With the arrival of 2024, director Wong Kar-wai has triggered a revolution in the field of Chinese-language TV dramas with his masterpiece "Flowers", which not only refreshes the quality of domestic dramas, but also makes the audience have extremely high expectations for subsequent dramas.
In this context, there seems to be a phenomenon of "shortage of high-quality dramas" in the TV drama market.
Although the historical masterpiece "The Years of the Great River" starring actor Wang Kai brought a glimmer of light to the audience, it received mixed reviews and failed to fully meet people's expectations for the masterpieces of the times.
In this case, we might as well take a comprehensive look at the TV series that have recently aired and select those that have not performed well.
Unexpectedly, just a month after 2024, the five "bad dramas" have been released.
Among these works, "Fairy Sword 4" starring Ju Jingyi unfortunately became the first "bad drama" in the audience's mouth.
Fifth place, "Scout Hero".
"Scout Heroes" starring Luo Jin, Ma Sichun and others is an anti-Japanese war drama, which extends the overall story from the perspective of scouts.
At its core, the show should be about showing heroic scouts and intense battle scenes, rather than getting bogged down in emotional lines and inconsequential characterization.
When dealing with the scenes of the members of the art troupe, more attention should be paid to matching the theme and avoiding conflicts with the main plot.
At the same time, the setting of the emotional line should be more cautious and reasonable.
In war-themed TV dramas, the emotional line should serve the development of the plot, rather than become the dominant part of the plot.
If not handled properly, it will not only weaken the audience's attention to the theme of war, but it may also cause the audience to resent it.
Of course, Luo Jin's acting skills are still good, while the heroine Ma Sichun is a little inferior, with exaggerated expressions and excessive force when dealing with some emotions, so she has been complained about a lot.
Fourth place, "19th Floor".
When it comes to "unlimited streaming", many viewers may not be familiar with it. This is a special carrier, and it has also been more reflected in film and television dramas, like the previous "The Beginning", which is a good attempt and breakthrough.
The core selling point of the drama "19th Floor" is also the concept of "infinite stream", which was highly anticipated by the audience before the broadcast, and is expected to become another classic that can set a benchmark for "infinite stream" works after "The Beginning".
However, reality often contradicts expectations, and after the show was broadcast, word-of-mouth and reviews declined all the way, and it was eventually considered a "bad drama".
The performance of the actor Wei Zheming and the heroine Sun Qian seems to only cater to the market demand for traffic, and their huge fan base makes this drama rise rapidly on the suspense drama hot list.
However, the absurdity and logical loopholes of the plot content make people feel disappointed and angry. Although the script tries to use the name of "infinite streaming", it actually turns the sci-fi suspense drama into an escape room-like game, and even adds an idol drama plot where the hero and heroine fall in love at first sight, making it feel like a nondescript performance.
Whether it is the story design or the expression of the actors, "19 Floors" has a lot of controversy, and there are currently countless one-star negative reviews, making it one of the "bad dramas" in January.
third place, "Persona of the Apocalypse".
When the online drama "Persona of the Apocalypse" premiered, Huang Xuan's appearance and the addition of Jinyiwei and suspense elements injected huge potential into the drama and was regarded as expected to become a hit drama.
In the end, however, it was reduced to mediocrity.
It is worth mentioning that the outstanding performances of outstanding actors such as Huang Xuan, Wu Yue and Jiang Qiming have vividly restored their respective character images and ensured the freshness of their roles.
It's just that the biggest problem with this drama is the handling of the plot.
In order to blend multiple elements such as suspense, fantasy and intrigue, in order to create a more tense plot, the result is a very blunt twist, the connection between the different bridges is not smooth enough, and even the story is not clearly told.
If you only look at the acting skills, Huang Xuan is indeed eye-catching.
This kind of martial arts character is still his strong point, and many emotions are handled just right, which is impressive.
If the director can control the quality of the production and add more suspense elements to the story, there may be unexpected effects.
It's a pity that this work has been labeled as a "bad drama" by many audiences.
Second place, "Pray for the Present".
Yu Shuxin and Xu Kai starred in "Praying for the Present Dynasty" ("Sword and Fairy Six") received an enthusiastic response after it was launched, but the word-of-mouth declined rapidly.
opened the Douban comment area, which was full of unanimous negative comments from the audience.
First of all, the pronunciation of the actors in the play is inaccurate, especially the problem of articulation is too obvious, which brings great trouble to the audience.
This clip sound and unclear pronunciation feels unnatural and seriously affects the expressiveness of the characters in the play.
Secondly, the actresses in the show dress up as internet celebrities with makeup, giving people an overly pompous and unnatural feeling. Excessive makeup, fancy styling, and exaggerated costume design make the audience resist the characters in the play and feel that they do not match the plot.
In addition, there are obvious issues with artificiality when it comes to acting. The characters are too deliberate when they play cute, and it is really difficult for the audience to resonate.
The actors' performances feel unnatural, overly pursuing the cuteness and playfulness of the characters, lacking authenticity and connotation, which makes people feel uncomfortable.
The plot design is also very unsuccessful, basically there are no bright spots, and there are even a lot of "magic changes", so it has been criticized.
First place, "Sword and Fairy IV".
"Fairy Sword 4" once attracted attention with its strong influence as a super IP.
However, once released, the show's reputation and ratings suffered a comprehensive collapse, and it is considered the most failed and miserable work in the series.
Click on the comment area to see that from the plot to the actors, they have all been complained about a lot.
The first is the plot design, after the emergence of a lot of "magic changes", people don't even have the urge to chase the drama. A lot of bells and whistles don't need to exist at all, and it's too much to ignore the adaptation of the main story.
It is said that this drama cost 300 million, but I didn't expect the special effects production to be so rough, and there are even a lot of goof shots. It's no wonder that there are criticisms that it looks like it's only equivalent to five cents.
The heroine Ju Jingyi has become the hardest hit area of complaints.
She wears "semi-permanent" makeup, her acting skills have not improved much, and when interpreting the role of Han Lingsha, she either has too hard an expression or empty eyes, and she does not express the characteristics of the character at all, which is simply disappointing.
Such a quality problem makes the show indisputably the chief of the "bad drama" in 2024.
Conclusion:
Just a month has passed in 2024, these five bad dramas have been released, I believe many viewers have watched them, what do you think of the quality?
TV dramas are a way to express culture and art, and audiences are demanding more and more quality from dramas.
We look forward to seeing more creative and high-quality work, rather than repetitive and low-quality storytelling.