The beginning ushered in the finale, and then searched.

The beginning ushered in the finale, and then searched.

The beginning ushered in the finale, and then searched. The Beginning is adapted from the novel of the same name by Prayer Jun. On the evening of October 25th, 65438/kloc-0, the TV series The Beginning starring Bai Jingting, Angel and Liu Yijun officially ushered in a grand finale. The beginning ushered in the finale, and then searched.

The beginning ushered in a grand finale, followed by a hot search 1. The beginning of the film and television drama in 2022 made a good start. Since its launch, it has been widely concerned, and the heat has continued to heat up without any sharp decline. After the broadcast, "Start" occupied a number of hot search headlines. By the 25th, it had been played1300 million times, and the douban score was as high as 8.6, which was the highest in film and television dramas.

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So what kind of excellent work is this rising "beginning" in the discussion? Why are we talking so much?

The Beginning is a skill work by infinite flow, which tells the endless cycle of a gamer and a female college student after the bus explosion, so as to find the answer to the story step by step. At first glance, this work feels meaningless. Except those who like infinite flow's novels or TV dramas, it is difficult for other audiences to understand what the drama of the first episode is. The reason why this story happened will give people a feeling of being at a loss. However, after reading it patiently, I found that the play is very good-looking and worth pondering and pondering. The audience can also participate in it and guess the explosion cycle of the car accident. It is precisely because of this that this drama attracted a large number of audience's voices, and this drama also made Angel, a student of the Central Opera House who just turned 20, really appear in the public eye. Her smile touched the hearts of the audience and became a hot movie star. Bai Jingting has always been a hot and topical movie star, and this one.

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At first, it was successful in commercial value, and it was a complete mess. Just after the beginning, South Korea got the copyright of the play, and it is undoubtedly a success that a play can be released in other countries. South Korea has always had high requirements for the quality of film and television dramas, so the move of "Beginning" to grant copyright to South Korea has not only attracted the attention of domestic audiences, but also been favored by international film and television lovers. This is also the performance of the continuous progress of the film and television industry in China, so the quality was very resistant from the beginning. In addition to Korea, there are many foreign fans who use translation software to translate the beginning sentence by sentence, which is probably the greatest respect for art and is worth recommending to everyone.

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The 25 th also ushered in the finale of this drama. Although there is only one episode of 15, this short play of 15 shows the audience the new possibilities of China's drama, which may usher in the trend of unlimited flow of film and television. It is precisely because this drama has given the audience more and more expectations that the ending has become the final determinant of whether this drama can truly become a classic. If it ends carelessly, the play will be completely ruined. Those fans may really have to send a knife to the screenwriter. As expected, the ending caused a great sensation. People who didn't meet expectations complained about the bad ending of "The Beginning" on the Internet, which made the play get unprecedented attention again. In fact, some people are happy and others are sad. These complaints are reasonable, because the drama has given the audience too many expectations, and it is inevitable to see a psychological gap in the ending. But when it's calm, go to the beginning again. It is found that although this ending can't be said to be perfect, it can't be called unfinished ending, but it tends to be a little dull, but it is closer to life. Life is both impulsive and moving. Everyone has a beautiful yearning for life. Everyone who sees the infinite cycle of life will have a feeling that life is inherently bitter. We should add a candy at the right time. Isn't this happy ending more in line with what everyone once yearned for?

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At the end of the story, He Yun Jr. and Li Shiqing got together and sprinkled a handful of candy. Did you see them kissing on TV? It is reported that this is also the first kiss on the screen in Angel. I hope there will be more such good dramas in the future.

The beginning ushered in the finale, and then searched. 2 "Did you watch the finale of The Beginning?"

"Look, look, look, you can read the complete works in one breath tonight."

On the evening of October 25th, 65438/KLOC-0, the TV series "The Beginning" starring Bai Jingting, Angel and Liu Yijun officially ushered in a grand finale. After 25 time periods, the hero and heroine finally found the truth, saved a bus load of people and moved the audience.

The beginning is adapted from the novel of the same name by Prayer Jun, and tells the story of Xiao (Bai Jingting), a game architect, and college students (angels) who "come back to life" after being attacked by bus explosion. In the bus accident, they constantly go through the time cycle, from getting off the bus to saving themselves, fighting side by side to break through the barrier, trying to stop the explosion and find the truth.

Although there is only 15 episode, Since its broadcast, "The Beginning" has aroused heated discussion among many netizens from cast, acting, plot setting and other aspects. Topics related to "starting" constantly refresh the hot search list. On the eve of the finale, the film officially announced that the broadcast volume of "Start" exceeded 654.38+0.2 billion. In terms of word of mouth, 280,000 Douban netizens gave 8.2 points, which can be described as a double harvest of heat and word of mouth.

With the arrival of the finale, netizens were deeply moved and left messages: "The ending of the beginning is also the best ending I can think of." "The finale, suddenly want to cry. The ending is not a dream, nor an out-of-body experience, but a case five years ago. Too much humanity, too much reality. " "I hope that every good-hearted person who loves life has the right and opportunity to live a good life."

"The Beginning" ushered in the finale and then hot search 3 Last night (65438+1October 25th), the TV series "The Beginning" ushered in the finale, and "Explosion" topped the hot search. But this time the title is # Start and End #. As of press time, the topic has been read 620 million times, 1.82 million. Some netizens said that the ending was too perfect, while others thought that the logic was unreasonable, and several "dug holes and didn't fill them". Some netizens said that "there is no bad ending, but it is not good enough and not amazing." "This play meets my inner expectations and is complete." ...

Since the launch of 65438+1October 1 1, there have been endless hot searches for various plots of Start. According to Du Nan Weekly, there were more than 300 hot searches in five days, making it the first explosion in the New Year. Aunt Guo, the initiator of the story tragedy, made the audience suffer from "pressure cooker PTSD" by herself, and "the ringing of cannon, preparation for drug testing and circulation" also became a topic often discussed after Climbing the Mountain in 2020.

Suspense plots and stories have also triggered many netizens' active discussions and Amway on social platforms. As of press time, according to the professional version of Cat's Eye, the total broadcast volume of this short drama with only 15 episodes has exceeded1300 million, and many netizens have expressed their pursuit of the drama: "After the male master enters the cycle, the rhythm is fast." "Online acting, such an embarrassing theme is very real." "8 episodes in one breath." The praise of "8 episodes in one breath" has even been regarded as a stalk by drama fans, and it has become synonymous with compact and exciting plot.

However, the Douban score dropped after the finale last night. As of press time, it has dropped from 8.2 to 8.0.

But there is no doubt that, as the first hit drama in Tencent's video industry, "The Beginning" exploded, and this "desperate" project actually has greater significance for producers and platforms.

(... look out! The following is a spoiler ...)

Novel setting, regretful rhythm

Exquisite acting skills, moving group images

Two episodes (10 cycle) and 15 episode (* *) experienced 25 cycles, which laid the foundation for the tight rhythm at the beginning. As the first drama series with the theme of "infinite flow" in China, the story revolves around the sci-fi setting of the time cycle caused by the explosion of bus No.45. College students (angels) and game designer Xiao (Bai Jingting) "came back to life" after the bus explosion, and went back to the bus before the accident to jointly stop the explosion. But what they face is not only a cruel murderer who is bent on revenge against society, but also the pursuit of the police and the concern of the whole society. ...

In the finale broadcast last night, Xiaohe, with the help of the police, found out the evidence that the bus driver Wang Xingde (Huang Jue) and the pottery queen MengMeng (Liu Dan) were harassed by the bus pervert, and then they entered the cycle again. After waking up from reincarnation, He Yun Jr. was unable to wake up because of his weak body. Li Shiqing immediately sends a text message to Interpol Zhang Cheng (Liu Yijun) for help, and gets help from Rudy and other passengers. Finally, He Yun Jr. woke up to stop Tao Hongying and took Rudy's pressure cooker bomb. The police controlled the No.45 bus to stop at the bridge. Under the persuasion of everyone, Wang Xingde and Tao Hongying decided to trust the police and the whole car was successfully saved. ...

The series did not directly answer the question of how the "cycle" began. At the end of the story, the passengers on the bus won the "Courageous Award" together, and the bus pervert who harassed Wang, Wang Xingde and Tao was also tried.

The success at the beginning lies in the freshness of the story. Even if it is not the "infinite flow" in the standard sense, after the Douban was opened, most of the audience gave encouragement and affirmation. More than 350,000 people participated in the evaluation, among which 30.8% of the audience gave a 5-star praise and 47% gave a 4-star praise. Some netizens even shouted that this is a movie that can "sail out to sea" and "look good! It's actually beautiful! Infinite flow, the first in China, actually has the IQ of every character. Online logic is not chaotic, and acting is ok, which shocked me! "

However, while praising the innovation of the theme, some viewers are keenly aware that the defects at the beginning are also quite obvious-slow rhythm and narrative procrastination. If the story can be reduced to less than 10, the excitement will probably double.

Yes, when telling the story with "circulation" as the core, the "beginning" is more straightforward, and the effective information provided by the previous episodes is quite limited: after eight episodes, the hero and heroine were "bombed" for nearly 20 times, and finally it was locked that Tao, a middle-aged woman, was carrying a bomb. However, when they found out the real participants in the explosion, The Beginning aired two more episodes and scrolled four times.

It is precisely because of this that many viewers are both looking forward to and worried about the finale broadcast tonight: "It is worth encouraging, but don't put it too badly!" Fortunately, after the ending was broadcast, many "abused" viewers put down their hearts: "Everyone is very good, very good!"

Although the narrative and rhythm are regrettable, they are not obscure. The beauty of the beginning lies in the accurate portrayal of ordinary people. The play does not idealize human nature, but shows the audience selfish, cowardly and inexplicable malice that we don't know.

In the process of excluding passengers one by one, Start depicts a picture of ordinary people: a video blogger who loves to talk and always takes photos with his mobile phone; Enthusiastic aunt who goes out with a lot of medicine; After he was released from prison, he took his son's favorite watermelon to find his son and his father who longed for family warmth. Unemployed construction workers who are heavily in debt and have to earn tuition for their daughters; Rudy, a lonely boy who loves the second culture, secretly keeps an asthmatic cat. Delicate "tears" hit the hearts of the audience.

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At the same time, the old policeman Zhang Cheng played by Liu Yijun is keen, steady and stick to his post. The scene of his heroic sacrifice in the 24th cycle has become the most distressing scene for the audience since the play was broadcast.

Of course, Tao, the initiator of the story tragedy and a middle-aged woman, was ridiculed by many netizens as "Aunt Guo" and "shivered at the sight of her". Liu Dan's incisive performance successfully made the audience feel terror, despair and anxiety, full of "oppression".

In addition, the drama also triggered netizens' thinking about "cyber violence". Whether it is cyber violence against Xiao or Wang in a certain period, it is reminding people of the harm caused by unreasonable and arbitrary suspicion, judgment and violence on the Internet, as well as the impact and destruction on the whole social security line. But there are still many people who are used to venting their personal anger by hurting others on the Internet.

The core of "The Beginning" fire is not the setting of "infinite flow", but the fundamental reason lies in connecting a bus explosion with the complexity of human nature and social problems. In other words, the sci-fi and suspenseful Infinite Flow is just the skin, but the core is still a warm background color, which has a solid ability to portray people and truly conveys the concern for society and the yearning for justice. And all these expressions of practical problems are exactly what the producers of Noon Sunshine have been good at and persisted in since Ning Min Town.

Will the beginning be the beginning of infinite flow?

The broadcast of "Beginning" made many people know the "infinite flow" of the cycle of time and space for the first time. In fact, unlimited traffic is not new abroad. Movies such as Source Code and groundhog day are based on circulation. Even in China, it is not the first. Do you remember in Moonlight Box, the Supreme Treasure repeatedly crossed the timeline to save Bai Jingjing who committed suicide? This is probably the earliest time period in China.

However, what many viewers expect is that similar infinite flow works will appear on the screen? Will it be the "beginning" of exploring the theme of infinite flow in the drama market?

According to Red Star News, some insiders told reporters that the concept of "infinite flow" originated very early in China, and the earliest one that approached this concept was the animated "Rubik's Cube Building" written by Zheng Zai 1990. The story tells the story that the protagonist entered the enlarged Rubik's Cube world and experienced 26 Fang Guozhong. Although the concept of "infinite flow" did not formally appear at that time, the 26 countries in the Rubik's Cube Building are similar to many unique spaces, and the adventures of the protagonist in different Fang Guozhong are similar to the process in which the protagonist in infinite flow's works now accepts experience and completes tasks.

The first "infinite flow" novel recognized in China is Infinite Terror written by network writer zhttty in 2007, in which the protagonist is summoned to experience in a parallel universe similar to a movie, revives his players through many missions and becomes the strongest king in the reincarnation world. Similar themes have attracted the attention of major film and television companies in recent years. According to media reports, as early as 2020, infinite flow's adaptation works such as On Earth, Global College Entrance Examination and Kaleidoscope of Death were put on the shooting schedule, but there is no new trend so far.

The novel concept of "infinite flow" is bound to make film and television companies flock to it after the audience is bored with the themes of sweetness, suspense and fantasy, but the fact is that the setting of "infinite flow" is easy to fall into a routine, and similar online novels in China are basically not divorced from the concepts of "parallel universe", "reincarnation" and "survival mission" in infinite terror. The core settings are similar, and it is easy to fall into the pattern of content homogenization. The reporter also noticed that "The Beginning" also has the problem that too many cycles lead to the repetition of the plot.

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Zhang Tong, a film and television researcher, thinks that if you just want to make "infinite flow", I'm afraid there won't be any good works. After all, the production of The Noon Sun is still realistic, and most of infinite flow's works in China are divorced from the realistic background, so it is very difficult to adapt them. On the other hand, the author of Beginnings prays that Jun is the screenwriter of the drama version. In order to respect the original work more, the producer specially invited professional screenwriters to conduct scriptwriting training for Prayer Jun.

Prayer Jun recalled that the scriptwriter invited by the midday sun almost taught her how to turn the article into a screenplay that can be shot. This respect for the creator and the script is very rare.

The winner behind it

The explosion of "The Beginning" also attracted people's attention to the midday sunshine behind it. In the past two years, the noon sun has become more and more low-key, and I can hardly see their news except taking out my works.

As a domestic head drama company, born out of the Noon Sunshine Team of Shandong Film and Television Media Group, it is the producer of many excellent drama content. There were Nirvana in Fire, No War in Peiping and Pretender at the earliest, and in recent years, there are Ode to Joy series and Great Rivers series. These works make the word "Noon Sunshine" a golden signboard of domestic dramas.

According to Caijing Tianxia Weekly, Noon Sunshine, which focuses on creating copyright dramas, has always had a high bargaining power in the industry. The platform will basically pay for the works it produces. Of course, it will also offer a relatively high copyright purchase price.

Therefore, when the work "The Beginning" became popular on the Internet, people in the industry commented that the work "The Beginning" can only be made by the midday sun. No one dares to do business at a loss. In case no one buys it, it will be troublesome to buy it and rush to the street. "

Even if it is produced by the midday sun, the beginning has a strong element of adventure from the beginning.

No grand narrative, no top artists to join, no big IP blessing. From the beginning, there was no explosive temperament in the beginning. When it lacks its own initial traffic, how can the platform be willing to pay for the "experiment" with unlimited traffic?

According to relevant sources, "In fact, even if the" Beginning "does not explode, Tencent will be willing to pay the bill based on the signboard of noon sunshine."

Fortunately, the midday sun itself and Tencent Video, the platform that paid the bill, won the bet. The explosion of "Start" also made Tencent video earn enough traffic and word of mouth.

It is not easy for the audience to understand a movie like The Beginning. When summing up the "secret of success" of Noon Sunshine, Hou Hongliang, the chairman and producer of Noon Sunshine, once told the reporter of National Business Daily: "You can't treat every play as an explosion. Sometimes the higher the expectation, the worse the final result. Film and television are really the art of regret. "