This year, the domestic spy war drama is really singing by you, I will appear, come for a while, and leave for a while.
In the first half of the year, dramas such as "Infernal" and "Thin Ice" set off a wave of spy warfare genre craze;
This heat wave is indeed fierce, but after the two dramas are broadcast, the audience is also a little excited.
In the second half of the year, Huang Xiaoming took out a "Stalker", Guan Xiaotong launched "Plum Blossom and Red Heart", and the older generation of TV drama director Zhao Baogang launched "** Mission", plus Zhang Yi Liao Fan's "Huanyan".
Looking at this amount, it is not too much to say that this year is a "big year of spy warfare".
However, if you want to say that there is a real spy war word-of-mouth hit, it can be said that there is no one. It's not that the reputation is not good, or the reputation is good but not out of the circle.
The ups and downs of genre dramas are like tides, one type rises and the other declines, which is the norm.
The traditional spy war genre has obviously encountered a bottleneck, and the former national drama Wang Zhan, who was once covered by spy war dramas, should appear - anti-special dramas.
Once upon a time, anti-special movies like "Yangcheng Dark Whistle" were the real domestic film kings.
Dramas such as "Silent Oath" and "No Regrets Tracking" have also created a high-reputation era of anti-special dramas, but this domestic film and television ace genre has gradually been annihilated in the years, and even this genre has been "eaten" by spy wars.
Speaking of a new CCTV drama that will be broadcast tonight, many of the self-written dramas are spy war dramas.
What's the matter, is it possible that the plot is an anti-special drama that is dark and clear, and it will never be able to get its name back?
At the critical moment, CCTV made a move again
Tonight, the anti-special drama of the period, "Thrush".
CCTV's eight sets of ** files were launched, and Tencent was also synchronized with the network. When I saw the title of the play, my first reaction was -
What age? Domestic dramas are still having this kind of title? Can this drama really work?
But at a glance at the ratings, something is wrong-
premiered two episodes, and as soon as it started, it won the first place in the national ratings, and the premiere ratings have been close to breaking 2.
However, the controversy also came as expected, mainly around the two young actors.
Some people boasted violently, saying that "exciting, suspenseful, and the taste of anti-special dramas of the era".
There are also criticisms, and the words are also merciless, "making a mess".
So, under such a big battle, will the hand of "Thrush" work? Can you regain the glory of period dramas?
Tonight, while it's hot, I'll take a plate for everyone, "Thrush", how to draw anti-special dramas in the domestic era, this eyebrow.
Many young viewers no longer know how enjoyable the real anti-special film and television dramas are.
Fortunately, with the support of rich materials, "Thrush" presents its first highlight at the beginning
The narrative is compact and the texture of an American drama.
Start. In the 50s, we sent public security Pang Hongmei (played by Peng Xiaoran) to Hong Kong to pick up Ji Danyang (Liu Xueyi), a mathematics expert who returned to China.
Ji Danyang is a key expert in the development of China's submarines and breaking through the technical barriers to the development of heavy industry.
Therefore, the enemy has already made a plan to cut off Hu Ji Danyang.
One wants to pick up, the other wants to rob, and the TV series also threw two questions to the audience:
How does Ji Danyang identify our personnel? How is the rescue operation carried out?
Many, an anti-extraordinarily big drama opened, and our side also experienced two fights of blood and fire.
For the first time, the Hong Kong hotel, anti-truncation.
Ji Danyang ventured back to China, was ambushed by spies at the Hong Kong dock, and missed the first dock docking with Hongmei.
In addition, he does not know any of our receptionists. This gives room for enemy impersonation.
As a result, Pang Hongmei, who was picked up by us, appeared in the hotel, but found that Ji Danyang already had a "fake Hongmei" by his side.
She walked up and invited Ji Danyang to dance, wanting to complete the transfer in the dance.
But the female enemy Teh held her handbag, hinted at the money in the bag, and said: He already has a dance partner.
There is no plan, only rigidity.
Ji Danyang found a flaw in the fake Hongmei's words, and took advantage of the opportunity for the fake Hongmei to get out of the information, giving the real Hongmei a chance to complete the docking.
But the joint code has failed, and Ji Danyang can't trust anyone anymore and wants to return to the mainland alone.
Fortunately, the appearance of the fake Hongmei proves the identity of the real Hongmei: whoever cares more about Ji Danyang's life than the information is the real one.
Soon, the two sides exchanged guns at the hotel, and the gunfire was flying everywhere, which was thrilling.
Zhen Hongmei was also shot in the arm during the shootout, but Ji Danyang finally found the right person.
Under the cover of Hongmei, Ji Danyang escaped from the hotel under the siege of the enemy, and then Hongmei, who escaped, found Ji Danyang who was living on the streets in the rain.
But new questions arise: how to get there?
The second time, the dock, the breakout.
Ji Danyang, the boiled duck, ran away, and the enemy dog jumped over the wall in a hurry, and the siege became tighter.
At that time, Hong Kong had not yet returned to the motherland, which gave the enemy the opportunity to bribe the British police and use the police to block Ji Danyang and Hongmei in Hong Kong.
At the same time, the enemy set up an ambush at the station dock, which can be said to have laid a wide net.
Ji Danyang and Hongmei could only pretend to be merchants who came to Hong Kong to purchase equipment and break through the enemy's defense line.
At the last moment, the golden cicada shelling was completed.
I have to say that from the ambush at the Hong Kong wharf, the hotel robbery, to the breakout at the wharf, the plot has been carried out for one episode, there are no superfluous lines, there is no water injection plot, and the story rhythm of "Thrush" is the rhythm of an authentic anti-special drama.
But if that's all it takes, it's just a superficial effort.
The opening killing game has just begun.
didn't have time to be happy, starting from Ji Danyang's official return to China, a rock operation that the enemy snow wolf was responsible for destroying the water drop plan, and a one"Operation Wolf Hunt"It's already on at the same time!
And the next 3 offenses and defenses really showed the cunning of the enemy, the wisdom of our **, and the spirit of the anti-special drama.
First, the station**.
For the enemy, it is best to keep Ji Danyang, if you can't keep it, then get rid of it.
So, when Ji Danyang arrived at Lumen Station and accepted the flowers from our personnel, a sniper rifle had already aimed its muzzle at Ji Danyang.
Fortunately, the local public security captain had already found the position of the sniper, and the gunman missed in the scuffle.
Shots rang out, everyone was shocked, and without a single shot from the enemy, there would be no second chance.
After all, anti-special dramas, not spy war dramas, in the past, the enemy was strong and I was weak, but now the enemy is weak and I am strong.
The public security immediately went out, protecting Ji Danyang while starting to search for the gunman.
The enemy's operation obviously failed again, but it was easy to dodge with open guns, difficult to defend against hidden arrows, and the enemy still had a backup move.
The second time, the snow wolf "pricked the needle".
The operation failed one after another, and the enemy agents could no longer sit still, so they urgently woke up the veteran spy Snow Wolf who had been lurking for many years, and his task was to take down Ji Danyang and destroy the water drop plan.
And one of the highlights of anti-special dramas is that it is difficult to distinguish between good and evil, and it is confusing.
Reason: The enemy is dark and I am clear.
The biggest problem now is that our public security can't determine who is the snow wolf.
And then Ji Danyang had to go to the hospital for consultation first because of a throat injury, and then find a Chinese medicine doctor**, and successively contacted the hospital doctor played by Xu Baihui and the old Chinese medicine doctor played by Ding Yongdai.
But the plot implies that among these people, there is a snow wolf.
Seeing this, I already broke out in a cold sweat
It turned out that the infiltration activities of the enemy in those years could be said to be pervasive and squeezed into every corner of life.
And the snow wolf turned out to be by Ji Danyang's side, perhaps, he already had the opportunity to seal the throat of this core expert of the Water Drop Project.
However, for the snow wolf, now is not the time for the fish to die and the net is broken, and the other party has other killing moves:
The third time, the quarry**.
Since **no, the snow wolf can't shoot directly, and the enemy's plane can't fly in, let's do it**.
This is obviously a bigger conspiracy of the enemy: not to deal with Ji Danyang, but to all experts.
Right in the shadows, a secret bomb making is already underway.
The enemy even thought that the explosives he got offline were not enough, so he increased it at least three times.
When asked what effect he wanted to achieve, the other party said: the sky is falling apart.
And the enemy's ** location is in the quarry.
Is this the end of the matter? Apparently not, and more sinister tests are yet to come.
The enemy is in the dark, our side is in the light, and next, the two main story lines of submarine development and anti-special operations will be launched simultaneously: Who is the snow wolf? Perhaps experienced viewers already have the answer in their hearts, but how to lure the wolf out and capture the wolf in one fell swoop? That's the hard part.
Although there are only two short episodes, in these two episodes, "Thrush" has already presented two characteristics that a good anti-special drama should have.
Its story is fast-paced and the action scenes are intense, the first episode completed the golden cicada shelling of the Hong Kong paragraph, and the second episode began to suspense and draw, bringing the audience's mind and IQ to the rhythm of the positive and negative wits fighting offense and defense.
This not only satisfies the visual stimulation, but also highlights the suspenseful atmosphere of the whole show, obviously, it is an anti-special drama of the era that should not be underestimated.
There is no doubt that anti-special dramas are suitable for old dramas.
Because the drama of the old drama bones is more tense, which is why classic anti-special dramas like to find actors like Wang Zhiwen, Liu Peiqi, Liu Yunlong, and Zhang Jiayi to play.
But for young actors, anti-special dramas are the Shura field for honing their acting skills, especially actors like Liu Xueyi, Peng Xiaoran, and Kan Suzi, who have been immersed in ancient puppets and urban dramas before.
plus Ding Yongdai, Kong Lin, Xu Baihui, Liu Zhibing and other old actors, this big drama can be sung loudly.
The first thing that attracted me was not the young actors, but the "Snow Wolf", Ding Yongdai in the play.
After all, whether it is the mystery of the role of Snow Wolf or Ding Yongdai's acting skills, they are too attractive to me.
The previous Ding Yongdai played either a good guy or a villain.
Zhou Zhigang, played in "The World", carries the strength, tenacity and experience of the older generation, and selfless love for his children. The play of this character alone made me cry several times.
But the gangster Baoshan who played that year, Emperor Liang played in "Langya Bang", was all evil to the bone.
Such an old drama bone who can play the role of good and evil to the extreme to play the role of traditional Chinese medicine Bai Minghan has actually revealed the mystery of the snow wolf: there can be no one else, only him.
If you take the mystery to watch Ding Yongdai's performance, it will be interesting, that is, there is not a trace of revelation in his performance, this is an enemy.
In the first two episodes, this is a responsible old Chinese medicine doctor and a warm father who walks a little staggering.
This kind of performance also reminds me of Wang Zhiwen's performance in "No Regrets Tracking", the real veteran enemies, some of which will never let you discover his true identity for the rest of your life.
We have a water drop project, and the enemy also penetrates in like water, which is the villain of the anti-special drama.
Hide deep enough to be wonderful.
There is also the role of the public security chief played by Kong Lin who plays against the snow wolf.
There is a kind of calm and calm between the eyebrows, not chaotic in distress, and not panicked in major events.
In a word, it can calm the field.
I was always worried that Ding Yongdai would play the enemy, and the young actors played the decency and confrontation, which was somewhat unbearable.
Kong Lin is here, I am relieved.
plus Liu Zhibing, who plays our leader.
Cao Weining, who plays the role of Ji Danyang's senior brother, has the old drama bone content of the series, but it is actually not low.
Next, let's talk about young actors.
Let's talk about Liu Xueyi first.
Liu Xueyi has a warm temperament and is known as the "male god in ancient costumes". It is also the "second male professional household" in costume dramas.
From Senior Brother Xiao in "Qingyunzhi" to Emperor Bailin in "Liuli", Liu Xueyi's acting skills have always been very well received, and in the spy war drama "Autumn Cicada", his role as Xiao Zhuang is also impressive.
In this drama, Liu Xueyi's performance is still steady.
First of all, his calmness, elegance and wisdom between his eyebrows make Ji Danyang's mathematician setting very convincing.
What I particularly like is that he also played a sense of immaturity and youthfulness in the Hong Kong passage.
According to the setting of the idol drama, as the male lead, there should be extraordinary calmness, maturity and calmness in his eyes.
But Liu Xueyi performed Ji Danyang's confusion, panic and frustration, which is right.
Ji Danyang is a mathematician who has not undergone professional training, how can he experience gunfights and enemy traps, and he is completely calm.
But in the panic, Ji Danyang still quickly made a correct judgment, whether it was a spy or Hongmei, he didn't believe any of them, and he also used "the most dangerous place is the safest place" to gamble and successfully deceived the enemy to keep the information, which is the mind that a mathematician should have.
panic and chaos, on the contrary, the image of Ji Danyang, a mathematician who escaped from danger, has a more distinct personality and a fuller character.
Let's talk about Peng Xiaoran.
Qu Xiaofeng, the ninth princess in "East Palace", Li Binghe played in "The Name of Ice and Snow" and other characters, all of them are Bai Yueguang in ancient puppets and current puppets.
But Peng Xiaoran is not too young, at the age of 33, she began to try to broaden her acting path, no problem.
And she also contributed a new performance in "Red Plum".
This amazement comes from two aspects.
The first aspect is external beauty.
Peng Xiaoran has a sense of beauty that is superimposed on purity and agility.
On the one hand, wearing the public security ** of the year, she is a heroic beauty.
The second aspect is the improvement of acting skills.
Of course, this is not to say how good Peng Xiaoran's performance is, but her acting skills and began to study the details.
Especially when he was appointed to protect the male protagonist again, the kind of babbling performance reaction, the sense of substitution is real.
Although it is still easy to be picked on by the audience when playing with old actors like Ding Yongdai and Kong Lin, I think young actors should be given more time to prove themselves.
After all, the good show of "Thrush" has just begun!
It is undeniable that the series does have various flaws, but compared with the previous spy war dramas, the elements of the anti-special drama of the "Thrush" era are eye-catching.
This kind of breakthrough in the aesthetic fatigue of spy war dramas by anti-special dramas is reflected in three aspects.
The first aspect is the old-school anti-special drama style with a suspense base.
Starting from anti-special movies such as "Silent Oath" and even earlier "Visitors from the Snow Mountain", the mold of domestic anti-special dramas has actually been carved.
Or, it is to lay out the story from the main perspective of one of our public security officers, and track down the enemy through his perspective.
"The Oath is Silent", "The Informer" and "The Plum Blossom Archive" are all such works.
Or the other way around, tell the story from the perspective of the enemy, such as "Mask" starring Zu Feng and Hou Yong.
But the core is a dark combat method that is dark and we are clear.
Of course, "Thrush" does not break away from this configuration, it takes Ji Danyang and Hongmei as the narrative objects, and through their perspectives, tells the audience about the thrilling struggle between the public security and science and the Japanese enemy.
The plot is foggy, and a hook is buried at the end of each episode.
There is a sense of suspense and excitement of playing werewolf killing.
According to the later plot trailer, there will also be high-burning plots such as quarries** and laboratory raids.
As long as the villain does not reduce his intelligence, the decency does not hang up, and the two factions always win in the slightest, it is easy to bring in the audience and feel the excitement of the anti-special.
This kind of old-school ensures the basic plate of this anti-special drama.
The second aspect is the integration of era and life elements.
Anti-special dramas are not a new term, and "The Informer" is a typical example.
In the play, Ji Danyang's character cures his throat and gets acquainted with Bai Lao's Chinese medicine family, and integrates into daily life while working, which not only naturally brings out the scenes of life, but also dissipates the seriousness of the anti-special drama just right.
Through the simple and vivid details of life, the living conditions of people in the early stage of liberation are carefully presented, which is also a rare advantage of "Thrush".
From scientific research life to the people's medical treatment, Western medicine does not look good at traditional Chinese medicine, from the secret war between the enemy and us to the enemy's planning, an anti-special drama of the era, and like a life history of people in the 50s.
The third aspect is the high-burning patriotic theme in period dramas.
In addition to catching spies, there is also a prominent highlight of this play, which is the Water Drop Project and the development of submarines.
Just a few lines in the trailer: "Condense a rope for the motherland" and "A few small people will definitely not stop us from moving forward", which is already very burning.
Experts who study persistently for scientific research are themselves the best role models for contemporary youth!
Judging from the development of the plot, the intricate struggle and the infiltration of the enemy did not stop the progress of the water drop project, just like Ji Danyang said in the play, do you know why it is called the water drop project? Because it is necessary to complete the scientific research plan in the spirit of water drops and stones.
You will find that the grandparents also had a young time, and the young people of that era were so burning and trendy.
In fact, this is also the consistent style of anti-special period dramas, and the best anti-special film and television dramas can always make people yearn for the era of that father.
These style elements also make a clear distinction between the anti-special type and the spy war type.
In contrast, spy war dramas have had their own peaks, but when Liu Yunlong was silent, under the "guidance" of "big data", our spy war drama creation began to fall into repetition and follow-up, which was the same.
Just the drama of the military commander who infiltrated No. 76 and abandoned the darkness and turned to the light, the audience can watch it several times a year.
This leads to coming and going, and what we see is always a "skin change game" and a "repetition of routines".
It's obviously a new drama, but it's very "old-fashioned".
So, ah. Although the plot of "Thrush" still has some flaws, Fuhuadao has the shortcomings of being too modern.
But I'd recommend it.
Because it represents an old genre: anti-special drama, but at the end of 2023, a new way to play the anti-special period drama genre will be opened.
I don't know what the result of this show is on the table.
But I believe that for "spy warfare and anti-special", only by retaining the essence and constantly developing and innovating can there be the possibility of rejuvenating a new life, and "Thrush" is at least trying.
This is the only one, the opening of this play, which has let us see the light of hope to reopen the door of anti-special dramas.
And this is precisely the most needed powerful heart-saving pill for spy war suspense film and television dramas that rely more and more on eating old books and following routines.