Reminds me of many of the great historical drama, except more repetitive. Does anyone know why this drama isn't…
It's a shame that dramas with better plot and acting like The Glory of Tang Dynasty (douban 7.2) and The Legend of the Condor Heroes (8.1) are not licensed and subbed anywhere. Instead this one (3.6) and Eternal Love (5.6) got picked up.
Queen Min Da Gyeong (Yi Bang Won's wife) is a much more interesting character to me than the female lead. She's intelligent, ambitious and has so much agency. She and Bang Won make a perfect power couple. Her character has so much potential if properly developed.
The female lead, on the other hand, is a plot device in the first half of the drama, a POV for telling the commoners' story. However, in the latter half of the drama, her role is unconvincing, even redundant. The screenwriter tried hard to make her stay relevant, but it sometimes feels forced and awkward.
I can't decide rather I should start watching this or Six Flying Dragons?
Both are excellent dramas that only appear once every few years. I definitely recommend watching both if you can.
SFD has a darker tone in general, especially the latter half of the drama, where everyone turns bitter and old fellowship falls apart. It's more cynical in that way.
NIF, on the other hand, has a bittersweet but triumphant ending. It starts with a slower pace but only gets better and better all the way till the end.
Do actually Chinese directors believe that people actually fly...?! It seems so normal, ..nobody is surprised.…
Not everyone can fly. Only people who know martial arts can fly. It's called qinggong (literally light skill). And it's not flying per se, more like jumping higher by stepping on things and landing with more balance. It takes a good teacher and years of practice to master. It's just a basic setting of the wuxia genre.
The female lead, on the other hand, is a plot device in the first half of the drama, a POV for telling the commoners' story. However, in the latter half of the drama, her role is unconvincing, even redundant. The screenwriter tried hard to make her stay relevant, but it sometimes feels forced and awkward.
SFD has a darker tone in general, especially the latter half of the drama, where everyone turns bitter and old fellowship falls apart. It's more cynical in that way.
NIF, on the other hand, has a bittersweet but triumphant ending. It starts with a slower pace but only gets better and better all the way till the end.