Chapter 292: Unpleasant Mirror Superman
On the eve of Labor Day, TBS announced the list of summer evening "water dramas", and the much-talked-about "Mirror Superman" was impressively listed.
After so long, it's finally on the air.
TBS still chose the "giant hero" route, and deliberately approached "Ultraman" during the promotion process, describing Mirror Superman as "Ultraman's kind", which aroused the curiosity of many fans.
There's something wrong with this promotional copy!
Mirror Superman should break free from the shackles of "Ultraman", not tied together. With TBS's promotional method, the audience watched the first episode with high expectations, and it is estimated that it will be completely fried.
What the hell is this!
The setting image of Mirror Superman is far from the "Ultraman" in the minds of the public. The way TBS is propagandized, it is undoubtedly digging its own grave.
Meng Lang guessed right!
On the first Dawn Day in May, the first episode of "Mirror Superman" was broadcast. In this episode, the invaders from the universe send the monster "Iron Dragon Ian", and the main character, Kyotaro Kagami, uses the relics given to him by his father to transform into Mirror Superman to fight.
There's a lot to be said in this episode.
The first is the origin of Mirror Superman, Kyotaro Kagami was originally an ordinary reporter who was out to report on the "whirlwind hitting the town" when he found traces of alien invaders.
Returning to the house of Dr. Mite, who lodges with him, he tells him a secret. The invader he found was the culprit of his father's murder.
"Your father is a two-dimensional man!"
After this setting was thrown, the audience's interest increased greatly. The two-dimensional and the three-dimensional people got married and had children?
The doctor has a very good background and has privately formed an investigative organization called "SGM". Kyotaro Kagami had difficulty accepting his life experience for a while, and inadvertently entered the mirror world and got the "relic" given to him by his father.
A string of mysterious pendants!
The so-called two-dimensional person is more like a gimmick. After the early setting was finished, the old road of "Ultraman" was followed.
Monster Discovery - Monster Chaos - SGM Operation - Mirror Superman Transformation - Defeat Monster ......
Just follow the old path of Ultraman, after all, Ultraman can have so many fans, which proves that there are not many audiences for this model. But here's the problem, you didn't tell the story well, and the holster is still ugly, isn't it good to watch Ultraman directly?
"What a fiasco!"
Although Meng Lang didn't get the statistics, he also learned from various sources that the premiere of Mirror Superman was a blood collapse.
Not to mention defeating "Kamen Rider X", it is estimated that it will be difficult to even recover the production cost.
TBS also panicked and began to investigate the audience's dissatisfaction and strive to make adjustments in the next episode. Except for the holster that has been fixed and cannot be changed, other places can be changed.
The classic "three-minute" setting?
TB received the feedback and immediately changed the belt for Mirror Superman to increase the sparkle of the gems. The activity time of Mirror Superman is limited to the classic "three minutes".
Thin storyline?
No problem! TBS fired the screenwriter squid overnight, and pulled the story from the "waste case" written by the Pengda screenwriting team, ensuring that it is the original "Ultra story".
The next week's Shui Yao Day, the second episode was broadcast.
After the revision, the decline in ratings has stopped. But the audience was still not satisfied and made many demands on TBS.
And most importantly, change the holster!
This Nima is too ugly!
It is said that there is no harm if there is no comparison, and compared with Mirror Superman, Ultraman has suddenly become a handsome guy with "clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes".
It's hard to change!
After filming two episodes, if the follow-up holster is greatly changed, the first two episodes will have to be reshot. Mirror Superman hasn't returned to his original cost yet, so it's not stupid to continue to invest money. Moreover, the production of new holsters takes time, and the audience will definitely complain about the delay in filming.
TBS is so hard!
I was too full of words before, but now I can only shoot it hard, and I don't dare to cut it in half. Although ANB is constantly cynical, Mirror Superman still has hope of making money!
This one is really interesting!
The ratings of Mirror Superman can be regarded as struggling on the edge of the "line of life and death". Although it can't be compared to Kamen Rider, TBS still has money to make by relying on follow-up derivatives and copyrights.
But that's not what TBS wants!
"Mirror Superman" has only one mission, and that is to defeat Kamen Rider X head-on and make ANB completely fall out of favor. As for making money, it doesn't matter.
It's a pity that Kamen Rider is too strong.
It's impossible to defeat the knights, so try to make some money. The Waterloo that happened to Superman in the mirror made TBS extremely cold, and the well-conceived sequel plan was also torn to pieces by the president.
They don't want to shoot, Pengda wants to shoot.
Meng Lang came to the door and wanted to take over the Mirror Superman series. TBS was too lazy to consider the gains and losses, and happily sold the production rights to PD at a low price.
Mirror Knight can have!
Meng Lang didn't take advantage, Mirror Knight is just a supporting role, it doesn't matter if he has it or not. He just saw TBS in such pain, and he relented for a moment before reaching out to help.
Stick a knife in your brother's ribs!
Mirror Superman is half-dead, but TBS doesn't want to make people laugh. So, subsequent episodes continued to be produced until the end of episode 51.
Pengda also wants to introduce this drama.
Mirror Superman's encounter with Neon can only be blamed for the publicity strategy developed by TBS. If you do it another way, the results may be much better.
There may be a market in the country!
But Meng Lang is not too sure, after all, the original version of "Mirror Superman" did not land on domestic TV platforms. Whether the domestic audience can accept Mirror Superman, he can't say.
Give it a try!
Anyway, the TBS price is very low, and you won't lose money by buying it back and burning DVDs. The level of ratings has no impact on Pengda at all.
Don't rush it now, wait for TBS to finish filming before introducing it. It's just like Kamen Rider X, and it's not finished filming yet, so it's not good to schedule in China.
Speaking of which, the Kamen Rider series is really weird. The "Kamen Rider" and "Kamen Rider V3" that have been introduced so far are both "Night Vigil Champions"!
The prime file is submissive, and the late-night file is heavy-handed. It doesn't matter if you are a mother-in-law drama or a historical drama, once it is past twelve o'clock in the morning, all the knights will kneel!
Jiangchuan Children's Channel once rebroadcast "Kamen Rider V3" at 20:00 in the evening, and the ratings barely broke one, and he was beaten by the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law drama in the same period. "Kamen Rider", which was replayed N times at 1 a.m., had a rating of up to 1.81%!
It's so sassy!
If only Jiangchuan Children's Channel is like this, it makes sense. But other TV stations have similar situations, which is confusing.
Knights Fan = Vigil Champion?
Meng Zai, who can't guess, can only be attributed to the fact that young people now like to stay up late. In any case, there are such high ratings after replaying N times, which is commendable!
It seems that Pengda dramas have this feature!
Except for a few dramas, the ratings of other works, no matter how many times they are replayed, are guaranteed.
A bit like the 86 version of Journey to the West?
has not reached the height of Journey to the West, probably like "Bright Sword" and "Wulin Gaiden", even if it is replayed many times, the audience still likes to watch it, and the rebroadcast ratings can still overwhelm the classic works of the new drama.