognition of young audiences. This type of fantasy drama is essentially a cheating drama. Another form of cheating drama is the anti-Japanese drama. In anti-Japanese dramas, the protagonists can also go to the sky and the earth, fly over walls and walls. At the same time, the things the protagonists do to fight the Japanese can also win the recognition of middle-aged and elderly audiences. In this case, we can easily find that this type of fantasy drama actually corresponds to the anti-Japanese drama that middle-aged and elderly people watch. Two kinds of drama, half the weight of each other.
The fight against the Japanese is emotionally stimulating or inciting for a large number of middle-aged and elderly viewers. As for the young people, they obviously don't like to fight the Japanese anymore. They don't like to watch the male protagonist fight the Japanese after traveling through time. However, letting the male protagonist travel through time to teach the workplace bosses a lesson is something that young people like and feel comfortable with. Anyway, they are all stories about the protagonists cheating, and they are all stories that make the established audience feel happy. Whether it is an urban fantasy drama or an anti-Japanese drama, the formula is the same.
After understanding this, we will find that it is naive to say how watching this urban fantasy drama healed ourselves. If cheating dramas can heal people, then anti-Japanese dramas can also heal us all. This type of TV series actually just arouses or incites people's emotions. When the emotions are in place, the TV series will be considered enjoyable. If the emotions are not in place, the TV series will be a vulgar drama.
When I watched "Agent of Time", I felt that I couldn't be emotionally aroused. why? Because I always feel that the role of the workplace boss is too deliberate and lacks a sense of reality. In real life, the "inhumane" boss is not the one in "The Time Agent", but the one who is the heroine boss in "The Time Is Right". Bad guys all appear disguised as good guys, and those who are directly bad are rare.
Like in "Agent of Time", the boss is directly bad, which is a very simple Facebook. A drama that is enjoyable for young people to watch, of course requires this kind of directness and simplicity. If it is like the heroine boss in "The Time Is Right", young people who like to watch cool dramas will easily not understand it. Based on this, it can also be proved that this "Time Agent" is a TV series at the aesthetic level of the adolescent stage and cannot move closer to audiences with higher aesthetic levels.
In terms of the performances of the three leading actors, this TV series is also quite different. Jiang Long has a way of making people laugh. Bi Wenjun has an expressionless face. This kind of performance is more suitable for popular dramas and idol dramas. Bu Guanjin's performance was obviously dull and expressionless. These starring actors come together to make this TV series not lively enough, with traces of acting everywhere.
So, I think TV series like "Time Agent" are suitable for teenagers who don't have a high aesthetic level and like fun dramas.The fathers of this group of young people should be the ones who watched the anti-Japanese drama. (Text/Ma Qingyun)
