It took me the whole two months just to finish this drama 😃. As the rating is so high, I assumed this drama…
Totally agree. I’m still watching and I feel the same. Agree that it was brilliantly written but I felt it was overrated…. I reckon it’s coz it is kinda dated… so it lost out on some bits like the drama set, costumes, CGI, cinematography etc….
I think they could have developed the romance arc with Mu Ni Huang better to give the series a better balance. Because in reality life isn’t only about politics or serious matters. It is usually driven by love, money, power….. or a sub-category of them.
Although not a direct comparison but I much prefer Joy of Life. I enjoyed it so much because I found it to be a very balanced series. And I felt the cast there, even side/minor characters did a terrific job. Like all the people in the palace etc. side cast here is above average too but then….. the 2 princes….. are a little weak as supporting characters. For example Banruo really outshined most of the side characters… but there is only one… or maybe a few.
There are 100+ actors…. Or characters…. Should have easily named 30-40 to carry the series.
Lol. Allen Ren is a bit small for Dilraba. Dilraba is kinda tall… I think both of them acted really well in…
Lol. Yea, even I remembered it… although I remembered the series being quite subpar… 🤣 but that’s partially coz Dilraba and Vin have compatible facial features. I.e like the deeper setting, more pronounced than the average Asian
I still enjoyed this so much more than Nirvana in Fire…. NIF was just….. I mean I don’t know if it’s coz it’s a much older production… just didn’t find it as enjoyable as JoL…. Probably I’m in the minority… JoL will forever be a 10 to me, NiF was a 8.5 with no rewatching value… This to me is a classic…
Leo Wu here was….. 🤣🤣🤣 never would I have guessed he would turn out looking like this today… Lol. The teen/kid version is far from wot one would call a handsome man… *sorry to say this, but hey.. he is one fine dashing man today. 🤓
But his kid version is so cute, he looks like a baby Keroppi. LOL!
I also found it confusing, but I believe she married Deng Kuan since they loved each other, and we see their child…
I Googled and found an important clue….. so all the kids ended up calling her “Gao Shigu”, they didn’t call her “Gao Shiniang”…. Netflix didn’t translate this precisely…
So it should be that she married Deng Kuan…. She and Chengling getting married is just weird man. I remembered the author didn’t write about this in the novel….
This is actually pretty good. The production quality is not bad too, I.e not too shabby or odd looking sets, costumes etc given the theme… the premise and outline is very interesting although I personally think it is a bit unrealistic given how China govt runs the country now. The Zhao family house is really nice…. Classy, which is surprising…. 🤣
Tony Yang’s character is super intriguing, and he has the perfect face for this kinda roles.. I’m so curious about wot happens to him in the end, I hope it isn’t typical like he either dies or goes to prison… 🙄
I do have reservations on whether the series can keep it up for 40 episodes…. Many things can go wrong esp given C-dramas’ track record for these kinda themes…. Watched the trailer, it looks a tad over the top towards the end…. Hurmmm 🤔
Finally watching after waiting 3 months for both parts to finish airing. Im on ep5. I love it. The episodes go…
Good move. I waited too! Luckily I did, would have been torment if otherwise.
Yea I noticed it to have some similarities as Ming Lan due to the very specific theme of “who should I choose as my husband?” And I was really surprised that someone told me on MDL that it has the same author as Story of Ming Lan.
I still find this a 10 even after rewatching numerous times…. the chemistry between the main leads is really spectacular…. Poor Zhang Zhe Han… when will he be on-screen again…….. 😥
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The war/battlefield scenes were really amazing though.
I think they could have developed the romance arc with Mu Ni Huang better to give the series a better balance. Because in reality life isn’t only about politics or serious matters. It is usually driven by love, money, power….. or a sub-category of them.
Although not a direct comparison but I much prefer Joy of Life. I enjoyed it so much because I found it to be a very balanced series. And I felt the cast there, even side/minor characters did a terrific job. Like all the people in the palace etc. side cast here is above average too but then….. the 2 princes….. are a little weak as supporting characters. For example Banruo really outshined most of the side characters… but there is only one… or maybe a few.
There are 100+ actors…. Or characters…. Should have easily named 30-40 to carry the series.
but that’s partially coz Dilraba and Vin have compatible facial features. I.e like the deeper setting, more pronounced than the average Asian
JoL will forever be a 10 to me, NiF was a 8.5 with no rewatching value… This to me is a classic…
But his kid version is so cute, he looks like a baby Keroppi. LOL!
Shifu = Master
Shiniang = Master’s wife
Shigu = Master’s sister/Aunt/female version of Shifu
Yea, her father wanted.
So it should be that she married Deng Kuan…. She and Chengling getting married is just weird man. I remembered the author didn’t write about this in the novel….
Tony Yang’s character is super intriguing, and he has the perfect face for this kinda roles.. I’m so curious about wot happens to him in the end, I hope it isn’t typical like he either dies or goes to prison… 🙄
I do have reservations on whether the series can keep it up for 40 episodes…. Many things can go wrong esp given C-dramas’ track record for these kinda themes…. Watched the trailer, it looks a tad over the top towards the end…. Hurmmm 🤔
Yea I noticed it to have some similarities as Ming Lan due to the very specific theme of “who should I choose as my husband?” And I was really surprised that someone told me on MDL that it has the same author as Story of Ming Lan.
the chemistry between the main leads is really spectacular…. Poor Zhang Zhe Han… when will he be on-screen again…….. 😥