Ngl, there is 1 thing about the wedding that kinda bothered me. Only his friends are part of the ceremony. You don't see PeiPei, let alone Sister Ling, & Xiao Zhu, her assistant anywhere there in the entire thing. Not even with the makeup artists. We just have to assume they're somewhere standing around watching it. Are we to believe those 3 couldn't show up because either they would or their presence would disclose the fact they are there? I don't know, but it felt wrong.
Setting YY and Reba aside. Ngl, all my favorite Yu Tu without QJJ scenes involve Professor Zhang Zhi Xue. From when Professor blasts him at the restaurant, to when he blasts him for keeping things from him. From when Professor tells him he makes him so angry he can't stand him, to humming with happiness. But my favorite is the line, "...this is a wedding!! Not guerilla warfare!!...." I bust out laughing every time I see that scene. lol.
i agree with you about Yu Tu, but for his other dramas and movie, i still think that way.
I don't care about other dramas because most of them I haven't seen as you can check my Watch List. I'm not a YY fan, or a Reba fan. I enjoy what I enjoy. I watch a drama because I'm drawn in by the story or the synopsis. The actors either make or break that, and I'm honest with my opinions and interpretations. I don't 'sugar-coat' stuff because I fan someone.
All I can say is that, it's obvious that YY has grown as an actor, and from the bts, a director as well. I fully expect, at some point, YY will start directing stuff completely himself and become a force in the entertainment industry in China after watching all of this.
Not forgetting that great performance of expressions from him on how hard it was for him when he had to reject…
I already stated... during the 2nd rejection, the minute he realizes he has to answer her, and what his answer will be, in the close up shot, you can legit see the sudden glistening in the corner of his eyes, known as the inner canthus, which is an area of the eye uncommon to see in Asian people.
I point this out because it shows literally how hard he is holding himself back while he's rejecting her. He puts his head down at the end because he is just holding on by a thread and he doesn't want to see her cry or for her to see the tears in his eye. The minute he realizes she's gone, I said a dozen times, he released that one single tear from that eye, and YY did that so masterful and beautiful...If you didn't notice any of that, you're blind. ...and then to realize he goes from this scene to the one at the bus stop that he filmed and directed himself, that the director edited into his own drama just speaks volumes. YY has come a LONG way, and is a major talent in China. No doubts here!
Couldn’t agree more with you. I’ve been converted *_*. So initially I wasn’t very convinced with his acting.…
I love all the songs on the OST. But my favorite is Chen Xue Ran's 'Born As An Eagle'. The lyrics, along with the energy of that song, really captures Yu Tu's work ambitions and drive:
When the sun goes around the open space of the other half of the earth Please wake me up I want to see dawn
When the frost falls on the warmest place in autumn Please wake me up I want to be the same
[Pre-chorus] Scattered among the golden leaves Become one with the soil Falling into the boundless sky As the morning sun dissipates
[Chorus] Born to be an eagle with wings that cover the sky Why do you want to learn to crawl with your head down Rising pillar Raging fire swaying in my eyes I was born an eagle to go against the wind Why keep your head down and fight for winning or losing Around the clock Through no man's land Moving forward with weight is my life's destiny
[Verse] When the sun goes around the open space of the other half of the earth Please wake me up I want to see dawn
When the stars fall in the strangest place in the universe Please wake me up I'm afraid it will be forgotten
[Pre-chorus] [Chorus] I was born an eagle Why do you want to learn to crawl with your head down Rising.... Raging fire swaying in my eyes We were born eagles Against the wind Why keep your head down and fight for winning or losing Around the clock Through no man's land Moving forward with weight Is my life's destiny
That song also encapsulates the scene with his Finance classmates, and all his struggles, and why he's willing to go to these lengths. The fact that the first time this song was played in the drama was after he rejected QJJ for the 2nd time, and headed to the desert for work under emotional duress, wasn't lost on me. Even though he was in turmoil, he still focused on his job and did well despite it. ;)
ISTG any who says YY can't act, is wooden, and can't facially emote needs to watch the 2nd proposal. All his micro expressions are absolutely perfect. Perfect in that, he wears Yu Tu's heart on his sleeve. Without 1 word you know what he's thinking.
It's also not just 1 series of emotions either. It flows through a multitude of emotions. First, heavy breathing because he's anxious. Second, pointed concern that's hiding a tepid insecurity. Third, once questioned full-fledge embarrassment and insecurity. Proceed all that with overwhelmingly touched to the point of almost tears. Then to unbelievable admiration, adoration, and unconditional loving care. Only to end with tearful commitment.
Process that, and you try to do a better job acting that scene and I'll tell you, unless you're already a professional, you can't do it.
They act very naturally around each other, whether it is from familiarity of working together so closely or dating…
Yeah, I'm not big on shipping. If you're on my friends list, you know this about me. I like dramas. I enjoy watching actors play couples well. I don't like it when the acting and chemistry and just the way the drama characterizes a romantic relationship isn't realistic. Like, when a g/f rejects intimacy with her b/f, and I'm not talking sex, I mean merely holding each others hand or a kiss on the cheek. Like, why are you in a relationship with someone you're physically repulsed by to that extent??? That's why a drama like this soothes my heart, as well as all the other Gu Man novel drama adaptations. There's at least a realistic quality to them...but let me say, I never shipped YY & ZS, nor ZH & ZLY, nor TT & WC!!
However, when it comes to YY & Reba, THEY are the ones to blame for the over-the-top 🤡🍈🍉🍑 kinds of reactions they're getting for their cpf. They generated that on their own by their personal decisions, and their mutual studios' decisions, over-&-above what Tencent required of them, for the month of August, quite frankly. Let's all be honest about that. They had the ability, ESPECIALLY UNDER THE CURRENT WEIBO/GOVT CELEBRITY CLIMATE, to act and be different, and less "showy". You feel me?
It frankly start, and became apparent, when they mutually posted on their PERSONAL weibo accounts, each others childhood photos. Come on now. They're still up too! It would be 1 thing if he posted his OWN pic and vice versa, but that's not what happened. He posted hers, She posted his. Then the valentines day at Disneyland that was setup mutually by their personal studios, not Tencent. ??? They gave Tencent the rights to the outtakes, but they themselves personally controlled those events. Etc. Etc. Etc. Even some of their solo fans are quite open about how different they're acting with regards to each other, on stage, off stage, plus CP promos. They had other choices, but these were the ones they offered to the public.
So, forgive me for tilting my head a bit towards the end of this drama when I start calculating it all up then realize how much intimate skinship these two willingly had in this drama. Hey, it's not like they cannot have a say in dumbing the skinship down. Reba's request to not have a kiss scene with Wu Lei due to his age, comes to mind. Their adaptation was revised to incorporate that request, along with a couple of love birds to boot.
So, yeah, when the drama is over, like everyone is noting, and pretending as if these 2 have moved on from the drama, well then you need to ask yourselves a few questions on how much this couple really wants EVERYONE to move on as well... Like after YY says, "final post for August" and everyone's like, "...how do I move on from YAMG..." then his studio using a pic of him from their co-photoshoot as their weibo background photo, and Reba's studio does the same thing, and they're matching looks again, and it's the SAME freaking photoshoot they choose? Who does that??? They're not stupid. The studios have tact. They know what and what not causes fanwars. But to start September, this is their personal choices. You don't want to stir the shit up, you don't continue to do these kinds of things that feed the trolls. SERIOUSLY, I mean it. They both are essentially feeding the trolls, and you have to ask yourself "why"? ...if they just want everyone to forget it now and move on... lol.
Subbed BTS from WeTV: https://twitter.com/wetvofficial/status/1433267242926428164?s=21
Ngl, I teared up watching this clip.
It just is really precious how much the entire team, plus the investors put in to make this drama REALISTIC and a beautifully told love story. There's not 1 person who shouldn't get a kudos for how this turned out, not just the leads, or even the extended cast. Everyone bts had a perfect hand in it as well. I'm grateful at what a great job they all did.
YY’s studio shared a video of his journey as YT: https://share.api.weibo.cn/share/247944622.html?weibo_id=4676588430169838
I was just going to post the video from Twitter!
After watching that, I couldn't be more impressed with Yang Yang, not just as an actor. I mean WOW.
It's just incredible to realize how invested in this drama and how much he participated in directing every aspect of his character on his own. The dude is beyond professional.
Tbh, with this enlightenment, I don't doubt we'll eventually see him doing directing on his own and move away from being a mere actor and commercial endorser/model. This shows just how capable he is and it's no wonder his studio is so proud to show us all these parts.
Weren't we privileged with how invested both Reba & YangYang's own studios were in promoting this drama even over what Tencent was doing? They both certainly put in and invested all their energy into YAMG for the whole month of August!!
Interesting analysis. I find it interesting that before this collaboration, the two didn't seem to like each other.…
Well, in the interview they did together after filming the "Diamond Event & Dressed Up garage" scenes, she said that she thought he was the quiet, non-talkative, aloof type. So, it looks like they both had a similar outlook. But she went on to say that it turns out he's the complete opposite and is like a big child who laughs big at the most obviously funny stuff, etc. So, I suppose they were both pleasantly surprised by each other when they realized their IDOL image of each other was much different than their IRL character. Now you see them 100% comfortable with each other in every way, there's no distance between them whatsoever.
Fans of the cp are already noting that you can see this change between them the last time they were on stage receive an award with a bunch of other stars prior to the drama airing BUT after they started filming YAMG. YY initiated it but they were talking to each other on stage and in their own world at the time. A stark contrast to before when they never collaborated. Most B/G stars don't interact like that on stage even if they collaborated because that's the quickest way to start fanwars. Even based on now, their cp interactions really do touch crossing the line of that possibility. It's the reason I'm not really comfortable putting links to this stuff anymore. It's easy to see they like each other... w/e that means. 😉😁
Thank youu.. Thank you so much for describing this.. I watched the fancam videos, but because they were so blurry,…
Yeah, is it irony that she's in this drama? LOL.
I mean, I'm not sure really how much they're trying to hide it when they seem to be holding hands behind each other's backs on stage...They have to know that the staff were gonna film them because their cpf is so popular. But, they're still up there glued together like that.
So, based on some of Reba's comments, I don't think they're gonna come out anytime soon so, yeah, if she turns up pregnant eventually at some point, no matter who is the father, we'll likely know then. hahaha.... But again, it's not like they're really TRYING to hide it. They are comfortable with where they are at, who they are, and what they're doing. I'll just leave it at that...
And like you said, w/e happens, I'll just pray for the best for them....
Thank youu.. Thank you so much for describing this.. I watched the fancam videos, but because they were so blurry,…
I'm comfortable with seeing what I saw. I don't need any further confirmation, frankly.
I'm not even interested in posting links to anything anymore since "promos" are complete as of today with the wrap-up celebration party. Also, because it was a private function and hotel staff were the ones who supposedly filmed and released so... I don't want to invade their privacy. They're obviously, behind closed doors, comfortable displaying that much closeness, and **pretend** they aren't. To me love knows no bounds and sometimes when you're that into someone your emotions take over your mind and you do what you **naturally** do...BUT they're obviously not okay to announce anything, and I respect that.
I almost feel a bit dirty that I came across the video clips. Thai fans are notorious stalkers, it seems. lol. I'll just leave it at that. hahaha.
OMG. Ngl, seeing clips from the final banquet has put me if full 🤡 mode.
Dude, YY has absolutely no filter when it comes to Reba. Actually calling her 'Reba', with no honorifics. Instinctively putting his hand on her BACK when he's worried about her. [So not PC for fandom world right now.] The eye contact. The whispering with the stares. An entire stage and he is glued to her side and she's almost in front of him instead of standing next to him not normal stage presence. LMFAO.
I've always felt he's totally into her because his public actions just speak volumes, but Reba's pretty much kept a distance the majority of the time, unless called on to be close for FANservice, so I've thought it was just a one-sided thing.
HELL NO. Not any more. No way, uh-huh, not possible. When Reba looks to YY before speaking, and when she literally leans all over YY's shoulder and back when, in a group, it's just them playing around.... NAW, that's not normal Reba by any stretch. She keeps physical distance no matter how much rapport and good vibes she has with her leading cp partner. Yeah, she's friendly but not THIS friendly ~ she doesn't want to start FANWARS! But she hangs all over YY like she's his shirt. LOL.
Especially under the current climate, with the weibo fan sites being taken down, and actors being held accountable to the fandom, plus cpf rankings not allowed and YY Reba solo fans... Reba acting out of character like this has got me hooked. I already was leaning in... but, naw... I'm just waiting for a #YangYangDilrabaSecondCollabration because Tencent DEFINITELY wants to cash in on this partnering. YY & Reba are too amenable to it for them not to do it. !!!
Different strokes for different folks. Age and maturity also have to do with whether or not you like this or not.…
That's how the novel is written. It's no different. She was on hiatus for almost 2 months in the beginning to PRACTICE playing the videogame so she won't look like a fool in public and be roasted by antis, and lose fans + lose her sponsorship of the game. **I don't see how we don't realize this.** It's the same reason why Yu Tu can spending 2 weeks straight with her form 9am to 9pm and then when he comes back for Xi'an from 9am to 6pm since he doesn't go home, but to the hospital to stay with Guan Zai overnight for another 2 weeks.
Btw, this is why Yu Tu can stupidly reject QJJ the 2nd time because, all the her time OFF WORK made him think that she had all this extra freedom on her hands to hangout and he wouldn't be available going back to being a aerospace engineer. You get to see her do her job once they become a couple because that's when the subject comes back up again because now she has no time to hangout even more than him and we see him go to her events and filming locations... Do you REALLY need to see her in 3-4 episodes actually FULLY filming a movie or a drama??? =/ is that what would make this more 'forceful'??? I think people would be even more bored because it's not pertinent really to THEIR story, which is what the novel is based on... and the novelist wrote the drama script the same way she wrote her story.... who am I to question the way she writes. She's successful enough to do what she wants.
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Don't deny it!!! You reacted the same way he did when you were watching this scene!!!
https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1Sq4y1K7VV
Ngl, all my favorite Yu Tu without QJJ scenes involve Professor Zhang Zhi Xue. From when Professor blasts him at the restaurant, to when he blasts him for keeping things from him. From when Professor tells him he makes him so angry he can't stand him, to humming with happiness. But my favorite is the line, "...this is a wedding!! Not guerilla warfare!!...." I bust out laughing every time I see that scene. lol.
All I can say is that, it's obvious that YY has grown as an actor, and from the bts, a director as well. I fully expect, at some point, YY will start directing stuff completely himself and become a force in the entertainment industry in China after watching all of this.
I point this out because it shows literally how hard he is holding himself back while he's rejecting her. He puts his head down at the end because he is just holding on by a thread and he doesn't want to see her cry or for her to see the tears in his eye. The minute he realizes she's gone, I said a dozen times, he released that one single tear from that eye, and YY did that so masterful and beautiful...If you didn't notice any of that, you're blind. ...and then to realize he goes from this scene to the one at the bus stop that he filmed and directed himself, that the director edited into his own drama just speaks volumes. YY has come a LONG way, and is a major talent in China. No doubts here!
When the sun goes around the open space of the other half of the earth
Please wake me up
I want to see dawn
When the frost falls on the warmest place in autumn
Please wake me up
I want to be the same
[Pre-chorus]
Scattered among the golden leaves
Become one with the soil
Falling into the boundless sky
As the morning sun dissipates
[Chorus]
Born to be an eagle with wings that cover the sky
Why do you want to learn to crawl with your head down
Rising pillar
Raging fire swaying in my eyes
I was born an eagle to go against the wind
Why keep your head down and fight for winning or losing
Around the clock
Through no man's land
Moving forward with weight is my life's destiny
[Verse]
When the sun goes around the open space of the other half of the earth
Please wake me up
I want to see dawn
When the stars fall in the strangest place in the universe
Please wake me up
I'm afraid it will be forgotten
[Pre-chorus]
[Chorus]
I was born an eagle
Why do you want to learn to crawl with your head down
Rising....
Raging fire swaying in my eyes
We were born eagles
Against the wind
Why keep your head down and fight for winning or losing
Around the clock
Through no man's land
Moving forward with weight
Is my life's destiny
That song also encapsulates the scene with his Finance classmates, and all his struggles, and why he's willing to go to these lengths. The fact that the first time this song was played in the drama was after he rejected QJJ for the 2nd time, and headed to the desert for work under emotional duress, wasn't lost on me. Even though he was in turmoil, he still focused on his job and did well despite it. ;)
ISTG any who says YY can't act, is wooden, and can't facially emote needs to watch the 2nd proposal. All his micro expressions are absolutely perfect. Perfect in that, he wears Yu Tu's heart on his sleeve. Without 1 word you know what he's thinking.
It's also not just 1 series of emotions either. It flows through a multitude of emotions. First, heavy breathing because he's anxious. Second, pointed concern that's hiding a tepid insecurity. Third, once questioned full-fledge embarrassment and insecurity. Proceed all that with overwhelmingly touched to the point of almost tears. Then to unbelievable admiration, adoration, and unconditional loving care. Only to end with tearful commitment.
Process that, and you try to do a better job acting that scene and I'll tell you, unless you're already a professional, you can't do it.
However, when it comes to YY & Reba, THEY are the ones to blame for the over-the-top 🤡🍈🍉🍑 kinds of reactions they're getting for their cpf. They generated that on their own by their personal decisions, and their mutual studios' decisions, over-&-above what Tencent required of them, for the month of August, quite frankly. Let's all be honest about that. They had the ability, ESPECIALLY UNDER THE CURRENT WEIBO/GOVT CELEBRITY CLIMATE, to act and be different, and less "showy". You feel me?
It frankly start, and became apparent, when they mutually posted on their PERSONAL weibo accounts, each others childhood photos. Come on now. They're still up too! It would be 1 thing if he posted his OWN pic and vice versa, but that's not what happened. He posted hers, She posted his. Then the valentines day at Disneyland that was setup mutually by their personal studios, not Tencent. ??? They gave Tencent the rights to the outtakes, but they themselves personally controlled those events. Etc. Etc. Etc. Even some of their solo fans are quite open about how different they're acting with regards to each other, on stage, off stage, plus CP promos. They had other choices, but these were the ones they offered to the public.
So, forgive me for tilting my head a bit towards the end of this drama when I start calculating it all up then realize how much intimate skinship these two willingly had in this drama. Hey, it's not like they cannot have a say in dumbing the skinship down. Reba's request to not have a kiss scene with Wu Lei due to his age, comes to mind. Their adaptation was revised to incorporate that request, along with a couple of love birds to boot.
So, yeah, when the drama is over, like everyone is noting, and pretending as if these 2 have moved on from the drama, well then you need to ask yourselves a few questions on how much this couple really wants EVERYONE to move on as well... Like after YY says, "final post for August" and everyone's like, "...how do I move on from YAMG..." then his studio using a pic of him from their co-photoshoot as their weibo background photo, and Reba's studio does the same thing, and they're matching looks again, and it's the SAME freaking photoshoot they choose? Who does that??? They're not stupid. The studios have tact. They know what and what not causes fanwars. But to start September, this is their personal choices. You don't want to stir the shit up, you don't continue to do these kinds of things that feed the trolls. SERIOUSLY, I mean it. They both are essentially feeding the trolls, and you have to ask yourself "why"? ...if they just want everyone to forget it now and move on... lol.
It just is really precious how much the entire team, plus the investors put in to make this drama REALISTIC and a beautifully told love story. There's not 1 person who shouldn't get a kudos for how this turned out, not just the leads, or even the extended cast. Everyone bts had a perfect hand in it as well. I'm grateful at what a great job they all did.
After watching that, I couldn't be more impressed with Yang Yang, not just as an actor. I mean WOW.
It's just incredible to realize how invested in this drama and how much he participated in directing every aspect of his character on his own. The dude is beyond professional.
Tbh, with this enlightenment, I don't doubt we'll eventually see him doing directing on his own and move away from being a mere actor and commercial endorser/model. This shows just how capable he is and it's no wonder his studio is so proud to show us all these parts.
Weren't we privileged with how invested both Reba & YangYang's own studios were in promoting this drama even over what Tencent was doing? They both certainly put in and invested all their energy into YAMG for the whole month of August!!
Fans of the cp are already noting that you can see this change between them the last time they were on stage receive an award with a bunch of other stars prior to the drama airing BUT after they started filming YAMG. YY initiated it but they were talking to each other on stage and in their own world at the time. A stark contrast to before when they never collaborated. Most B/G stars don't interact like that on stage even if they collaborated because that's the quickest way to start fanwars. Even based on now, their cp interactions really do touch crossing the line of that possibility. It's the reason I'm not really comfortable putting links to this stuff anymore. It's easy to see they like each other... w/e that means. 😉😁
I mean, I'm not sure really how much they're trying to hide it when they seem to be holding hands behind each other's backs on stage...They have to know that the staff were gonna film them because their cpf is so popular. But, they're still up there glued together like that.
So, based on some of Reba's comments, I don't think they're gonna come out anytime soon so, yeah, if she turns up pregnant eventually at some point, no matter who is the father, we'll likely know then. hahaha.... But again, it's not like they're really TRYING to hide it. They are comfortable with where they are at, who they are, and what they're doing. I'll just leave it at that...
And like you said, w/e happens, I'll just pray for the best for them....
I'm not even interested in posting links to anything anymore since "promos" are complete as of today with the wrap-up celebration party. Also, because it was a private function and hotel staff were the ones who supposedly filmed and released so... I don't want to invade their privacy. They're obviously, behind closed doors, comfortable displaying that much closeness, and **pretend** they aren't. To me love knows no bounds and sometimes when you're that into someone your emotions take over your mind and you do what you **naturally** do...BUT they're obviously not okay to announce anything, and I respect that.
I almost feel a bit dirty that I came across the video clips. Thai fans are notorious stalkers, it seems. lol. I'll just leave it at that. hahaha.
Dude, YY has absolutely no filter when it comes to Reba. Actually calling her 'Reba', with no honorifics. Instinctively putting his hand on her BACK when he's worried about her. [So not PC for fandom world right now.]
The eye contact. The whispering with the stares.
An entire stage and he is glued to her side and she's almost in front of him instead of standing next to him not normal stage presence. LMFAO.
I've always felt he's totally into her because his public actions just speak volumes, but Reba's pretty much kept a distance the majority of the time, unless called on to be close for FANservice, so I've thought it was just a one-sided thing.
HELL NO. Not any more. No way, uh-huh, not possible.
When Reba looks to YY before speaking, and when she literally leans all over YY's shoulder and back when, in a group, it's just them playing around.... NAW, that's not normal Reba by any stretch. She keeps physical distance no matter how much rapport and good vibes she has with her leading cp partner. Yeah, she's friendly but not THIS friendly ~ she doesn't want to start FANWARS! But she hangs all over YY like she's his shirt. LOL.
Especially under the current climate, with the weibo fan sites being taken down, and actors being held accountable to the fandom, plus cpf rankings not allowed and YY Reba solo fans... Reba acting out of character like this has got me hooked. I already was leaning in... but, naw... I'm just waiting for a #YangYangDilrabaSecondCollabration because Tencent DEFINITELY wants to cash in on this partnering. YY & Reba are too amenable to it for them not to do it. !!!
Give us that costume drama stat!!! 🍬🍭🍫😁
Btw, this is why Yu Tu can stupidly reject QJJ the 2nd time because, all the her time OFF WORK made him think that she had all this extra freedom on her hands to hangout and he wouldn't be available going back to being a aerospace engineer. You get to see her do her job once they become a couple because that's when the subject comes back up again because now she has no time to hangout even more than him and we see him go to her events and filming locations... Do you REALLY need to see her in 3-4 episodes actually FULLY filming a movie or a drama??? =/ is that what would make this more 'forceful'??? I think people would be even more bored because it's not pertinent really to THEIR story, which is what the novel is based on... and the novelist wrote the drama script the same way she wrote her story.... who am I to question the way she writes. She's successful enough to do what she wants.