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I would call her cute….. she more the cute kind…..? Beautiful…. Uhhh…. I would say she is pleasant looking… Her face is a bit too cute for the role that’s wot I meant.

But equally I don’t think they should lengthen it anymore…. The story is finished. I guess maybe it’s…. The way the told the ending….? I don’t know…

Really too much time spent on all the side couples that it becomes a bit annoying (would have been fine if they were good but no…. they weren’t) BUT have to say the chemistry between the leads are off the charts partially because of how the camera shoots all the skin-ship etc… most importantly the leads have a very good balance between jealousy, maturity, sweetness, physical compatibility, trust, distrust etc and surprisingly I really like the FL. She is really very cute, and she manages it without being annoying. One thing I learnt or more of wished I had was her “smart mouth”, totally think it is a skill/high EQ with her amazing comeback lines without screaming, fighting , shouting, or crying.,,,

The plot is average, the generic kind you’d expect for these kinda dramas though the start/beginning of the plot was quite interesting.. coz it’s totally something that could realistically happen now…

Also the FL’s fashion and wardrobe is really nice actually (or more of she pulls it off very nicely esp a few standout pieces) which is rare for modern C-dramas. Reminds me of K-drama’s wardrobe. Nearly all of the earrings the FL wears are super nice! I can’t seem to find the brands for them. I wonder where they are from… esp the diamond snowflake and the knot. Anyone on MDL knows? 🤓

All the male wardrobes have… areas for improvement.. 😂 a lot of them still comes off as “ 俗氣” (tacky)

Did you find it, was it any good?

Good job!!

LOL. Hilarious!
Production quality for C-dramas have progressed alarmingly over the past 5 yrs but the wardrobe and fashion direction esp for modern dramas have not progressed at the same speed at all.
Some modern C-dramas have weiiiirddddd wardrobe… gosh. Some are legit ugly esp for those supporting characters, 2nd leads and sometimes even main leads. 🤣

So it basically turned into an attempted replica of Inception towards the end which was commendable BUT…… Inception itself was a complicated plot which becomes relatively convoluted if you don’t analyse/follow the plot enough.

This series scores in the 7.5 to 8 range for me mostly due to the plot/storyline getting slightly out of hand towards the end. Defo no question on cast and their acting capabilities, production quality is also high so it could be either due to the editing or just the plot itself or both…. The main plots and sub-plots didn’t quite mesh together very well when the “grand finale” was revealed…. It was a bit weird/much… and you begin to think “Wot on Earth am I watching???”

Can’t tell why I find her so annoying though, I just think she’s just a huge misfit in the whole tomb raiding genre/series… just so wrong

yea, I skipped almost everything too but had no choice and caved in when I rewatched because some of the plots were a bit disjointed without her story.

I wonder how she’s like in the original novel.

It should be related to Mojin XiaoWei/ Candle in the Tomb… coz the trailer mentioned the 4 factions of Candle in the Tomb…. Mojin is the direct “competitor” to the Daomu Biji novels (the novels UN is based on).

Wow. It’s coming out! It’s related to Mojin/Candle in the Tomb! Super excited.

Source on summary of this novel: https://www.99csw.com/book/2952/index.htm

Watch Word of Honour!
Btw this is corresponding to your comment on watching Untamed.

I read it. Forget about it. It was horrendous. The FL was super duper annoying in the novel. She was always crying, fainting or both….. like alllllll the time. The TV series made the better out of it honestly, was a way improved version.

Not sure if I’m being accurate here but my Indian friend and colleagues actually told me that cousins marrying one another is still practiced today in their culture albeit less common.

Lol. I laughed when I read your post… I’ve never actually counted though I’ve rewatched this multiple times…. Perhaps not much… I think there are maybe only a handful of times?

This is one of the major “complaint” I’ve seen on MDL wrt this series (to be fair the situation was way worse in the original novel, they were hardly together). But I really found their chemistry and the love between the leads uber strong though. And this is the first time I’ve watched Zhou Yi Wei on-screen. Like they are so cute, I’m definitely in awe.

Edit: this drama has really good fight choreography! Visually stunning and really engaging. Everything else is………… hurm… yea. I can totally see it scoring 8.1. It’s good (like the main concept, outline and plot is actually a very good storyline/idea) but there are loadsa finer issues which often occurs with sucha big budget production and so many episodes. Can imagine a lot of disappointment.

Have to say the actor playing the emperor is really =.= …. Why didn’t they cast a better actor for this complex role… he is the most one-dimensional Chinese emperor I’ve ever seen. He was an angrybird the entire series and nothing else; epic fail. The casting for this drama isn’t great to begin with. The 2 leads and 7th prince, fine… not bad. Gong Jun amongst few others were alright. But the rest….. I.e wth is wrong with the 9th prince?!?! He was pretty bad, seems like a pretty green actor from his expressions/acting skills but he plays an important role. The Crown Prince was also =.= at least half the cast was questionable/lost/dreaming/ just down right quite bad….

BUT 1/3 into the series and it’s still really engaging/interesting! Will revert with the ending.

Edit: Waaaayyyyyy too long. The plot isn’t gripping enough, ended up FF-ing to finish it. Also the dubbing is kinda weird… feels like it’s old tech kinda dubbing. Think this would have been great if it were 30-40 episodes with better screenwriting. What a waste.

I don’t know how this drama is going to progress, read loadsa complaints that it’s too long with editing issues and I spse that is partially why the rating is relatively low, but I just got to say the fight scene in Episode 2 is super cool, and I’ve watched many fight scenes… Lol.

Nooooooooo….. I was really looking forward to Mark Chao and Liu ShiShi

I’m here because of William Chan, I’m not really a fan of his (he totally isn’t my type) BUT I was super surprised to watch him in Mystic Nine. He can actually act, and he can act well! Uber surprised. I haven’t watched him in anything else since so I don’t know if it’s just a fluke or coincidence…. I’m here to find out. 🤣 hopefully this is good. Super surprised to find Gong Jun in this series as well.

The ending was really weird… they wrapped up and closed everything but…. I wanted to say the storyline was a tad ridiculous, but it isn’t exactly that, it just came out super odd……. And it wasn’t related to bad editing or cliffhangers…. It was still reasonable… but it was just pure odd and unsatisfying…. I can’t pinpoint to specifics…. I wonder if anyone can articulate why.

This is truly a classic, irreplaceable even after decades… the casting was done well…

I remembered only Raymond Lam’s acting was kinda off and wasn’t great… luckily his face suits the role. Lol.