Youku's " Bianshui Past Events " has been aired for more than half of the time, and I believe it has become an annual drama in the hearts of many people.
Douban, Weibo and Hupu, the three major film and television ratings sites, all unanimously gave high scores, which also proved the high quality of this drama from different angles.
How high the quality of "Once Upon a Time on the Bianshui" is is just by looking at the hot searches every day. This drama simply lives in the hot searches.
Many friends who follow the drama have probably encountered the Tuomo Xingzi CP in it, from confronting each other to cherishing each other. This show really makes everyone forget to sleep and eat, and they cherish it very much. Every time they catch up with a new episode and it comes to an abrupt end, the feeling of waiting is very lonely.
Following the plot, Shen Xing’s Bianshui adventure has also entered a new stage. From a novice who accidentally entered the three-side slope, he gradually understood the rules of survival here and was no longer passively involved in a wave of Amid a wave of dangers, he began to take charge of his own direction.
Shen Xing actually experienced a series of changes in his mood on Sanbiangpo. When he first came here, he was still a working novice, full of curiosity about the three-sided slope.
But after he was initially shocked by the ferocity of the local area, he just wanted to leave. However, he had to pay off his debts and find his uncle, so he had no choice but to stay and was forced into deep danger.
But after he finally found his uncle, he didn't want to leave. Especially when he learned that he could not leave for the time being because he was wanted but had not solved the case before, it actually seemed easier than leaving.
The reason is also very simple. He has basically figured out the rules of survival here and knows how to survive here. This is also a sense of game adventure created by "Bianshui Past" for the audience. The more dangerous the game, the more fascinating it is.
It can be seen from the map design at the beginning that the entire unit drama mode of "Once Upon a Time on the Bianshui" is like the levels of an adventure game. Shen Xing has passed each level one after another, and each level has corresponding skill upgrades. The title design is not only beautiful, but also plays a suggestive role in the entire plot. Of course, I have to mention the brainwashing ending song "Money Song", the aesthetic of the combination is simply amazing.
Paying off debts and finding his uncle were his first tasks, and he successfully completed the first half of the level. At this time, it seemed that he was presented with a choice: return to China or continue to fight monsters and upgrade? Just like the script of the game, if he chooses to return to China, it will lead to another ending. If you choose to stay, there will be new adventures and unknown maps about to unfold.
Why is Shen Xing deeply attracted to the three-sided slope even though it is so dangerous?
The narrative space of Three Side Slopes has a certain structure, which makes people feel familiar and unfamiliar at the same time. The familiar part lies in our understanding of border areas through social news, film and television works.
These places are often gray areas where black and white are not completely clear. All parties are fighting and restraining each other. There are things on the table, and under the table there are various interests intertwined. The suspense of life and death and the humanity between thoughts jointly created a huge dramatic tension, which not only attracted Shen Xing, but also the audience.
In the first half of his adventure, Pigeon Blood Red was the first level and the most important test for his rapid personal growth.
netizens also had a lot of discussions about the pigeon blood red section. There were three pigeon blood red sections in the story, divided into three different levels. Mine owner Wu Haishan once said that if you pick up a gem, you must also have the destiny to hold the gem. What Shen Xing picked up was a small piece, but at the same time, the super pigeon blood red that caused the bloody storm also came into his hands, and he transported it out of the mine. When facing the super pigeon Xue Hong, his eyes were blinded by the benefits, and he wanted to use this gem to pay off his debts and leave Sanbianpo at once.
Before leaving the city, he disguised himself as a monk, bought fried rice for the poor children on the roadside, and hid his little pigeon's blood in the rice and gave it to them. His good deeds were seen by the real monks. He was blocked when leaving the city, but got help from a monk, but accidentally lost the special-grade pigeon blood red that he had hidden in the bowl.After leaving the city, he met the bhikkhu again, and the bhikkhu gave him a special pigeon blood red.
This is exactly what goes around and what goes around, cause and effect are closely linked. Passing through this level also allowed Shen Xing to mature mentally. He was in deep danger, but he still did not forget his kind thoughts.
Watching Shen Xing’s adventure is like picking up a thread in a ball of thread and trying to figure out how to smooth out the thread to see whether human nature is inherently evil or good in the end?
From a narrative point of view, "Once Upon a Time on the Bianshui" also has genre elements that are familiar to the audience, such as crime, suspense, reasoning, etc., but taken together, it creates a sense of strangeness. The familiarity of narrative space and genre elements are the skeleton of the construction, supporting the entire story. The flesh and blood fill out the unique appearance and features, allowing the audience to experience a border spectacle.
What kind of stories will happen in such an area?
Most viewers have certain expectations, such as fraud, gambling, drugs, local armed forces, etc., but these familiar things have become the background of the main story in the plot.
seems to have mentioned drug dealers in the mountains at the beginning. The story is not about the drug trafficking chain, but how Uncle Guess makes money by delivering daily necessities to drug dealers. The latest plot features Junket Operators and casinos. How Junket Operators lure gamblers into a trap is actually depicted in many film and television works. "Once Upon a Time on the Edge of Water" uses Junket Operators as the introduction to this unit. Read on. Only then did I realize that this part was about the purge of casino power in the entire Sanbiangpo area.
The story of "Once Upon a Time on the Edge of Water" is based on the essence of adventure films. A young man strays into a savage world and ultimately grows up through adventure. On the basis of this genre, we further expanded and created a brand new genre - border film.
The core element of border films is to shape the narrative space of the border and the adventure stories that may occur in this narrative space. The narrative space of
may not be a definite place in the story, but a concept of a border, where good and evil are mixed together and difficult to distinguish. From this perspective, border films actually have a certain magical realism quality. They are based on reality and confuse concreteness, so that they can create better.
is especially about capturing the complexity of human nature, and the diversity of story directions is itself based on the possibility of human nature. Putting people in such an environment, no one can predict what they will do in order to survive. In fact, it is also a prism characteristic based on human nature. Different people will be reflected when they come to this place. Good and evil from multiple angles and levels. And the choices of human nature feed back the story, making the adventure full of suspense.
The supporting characters in the story are also very brilliant, because they represent different aspects of human nature. Whether it's Mao Pan, who has finally come off the assembly line, or Dantuo, Lan Bo, Wang An'an, and Liu Jincui, they all have their own stories and ways of survival to cope with the cruelty of the three slopes. But as the plot reaches the latest part, the audience is worried that Xiao Guo, who has always been Shen Xing's good brother, will go dark?
Shen Xing has an uncle in front of him and an uncle in the back. The relationship between him and Uncle Guai, who is both enemy and friend, is actually the biggest suspense of the whole story. Uncle Guai is like the "Pansi Immortal" at the center of the big network of Sanbiangpo, mastering the interpersonal relationships in all directions. To Shen Xing, he is like a mentor-like figure. Shen Xing will choose to stay and continue to take risks. The main reason is that he has gained a certain sense of satisfaction from Uncle Guai's recognition, and he hopes to continue this sense of recognition.
This can also be compared with his relationship with his uncle. His uncle always thinks that he is a child and warns him that he can only trust his uncle out of a protective desire for family affection. The relationship between Uncle Guai and Shen Xing is actually a utilization relationship. They have utilization value and can exert this value. Only then can they maintain a balanced relationship.
After his uncle successfully returned to China, Uncle Guai in the second stage of the adventure was more like his "godfather". But in the end, will Shen Xing become Uncle Guai's successor, or will he truly separate from Uncle Guai from a spiritual level? This is the end of the story. The answer will be revealed.
The three slopes are a terrifying area covered with thorns, and thorns are actually the competition of life. Although the narrative space created by this structure seems far away from us, in fact, the major and minor evils of human nature experienced by Shen Xing can be encountered by everyone in daily life. This gives the audience a good sense of immersion. We all need to compete in life, fight monsters and upgrade, and finally make a choice: become the person you hate, or overcome the difficulties?
I have to say that this year is really the year of Youku's White Night Theater. From " new " in the first half of the year to "Bianshui Past", there are two blockbuster works in succession. "Snow Maze", which will take over after "Once Upon a Time on the Edge of Water", is even more anticipated. This story about crime in the Northeast produced by Zhang Yimou will be staged before the cold winter, giving us a preview of the coldness of human nature.
looks forward to the continuous innovation of Youku White Night Theater, which will broaden the development path of genres for domestic dramas, and also bring more journeys of exploring the labyrinth of human nature to the audience.
