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Costume detective dramas have always been a favorite of the audience.
From "Detective Di Renjie" and "Young Bao Qingtian" to " Royal Prince's Xiaodu Works " and "Tang Dynasty Strange Stories", as long as the plot is online and the acting skills are passable, the audience will buy it.
However, after "The Strange Stories of the Tang Dynasty", "The Record of Apocalypse" and " Under Fancheng " all received mediocre responses.
This year’s costume detective dramas were even more bleak. “The Case of Di Gong of the Tang Dynasty”, which had high hopes, failed to meet the audience’s expectations.
Audiences who love costume detectives are in a drama drought. Will there be another costume detective drama worth watching this year? Of course
can, is because "Tang Dynasty Strange Stories 2" is on the air!
This drama, which has been anticipated by the audience for two years, has only been online for six episodes and has ranked first on the soaring list, becoming even more popular than the first season.
has been updated in one breath. I just want to say that the two years of waiting have been worth it!
01 plot: fast pace, dangerous investigation
At the end of the last season, Su Wuming ( Yang Zhigang ) and Lu Lingfeng ( Yang Xuwen ) made great achievements by killing the real SARS in Shentianlou.
Lu Lingfeng was appointed as the Shaoqing of Dali Temple, and Su Wuming was sent to be Qianling Cheng.
The second season follows the previous season, with Su Wuming and Lu Lingfeng solving mysterious cases one after another. Nine cases are connected together, and the manipulator behind them gradually emerges. The opening of the plot of
follows a rhythm familiar to the audience, and the two highlights quickly catch people's attention.
Highlight 1: Murder case in mural.
In order to pray for the Queen of Heaven, the princess invited Qin Xiaobai (played by Yu Yi), the first painter of the Tang Dynasty, to perform magic transformation.
The mural is exquisite, but Qin Xiaobai refuses to put the finishing touches on it, threatening that the devil will kill people if he clicks the finishing touches.
Unexpectedly, within the next ten days, there would be a series of murders in Chang'an, and this was the third time that Xielu Lang Sunwang died on the street.
Sun Wangjian was seen lying in a pool of blood, and his liver had been taken away.
When Lu Lingfeng examined the body, he found two clues, one was Mo Dao and the other was Wu Gao.
When these clues made little progress, an old man appeared and said that he had witnessed the murderer.
According to his description, Pei Xijun drew a strange man with a long beard, riding a unicorn and holding a sword, which was exactly the same as the devil in Qin Xiaobai's painting.
As a result, rumors of the Demon King killing people spread in Chang'an City.
But when Lu Lingfeng asked Qin Xiaobai about his head, he went crazy and couldn't explain why.
The clue to the mural is broken here.
But there is progress on another lead.
Highlight 2: Encountering the devil in the ghost market.
Lu Lingfeng found a place called Xiaoyaoyuan in the ghost market, where black paste was sold, but if he wanted to get it, he had to drink a jar of wine.
After drinking the entire jar, Lu Lingfeng still failed to get the black paste.
Just when he was about to get angry, repeated calls for help came from outside the house. Lu Lingfeng went to the street and saw that this was the devil described by the old man.
He went straight to Lu Lingfeng with a knife, first stabbing Lu Lingfeng's subordinate Guo Zhuang, and then Lu Lingfeng fought with him and was seriously injured.
Black paste could not be purchased, and Lu Lingfeng's life and death were even more uncertain.
Who is this person playing the role of the devil? Was Lu Lingfeng rescued?
The answers to these questions will be revealed step by step as the plot progresses.
It can be said that the plot of the second season is fast-paced, the methods of committing crimes are bizarre, and the investigation process is thrilling. The plot is like a hook, tightly hooking the audience's heart to follow the drama.
As a costume detective drama, it has many advantages that it should take advantage of.
02 Cast: The original cast is reunited
In the last season, the outstanding performance of the leading actors added a lot to the drama. The original cast of
returns for the second season, and their acting skills are even more amazing in the second season.
ranked first, Yang Zhigang.
Yang Zhigang, who frequently appears in war dramas, actually wanted to act in a costume drama. I was not optimistic about it at first.
But after watching the first season, it suddenly became "really good".
Su Wuming's principled character coincides with Yang Zhigang's temperament, and his acting skills can also stand the test of the audience.
In the second season, Su Wuming found a broken sword at the scene of a fight in the ghost market. When
confirmed that it was Lu Lingfeng's sword, his originally calm expression suddenly changed. His eyes widened slightly, his brows furrowed, and he was worried about Lu Lingfeng's situation.
There are almost no lines in this scene, but you can tell what Su Wuming is thinking by looking at his face.
Yang Zhigang's performance is as stable as ever.
ranked second, Yang Xuwen.
Yang Xuwen, who used to be tepid, his performance in the first season can be described as amazing.
Lu Lingfeng, who he plays, has a heroic appearance and extraordinary bearing, and his personality is even more alert and rigorous.
Yang Xuwen's performance is more comfortable this season.
In the scene where he narrowly escaped death and woke up, his eyes were confused at first, thinking that he was dead, and then he tried to struggle to get up, but the pain of serious injury made his expression distorted, and he had to adjust his breathing to speak.
Yang Xuwen's emotional changes in this period did not have major ups and downs, but instead showed the character's state through details.
His performance this season is more stable than before.
ranked third, Chen Chuang.
Chen Chuang is best at shaping some small characters, and the effect he presents is natural and simple. In the first season of
, he left a deep impression on the audience as Fei Jishi.
Master Fei Ji looks cynical, but he is very reliable in his dealings.
heard Lu Lingfeng ask about Guo Zhuang, who had died on the spot. His eyes that were looking directly at Lu Lingfeng began to wander, and then he turned around, with some hesitation and unnaturalness in his tone.
Chen Chuang's performance is so natural that there is almost no trace of performance.
ranks fourth, Tang Jingmei .
Tang Jingmei has become a regular supporting role in domestic dramas in the past two years. She has performed wonderfully in "The Sideburns Are Not Begonia Red" and " The Twenty-Eight Laws of Love ".
As a new character added this season, Mrs. Ma, played by Tang Jingmei, makes a particularly eye-catching appearance in the play.
Wearing a brightly colored skirt, she shows off her beautiful figure and graceful appearance.
Especially the look in Lu Lingfeng’s eyes in the play is smart and charming, seemingly casual but actually everything is meticulous.
Tang Jingmei captured the characteristics of this character and performed it quite accurately.
In addition, there are also powerful actors such as Yu Yi, Che Paul, Yue Lina, and Luo Jialiang in the play. They have contributed wonderful acting skills to the group portraits in the play, and the plot is more interesting.
03 Conclusion
"Tang Dynasty Strange Stories 2" continues the style of the previous season, and these advantages are more obvious in the second season.
First, the picture texture. In current domestic dramas, ten-level beauty filters are everywhere. But in this drama, there is no exaggerated skin polishing, and the characters are all very natural.
At the same time, this drama also pays attention to the coordination of setting, tone, light and shadow, and the whole picture has a cinematic quality.
The second is the acting skills of actors. The success of the first season of "Tang Dynasty Strange Stories" is inseparable from the outstanding performance of the actors.
After one season of running-in, the leading actors became more involved in the role in the second season, and their cooperation became more tacit, and they integrated into the role on a deeper level.
The success of the two seasons of "Tang Dynasty Strange Stories" has taught other domestic dramas a lesson. Compared with a huge amount of investment and a lineup with its own traffic, only by truly completing every aspect of the TV series with care can we truly retain the audience.
As long as this drama continues to maintain this level, it will definitely surpass the results of the first season.
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