2 dramas started today. Bon Apetite and Tweleve. Atleast one of these will have better ratings than this drama if not both. And 8.3-8.4 are good ratings but nothing extraordinary.
These are real time ratings not the avg ratings. If u are talking about the dramas that currently airing it might have a decent rating but if u are talking about all the dramas than it is nowhere near the top. Not even close to it. Like not even half of the ones on the top.(the ratings).
They sort of hinted FL has developed feelings for ML. But it looks like they forgot about this. I am currently in the middle of ep 7. And they are currently in the second phase of the drama and now they are developing the romance of the side couple who literally had like 2-3 scenes in the first half of the drama. When we all know that we will be getting the office politics and all in the last few eps. Are they going for a Flex X Cop type finish? Let’s develop the main romance in S2 type.
I came into this drama with 0 expectations in romance department but after I saw the chemistry between the leads I also was looking forward to their interactions. But it seems like they have forgotten about it.
Just had to rant this out in the middle of the ep.
to be fair it was supposed to be 40 episodes but because of li ming de scandals, they had to cut it short so if…
Yeah the big battle was anticipated but they could have had that in a different situation. Like maybe the Prime Minister guy getting exposed, aligns himself with the enemies and the leads go to the war defending the nation. No need to turn 2ML (sort of) a bad guy. As he was not set up as one, not after he started helping the FL atleast. That would have been a better ending for me.
to be fair it was supposed to be 40 episodes but because of li ming de scandals, they had to cut it short so if…
Well I could understand him fearing the military power they both had. But they should have set that up a bit better. It would have looked better on screen.
to be fair it was supposed to be 40 episodes but because of li ming de scandals, they had to cut it short so if…
Also I could understand an Emperor not wanting 2 generals to marry. But that should have also been planted from before. Like Chu Zhao filling his ears about this from before. Not how it happened here. In just one meeting he manipulated the emperor. So a 40 ep drama would have been perfect. Otherwise they should have removed that Chu Zhao’s evil turn and could have wrapped it at 32 eps.
to be fair it was supposed to be 40 episodes but because of li ming de scandals, they had to cut it short so if…
After Chu Zhao’s evil turn I thought he would be killed by Xu Jing Fu’s daughter as he sort of owed her. He did sort of misled her into believing that the feelings were mutual. It would have been poetic.
To do complete justice to the story, they needed likely 2 seasons with about 30 episodes each or the old style…
Yeah the only problem that I felt was that they should have planted the seeds for Chu Zhao’s end from the beginning. Like he was practically a good guy since his arrival in Rundu. That end looked forced.
to be fair it was supposed to be 40 episodes but because of li ming de scandals, they had to cut it short so if…
I don’t think that is the issue. The issue is the last 2-3 eps. Like they could have wrapped it at Xu Jing Fu getting punished and then his escape plan was a war. The Chu Zhao doing that cliche thing at the end seemed forced. He wasn’t the most likeable guy. But he didn’t do any bad since his arrival in Rundu. So if they wanted his evil/jealous turn to look natural than they should have planted some seeds for that in between. It looked forced in the end.
I came into this drama with 0 expectations in romance department but after I saw the chemistry between the leads I also was looking forward to their interactions. But it seems like they have forgotten about it.
Just had to rant this out in the middle of the ep.
And it’s not the first time writers have deviated from the novel.