shinhwafan

I just watched episode 21. I was hanging in there but a scene where they are acknowledgint their love that was so poorly acted by VS was the death knell of this drama for me. I am enjoying the ML very much so this is disappointing. The motivations for the FL are inscrutable.

I agree with you and enjoyed your writing.

I stopped at episode 6(Ming envoy ridiculousness) and then watched the last episode because I wanted to know how the time travel plot would be handled.
As you write, it was a cop out. If this drama had been served up as a satire and better edited, it might have come closer to hitting the mark. As it was, it was a mishmash of genres with clashing transitions between the genres and poor pacing. I am glad I bailed.

I have watched many Asian time travel dramas and recognized elements of Faith, Queen InHyun's Man and there are others I am sure. When this is done without satire it feels very unoriginal. So many lost opportunities in the script and directing.

The very long episodes were the first thing that gave me reservations. I may have watched the middle if the episodes were 45 minutes. I disengaged with the Ming Envoy cooking competitions. I think the reason for the competition could have been signaled as humourous but was not. Who wagers their country's trade relations on a cooking contest? Would have set the stage for a humourous look at international relationships but it fell flat and was not what I wanted anyway from this drama.

Shows that get so many unearned tens deserve an honest thoughtful review for the sake of truth and future watchers. Thank you.

I agree with many of your points, particularly the difficulty the drama had in mixing genres and in giving us better understanding of the time travel. I stopped watching around episode 5 because of the heavy emphasis on the cooking competitions. I tuned back in for episode 12 and was royally disappointed. Perhaps I would have appreciated th e romance more if I had watched the entire show. I did not feel the romance at all.

I found the rough tonal shifts to be very disengaging and the balance of the themes(genres) poor.

She survived because rebirth dramas are fowned upon by censors in China. This was a way of telling the story and evading censorship, as I understand.

SPOILEr

I am puzzled that no one has mentioned the weird turn in episode sixteen or so. It is enough to make me want to stop watching even though I had been enjoying the drama up until now. Is there going to be a serial rapist killer trafficking arc?

There is something that is not working for me. Not sure what it is but I stopped watching because I am having difficulty with the depiction of the war torn country. Scenes in other countries in cdramas are often awkward so I might resume watching at some point. Enjoying the main leads

One of the few kdramas I give top marks. Have wached 2 or 3 times.

Thanks for the spoiler

TY This really sounds good.

Can anyone tell me where to watch this?

well put

I am trying that strategy. Unfortunate.
Ly, there have been similar dramas ending in a similar way to what the poster said.So I have to work harder at not Believing.😁

How do I block this person who has told us the ending? When I read comments that say spoileri, I expect that to mean up until the currently airing episode and not any further ahead than that.

I have been wanting to watch this drama for a while. Were.
You able to find regular type streaming service or did you use an alternative?

legend of the blue sea?

They do not tackle his back story that led to depression

My question is how did so many people fan girl this drama without having any sense of critical analysis? I think the answer is probably somewhere along the lines of it was younger Folks watching the show and maybe not People who were experienced with watching time travel.

It seemed like mass Hysteria to me. I did write a brief review but perhaps I didn't click submit or something because I haven't seen it yet.

I very much enjoyed the acting and the romance.But I did not have to give this drama a 10 as pretty well.Almost everyone here did

Right on!