Hype does not live up to the the acting & title
Characters seems to be focused on just 4 characters throughout.No development excitement.
Disappointed that the hype around weibo & statistics has given me a high expectations but the acting was not on par.
Zhou Ye cheeky smile & the way she looked at her partner feels similar to previous drama she acted while Cheng Lei is just a Character with 1 type of expression - Cold & Calm < Seen too much similar type in traditional costume drama.
In my opinion Zhou Ye is still too early for Zhou Ye to take up Legend of Female General. She is still new and feels like she is not mature yet in her acting.
If it was to be replaced by Chen Lijun, I feel that it will match up to the title. She is famous for acting as a male in Yue Opera and her eyes are much more charming.
This show is pretty ok to watch just that there are too many scenes in each episodes that would dragged for at least 10-30s long. Not too sure if they are trying to drag each episode to fulfil at least 36 episodes. More over, each episode is about 30minutes long minus the intro and credits. Feels kind of short to comparing to others hit dramas 40-60 minutes long. If they were to increase to the standard timings this drama should be around 24 episodes only.
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Comparison between Tencent's Idol Survival Seasons
After viewing all seasons, I would say that this season is the most disappointing.EP6 - How can Chuang Asia Thailand make trainees wait for their ranking under the unbearable hot sun? If you guys have travelled to Bangkok, you would know that Bangkok is 1 of the hottest city. The trainees can be seen taking off their jacket and the worst thing is the production team would still FILM them having a hard time. I feel so sad for them.
EP7 - They announced that there will be 7 groups performing but there are only 4 groups performing in Part 1. We have to wait 1 more week for Part 2 where the other 3 groups would perform. What is the production team looking for in the trainees? Talent? If so, it is unfair to the other 3 groups performing in Part 2. How do we vote based on this? By purely talents or fans favorite trainee?
Overall, I am disappointed in this season. First of all, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, each episode is 2+ hours while 2024 and 2025 is 1+ hours. I am also disappointed that this season had only 2 stage performances while the other seasons had 3 stage performances before the finals.
Anyway, this season had only 60 trainees compared to the previous season.
2018 - 101 Trainees
2019 - 100 Trainees
2020 - 101 Trainees
2021 - 90 Trainees
2024 - 70 Trainees
2025 - 60 Trainees
This means that after Tencent shifted their Idol survival show to Thailand, the trainees drop almost 30-40%. I understand that China restricted the Idol survival show and hence they move to Thailand. I hope that the next few seasons will have more trainees because I feel that with more trainees, more talents will motivate other trainees to work harder.
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Do not watch Kpop survival shows any more
Worst Survival Show Show ever. Kawaguchi Yurina & Shen Xiao Ting was top 2 aways and suddenly dropped so much. I am wondering if it was like Produce X 101 and produce 48 where they tampered with the votes . I feel that Koreans are basis against other countries. CPOP do not waste you time in Korea anymoreWas this review helpful to you?
