“Exorcism Noodle House 2” can’t continue the craze of the first season? Zhao Binggui’s controversy + childish content made the ratings regret “starting over” (EP.1-2)

(Cover image source: Screenshot of Netflix @ “Exorcism Noodle House 2: Full Fightback”)

In 2020, the popular dark horse Korean drama “Exorcism Noodle Shop”released the sequel “Exorcism Noodle Shop 2: Full Attack”after nearly 3 years. From the protagonist to the supporting role, the cast is almost outside the original cast, and new blood Liu Renxiu and Jiang Qiyong have been added., Kim Hera, Chen Sun Kyu, etc., want to bring more exciting content, but the effect has not yet been shown.

None — (Source: tvN “Exorcism Noodle Shop 2: Full Strike Back”official poster)

(The following involves the plot)

The premiere of “Exorcism Noodle House 2″is still familiar with the content of “The Exorcist”fighting against evil spirits, and the plot of meeting “Furen”brings the audience back to the special world view of “Exorcism Noodle House”. What is more special is that there are more “Chairman Ma”and “Li Minzhi”couples played by Chen Sun Kyu and Hong Ji Hee. The appearance of this couple is obviously paving the way for the following plot.

Not long after, behind the defrauded builder of Chairman Ma and his wife, three evil ghosts Huang Bikuang (Jiang Qiyong), Cui Jiali (Jin Hela) and Wang Liqiang (Kim Hyun Wook) were discovered by Chinese exorcists in China. All four exorcists were killed, and their abilities were absorbed by the three evil ghosts.

As there are more and more capable evil spirits, it is imminent to find a fifth exorcist to strengthen the team. Luo Jifeng (played by Liu Renxiu), a cattle breeder, was selected at this time, but the three evil spirits also joined forces. Back in Korea…

The ratings of the first two episodes of “Exorcism Noodle House 2″in Korea were only 4.0% and 5.4%, which obviously did not continue the upsurge of the first season. The first season started with 2.7%, and the ratings tripled after three weeks. Half of the episodes are all around 9%~10%, but now the second season is less than 6%. It can be said to be “starting from scratch”and the audience has to be re-cultivated.

The ambition of the production team of “Exorcism Noodle House 2″can be seen. With the improvement of the abilities of exorcists and evil spirits in the play, the “mind force”CG has become more and more exciting. There are also more CG changes, and the scene where Luo Jifeng is recruited in a coma in a suspected heaven is also CG. The richness of these CGs has not been appreciated, but some people have criticized the CGs for being rough. In the part of the plot, too many funny scenes were criticized by netizens for being too childish and procrastinating.

‎Some Korean media directly pointed out that the popularity of “Exorcism Noodle House 2″is not as good as the first season. There are two major reasons analyzed. The first is “changing the screenwriter”, which means that the screenwriter was changed in the first season, from Lu Zhina to Liu Xiandong and then to Jin Xinchun, it was criticized that the plot had become naive and frivolous, and the second season was written by the screenwriter Jin Xinchun. The report expressed concern about this, and this seemed to echo the criticism from netizens that it was too naive.

“Exorcism Noodle House 2: Full Strike Back”will broadcast the third episode tonight, can it save face?