In all the wuxia dramas I have watched and enjoyed, this drama stands out with numerous captivating and tense…
Are you sure it is from a novel ? I did not find it and it was not mentioned on Baidu, only that Zhang Wei is the screenwriter. So perhaps it is an original script for drama. Otherwise I agree with your observations.
wow, wow, wow! the beginning is just....... awesome. sad that there is georestrictions so all cannot flock direct to iQiyi to watch it. but when there's a will, there's a way. catching up from episode 3. Liu Yuning, Liu Shishi are wonderful ; Alen Fang too with such a pace, slowing down will perhaps be difficult but let's be reasonable to enjoy those 40 episodes, sometimes head needs to emerge from the lotus basin despite the fire and fumes in the hall! š just read that "iQIYI's historical drama #AJourneyToLove, starring #LiuShishi and #LiuYuning, had a heat index of 7148 on its first day of broadcast, setting a record for iQIYI's highest popularity on its first day of broadcast in 2023."
OFL get bad ratings here but in China not so! This shows the drama is so popular that even if it's not finished…
Yes, both Bai Lu dramas (SOKP and OFL were nĀ°1 of the week past, in web and TV drama charts as computed by VLinkage etc and reported on the Marcus Here! Youtube channel Sunday evening) For second week running for both.
I saw a rant by AvenueX from her youtube channel.. she is so sucks.. I know she can freely speak out her opinion…
just avoid AvX. Myself I used to have same opinion as Kiie below, but not since August, when she showed how truly shallow and malevolent parrot of anti fan groups she is. I have unsubscribed and don't hesitate to mention my disgust about her. Just the mere title of her video about this Only For Love drama shows it is built in the same scorpion like vein. [IF you want real news and balanced views, go to the Marcus Here! channel on YT instead. I globally agree with him and the commenters on his channel (not everyone though; there used to be one recognizable anti fan who crept in to spread mayhem, but she must have finally been silenced by YT : good riddance)] Do not let the awful self proclaimed "pro critic" (she is just a Youtuber) gain more views and monies from YT or other naive followers who agree to be formatted and brainwashed by her poisonous rants. The only stuff I found valuable (in the past) was her introduction to guqin (I play it too, long before her), poetry, Hanfu and ancient costume, some actors portraits where she strove to be neutral, and some language notes. Everyone noted that she sided against Zhang Zhehan by seemingly agreeing to the backlash that took him down over some banal pictures of flowering trees and a remote friend's wedding. I am not really following that case closely, but since I like mandopop, I can't help side with the audience that remains faithful to the probably unjustly banned entertainer whom she consistently ignored after his success and sudden downfall. In 2023 that AvX only focused on gunning down dramas, making me increasingly irritated until one specific moment when she went totally overboard and lost me, forever, very dramatically ;)
Unfortunately fl's character is written tragically. In ep 31 Yi Yang declares herself a stalker and she smiles…
Yi Yang is a guy. So who is "herself"? Shuyi? Plus Yi Yang the ambitious "dark horse" is no stalker : a persistent and obnoxious suitor, ok. Not more. He never breaks into her home or grabs her to drag her away! At the worst, he lures her to climb up into a tree (that scene was nice for the "coaxing fairy" part from Shi Yi, but totally incomprehensible from Yi Yang who just stayed perched up higher and looking at the show, without even a groan to show his presence!) Real stalkers don't declare themselves to be such and usually don't confront their prey from front ;Yi Yang did not need to be tasered. Besides, in many countries, even pepper spray is banned as it can be construed as an offensive weapon. Better learn jiu jitsu or krav maga then, or simply have a very shrill and loud whistle handy. .............."any normal woman" : who watches dramas to see "normal women" ? but any normal woman would certainly not look for a (bulky) taser gun and risk it be wrenched from hands and used against her, or find herself in custody for having used unlawful weapons ;)
Yes, they are feeding on aloof audience who would swoon after men who simply wag their tail behind anything that's…
just to remind that translations can be very misleading too; a "dog" is familiar slang for unattached single young males in China ; "submissive" should have been better translated as "devoted, attentive". The mom just wanted her to pair up with someone matched in age, size, social status, and sufficient common interests to build a normal relationship. So, there is no hidden zoophilia or sadomasochism Ć la 50 Shades involved. The "three musketeers" are not to be swooned for or pitied: they have chosen loneliness and just look at beauties with jaded eyes since many of those are only interested in their wealth and power. These characters might be interested in communication, commitment, and honesty, but don't think it really possible until they are in a way forced and pursued into it by the flawed two females and the relentless (but sweet) young one. It is quite thorny relationships, but less unbelievable than those rosy hued tales where everyone (?) is conforming to the (old or new fashioned) western moral, cultural, and linguistic compass. For such, better turn to Disney cartoons, or old "Desperate housewives" or some better chosen south American soap operas (btw this drama, with its 7 couples and other third wheels did sometimes remind me of Brazilian soaps!) Anyway, nobody forces audience to sit through 32+1 episodes of a drama, fast forwarding to catch translated nuggets of dialogue in order to form impression about. Unless they are professional reviewers paid to do so, belonging or not to a group of interest (competing entertainment companies or news outlets, organized fans or anti fans)? Not that I really am enthused by the screen adaptation of this modern Chinese office romance, which is bumpy travel, to say the least, with the phones as predominant guest stars. To me, I found it interesting as a mirror of office politics and business in China, including show business, where relationships are not simple as we well know from the gossips pages. There were some really beautiful, sweet, simply funny moments : the temple visit and quote from Du Fu's poem, the childish joy of girlfriends playing with snow in the water town (glimpse of Wuzhen), the very funny quip towards the end "Call me uncle!" that embodies all the complications of Chinese family lines... And of course, really handsome guys and girls, despite none really are my favorite, except impish Bai Lu, who I always look at with interest : she can play such a contradictory Shuyi character, well seasoned in her line of work, but lacking both in culture and sensibility, and not as insightful and upright as she thinks herself to be, and make it work. naturally. Sometimes the way she played Shuyi reminded me of Scarlett o'Hara in the old movie Gone with the wind, in her compulsion to flirt, shock, and unwittingly antagonize Shi Yi. As for this ML character I thought he was used to conceal his thoughts and sentiments and trained to speak as little as possible, because of his unusual upbringing as son of celebrities and celeb himself in his line of work. Wang Hedi was well chosen for such a relatively stony faced and apparently rigid character.
I object to castigate audience as "dumb" or having any judgemental attitude about them: that sort would be, to me, a very Shuyi-knows-it-all-and-believes-herself-superior to all others, like a deity basking in her own glory-vapid-beauty attitude. Religion and dramas are the opium of suffering people?
A waste of time...30 of the 36 episodes revolved around a misunderstanding!! 2023, many writers are still writing…
Happy to see that i was not the only one who liked Bai Lu in "Forever and Ever", albeit she played a rather delicate FL there, just a tad more talkative than mute Shi Yi in "One and Only" tragic masterpiece. Try also my favorites : "Arsenal Military Academy" and "Love is Sweet" where pairing with Luo Yunxi was so perfect that they were eager to follow up working together again, doing the dark masterpiece "Till The End of the Moon". I am only now embarking on "Story of Kunning Palace" so i have no firm opinion on that one yet; it looked like it started again, like in Romance of Tiger and Rose, or other twists on same idea, with FL from present times being projected into a world of fiction.
Yes, DW (ex Daoming Si in MG and Dongfang Qingcang devil in LBFAD) and Lulu had good chemistry, after all, in this one, and perhaps will find a better story than this one to play together in. Although last episodes ("call me uncle!" quip: rofwl) did leave a better impression. Anyway, dramas are in no way a moral compass...
Yes. I finally have the remaining episodes. Episode 34!!!! Mercy!!!
on kisskh.com they are all there now, until 36.5; so i finished catching up from 26+ and staying for those 10 remaining episodes; enjoyed much more the last ones. The "call me uncle" quip referring to the complicated and hidden family ties was very funny to my ears!
I have posted the Douban rating 7.3, and the special poster visuals announcing it, together with the Profile of Wu Xuanyi in Discussions section above :)
Many cast Asia as a similar death trap: when it's not malaria and plague, it's terror and women rapes and burning…
I certainly am not forcing you to watch or appreciate c-dramas, Asian dramas or anything that raises your hackles.
I could write more, replying to your late answer after my post of 3 months ago. But I am not paid to gun down or defend any drama, or even to answer you.. Puzzled that it took you over four months to complete that small 22 episode drama, when you logged in over 3000 episodes watches since... June this year? š
But Sweet Teeth is not even a drama about or set in Africa! So your judgmental reaction about it and myself/my opinion is in my view exaggerated.
While re-watching, I came across a snippet of a TV drama that the mom of Su Wei'an is watching, in episode 21, about 13:06 timestamp on Viki : has someone recognized from which show that was ? I am curious.
i have added some more :) Had forgotten the LYX meme! and some notes about cast. I like the final bts that you found - will try to put it in too, maybe tomorrow evening, so it get pinned there too, without having to look elsewhere. (perhaps cutting it so it fits the 1 min max format; maybe just keeping the wedding) but can't do it just now, have to shut down the computer for some hours :(
The DVD version is longer, there are a number of scenes that have been cut out of the TV version. In total it…
hmmm. snake bites and condoms: are females somehow linked subliminally here to snake stories.... thinking also about the venomous Wen Ran (noting that the actress was playing an almost as toxic role in Lighter and Princess: perhaps she has fun with such villainous roles, lol!)
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Otherwise I agree with your observations.
sad that there is georestrictions so all cannot flock direct to iQiyi to watch it.
but when there's a will, there's a way.
catching up from episode 3.
Liu Yuning, Liu Shishi are wonderful ; Alen Fang too
with such a pace, slowing down will perhaps be difficult but let's be reasonable to enjoy those 40 episodes, sometimes head needs to emerge from the lotus basin despite the fire and fumes in the hall! š
just read that "iQIYI's historical drama #AJourneyToLove, starring #LiuShishi and #LiuYuning, had a heat index of 7148 on its first day of broadcast, setting a record for iQIYI's highest popularity on its first day of broadcast in 2023."
Myself I used to have same opinion as Kiie below, but not since August, when she showed how truly shallow and malevolent parrot of anti fan groups she is. I have unsubscribed and don't hesitate to mention my disgust about her.
Just the mere title of her video about this Only For Love drama shows it is built in the same scorpion like vein.
[IF you want real news and balanced views, go to the Marcus Here! channel on YT instead. I globally agree with him and the commenters on his channel (not everyone though; there used to be one recognizable anti fan who crept in to spread mayhem, but she must have finally been silenced by YT : good riddance)]
Do not let the awful self proclaimed "pro critic" (she is just a Youtuber) gain more views and monies from YT or other naive followers who agree to be formatted and brainwashed by her poisonous rants.
The only stuff I found valuable (in the past) was her introduction to guqin (I play it too, long before her), poetry, Hanfu and ancient costume, some actors portraits where she strove to be neutral, and some language notes. Everyone noted that she sided against Zhang Zhehan by seemingly agreeing to the backlash that took him down over some banal pictures of flowering trees and a remote friend's wedding. I am not really following that case closely, but since I like mandopop, I can't help side with the audience that remains faithful to the probably unjustly banned entertainer whom she consistently ignored after his success and sudden downfall.
In 2023 that AvX only focused on gunning down dramas, making me increasingly irritated until one specific moment when she went totally overboard and lost me, forever, very dramatically ;)
Plus Yi Yang the ambitious "dark horse" is no stalker : a persistent and obnoxious suitor, ok.
Not more. He never breaks into her home or grabs her to drag her away! At the worst, he lures her to climb up into a tree (that scene was nice for the "coaxing fairy" part from Shi Yi, but totally incomprehensible from Yi Yang who just stayed perched up higher and looking at the show, without even a groan to show his presence!)
Real stalkers don't declare themselves to be such and usually don't confront their prey from front ;Yi Yang did not need to be tasered. Besides, in many countries, even pepper spray is banned as it can be construed as an offensive weapon. Better learn jiu jitsu or krav maga then, or simply have a very shrill and loud whistle handy.
.............."any normal woman" : who watches dramas to see "normal women" ? but any normal woman would certainly not look for a (bulky) taser gun and risk it be wrenched from hands and used against her, or find herself in custody for having used unlawful weapons ;)
The "three musketeers" are not to be swooned for or pitied: they have chosen loneliness and just look at beauties with jaded eyes since many of those are only interested in their wealth and power. These characters might be interested in communication, commitment, and honesty, but don't think it really possible until they are in a way forced and pursued into it by the flawed two females and the relentless (but sweet) young one.
It is quite thorny relationships, but less unbelievable than those rosy hued tales where everyone (?) is conforming to the (old or new fashioned) western moral, cultural, and linguistic compass. For such, better turn to Disney cartoons, or old "Desperate housewives" or some better chosen south American soap operas (btw this drama, with its 7 couples and other third wheels did sometimes remind me of Brazilian soaps!)
Anyway, nobody forces audience to sit through 32+1 episodes of a drama, fast forwarding to catch translated nuggets of dialogue in order to form impression about. Unless they are professional reviewers paid to do so, belonging or not to a group of interest (competing entertainment companies or news outlets, organized fans or anti fans)?
Not that I really am enthused by the screen adaptation of this modern Chinese office romance, which is bumpy travel, to say the least, with the phones as predominant guest stars. To me, I found it interesting as a mirror of office politics and business in China, including show business, where relationships are not simple as we well know from the gossips pages.
There were some really beautiful, sweet, simply funny moments : the temple visit and quote from Du Fu's poem, the childish joy of girlfriends playing with snow in the water town (glimpse of Wuzhen), the very funny quip towards the end "Call me uncle!" that embodies all the complications of Chinese family lines...
And of course, really handsome guys and girls, despite none really are my favorite, except impish Bai Lu, who I always look at with interest : she can play such a contradictory Shuyi character, well seasoned in her line of work, but lacking both in culture and sensibility, and not as insightful and upright as she thinks herself to be, and make it work. naturally. Sometimes the way she played Shuyi reminded me of Scarlett o'Hara in the old movie Gone with the wind, in her compulsion to flirt, shock, and unwittingly antagonize Shi Yi.
As for this ML character I thought he was used to conceal his thoughts and sentiments and trained to speak as little as possible, because of his unusual upbringing as son of celebrities and celeb himself in his line of work. Wang Hedi was well chosen for such a relatively stony faced and apparently rigid character.
I object to castigate audience as "dumb" or having any judgemental attitude about them: that sort would be, to me, a very Shuyi-knows-it-all-and-believes-herself-superior to all others, like a deity basking in her own glory-vapid-beauty attitude. Religion and dramas are the opium of suffering people?
Try also my favorites : "Arsenal Military Academy" and "Love is Sweet" where pairing with Luo Yunxi was so perfect that they were eager to follow up working together again, doing the dark masterpiece "Till The End of the Moon".
I am only now embarking on "Story of Kunning Palace" so i have no firm opinion on that one yet; it looked like it started again, like in Romance of Tiger and Rose, or other twists on same idea, with FL from present times being projected into a world of fiction.
Yes, DW (ex Daoming Si in MG and Dongfang Qingcang devil in LBFAD) and Lulu had good chemistry, after all, in this one, and perhaps will find a better story than this one to play together in. Although last episodes ("call me uncle!" quip: rofwl) did leave a better impression. Anyway, dramas are in no way a moral compass...
I could write more, replying to your late answer after my post of 3 months ago. But I am not paid to gun down or defend any drama, or even to answer you.. Puzzled that it took you over four months to complete that small 22 episode drama, when you logged in over 3000 episodes watches since... June this year? š
But Sweet Teeth is not even a drama about or set in Africa! So your judgmental reaction about it and myself/my opinion is in my view exaggerated.
I am curious.
https://kisskh.at/discussions/love-is-panacea/121233-shooting-locations-dates-and-some-other-considerations
Had forgotten the LYX meme! and some notes about cast.
I like the final bts that you found - will try to put it in too, maybe tomorrow evening, so it get pinned there too, without having to look elsewhere. (perhaps cutting it so it fits the 1 min max format; maybe just keeping the wedding) but can't do it just now, have to shut down the computer for some hours :(
https://kisskh.at/discussions/love-is-panacea/121233-shooting-locations-dates-and-some-other-considerations
are females somehow linked subliminally here to snake stories.... thinking also about the venomous Wen Ran (noting that the actress was playing an almost as toxic role in Lighter and Princess: perhaps she has fun with such villainous roles, lol!)