Tibet has significant mineral reserves and China has been actively developing them in recent years. While mining…
This kind of stuff is always frustrating - cdramas just peddling blatant propaganda. :/ And of course none of the actors are actually Tibetan, I'm sure...
Don't understand why this is rated so low? It's just as good as the preceding three seasons and, for anyone incredibly…
Considering that in one case Wuming isn't a sheriff yet and then he is in the other one, I'd guess that they were roughly 6 episodes they cut out of different parts of season 3 and split into 15 minute "episodes". And yes, they are 100% more enjoyable than "season 3", mainly because there's no palace scheming and fairly little obnoxious tang dynasty worship.
(apologies for a second reply. I think with these shows, I also appreciate when the actors (and script writers)…
Well, that's the hope - that having the actors also spend more time together will result in believable and enjoyable chemistry. It mostly worked on something like the Candle in the Tomb series with Pan Yueming - they had the same actors for multiple seasons and that aspect of the show was always good. I was mixed on the music, but in the end it didn't bother me too often.
I agree A Ning was too soft. Genuine question of curiosity: How and where do you think this drama could be improved…
(apologies for a second reply. I think with these shows, I also appreciate when the actors (and script writers) give me something else than just the formula. Yes, the formula must work, but give me anything new, some spice (not THAT kind, but also that kind, sure ;P) and new look. Show me a small glimpse of the character I haven't seen before. I liked the unusually short Xiaoge in Ultimate Note, also because he seemed to emote and get involved in the banter more. Or the old Wu Xie in Bronze Door - I did not think I'd like the guy, but got converted over time. They even did it in this show - this gritty escaped convict version of Panzi was cool and interesting.)
I agree A Ning was too soft. Genuine question of curiosity: How and where do you think this drama could be improved…
It's not that I felt a lack of anything specific, rather that while it all more or less worked, at no point did their performances make me go "Hell yeah, the boys are back.". It's just been done with better acting and chemistry (Reunion) or with an interesting twist on the formula (Ultimate Note). I do think Xiaoge was especially wooden, even for this type of role. And like I mentioned, their performances were undoubtedly tainted by the ADR. It's somewhat attributable to this being their first time together in the story, too, but even so - individually they weren't the most-Wu Xie or most-Pangzi out there.
My excitement about this has fallen off somewhat. I think when the show moved from gorgeous real locations to indoor sets and stays with the younger actors while the older grittier guys left, it became less interesting. Also I don't like this actress for Ning - I always prefer when she's more fit and looks like an adventurer/mercenary. This Ning is too much of a model/idol.
There's technically a couple of prequels, but this is literally adapting book 1 and a bit of book 2, iirc. So you're perfectly fine just starting this.
I think my main gripe with this season are sound effects and music. The ADR somehow feels really badly done, like the dubbing doesn't fit the character or what they're saying very obviously. (or the emotions are weirdly off at times) And sounds are unpleasantly mixed - often too loud over voices, or they don't fit what's on screen. Music too can be inconsistent and strangely picked for some scenes.
This is pretty interesting so far. I love how gritty and grimy it is - the characters too. Everyone feels much more shady and dangerous - it's a proper adventure with a group of criminals. I also appreciate that they shot a lot of it on beautiful locations - it always helps when it doesn't all look like greenscreen. It's hard to believe it's been 10 years since The Lost Tomb... Yeah, I guess I don't mind another adaptation, this looks cool. (also as others pointed out - I'm noticing some pretty far-ahead foreshadowing for the rest of the series. I guess them doing it now after all the other seasons have already been made makes it feel like a larger saga, they know the audience will recognize the winks.) All in all this feels so cozy to me, like a nice warm blanket on a stormy night.
Wu Gorge, the final book adaptation has FINALLY been announced. I was getting scared there for a bit that it was…
It's insane they're doing another one after South Sea Wasteland, but that only makes me more curious. (I imagine SSW wasn't very successful - you can tell from how I'm the only one to write a review for the thing.) But hey, only way to go is up, maybe?
Wha wha wha whaaaaaaaat?! They're actually for reals doing this? Let's hope they won't have to wheel out Pan Yue Ming in a chair, he already looked slow and elderly in the last season.
8.5 on douban and 7.9 on MDL. I always knew MDL skew towards idol stuff but what a tragedy!
I think that's not that much a difference, no? 8 seems appropriate to me. (and not too far from 8.5) (cool Ancient Detective avatar, btw! :) Great choice of scene.)
And yes, they are 100% more enjoyable than "season 3", mainly because there's no palace scheming and fairly little obnoxious tang dynasty worship.
I was mixed on the music, but in the end it didn't bother me too often.
It's just been done with better acting and chemistry (Reunion) or with an interesting twist on the formula (Ultimate Note). I do think Xiaoge was especially wooden, even for this type of role. And like I mentioned, their performances were undoubtedly tainted by the ADR.
It's somewhat attributable to this being their first time together in the story, too, but even so - individually they weren't the most-Wu Xie or most-Pangzi out there.
I guess they had to censor a bunch of the supernatural stuff.
So you're perfectly fine just starting this.
Hmmmm...
:))
And sounds are unpleasantly mixed - often too loud over voices, or they don't fit what's on screen.
Music too can be inconsistent and strangely picked for some scenes.
I also appreciate that they shot a lot of it on beautiful locations - it always helps when it doesn't all look like greenscreen.
It's hard to believe it's been 10 years since The Lost Tomb...
Yeah, I guess I don't mind another adaptation, this looks cool.
(also as others pointed out - I'm noticing some pretty far-ahead foreshadowing for the rest of the series. I guess them doing it now after all the other seasons have already been made makes it feel like a larger saga, they know the audience will recognize the winks.)
All in all this feels so cozy to me, like a nice warm blanket on a stormy night.
But hey, only way to go is up, maybe?
They're actually for reals doing this?
Let's hope they won't have to wheel out Pan Yue Ming in a chair, he already looked slow and elderly in the last season.
(cool Ancient Detective avatar, btw! :) Great choice of scene.)