Chinese Empress

antis and kdramas su***kers are rating it low out of envy

for me it's exactly the opposite... the big NO was the kdramas, too much useless comedy

thank youuuuu
but for me in europe it's not available, let's wait

because of IU's acting, she needed it to be polished but she was the one not making me drop it because of the cringe comedy. this plot should have no place for comedy

i watched my mister but yes, for kdramas su***ks, always, and Chinese dramas are far superior. I find very vicious and malicious trying to lightheart things. Attorney woo, it's autism, so why the cringe love story? i watched my mister, and why the cringe comedy thing? it's nonsense for me, and unless kdramas can stop with this attitude, for me they will always su***k and i'm not the only one thinking it.
the plot of this drama should ONLY be dramatic, always dramatic, no breath for comedy, that's why i did not like my mister. i had the same problem with lovely runner. kdramas can't do serious things at all. they can't go in depressed mode.
same reason why I agree with you about 步步惊心 and i despise moon lovers.

I tried everything, but Kdrama and Thai ones are not my cup of tea lol so i watch them only for remakes purpose, because I like to compare. I was not satisfied ( like for moon lovers which is the one I'm the most anti for). Giving everything an opportunity is healthy because you don't know you like or dislike something unless you don't try it, but I stick to Cdramas because they are so much my cup of tea that my lowest rating is 9.5 😂

i'm an anti kdrama lol, I watch cdramas only because they suited me more, but if people like kdramas it's ok for me unless they don't force it on me.

she's 24... but according to the plot she should be a lot younger than him

The OG is very worth watching even for people not watching dramas usually, at least because of its meaningful plot. Someone too much sensitive can stick to it, and I can understand if some people prefers some things downtoned. But personally I'm loving this remake more exactly because it's not downtoned at all. I don't watch kdramas anymore because they are too lighthearted for me, even this kind of plots they can't convey in the right way for me. I was glad to watch it for IU, But this remake brings everything to higher levels, each detail is meaningful and carries a deep meaning, and that's what I was looking for in a drama of this kind.
Chinese are the ones never disappointing in this drama, they are closely sticking to the original while adding their own way

Episode 7 and probably Chen has a double attitude towards You'An. He is caring for her in an obsessive way, both out of some obsessive "good feelings" and because of her debt.
Zifeng was majestic in that scene, because her eyes can act and she showed her resolution and her emotion with the tears. Kudos to her.
Episode 8... what a mess. But i think it's what the drama should convey. Crying, but after you will never give up. Fall but then you need to stand up again. Zhao Youting was majestic here, with Zifeng and her tears again. I love how their characters show a lot about themselves in micro expressions and subtle gestures.

it's mostly 98% faithful to the plot, luckily

I appreciate OG in the whole plot, but not in the execution of it nor in the actors' way of acting. I watched it because I was expecting the most cruelest, heavy, depressing, sorrow, grief drama in the whole world. But i was disappointed a lot. OG gives more credit to the anticlimatic comedy schemes which made me totally disgusted... i felt like Ji-An because i could not feel the pressure of sorrow at all, those scene deleting the whole plot for me. And i'm not the only one in this page expressing this thing.
This drama is looking for depression, looking for depression with a few rays of sunshine. And as much as I liked the plot, the remake's execution is way far superior than the whole OG comparing acting, development, introspection and message. And this is not denying the OG value, it's acting in a comparative perspective as it should be with every kind of remake.
Comparing is normal and unavoidable, and I wholeheartedly support it. But here is only a fight even expressing condolences to someone not related here...

remakes are done to be compared and it's not bad at all, but people should anaylise the strength in comparing, not only fangirling, because the actors work to convey something as a tool. I can notice when the plot has potential but it's executed like a 2yo scared todler and while the same plot is executed flawlessly.

in the original he is a 10000% bad guy, here Chen Ren is more like obsessed in both good and bad way

i'm not a child to fangirl over an actor and I understand why antis are bitter over this remake, being better than the original and diving deeper into depression and sorrow as it should be. This plot, both original and remake, is done to give a teaching and people here only minds about romance... which is not even the main point of the drama. And in the original OSts are way better than the whole plot execution with nonsense comic relief.
This plot is for adults, and it's made to be make audience emotionally destroyed completely. What's the point in the comedy? This remake is diving way deeper than OG in the characters, it gives them the strength of mankind that can resonate in the whole world. A thing Og never had. It's a plot that makes you think " i can do the same as them". If you want to be a d**ad fish like OG FL go ahead. And as i said, i need content and teachings from a drama and my mister never provided them at all. Korea has the vicious behaviour to lightheart things, that's the reason why i gave my mister 3 and this remake 10. This is not a plot for people looking for romance or lighthearted elements.

where did you see it, about viki?

antis doing their work

Zhao Youting has the deep voice too...

I find the ost on point...

I didn't like any of IU characters despite she being very talented, but I agree with you. I've always thought that it started as platonic but slowly changing while both still being rational.