Let's give this a try, I'm a huge fan of the original but I'm tempted to try this version since they chose Jang…
Haha. I was a big fan of the original Suits… I think this one doesn’t really compare but physically (and also his demeanour), the dude does really feel like Mike from the original series. I keep seeing Mike in him. 😳 The rest of the characters are just alright… Jang Dong Gun is like half-ish…., his room presence really doesn’t command the same kinda attention…. But his acting capabilities made up for it, and the plot for him was well-written. All the female characters were disappointing esp given how all the female characters in the original series were like “Wow”. The equivalent of Louis Litt was just downright wrong… 🤦♀️ For one the wardrobe for the entire cast was an epic fail…. And that was an important aspect for the original Suits esp apparent for all the female leads.. the chemistry between both the male leads were solid though, esp the dialogues between them.. that was very similar to the original series.
It’s an okay attempt at a remake I spse… still worthy…
Overall, this is a good, slow-paced drama (if you like that kind of thing). I was left with a few questions at…
1. So that she doesn’t carry that guilt with her especially since they are dating. I might have lied too. It’s just weird. In a way his mother died to save her. 2. Overwhelmed with her mother. Like she has always ran away her whole life… I was a bit surprised when she did it too… but some people choose to relocate to try to start a new life again kinda thing….
Same here.I told a lot of people nivirna in fire is overatted. Very slow drama.JOL tops is for me.
Yeasssss. I mean it was very smart and intricate…. But after I completed it I just felt…. “Sorry… why did I spend all that time watching it….?I mean great, I understood how a person got revenge but like wth… not only was it beyond sad…. Was it really necessary!?!?”
The FL is seriously super cute and attractive here. She’s not even my type… Lol. I can’t imagine any guy resisting a young girl like that….. 🤣 even girls won’t be able to resist her considering she is so manipulative… but she does it just right though..
But I think the order is wrong though… Reunion occurs later than Tomb of Sea… I think Qin Hao’s eyes are…
I read it. Not all…. There is a very solid unofficial English translation by Merebear. She (I’m assuming it’s a she) even does all the side stories and extras. Those are super fun to read. So I enjoy reading those that have less action sequences in them.
But I think the order is wrong though… Reunion occurs later than Tomb of Sea… I think Qin Hao’s eyes are…
Fair point on XiaoGe. I forgot about that Ten Years thingy and he was absent.. Yea, defo that pain man… like the lost of the naivety.. taken over by maturity and shrewdness.. which was why I felt it was kinda odd because Zhu Yi Long reverted to the naive Wu Xie…. And his Second Uncle ruled his life there which was so cute…
I watched Reunion before starting this (I'm only five episodes in) and idk if Zhu Yi Long in addition to the novel…
But I think the order is wrong though… Reunion occurs later than Tomb of Sea… I think Qin Hao’s eyes are naturally more…… seasoned, weathered…. Like it’s really convincing given all that Wu Xie has experienced.
But Zhu YiLong’s eyes are naturally quite naive… which then reminds me of the young Wu Xie… 😔 and also he is in reality younger…
But they are both really good actors. I’ve never watched Qin Hao before prior to this,
😒😒😒 how ridiculous, just because she is much older than the original character but it’s called acting…
Ah. Trailers are a good tell-tale…
Good point on JoL. Coz it literally just got cut-off. 🤣 not even kidding.
MingLan vs. Dream of Splendour….. hurmmm no. Not the same though I can see why some might think so. DoS was good but not great for me. MingLan has a very unique theme though…. It’s very specific by the author of that novel. Something which I believe all girls should watch when they are like 18 or so. 🤓 So it was kind of different for me in that sense…
Really?!?! Honestly I think C-dramas could be quite repetitive in term of plots (probably why I found DoS good but not great, like it was a mashup of a few dramas and by mid-way of the drama I already felt 😕… so it would have worked if I was really into Crystal Liu or the ML, they were good, chemistry was great too…. Just by mid-way it reminded me of so many other C-dramas, and I’m neutral towards most of the actors and actresses, so I started to become very rational, and nothing was really out of the ordinary, like OST, the set, costumes etc)… but Forever and Ever was so different… I think I’d always remember it. I thought the author was quite smart in choosing a modern setting. But apparently she said she took inspiration from her own life… something like that. Haha, maybe you just won’t like it coz it’s very obvious One and Only had a much bigger fanbase. But I’m kinda weird as well. Lol, I fit in the minority more often than not.
SSS should partially be due to the FL, the casting of the FL. Her acting wasn’t bad but I reckon it had the same issue as Ever Night… like just unsuitable esp physically + visually. So it turns out a bit odd for a lot of people. I was alright with it, I mean I noticed it but it didn’t annoy me.
Not exactly.. but more of the framework of the whole series was similar… like the romance’s pacing… and how the whole series is structured, like how they weaved it with the politics/feud bit… also the nature of the politics is kinda similar as well…. but there are still some differences in main themes… coz TLB is revenge… that was apparent. And TLB is kinda philosophical coz they touched on Taoism/Confucianism in the 2nd half.. Rebel Princess wasn’t like that and had some other differing themes.
Haha, I also like all genres except….. war… lol. I don’t like to watch war movies or series… and pure comedy…. I hardly like pure comedies mostly because I don’t find it funny and just go 😒…. That aside everything goes even horror. 🤣 uhhh…. I’m a big fan of the whole The Lost Tomb series and Ghost Blows out the Light… like you, I also loved WoH and Untamed, but I’m probably in the minority whereby I thought the former was better than the latter. I have a long list because I’ve just had so much more at-home time during this pandemic… so on top of the ones that I’ve mentioned/we’ve discussed and excluding K-dramas….. Ancient Detective, Master of my Own (going to mention this again 🤣), Legacy, The Imperial Coroner, Eternal Love of Dream, Miss S, The Sword and the Brocade.
I really like mysteries and like case-solving/investigative stuff… so there is a bunch of that which warrants for a separate discussion coz… C-dramas are kinda behind in that genre. You mentioned Reset. I know that was like a dark horse… I haven’t watched it yet but it’s on my list. Another one which I noticed you didn’t mention and it’s super popular was Love and Redemption…. I totally didn’t like it… and also didn’t really understand why it was such a big hit… 🤔 I think for me who the specific actor or actress is matters and whether they fit that role really matters… like I watched Love and Redemption actually but I had the same feeling with Ashes of Love… it was a tad better, I FF and ended up finishing it… but Ashes of Love I didn’t. I watched maybe 15 episodes and then watched the last 3 episodes…something like that… coz for example I don’t think I’ve ever been very into any of the series Cheng Yi has starred in as the main role…. but I don’t think he’s a bad actor. He’s alright… and he isn’t annoying/weird or anything, I have nothing against him… just he picks all these roles which are very masculine…. Or like powerful and every time I see him I think he is so….. tiny…. And he looks so much like a high school kid/university student…. 😔 He actually looks pretty androgynous…
Another example would be Mysteries of Love, I thought the plot was unique too…. But I think the colour grading/production quality really annoyed me…. And the leads…. I found the ML’s acting or more of his facial expression very odd. Lol. Although his physique totally fits the role. So couldn’t get into it. Didn’t exactly complete it. On the opposite end of the spectrum would be Love btwn Fairy and Devil.. I’m totally neutral towards both Esther Yu and Dylan Wang, don’t think I’ve even watched them before but the CGI and the OSTs were really like… woah… lol. And the ML could really act… he really fits the role. And the most amazing thing is the FL didn’t annoy me… hahaha. She deserves praise for it coz she totally isn’t my style. She did really well!
I don’t know if the story was good or bad because takahashi issei and aoi yu performances was just mesmerizing.…
The one where he told her “I married you not to have kids.”…. That is modern romance right there…. And it’s true that everyone gets married for different reasons and having kids is really one of the main reasons…. Which in a way I’ve always found that really sad…
I actually thought this was really good…. Totally didn’t think it was weird esp in Japan with the whole sex trade thing being so prominent. Manga, sex toys etc… I mean if you step back to think about it afterwards yea it is kinda weird…. But the movie was very relatable esp throughout watching it.
😒😒😒 how ridiculous, just because she is much older than the original character but it’s called acting…
Haha, fair point. Good idea on organising them. Ah, you didn’t like The Long Ballad… interesting. I don’t like Ashes of Love and those you mentioned after as well. Didn’t watch most of them actually. I don’t think I finished Ashes of Love. Not interested at all.
Oooo you discovered Crush….. that is hardly mentioned…. Like totally under the radar. I was super surprised after I finished it. It was really good except for one bit which was not developed/written well. The ML was good and the production quality wasn’t too bad. You do like some under the radar stuff though… Mysteries of Love, I came across that. Didn’t watch it…
I thought WoH was epic man…
Wot… you haven’t watch Story of Ming Lan and JoL…. Sighs… I wish I was you. Super Envious. I still can’t get over how good JoL is. 🤣 Ming Lan as well.
Eh you didn’t mention Forever and Ever and Sword, Snow, Stride…. I thought Forever and Ever was such a good and unique series. More and more do keep coming BUT….. have to say C-dramas quality control isn’t as high as K-dramas… they release soooo many productions every yr, but not many are worth watching in terms of %… but I spse there are still many when it comes to numbers. Haha
But based on your lists I don’t think you’d like The Rebel Princess 🤣🤣🤣
Lao Zi/ Lao Tzu is the founder of Taoism, not Confucianism. Both are different philosophies. Changge's whole journey…
Ah…. Taoism, it sounded like Confucius quotes to me. I see. Yes, I really didn’t realise there was the whole Taoism thing embedded in The Long Ballad, coz the whole monastery arc there were a couple of scenes… The Tao one was easy to catch even like translated to just “path” that was fine….. and in a way kind of obvious as their journey, self-realisation….
But there was a separate one whereby they discussed about that whole Wu Wei… that was deep man. Lol. I’ve never heard of it before…. So it was mostly her wanting to change things, and to fight and to control things… etc. I never knew there was something called “inaction”… that Chinese phrase above, Netflix translated it to something else….. and apparently it is a philosophy explored in both Confucianism and Taoism.
Yea because the phrases they use aren’t the ones people use in daily life so I actually didn’t realise that Netflix didn’t exactly translate everything precisely. It’s only rewatching this time round I paid more attention and realised they were definitely talking about more than just finding your own path…
😒😒😒 how ridiculous, just because she is much older than the original character but it’s called acting…
Hahahah. I watched it backwards…. So I think the first time I watched Leo Wu was Tomb of Sea but I didn’t really think much about it then. It was in The Long Ballad which I first noticed him…. And I was like, woah…. He…… actually looks very compatible/good with Dilraba…. Which I personally thought wasn’t easy. He became so tall! And broad! But it was also via this series that I realised how cautious producers are due to the sensitivity around the whole age thing in China…. So I really really wanted to watch them kiss on-screen…. 😥 but due to their age gap there was none…. Because of the fear of backlash… 😭.
Lol. And his facial features changed a bit more in LLtG coz I think he’s like a year older or something… only very subtly. You will be in for a ride coz Fei Lu looked like baby Keroppi and…… him in LLtG is one fine dashing man. 🤣🤣🤣
So LLtG has a similar theme/notion going on with NiF but it’s more balanced as a series with a lot more other themes explored and the characters have a lot more depth to them. But of course it’s not really in the same genre, the focus isn’t exactly the same… because LLtG is a blend of a few genres. Strategy not as intricate. Please do watch it soon. lol. And remember to watch it. maybe because I rated Story of Ming Lan very highly… and I still think highly of it.
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The rest of the characters are just alright… Jang Dong Gun is like half-ish…., his room presence really doesn’t command the same kinda attention…. But his acting capabilities made up for it, and the plot for him was well-written. All the female characters were disappointing esp given how all the female characters in the original series were like “Wow”. The equivalent of Louis Litt was just downright wrong… 🤦♀️ For one the wardrobe for the entire cast was an epic fail…. And that was an important aspect for the original Suits esp apparent for all the female leads.. the chemistry between both the male leads were solid though, esp the dialogues between them.. that was very similar to the original series.
It’s an okay attempt at a remake I spse… still worthy…
2. Overwhelmed with her mother. Like she has always ran away her whole life… I was a bit surprised when she did it too… but some people choose to relocate to try to start a new life again kinda thing….
Yea, defo that pain man… like the lost of the naivety.. taken over by maturity and shrewdness.. which was why I felt it was kinda odd because Zhu Yi Long reverted to the naive Wu Xie…. And his Second Uncle ruled his life there which was so cute…
But Zhu YiLong’s eyes are naturally quite naive… which then reminds me of the young Wu Xie… 😔 and also he is in reality younger…
But they are both really good actors. I’ve never watched Qin Hao before prior to this,
Good point on JoL. Coz it literally just got cut-off. 🤣 not even kidding.
MingLan vs. Dream of Splendour….. hurmmm no. Not the same though I can see why some might think so. DoS was good but not great for me. MingLan has a very unique theme though…. It’s very specific by the author of that novel. Something which I believe all girls should watch when they are like 18 or so. 🤓 So it was kind of different for me in that sense…
Really?!?! Honestly I think C-dramas could be quite repetitive in term of plots (probably why I found DoS good but not great, like it was a mashup of a few dramas and by mid-way of the drama I already felt 😕… so it would have worked if I was really into Crystal Liu or the ML, they were good, chemistry was great too…. Just by mid-way it reminded me of so many other C-dramas, and I’m neutral towards most of the actors and actresses, so I started to become very rational, and nothing was really out of the ordinary, like OST, the set, costumes etc)… but Forever and Ever was so different… I think I’d always remember it. I thought the author was quite smart in choosing a modern setting. But apparently she said she took inspiration from her own life… something like that. Haha, maybe you just won’t like it coz it’s very obvious One and Only had a much bigger fanbase. But I’m kinda weird as well. Lol, I fit in the minority more often than not.
SSS should partially be due to the FL, the casting of the FL. Her acting wasn’t bad but I reckon it had the same issue as Ever Night… like just unsuitable esp physically + visually. So it turns out a bit odd for a lot of people. I was alright with it, I mean I noticed it but it didn’t annoy me.
Not exactly.. but more of the framework of the whole series was similar… like the romance’s pacing… and how the whole series is structured, like how they weaved it with the politics/feud bit… also the nature of the politics is kinda similar as well…. but there are still some differences in main themes… coz TLB is revenge… that was apparent. And TLB is kinda philosophical coz they touched on Taoism/Confucianism in the 2nd half.. Rebel Princess wasn’t like that and had some other differing themes.
Haha, I also like all genres except….. war… lol. I don’t like to watch war movies or series… and pure comedy…. I hardly like pure comedies mostly because I don’t find it funny and just go 😒…. That aside everything goes even horror. 🤣 uhhh…. I’m a big fan of the whole The Lost Tomb series and Ghost Blows out the Light… like you, I also loved WoH and Untamed, but I’m probably in the minority whereby I thought the former was better than the latter. I have a long list because I’ve just had so much more at-home time during this pandemic… so on top of the ones that I’ve mentioned/we’ve discussed and excluding K-dramas….. Ancient Detective, Master of my Own (going to mention this again 🤣), Legacy, The Imperial Coroner, Eternal Love of Dream, Miss S, The Sword and the Brocade.
I really like mysteries and like case-solving/investigative stuff… so there is a bunch of that which warrants for a separate discussion coz… C-dramas are kinda behind in that genre. You mentioned Reset. I know that was like a dark horse… I haven’t watched it yet but it’s on my list. Another one which I noticed you didn’t mention and it’s super popular was Love and Redemption…. I totally didn’t like it… and also didn’t really understand why it was such a big hit… 🤔 I think for me who the specific actor or actress is matters and whether they fit that role really matters… like I watched Love and Redemption actually but I had the same feeling with Ashes of Love… it was a tad better, I FF and ended up finishing it… but Ashes of Love I didn’t. I watched maybe 15 episodes and then watched the last 3 episodes…something like that… coz for example I don’t think I’ve ever been very into any of the series Cheng Yi has starred in as the main role…. but I don’t think he’s a bad actor. He’s alright… and he isn’t annoying/weird or anything, I have nothing against him… just he picks all these roles which are very masculine…. Or like powerful and every time I see him I think he is so….. tiny…. And he looks so much like a high school kid/university student…. 😔 He actually looks pretty androgynous…
Another example would be Mysteries of Love, I thought the plot was unique too…. But I think the colour grading/production quality really annoyed me…. And the leads…. I found the ML’s acting or more of his facial expression very odd. Lol. Although his physique totally fits the role. So couldn’t get into it. Didn’t exactly complete it. On the opposite end of the spectrum would be Love btwn Fairy and Devil.. I’m totally neutral towards both Esther Yu and Dylan Wang, don’t think I’ve even watched them before but the CGI and the OSTs were really like… woah… lol. And the ML could really act… he really fits the role. And the most amazing thing is the FL didn’t annoy me… hahaha. She deserves praise for it coz she totally isn’t my style. She did really well!
Oooo you discovered Crush….. that is hardly mentioned…. Like totally under the radar. I was super surprised after I finished it. It was really good except for one bit which was not developed/written well. The ML was good and the production quality wasn’t too bad. You do like some under the radar stuff though… Mysteries of Love, I came across that. Didn’t watch it…
I thought WoH was epic man…
Wot… you haven’t watch Story of Ming Lan and JoL…. Sighs… I wish I was you. Super Envious. I still can’t get over how good JoL is. 🤣 Ming Lan as well.
Eh you didn’t mention Forever and Ever and Sword, Snow, Stride…. I thought Forever and Ever was such a good and unique series. More and more do keep coming BUT….. have to say C-dramas quality control isn’t as high as K-dramas… they release soooo many productions every yr, but not many are worth watching in terms of %… but I spse there are still many when it comes to numbers. Haha
But based on your lists I don’t think you’d like The Rebel Princess 🤣🤣🤣
But there was a separate one whereby they discussed about that whole Wu Wei… that was deep man. Lol. I’ve never heard of it before…. So it was mostly her wanting to change things, and to fight and to control things… etc. I never knew there was something called “inaction”… that Chinese phrase above, Netflix translated it to something else….. and apparently it is a philosophy explored in both Confucianism and Taoism.
Yea because the phrases they use aren’t the ones people use in daily life so I actually didn’t realise that Netflix didn’t exactly translate everything precisely. It’s only rewatching this time round I paid more attention and realised they were definitely talking about more than just finding your own path…
I can’t access Viki in my region…. 😔
Lol. And his facial features changed a bit more in LLtG coz I think he’s like a year older or something… only very subtly. You will be in for a ride coz Fei Lu looked like baby Keroppi and…… him in LLtG is one fine dashing man. 🤣🤣🤣
So LLtG has a similar theme/notion going on with NiF but it’s more balanced as a series with a lot more other themes explored and the characters have a lot more depth to them. But of course it’s not really in the same genre, the focus isn’t exactly the same… because LLtG is a blend of a few genres. Strategy not as intricate. Please do watch it soon. lol. And remember to watch it. maybe because I rated Story of Ming Lan very highly… and I still think highly of it.