Before watching it, I was trapped in a dull, monotonous life and couldn’t understand the meaning of “being alive.” If everyone is destined to reach the same end, then what does existence itself really mean? I was only living for the sake of living. I didn’t choose to stop, simply because it felt like a waste of life. I lived as if I belonged to this world, yet the world didn’t truly belong to me. I couldn’t understand myself, nor could I understand others. Every day, I lived in anticipation of being saved, moving along at the pace set by others.
As simple as it may sound, this movie made me start appreciating the small, everyday moments we so often overlook. It made me realize how much I had taken my friends, family, and others for granted. It also helped me understand that while the world may be vast, it is also deeply intimate; despite all our differences and the paths we walk, we are still sharing the same existence.
I think I finally understand why my friend wants to live a full lifetime now. I used to think she was kind of crazy — lol.
All I can say is believe what you want. Another note is she participated in a dance competition where the age limit was 14. If she really was 98 then she would've been 15 at the time, not being able to participate. Except she participated and there are photos of her participating. I'm not going to argue with a fake child model in Beijing LMFAO. Beijing because they don't know any other cities. Anyways, I'm done with arguing about her age, bye!
LOL bro you literally said in your previous comment that you’ve been in the Chinese entertainment for 10+ years…
I said I'm in the US for college..? Never said I was 18, never said I was in the movie industry, I just said I've been into it, meaning observing the industry since I was young. This is funny, so do continue.
LOL I am not hired. I grew up in China and am going to the US for college. If you need proof on Liu Haocun, feel free to dm me. I am also not the one with a fresh new account with no list updates. Seems suspicious! As if made only to terrorize this page.
Why is that one person spamming..? You have no list updates, and made a new account to target specifically Liu Haocun. Anyways, I would like to debunk the previous comments logically. We can start with the passport number. The documentation was edited, as you can see by simply visiting Weibo. If the passport was truly leaked, then that would have been a huge deal just because of the privacy breach, as this gives people the ability to access all her flight information. Most "leaked" legal documents in Chinese media are photoshopped.
In addition, Liu Haocun is known to have graduated early at the age of 16 and scored first on the folk dance exam for the Beijing Dance Academy, which was even before her debut as an actress. Many of her verified classmates have come out saying she was born in 2000.
Now, Liu Haocun has not gone through two major legal lawsuits in China. This would have been big news. She only started lawsuits this year, a simple search on even Weibo would verify. Another proof is that the lawsuits would also have changed her status from 00 后 to 95 后; however CCP still lists her as 00 for all big databases, and her new TV show, Main Character, is set to air on CCTV's main channel CCTV-1, the central government channel.
Lastly, why am I trustworthy? Truthfully, nobody on the internet is trustworthy, so believe what you want. First, I am Chinese and I have lived in China. I have been into the Chinese cinema industry for over ten years and am very active on Chinese discussion sites for these shows and actresses. This means that I was there for when Liu Haocun debuted and when she was hated the most. However, I am unbiased because I am not a fan of any one actress. I am a casual watcher and a judgmental person.
I watched this when it was airing, so I might be mixing up the scenes.
First of all, the biggest elephant in the room is the CGI. After seeing many well-done dramas in the past two years (FOF, I Am Nobody, etc.), the CGI was a complete letdown. The clam scene was almost unbearable to watch, as it was painfully obvious.
The ending felt a bit rushed. I had a feeling that 32 episodes would be too short for a novel like this, and I was right. Despite the happy ending, I was not satisfied. It was not well explained.
Lastly, I thought the actors did a great job with what they had. If you read the novel, you would see that some characters weren't well-written. If you look at the behind-the-scenes footage, you would see all the green screens. I saw a lot of comments hating on Mu Dai's actor, and I hate to say this, but her character is just like that. I think she did great transitioning between the two personalities. Also great with the subtle performances. She actually went quite viral in China. However, I think the romance scenes between her and Luo Ren felt very thrown in, which I think was due to the episode constraint, because I heard there were a lot of deleted scenes.
The actor for the fatty did great, with very humorous scenes. The dubbing for the evil leather women was outright terrible. The words did not match her lips at all. I had an extremely hard time watching her talk on the screen.
Overall, good but not great. The biggest points were the rushed ending, weird CGI, sloppy editing, and bad dubbing. Some good key points would be amazing action scenes, good actors, and amazing world-building.
ML is not a great actor in this show. I don't know if his character is written like this, or the man simply could not cry. Many emotional scenes were ruined by him just standing there, not matching the FL's energy?? For instance, the emotional scene where they break up, and they're supposed to both cry, but instead of showing the close-up of both characters crying, we can only see FL. The scene where ML is crying in the hospital, he's gasping for air, and it just looks awkward, and like he's having a stroke, completely distorting the scene.
The plot was a bit messy as the random makeup arc and the makeup artist assistant were just randomly inserted, completely distorting the flow of the show. The ML character is so one-dimensional, shallow, and completely inferior to the FL, in terms of both dimension and acting.
The show is ultimately carried by FL's acting, a great science fiction plot, a good story with a great start, and a great ending, but due to the horrid pacing, random storylines, and the ML, it falls to an 8/10 rating.
Before watching it, I was trapped in a dull, monotonous life and couldn’t understand the meaning of “being alive.” If everyone is destined to reach the same end, then what does existence itself really mean?
I was only living for the sake of living. I didn’t choose to stop, simply because it felt like a waste of life.
I lived as if I belonged to this world, yet the world didn’t truly belong to me.
I couldn’t understand myself, nor could I understand others.
Every day, I lived in anticipation of being saved, moving along at the pace set by others.
As simple as it may sound, this movie made me start appreciating the small, everyday moments we so often overlook.
It made me realize how much I had taken my friends, family, and others for granted.
It also helped me understand that while the world may be vast, it is also deeply intimate; despite all our differences and the paths we walk, we are still sharing the same existence.
I think I finally understand why my friend wants to live a full lifetime now.
I used to think she was kind of crazy — lol.
In addition, Liu Haocun is known to have graduated early at the age of 16 and scored first on the folk dance exam for the Beijing Dance Academy, which was even before her debut as an actress. Many of her verified classmates have come out saying she was born in 2000.
Now, Liu Haocun has not gone through two major legal lawsuits in China. This would have been big news. She only started lawsuits this year, a simple search on even Weibo would verify. Another proof is that the lawsuits would also have changed her status from 00 后 to 95 后; however CCP still lists her as 00 for all big databases, and her new TV show, Main Character, is set to air on CCTV's main channel CCTV-1, the central government channel.
Lastly, why am I trustworthy? Truthfully, nobody on the internet is trustworthy, so believe what you want. First, I am Chinese and I have lived in China. I have been into the Chinese cinema industry for over ten years and am very active on Chinese discussion sites for these shows and actresses. This means that I was there for when Liu Haocun debuted and when she was hated the most. However, I am unbiased because I am not a fan of any one actress. I am a casual watcher and a judgmental person.
First of all, the biggest elephant in the room is the CGI. After seeing many well-done dramas in the past two years (FOF, I Am Nobody, etc.), the CGI was a complete letdown. The clam scene was almost unbearable to watch, as it was painfully obvious.
The ending felt a bit rushed. I had a feeling that 32 episodes would be too short for a novel like this, and I was right. Despite the happy ending, I was not satisfied. It was not well explained.
Lastly, I thought the actors did a great job with what they had. If you read the novel, you would see that some characters weren't well-written. If you look at the behind-the-scenes footage, you would see all the green screens. I saw a lot of comments hating on Mu Dai's actor, and I hate to say this, but her character is just like that. I think she did great transitioning between the two personalities. Also great with the subtle performances. She actually went quite viral in China. However, I think the romance scenes between her and Luo Ren felt very thrown in, which I think was due to the episode constraint, because I heard there were a lot of deleted scenes.
The actor for the fatty did great, with very humorous scenes. The dubbing for the evil leather women was outright terrible. The words did not match her lips at all. I had an extremely hard time watching her talk on the screen.
Overall, good but not great. The biggest points were the rushed ending, weird CGI, sloppy editing, and bad dubbing. Some good key points would be amazing action scenes, good actors, and amazing world-building.
8.5/10
The plot was a bit messy as the random makeup arc and the makeup artist assistant were just randomly inserted, completely distorting the flow of the show. The ML character is so one-dimensional, shallow, and completely inferior to the FL, in terms of both dimension and acting.
The show is ultimately carried by FL's acting, a great science fiction plot, a good story with a great start, and a great ending, but due to the horrid pacing, random storylines, and the ML, it falls to an 8/10 rating.
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