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holy mackerel… I just went and rewatched a few scenes and did not realize that was Hai Ling! Ty for the reminder.

does she have any roles where she doesn’t play a psycho? I’d like to see another side of her.

yes.

can you please put this under a spoiler tag?

if you want to see his range of skills, watch The Bond. his character is the complete opposite of CangXuan.

I think it let XL cause chaos between Haoling, Xiyan, and Chi Sui. If those three are fighting, no one will worry about the Chenrong army.

Tencent is the parent company yes. I use it because wetv can also mean the wrestling channel. did you find it on Viki ok?

it is region restricted on Tencent. it is available on Viki for free.

ok did anyone else notice that the character background music for the FL is the same as Feng Jiu’s from TPB? which coincidentally also had Dylan Kuo?

just the culture and values in China. you won’t find many irl Chinese couples who hold hands in public, much less hug and kiss. a dead giveaway to a young couple are matching outfits. you will also see actors in drama promotions warning kids to watch with an adult if there are spicy scenes. I find it refreshing personally, but I also wasn’t raised in a western country. and yeah, the random kisses crack me up sometimes. like do they have lip magnets to where when someone falls, they automatically land on the other’s lips?

they censor romantic scenes pretty heavily over there. we refer to the “pecking” as “fish kissing”. there are a few dramas with realistic kiss scenes, but mostly modern. For xianxia and wuxia genres, Eternal Love Ten Miles of Peach Blossoms, An Oriental Odyssey, Love of Thousand Years, My Sassy Princess and Legend of Shen Li are few that come to mind with decent skinship/kiss scenes. imho Zheng Ye Cheng seems to be the best kisser, which is why I listed three of his dramas.

how is someone posting a review when the show has not even aired? And giving low ratings? If you don’t enjoy the genre, actors, or something else, just make a comment. Artificually driving down a show that other’s may potentially enjoy is very narrow minded. Surely we are better than that.

how are you reviewing something not even released yet?

Song of the Desert also followed the book because the author was part of the scriptwriting team. Author is Tong Hua, same as LYF. Drama is pretty old but still stands test of time.

I wonder if he doesn’t know how to raise one eyebrow, cause that would make some of those expressions more natural…

quite a few, especially if they are from the North. even Jackie Chan started out in Peking Opera at the age of 7.

I haven’t watched the new one yet, but the part where Blackthorne teaches Toronaga his hornpipe dance in the original was pretty tragic as well.

he is still composing and singing. he just quit acting.

agreed. I think it won’t air until after the uni exams (高考）which are sometime in early June.

very well stated. and so very true about James Clavell. He inspired me to study more on Asian countries.