The TV series "Detective Chinatown 2" aired to episode 6. After 6 episodes, the first case of this TV series has been closed, and the second case has been more than half narrated. At this point, I think that this suspense drama focusing on criminal investigation has completely hit the street. Its failure happened to be due to "making things up".
The TV series "Detective Chinatown 2" puts the story background in a foreign Chinatown, so it can be more imaginative. However, crime suspense dramas have an iron rule, that is, you need to dance on a limited stage, not on an infinitely vast stage, otherwise, it will not be exciting.
What is a limited stage? In crime suspense dramas, it is necessary to use reality to create a framework for this stage, and all crime suspense content needs to take place in this framework. And if you leave this framework, or don't want this framework at all, it seems that the story can take off, but in fact it is similar to standing still. What "Detective Chinatown 2" lacks now is this framework to live on the edge of the stage.
For example, the first case in this drama, just two episodes have been broadcast, and many fans have speculated about the ending, or the bottom of the case. Everyone knows that this drama will definitely lead to the illegal trade of human organs. If this unit drama has a realistic framework, then it will be subject to corresponding real limitations. And these limitations are the focus of the story. However, in the play, there is no framework on the realistic level, resulting in no focus on this play.
The human body is sent to the dentist's office, the clinic is operated on, the dark web is traded, etc., which seems to be seamless, but the specific operation is full of loopholes. Using such content as the basis of a case, it is easy to expose the bottom, making the audience feel that there is a lot of big flag in the front, but they can't be fooled in the back, so they make it up. This foundation is too big, and the screenwriter has no ability to refine the details, which eventually causes a big mesh phenomenon.
A similar problem with a large net of foundation also appeared in the second case of the play. The second case of this TV series leads back and forth, and finally leads to the organization called Aoyi. This is similar to the illegal trade of human organs, and it creates a lot of small suspense in the front, and finally gives a huge foundation, but this foundation has become a panacea, and all the suspense can finally be imported here.
In other words, a crime suspense drama can engage in a bunch of seemingly peculiar crime scene content, and even engage in serial crime content, and when it can't justify itself, it will expose the foundation of this "mystery" and say that this organization did it. It's boring. This approach is similar to a large number of theatrical thrillers back then, with a bunch of thrillers in front of it, and I can't go on, just say that the protagonist is dreaming. There are too many foundations, and if you are too much gold, there will be a void in front of you.
The writers of this TV series are obviously aware of this problem as well. Therefore, they tried to find some stinging points in the opening details of the case, so that the audience felt that the drama was real. For example, a young man working at the bottom of the city rewarded the Internet celebrity female anchor next door, and in the end, he died with others. This content obviously wants to win the emotional identity of a large number of low-level male audiences. However, a "Chinatown" ruined this sense of realism, because the play itself came up and said that it was not a story that happened in China.
If in the setting of the play, the story of this low-level working man and Internet celebrity female anchor takes place in a Chinese city, and there are a large number of low-level realistic portrayals in Chinese cities, then the shocking power of this play is not ordinary. "Chinatown" makes this drama imaginative, but at the same time, it also lacks boundaries and focus. Crime suspense dramas need to dance on a limited stage, just to find a focus on the border.
For another example, the story of the mother-in-law in the second case, if it happened in our Chinese cities, it would obviously sting many audiences. However, it takes place in an overhead "Chinatown", which seems very okay and very far-fetched. This is the focus that can sting the audience's inner aesthetic emotions, because the margin is too large, resulting in almost none, and then, there is no need for force.
Therefore, "Detective Chinatown 2" sets the narrative background as "Chinatown", which seems to take advantage, but it actually suffers a big loss, as long as the plot tries to sting the audience with realistic content, it immediately shows its sense of suspension and powerlessness. Under an overhead environment, realistic, hehe. And a crime suspense drama is not even realistic, so it is easier for the audience to hehe. After the show was launched, there were a lot of bad reviews, and the ultimate reason is here.