Divine Aria

Well, he picks it up and it just never gets mentioned again(who knows what he actually did with it), so I don't think there's much importance to it other than, like I said, a symbol of their tied future. He wasn't shown thinking about her before or even after he picked it up. To be frank, I think he was actually a little annoyed with being around her until he started developing feelings for her after the first several episodes. The guy was pretty much all about business in the beginning.

Yes. He's dividing his time between dramas and theatrical films. He's been focused on films the past two years, but he recently just filmed a costume drama called "The One"/"Sword of Coming"/"Jian Lai" that is expected to air either at the end of this year or early next year.

I know he's got Li Changge, but I still want to marry Wu Lei's Ashile Sun some day, lol.

I don't recall Wei Shuyu clocking early on that Hao Du looked like he liked her. Where and what moment was that? I know this drama pretty well, and I don't recall that detail being there.

Ashina are Gokturks...Eastern Turkic Khaganate. Also, you have it backwards. In the manhua(not the drama), he is a long lost prince of the Khitan people. His real name is Mohui. As a young child, he was actually handed over to the Turks as a hostage of good faith, but was eventually forced to be adopted by Jieli Khan(Great Khan) who renamed him Ashina Sun. The drama actually changed his origin to simply being that of Han. It was mentioned several times in the drama that he was originally from "the Central Plains"(the cultural center of Han civilization).

Ashile Sun isn't like LBY, and I don't think the acting is really similar. The only similarities is that both are quiet warriors/generals. LBY gives off cunning, secretive, red flag vibes. There is malice in his facial expressions and eyes, while Ashile Sun is much, much more green flag/honorable/honest/and respectful even though he is a hardened grassland warrior. And that also shows in his honest facial expressions as well. You don't see the cunning malice in Ashile Sun's expressions the way you do with LBY. In fact, you get some rather surprisingly innocent expressions from him at times. Even their postures are different. I saw an interview clip where Dilraba was laughing and joking about how the Ashile Tribe guys were so silly in their stance and arm postures.

I don't think he did. Him finding that bag, IMO, is more an indication of their fate/future ties to each other. There was nothing indicating that he originally had feelings for her. I think he develops feelings for her over time(though I really don't think the transition of feelings was portrayed all that well, especially when you factor in how little amount of screen time they had). I always thought it was a bit weird how Hao Du prioritized going after Changge and didn't really even care all that much that Leyan was gone, and then it was a little too sudden that he was scrambling around looking for her and then getting all awkward and conscious around her the moment he found her again. For me, their love story lacked proper transition.

Personally, I enjoyed their chemistry, but more than that, I just really loved the characters of Li Changge and Ashile Sun. If you go into TLB expecting some heavy and intense romance, you'll prob end up finding it lacking and disappointing. Going into it mainly for the romance is not the right approach for this drama. I think TLB has so much more to offer viewers than its love stories though. The original manhua didn't really have much romance in it at all(or what's written of it so far anyway), and I feel that Dilraba and Wu Lei, in terms of the romance, did very well with what they were given. Neither Ashile Sun nor Changge are very sensual/romantic-type characters to begin with. In the manhua, they both feel even colder and more calculating, and there is even less romantic interactions. I think, in many ways, the drama actually made both much more grounded and more human.

He just took a two year break from dramas so that he could focus on movies for the theater. He has had multiple films at the theater the past two years. In terms of dramas, he just finished filming a new costume drama called "The One" or "Sword of Coming" a few months ago. There's only one trailer out for it so far and it doesn't have a release date yet, but it'll prob come out either later this year or early next year. Wu Lei has always divided his time between movies and dramas since he was a child actor, so, no, it doesn't mean he's not doing dramas anymore.

Her lipstick is just for the camera, not a part of the plot, so I don't let it bother me. I'm pretty sure Li Changge is not running around with makeup in her pocket :P

I am so excited to be able to watch this film at some point in the future. I enjoy the sci-fi genre and also happen to love Wu Lei. Congrats to the entire cast and the production team!

I think you guys are mistaking "not caring about the aftermath" with "having no other choice in those situations". Can you give specific examples and also talk about what you REALISTICALLY would have done in her shoes without all the hindsight and 3rd perspective views that only the viewers(not her) are privileged to have? There was really only one instance where I thought she shouldn't have made the moves that she did(and that was only because she already got proper warning from Ashile Sun regarding who she should only trust).

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Oh, interesting! Will definitely try to check it out because you're making me curious. BTW, Wu Lei is also quite proficient when it comes to horseback riding. He's often highly praised for his equestrian skills by the Chinese fans. He makes his own vlogs about his travels, and in some of them, he can be seen happily adventuring on horseback.

You must be so angry because we're all ignoring you, child.

Well, that's a first. Most people loved the wigs that Wu Lei wore and would argue that Wu Lei looked far better in the Ashile Tribe get-ups than he did in his Tang outfits. I feel the same way, actually...though I also did love his tang outfits too. Having seen a part of the Donghua, read a part of the manhua, and seen the entire drama; I think it's more difficult for the die-hard fans of the manhua to like the drama because it's so different visually from the manhua and donghua. In the drama's defense though, I don't think you can make any real-life person look like drawings in a manhua. They just won't look anywhere as formidable, or, as in Changge's case: as androgynous. I thought Wu Lei and Dilraba looked and played their parts very well. I couldn't imagine any other actors/actresses playing those roles. Just out of curiosity, who do you think would have been better casts for the roles of Sun and Changge?

Wondering why you think that too. We hardly know anything about this drama at this point, other than who the the leading actors are.

Remember that scene where Changge had her period and fainted against Sun, and he carried her back to the tent where Mujin and Mimi finally discovered that she's truly female? That was her first period...and she didn't really know how to handle it so Mimi had to give her advice. Yeah, she's supposed to be young...14, barely 15 at the start of the story.

I would argue that she's the one who moves the plot, not the "trouble-maker". First off, she didn't start the trouble within Tang. Her father and her uncle started that with their political disputes and the coup. Because of Li Shimin's coup, those who remained loyal to her father were already planning to hold out their loyalty and to rebel against the new CP. Changge was simply initially planning to join them in their rebellion against Li Shimin...which, she ultimately did not do anyway. She actually helped save Tang against them when she learned that their rebellion would hand Tang to Ashile. And she def did not start anything in Shuozhou either, since war in that area had been going on for decades between the Eastern Turkic Khaganate(led by Ashile Tribe) and the Han people(both the previous Sui dynasty and Tang) before she was even born. They were already fighting and there was going to be major war there, whether she went and worked for Governor Gongsun Heng or not. Sun even warned her not to go there in the first place because of the ongoing wars. Without her, the city would have actually fallen to Ashile Tribe sooner. And it wasn't even her decision to surrender. As for what happened within Ashile...there was already trouble there too with problems between She'er and Sun, with She'er constantly sabotaging Sun, and She'er's mother plotting and planning revenge for decades. Without Changge getting involved in these things and eventually helping bring peace, the war between the Han people and Ashile would have just kept going and nothing would have changed. I mean, would you blame Leyan for "starting trouble" when she got abducted and people had to go searching for her?

I don't really watch JJY's dramas, but I'm not sure I understand why people are claiming that LXY had better chemistry with the first FL. To me, they hardly had any chemistry. She played the character in a really bland, boring way...which didn't do anything for the ML's already stoic, cold character. And in terms of looks, they're not physically compatible either. She looks older than him, like his auntie, to be honest. At least JJY, once she stepped in and mixed Caiwei's character with Shangguan Zhi's character, had that playful side to bring out the ML's character more.