The drama is from the same universe as Mirror: a tale of twin cities, I should never have watched it.
(Spoilers below)
Writers ruined Mirror: a tale of twin cities and the ending was disastrous. Male lead does not really come back from the dead, once a year he comes back for 10 minutes, as some sort of ghost formed of water drops, over the sea, which the female lead cannot really touch, but stare at with tears in her eyes.
This drama came 1st and it's sort of the parent drama, even if it's a sequel timeline wise.
So going from the ending of this drama, I am pretty sure, the writers wanted the ending of the longest promise to be similar.
Male lead appears after a year, so we've got the similar 1 year wait.
When the female lead sees him, there is a very long staring at each other scene but no touching.
Realisticly, you would be shocked for a few seconds then run towards each other, and hug and kiss.
They were staring at each other for too long without moving, and they never touched each other.
So I am pretty sure the priest or crown prince version 1, is an illusion and not really back from the dead. Maybe a ghost or a spirit that appears once a year. Therefore, no touching shown.
But the writers didn't make if obvious as many fans would be upset, so they kind of left it as open ending, fans can decide if he's back from the dead or if he's an illusion.
I am not a Xiao Zhan fan and nor do I find him handsome (Personal opinion - everyone has different taste).
So I was not blindly in love with his face, and I won't give the drama a 10 just because he's the male lead.
Yes, he's a good actor and his acting was good. But the writers wrote his character and the storyline so badly, that there's nothing more he could've done.
It's the writers fault that he did not have good chemistry with the female lead.
Female lead is not awful like some netizens are saying, it's more the writers fault for making her character like that.
Love is not about looks, but the way the leads interact and the chemistry they portray on screen.
Romance between the leads was not good, it was very lacking. Once they both were in love with each other, they did not have many romantic scenes, kisses or intimate interactions, to convince me that they were madly in love with each other and willing to die for each other.
The wedding night scene had me so frustrated. I mean they are married, so why make the scene so un-romantic and tame? I am not asking for anything x-rated.
Censors aren't that strict with married couples, other recent dramas had racier wedding night scenes.
Why not show that the outer robes are coming off, he's removing her jewellery, him carrying her to bed and climbing on top of her, kissing, hand holding, then the curtains can shut and zoom out from the scene.
I am not kidding, but because of how tame the wedding night scene was, there was an actual discussion somewhere between fans, on whether they actually consummated or not, as no baby was shown after the 1 year jump, lol.
Personally, I felt the female lead had more chemistry with the merman Yuan. I know this sounds messed up, but even when Yuan was in evil mode and choking her, he had more chemistry with the female lead than Xiao Zhan.
I actually started to ship her and Yuan towards the end of the drama. I wish the drama could've ended with her being revealed as her great grandmother's reincarnation, and Yuan and her should've ended up together.
And Xiao Zhan can go back to being a priest in the mountains, away from the world, like he always wanted.
Anyway, this is my opinion on the longest promise and it's ending.
Any hateful or negatives comments just to purely attack me will be ignored.
If you watched Luo Yunxi in Princess silver and didn't like his tragic ending,
And if you want to see Rong Qi (Luo Yunxi) and Rong Le get a happy ending, and don't mind incest, you can watch the alternate edit movie on the external links below.
If anyone wants to see Rong qi (Leo Yunxi) and Rong Le get a happy ending, and doesn't mind incest, you can watch the alternate edit movie on the external links below.
(Videos will play after short advert or pop ups. Close the adverts and come back to the original video link, then press play to watch (you may have to do this a few times, then wait for the video to load) ).
There is a direct youtube link to all parts but it does not always work, so better of watching it in episode format.
A lead actor that never should've been an actor since he has a no kiss on screen policy (a wife & child is no excuse, many other actors are married. If you can't tell between real life & reel life, don't be an actor),
& a writer that should've been a bad fan fiction writer,
& a director that's clueless & doesn't understand multi camera shots in a scene, so it feel like you're watching a stage play,
& unnecessary dialogues & unnaturally long conversations in middle of action, that makes it feel like your reading a bad book = this awful, waste of time drama.
Bonus = As lead actor won't kiss, no one else was allowed to lip kiss on screen. Rong Su and Lu Yizhou was the best couple, when moments between them required intense kiss, all they could do was hug tightly.
Only watched this drama till the end for them but they were forced to a bad end, so as not to outshine the dumb leads, that lacked chemistry, trust & character development.
Spacecraft explodes and they all die in the end. Wu shuang is shameless, selfish, stupid and a useless female lead. I have no idea what all the men and Rui saw in her? There were many women far more beautiful than her, and she had no loyalty or morals.
I hate what Rui did to his loyal and beautiful doctor wife, he lead her on by flirting with her many times and literally grabbed her hand and begged the empress to marry them. Why did he treat her so coldly afterwards when the marriage was his choice? He promised her dad to take care of her but he abandoned her? Men could have 2 wives at that time, could he not show her affection and keep wu shuang as a concubine? I am glad Rui and Wu shuang got seperated and died, karma got to these selfish people.
Really bad drama and worst story. They had aliens, magic, okay CGI, nice costumes, beautiful people and good budget, but they ruined it with horrible story and bad characters. They could have made a great love story without any cheating spouses and a side story of saving the world from alien invasion, instead they decided to go down this stupid nonsense route.
Now I understand why none of the major sites didn't eng sub this for years, even the comedy Chinese alien drama, let's shake it, is so much better than this rubbish. Only good thing about this drama is the way Rui looked, I admit he was hot and the only reason I started watching this drama. Lol,
So he's forgotten her and she's stuck in a time loop, to go back and forth every 10 years,
until she changes something big that let's her travel to an alternative universe in 2011, where she doesn't fall of the cliff.
Why not just show us she manages to to do this and reunites with him?
Really cruel to make her disappear on her wedding day,
At least let them marry and consummate before she gets lost in time.
Why did you have to make Zheng yecheng cry so much? He's such a good actor, his expressions are so realistic that it made me cry.
Also, writers ruined Xuan he revenge plot just to rush the ending.
It was unfair and unsatisfying that he got away with just an apology, and got to be with the girl that he barely cares about . We hear he will be punished but they don't tell us how. So will it be a huge money fine? Thats not really a punishment for a rich boy,
He caused someone's death by heart attack and ruined their reputation and life's work, and tried to kill Lei chu xia many times.
Yes, he had a bad childhood but he's still a psycho.
He treats his current girlfriend like an item, a stress relief booty call that can be thrown away whenever he feels like it.
I wanted to see Xuan he exposed and disgraced, dragged away from his office kicking and screaming by police, then jailed. His father should've died from a heart attack after learning how he's son had shamed the family.
Writers killed the revenge plot and gave the psycho a happy ending. He gets away with I'm sorry, ends up with his father's love and his desperate girlfriend, and is still rich because he's father's rich.
Is this fan service to Yalkun Merxat fans? Yes, he's handsome but he'll never have the charm and attraction that Zheng ye cheng has.
Why end it like this? It would not be too hard or cost any extra budget, to have them remember each other at the end, get married and kiss. Wedding night then fast forward a few years and show us a baby.
ep 29 was good, It shows Ning meng and captain admit to themselves, that they like each other.
I laughed so hard when the captain tried to report a personal problem, and thought commissar would approve him dating Ning meng, only for him to reveal in the end, he thought captain liked his colleague Wenjing.
Also funny was the captain being called an old bachelor, and how dating and marriage is another mission, and to hurry up and make more babies, lol.
Ep 30 ripped my heart out and made me cry.
I know Xu dong dong's in pain but it really is her fault that Lin yi died, and if he didn't love her, he'd be alive.
She's impulsive and rash and overestimates herself.
There was no need to run after the terrorist alone with no back up, she should've waited for a few more soilders.
Problem is, she saw an image of a single weak looking female and assumed she got easily capture her or take her out.
No matter how harmless a terrorist looks, a terrorist should always be treated like a highly dangerous terrorist.
Lin yi being smart recognised she was in danger going after the terrorist alone, But instead of calling backup for her and waiting, he went after her because he was in love with her.
He stopped being a sniper and went after Xu DD only due to personal feelings.
The most fatal & stupid mistake Xu DD made was to assume the terrorist was dead. She should've fired a few more bullets before stepping closer to the terrorist, I've seen other soilders do it before coming into close range with terrorists.
Also, when the terrorist was trying to blow her up, why on earth did she freeze and not run far away?
That hesitation caused Lin yi to push her out of the way, and he got hit with the full blast.
Those dangerous decisions Lin yi made were all due to his feelings for Xu DD, so her love got him killed.
Really wish the writers would've put him in a coma or have him survive without a limb, instead of killing him.
Xu DD is terrible on the battlefield, I don't think she should even be on the special opps team.
Captain is great, When they were boxing, he told her all those weaknesses she had, that got Lin yi killed, without directly blaming her, as he knew she was already in pain with guilt.
Captain shows her, terrorists won't wait for you to be ready, so always be on guard and be ready for a nasty surprise.
Many times he demonstrates and points out what sneack attacks are, so basically it may seem you've won but they can sneak up on you and attack you, so be ready next time.
The most personal blow he delivered her was, "You're not calm & emotions cloud you're judgement. If I was a terrorist that attacked Lin yi, you would be dead by now".
Xu DD realises she really messed up, and she needs to never make those mistakes again. ---—------------
Really sad episode,
I think when Xu DD tells the captain at the hospital, that she loved Lin yi and didn't get a chance to properly confesss her love to him, It made the captain think about confessing his love directly to Ning meng, in case something happens to either of them in the future.
episode 1 -
https://www.dailymotion.com/playlist/x8pep4
Page with link to all 19 episodes -
https://www.dailymotion.com/elanachoudhury/videos
Also, all 19 episodes are available on google drive on the link below -
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1LUjHtl9BIIjiRIYdo-XbI1wI1jLoH6NQ?usp=sharing
Mirror: a tale of twin cities,
I should never have watched it.
(Spoilers below)
Writers ruined Mirror: a tale of twin cities and the ending was disastrous.
Male lead does not really come back from the dead, once a year he comes back for 10 minutes,
as some sort of ghost formed of water drops,
over the sea, which the female lead cannot really touch, but stare at with tears in her eyes.
This drama came 1st and it's sort of the parent drama, even if it's a sequel timeline wise.
So going from the ending of this drama,
I am pretty sure, the writers wanted the ending of the longest promise to be similar.
Male lead appears after a year, so we've got the similar 1 year wait.
When the female lead sees him, there is a very long staring at each other scene but no touching.
Realisticly, you would be shocked for a few seconds then run towards each other, and hug and kiss.
They were staring at each other for too long without moving, and they never touched each other.
So I am pretty sure the priest or crown prince version 1,
is an illusion and not really back from the dead. Maybe a ghost or a spirit that appears once a year.
Therefore, no touching shown.
But the writers didn't make if obvious as many fans would be upset,
so they kind of left it as open ending, fans can decide if he's back from the dead or if he's an illusion.
I am not a Xiao Zhan fan and nor do I find him handsome (Personal opinion - everyone has different taste).
So I was not blindly in love with his face, and I won't give the drama a 10 just because he's the male lead.
Yes, he's a good actor and his acting was good.
But the writers wrote his character and the storyline so badly,
that there's nothing more he could've done.
It's the writers fault that he did not have good chemistry with the female lead.
Female lead is not awful like some netizens are saying, it's more the writers fault for making her character like that.
Love is not about looks, but the way the leads interact and the chemistry they portray on screen.
Romance between the leads was not good, it was very lacking.
Once they both were in love with each other,
they did not have many romantic scenes,
kisses or intimate interactions,
to convince me that they were madly in love with each other and willing to die for each other.
The wedding night scene had me so frustrated. I mean they are married, so why make the scene so un-romantic and tame?
I am not asking for anything x-rated.
Censors aren't that strict with married couples, other recent dramas had racier wedding night scenes.
Why not show that the outer robes are coming off, he's removing her jewellery,
him carrying her to bed and climbing on top of her, kissing,
hand holding, then the curtains can shut and zoom out from the scene.
I am not kidding, but because of how tame the wedding night scene was,
there was an actual discussion somewhere between fans, on whether they actually consummated or not, as no baby was shown after the 1 year jump, lol.
Personally, I felt the female lead had more chemistry with the merman Yuan.
I know this sounds messed up, but even when Yuan was in evil mode and choking her,
he had more chemistry with the female lead than Xiao Zhan.
I actually started to ship her and Yuan towards the end of the drama.
I wish the drama could've ended with her being revealed as her great grandmother's reincarnation, and Yuan and her should've ended up together.
And Xiao Zhan can go back to being a priest in the mountains, away from the world, like he always wanted.
Anyway, this is my opinion on the longest promise and it's ending.
Any hateful or negatives comments just to purely attack me will be ignored.
Have a good day everyone, thank you for reading.
episode 1 -
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x95hr1y
Page with link to all 19 episodes -
https://www.dailymotion.com/elanachoudhury/videos
Also, all 19 episodes are available on google drive on the link below -
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1LUjHtl9BIIjiRIYdo-XbI1wI1jLoH6NQ?usp=sharing
On this link it shows Chen Kun and NiNi as leads so it is probably real,
but I'm sure they won't have the same names Ning yi and Feng zewei.
I don't care what they're called, as long as they star as leads, there's romance and they have a happy ending.
They had crazy chemisty in the rise of phoenixes, and I'm still not over that bad ending.
Omg, I'm so excited, really looking forward to this drama.
I really want to see Luo Yun Xi in a Republican,
And if you want to see Rong Qi (Luo Yunxi) and Rong Le get a happy ending, and don't mind incest, you can watch the alternate edit movie on the external links below.
On Dailymotion in a format of 19 episodes -
episode 1 -
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x95hr1y
Page with link to all 19 episodes -
https://www.dailymotion.com/elanachoudhury/videos
It has a plot that makes Rong Qi the male lead and the happy ending is the best part.
You have to be okay with incest though,
mind incest, you can watch the alternate edit movie on the external links below.
On Dailymotion in a format of 19 episodes -
episode 1 -
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x95hr1y
Page with link to all 19 episodes -
https://www.dailymotion.com/elanachoudhury/videos
It has a plot that makes Rong Qi the male lead and the happy ending is the best part.
You have to be okay with incest though,
Also, all 19 episodes are available on google drive on the link below -
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1LUjHtl9BIIjiRIYdo-XbI1wI1jLoH6NQ?usp=sharing
Also on streamtape in 3 parts.
Episode 1 -
https://streamtape.com/e/QKOm681yG3c06z3
Episode 2 -
https://streamtape.com/e/y0WK6z44DjCBq6
Episode 3 -
https://streamtape.com/e/roRgZwglLVhb20b
(Videos will play after short advert or pop ups. Close the adverts and come back to the original video link, then press play to watch (you may have to do this a few times, then wait for the video to load) ).
There is a direct youtube link to all parts but it does not always work, so better of watching it in episode format.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umuGjgHzxKI
That drama is like stories on wattpad come to life, male lead is hot.
But at the end of the day, I have to watch some Dixin gravity videos on YouTube before I go to bed, lol.
Yes, still addicted.
This fan made epilogue edit is million times better than the iqiyi ones.
No eng subs,
Video shows orchid being re-born in the mortal realm.
There is also a wedding and wedding night scene.
I think the dialogues were -
Dongfang - "Don't move, let me hug you,"
Orchid - "Big wooden head, you're hurting me, be more gentle."
Nothing X-rated but still made me blush, lol.
At the end they have two children.
(a wife & child is no excuse, many other actors are married. If you can't tell between real life & reel life, don't be an actor),
& a writer that should've been a bad fan fiction writer,
& a director that's clueless & doesn't understand multi camera shots in a scene, so it feel like you're watching a stage play,
& unnecessary dialogues & unnaturally long conversations in middle of action, that makes it feel like your reading a bad book = this awful, waste of time drama.
Bonus = As lead actor won't kiss, no one else was allowed to lip kiss on screen.
Rong Su and Lu Yizhou was the best couple, when moments between them required intense kiss, all they could do was hug tightly.
Only watched this drama till the end for them but they were forced to a bad end, so as not to outshine the dumb leads, that lacked chemistry, trust & character
development.
I've written a detailed response in the comment below marked with spoiler,
There were many women far more beautiful than her, and she had no loyalty or morals.
I hate what Rui did to his loyal and beautiful doctor wife, he lead her on by flirting with her many times and literally grabbed her hand and begged the empress to marry them.
Why did he treat her so coldly afterwards when the marriage was his choice?
He promised her dad to take care of her but he abandoned her?
Men could have 2 wives at that time, could he not show her affection and keep wu shuang as a concubine?
I am glad Rui and Wu shuang got seperated and died, karma got to these selfish people.
Really bad drama and worst story. They had aliens, magic, okay CGI, nice costumes, beautiful people and good budget, but they ruined it with horrible story and bad characters.
They could have made a great love story without any cheating spouses and a side story of saving the world from alien invasion, instead they decided to go down this stupid nonsense route.
Now I understand why none of the major sites didn't eng sub this for years, even the comedy Chinese alien drama, let's shake it, is so much better than this rubbish.
Only good thing about this drama is the way Rui looked, I admit he was hot and the only reason I started watching this drama. Lol,
I've explained more in my comment below that's marked with spoiler,
So he's forgotten her and she's stuck in a time loop, to go back and forth every 10 years,
until she changes something big that let's her travel to an alternative universe in 2011, where she doesn't fall of the cliff.
Why not just show us she manages to to do this and reunites with him?
Really cruel to make her disappear on her wedding day,
At least let them marry and consummate before she gets lost in time.
Why did you have to make Zheng yecheng cry so much?
He's such a good actor, his expressions are so realistic that it made me cry.
Also, writers ruined Xuan he revenge plot just to rush the ending.
It was unfair and unsatisfying that he got away with just an apology, and got to be with the girl that he barely cares about .
We hear he will be punished but they don't tell us how.
So will it be a huge money fine?
Thats not really a punishment for a rich boy,
He caused someone's death by heart attack and ruined their reputation and life's work, and tried to kill Lei chu xia many times.
Yes, he had a bad childhood but he's still a psycho.
He treats his current girlfriend like an item, a stress relief booty call that can be thrown away whenever he feels like it.
I wanted to see Xuan he exposed and disgraced, dragged away from his office kicking and screaming by police, then jailed.
His father should've died from a heart attack after learning how he's son had shamed the family.
Writers killed the revenge plot and gave the psycho a happy ending.
He gets away with I'm sorry, ends up with his father's love and his desperate girlfriend, and is still rich because he's father's rich.
Is this fan service to Yalkun Merxat fans? Yes, he's handsome but he'll never have the charm and attraction that Zheng ye cheng has.
Why end it like this? It would not be too hard or cost any extra budget, to have them remember each other at the end,
get married and kiss. Wedding night then fast forward a few years and show us a baby.
I'm going to pretend it ended like that,
was the training where you have to have bricks smashed on your head.
Initially, it appeared too un-realistic to me,
as I've never heard of skull getting strengthened after repeatedly getting hit.
So I did some research, and found that it is a real Chinese martial arts skill to develop the iron head.
(Link below),
https://www.google.com/amp/s/braineggs.wordpress.com/2016/01/01/the-iron-head-exercise-%25E9%2593%2581%25E5%25A4%25B4%25E5%258A%259F/amp/
So martial arts using Qi energy is not normal training as it's a bit supernatural,
They should of explained that this is a high level martial arts skill,
Would've been more realistic to show them meditating and
cultivating Qi energy first.
Also, since they are new to this, Should've at least started with 1 brick to the head.
No Qi energy or martial arts mention, and everyone getting 10 bricks to the head in one go, was a bit too much to be realistic.
Everyone Should've been in hospital with skull fractures,
Wonder if Iron head training is used in the real Chinese army,
Apart from the un-realistic bricking, enjoying the drama so far.
https://www1.watchasian.eu/video/operation-special-warfare-2022-episode-31-english-sub/
Episode 32 -
https://www1.watchasian.eu/video/operation-special-warfare-2022-episode-32-english-sub/
https://www1.watchasian.eu/video/operation-special-warfare-2022-episode-31-english-sub/
Episode 32 -
https://www1.watchasian.eu/video/operation-special-warfare-2022-episode-32-english-sub/
It shows Ning meng and captain admit to themselves, that they like each other.
I laughed so hard when the captain tried to report a personal problem, and thought commissar would approve him dating Ning meng,
only for him to reveal in the end, he thought captain liked his colleague Wenjing.
Also funny was the captain being called an old bachelor, and how dating and marriage is another mission, and to hurry up and make more babies, lol.
Ep 30 ripped my heart out and made me cry.
I know Xu dong dong's in pain but it really is her fault that Lin yi died, and if he didn't love her, he'd be alive.
She's impulsive and rash and overestimates herself.
There was no need to run after the terrorist alone with no back up,
she should've waited for a few more
soilders.
Problem is, she saw an image of a single weak looking female and assumed she got easily capture her or take her out.
No matter how harmless a terrorist looks, a terrorist should always be treated like a highly dangerous terrorist.
Lin yi being smart recognised she was in danger going after the terrorist alone,
But instead of calling backup for her and waiting, he went after her because he was in love with her.
He stopped being a sniper and went after Xu DD only due to personal feelings.
The most fatal & stupid mistake Xu
DD made was to assume the terrorist was dead.
She should've fired a few more bullets before stepping closer to the terrorist,
I've seen other soilders do it before coming into close range with terrorists.
Also, when the terrorist was trying to blow her up, why on earth did she freeze and not run far away?
That hesitation caused Lin yi to push her out of the way, and he got hit with the full blast.
Those dangerous decisions Lin yi made were all due to his feelings for Xu DD, so her love got him killed.
Really wish the writers would've put him in a coma or have him survive without a limb, instead of killing him.
Xu DD is terrible on the battlefield, I don't think she should even be on the special opps team.
Captain is great,
When they were boxing,
he told her all those weaknesses she had, that got Lin yi killed, without directly blaming her,
as he knew she was already in pain
with guilt.
Captain shows her,
terrorists won't wait for you to be ready, so always be on guard and be ready for a nasty surprise.
Many times he demonstrates and points out what sneack attacks are,
so basically
it may seem you've won but they
can sneak up on you and attack you, so be ready next time.
The most personal blow he delivered her was,
"You're not calm & emotions cloud you're judgement. If I was a terrorist that attacked Lin yi, you would be dead by now".
Xu DD realises she really messed up, and she needs to never make those mistakes again.
---—------------
Really sad episode,
I think when Xu DD tells the captain at the hospital,
that she loved Lin yi and didn't get a chance to properly confesss her love to him,
It made the captain think about confessing his love directly to Ning meng, in case something happens to either of them in the future.
Hope no one else dies in ep 31,
Poor Lin Yi, he totally deserved to be promoted and get an award.
They really don't value him, he survived the dessert with scorpion bites and made it back to the army base to report the terrorists.
I really felt bad for him during the award ceremony, at least Xu Dong dong looked sad for him.
as I've never heard of skull getting strengthened after repeatedly getting hit.
So I did some research, and found that it is a real Chinese martial arts skill to develop the iron head.
(Link below),
https://www.google.com/amp/s/braineggs.wordpress.com/2016/01/01/the-iron-head-exercise-%25E9%2593%2581%25E5%25A4%25B4%25E5%258A%259F/amp/
So martial arts using Qi energy is not normal training as it's a bit supernatural,
They should of explained that this is a high level martial arts skill,
Would've been more realistic to show them meditating and
cultivating Qi energy first.
Also, since they are new to this, Should've at least started with 1 brick to the head.
No Qi energy or martial arts mention, and everyone getting 10 bricks to the head in one go, was a bit too much to be realistic.
Everyone Should've been in hospital with skull fractures,
Wonder if Iron head training is used in the real Chinese army,
Apart from the un-realistic bricking, enjoying the drama so far.