The writer of this article is writer @Nico.
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Recently, superhero film and television dramas have ushered in a long-lost outbreak. Marvel Comics and DC confronted each other on the small screen, and each blossomed.
Marvel Comics has Vision of Wanda, Falcon and Winter Soldier, and DC has Justice League of Zack Snyder Edition.
Although each has its own advantages and disadvantages, DC still falls behind.
In desperation, DC can only once again offer its strongest IP "Superman" and launch a new drama series.Superman and Louise.
In June 1938, Superman made his debut in Action Comics, becoming the first superhero in the history of American comics.
Over the past 80 years, this well-known hero has become more and more plump after many creations.
Superman’s creative direction is currently divided into the following two camps-
On the one hand, it is the superman image in DCEU; On the other hand, it is the superman image in the field of TV, that is, the "multi-universe" mentioned by DC powder.
Audiences who are familiar with Marvel Comics know that Marvel Comics’s movies and TV share the same universe, and they are closely related and linked with each other.
Most of the time, Marvel Comics’s TV plays serve movies as spin-offs. For example, the agent of SHIELD, which ended last year, is a very typical example.
And DC’s movies and TVs are divided into different universes.
No matter the character setting or the timeline, there are great differences between them. Compared with Marvel Comics, the layout and planning made by DC in TV field are more mature and grand.
Most of DC’s dramas are produced by CW TV. Launched in 2012ArrowSince, CW has formed a large-scale "green arrow universe":
The Flash, batwoman, The Legend of Tomorrow, Super Girl, Gotham …
Although the reputation of these works is uneven, they are still assembled into a group and have accumulated a super-British force that cannot be underestimated.
The Superman and Lois, which comes out now, is the most outstanding one in the near future. As soon as the play went online, it gained a double harvest in terms of word of mouth and ratings.
It not only broke the CW prime-time highest ratings created by The Flash and Roseveare, but also won8.0IMDb score,8.2The douban score is regarded by many viewers as the best-known drama series launched by DC after Gotham.
This latest Superman and Louise is very similar in plot structure to the new Superman (formerly known as "Lois Clark") released by DC in 1993, mainly focusing onThe Married Life of Superman and LouiseExpand.
Tyler hoechlin, who plays Superman, and bitsie tulloch, who plays Louise, previouslyI made a guest appearance as a Superman couple in Super Girl..
Now, it is natural and blameless for them to play again.
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The play deliberately simplifies the "superman story" that the audience is familiar with-
Superman comes from Krypton and his name is clark kent. He was raised by his adoptive parents on a farm. As an adult, he came to metropolis and became a reporter for the Daily Planet. He met and fell in love with his colleague Louise Lane.
After marriage, they gave birth to a couple together.Twin sonsJonathan, the eldest son, is lively and cheerful while Jordan, the youngest son, is silent and withdrawn.
Compared with previous Superman movies and TV works, the biggest feature of Superman and Louise is that it increases the proportion of supporting roles in the past.
In the play,Louise, the heroine, can be even with Superman..
Although she has no super power, she will defend the justice in her heart in her own way.
When the boss covered up the truth for profit and stopped her, she angrily left her job to protest.
In addition, Jonathan and Jordan, two brothers, also occupy a large proportion in the play.
At first, Clark didn’t reveal his superman identity to the two brothers.
He left most of his time to others, leaving little companionship and care for his family.
This made him a child in the eyes of children.A father who is not very competent.
So, in addition to saving the world and fighting against evil forces, Superman also wants toBusiness marriage、Mediation between father and son.
All these make this drama reveal the texture of family growth drama.
And the biggest highlight of Superman and Louise is precisely here.
It jumped out of the previous superman narrative, well.Both sides of superman are taken into account., made a great balance between human nature and divinity in him.
It is intended to pull Superman off the altar and portray him as a man who is working.Middle-aged people who have experienced a middle-aged crisis and are struggling for their lives.——
Lost the emotional protection of adoptive parents, suffered from middle-aged unemployment and was overwhelmed by the mortgage.
Although superman looks radiant in the eyes of the world, after returning home, he is just an ordinary man named "Clark"
He will experience where will you go’s pain, have differences with his wife, be estranged from his son, and face economic and financial crisis.
Every adult can feel strong emotional resonance in him:Be in a dilemma between family and career, ego and responsibility.
Superman created before DC always overlooks everyone from the perspective of compassion, which makes people either awe, gratitude, worship or fear.
The Superman in Superman and Louise looks more pragmatic, more grounded and more like a living person.
In fact, not only Superman and Louise, but also many works released by DC and Marvel Comics in recent years are trying to disenchant Chaoying.Deification"Work hard.
For example,Wonder Woman 1984In the movie, Diana and Steve fell in love with each other;WandaVisionIn the movie, Wanda is willing to be enemies of the world for the illusion of resurrection, and so on.
"Superman and Louise" in the setting,There are many similarities with Wonder Vision.——
They all revolve around a family of four. The superheroes in the play all gave birth to twins, and the children all inherited their parents’ super powers …
However, "Superman and Louise" mainly projects the plot center of the play on the male host, while "Wanda Vision" mainly projects the plot center on the female host.
Like Wonder’s Vision, Superman and Louise are composed of two narrative lines.
One is a family line about family entanglements, and the other is an action line about defeating the enemy.
At this time, "Falcon and Winter Soldier" is being broadcasted, and the audience will inevitably put these two dramas together for comparison.
In all fairness, these two dramas are still very attentive and online in hardware such as special effects and image quality.
The opening of Falcon and Winter Soldier is a wonderful and exciting air combat scene. The 10-minute big scene makes people see that the funds visible to the naked eye are burning.
"Superman and Louise", there are also many wonderful big scenes.
Certain tones, compositions and filters, evenIt reveals the gloomy tone of Zach Schneider..
To sum up the advantages and disadvantages of these two dramas, simply speaking, Falcon and Winter Soldier is superior in lens scheduling and action scenes, while Superman and Louis is superior in characterization and connotation depth.
It is worth mentioning that Superman and Louise also appeared.Dense DC eggs.
According to fan statistics, in the first episode alone, there were at least 23 eggs in the play!
For example, the scene where Superman rescues a skateboarding teenager and lifts a green car pays tribute to the cover of the first issue of Action Comics.
Or, the fighting game played by my brother Jordan is calledUnjust alliance 2. This game brings together a number of classic DC characters, including Catwoman, Bain and Batman.
There are many eggs like this in the play. Interested viewers can follow the plot and look for it together.
In addition, Xiaowan has bad news about this drama: at present, the first five episodes of this drama have been updated. After that, affected by the epidemic, the play will stop for a longer period of time and will not return to update until May 8.
Although waiting for more than a month seems a bit painful, for the audience who are tired of watching Marvel Comics’s drama, the drama can also be regarded as "Another scenery",you can change the way to help you unlock the super English drama.
After all, through this drama, we can not only watch Superman save the world, but also watch him become a middle-aged uncle and save himself in the waste!
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