I really like that Zhang Qi Niang character, she was very interesting to me with her clear cruelty and hinted-at history.. I really felt curious to know her clearly. What exactly had happened to make her the person we saw? How was she raised? how did she get to such an important position? What did she give up to do so? Was she always cruel or was she made cruel? I actually was intrigued. And the actress that plays her is amazing! Loving the show so far.
Hellooo! Nice to see u here. The plots are pretty interesting so far🤩. The married couple is so loving and…
Hellooo to you too! Yes, I'm here 👋. I started it a few days ago. I'm watching it slowly but I'm really really liking it so far. I'm liking the cast alot especially the Kaifeng chief Gu Zhen 😊 and it was a nice surprise to see a certain actor from Hikaru no go that I haven't seen in anything else since😲. I really loved the end credit show and tell in ep 2&3, the music is sooo pretty and the work that went into it deserves some respect at least. Did you like it? And who is Judge Dee? I don't think I've seen him yet.
Haven't gone deep yet but I just had to come and say that the attention to detail displayed in the worldbuilding and the way it's shown during the ending credits in ep2 coupled with that beautiful song was so lovely to watch. Well-done to the creators of this 👏👏👏
Yay tooo! Me also starting Riverside code this weekend after Lion. I need to hear all the happy roars b4 Christmas…
Lucky you! That must have been a treat. I watched how they worked to bring the set to life on YouTube. Have you seen it? It made me start the show but I've only finished ep 1 for now, will give it the 4ep test. I'm glad you're enjoying it though.
Yay tooo! Me also starting Riverside code this weekend after Lion. I need to hear all the happy roars b4 Christmas…
Yay us! I'm glad to hear you're still enjoying it. I absolutely love the family trope and it's so rarely done like this in dramaland. I also like the idea of bringing a painting to life and telling the story behind it even if it's complete fiction. It's still very imaginative. So, I'll be watching both for sure and hoping it turns out great.
It's so cool to hear this especially from someone who doesn't listen to drama OSTs in general. I'm the type to…
You're a sweetheart, I can tell. I'll give the drama a go and I'll try to be open to it. I already like many elements so this might just be the one. I'll already know the kid will become dark or something but I'll keep my eye out for all the actors now. Thanks for encouraging me! I really really hope to like it too. Maybe I'll let you know how it goes.
Also, where do you plan to read the analyses for understanding the episodes?
It's so cool to hear this especially from someone who doesn't listen to drama OSTs in general. I'm the type to…
Top favorites are Return after a long dream, Plants do not grieve, Heaven and earth are unrivalled, Do not yearn and Yuanzhou's youth. At this point, I listen to them everyday and I love the lyrics to return and Yuanzhou's youth. Unintentional big dream and Spring breeze would be the next, she sounds so soft and beautiful. From blood of youth, I loved 'Snowy Moon', immediately I heard it, it stuck and after asking around I got a link to the OST and found it and still listen to it from time to time but even then I didn't listen to it everyday like I do Fang's OST.
I've never been into vampire, demons, fairies and stuff. No real reason too, I just could never get into it and now I don't even bother trying. I also don't have the best experience with dramas set in magical China, I think I've been interested in and watched just two and didn't love any.
Found family, thriller, friendship, mystery are some of my favorite genres but there has to be that special something that brings it all home. Just having the right genre doesn't always mean I'll enjoy the work or even bother watching it.
I have looked into Fangs, I saw half of the first episode and then I watched the episode summary specials on IQIYI and I have to admit the cinematography looks amazingly polished compared to anything I've seen so far and the costumes actually made me stop and stare sometimes especially the leading men's and the fighter girl 🤩 but I've also heard the criticisms and I don't want to hate the music if I turn out to not like the show, do you understand?
From the specials I also did notice that the main lead guy's eyes are beautifully expressive, he seems to have a way of speaking with them that's conveys emotions clearly, it's truly impressive. Have you seen the show's short summary specials? They aren't very detailed but they do give a good enough glimpse. https://youtu.be/NxtdcI5MmhM?si=2vHMwKn_2GVKhUbp The scene in the beginning is sooo pretty and their outfits are lovely, including the girl asking the questions, she's beautiful. Then at 22:30, is an example of the eye thing which I really like.
I have actually considered giving the show a 9 based on the good things I saw and the music but I felt it'd be unfair to the other shows I've scored high after fully watching. What do you think?
It's so cool to hear this especially from someone who doesn't listen to drama OSTs in general. I'm the type to…
Knowing that the cast sang the songs makes it even more amazing!! 🤩 I had to play match the song to the actor to see who sang what. Though one of my absolute favorites "Plants do not grieve" isn't sang by any actor that I can see. Mostly if I like a song in a series, I just find and listen to that one and move on, which I don't even do often. This is only the second OST I'm listening to in full. The first one was from the Blood of youth and I didn't particularly love it, it was nice but I was actually looking for one song and ended up listening to all of it. But for this one, it caught my attention without me seeing a single episode of the show. All I'd seen was the MV with "Return after a long dream" whose lyrics were beautiful to me and I wanted to hear it clearly and it lead me to somehow listening to the next song, then the next, then the next and so on. It's been over a week now and even without watching the series well, I really appreciate all of it and am in love with about 6 songs♥️. I'm tempted to fully watch the show just to see how it's all utilized but 'dark fantasy romance' isn't my favorite genre so it's quite hard to do. Now I'm wondering, How is it possible that the core cast of this drama can all sing so well? Were they picked because of their singing talents? 🤔
The OST to this show is amazing! The MV led me there. I've not really watched it but I've listened to the entire soundtrack which is ultra-rare for me and I love some of the songs so so much. Different from anything I've heard in Asian dramaland and so very lovely. Just wanted to say that.
How is the first episode please? It's releasing on the 18th here
@gracie and @pytheos Thank you guys so much, I'm excited to watch it. It's literally the only show I'm excited about at this time, the year has been hard for me drama-wise 😥
So fun fact: I'm fairly sure that the actor that played Yu Ke Nan was in the crowd in the Olympic female team table tennis gold medal match in Paris 2024. I was watching the match and they showed him a couple of times and it took a while but his face finally caught my attention and though I'm not a 100% sure but I'm like 96.3% sure it was him. So, just thought to share that 😏
Thanks tho.
And the actress that plays her is amazing!
Loving the show so far.
I really loved the end credit show and tell in ep 2&3, the music is sooo pretty and the work that went into it deserves some respect at least.
Did you like it?
And who is Judge Dee? I don't think I've seen him yet.
I watched how they worked to bring the set to life on YouTube. Have you seen it? It made me start the show but I've only finished ep 1 for now, will give it the 4ep test. I'm glad you're enjoying it though.
I absolutely love the family trope and it's so rarely done like this in dramaland.
I also like the idea of bringing a painting to life and telling the story behind it even if it's complete fiction. It's still very imaginative.
So, I'll be watching both for sure and hoping it turns out great.
Between this and Riverside code, dramaland may not have completely deserted me this year.
I'll give the drama a go and I'll try to be open to it. I already like many elements so this might just be the one. I'll already know the kid will become dark or something but I'll keep my eye out for all the actors now. Thanks for encouraging me! I really really hope to like it too.
Maybe I'll let you know how it goes.
Also, where do you plan to read the analyses for understanding the episodes?
Unintentional big dream and Spring breeze would be the next, she sounds so soft and beautiful.
From blood of youth, I loved 'Snowy Moon', immediately I heard it, it stuck and after asking around I got a link to the OST and found it and still listen to it from time to time but even then I didn't listen to it everyday like I do Fang's OST.
I've never been into vampire, demons, fairies and stuff. No real reason too, I just could never get into it and now I don't even bother trying. I also don't have the best experience with dramas set in magical China, I think I've been interested in and watched just two and didn't love any.
Found family, thriller, friendship, mystery are some of my favorite genres but there has to be that special something that brings it all home. Just having the right genre doesn't always mean I'll enjoy the work or even bother watching it.
I have looked into Fangs, I saw half of the first episode and then I watched the episode summary specials on IQIYI and I have to admit the cinematography looks amazingly polished compared to anything I've seen so far and the costumes actually made me stop and stare sometimes especially the leading men's and the fighter girl 🤩 but I've also heard the criticisms and I don't want to hate the music if I turn out to not like the show, do you understand?
From the specials I also did notice that the main lead guy's eyes are beautifully expressive, he seems to have a way of speaking with them that's conveys emotions clearly, it's truly impressive. Have you seen the show's short summary specials? They aren't very detailed but they do give a good enough glimpse.
https://youtu.be/NxtdcI5MmhM?si=2vHMwKn_2GVKhUbp
The scene in the beginning is sooo pretty and their outfits are lovely, including the girl asking the questions, she's beautiful. Then at 22:30, is an example of the eye thing which I really like.
I have actually considered giving the show a 9 based on the good things I saw and the music but I felt it'd be unfair to the other shows I've scored high after fully watching. What do you think?
I had to play match the song to the actor to see who sang what. Though one of my absolute favorites "Plants do not grieve" isn't sang by any actor that I can see.
Mostly if I like a song in a series, I just find and listen to that one and move on, which I don't even do often. This is only the second OST I'm listening to in full. The first one was from the Blood of youth and I didn't particularly love it, it was nice but I was actually looking for one song and ended up listening to all of it. But for this one, it caught my attention without me seeing a single episode of the show. All I'd seen was the MV with "Return after a long dream" whose lyrics were beautiful to me and I wanted to hear it clearly and it lead me to somehow listening to the next song, then the next, then the next and so on. It's been over a week now and even without watching the series well, I really appreciate all of it and am in love with about 6 songs♥️.
I'm tempted to fully watch the show just to see how it's all utilized but 'dark fantasy romance' isn't my favorite genre so it's quite hard to do.
Now I'm wondering, How is it possible that the core cast of this drama can all sing so well? Were they picked because of their singing talents? 🤔
The MV led me there. I've not really watched it but I've listened to the entire soundtrack which is ultra-rare for me and I love some of the songs so so much. Different from anything I've heard in Asian dramaland and so very lovely.
Just wanted to say that.
It's releasing on the 18th here
I was watching the match and they showed him a couple of times and it took a while but his face finally caught my attention and though I'm not a 100% sure but I'm like 96.3% sure it was him.
So, just thought to share that 😏
I read the article and I also wonder about the casting choice for Zhang Ping, he was one of the weakest for me.
Anyway, thanks again.