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Really?! They were a bit annoying, I mean the grandma is real annoying, but they were suppose to act or sound like that, to act pitiful and wanting sympathy, etc. I got past the voices and the "overacting" or "drama" they tended to show, because the story itself was so good and that is how their characters were written.

I thought the biggest signal for me was when he got his mom to help the FL's mom out of her depression and to stop harassing her daughter all the time. I loved his mom btw, she was so awesome.

I don't know if it is my TV or what. I am currently on episode five, and right now I am watching at least until episode 8 through VIKI, then will switch over to the Tencent video app on my phone. There seems to be sound issues. I don't know if it is the VIKI app or like I said my TV. When LBY's subordinates talk their voices are really really low and I have to turn the volume up to hear them. Also another instance, I am currently on episode 5 and when he confronts the Princess or rather when LBY is talking to her the drums in the background are extremely loud and kind of overpower the scene imo. Is anyone else getting this, does the Tencent app do this as well? Maybe I should switch over sooner.

I haven't watched ADOS yet, but from the very start of LLTG, I haven't been bored and haven't found the story lacking at all. The acting has been superb by all the cast. The sets, costumes and everything is so great so far. I love the story of the family in the first few episodes, it sets up why she is the way she is and how others treat her, etc.

I agree. I am surprised at how her mother is treating her after not seeing her for so long, I understand why, but I still think her mother could show some compassion like her father. It really aggravated me how Niao Niao's mother kept saying how she would treat her niece like her own daughter in front of Niao Niao, like the mother was purposely causing more angst with her own daughter.

Great article! I love recommending dramas to friends, family and others. I recently recommended one to even my husband and we watched it together although on different tvs, in different rooms ( he ended up finshing it before me), but he loved it. The only problem is he prefers dubbed where as I can't stand dubbed. I have to watch subbed. So when I find a good one that I think he will like, I always hope that it has a dubbed version. It doesnt happen very often. I understand when I recommend dramas, that people won't always like what I like. Just as I won't always like what others recommend, but I do at least give it a try.

I finally started watching this. I wasn't sure if I wanted to wait til it finished or start while it is ongoing. I decided on the latter cause I couldn't wait. Right now in the middle of episode 2 and I love Niao Niao's father. So far I am really liking this. The acting has been great and the support characters are very well done as well. I can't wait to see more. It definitely has pulled me in from the first moment. Will probably be binging all 12 episodes right now.

Depending on what you platform you use. I use Netflix, Viki, iQiyi, and Tencent/Wetv, there is a huge selection. I am not sure what you have watched. But here are a few of my favs if you haven't seen them.
1. Legend of Fuyao
2. Listening Snow Tower
3. Nirvana in Fire
4. Eternal Love (also known as Ten Miles of Peach Blossoms)
5. The story of Minglan
6. Novoland: Pearl Eclipse
7. The Sword and the Brocade
8. Under the Power
9. The Blooms at Ruyi Pavillion
10. Weaving a Tale of Love

Those are just 10 of my favorite costume dramas. There are several more I didn't add that I like as well. If you want modern dramas that would be a totally different list of course, but I think it would mostly have Korean dramas on it. I have fallen in love with modern Korean dramas lately.

I am excited to see her do more range. My favorite modern drama of hers is Dating in the Kitchen and my favorite costume drama is The Long Ballad. I liked her in WRTW, she was really into her character and she did really well, but I think she was better in TLB.

I honestly have to say I did not enjoy the Blue Whisper and I usually like dramas like that. I really like Dilraba and Allen Ren, but I just couldn't get into it no matter how hard I tried. I fast forwarded a bunch and skipped a few, watched the ending and it still never grabbed my attention. Ancient Love Poetry was the same way and I love Xu Kai in ancient garb and Leon Lai, the female lead threw me off of that one, I couldn't get past her. I haven't watched A Dream of Splendor, but I have heard it is really good, so I will have to check it out. I have currently been rewatching dramas I love and watching modern day Korean dramas I have missed.

Thank you for letting me know. I was going by what MDL had posted above. So i guess i will binge the episodes this weekend.

Excited to start watching this. I am going to wait til Thursday and watch all the episodes for this week then. I am hoping this comment section will be as friendly as WRTW's was. I am so looking forward to Leo Wu and Zhao Lusi, love both their acting. Also, I have noticed a lot of people aren't using spoiler tags. Please, please, please remember to use your spoiler tags. Thank you and will be looking forward to adding more comments in the future.

I can see that. I know that he seemed to feel he was nothing unless he was a police, so he kept inserting himself into their missions, etc. I felt bad for him, but I felt there were several other ways the story could have gone. But that could be true with any story or drama. I guess it was in a way a fitting end for him, and at the same time I just didn't see the justification in his death. To me I felt like he didn't care that he could possibly leave his wife and daughter alone, that in a way he only cared about himself. I really feel bad for his wife and now she has to go on and raise their daughter alone.

I love this post. This is how I feel. I tell my husband all the time about how I love how the Chinese have so much knowledge and respect for their history and you can still see it today. They don't try to destroy it or ignore it. They acknowledge it and show it in their works.

I still didn't like the fact that they spent so much focusing on him. I felt his storyline was so overkill. I don't mean for this to sound bad, it just he wasn't really one of the main leads and it is like they spent almost the whole second half of the series all about him, granted there were other stories, etc, but I felt that there could have been so many more stories told and his should have just ended when he went to prison. I was sad about the way he died, I did like that it brought Yang Shu back at the end to the apartment with all of them. I actually thought Li Di Wei's master would have been the one to step in front of the bullet and die, I didn't really like that they had Jian Jun do it, it didn't make sense they allowed him to be at the scene, that honestly imo would never have happened. But I am not the storyteller and it still was a great series.

Ahhh yes, I have seen that (sort of), didn't know why I didn't put it together. Yeah I can see your point. I really like the actors in it, but I agree with your review. I found it slow and I fast forwarded and skipped episodes til the end. It was a good drama, but it wasn't for me.

I have seen that abbreviation before, but for some reason I can't figure it out, What is the show CLOY?

yeah, they really did have great chemistry in this drama, just no romance. I would love for them to have another series where they have a romance.

Nope, just really good friends and colleagues. It really is a good watch and doesn't need the romance aspect, imo.

Yeah I am thinking of starting A Dream of Splendor as well. I don't know if I want to try and catch up to the series or wait till it is done and binge it, same with Heroes. I usually prefer binging. Lately though, I have been watching series as they air, it is a different feeling watching as air than binging. I watched the first episode of Flames of War, mainly cause Leon Lai is in it, but I couldn't get into it. I am not a huge retro era drama watcher, although I did really like Arsenal Military Academy.