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Hahah, it is very trashy though… 🤣🤣🤣 couldn’t agree more, addictive. Also mainly coz I find the FL very charming. She has a different face versus the typical/conventional 1st-line main female actresses…. I think she’s very attractive. And she can act…

It’s a low budget production, sort of tacky, very ‘makjang’ thing going on…... But damns… so far it’s pretty good/addictive. lol. Kinda too fast/quick…. So the progression feels a little uneven/abrupt at times… but totally appreciate that they want to keep this short…

The cast keeps it going…. Luckily the chemistry is good, supporting cast is acceptable (thank goodness)… damns, the kiss scenes are hot… 🤣🤓🤪

He Rui Xian…. 😍😍😍

I thought they were the same person initially. 🤣 There is another dude that looks soooo similar to Cheng Yi as well. The ML who starred in The Blood of Youth…

https://kisskh.at/photos/qYy3W8_3

Don’t you think they look soooooo similar? I really thought he was Cheng Yi.

Watched him in Desire Catcher and I thought he was Deng Lun in the 1st episode until close-ups…. They also have a similar profile and physique….

She’s totally a Tilda Swinton doppelgänger…. They exude the same vibe and have the same gaze…😍

She really reminds me of Tilda Swinton…. Esp with her latest photoshoots…

Cha Seung Won = 👍🏼👍🏼👏🏻👏🏻🤣🤣

I made it until Ep. 8… the beginning was super intriguing, kinda reminds me of the feeling when I started watching Goblin. I commend the efforts, was a very good idea, good setup and also good premise… BUT…. The development of the plot was….. well, it was always going to be a challenging attempt anyways….

I thought the way the background story was built and the modification from the original classic was clever + creative… however the screenwriters also kinda left out the most important theme/aspect of the original… which is the adventurous journey of the 4 main characters filled with cheeky banters, a pact they formed… they could have easily weaved it in by making them fight against evil… but 8 episodes later and I still see nothing, and it’s starting to become a little…. Confusing….? Annoying….? Lol…. Weird…? It’s easy to deduce that 20 episodes is defo way too long for the direction that they’ve adopted….

By the end of Ep. 8 I was pulled in various directions which don’t quite seem to come together… with randomness starting to creep in… I can relate to why the S.Korean viewership had a weird trend, tapering after peaking…

I swear the emperor and Hua Lui Li’s father are real life doppelgängers…. I really thought they were played by the same actor…. Had to check the cast list.

Yea, I have no idea who the ML actor is but….. I can’t… lol. So I can tell that he should be quite a new actor…. For me it wasn’t only that… the entire cast didn’t quite come together… no idea if it’s the chemistry or the plot… I could recognise quite a few of the cast so they are not entirely green…. But there are a lot of very new faces…. (At least to me)….

👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼 well hope you’d at least go through the 6 episodes! Even if you need to FF 🤣

But the way they did the bullying and also how she is in a veryyyyy unfortunate circumstance is kinda…… a bit much honestly…. And there isn’t anything wrong with her per se… so in a way it just feels like they did it for the sake of….. doing it….? Or they are trying to imply that it’s a person’s destiny….? 🤣 and she can rise above all….? I don’t know… feels very off-balance/unnatural.

lol, I watched on but started to FF towards the last 3 eps released today… probably too many dramas with similar tropes/plots…. So I’m just going to pause it for now… coz aside from Ju Jing Yi, I couldn’t really get into any of it.

Same… really can’t.

Going to pause this as much as I appreciate that they didn’t go crazy on CGI overboard… but the whole bullying of FL is also kinda ott…. Not even sure wot I’m watching…. Or why I’m watching it… 🤣 Also, just noticed that the FL and ML has like 3 names kinda thing… feels like a ‘3 lives, 3 worlds’ theme… so just going to wait until the entire thing is fully released before committing….

媽寶 Situation going on….. 🤣 amongst other esp prevalent social issues in Mainland…. I.e social and familial ramifications of one-child policy…
Others are common in many Asian countries…… I.e huge aging population, housing for newlyweds, filial piety, tiger mum etc. curious to see how this pans out…. Still kinda neutral towards it…. Coz this wasn’t wot I was expecting with the title…

Wonder if anyone realised one-child policy actually encourages individualism… which are the foundations of Western society…. It kinda goes against a lot of the Chinese values…

Edit: Completed it… kinda different to wot I expected but was surprisingly quite refreshing…. So I loved the fact that they didn’t just focus on ‘parents are basically God and can do no wrong’… they focused on so many other niche themes which are hardly explored in Asian cultures… dropping out of university by choice, will you still stay together if your spouse is unable to conceive, mental health etc etc. In short, it is a thought provoking, life reflection/wisdom imploring kinda drama, not so much for entertainment or leisure… but somehow falls short to tug at viewers’ heartstrings…

Ah… ok, didn’t notice that. But I did think the new trauma centre has a totally different tone vs the old hospital. Like the combination is kinda strange….I get that it’s new but… the contrast is huge. I thought they used like a different lighting for the two wings.

The details of surgeries are shot for longer periods, more up-close and also finer. I.e like they show the replacement and reconnections of veins from the start to end…. Prior it was mostly just cutting shots, stitching up, major organs replacement etc. Likely related to progress in technology and technical visual effects coz some time has passed.

Yeap couldn’t agree more, and that was when the movie Joker was released which I felt was the craziest déjà vu. Coz I remembered watching the movie and walking home and realising the entrance of my home has turned into a rendition of Joker’s movie set.

Yea, this has the ‘Mystery’ tag. Will defo keep a lookout. 🤓🤓🤓

Yeap. I’ve met Singaporeans through work and they’ve asked me…. “But why is it that people in HK have sucha big response to the whole National Security Law… do you know in SG we bla bla bla.. “ 🤣 and me nodding my head in accord.

I can accept that bad guys get caught thing coz media (TV, newspapers, books etc) has a significant influence on the public mindset, education, exposure etc. so I get it…. But the way they do it in C-dramas…….. sigh…. Lol, so for example I got conned with Chasing the Undercurrent… and after the whole ending, I actually Google-ed and learnt it was based on a true story/case… 🤦🏻‍♀️ I was so disappointed with the ending… coz it was so…… in-your-face kinda thing. Hahaha, I was expecting some really crafty ending. Really?? They gave open endings recently? Ah, my bad… I try to avoid them…. Ooooo, I see. I will defo watch a few episodes of this for sure.

Lol, I never knew “money guns” existed. 🤣🤣🤣 are they props or are they for retail sale…..? On Amazon? Hahaha.

Ah… I see. Yea, in a way it is a double edged sword, like capital punishment. It kinda works in keeping crime rates low, but it also increases the chances of locking up innocent people… Yeap, I do know about SG… SG also has this thing whereby one can be thrown in jail for 3 yrs with no lawyer from the get go for certain specific crimes.

Yes, Dilraba in these kinda dramas make me wonder on how she’s going to pull it off. I don’t know, really skeptical about crime/police related C-dramas coz there is only one way out… get caught or death in the most blatant manner… I always feel like I’m wasting my time by watching it. 🤣 but this is done from the legal procedural perspective which piques my interest. And this thing has a ‘ Mystery’ genre tag attached. 🤔

Didn’t know about Japan being the same… Interesting! But then again if I recall correctly…. Crime rates in Japan is one of the lowest. lol, I’m skeptical on how this will turn out. Something new for Dilraba as well… am defo curious!