Generation to Generation

This made me cry and squeal

I found this to be one of my new favourites. I haven't felt this enamoured with a drama since Guardians of the Dafang (which is my absolute favourite).

ACTING
The main leads - No, EVERYONE - did a fantastic job. The ML really felt like this vengeful but also passionately in love person. The FL did well in all her emotions and she fave life to this character. And everyone else feels like a real person.

STORY
It didnt really feel like a story, it felt immersive to the point it felt real. The writers and director did a good job with the characters and the plot.

CINEMATOGRAPHY
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ It is so good!!!

CHARACTERS
They actually let the ML be a little creepy and unhinged!!!! It eorked really well for his character. He's passionate and wants everything. Hes a bit like a child in that way. He needs the FL to feel whole.

The FL tries to stsy by her beliefs. Her struggle feels real.


OVERALL
Loved it! I hope Zhou Yiran and Bao Shangen are in more dramas together they have great chemistry.

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Disappointed c drama

I'm honestly watching this drama only for Zhou Yiran. Otherwise, I find the plot quite pathetic. The female lead is beautiful but kinda don't like her character..quiet annoying ...Lingbo is actually much better .... she is the only interesting character in the story. There are so many talented actors and actresses in this drama, yet the storyline feels very confusing.
Most of the attention is given to the aunt, which is starting to irritate me. I really feel like discontinuing the drama, but I’ll probably finish it just because of Zhou Yiran. Honestly, he looks much better with Zhang Miaoyi.
Sorry to say, but this is just my honest opinion!!!!!!!!

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Script consisting of chaotic, messy and unhealthy relationships

OVERVIEW

Generation to generation is an administered tale of romance, forbidden love, sect rivalries, and deep angst. It revolves around a mysterious man whose father was ambushed and killed in his sight, leading him to make an entrance into the Qingque sect, where he meets Cai Zhao, a free-spirited and carefree woman, and they get entangled, leading to schemes, manipulations, and love. Advancing to a darker character, Mu Qing Yan, who takes on the lead in chasing Cai Zhao, their love is put to the test through family conflicts, sect rivalries, thoughts of good and evil, and personal feelings.

Review in Full Details (Spoilers Ahead)

Initial Thoughts

The episodes in which I get to see Zhou Yi Ran playing as Chang Ning were my overriding joy, overloading me with how manipulative, cunning, and scheming he really is. Using the righteous sect members as a tool to achieve his goal was a narratively good plot. Having the female lead see through his plots at the beginning episodes deserves applause, as we were given an instinctively smart female lead.

The dynamics we get between Mu Qing Yan & Yu Zhi were really endearing, as their bickering added a depth of laughter for me.

Generation to Generation (GTG) gives us a romance filled with angst, suffering because of the excuse of righteous and evil sect, not a romance where you would watch, cause it's light-hearted, a romance were we get to see the suffering of not belonging to same sect (good and evil), were the leads struggle to find peace in their journey as a couple like any normal couple.

Themes and Character depth

The drama explicated on how love can blossom amidst the conflict of good and evil, the disapproval of sects, the disapproval of parents, and the disapproval of your personal feelings
The show is clear that the blossom of feeling doesn't matter by your sect, family, background, personal feeling, just a matter of your heart.

Chang Ning was a well-impressed character who showed in only the first few episodes, but I would say he ensnared my heart, being a cunning, manipulative schemer who uses anyone around him to get to his goal, one which love could never reach to stop his goals.

Mu Qing Yan embodied a character of a sober backstory who was abandoned by his mother when he was less than one year old in a worn-out house, where he stayed for about five years, before he was taken away by his father. We saw how his character was being made into a manipulative, cunning, patient schemer.

Cai Zhao embodied a character with a light backstory, growing up with her parents and aunts, being made into a laid-back, free-spirited, and care-free nature, where we could see from the beginning episodes that she did not like Jianghu. A character who is unambitious, with no dreams, complements her nature of eating, sleeping, and waking up.

Yuzhi embodied a character, being smart and reserved, having not much to say, from his mouth, his character brought in humor, which made him really endearing. Where he isn't love-obsessed, though he was in love, his psychological state is hardly affected by things being compared to Mu Qing Yan. He is always composed, so you can't see him emotionally deranged. The Dou father-son relationship was one of the major highlights of His character. It was a fun, entertaining, and remarkable watch.


Chemistry

Their chemistry can't be said to be all good NO NO NO, going in the subtle moment of their chemistry, the designers come throwing an aesthetics when the chemistry hasn't been made, weren't the directors actually trusting in their abilities?
I would say I would feel more chemistry tension from our second couple - Lingbo and Dai Feng Chi just the touch of their eyes got me saying this is better, yeah NO DAMN AESTHETICS CONFLICTING THEIR CHEMISTRY, the aesthetics gets to conflicts with the chemistry of our leads and if it was actually made I find it really, really bland, I mean Zhou Yi Ran actually getting the work done what was Bao Shang En doing acting all stiffed.
The chemistry was a precise failing when we actually reached a point when the directors were really forcing it, putting in beautiful shots to actually complement it, NOPE NOPE NOPE, it precisely created a conflict in my emotions.
The last episode was my best chemistry with the leads.

Performance Highlights
Zhou Yiran really slayed those roles as mysterious Chang Ning and a Dark Mu Qing Yan; he seemed more like the character and vice versa. I could really see from his emotional expressions, to his facial expressions, to his acting, it was a hit on the nail. Giving him 9.5

Bao Shang En (won't say much, already said it in the chemistry), what was that at some moments I could actually see stiffness in the acting, felt really detached at some scenes, at some points she was right on the track, really at a few points I would say.
Her stellar acting in episode 36 ending and 37 were my best, I could bear with her emotional attachment in killing her master - I felt her pain when she cries over the dying Mu Qing Yan, those episodes outplayed her overall performance. Giving her 4.0 for EPS 1 - 35, adding 3.0 points for the last 2 eps.
Overall 7.0 ratings.

Yu Jia Cheng, portraying this character, was actually an eye-opener because he left me an impression in my heart that I could not get to see him off my screen as soon as possible. He was so great that I could find him palpable.

His bickering with Mu Qing Yan was always my favorite scenes his act of honesty and righteousness was endearing. Though his character felt repetitive and had some flaws, he was a memorable Green-flagged character. Rating him 9.25

Dislikes
The plot was quite messy and repetitive; they overloaded us with lots of clichés, nearly surpassing the plot (chaotic relationships). Even if it is a cliche, it can be good when used well, but it was overused and wrongly used.
Unpleasant plot as the younger generation seem lesser than their predecessors, the older generation.
The chaotic and toxic relationship between our leads, which leaves me as a broken soul in their romance, was one moment lover, another moment fight, a push and pull relationship, breaking with lots of schemes and stabs, manipulativeness, and distrust.
Their relationship was one of the major falls for me in this plot, like the misunderstanding was a lot over my head.

Giving in filler when they had nothing better to do, giving in a kiss when it wasn't necessary - EPS 29/30. When she kissed him for the first time, it was really a forced filler; it was absolutely unnecessary if she was leaving. Like having kissed him, then cutting ties with him, wanting him to remember you forever, or actually, what, weren't there any better things to be added there? The filler was so obviously wrong to force a chemistry.

Some scenes were clearly seen as playing emotional rob on us, in which the transitions between the scenes seem inconsistent, where you could laugh, frown, groan, and angst all at once in a very unpleasant way.


The plot logic behind the villains being made because of Cai Ping Shu was really, really lame. The villains actually kept on blaming others when they could have saved her themselves.
The plot couldn't find a more compelling way to make the villains. The villain would say it was predictable from certain episodes.

The fight scenes at the ending EPS felt a little rushed - it was not shown how Yu Zhi beat his brother in a fight, we just saw he actually won, that was damn bad for me, cuz the first fight they hard was clearly shown and then the second fight we heared the brother saying You have mastered this skill (veil breaker), like shit was that why you got beaten why not show me, really disappointed.

Final thoughts
I would conclude by stating that the drama portrayed familial relationships in a quite endearing manner, seeing and feeling what it means to have good parents. -
The father-son relationship brings feelings subtly, gracing the screen with my over-the-top smiles.
Talking more of Cai Zhao's relationship with her parents, conferred me with more than a touch of laughter, smiles giggle. Teaches the lessons of having good parents, who will protect and care for you no matter those circumstances - One of my best green flaged parent's.
The relationships we got between the two sidekicks of My Qing Yan were my really funny moments of smiles, smirks, and amusements. Their duo was one of my major stand-outs of G2G.

Concluding this G2G is a that brings us more angst, rather than greater smiles, engaged in a flawed plot and a messy writing with pretty aesthetics that doesn't suit in some scenes.

Memorable characters Chang Ning, Mu Qing Yan, and Yuzhi.
Would I recommend this? No, even for lovers of wuxia epics i find it hard excluding you are ready for Draggy romance, push and pull romance, predictable villains, lame excuses for villains, and their romance is really chaotic.
With all said Rating this 7.0

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Someone save me from myself.

At first, you don't understand a thing. In episode 4 there's a big reveal and I was sitting there thinking "Who on earth are these people ?". You get swept along by all these plot twists, for a while. The problem is that after 10 episodes I still don't understand who's attacking whom and what dangers we've been facing from the start.

Both leads are convincing and clever. And as is often the case in C-dramas, here we find a strong, independent female character. I started watching for Zhou Yiran, the master of secret admirers. And I stayed for Bao Shangen, as beautiful as funny. Let's hope she gets better, she only has two expressions, poor thing.

The music rocks. The opening and closing credits alone are killer. The cinematography is, of course, stunning, with plenty of gorgeous wide shots in magical settings. You get used to that pretty quickly in these kinds of productions. On the other hand, you have to accept that martial arts superpowers as a reality. And then, apparently, you get around on the back of an eagle... Right... And you face giant snakes… Ok... Warning ! That's the signal to start considering a strategic retreat. So this is where the adventure ends for me.

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CHEMISTRY BAOBAO YIRAN DAPETT BANGETT?!?!!????????

INI SERUUU BANGETT PLISSS, AKUU NAIK KAPAL INII CUPP!! aku emng udh nungguin dramanya dari awal drama ini umumin MC nya yaitu baobao dan yirann😖🤏, lamaa bangettt nunggu 1,8 thn😢😝 tapii penantian itu ga sia-sia!! kenapaa??! YA KARENA DRAMANYA SEBAGUS ITU WOIIK?!?! tipikal drama yang wuxianya kentel, inii pasti pecinta kolosal rata2 sukaa!! emang sih awal2 alur nya ngebingungin mungkin sekitar eps 1-7 apalagi banyak karakter yang muncul dan mirip2, butt kalo kalian udh nyampe ke eps 8+ pasti bakal ngerti alurnya!! DAN DISINI MENURUTKU CHEMISTRY-NYA DAPET BANGETTT🤭🤭visual mereka ber-2 setaraa bangett?! dan sini aku perhatiin akting nya Yiran dan Bao profesional bangett!! Yiran disini bener2 ekspresif banget, banyak scane dia yg bikin penonton saltingg😵‍💫 AKU KECINTAA SAMA MEREKA😖💗

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You want to marry someone else? over my dead body

Una serie que prometía, pero que se ha quedado a medias.
Empecemos por la trama. Es el típico cliché con moraleja de "ni los buenos son tan buenos, ni los malos tan malos". En The Six Sects, esto se aplica como si fueran una "Liga de la Justicia" contra una secta demoníaca, solo para darnos cuenta de que los líderes de las seis sectas son más peligrosos que los propios demonios. Esto se refleja en la relación de la tía con Mun Zheng y de Cai Zhao con Mu Qianyan. Además, está el tema del "hombre de negro" como maestro de todas las sectas. Es un recurso bastante repetitivo y no muy bien ejecutado; desde que se intuye que alguien mueve los hilos, ya se sabe quién es. Por mucho que intenten mantener el misterio, la obviedad de que era Lord Qi le quita toda la gracia.
Admito que me gustaron los enredos de cada secta, aunque, al mezclarse varias generaciones y clanes, fue un verdadero desafío recordar quién era quién, ponerles cara o recordar su relevancia cuando alguien los mencionaba. Tampoco ayuda la edición de los cinco primeros episodios: justo cuando te estás familiarizando con los nombres, meten unos tijeretazos a las escenas que vuelven la historia muy abrupta. Menos mal que no me rendí, porque luego llegan partes interesantes.
Sobre los protagonistas: adoro a Mu Qianyan. Es el mejor personaje y quien me mantuvo enganchado. Zhou Yi Ran hace un papelazo; da gusto ver cómo mejora su actuación y el rango de personajes que elige. Por otro lado, tuve una relación de amor-odio con la protagonista. Entiendo sus motivos, pero odié que mencionara a su tía en cada capítulo; lo de su madre parece un pegote metido con calzador. Por lo demás, su personalidad no me molestó, pero a la actriz el papel le venía grande. Vi su post en Weibo y me alegra que ella misma reconozca que debe mejorar.
Es una pena, porque no vi química entre ellos. Se nota la obsesión de Mu Qianyan, pero en Cai Zhao no se percibe cuándo surge el amor. De pronto ambos están enamorados, pero no puedes deducir en qué momento ocurrió porque la historia no lo muestra bien.
Hacía tiempo que no veía Wuxia y me chocaron algunas cosas (culpa mía, tengo que volver al género). Me hicieron gracia los cromas tan evidentes y el CGI —la serpiente, el pájaro, el dragón— porque a veces quedaban un poco cutres. Pero bueno, ¡por desgracia no vivimos en un mundo con esas criaturas!

Mis comentarios de cada capitulo:
ep.1 Luoying Ville es el mercado donde no pasaba el tiempo de The Company
ep.2 no me gusta que haya tanto recorte, podrian de sobra haber hecho 40 capitulos.
este man se esta acercando a ella ,porque ya esta enamorado de ella?
ep4. pedazo de memorial, con te incluido. te y drama
ep.5 esta editado muy mal, tiene unos cortes que no te enteras de nada y piensas que se han saltado cosas
ep6 por fin se sabe que era un falso Chang y que es un young master
ep.7 me encanta que hayan cogido clips de avalanchas para el momento avalancha
ep. 9 patete fumando ese final por favor, ya vuelve el lider Mu. Zhou Yi Ran el carisma que posees
ep.10 menudos los padres de la Lingbo ninguno estaba en si con quien queria
ep.15 que falsa es la madre de mu, normal que solo mencione al padre
ep.16 adoramos que sea taan shameless y se ponga a dormir junto a ella
ep.18 la ultima escena con la musica es preciosisima. El personaje de ella es aburrido y tonta, esta serie se salva por el protagonista y que lo haga Yi Ran es una clase de actuación.
Hasta el moño que todo el rato mencionen a la tia muerta
ep.19 me encanta la escena de pelea , la tia supe cabreada y de repente llega el prometido, en esa escena falta mu
EP20. MU QIANYAN SIMPLEMENTE MENUDO HOMBRE
ep.21 Master You con Mu Qianyan intentando seducir al Zhou Yiqi para que no se case con Cai Zhao, simplemente cine
You want to marry someone else? over my dead body
ep.22 este capitulo entre que se rompe el compromiso y luego la cita entre Cai Zhao y Mu Qianyan es simplemente patete fumando
ep.23 muy fuerte el pasado del zigui. Al final lo de las seis sectas son todos mas corruptos que buenos
ep24. la pregunta es a quien no le gusta Mu Qianyan?
ep.25 me parece graciosisimo dos li yun rui protegiendose y la escena del tatuaje
Mu Qianyan QUE HOMBRE, DE VERDAD QUE HOMBRE
ep.26 que shameless es, arriesgando su vida para que la Zhao deje la secta por el y le elija a el.
PATETE FUMANDO LA ESCENA DE MU QIANYAN Y ZHAO , EL CON LAS CADENAS Y TODO EL DIALOGO
ep27. adoramos lo shameless que es y como liga con ella
ep.28 como quien va a comprar el pan. Vamos a casarnos.
Mu Qianyan, este ultimo scheming te ha salido fatal. La otra matandose para probar la inocencia de su hijo.
Uncle Xue es graciosisimo.
ep.30 19:36 han puesto dos veces la misma escena y ha quedado fatal
ep.31 la señora diciendo como si fuera la tia y el otro cuando lo que se parecen es en el blanco de los ojos
ep.32 master you es un personaje maravilloso.
Zhao cariño porque tambien se lo cuentas a Yunke si tambien es malo
Como tienes la desfachatez de hacer ese final. ? Mu Qianyan sonriendo aaaaaaaaa
ep.33 habiamos comenzado y disfrutado un capitulo de cita, para terminar con uno que es por poco la tia se me muere
ep.34 chorprecha no nos lo esperabamos
ep.36 no te mereces ver a Pingshu en el ultimo suspiro de tu vida
ep.37 ese final corriendo y cantando en tu boda , no mola mucho.

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Delusi Generasi Tua dan Optimisme yang Terlalu Bahagia

Tadinya kupikir Generation to Generation adalah cerita tentang jarak antar generasi. Ternyata, ia lebih gelap dari itu. Drama ini bercerita tentang sejarah yang tidak bisa dibereskan oleh generasi tua dan diwariskan kepada generasi berikutnya sebagai luka dan stigma kolektif. Persoalan itu dimulai dari kisah tentang pendekar wanita bernama Cai Ping Su yang membunuh tokoh aliran iblis dengan mempertaruhkan nyawanya. Narasi ini sekaligus membelah dunia persilatan menjadi dua aliran, hitam dan putih. Tapi sebenarnya kematian Cai Ping Su tidak sesederhana itu. Kematian Cai Ping Su adalah lubang hitam naratif yang menyembunyikan kebenaran seraya menyedot dan membentuk ulang dunia narasi yang berbeda, stigma yang tidak diklarifikasi dan delusi yang dirawat seakan-akan jalan keadilan. Sekte Li disebut aliran iblis, sesungguhnya, bukan karena alasan moral melainkan karena kesepakatan yang terlalu lama tidak dipertanyakan. Tapi kebenaran selalu memiliki jalannya sendiri, setidaknya begitulah yang dikatakan dramanya. Dan sepasang pendekar muda ditakdirkan untuk meluruskan sejarah.
Saya cukup menikmati drama ini. Tokoh Utama diperankan dengan baik oleh Zhou Yi Ran (Mu Qing Yan) dan Bao Shang En (Cai Zhao). Meskipun paras cantik Bao Shang En tidak banyak meninggalkan kesan emosional bagi saya, ia selalu tampil keren, (sama kerennnya ketika dia memerankan Huang Rong dalam the Legend of Condor Hero). Tampaknya ia memang cocok memerankan gadis muda yang ceria dan banyak akal. Saya menyukai pembentukan karakter tokoh Utama tidak dibangun melulu berdasarkan peningkatan kemampuan bela diri khas wuxia klasik sebagaimana sebagian besar tokoh Utama novel Jin Yong, melainkan dari masalah yang muncul dan misteri yang disingkapkan. Penyingkapan kebenaran selangkah demi selangkah membuat penonton semakin memahami karakter para tokohnya. Secara pribadi, saya juga tertarik dengan Yang Xiao Lan (diperankan oleh Duan Yu), salah satu tokoh tidak terlalu penting dalam keseluruhan cerita. Ia tidak punya nama besar, tidak punya warisan bersih dari keluarganya. Sebagai Perempuan, ia bahkan hanya menjadi alat transaksi dan negosiasi untuk pengukuhan status keluarga besar. Tapi ia sangat mengagumi Cai Ping Su. Dan kekagumannya itu berubah menjadi ketulusan untuk belajar. Ia ingin menjadi pendekar golok seperti Cai Ping Su. Ia juga ingin menjadi perempuan tercerahkan yang bisa merebut nasib dan martabatnya sendiri seperti Cai Ping Su. Yang Xiao Lan sedikit mengingatkan saya pada Bambang Ekalaya dalam tokoh pewayangan. Ia belajar dengan tekun dari keterbatasan, mengidolakan sosok yang jauh dan memperlakukannya sebagai guru imajinatif. Nasib Xiao Lan lebih baik daripada Ekalaya. Ia akhirnya mendapatkan jurus golok Mentari Terik yang asli. Karakter kuat yang lain adalah Qi Yun Ke. Tokoh ini mengingatkan saya pada Yue Bu Qun dalam The Smiling Proud Wanderer karya Jin Yong. Tokoh yang dari awal dicitrakan sebagai tokoh paling lurus tapi ternyata justru menyimpan penyimpangan paling mengerikan. Sampai akhir cerita, ia tetap yakin bahwa yang dilakukannya adalah demi kehidupan yang lebih baik.
Drama ini menyarankan sebuah optimisme. Bahwa generasi muda bisa tampil di garis depan sejarah, menyingkap kebenaran yang dibungkam oleh generasi sebelumnya dan memulai sejarah baru yang lebih baik. Sebagai orang Indonesia, tema ini terlalu politis karena mengingatkan saya pada berbagai gerakan pemuda dan mahasiswa dalam milestone sejarah Indonesia. Tapi sejarah memang penuh dengan keretakan dan cerita yang tidak selesai. Kita sering hanya bisa menyaksikan puing-puingnnya. Tapi drama ini juga menyisakan satu pertanyaan kecil,manakah yang lebih berbahaya, kebohongan atau keyakinan yang tidak pernah diperiksa ulang?
Drama ini diakhiri dengan kebahagiaan yang lumayan berlebihan. Mu Qing Yan yang sekarat dalam pertarungan akhir dengan Qi Yun Ke dikisahkah mendapat keajaiban sehingga hidup sehat walafiat dan merayakan pernikahan yang meriah. Bahkan tokoh-tokoh yang mati di episode sebelumnya dibangkitkan kembali demi merayakan akhir yang bahagia ini. Seakan-akan luka yang diwariskan antar generasi bisa dibereskan dengan satu perayaan.

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Decepcionante

No começo, "De Geração para Geração" me prendeu muito, especialmente pela força da protagonista, Shen Jia Lan, que cai em desgraça e precisa se reinventar. Só que, à medida que a trama avançava, eu sentia uma perda de ritmo. Os diálogos começavam a ficar repetitivos, e o arco dos personagens principais, apesar de promissor, não evoluía como eu esperava. Demorei quase um mês para voltar a assistir, pois a curiosidade inicial se transformou em um senso de obrigação. Hoje, finalmente, consegui concluir, mas, no fim das contas, a série não entregou o impacto que eu tanto esperava. Foi uma decepção, porque o começo realmente tinha um potencial enorme.

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