Too many actors in China and yet they chose the ugly ones to be the male leads for this drama. They're very unappealing…
It's funny how you can't stand the fact that the main character ends up with their own sibling in law but don't bat an eye when one gets on with their cousin in law in the remake. Stick to watching the remake instead of whining about how the old version sucks!
You don't have to like 8th or 4th but it really makes you a hypocrite for only trashing on them for having queues but don't do it to other guys who share the same hairstyle. Why are you mad that this C-Drama is being accurate with that hairstyle? In the Qing dynasty, any man who refuses to shave parts of their hair off and tie it in a braid afterwards would get executed for it.
Also, for your information: Ruolan never actually loved Yinsi but is forced to get stuck being married to him after her lover's death in battlefield. A lot of fans always ignore this fact for some reason and think the relationship is reciprocated when many episodes that do feature that subplot says otherwise!
Oof I agree with this review so much! I honestly don't understand the hype about the series since some of these fans of it get so defensive whenever someone or anyone tries to give criticism towards it.
yeah because your opinion is so reliable and unbiased when your icon is literally iu
What were they saying before they decided to delete their comments? I'm honestly glad that it's no longer on here but I'm just curious. I'm just glad I didn't have to reply what they had to tell me because I was thinking they had something stupid to say.
Oof you perfectly stated the exact issues I have with the sequel! I can't stand and forgive how they butchered poor Ruoxi's characterization beyond belief in the sequel. They literally obliterated everything that made her likable by making her be an absolute pussy who's on the verge of crying nonstop in the sequel. You're quite lucky to be able to get through more episodes than I did, I literally only got to 4 episodes before just being like, "Screw this crap! I'm done!" I hated the unnecessary doppelgänger subplot. Nicky Wu and Liu Shi Shi's acting in this are unfortunately unable to encourage me to get through the unbearable episodes shown in this. The best I could do is pretend that the ending shown in the first part is a happy one and reading fanfics that did a much better job at making a believable sequel than this trainwreck.
Gonna be honest, I actually prefer the 2011 version. The whole thing itself was extremely memorable for me and to this day I'm still a fan of it! Once again it's so shallow and stupid to like the 2016 version just because the actors in that version look more attractive than the ones seen in the 2011 version. There's a reason why I have no interest in doing another rewatch with the remake version because it just honestly only shoved the references in there the last few parts in the near end of that series. (It might've worked out if it was an entirely different thing on its own than to have it being a remake and don't have to end it on a sad note imo) Having it being romantic centric compared to the original doesn't automatically mean it's actually a better show if you ask me! Nobody should get flak for just having open criticism towards the Korean version and that people are allowed to dislike that one just as much as people disliked the original.
The C-version is still better in every way, this is deeper, more mature and better acted, the FL is specially…
Ikr? It's honestly quite annoying when they keep complaining about the original. If they just can't stand the original then don't bother commenting and discussing it.
The Korean version is visually appealing to the modern viewer. The main actors for this Chinese version are too…
Nobody forced you to watch the entire drama, and besides, your reasons for liking the remake is pretty shallow if you'd think about it. Sure, you don't have to like 4th and 8th but really? It's pretty unfair of you to be shitting on them but not the 10th, 13th, and 14th for having the same hairstyle! Go watch the remake instead of bitching about the original. Oh and if the original didn't exist, then the Korean one most likely wouldn't have existed!
This version would always be the best for me, the iconic one, it was better written and acted, the cast was perfect.I…
I agree with what you said a lot! It’s one of the main reasons why I don’t completely like the 2016 version over the original! These fans of the 2016 ones miss the entire point about why the guys in the original are half-bald (well no duh, it’s historically accurate for the time period. Men back then were required to have a queue in those days and if they don’t, they can get executed for it.)
I loved this k-drama and the original version as well! The epilogue in this one is disappointing though. Couldn’t they just show Wang So’s reincarnated counterpart in the last episode?
Tbh I do see some flaws in this one and kind of prefer the original a little more since I can kind of understand Chinese (it’s not the reason why I rewatched it. I rewatched it all for fun.). This one is more romance based than having the characters go through character development, unlike the original.
I only watched up to four episodes. This is so disappointing! None of the characters seem to be able to go without crying their eyes out in this one (the first series itself wasn’t as bad as some commenters made it out to be since there’s a reason why Ruoxi and the others cried onscreen.).
There’s no doubt that Nicky Wu and Cecilia Liu had great chemistry together (and the fact that they’re married to each other in real life) but honestly that’s not enough for me to keep continuing to watch this poorly written sequel for BBJX.
Lastly, I don’t consider it canon to the first series at all. Why was the doppelgänger plot in this when there wasn’t one in the first series?
I finished rewatching this series last month! I regret nothing. This tear jerking c-drama’s never too old for me.
Ironically enough, when I first watched it, I wasn’t emotionally interested in it because I was too young to understand the themes of what’s happening in it. As of 2020, I understand it!
I think it’s heartbreaking that Yinzhen’s reincarnated counterpart never remembered Ruoxi in the final episode. Tbh even before that episode, there’s more sad scenes, such as Yinxiang getting imprisoned for a crime he didn’t commit, then we get to the scene where Yinzhen’s own mother disowned him before she dies from her illness all because she refused to accept the fact that he’s an emperor and that her favorite son wasn’t the one on the throne, Luwu committing suicide in order for Chenghuan to not get harassed all because her mother was a courtesan in the past, etc.
It really was hard for me to watch episode 34 and episode 35. Ruoxi and Yinzhen, you guys loved each other but you two weren’t truly fated to stay happily ever after. ?
I didn’t cry when the sad parts came up but I was crying on the inside as it all took place.
You don't have to like 8th or 4th but it really makes you a hypocrite for only trashing on them for having queues but don't do it to other guys who share the same hairstyle. Why are you mad that this C-Drama is being accurate with that hairstyle? In the Qing dynasty, any man who refuses to shave parts of their hair off and tie it in a braid afterwards would get executed for it.
Also, for your information: Ruolan never actually loved Yinsi but is forced to get stuck being married to him after her lover's death in battlefield. A lot of fans always ignore this fact for some reason and think the relationship is reciprocated when many episodes that do feature that subplot says otherwise!
Tbh I do see some flaws in this one and kind of prefer the original a little more since I can kind of understand Chinese (it’s not the reason why I rewatched it. I rewatched it all for fun.). This one is more romance based than having the characters go through character development, unlike the original.
Other than that I still think it’s a good show!
There’s no doubt that Nicky Wu and Cecilia Liu had great chemistry together (and the fact that they’re married to each other in real life) but honestly that’s not enough for me to keep continuing to watch this poorly written sequel for BBJX.
Lastly, I don’t consider it canon to the first series at all. Why was the doppelgänger plot in this when there wasn’t one in the first series?
Ironically enough, when I first watched it, I wasn’t emotionally interested in it because I was too young to understand the themes of what’s happening in it. As of 2020, I understand it!
I think it’s heartbreaking that Yinzhen’s reincarnated counterpart never remembered Ruoxi in the final episode. Tbh even before that episode, there’s more sad scenes, such as Yinxiang getting imprisoned for a crime he didn’t commit, then we get to the scene where Yinzhen’s own mother disowned him before she dies from her illness all because she refused to accept the fact that he’s an emperor and that her favorite son wasn’t the one on the throne, Luwu committing suicide in order for Chenghuan to not get harassed all because her mother was a courtesan in the past, etc.
It really was hard for me to watch episode 34 and episode 35. Ruoxi and Yinzhen, you guys loved each other but you two weren’t truly fated to stay happily ever after. ?
I didn’t cry when the sad parts came up but I was crying on the inside as it all took place.