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What a bunch of nonsense
I watched Series 1 previously and were ready to drop that series by episode 9 due to the terrible acting of the FL (Zhao Zhao Yi). The storyline called for a very independent, savy, smart, kind and brave " heroine" type which the FL actress interpreted/ turned into a 5 years' old character with baby talk, whining, throwing tantrums, phony little girl laugh and puck faces that looked more like an angry blowfish than cute. Terrible, over the top , annoying acting. I really liked the rest of the crew, the ML and his subordinates and the other female actors. So I continued and after episode 10, the FL's acting finally got "reined in/toned down" and became somewhat tolerable, still not likeable.
Sequel 2-- A little bit better and more quality production but the storyline is pretty much the same. The FL with the phony little girl laugh, attacking, constantly arguing with the ML, nagging, overall difficult. Her character is pretty hypocritical as she is supposed to be very independent, doesn't need anyone' help smart and brave...and yet...the actress is actually portraying a clingy. overly jealous, ALWAYS, saved by the ML character . How independent is that? Then the script "time travels" into the future by featuring a waterbed in Ancient China that wasn't actually invented until the 1960's in the West/USA. Or the guillotine scene, as this method of execution was never ever used in Ancient China. Furthermore, the script transferred today's /21st Century social issues of a large number of young women of today not wanting to get married and have kids as their careers are more important than anything else in life. Not to mention the emasculation of men in general, i.e. in the storyline, the ML is always wrong and always, always have to apologize to the FL. A brave, gorgeous, fantastic male character is reduced to a fearful puppy in front of the mediocre looking, not so talented FL. Seriously? These type of issues were most certainly NOT present in Ancient China's society and women like these would have had extremely short lifespans going against prevalent social customs of the era.
Good Stuff. Very talented and likeable characters ( except for the FL). Beautiful scenery. Beautiful customs, great fight scenes and music. Final few episodes have actually saved lots of the previous nonsense.
Many thanks for the hard work of the production team and maybe if there was a different FL (like Bai Lu) this production would have been a solid ten.
I will not be rewatching nor recommending this series.
Sequel 2-- A little bit better and more quality production but the storyline is pretty much the same. The FL with the phony little girl laugh, attacking, constantly arguing with the ML, nagging, overall difficult. Her character is pretty hypocritical as she is supposed to be very independent, doesn't need anyone' help smart and brave...and yet...the actress is actually portraying a clingy. overly jealous, ALWAYS, saved by the ML character . How independent is that? Then the script "time travels" into the future by featuring a waterbed in Ancient China that wasn't actually invented until the 1960's in the West/USA. Or the guillotine scene, as this method of execution was never ever used in Ancient China. Furthermore, the script transferred today's /21st Century social issues of a large number of young women of today not wanting to get married and have kids as their careers are more important than anything else in life. Not to mention the emasculation of men in general, i.e. in the storyline, the ML is always wrong and always, always have to apologize to the FL. A brave, gorgeous, fantastic male character is reduced to a fearful puppy in front of the mediocre looking, not so talented FL. Seriously? These type of issues were most certainly NOT present in Ancient China's society and women like these would have had extremely short lifespans going against prevalent social customs of the era.
Good Stuff. Very talented and likeable characters ( except for the FL). Beautiful scenery. Beautiful customs, great fight scenes and music. Final few episodes have actually saved lots of the previous nonsense.
Many thanks for the hard work of the production team and maybe if there was a different FL (like Bai Lu) this production would have been a solid ten.
I will not be rewatching nor recommending this series.
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