Netizens Lamented Steven Ma leaving the nest, highly praised Daddy Good Deeds much better than other melodramatic ( dog blood) series.
Daddy Good Deeds, just by its name already know it would be a lighthearted series, its story imbued with strong familial love, suitable for viewing for both young and old, and absolutely delightful. Within the series, there are the light-hearted humor as well as touching and meaningful details, making the viewing both pleasurable and moving. It's been a long time since I laughed out loud with such spontaneity - this was the general sentiment from the viewing public - this credit should be given to the "flourishing familial love" (亲情当旺).
Ha Yu can be dubbed the 'TV King level' father. His portrayals of father in his series are all deeply rooted in viewers' hearts, furthermore, most of his characters are of that of a Mr. Nice guy. This time portraying a pawn shop owner, "2nd grand uncle" (yee shuk gong), Ha Yu's role, truth be told, is very similar to his previous "24 hr daddy" roles as it did not depart much from his past characters thus giving off a similar vibe of being "Ha Yu still the same old Ha Yu" kind of feeling, hence, lacking novelty. Even though his role did not have a big breakthrough it was still very well received by the audience. Conversely, if one day Ha Yu suddenly becomes a ruthless villain, the audience may not be able to accept it.
Steven Ma-Linda Chung this pairing, for the audience can be said to be ultra affectionately familiar beyond familiar. From "Virtue of Harmony 2" to "A Journey of Life" to "A Watchdog's Tale" to "Ghost Writer", their pairing as a couple cannot be more familiar to us. As soon as we found out that they were in the same series, we knew they would be a pair, and even wish they were a real couple in real life. The tacit understanding between them is undoubtedly there. Hence even if they did not start off as lovers, the audience have already waited for them to get hook up together.
Coincidentally, this time they also started off disliking each other, which inadvertently evoked the association to A Journey called life, which also have the story sequence of them starting off as "if not rivals will not meet" except this time their personalities of their characters are reversed. This time, Linda is no longer the rebellious delinquent but a brave female cop, and Steven is no longer that serious, but a rather frivolous and not well grounded character, even a bit of an opportunist, as Fatt Dat gor holding down several jobs. From his hairstyle to every one of his encounters, they are permeated with humor. It can be said that this series enabled Steven to fledge his comedic ability to its fullest; his each and every gesture or movement, his eye expressions all very well done, as he successfully brought to life this very cute and adorable Fatt Dat gor image on screen. And as to Steven's first collaboration with 'veteran green leaf' Chow Chung as father and son, their relationship scenes are also very funny as well as moving. In the series, the father acts like a kid, conversely, the son has to protect him. This kind of father-son relationship evoke empathy from the viewers, even more so, evoking the feeling of how precious familial love is.
As to Nancy Wu and Evergreen, this is not their first time collaboration in a series, prior to this, in the Rosy Business and No Regrets series, they have already left a deep impression on the viewers. But this was their first time pairing as a couple. Their pairing provides a fresher feel to the series. When 'Hoi Tong' (RB) meets 'Fei Fang gor' (NR) in this characters transcending series, there was no explosive romance but rather true love lacing ordinary everyday life.
The lines in the series for its characters are especially designed to be vividly jocular, be it Go Yi Man's (Ha Yu) life guideline: "Have to earn money, have to help people, if can help then must help." And then there is Lam Fatt's (Steven Ma) slogan: "Fatt Dat zai has means and ways", just hearing this, the corners of lips would spontaneously lift up in smile, and watching these characters will laugh with them, and feel happy with them.
Even though there are just the same familiar faces recycling in the TVB series, as to even suddenly giving a feel of transcendence to the audience, but it cannot be denied that different series with their different cast are still by and large very popular. And TVB's expertise is its 'family' brand, using a warm family life to bring out the preciousness of familial relationship and love as us to moved the viewers' hearts. There is also a very important point which is, Daddy Good Deeds happened to be Producer Miu Siu Ching's and TVB siu sang, Steven Ma's farewell series before they left TVB. While watching the series, audience would inevitably feel some sentimentality and nostalgia.
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2012年03月24日
南方都市报
网友不舍马浚伟离巢 大赞当旺好过狗血剧《
当旺爸爸》，一看剧名便知是轻喜剧，全剧都洋溢着浓浓的亲情，老少咸宜，喜感十足。当中既有轻松搞笑的戏码，又有感人至深的情节，让人看得既愉悦又感动。很久都没笑得如此开怀了，这是许多观众的普遍观感，这恐怕要归功于
夏雨可以说是“视帝级”的爸爸了，他在每部剧集里塑造的爸爸形象都深入人心，绝大多数都是“好好先生”。这次扮演的当铺老板“二叔公”，说实话和他之前扮演的“廿四孝父亲”之类的角色并没太大的差别，有一种“夏雨还是那个夏雨”的观感，略感新意欠奉。即使没太大的突破，依然很让观众受落。从某种程度上说，“夏雨”的脸孔就等同于“老好人”+“亲切感”，这是老戏骨多年的功力带来的结果。倘若哪天夏雨成了大奸大恶的人，观众反而可能还接受不了。
马浚伟与钟嘉欣(微博)这对组合，对观众来说也可以说是亲切得不能再亲切了。从《皆大欢喜现代版》、《金石良缘》、《老友狗狗》到《蒲松龄》，两人的情侣档形象，让人熟悉得不能再熟悉，似乎一看到他们同剧亮相便知道必然要成为一对，甚至恨不得在现实生活中他们就是一对儿，两人之间的默契自然是不容置疑。所以尽管两人在剧中一开始并非情侣，但观众其实早就等着盼着他们会在一起了。
虽然T V B剧集中来来去去都是那几张熟悉面孔，恍惚间还让观众产生各种“穿越”的感觉。但不可否认的是，不同排列组合之下的各类电视剧，大部分还是大受欢迎的。而 T V B最擅长的便是打“亲情牌”了，以一家人的温馨生活带出亲情和爱的珍贵，最能引发共鸣，打动人心。还有一点很重要，《当旺爸爸》恰好是金牌监制梅小青(微 博)与T V B小生马浚伟离开老东家的“告别之作”，观众在看剧过程中不免会产生一些眷恋与不舍的心绪。●林丹(微博)丹
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