The drama series is cobbled together from the three books in the Evil Hypnotist series each one with a different hypnotist helping detective Luo Fei. So far I have only fully read the first volume, and that one is definitely not BL. I would presume it’s the same with the other two volumes. The hypnotist Lu FengPing only appears in the 3rd volume and from the bits that I have read, he is quite a different character than in the drama version. The focus of the books is more on human psychology and crime solving than on the relationship between the detective and the hypnotist (Ling Mingding in the first book). I think the drama was falsely promoted as a BL to surf on the popularity of the genre which in the end did not do it any service.
Agree! I’m watching it right now and have to say, they just don’t make dramas like that anymore! Brilliant acting, great story and not an idol-boy in sight!
I loved it and think that is is quite underrated. It has some great acting, also from some of the support actors and a beautiful love story between a second ‘couple’. There are some great battle scenes towards the end. The tone changes after the first few episodes that appear rather light-hearted. It also has one of the most annoying emperors that I have ever seen and the romance is really slow. The main couple are in agreement, but somehow they have trouble getting together. It really is more about court politics than sweet romance.
What's with that stupid robotic demon voice? It's such a joke. The drama is not great, but still watchable if…
Lately, many directors have been experimenting with adding “humour” (or their idea thereof) where there wasn’t supposed to be any. So far all the experiments that I’ve seen have been a big fat failure…
Just finished ep 33, I made it in 3 days, FL and ML love each other so much, but I still dont get it, why FL should…
Yeah, I don’t think anyone ever understood this… but as you know, every C-drama must have the obligatory “break-up” shortly before the end, no matter how ridiculous the reason..
The WeTV postef New post and the caption said WeTV2023preview and stay tuned I think it going to release before…
It’s strange how for this one there is an announcement and trailer now, but the drama is only coming later, and for others the trailer is released like 5 min before they drop the first episode…
I’m still working on the translation and it will probably still take some time until it’s finished. So far, 7 out of 10 chapters of the first book are done. You can find the link under “Recent discussions” above.
I wouldn’t mind the reverse harem, but the fact that this is yet another transmigration from modern times story…
Because it is a ridiculous premise. Most people would struggle to read a text from 200 years ago, yet these people go thousands of years into the past and still know exactly how to speak, how to behave and how everything around them works. It gets even worse when after 5 min from arrival they get to outsmart the ancients because of their “superior knowledge” even though most modern knowledge would be completely useless in ancient times. Very often the time-travelers are supposedly “modern” women, but instead of struggling with the role of women in the past (most of us probably wouldn’t survive a week without being beaten to death…) they usually fall for some backward buffoon who mistreats them. Plus recently, far too many dramas are using this lame trope. It’s like the writers have run out of ideas.
I’m so certain that isn’t his voice! I’m disappointed as well!
Is there anything more annoying than those fan-girls who blindly rave about their idol 😂 He isn’t perfect and not even trying to appear so, for me that is part of his personal charm.
Despite the criticism of cgi I actually like the story and of course the chemistry is really building up between…
Good CGI is a “nice to have”. Bad CGI cannot ruin a good drama and even brilliant CGI cannot make up for bad writing. Sometimes people are just too obsessed with technical details…
Just a few. Some street-fighting (flash-back to his youth) and a kick-boxing match with Luo Fei. This isn’t an action-driven drama, so very few action scenes overall, but beautiful atmospheric shots that show his acting qualities.
I’m so certain that isn’t his voice! I’m disappointed as well!
To be honest, I think it’s him who doesn’t want to do it because dubbing is hard and boring work. But so is pumping iron in the gym, so maybe I’m wrong. In any case, yet another dubbed drama is disappointing 🥲
Here’s the synopsis (as indicated on Douban) In order to redress the injustice of the former prince, Wei Lin, a rough and illiterate female general, sought Gu Mingzhu, the sick and beautiful prince of the Gu family, in a way that hurt the enemy a thousand and self-harmed eight hundred. Who knew that the sick and weak and beautiful prince was fake, and the sick and delicate villain was true. Jiang Juan pretended to be Gu Mingzhu and married into the general's mansion to use Yan Yu to treat his illness, but he didn't want to accompany her with his heart.
So far I have only fully read the first volume, and that one is definitely not BL. I would presume it’s the same with the other two volumes.
The hypnotist Lu FengPing only appears in the 3rd volume and from the bits that I have read, he is quite a different character than in the drama version.
The focus of the books is more on human psychology and crime solving than on the relationship between the detective and the hypnotist (Ling Mingding in the first book).
I think the drama was falsely promoted as a BL to surf on the popularity of the genre which in the end did not do it any service.
The tone changes after the first few episodes that appear rather light-hearted. It also has one of the most annoying emperors that I have ever seen and the romance is really slow. The main couple are in agreement, but somehow they have trouble getting together.
It really is more about court politics than sweet romance.
Very often the time-travelers are supposedly “modern” women, but instead of struggling with the role of women in the past (most of us probably wouldn’t survive a week without being beaten to death…) they usually fall for some backward buffoon who mistreats them.
Plus recently, far too many dramas are using this lame trope. It’s like the writers have run out of ideas.
If only he was just as diligent about spending time in the recording studio 🙏
He isn’t perfect and not even trying to appear so, for me that is part of his personal charm.
Sometimes people are just too obsessed with technical details…
This isn’t an action-driven drama, so very few action scenes overall, but beautiful atmospheric shots that show his acting qualities.
In any case, yet another dubbed drama is disappointing 🥲
In order to redress the injustice of the former prince, Wei Lin, a rough and illiterate female general, sought Gu Mingzhu, the sick and beautiful prince of the Gu family, in a way that hurt the enemy a thousand and self-harmed eight hundred. Who knew that the sick and weak and beautiful prince was fake, and the sick and delicate villain was true. Jiang Juan pretended to be Gu Mingzhu and married into the general's mansion to use Yan Yu to treat his illness, but he didn't want to accompany her with his heart.