Many mainland dramas have plans to make sequels, such as "The Legend of Songs", "Qing Yu Nian", and "The Swordsman in the Snow" sequels are highly anticipated, but most sequels often ruin the reputation of the previous work. For example, the recently launched "Pi 2" and "Studying Together 3" are not as expected. Some completely ruin the classics, but it is better not to shoot them. Here are 10 "sequels ruining classics" mainland dramas. "Ode to Joy 2" has suffered a slump in evaluations, and "Step by Step" has been ruined the most thoroughly.
"Sequel to Destroy Classic" Mainland Drama 1: "Pi 2"
"Pi" is a popular family youth drama in the summer of 2019. Although it was not as good as the two phenomenal hit dramas "The Untamed" and "Dear, Loved" at that time, it still broke through the siege and achieved excellent ratings, with a cumulative online broadcast volume of over 8.4 billion, and there are many memes on the Internet. Therefore, the sequel "Pi 2" released in 2022 can be said to be highly anticipated, but it was disliked and ugly as it was on the hot search after its debut.
"Pi 2" regained the original cast and continued the story. In fact, there are both positive and negative reviews. The overall style is much different from the previous work. The previous work is a light comedy of a relaxed and funny family combined with youth campus. It has both parent-child affection and secretly thrilling sweet and sour love. Little did they know that the beginning of "Pi 2" turned into a suspense drama, and its depressing style was very different from the previous work. In fact, if you watch "Pi 2" alone, it is quite good-looking, and it tends to be realistic, and the script and actors' acting skills are still online. However, if you are a drama fan of the previous work, you will not be able to adapt to it when you chase it.
"Sequel to Destroy Classics" Lu Drama 2: "Studying Classics Together"
"Studying Classics Together" really ruins the classics. The first two seasons were given 9.1 points and 8.9 points on Douban respectively. It was highly praised as a classic youth campus drama with a large number of drama fans, but they didn't know that the third part dropped directly to 3.3 points, which was a huge gap. The third part changed the director and the male lead, which made many drama fans unacceptable. Although the plot tone tried to fit the atmosphere of the first two parts, the script was more connotative than many youth sweet dramas. Unfortunately, there was still a difference between the first two parts after the makeup was broken, the picture was broken, the dialogue was out of the play, the shooting technique and rhythm were immature, and the director was indeed worse, and the overall texture was reduced by a level.
Although the "Studying Together" series is unpopular, there are many loyal fans of the drama. Many people are dissatisfied with the director and the male lead being replaced for no reason, so they have prejudice against this drama. If you haven't followed the first two movies and directly followed "Studying Together 3", it will still have more connotations than many youth campus dramas, after all, it is a book written by a former director.
"Sequel destroys classics" Lu Drama 3: "My Time, Your Time"
"My Time, Your Time" cannot be said to ruin the previous work, but everyone's expectations for the sequel are too high, and it is even more disappointing to expect it. As a sister piece of the hit drama "Dear, Loved", the drama has attracted great attention since its filming, and has also relied on the cameo appearances of Yang Zi and Li Xian to make a wave of publicity. It was a little popular when it first went up, but it was not as popular as expected. It has not been on the hot search on Weibo several times.
If you are a loyal fan of "Dear, Loved", you may be a little disappointed to follow "My Times, Your Times". The tones of the two dramas are a little different. The former is a high-sugar route, while the latter is relatively fresh. The editor thinks that everyone's expectations may be too high, so there will be a gap.
"Sequel to destroy the classic" Lu Drama 4: "Step by Step"
"Step by Step" should be the most thoroughly destroyed! It was so destructive that it was so bad that it could not be more bad. "Shocking Heart" was popular all over the world, and it is still a classic representative of the Qing Palace time-travel drama. Everyone is trapped in the love between Ruoxi and the Fourth Master. Ruoxi could not see the Fourth Master crying for everyone for the last time before he died. It was really hard to calm down.
In order to fulfill the wishes of the drama fans, they specially found Liu Shishi, Wu Qilong and other original cast members to return, and filmed the modern version of "Step by Step", allowing Ruoxi and the Fourth Master to renew their relationship. As a result, it was a mystery plot. In order to connect with the first part, various hard-pressed jokes appeared, and the male and female protagonists had feelings for no reason.The plot is as bloody as possible. The brother falls in love with his sister, and then the sister falls in love with his sister when something happens. The younger brother used to love his sister's best friend, but gradually falls in love with his sister, and then is with his sister. The magical plot was criticized by the audience for completely destroying the relationship between the Fourth Master and Ruoxi in "Sharp Heart".
"Sequel to ruin the classic" Lu Opera 5: "Ode to Joy 2"
"Ode to Joy" is produced by gold production company Noon Sunshine. It can be regarded as a pioneer of female group portraits. The story tells the story of five girls living in the same apartment. Each person has a different personality, different career, love, and family problems faced, delicate plot and real emotions. The first movie gave a high score of 7.5 on Douban, and the cumulative online broadcast volume exceeded 23.6 billion. It is one of the popular mainland dramas in 2016.
was popular, so the original cast was found to film "Ode to Joy 2". Although the online broadcast volume of the sequel reached 28 billion, the Douban score dropped to 5.4 points. Many netizens complained that the second part gradually changed from an emotional drama to a family ethics drama, which was a bit bloody, and the first part was less of the shaping of modern urban girls. Everyone wanted to get married and fall in love, which was a bit boring. In 2022, Noon Sunshine changed its cast and launched "Ode to Joy 3". I wonder if it can reach the peak of the first movie that year.
"Sequel to ruin the classic" Lu Opera 6: "Jiang Ye 2"
"Jiang Ye 2" has a reputation that is much worse than the first one. Its Douban score of 5.5 points is much lower than the first one. The biggest change is the substitution of the male lead in "Jiang Ye 2". Netizens have positive and negative comments on Ning Que's version of Wang Hedi. Some netizens think that Wang Hedi's role as Ning lacks a sense of youth and feels more mature, but this "old-in-law" is not suitable for Ning Que, and it also lacks a sense of ruthlessness, ruffianism and expressionless coldness. Chen Feiyu's version of "Jiang Ye 1" has a more feel. There are also many negative reviews in the plot of
, and they were scolded by fans of the original work. All kinds of magical changes are messy. After chasing the first episode, people want to keep fast forwarding. Many netizens are very excited about the second one because the first one is very good, and the second one is simply a ruined classic.
"Sequel to Destroy Classic" Lu Opera 7: "Qing Yun Zhi 2"
The fairy tale drama "Qing Yun Zhi" starring Li Yifeng and Zhao Liying is not high, but it is also a big hit drama! Although there are many negative reviews, everyone likes the love between Zhang Xiaofan and Biyao. The first ending of Biyao's death in Zhang Xiaofan's arms made all the dramas unpleasant.
"Qingyun Zhi 2" continues the first story, telling the story of Zhang Xiaofan's transition to the Ghost King Sect in order to bring Bi Yao back to life. However, the whole story has too many magical changes for fans of the original work, and there are many plots that are insulted. The plot is brainless and logical, and the Douban score is only 4.5 points. Maybe it's better to stop when you see it's better.
"Sequel to destroy the classic" Lu Opera 8: "The Unconscious Mage 2"
The Republic of China fantasy drama "The Unconscious Mage" gave a high score of 8.2 on Douban! It was also rated as the fine online drama of that year. In the environment when online dramas were just starting to develop in 2015, "The Unconscious Mage" created excellent ratings and reputation, allowing the film and television industry to see the potential for the development of online dramas. The plot twists and turns of this drama make people fall in love with the supporting roles, and even the supporting roles are charming. It is really a good drama.
released the sequel "The Unconscious Mage 2" because of its great success in "The Unconscious Mage", but the evaluation was not as good as expected. The Douban score 6.1 is completely incomparable to the previous work. The plot of the sequel is awkward and the acting is embarrassing. There is no exciting beginning and ending, and it is plain. The heroine Su Tao was criticized the most. She was too stupid and too silly and sweet. She was not the kind of world-weary and cute Su Tao in everyone's mind. "The Unconscious Mage 3" released later cannot recover its decline.
"Sequel ruins classics" Lu Drama 9: "How the BOSS wants to Marry Me 2"
"How the BOSS wants to Marry Me" is a popular sweet drama that unexpectedly emerged in 2019. It has no big IP, no big production, and no popular actors, but it has created a popularity on Weibo, and has made Xu Kaicheng, who has made his debut for many years. It scored 6.7 points on Douban, and it is not easy for Xiaotian Drama to break the passing line!
took advantage of the popularity to launch "How the BOSS wants to Marry Me 2". Originally, everyone was looking forward to the story of the sequel that would continue the first part, but the second part was just re-filmed with the plot of the first part, and the structure was not changed at all. The plot was modified and details were added, and it was just changing the soup and not changing the medicine, which made netizens who were looking forward to seeing the plot of sprinkling sugar after marriage. In the end, Douban score was only 5.3 points.
"Sequel to ruin the classic" Lu Drama 10: "The Two-Year Love Concubine 3"
Netizens' evaluation of "The Two-Year Love Concubine 3" is "It's tasteless to eat, it's a pity to abandon it". Most of the fans who follow this drama are fans of the first two movies. After the release, they have received a lot of attention. Gao Can is still high in sugar, and it's still funny, but they feel that the longer they drag it, the more boring it becomes. Many drama fans think that they stop in the second season and stop when they get better, which seems better.
"The Two-Year Love Concubine 3" has a low Douban score of 5.3, but the ratings of this series are not high at all. It is mainly to be seen that the performance of online broadcasts is not as good as expected. "The Two-Year Love Concubine" is close to 6 billion, and "The Two-Year Love Concubine 2" also exceeds 4 billion, but after the finale of "The Two-Year Love Concubine 3", it is only 700 million, and one season is worse than one season, with a fault-like gap.
