Chapter 52

As the most high-profile drama of this spring, "the Pacific War" immediately became the focus of hot discussion, especially the appreciation of film critics and the disagreement of the audience, which also cast a shadow on the future of mini drama.

"With a total investment of 230 million, is HBO going to be a loser this time?"

This special article from "American weekly" is a bit alarmist, but it really reflects the main remarks after the premiere of the show. Under the crazy praise of "brothers company", the "Pacific War" is under great pressure and seems to be struggling. How about the follow-up word-of-mouth of the series, the sales volume of DVD release, and the prospects of Emmy Awards, all the bright prospects seem to be covered with a layer of fog. What's worse is that it's the beginning of the show and there's no turning back. Anyway, the show that has started must continue.

Every week, the broadcast of the "Pacific War" has become the focus of attention. Although the audience rating has dropped, the number of people who insist on waiting for the premiere has decreased significantly, and more people choose to record or wait for DVD; However, the discussion upsurge of Yahoo community, IMDB, etc. has not decreased but increased. With the continuous heating of the play, the heated discussion has become more and more controversial.

Especially in the first three episodes, the critical index was higher and higher, and there were more and more disappointment, anger, disgust and accusations about the "Pacific War".

The story line focusing on Robert Lecci and John buslon gradually unfolds. The plot and thought reveal the whole picture, but they fail to move the audience. The audience began to lose patience, the weakness of the core idea, the dispersion of the main plot, and the repetition of the war scenes. It seems that the whole series lacks a sense of cohesion and the spirit of "brother company", which triggered a strong rebound from netizens - how high the expectation before the broadcast is, how turbulent the anger is at this time.

The controversy over Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg on the Internet is getting out of control. Some people even sarcastically say, "it cost twice as much to shoot a drama with less than half the quality of the previous one. HBO really lost a lot this time."

This trend is mainly reflected in the score of IMDB. Originally, the score of 7.7 was disappointing, but now it has continued to decline. After the third episode, the score once dropped to a low of 7.3. "Bad comment" is no longer enough to describe the mood of the audience. "Terrible" is the real portrayal, just like a nightmare that can't wake up.

It seems that people have completely lost confidence in the "Pacific War", and a large part of the audience has given up watching it directly. It's really hard to vent their resentment; Some of the audience continued to watch it with a broken jar, indignantly trying to see how bad the work could be and whether it could not even reach the passing line?

This is bad news for HBO.

Although HBO has never cared about the ratings and the number of viewers, now the satisfaction of subscribers is plummeting, which is absolutely a fatal blow. They can ignore the ratings, they can even ignore the Emmy Awards, but they can't ignore the complaints and representations of subscribers.

Now the situation is very serious. Is the special article of "American weekly" really coming true? If that's the case, HBO will really have internal injuries.

When the fourth episode of "the Pacific War" was broadcast, the number of viewers had already dropped below 2 million, only 1.83 million, and the audience rating directly dropped below 2, handing in a 1.6 answer sheet.

Of course, objectively speaking, this achievement still beats all other episodes of wireless TV station. Even in the duel of cable TV station, "Pacific War" can smoothly rank in the top three of that night. This achievement can not be described as "poor". However, compared with the crowd at the time of the premiere and the high praise of "brother company", this gap is really hard to accept.

It seems that the situation is serious enough to be urgent, but surprisingly, the feedback of the fourth episode has begun to warm up!

The main theme of the fourth episode is still focused on Robert Lecci. The psychological trauma he suffered in the previous war finally broke out, and he had to be sent to the hospital for psychological observation.

After the broadcast of this episode, the praise of critics came back as scheduled. Their admiration for "the Pacific War" has not changed since the first episode, and even surpassed that of "brothers company"; But unexpectedly, the audience's evaluation began to pick up slowly, and the curse on the Internet seemed to be weakening. Many people exclaimed, "after the broadcast, the quality of the show finally began to come back! This is the "Pacific War" we want to see, and we hope that the number of episodes in the future will continue to work hard! "

Although the current situation of the "Pacific War" is still very dangerous, it gives HBO a little breathing space. Many professionals speculate that maybe it's because the secret line buried in Robert Lecci has finally been uncovered, and the audience finally understands the purpose of the show, and the praise has just begun to rise.

In the following five and six episodes, the audience rating and the number of viewers did not show much recovery momentum, but the praise was growing at a visible speed. If we say that after the end of the fourth episode, the praise is just a spark, scattered, but this time, the Yahoo community, IMDB and other discussion gathering places can obviously feel the audience feedback.

In particular, the sixth episode has received numerous praises. This is the first time that the whole episode is supported by Eugene sletcher as the protagonist. After Eugene went to the battlefield, he finally experienced a battle dancing wildly on the line of life and death, and witnessed the death of a comrade in arms that night - the soldier yelled out because of a nightmare, His colleagues tried their best not to stop him. In order to avoid exposing the position of the whole company, they killed the soldier themselves.

Eugene's world has been greatly shocked; In the real world of the network, also broke out the first wave of praise.

"Wonderful! What a wonderful episode! In the baptism of gunfire, sleigh's shock education is so cruel and strong, watching a pure and kind soul slowly torn by blood and killing, but we can do nothing, invisible wounds and pain clearly show the disintegration of the whole world in sleigh's eyes! This is what we call the "Pacific War" and this is what we are looking forward to

"In the night, Eugene just sat quietly and stiffly, staring at the lifeless body of his comrades in arms, while his innocent and pure soul was still sleeping. God, this episode is as wonderful as brother company's classic battle of Arden! It's also called Eugene. It's also a pair of deer eyes. It's also sincere and kind-hearted. It's helpless in the face of the death of life. However, Langley hall gives more delicate, deeper and richer emotions than Shane Taylor in those years. It hits people hard in the chest and makes them gasp for breath! "

"Classic! The real classic! " After so long waste of firewood, the "Pacific War" finally won itself a ticket to become a classic! To show the torture and depravity of a soul with the content of one episode, we can't help but watch Eugene being destroyed a little bit. That kind of shock is far more powerful than simple death. Lanli's performance lights up the whole screen and presents the whole process in a cruel and bloody way. People can't help but burst into tears. At the same time, their chest is slightly stuffy. "

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Among the discussion posts in the Yahoo community, it has been completely crowded by netizens. The second discussion post broke through 10000 from 8000 floors, and reached 13000 floors overnight, creating a new high. This time, without waiting for Yahoo to officially lock the building, netizens spontaneously opened a third discussion post, and the opening floor wrote, "pay homage to Eugene sleigh, pay homage to Langley hall, and give the 'Pacific War' a real and vivid soul! I'm not sure if it's a better show than brother company, but I'm sure it won't lose to brother company. "

The following posts at the bottom of the floor expressed their approval one after another. In a flash, they went straight to the 1000 floors, and the heat of discussion could not be calmed down at all. In their discussion, "blue rite" undoubtedly became the absolute key word, not only because the sixth episode was Eugene's first series as the protagonist, but also because the performance of blue rite was praised by netizens!

At this moment, people suddenly found an interesting thing: Eugene's second debut, is the fourth episode.

In the story of the fourth episode, Eugene finally passed the physical examination and was able to enlist in the army. Although there are not many parts in the play, it's actually lanli's second appearance after the first episode, and it's also the first recovery of the show's reputation; The following two episodes continue this upward trend, especially in the sixth episode, Eugene and Robert complete the transmission of the role task. The previous narrative main line is always undertaken by Robert, but after that, the narrative main perspective is switched to Eugene.

So, what does that mean? Eugene is the highlight of the show? Lenley saved the Pacific War? Did Lan Li turn the tide with his own strength?

This... This is incredible.

Before the TV series was officially launched, Tom said that Eugene was the soul of the whole mini series, not only at the premiere, but also in the previous media interviews; But no one really thinks so, because it's a group drama series, because it's a series belonging to Tom and Steven, and because Langley is just a suckling, fledgling rookie.

This kind of judgment, I'm afraid to make everyone laugh, "a new man? Save the series that Spielberg and Hanks made together? It's April, but it's definitely the best joke of the year. "

Coincidence, all this must be just a coincidence, and the sixth episode is only a coincidence. What really warms the audience's reputation is the solid quality of the drama itself, which is the most reasonable explanation! But is that true?