I recommend Blossom! It was good! I had reservations at the beginning of starting it because I’m not a Meng…
Blossom was nice, I've watched it till the very end, that means it is watchable even for a picky person like me. But I must say, the story had several heavy flows, too superpowerful leads, his poisoning thing dragged (read: exasperated), compensated only by a good direction and the chemistry you've mentioned. I agree with you, Meng Ziyi is not among the best C-actresses but she gave her best in this drama, as well as Lin Yunrui (I've seen him in few other dramas and got an idea he has a certain potential expecting to be developed, lets hope he will not stick just to idol dramas)... so, I guess, a pleasant result the two leads delievered was due to a good direction, too. I've watched several short dramas of this director and can say, he is truly capable to make an unsignificant story interesting. By using effective romantic scenes, he actually hides, ie. draws our attention from, shortcomings of the script. It worked on me, although I regularly search a well written story in any drama I watch, independently of the genre, actors, directors, production budget and so on. GotD was well written, well directed and well performed, I'll miss it for sure
I've been watching FP already, it's watchable but a little bit slow, it wasn't directed very well. Besides, on w.e. only one ep is released... Have you checked Under the Moonlight, how's that one?
Your guess is correct. In the novel, he was XQA's father
XQ was probably only a vessel where to hide the treasure for a certain period of time - which maybe served him to retrieve smth else - till the moment in which he would take it out from his son.
I'm extremely disappointed with this drama, and I'm not alone. Dylan Wang hyped it up so much that even haters…
There's only one truth in what you've said: "even haters were excited to watch" -you were obviously speaking for yourself 😂😂😂 "It was supposed to be a serious drama, but it came across as a comedy." This isn't true. The first genre mentioned for the classification of the drama is: "Comedy". Whoever checked the trailer before watching, knew it was a comedy and now, after 34 eps, we can calmly assert it is a great comedy, well mixed with other genres. Everybody is disappointed when a drama doesn't meet his/her expectations, but if you've expected smth different than what was largely announced, blame your dumbness, not the drama. Writing, directing, performing and producing a great comedy - you look down upon - requires extreme seriousness and work, more than in many other genres (eg. sore fantasy as in Ever Night), Dylan Wang's acting is fully aligned with the character he plays: a salesman with great social skills, playful, funny and imperfect, but with a deep sense of justice and care for the people around him. He is thoughtful, streetsmart, perserverant and competitive. Although similar, Fan Xian is different from XQ, Zhang Ruo Yun's brilliantly performed that almost perfect and less social character, but who thinks a hero in a male-centred drama must be perfect, eg. in memorizing hundreds of Chinese classical poems? XQ is not perfect, he remembers two verses of each at the most, as most of the people does, btw., which makes him even more relatable. Hundreds of Chinese wuxia, gong'an, mythological and historical novel/short stories' heroes are not only imperfect but they are recognizable exactly for their flows, even when they're "full of sh*t", people just love them. "A drama needs to start strong to keep viewers engaged". Actually, it started strong and keeps us engaged together with other viewers who broke the 30K heat index for a top drama. If it didn't work for you and didn't keep you engaged, fine. Good riddance.
The ML is lying to the members of Realm Sect because he is protecting himself as he doesn't know who those other…
Thw poetry contest (actually a dress rehearsal of poetry contest) was a deserved humiliation. Nothing goes smoothly in real life, either, no matter how smart we are
The ML is lying to the members of Realm Sect because he is protecting himself as he doesn't know who those other…
if we agree on almost everything you've stated, I truly can't see what bothers you. ad 3) ofc he "incited" her: because, your words "He mistook her as GP", these are your words. I'm not saying "if someone mistook you for someone else then you will let the misunderstanding continue as long as it benefits you", I've said she had tried hard to shift his loyalty, she didn't actually want the misunderstanding to continue, she just didn't come out with the truth, and that's what she has in common with the ML.
Btw., I don't like the actress, or more precisely, I don't like her voice. But her acting capabilities in this role made me forget what I see as a shortcoming in her performance, in general. And I'll repeat: this character is very well written, she (the character) is prone to great sacrifices, well written (as the audience can understand), well directed and well performed
The ML is lying to the members of Realm Sect because he is protecting himself as he doesn't know who those other…
How can you forget ML is lying... well, continuously? Lets forget he is Yang Ling, ok, within "the game" he has another identity, but when he goes to the brothel or recites (btw. plaragiarized, and even badly plagiarised, because he remembers just two verses of each) poems, he either uses his original name or the name of a fictional Jin Yong's character Chen Jinnan from The Deer and the Cauldron. Not to talk how he conceals his identity from the members of the Realm Sect - to the point he'd rather lie N°3 is his cousin than admit he lied. He is a born manipulator, he is a salesman in "real life". Manipulation is not always a bad thing and not all the lies are meant to harm. Psychologists say that even a newborn baby is capable of manipulation: a baby is not crying because someone harms it, but because it's hungry and even if it isn't hungry or anyhow discomforted, it cries because it simply wants to be cuddled and have already "learnt" that - with crying - someone will show up and cuddle it. Parents also often manipulate and lie to their children for their own good (sc. "white lies") and so on... FL lies were not meant to harm anybody and they were incited by ML himself. She wanted him to shift his (apparent - because that was ML's manipulation - if he knew he was in front of another princess, he would have pledged to her as well) loyalty towards GP in every possible way,
For the rest... yes, being ambitious is not a bad thing in itself, but Lin'an is ambitious, too, her problem was she - as a woman in a patriarcal society - projected that ambition too much on her brother. Untill ML explained her she should focus more on herself and what she wants for herself. Deep down, they are very similar (that's why I think they match each other), the only difference is... ML is more experienced 😁
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GotD was well written, well directed and well performed, I'll miss it for sure
Have you checked Under the Moonlight, how's that one?
"It was supposed to be a serious drama, but it came across as a comedy." This isn't true. The first genre mentioned for the classification of the drama is: "Comedy". Whoever checked the trailer before watching, knew it was a comedy and now, after 34 eps, we can calmly assert it is a great comedy, well mixed with other genres. Everybody is disappointed when a drama doesn't meet his/her expectations, but if you've expected smth different than what was largely announced, blame your dumbness, not the drama.
Writing, directing, performing and producing a great comedy - you look down upon - requires extreme seriousness and work, more than in many other genres (eg. sore fantasy as in Ever Night), Dylan Wang's acting is fully aligned with the character he plays: a salesman with great social skills, playful, funny and imperfect, but with a deep sense of justice and care for the people around him. He is thoughtful, streetsmart, perserverant and competitive. Although similar, Fan Xian is different from XQ, Zhang Ruo Yun's brilliantly performed that almost perfect and less social character, but who thinks a hero in a male-centred drama must be perfect, eg. in memorizing hundreds of Chinese classical poems? XQ is not perfect, he remembers two verses of each at the most, as most of the people does, btw., which makes him even more relatable. Hundreds of Chinese wuxia, gong'an, mythological and historical novel/short stories' heroes are not only imperfect but they are recognizable exactly for their flows, even when they're "full of sh*t", people just love them.
"A drama needs to start strong to keep viewers engaged". Actually, it started strong and keeps us engaged together with other viewers who broke the 30K heat index for a top drama.
If it didn't work for you and didn't keep you engaged, fine. Good riddance.
Nothing goes smoothly in real life, either, no matter how smart we are
ad 3) ofc he "incited" her: because, your words "He mistook her as GP", these are your words. I'm not saying "if someone mistook you for someone else then you will let the misunderstanding continue as long as it benefits you", I've said she had tried hard to shift his loyalty, she didn't actually want the misunderstanding to continue, she just didn't come out with the truth, and that's what she has in common with the ML.
Btw., I don't like the actress, or more precisely, I don't like her voice. But her acting capabilities in this role made me forget what I see as a shortcoming in her performance, in general.
And I'll repeat: this character is very well written, she (the character) is prone to great sacrifices, well written (as the audience can understand), well directed and well performed
He is a born manipulator, he is a salesman in "real life". Manipulation is not always a bad thing and not all the lies are meant to harm. Psychologists say that even a newborn baby is capable of manipulation: a baby is not crying because someone harms it, but because it's hungry and even if it isn't hungry or anyhow discomforted, it cries because it simply wants to be cuddled and have already "learnt" that - with crying - someone will show up and cuddle it. Parents also often manipulate and lie to their children for their own good (sc. "white lies") and so on...
FL lies were not meant to harm anybody and they were incited by ML himself. She wanted him to shift his (apparent - because that was ML's manipulation - if he knew he was in front of another princess, he would have pledged to her as well) loyalty towards GP in every possible way,
For the rest... yes, being ambitious is not a bad thing in itself, but Lin'an is ambitious, too, her problem was she - as a woman in a patriarcal society - projected that ambition too much on her brother. Untill ML explained her she should focus more on herself and what she wants for herself. Deep down, they are very similar (that's why I think they match each other), the only difference is... ML is more experienced 😁