The word-of-mouth comparison of the premieres of "Shen Yin" and "Minglong Boy" is really no harm if there is no comparison
There are only a few days left in 2023, and the national drama market is finally on the "hard dish".
The front foot "Minglong Boy" made a shining debut in the midst of great expectations, with the college entrance examination as the theme, showing the story of the counterattack of poor students in a delicate and real way, and won the first place in the ratings of the same period for two consecutive days, which is worthy of being CCTV's favorite drama.
The backfoot "Shen Yin" was airborne, and the setting of "reincarnation and rebirth" had a unique attraction to the audience, and it was broadcast for only one day, and the popularity of the whole network exceeded that of popular dramas such as "Yi Nian Guan Mountain", and the momentum was too strong.
It seems that the popularity and ratings of these two dramas are good, and their strength should not be underestimated.
However, even if it is launched at the same time, the comparison between the two dramas is naturally indispensable, this time, let's watch 3 episodes of each of the two dramas to see who can come out on top.
Let's look at the audience evaluation first
"Direct empathy", "The picture is very textured", "It really won't disappoint", "The rhythm flies, full of sincerity".
At a glance, almost all of them are four or five star praise, and the reputation of "Minglong Boy" is stable.
"Minglong Boy" tells the story of the gold medal teacher Lei Ming (played by Zhang Ruoyun) who led a group of "problem students" with different personalities to form 11 classes, leading them to regain their dreams and realize their dreams of the college entrance examination.
Why can a routine that has been filmed rotten still receive so much praise?
The first is – breaking stereotypes.
In the setting of most domestic dramas, those who don't like to learn Xi, those who contradict teachers, and rebellious teenagers are all poor students, and good students always learn Xi obediently in the classroom, but in the group portrait shaping of "Minglong Boy", the stereotype in Chinese dramas is broken.
Good students will scribble on their school uniforms and be caught by the teacher and punished by the station.
Even the teacher's prejudice against good and bad students is directly expressed, thinking that good students will not make mistakes, and when they see good students being punished, they will ask what they are doing here.
The originally serious teacher-student relationship has also become an equal "friend relationship".
Psychology teacher Sang Xia (played by Huang Yao) bumped into a classmate in early love who was alone together, and immediately diverted the attention of the leader in front of him to give them time to walk away.
Lei Ming played by Zhang Ruoyun is obviously a teacher who is not treated well by students, and he can't get off the stage by students with ghost ideas, and the inaction of the leaders on the stage also shows that the leadership does not pay attention to Lei Ming.
Just a few scenes let the audience see the difference between this drama and most routine dramas, the image of the high-minded teacher in the national drama was instantly grounded, and the prejudice that he didn't dare to be filmed was all shown in front of the audience.
The second is - intention.
When other campus dramas are still under the banner of "college entrance examination changes fate", the psychology teacher in "Minglong Boy" can say -
"The college entrance examination is not the only way to change fate, and the era of thousands of troops crossing the single-plank bridge has long passed."
The play does not blindly create a tense and depressing atmosphere for the college entrance examination, but puts forward different ideas, leaving a broad space for thinking.
Moreover, "The Singing Dragon Boy" raises a thought-provoking question-
"Are the so-called bad students really bad?”
Li Ran (played by Wang Qiang) is a thorn in the eyes of the teacher, the school does not allow him to bring a mobile phone, he tied a circle of mobile phones to bring into the campus, and was affectionately called "Longhai Jobs" by the students.
But is he a bad student?Both parents died and grandma depended on each other, first in a single physics exam, never fell out of the top 200, mixed in the electronic market by repairing mobile phones to supplement the family, want to drop out of school to work to treat grandma.
Cheng Yushan (played by Xu Ruohan) looks pure, loves beauty more, looks good in a thin school uniform, and is the girl who is most likely to fall in love in the eyes of most teachers.
But is she a bad student?Her father died early and her mother remarried, her mother focused all her energy on her half-brother, and her stepfather did something to her, even installing surveillance cameras in her room to spy on her every move, Cheng Yushan wanted to escape from the family.
Are they wrong?Surrounded by all kinds of difficulties, the college entrance examination does not seem to be so important to them.
Such a full and representative idea will make the audience in front of the screen deeply empathetic.
"The female protagonist's lines are too poor, and the male protagonist is not suitable for ancient costumes", "The expectation value fell to the bottom after the broadcast", "No acting skills, no appearance", "boring and ugly".
It can only be said that the evaluation of netizens is too good.
Let's talk about the plot first.
In order to highlight the novelty of the play, Shen Yin emphasized the setting of "double weakness" at the time of promotion, and after watching it, this is weak, obviously stupid.
The male protagonist Kuching (played by Wang Anyu) was beaten, and the female protagonist happened to save him, and then it was the same "recognize the wrong person" routine for thousands of years, and the male protagonist recognized the passing daughter as a life-saving benefactor, and went to get the fire phoenix jade for her in order to repay the other party.
The fire phoenix jade is a treasure that protects the little fire phoenix that has been bred for tens of thousands of years, Kuching really went, and because of the arrival of the male protagonist, the female protagonist's immortal yuan was scattered.
Although the villain hidden in the shadows helped "a hand", the male protagonist didn't come to the villain and had no chance, this male protagonist was stupid and was used all day long.
Let's talk about actors.
Wang Anyu is too unsuitable for ancient costumes, his face is swollen and bright in the play, with flat hair, the bugs of his narrow forehead and pointed chin are all exposed, and Wang Anyu's acting skills are not good, he has always pretended to be handsome and cool.
Zhao Lusi even got a lot of complaints, pinching her throat and making a "milk fart sound", her lines were vague, her acting skills were a mess, her shaking her head and her expression was exaggerated, she had to pretend to be cute with her eyes kicked, and the audience's life was also fate.
Finally, it is the most important special effect in Xianxia drama.
I laughed as soon as this pony came out, and the stiff "upside-down" legs stood still on the sad two-dimensional background, as if the unqualified homework of a modeling student was not as delicate as my pony.
And these three-headed monsters, Mu Ne's unnatural movements, seem stupid and stupid, who can this thing scare, it seems to be funny.
No matter how you look at it, "Shen Yin" is an unqualified work.
There really is no harm without contrast.
As the finale of CCTV, "Minglong Boy" has a novel plot setting, production above the level, and the actors' acting skills.
The webcast platform ended the masterpiece "Shen Yin", which was pinned on infinite high hopes before the broadcast, and after the broadcast, the audience's expectations were pulled to the lowest, and I couldn't find a point to boast about, I really didn't dare to think that this was Chen Jialin's new work who directed "Chen Qingling".
In fact, urban campus themes and costume fairy tales are all difficult genres to shoot well, and if you want to break through, you must work hard in casting, script, production, etc., in order to make a work that satisfies the audience.
Both dramas are on the air, which one do you prefer?