Why do some people hate "Let's Watch the Meteor Shower" a

"Let's Watch the Meteor Shower": "Thunder" awakens the domestic idol drama

I recently watched "Let's Watch the Meteor Shower" currently being broadcast on Mango Channel and felt that many aspects were not satisfactory. . Putting aside the simple story and character relationships, as well as those shocking looks, although the author had expected that this drama would become more popular with more criticism, but seeing the almost one-sided criticism, I still feel that there is something wrong with it. It's like it's stuck in the throat, and it's hard to spit out. Some people jokingly renamed this drama "Let's Watch Thunderstorm". This name change is not bad, but even if this "thunder" temporarily shocked the audience, at least it also brought the Chinese domestic drama that has been languishing for more than ten years. The idol drama woke "Lei" up.

The frankness about love of the post-90s generation made "Meteor Shower"

In fact, many people may be thinking about a question: Why have idol dramas never been able to produce on a large scale in China? This may be related to the shy nature of Chinese people towards love. As we all know, the beginning of idol dramas was a way for youth to vent their emotions. However, in the minds of Chinese people in the 1970s and 1980s, there is still an insurmountable gap between the topic of love and youth. Even the youth who have truly experienced love, It can only become an unspeakable secret in our hearts. Today, the generation born in the 1990s is booming. Their straightforwardness and passion for love further reflect the emotional soil nurtured by idol dramas. It is a soil that advocates freedom and passion, and the interweaving of love and hate, just like Japanese dramas. Just like Akana Rika in "Tokyo Love Story" who dares to love and hate.

Our fascination with Japanese dramas is a kind of spiritual catharsis, because many descriptions of emotions in Japanese dramas touch things in our spirits that have been ignored for a long time; our fascination with Korean dramas is because of our lives The lack of dreams and the pressure of life have caused many people to lose the ability to dream. So our era needs idol dramas, and similarly, we also need an idol drama that dares to try to create dreams.

"Meteor Shower" lost in the beginning and was weak in the story

Comparing Japanese and Korean idol dramas with "Meteor Shower" is a very cruel thing, just like trying to get into college A top student is the same as a newborn baby who can’t suck his thumb. Japanese and Korean idol dramas dominate the market. Their brands have already matured after more than ten years of operation, while our idol dramas are still in their infancy and have not even reached the toddler stage. Doesn't it seem a bit counterproductive to compare it with Japan and South Korea?

It is precisely because of this that the biggest shortcoming of "Meteor Shower" is exposed: the weakness of the story. Wanting to put aside its relationship with "Meteor Garden", "Meteor Shower" interspersed a large number of emotional clues behind a main relationship, trying to create a character growth process in order to conform to the concept of an "inspirational" idol drama. However, the complicated accumulation of emotions caused the entire rhythm to deviate from the main line. What Director Shen Yi brought to this drama was just the rudimentary thinking of a Taiwanese idol drama. If it were put into the next drama, it might have the opposite effect.

But on the other hand, what can be seen from the popularity of "Meteor Shower" is that Mango Channel's carefully managed model management has begun to bear fruit. From the draft storm that started in 2005, to the change of dynasties in Tianyu Media, and to the release of a series of self-made dramas, Mango Channel is moving closer to CNN and ABC in the United States; Fuji and TBS in Japan; TBC and SBS in South Korea, etc. Produce and distribute TV series by yourself. These are inseparable and natural manifestations of Mango Channel’s artist training, one-stop production line of screenwriters and directors. What falls in "Meteor Shower" is not just a thunderstorm that stuns the audience. Behind the rain is a microcosm of Mango Channel's ambition to build a Chinese entertainment media empire.

"Inspirational"? "Show off your wealth"? What to do and what not to do

Based on what the author has said above, it is not surprising that many people who watch "Meteor Shower" are picky about their preconceptions. You can't expect the audience to understand the production process of TV series so well, and know that it's impossible to spend tens of millions of real money to make a TV series; you can't expect the audience to understand the policy restrictions like you do, and you can't "show off your wealth" and can only "inspire" ". So we can only accept these criticisms.

In fact, there are many people in China who own good cars, and many who can afford luxury goods. Naturally, it is impossible for TV stations like Mango Channel, whose hosts drive million-dollar luxury cars, not to be able to get them. One or two brand-name luxury sports cars.

As far as the author knows, the filming location for Murong Yunhai's garage in the drama is the private garage of Xiamen Junhao CEO Cai Duanhong. In addition to Ferraris, Lamborghinis, etc., there is also a Bugatti Veyron, the only one in China. The value reaches 20 million yuan. Moreover, Mr. Cai has given instructions that these vehicles can be used at will as long as the crew needs them. But the question is, if this is the case, what will this show bring to the audience?

Perhaps, Mango Channel deliberately used this move to distinguish it from "Meteor Garden" in order to show its originality. But you have to know that most of the people watching the show are young people. This extravagant life scene will only confuse their thoughts and make them indulge in the series of dreams created in front of them, while ignoring the content of the story itself that the film and television drama should express. It is not the most important thing for an actor to be handsome, the most important thing is that he shows his personality through the performance of the character. Similarly, the orientation of spiritual values ??is also vaguely visible in the lines of the characters. Although Murong Yunhai is a rich second-generation racing family, he also said: "A real racing driver should show himself on the track." One sentence can erase some boring people's far-fetched association with drag racing.

Watch more dramas and talk less about doctrines

To paraphrase Mr. Hu Shi’s words, “Do more things and talk less about doctrines.” Especially for a TV series that talks about boycotting at all times, whether it is tired or not. In fact, if you don't like watching it, you can change the channel, turn off the phone, or smash the TV; but you don't have to be like the class enemy, who has to see the red on the bayonet and either you die or I live. The audience's pickiness should be a necessary step for the growth of TV dramas, but pickiness that is close to terrorism is no longer normal pickiness, but a symbol of pathology.