I love your analyses. Very very constructive. Especially the part on the differences between the novel and the…
I saw your comment above and I think that was slightly directed towards my own post, lol. No hard feelings.
I know the director is experienced and I'm sure we will see more scenes from the drama that will be intense and emotional, I have no doubt.
But purely from a novel reader perspective, those scenes I mentioned above were special to me and I personally loved them (I still go back and reread those scenes time to time) so I wanted to see that execution in the drama. But unfortunately, I was left disappointed. I don't know about other novel readers and how they feel about the changes, but those scenes mentioned -- to me personally, they were impactful in the book and was important towards Yunhe's and Chang Yi's relationship progression.
Like I said, I expected some changes and I don't mind them. Just a little sad because I was excited about watching those scenes coming to life but now I probably won't get to see them. Even if Chang Yi gives his Jiaozhu to Yunhe again (later in the drama) it won't be the same anymore :(
Again, that does not mean I'm not happy with the drama. Like I mentioned above, I'm enjoying it. And I love Dilireba (she's the reason I read the book and I'm watching the drama).
I'm sure we will get to see a lot more emotional, heartbreaking and intense scenes in the drama. And I have my tissues ready. But I think I can be disappointed for now because some of my favorite scenes were not reenacted in the drama T_T
I watched the episodes with the machine-translated subs because I am so anxious and impatient. I would say the subs are 80% accurate and since I read the book, I could easily follow what was happening.
Dilireba is flawless as ever. Her acting is top-notch and I expected nothing less from her. In fact, she exceeded my expectations. This is my first drama by Allen Ren and I can say I'm thoroughly impressed with his acting.
The pace of the drama is good; not too slow and not too fast. I always had an issue with fantasy/historical dramas because sometimes we have a lot of filler episodes and the pace is excruciatingly slow. But this is not the case here. It keeps you on your toes and there are no boring scenes. The CGI is top-notch. No complaints there.
Before I started watching this drama, I prepared myself mentally because I knew it would be "different" from the book. We expected changes and I was ready for that.
BUT I'm only slightly disappointed by how much the drama is different from the book. I read the book 3 times, practically memorized some chapters and there are some scenes that I had been so excited to watch but guess what? The drama skipped those scenes, sadly.
Chang Yi's character from the book is much more reserved and modest, compared to Chang Yi's character from the drama. While I'm not complaining about having more kisses, I'm a little saddened by the change of his character. He is still innocent (and cuter) but in the book, he never kissed or touched or slept in the same bed as Yunhe until after he gave her the Jiaoren mark (which essentially means they are married in his culture). So to see Chang Yi doing those things with Yunhe before the "mating", took me by surprise and I'm not sure how to feel about it.
Another big change is when Chang Yi gave Yunhe his Jiaozhu in episode 8. I literally gasped because that happened much, MUCH later in the book (after he took her from Shunde's prison and brought her to the North). And that scene from the book is so much more heartbreaking and special. He gave her the Jiaozhu because she was in a coma for two days and he was so scared that she was about to die, so in desperation, he kissed her and transferred his Jiaozhu into her body. I remembered the first time I read that scene, I cried because you could feel just how desperate Chang Yi was. But that scene from the drama lacked that intense emotion, compared to the book. Personally to me, it felt less memorable and less special. So I can't say I'm not disappointed.
Another scene that's missing and was crucial to the book was when they fell back to Demon Valley from the Ten Square Formation. Chang Yi fought with the demon masters to guard and protect Yunhe after she fell unconscious. I wished they had added this scene, it would have been so powerful/intense and we could have seen just to what length Chang Yi would go to protect Yunhe.
There are so many important scenes that they skipped or changed the sequence T_T
The drama is good, the actors are doing great! I have nothing negative to say to them because they are portraying the characters flawlessly. But it's the directing that I'm disappointed with when I compared it to the book.
I think I'll have to watch the drama and think of it as separate from the book.
The newest trailer made me worry a little. While I don't mind them including comedic relief scenes into the drama (the book had none... it's a very sad, emotional, and tortured story), I hope they didn't take the big and important scenes from the book and turned them into comedy.
I know the director is experienced and I'm sure we will see more scenes from the drama that will be intense and emotional, I have no doubt.
But purely from a novel reader perspective, those scenes I mentioned above were special to me and I personally loved them (I still go back and reread those scenes time to time) so I wanted to see that execution in the drama. But unfortunately, I was left disappointed. I don't know about other novel readers and how they feel about the changes, but those scenes mentioned -- to me personally, they were impactful in the book and was important towards Yunhe's and Chang Yi's relationship progression.
Like I said, I expected some changes and I don't mind them. Just a little sad because I was excited about watching those scenes coming to life but now I probably won't get to see them. Even if Chang Yi gives his Jiaozhu to Yunhe again (later in the drama) it won't be the same anymore :(
Again, that does not mean I'm not happy with the drama. Like I mentioned above, I'm enjoying it. And I love Dilireba (she's the reason I read the book and I'm watching the drama).
I'm sure we will get to see a lot more emotional, heartbreaking and intense scenes in the drama. And I have my tissues ready. But I think I can be disappointed for now because some of my favorite scenes were not reenacted in the drama T_T
Dilireba is flawless as ever. Her acting is top-notch and I expected nothing less from her. In fact, she exceeded my expectations. This is my first drama by Allen Ren and I can say I'm thoroughly impressed with his acting.
The pace of the drama is good; not too slow and not too fast. I always had an issue with fantasy/historical dramas because sometimes we have a lot of filler episodes and the pace is excruciatingly slow. But this is not the case here. It keeps you on your toes and there are no boring scenes. The CGI is top-notch. No complaints there.
Before I started watching this drama, I prepared myself mentally because I knew it would be "different" from the book. We expected changes and I was ready for that.
BUT I'm only slightly disappointed by how much the drama is different from the book. I read the book 3 times, practically memorized some chapters and there are some scenes that I had been so excited to watch but guess what? The drama skipped those scenes, sadly.
Chang Yi's character from the book is much more reserved and modest, compared to Chang Yi's character from the drama. While I'm not complaining about having more kisses, I'm a little saddened by the change of his character. He is still innocent (and cuter) but in the book, he never kissed or touched or slept in the same bed as Yunhe until after he gave her the Jiaoren mark (which essentially means they are married in his culture). So to see Chang Yi doing those things with Yunhe before the "mating", took me by surprise and I'm not sure how to feel about it.
Another big change is when Chang Yi gave Yunhe his Jiaozhu in episode 8. I literally gasped because that happened much, MUCH later in the book (after he took her from Shunde's prison and brought her to the North). And that scene from the book is so much more heartbreaking and special. He gave her the Jiaozhu because she was in a coma for two days and he was so scared that she was about to die, so in desperation, he kissed her and transferred his Jiaozhu into her body. I remembered the first time I read that scene, I cried because you could feel just how desperate Chang Yi was. But that scene from the drama lacked that intense emotion, compared to the book. Personally to me, it felt less memorable and less special. So I can't say I'm not disappointed.
Another scene that's missing and was crucial to the book was when they fell back to Demon Valley from the Ten Square Formation. Chang Yi fought with the demon masters to guard and protect Yunhe after she fell unconscious. I wished they had added this scene, it would have been so powerful/intense and we could have seen just to what length Chang Yi would go to protect Yunhe.
There are so many important scenes that they skipped or changed the sequence T_T
The drama is good, the actors are doing great! I have nothing negative to say to them because they are portraying the characters flawlessly. But it's the directing that I'm disappointed with when I compared it to the book.
I think I'll have to watch the drama and think of it as separate from the book.
This is all thanks and courtesy to Shitan for providing the SRT file.