On January 19, the original video platform of the TV series "Special Operations Operations" has updated the first 4 episodes. Based on the plot content that has been broadcast, this work is likely to be a mixed reputation. Audiences who like to watch will be satisfied with the cool roses in the play, and the whole gunfight is played throughout the mode. Viewers who don't like to watch it may feel that some of the content of this TV series is lost, and some of the content is suspected of idol dramas. My personal comprehensive view is that this is a cool drama brought by Gao Weiguang and Hu Bingqing, and it is not appropriate to be harsh on whether it is "distorted" or not.
Why? Because the starting point of this TV series is to use the way to highlight the highlights of commercial dramas to achieve the praise of youth and anti-riot and terrorist elites. In other words, in the specific narrative, this TV series does not seek truth, but seeks to look good and seek sufficient commercial points. For the film and television drama works that are played throughout the whole gunfight, this way of creation is actually beyond reproach.
Similar works are often seen in Hollywood commercial films and American dramas. This batch of film and television drama works is the real "excessive exaggeration", and every role is superhuman. Compared with this type of commercial drama and commercial film, "Special Operations" has actually converged a lot, at least it still puts the character on the height of the human, rather than the Hollywood-style superhero that makes inhumans.
If we look at Hollywood's similar film and television drama works as an example, then revisiting this "Special Operations Operations" is actually a specific reality of its own in many ways. Of course, I cite the example of Hollywood to argue that commercial dramas like "Special Operations" do not have to be harsh on the problem of realism, and what it wants to achieve is not a real record, but uses the exaggerated language of film and television to present the commercial point of view.
Put "Special Operations" in the specific category of commercial dramas, it is very good. First, there is the sense of compactness in the two-line narrative. On the one hand, it is the daily selection and training of the anti-violent terrorist elite, and on the other hand, it is the repeated provocative actions of the violent terrorist gangsters. The two have a natural contradiction and conflict, and the two narrative threads are parallel in the plot of the first 4 episodes. As long as the two narrative threads are parallel, there must be a tense situation. This natural conflict makes the whole TV series full of gunpowder. In terms of ratings, this is the most attractive to the audience.
Secondly, after the highly facialized characters, a very effective audience expectation was formed. In the film and television drama works with realistic themes, we have always opposed the facial treatment of characters. However, in commercial dramas, a high degree of facialization is the most time-saving for the audience. Under such a cool drama mode, the audience can confirm the character personality through a glance and determine the plot trend later. This kind of simplicity and crispness will actually serve the subsequent plot conflicts. "Special Operations Action" is basically full of faces, and this concise character sketch is the most suitable for the narrative under the cool drama mode.
Third, what the audience wants to see, it must give the audience something. A good commercial drama must adhere to a principle, that is, sincerity. What is honesty? For the audience of commercial dramas, what everyone wants to see is gunfights, martial arts, or conflicts. That being the case, let's arrange these contents and let the point of view exist in a large area. At this point, "Special Operations" is really not ambiguous, either a direct anti-riot and terrorist action, or a training action of bloody struggle. The whole shootout was fought, and the audience was not given time to go to the bathroom. That's honesty. 、
At the same time, the use of female violence aesthetics is also a feature of this TV series. This doesn't seem to need to be explained. Letting beautiful women play in the play is destined to attract a large number of audience aesthetics. The advantage of commercial drama is that what is the point of view, it is used, and when it is used, it is never hidden, and it is used generously. In the play, the content of the heroine's daily training, and even the content of the "abuse" training, has formed a very abundant impact on the point of view.
Based on the above, I think this "Special Operations Operation" is a commercial drama brought by Gao Weiguang, Hu Bingqing and others. For the evaluation of commercial dramas, we must not stand at the level of "distortion or not", but should stand on the attribute positioning of commercial dramas themselves to see whether it has commercially maximized its various points of view. On the whole, this "Special Operations Operation" is a very good action drama. Its ratings should be very good. (Text/Ma Qingyun)