Looking back, from the end of each year to the beginning of the following year, there are really big dramas.
Like last year.
Only eight sets of CCTV have adopted the mode of "double drama overlapping broadcast" in prime time, and the spy war drama "Opponent" and the big IP drama "Knife in the Snow" have joined hands to offer an audio-visual feast for the audience.
Then, a set of CCTV also played the opening drama "In the World".
Not only has it received rave reviews, but it has also made a good start for the domestic drama market this year. But who would have thought that with the succession of Gentlemen in the East Eighth District and Brave and Fearless, the strong star drama in the past actually showed a trend of continuous decline in word of mouth.
Correspondingly, there is a surge in the number of online dramas.
Compared with Shangxing drama, the looser scale of online drama leads to more diversified themes and no special requirements for the schedule. In addition, the audience’s attention to online drama has greatly increased, making it grow into one of the most important components of the film and television drama market.
Next, I will bring you the best 10 domestic online dramas this year. The ranking refers to scores, ratings, themes, audience reputation, attention and many other factors. I hope to be a little reference for you when chasing dramas.
TOP10, Penalty Score: 7.0
Only from the actor configuration, assembled Li Youbin, Cheng Yu, Johnny, Yang Shining, Wang Yang and other people’s "Penalty Crime", which is completely the configuration of the star drama, but since the webcast was chosen, the natural drama side also has its own considerations.
The story of the play takes place in a place called Changwu.
Here, the Zhao family, headed by Zhao Xiaosheng, monopolized many industries such as mining and real estate by various illegal means, and the public officials who were wooed into the water were enough to scrape together a playing card.
This "Punishment for Crime" takes the confrontation between good and evil as the main line.
Speculation about the police "mole" and the undercover agent lurking in Zhao’s family is the biggest suspense in the first half of the drama, and it is the climax of the whole drama when the "King of Size" uncovers the mystery.
But later, when I saw that the "King" was Zhao Pengchao, the play had a little unfinished meaning.
The high-energy opening made the audience have high expectations for Penalty, but it was finally suspended in mid-air. The performances of Li Youbin and Cheng Yu remained stable, but Yang Shining was a pleasant surprise, and his acting skills made people sit up and take notice.
TOP9, "Kunlun Temple of God" score: 7.1
After the word-of-mouth decline of Yunnan Worm Valley last year, the series of Ghost Blowing Lights ushered in another heavyweight work, Kunlun Temple of God, which opened at 8.2 and then rushed to 8.3, which excited Pan Yueming and Yuqi Zhang.
Why is it higher than the score of Longling Cave?
In my opinion, a lot of real-life shooting, following the adaptation of the original work, including the casting of Ming Shu, A Xiang and others, are the reasons for the amazing feeling of the play, especially the Ake played by Sha Baoliang, which can’t be recognized without looking at the cast.
This season, I learned the lesson from Yunnan Worm Valley. Except for Peter Huang Zhi, there is no one character who plays a lot.
However, in the second half, this film "Kunlun Temple of God" was obviously lacking in stamina. Not only did the rhythm start to slow down, but a large number of green screen special effects began to replace the real scene, which made it easy for people to see the feeling of matting.
For a moment, I thought I was watching a crappy online movie.
Moreover, the emotional drama between Shirley Yang and Hu Bayi has also increased significantly, and even the scenes of Shirley Yang’s anger and Hu Bayi’s cold war have appeared. Coupled with the lack of some famous scenes, the score of Kunlun Temple has declined, which is expected.
TOP8, "Rock and Roll Flowers" Rating: 7.4
Domestic dramas with the theme of rock music are rare. This time, Yao Chen became the "first person to eat crabs".
The women’s rock band "Wild Flowers" had a great time. Peng Lai, played by Yao Chen, was the lead singer of the band, but faced with the betrayal of her husband and friends, she came to the United States alone in order to pursue her musical dream.
However, due to the huge cultural differences, Peng Lai was down and out during her 12 years in the United States. It was not until she received a phone call from her good friend Da Cui that she learned that her ex-husband had passed away. In order to take care of her daughter, she embarked on the road to return home.
As a 12-episode online drama, the main line of "Rock Wild Flowers" is a rock band.
But it is actually an urban family emotional drama covered with music. The emotional collision between Peng Lai’s mother and daughter, the affection between her and her mother, and the friendship with Da Cui and others all make this drama full of tender feelings.
What is particularly commendable is that smoking, drinking and swearing have not appeared in domestic dramas for a long time.
In my opinion, "Wild Flowers of Rock and Roll" may still be insufficient, but it is indeed a fresh attempt by the main creators. It represents that the online drama can completely shine differently in generate under the relatively relaxed creative environment.
TOP7, "Hunting Crime Picture Book" score: 7.5
Just like many small-budget online dramas, when "Hunting Crime Picture Book" was first broadcast, not many people cared. Until a few episodes later, the audience found that this crime-themed suspense drama seemed to be "something".
The series adopts the popular "double male host" setting.
Shen Yi, played by JC-T, is a portraitist with the special ability of "painting an old man at the age of three", that is, when you see a photo of someone at the age of three, you can draw his adult appearance, while Du Cheng, played by Jin Shijia, is a prosperous criminal police captain.
At first, Du Cheng was very critical of Shen Yi.
However, with the cooperation of the two men for many times, they have become more and more tacit. Apart from JC-T and Jin Shijia, they both contributed their due acting skills, and the stories in the series have taken into account the suspense and the depth that they are extremely suitable for social reality.
For this original work, the screenwriter Jia Dongyan encountered some difficulties:
He tried to sell the story, but Party A said that he would put the story of the portrait artist in an IP they had already bought, and only in this way would he consider cooperation.
However, Jia Dongyan’s insistence enabled the story of "Hunting Crime Picture Book" to be completely put on the screen.
TOP6. Out of Court score: 7.6
Although it is only a suspense crime online drama, Out of Court has attracted much attention since its establishment, because its main lineup is almost full, directed by Zhang Li of Ming Dynasty and Walking the Republic, and written by the fingerprint of White Night Chasing the Murder.
As for the leading role, it is Xia Yu, Luo Jin, Gao Ye, Junyan Jiao, Li Guangjie, Huo Qing and other Mesozoic powerhouses.
The play is divided into two paragraphs, Blind Area and Drowning Man, which are directed by Zhang Li and his disciple Huang Wei respectively. The former has 6 episodes and the latter has 15 episodes, making a total of 21 episodes. In my opinion, Blind Area is slightly better than Drowning Man.
Lu Nan played by Xia Yu is a judge, while Qiao Shaoting played by Luo Jin is a gold medal lawyer.
In Blind Area, Lunan is the absolute protagonist.
When he went to Nanjin for a short business trip to report to the president face to face, his superiors asked him to help pay attention to the death penalty review of a "bizarre corpse tragedy", and Lunan and Qiao Shaoting joined hands to finally solve the real mystery of the case.
But in "the drowning man", Qiao Shaoting is the protagonist.
When representing a "bizarre corpse case", Qiao Shaoting was framed and became a criminal suspect. At this time, the appearance of Xiao Zhen, a young female lawyer, became the dawn to tear open the truth of the case, and the infighting between the two law firms was also placed on the table.
The fast pace, meticulous logic, and the wonderful interpretations of the actors make this drama a masterpiece in this year’s domestic suspense drama, which is definitely worth seeing.
TOP5, Coward Rating: 7.7
The play is adapted from the novel "Raw Swallow" written by Zheng Zhi, a young writer. But it is a double-edged sword for the play itself, because the novel and the TV play are two different things, so the play is somewhat bleak.
But that’s just the only drawback.
The story takes place in the cold northeast. In the winter of 2001, Huang Shu, an 18-year-old girl, was killed and left naked in a snow pit in front of an unfinished building. The heavy snow covered up all clues related to the truth.
Ten years later, another girl’s body was thrown into the snow pit again, and the modus operandi was exactly the same as before, but the suspect in that year had already passed away, which made the old criminal police Feng Guojin fall into the fog again.
Two highly similar cases brought out the cruel and cruel youth of four boys and girls.
Compared with the original work, the online drama Coward "promoted" Qin Li to the leading role, making it run through, avoiding the problem of excessively fine narrative and timeline, and Oho Ou’s play in suspense themes has also made great progress.
In the cold winter in Northeast China, a science genius, a young poet, a ghost horse girl and a gentle beauty are entangled in the past like a mess, depicting a cruel story of youth about the North.
Finally, Yanhui Wang is 100% compatible with suspense crime dramas.
TOP4, Record of Mysteries in the Tang Dynasty: 7.7.
Yang Zhigang, who has been criticized for his broken lines, and William, who had a poor audience because of an incident, starred in The Mysteries of the Tang Dynasty. As a small-budget online drama, how much attention can they attract?
In addition to gimmicks, the most essential thing in film and television dramas is two words: quality.
It is said that Yang Zhigang can only play on the stage by his brother Guo Jingyu. This sentence is only half right. Objectively speaking, without the help of his brother Guo Jingyu, Yang Zhigang can’t have so many starring opportunities, but his acting skills are not bad.
That’s right, the producer of this "Tang Dynasty Paradox Record" is still Guo Jingyu.
The play sets the story in the reign of Li Dan in Tang Ruizong. At that time, Li Longji and his aunt Princess Taiping joined hands to break the dream that Queen Wei and Princess Anle were in charge, but after that, they became their main enemies.
Su Wuming, played by Yang Zhigang, is a close disciple of Di Renjie.
When he was a county commandant of Chang ‘an, he and Lu Lingfeng, the corps commander of Jin Wuwei, from constant friction to tacit cooperation, successively solved the strange case of Chang ‘an, uncovering those heavy "ghosts" under the night of Chang ‘an in the prosperous times.
The play has a total of 36 episodes and is divided into 8 cases.
It played down the reasoning part in the past costume suspense drama to the greatest extent, but focused on the word "paradox", reappearing the prosperity and tolerance of Chang ‘an, and Lu Lingfeng’s "three knives flow" was also quite interesting.
TOP3, "Beginning" score: 7.8
At the beginning of this year, Noon Sunshine, which has always been good at shooting drama, launched its own heavy transformation work-"Beginning", a light sci-fi online drama starring Angel and Bai Jingting, which is also the only one in Noon Sunshine this year."effectively broadcast the drama."
There are only 15 episodes of The Beginning, which tells the story of infinite flow.
Li Shiqing, a female college student, "came back from the dead" after a bus explosion. She gradually found herself in the time cycle before and after the bus explosion. In order to break this cycle, she found Xiao Heyun, a game architect, as an ally.
But the development of things, completely out of their expectation.
The old woman with all kinds of medicines, the gloomy middle-aged woman, the anchor called "Happy Brother", the old man who went to see his son with some watermelons, and the bus driver who looked strange, who is the "source of the explosion" among these people?
As a light sci-fi suspense online drama, The Beginning is undoubtedly a success.
In 15 episodes, it tells a story with clear story lines and strict logic, and under the interpretation of those "non-famous actors", one vivid character seems to break through the screen and become a fact in our lives.
In fact, the final ending of "The Beginning" did not end badly.
Many details have been suggested, including the scene of Wang Mengmeng smiling at his mother. It was Wang Mengmeng who arranged this cycle. Before that, she had been hovering over the bridge and bus that had an accident.
TOP2、《Meng Hua Lu score: 8.0
Andy, the screenwriter of Meng Hua Lu, forwarded a message praising her when it was popular. However, the attitude of "being on a par with Guan Hanqing" made Meng Hua Lu, which was already mired in the vortex of "wife literature", once again trigger a heated discussion.
The play is adapted from Guan Hanqing’s Yuan Zaju, Zhao Paner’s Romantic Salvation.
In the original work, Zhao Paner came to Tokyo by various means to save her sister Song Yinzhang, which is an important work of Guan Hanqing praising the awakening of women’s consciousness.
When it comes to TV dramas, it is obvious that female directors and screenwriters should also take the path of female themes.
But in my opinion:
Is Meng Hua Lu an excellent ancient doll?
That must be.
Is Meng Hua Lu an excellent work on women?
That’s not the designation.
Whether it is Gu Qianfan’s care for Zhao Paner, the second generation of super officials, or the awakening of women’s consciousness and the setting and lines of getting rid of the shackles of feudal male power in the play, it has nothing to do with the real female theme.
However, for the young audience who have had enough of "ugly men in ancient costumes" and "ordinary women in ancient times", the face value and acting skills of "Liu Tianxian" and Chen Xiao really set a good example for the younger generation.
TOP1、The score of Foreign Material Records: 8.4
The origin of the story turned out to be such an incredible event:Shi Jian’s girlfriend drowned in a room where there was no water.
In order to find the truth, he opened a company called "Universal Brother", which specializes in "mysterious events".
Later, by chance, Shi Jian found a magic key that can reach anywhere. Then, magic items such as manipulating the fingers of objects, pendants that control water, and vanishing cream that can change shapes appeared one after another.
What kind of shocking secrets are hidden behind these things?
Some ordinary items suddenly have magical functions. This setting is not new, but Li Hongchou’s team (representing the series of Mao Cheat) picked up this setting and told a logical story.
In fact, as an early audience of Mao Cheat, I still want to talk about my feelings.
As a work of Li Hongchou’s team, the logic and the rigor of the story details of this novel are almost at the top of the domestic drama, but some of its actors can’t really interpret more complicated emotions.
Therefore, you can say that it is still a "grass-roots team" work.
However, for Li Hongchou, who pursues the ultimate creative path, maintains the stability of the team, and creates the initial heart, it is time to walk out of the spiritual home "International Village", because there is a bigger world outside.
