:D Hopefully this comment section will be welcoming and whatnot like how the starry love's was (as I seem to be…
The folks over at TTEOTM were quite good as well... A few antis in the beginning but they got quickly crowded out be the sheer volume of comments by genuine viewers. And people were very disciplined about using the spoiler tag, too.
I don't know, there a no subtitles yet... I just watched one episode (10 min) raw. It looked like pretty standard fare with the first encounter between the FL and the ML being him catching her to prevent a fall with the usual staring in each other's eyes, romantic music, slow motion, etc. By now this is such a cheesy old cliché, it made me laugh. Personally I find the ML rather unattractive, so the story + acting had better make up for the missing eye-candy 😂😂😂😂
Finely someone said xianxia leads that they should turn off jewelry before sleep/have romantic night👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Have you seen the uncomfortable head-rests in most xianxia's or historicals??? Whenever they lie down it's not for sleeping, just resting immobile in a strange posture.
Su Ying really is being a total psycho for her obsessive love
You know the rule: every xianxia needs a female psycho to bring out the murderous intent in the viewers. From the first episode to the last, no hero/heroine can match the stamina of these psychos 😂😂😂
So can someone help me understand so how does FL has so much power...She has his heart or something? And he knows…
She has his heart scale which in dragon-lore is the one most precious one of the dragon scales. When SuYing attacked him and dismembered his body he threw away the heart scale and it landed in Yan Hui. And yes, as you correctly guessed, for him to gain his full dragon power (and stabilise it in his human form) he will need his heart scale... This is the central part of the angsty suspense in this drama: if he loves her, he will not take it - if she loves him, she will give it up...
I did not really like the patchwork of elements that they used for episode 20 because it doesn't really make any sense. Ling Mingding is supposed to be a seasoned psychotherapist. So for him to be affected that deeply by the the death of one of his patients seems a bit far-fetched. He did not do anything wrong in the treatment and he knows it! Even if he had made a mistake, it's purely professional, not personal, so it should not affect him on this level.
Most of the dialogue during the industry conference sequence was taken directly from the novel, but since it appears to be simply an accusation raised by three people it looks a bit strange that Ling Mingding appears unable to defend himself. He already knows that hallucinogenic drugs were involved, so why would this suicide be his mistake?
The incident at the industry conference as described in the novel (vol.1, chapter 4) is much more touching and makes a lot more sense because the death of the patient (his wife) was personal and he felt guilty about this already because he knew that he had made a mistake. The mistake wasn't made during her treatment, but in a seemingly casual situation between the couple which resulted in the destruction of her "heart-bridge" and her subsequent suicide. This is the kind of trauma that would be much more believable for destabilising even an experienced therapist and since he feels guilty, he will indeed be unable to defend himself.
Great! At least there's the two of us then 😂 😂 😂 I had the impression from some earlier comments that people were quite disappointed with it because it wasn't what they had expected.
Maybe it didn't attract as much attention as they were hoping for and now they want to quickly get it over with so that they can push out something else... I absolutely love this drama and especially the way it was filmed, but it seems to somehow fall in between all the popular categories (not really a BL, not really a suspense thriller, etc.) I regard this more as an art-film where the mood and the visuals are more important than the story, but that may not be everyone's cup of tea.
This is giving me the movie seven vibes. Not a complete remake, but there’s a lot of similarities.
This movie played an important role in the 2nd volume of the novel series. I haven't read that one yet, but most of the cases that we see in the beginning of the drama (the model, the rich dandy, the restaurant owner) are all taken from that 2nd volume.
Personally, I don't care much about spoilers, but I know that some people are very sensitive about this because it will ruin the experience for them. It's such an insignificant "effort" to keep everyone happy, so why not do it?
personally, i liked the end of ep 18. the emotional damage. the confessions. the tears. perfect!
I absolutely loved that episode! All of it! I know many people will say that there was not much happening other than lots of flashbacks, but it was so atmospheric and beautifully shot! Some of those shots by the ruins were true pieces of art. And we finally know why Captain Luo dislikes the colour purple...
Honestly I don’t like the way liang yin treats LFP,his mother saved her from a rapist & died as a result….but…
Maybe tick the spoiler box for this one... not everyone has watched that far yet 😏 And yes, I agree with you. Her behaviour in the drama is quite childish.
The ability of both MLs to develop trust in and intimacy with one another is central to the plot. I wouldn't call…
I see we have quite a different take on this... interesting! What I meant with nobody needs a friend like LF was him breaking into LFP's appartment and doing an illegal search. In many jurisdictions the two hairs that he found would be inadmissable as evidence as they were obtained without a search warrant. A friend is someone where you can turn up in the middle of the night, covered in blood and they will still trust you enough not to ask any questions. LF has never trusted LFP from the beginning, He has been holding back what he knows about his mother's case even though he knows how important this is to him. It was also the one condition LFP had for helping them, but LF didn't hold up his side of the bargain, so why on earth should LFP still help with their investigation? LFP has abandonment issues as he lost his mother at a young age and is desperate to make friends. You can see this already in the scene where he comes to the police office one day and they are all out. I don't think that he cries because he's ruined any potential friendship with LF, but because he realised that the friendship that he imagined never existed. He said it clearly at his mother's grave that he has no regrets doing what he feels is right. And he also made this crucial comment during the interrogation in ep. 16 when he says: 'Luo Fei, I should never have counted on you.' This expresses his disappointment with the other jumping to conclusions based on two hairs quite directly. That bitter smile says disappointment, not regret.
Right now, any place with subs will do!!! While waiting I've started re-watching a few episodes with the Viki subs, but I cannot say that they yield any great revelations plot-wise. I've grown so used to Land Breeze Level and Old Box - without them something is missing 😂😂😂
And people were very disciplined about using the spoiler tag, too.
I just watched one episode (10 min) raw. It looked like pretty standard fare with the first encounter between the FL and the ML being him catching her to prevent a fall with the usual staring in each other's eyes, romantic music, slow motion, etc. By now this is such a cheesy old cliché, it made me laugh.
Personally I find the ML rather unattractive, so the story + acting had better make up for the missing eye-candy 😂😂😂😂
Whenever they lie down it's not for sleeping, just resting immobile in a strange posture.
And yes, as you correctly guessed, for him to gain his full dragon power (and stabilise it in his human form) he will need his heart scale... This is the central part of the angsty suspense in this drama: if he loves her, he will not take it - if she loves him, she will give it up...
Ling Mingding is supposed to be a seasoned psychotherapist. So for him to be affected that deeply by the the death of one of his patients seems a bit far-fetched. He did not do anything wrong in the treatment and he knows it! Even if he had made a mistake, it's purely professional, not personal, so it should not affect him on this level.
Most of the dialogue during the industry conference sequence was taken directly from the novel, but since it appears to be simply an accusation raised by three people it looks a bit strange that Ling Mingding appears unable to defend himself. He already knows that hallucinogenic drugs were involved, so why would this suicide be his mistake?
The incident at the industry conference as described in the novel (vol.1, chapter 4) is much more touching and makes a lot more sense because the death of the patient (his wife) was personal and he felt guilty about this already because he knew that he had made a mistake. The mistake wasn't made during her treatment, but in a seemingly casual situation between the couple which resulted in the destruction of her "heart-bridge" and her subsequent suicide. This is the kind of trauma that would be much more believable for destabilising even an experienced therapist and since he feels guilty, he will indeed be unable to defend himself.
I had the impression from some earlier comments that people were quite disappointed with it because it wasn't what they had expected.
I absolutely love this drama and especially the way it was filmed, but it seems to somehow fall in between all the popular categories (not really a BL, not really a suspense thriller, etc.)
I regard this more as an art-film where the mood and the visuals are more important than the story, but that may not be everyone's cup of tea.
It's such an insignificant "effort" to keep everyone happy, so why not do it?
Some of those shots by the ruins were true pieces of art.
And we finally know why Captain Luo dislikes the colour purple...
And yes, I agree with you. Her behaviour in the drama is quite childish.
What I meant with nobody needs a friend like LF was him breaking into LFP's appartment and doing an illegal search. In many jurisdictions the two hairs that he found would be inadmissable as evidence as they were obtained without a search warrant.
A friend is someone where you can turn up in the middle of the night, covered in blood and they will still trust you enough not to ask any questions.
LF has never trusted LFP from the beginning, He has been holding back what he knows about his mother's case even though he knows how important this is to him.
It was also the one condition LFP had for helping them, but LF didn't hold up his side of the bargain, so why on earth should LFP still help with their investigation?
LFP has abandonment issues as he lost his mother at a young age and is desperate to make friends. You can see this already in the scene where he comes to the police office one day and they are all out.
I don't think that he cries because he's ruined any potential friendship with LF, but because he realised that the friendship that he imagined never existed. He said it clearly at his mother's grave that he has no regrets doing what he feels is right. And he also made this crucial comment during the interrogation in ep. 16 when he says: 'Luo Fei, I should never have counted on you.'
This expresses his disappointment with the other jumping to conclusions based on two hairs quite directly. That bitter smile says disappointment, not regret.
While waiting I've started re-watching a few episodes with the Viki subs, but I cannot say that they yield any great revelations plot-wise.
I've grown so used to Land Breeze Level and Old Box - without them something is missing 😂😂😂