2024-02-09 06:00:00
2024-02-09 14:00 Langlangyue read biya’s “Thousand Years of Love” and “The Little Matchmaker Given to Heaven”.Picture/taken from Weibo
Costume dramas have always been a favorite genre among audiences in the mainland TV drama market. However, with the advent of 2024, the costume market has fallen into an unprecedented melee, and many highly anticipated costume dramas have unexpectedly suffered a disaster in terms of reputation. What exactly are these episodes?
5. “Pray for Today”
Starring: Xu Kai, Yu Shuxin
“Qi Jinchao” is adapted from the stand-alone game “Legend of Sword and Fairy VI”. It mainly tells the story of Yue Jinchao and Yue Qi teaming up with their comrades to defeat the conspiracy one by one and embark on a journey of chivalry and justice. Although the combination of Xu Kai and Yu Shuxin is eye-catching, everything from the plot to the actors has been criticized a lot.
The poor handling of the plot put the entire drama into trouble. The emotional entanglements between the protagonists are over-simplified, resulting in abrupt and illogical changes in the characters’ personalities and emotions. Many unnecessary fancy plots are completely unnecessary, and the neglect of the main story makes the audience feel that one point is too much. In addition, some important plot lines and character settings have also been deleted or changed, deeply disappointing many viewers who were originally looking forward to it.
“Pray for Today”. Picture/extract from Weibo “Pray for Today”.Picture/taken from Weibo
4. “The Little Matchmaker”
Starring: Lin Xinyi, Tian Xiangning
500 years ago, Hongluan and Tianxi fought once morest the nine-tailed fox. Tianxixing decided to use up his thousand-year soul power to seal the nine-tailed fox for Hongluanxing. Hong Luanxing, who lost her memory, became Yue Lao’s little matchmaker Liu Yingying, and attacked the reincarnated immortal Jiang Changqing who was under a ruthless curse. At this time, the nine-tailed fox was regarding to break through the seal. Three lifetimes of love and calamity, a millennium of destiny.
The TV series “The Little Matchmaker” attempts to present the story of the ancient Yue Lao and Tu Tu Gong. However, in the process of narrating the plot, some ridiculous plots appeared. The direct dialogue between Yue Lao and the Emperor of Heaven in the play aroused heated discussions among the audience. This high-tech setting is incompatible with the ancient background and seems a bit abrupt. In addition, the heroine’s hairstyle was also jokingly called “rising on both sides” by many netizens. It was extremely inconsistent with the overall look and became another focus of criticism.
“The Little Matchmaker”. Picture/extract from Weibo “Little Matchmaker”.Picture/taken from Weibo
3. “Four of Swords”
Starring: Ju Jingyi, Chen Zheyuan
This drama is adapted from the stand-alone game “Legend of Sword and Fairy IV”. It tells the story of four people, Han Lingsha, Yun Tianhe, Murong Ziying and Liu Mengli, who experience adventures and hardships on the road to protecting the common people, gain friendship and growth, and finally join hands to face each other. A story regarding a passionate fairy who copes with disasters and changes his destiny once morest the will of heaven.
However, in terms of adaptation of the play, the core has been completely changed beyond recognition. It is torture for the sake of torture, and the original purpose is completely lost. It is regarded as the most failed and disastrous work in this series of IPs. It is rumored that this drama cost 300 million yuan, but the special effects production was surprisingly rough, with many revealing scenes. Audiences criticized the show for looking like it only reached the 50-cent level. The heroine Ju Jingyi has become the focus of complaints in the drama. She showed off by wearing “semi-permanent” makeup, but her acting skills had not improved.
“Four of Swordsmen”. Picture/extract from “Sword and Sword Four” on Weibo.Picture/taken from Weibo
2. “Thousand Years of Love”
Starring: Yu Xuanchen, Tu Zhiying
This series combines elements of ancient costume, fantasy and romance, telling the love story between the lord of the demon world, a soft and cute heroine, and the lord of the fairy world, a cold male protagonist. The story revolves around the Demon Lord Feng Ruoyao who, in the body of a phoenix, leads the Demon Realm. She falls in love with the Immortal Lord Mo Chenyuan at first sight and eventually forcibly abducts him back to the Demon Realm to get married. Later, the two descended to earth to overcome the tribulation, and experienced various dangers, but always treated each other sincerely. After successfully overcoming the tribulation, they returned to the fairy world and finally became dependents.
The special effects of the show caused complaints from the audience. Although a lot of money was invested in special effects, the effects seemed exaggerated and unrealistic. At the same time, the plot was criticized for being too bloody and cliched, lacking novelty and appeal. The heroine’s performance in the play was also considered too artificial, making it difficult for people to enter the play.
“Thousand Years of Love”. Picture/extract from Weibo “Millennium Love Tribulation”.Picture/taken from Weibo
1. “Hua Qing Ge”
Starring: Song Yiren, Ding Zeren
The play tells the story of the online author “Hua Qingge” who was punished by the system for entering the world of her own novel because her novel was unfinished, and became a cannon fodder female supporting character who was destined to be killed by the villain’s lead actor. In order to survive, the heroine Hua Qingge had no choice but to escape desperately on the night of her wedding. When the heroine escapes from the clutches of the male protagonist, she officially embarks on an adventure to change the tragic ending of the male protagonist and complete the system’s mission.
However, this TV series is extremely cheesy and the actors’ performances are beyond words. The main problem of “Hua Qing Ge” is the lack of narrative. While book-travel stories are usually supposed to be engaging, having the heroine enter her own fictional world and try to rewrite the story should have made the story even more exciting. However, the dullness of the narrative makes the whole drama lose its story.
“Song of Flowers”. Picture/extract from Weibo “Hua Qing Ge”. Picture/taken from Weibo biya
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