What has become of the increasingly unwatchable Chinese costume dramas?

Once upon a time, watching costume dramas was definitely a pleasure, and even the main pursuit of a generation of TV watchers: long flowing hair, flowing clouds and flying sleeves, poems and songs, flying eaves and arches, and many other vintage elements, all of which are mesmerizing, and patting their legs. I can't wait to go straight into the ancient world and be a warrior.

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Once a classic

The word of the Palace of Daming was a beautiful way to interpret the love and hate of the alternative Tang Dynasty palace walls. More than twenty years past, especially remember when Xue Shao and Princess Taiping's affection, the monk's Buddha and love, the Tang Emperor Li Zhi's patience and let. The secret stories of the palace wall, which were once very distant, are like the stories of the neighboring families, which are presented in front of our eyes one by one.

It can be said that it is this soft, beautiful, sad, but not hurtful palace theater, we have drawn closer to the distance of the Great Tang, but also awakened our memory of the Great Tang.

Also memorable is The Ming Dynasty, which brought together veteran actors such as Chen Baoguo, Ni Dahong, and Wang Jinsong.

This drama is not only a huge lineup, superb acting, the service is also first-class, the ubiquitous snow, the picture is very poetic, but also contains a huge symbolism.

The dialogues, which are neat and well-written, are complemented by the rhythmic and solid interpretation of the lines, which makes the viewers praise it as a divine drama that respects and sublimates history.

When it comes to historical dramas, we have to mention the 94th edition of The Romance of the Three Kingdoms, which was made more than two decades ago, when there was a lack of stunt work and special effects, and it was a challenge to make such a masterpiece as The Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

At that time, because of the large number of horse battle scenes, the actors from the horse back rolled down is a common occurrence, in the words of the director: have lost count of how many people were injured.

In the battle of Chang Ban Po, Zhao Yun's horse fell into a pit - it was a real fall, and for this shot, the price of "Zhao Yun" was "broken bones + concussion.

Not only the dedication, Bao Guoan, Sun Yanjun, Tang Guoqiang and others acting is also a first-class level, for example, after the defeat of Yuan Shao, Cao Cao in the childhood friend, the adult enemy in front of the ambivalence of the spirit of weeping, it is empathetic. The movie is a great example of the kind of work that can be done in the field, but it's also a great example of the kind of work that can be done in the field.

It is also the dedication of this group of hardened actors that renders the classic heroic legend of the "rolling Yangtze River".

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The current historical drama

The same Three Kingdoms drama, in 2010, Gao Xixi director remake, with a new face, but it is called the classic overturned, bugs, with netizens, almost everywhere is a groove:

The service is a mess, the Han Chinese dress left and right obeisance mix and match, the red rabbit horse ass on the digital number ......

Cao Cao pointed to the "Changle Palace" three words of the plaque, said: "This Jinluan Hall ......" Shouldn't it be the Weiyang Palace?

Cited a bunch of later poems: "the world who do not know the king", "the world's rise and fall of the people have responsibility" ...... Liu Bei said Yuan Shao is "help can not afford the bucket". help can not afford the Ah Dou", Liu Bei let Guan Yu "do not lose Jingzhou", Lu Bu said "my family Diaochan is the first of the four great beauties of antiquity" ......

Dragged long Lu Bu play Diaochan; Sun Quan is not only jealous of Zhou Yu, but also Yin died Lv Meng; Pang Tong's death belongs to the high-intelligence IQ self-inflicted injuries ......

According to statistics, similar to the above bugs, in the high version of the Three Kingdoms in the There are more than 150 bugs in the high version of "Three Kingdoms". Later, the director is said to have spent more than 8 million dollars to fix the bugs, but the out-of-place picture can be repaired, and the plot of the overturned car, how can it be repaired?

Admittedly, with the 21st century's various technological means, the new "Three Kingdoms" stunt more, special effects cattle, often thousands of troops and horses of the intimidating scene is also really called people tiger body shock, but this so-called surface shock feeling, how much freshness can be? The fact is, I don't dare to let my own children feel at ease and boldly watch it.

Of course, there are more than just "Three Kingdoms", for example, a good look at the "Qin Fu", just out of the Qin-Zhao war scene, or a bit refreshing - the strong Qin annexation of the six countries, which would have been such a momentum.

But as the plot unfolds, the great history of Qin's annihilation of the six kingdoms has gradually turned into a family drama, from the false Huayang Palace, to the love story of Lao Ai's and the Empress Dowager, a TVB aunty flavor strong attack.

Well, the palace fight on the palace fight, sweeping the world of Qin Shi Huang also dyed a "father fetish":

Huayang palace mutiny, Zhao Zhen heard about the rumors about his own life, actually the first time to escape from the palace, ran to ask Lu Buwei is not his own biological father, and also said to him that he is not a father, and also said to him that he is not a father.

Not only is Zhao Zheng busy recognizing his father, on the other side of the Zhao Ji and his uncle, Gongzi Wait, are also busy playing borderline ambiguous: at the moment of the fire, the two of them, you a word, I a word, enough to spray each other with trash talk for two days and one night, really two days and one night ah! The key is also only trash talk, completely nutritionless.

This blossoming Qiong Yao possession, really thunder people outside the burnt, skin burnt bone brittle. The audience has shouted, "Qin Fu" might as well be renamed "Big Mistress".

I have to say, "Qin Fu" Douban rating, from 8.9 all the way down to 6.6, which are completely self-made.

It can be said that, in recent years, all with the history of hanging side of the film and television drama, such as "Dee" series, "Song Palace", "Ming Dynasty", etc., almost all can not escape the fate of the grooves full of frame and be trolled.

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Reasons

Comparison of ancient costume dramas of the past and the present, a lot of partners can not help but sigh: the classic film and television dramas of the past, today can not be replicated.

A simple comparison will reveal that the previous historical dramas could not be considered as beautiful, but they were very good at what they did, and the details were absolutely exquisite.

For example, in the Qin Dynasty, the official uniforms were black; in the Han Dynasty, the official uniforms were yellow. This is not a superstition, but a standard of dress for the historical era.

But today's historical dramas, but often February-April-August messy dress, full of the era of dislocation, and even plastic sense, people minutes jumping drama, out of the drama.

The plot is also, some of the new generation of directors may have absorbed the Western "big history, small people", but went to the extreme, resulting in the plot, focusing too much on the struggles of the small people, and even direct application of modern character relationships, full of sets of love triangles, quadrangle love, history of the drama and even shot into the Mary Sue big female lead drama.

For example, John Woo's Red Cliff, not to mention the messy and brainless dialog, the play, the heroes of the heroes of the battle of wits unlimitedly compressed, Xiao Qiao, Sun Shangxiang's emotional drama is a variety of amplification, full of the main and secondary sense of displacement.

The existence of these slots, the general feeling is that some directors are getting smaller and smaller pattern, shoot a shot of the parents, men and women love no problem, but for the grand pattern of history, but more and more will not grasp, no matter the details of the treatment, or heroes duel, are gradually degraded into a "house".

In this regard, some netizens have commented that for many historical dramas, the original is to come here in a hurry to have a good time, but the result is a big surprise.

It has to be said that it is difficult to make a historical drama.

I have to say, it is difficult to make a historical drama. The writer and director's examination of the history, the professionalism of the costumes and the actors' accurate grasp of the historical roles are not simple.