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Mediocre. Nothing special. Dated.
Rich with annoying women scheming over or chasing men, to the point it’s uncomfortable. Dated visuals…everything just feels creaky and outdated, which isn’t something that should be THAT noticeable. True classics should transcend that kind of thing.
I felt there was a lot of flatline (and even plain bad) acting, esp Dilraba and the super clingy female villains. All female characters are scheming jerks, or weak and lip trembling frail, or just…empty-headed baby numnuts. Flat acting in bad wigs everywhere.
Hard to love visuals like jumping on a bird to fly, but it looked shaky. I love this genre, but it needs some good (or creative) effects to help bring the otherworldliness to life without recoiling and thinking, omg, that looked SO bad! Again, the technological limitations (SFX, etc) of the time a drama was made in should be able to be overcome by story, acting, creativity.
I found the side characters of both Ghost Lord prince (Zhang BinBin) and his sister interesting (the supposed bad faction actually had two of the more relatable people vs the holier-than-thou goody two shoes angelic immortals), wish there was more. I also liked the interesting relationship between Zhe Yan (the old Phoenix) and Bai Zhen, played by late actor Yu Menglong. These two were definitely a couple.
Overall, I was so ready for a big love story between the leads and was bored by ep 25, despite a promising beginning and a ML who is different (in a good way) than cookie-cutter handsome idol guy.
Plus, women wailing over nothing gets so old, it’s insulting. It’s so second rate on so many levels.
I felt there was a lot of flatline (and even plain bad) acting, esp Dilraba and the super clingy female villains. All female characters are scheming jerks, or weak and lip trembling frail, or just…empty-headed baby numnuts. Flat acting in bad wigs everywhere.
Hard to love visuals like jumping on a bird to fly, but it looked shaky. I love this genre, but it needs some good (or creative) effects to help bring the otherworldliness to life without recoiling and thinking, omg, that looked SO bad! Again, the technological limitations (SFX, etc) of the time a drama was made in should be able to be overcome by story, acting, creativity.
I found the side characters of both Ghost Lord prince (Zhang BinBin) and his sister interesting (the supposed bad faction actually had two of the more relatable people vs the holier-than-thou goody two shoes angelic immortals), wish there was more. I also liked the interesting relationship between Zhe Yan (the old Phoenix) and Bai Zhen, played by late actor Yu Menglong. These two were definitely a couple.
Overall, I was so ready for a big love story between the leads and was bored by ep 25, despite a promising beginning and a ML who is different (in a good way) than cookie-cutter handsome idol guy.
Plus, women wailing over nothing gets so old, it’s insulting. It’s so second rate on so many levels.
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