Then I am sure you will enjoy it ! π Z.Tao is special... Am too far to be able to go to the concert in Guangzhou this Friday-Saturday, but already enjoying those new songs of 30s Club that are already released. If you don't know all about it yet, you can have a look in "Recent Discussions" above.
Except that itβs a bit long drama , itβs a pretty good drama overall and really enjoyable !!!
It is, yes, Z.Tao and cute pets and the pretty Wang Herun, whom he took to introduce the drama to audience of variety show Hello Saturday of Oct.21 ; they all joined together to perform the YKYB song : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOPruC5uPxs The plot was not best, but I also enjoyed that drama overall. Same, feeling it was a bit too long, and it could have been better if condensed to shorter length, but I still did not feel it would be right to skip (even the annoying lawyer, the jealous uncle, and some repeated scenes of TT bro playing with cousin SC.) There is a fun quip in episode 9: ykwim π
At first glance Shi Yan and Zheng Shuyi appear completely mismatched for each other. He is taciturn, solemn, methodic,…
Very nice :-) also enjoying the show.
In the beginning, I was somehow thinking back to Wang Hedi's role as Daoming Si, playing with Shancai, but Bai Lu is much more interesting than Shancai, and Hedi is getting it totally right. The others in the cast are not hogging too much screen time and they also have a trajectory that I am not displeased with (Guan and Ruoshan, Shi Yue and Yu You). It's second, third (more?) instance in a few months of my watching some of these and other guys as well, in that well chosen cast (Miles Wei, Zeng Li, Shi Yu, Jiang PeiYao, Koou ZhenHai, Dong Xuan) and I was happy to recognize them in these new roles: familiar faces that are adding their skills). The ups and downs and twists and turns of the story are expected, and I am just rolling along the bumpy path chuckling at each pothole and at Bai Lu's infectious grins. I caught the drama late (reality comes first...) although it was on my tbw from day 1 (Bai Lu?? count me in! even if she's got 3 dramas this year! I never tire of her. Hedi: hm hm, he's good too! says the luoshifan who watched, enthralled, ... Wu Lei and ZLS rise up to the galaxy, instead of Hedi when the Fairy and Devil tale was airing). Anyway, I have much pleasure binge watching and reading your above notes too !
About your question -- hmm. too personal. Perhaps I'll write a romance about it someday. Fate overrode rationality. Some sort of telepathy played a role (I totally relate to our drama CEO Shi Yan's way of hearing what should not be heard in normal, noisy environment: it was so for us and still is, at times). But that was in the past, so it's not that much about a future that has now lasted many years despite centuries changing. Rationally, it should have been what you describe, but in fact it was different: neither of us was looking for a partner at the time, and reluctant about the very idea of marriage and family and sharing wealth and support over a shorter or longer period! It was like in the "One heart" Z.Tao song "As long as you play with me, as long as you stay with me" ... but we got caught for good in our own game.
For the newbies and some hailang, on the eve of Singles day 11.11 here is an introduction to Z.Tao's music and a first Profile, illustrated, with links to more music and some fashion, luxury (incl. explanation of what some saw as a cryptic line in the song "Promise").
It is parked in the (always hidden, newbies have to be curious to find it, although it is not that difficult) Discussion section of "My Precious" drama. (Since MDL provides the introductions to dramas and shows, I have not (yet) added descriptions and links to those in the Profile, but you might nevertheless find the profile more useful than the ultra short bio and list of screen appearances here). I may expand on that and move the resulting Profile somewhere else later.
In case you are watching the drama and want to find out more about the pets that were guest stars, look at the other companion piece : Pets, with its additional list of Celeb's treasured pets. If you know more there, you are as always welcome to make additions in reply.
For the newbies and some hailang, on the eve of Singles day 11.11 here is an introduction to Z.Tao's music and a first draft Profile, illustrated, with links to more music and some fashion, luxury (incl. explanation of what some saw as a cryptic line in the song "Promise"). Still in the works, to include "the twin" and other anecdotes (the "daughter" story is in), or some key moments (why he left Exo and more) and the filmography, his views on acting... Since MDL provides the introductions to dramas and shows, I have not (yet) added descriptions and links to those in the Profile, but you might nevertheless find the profile more useful than the ultra short bio and list of screen appearances here). I may expand on those other infos and move the resulting Profile somewhere else later.
Meanwhile, it is parked in the (always hidden, newbies have to be curious to find it, although it is not that difficult) Discussion section of "My Precious" drama.
In case you are watching the drama and want to find out more about the pets that were guest stars, look at the other companion piece : Pets, with its additional list of Chinese celebs' treasured pets. If you know more there, you are as always welcome to make additions in reply.
So, I watched this one slowly, on the one hand because of interruptions by other activities, on the other because of more interest in another small drama. I never skip but it is true that there was much repetition and that the "secret" was out of the bag too early to be really thrilled by the second half development.
The purpose of raising awareness about responsibility for adopted pets was worthy. It was developed into "case studies" that really showcased the chosen pets. The drama could perhaps have been more realistic about some vet care, but on the whole, it pinpointed some facts. For instance, the relatively small number of guide dogs in China, but also a warning against seeing those as "workers" that could be used for years in demanding jobs such as guiding paralympic runners. Some care that actually amounts to mistreatment...
I kind of wish they didn't spend so many episodes getting us to know and love the He family only kill them all…
There was one member of the Hè family left, to find out the why and exert revenge + move on. The twists and turns get increasingly difficult until we get revealed what rare condition (actually it does exist in reality) caused Jiuling to be sent to the magician healer abbess on mount Wuhua. Brace yourself if you thought just beheading one family was tough... (but the story is not as tough as One and Only, the tragic masterpiece, or as the revenge of Ling/Huo Buyi in LLTG). Nevertheless there's light and a bright future in the end, in episode 27 which is necessary to conclude this drama. Perhaps even a cure for all involved.
Coming back briefly to express my thoughts. THERE MUST HAVE BEEN A GLITCH IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE FILING WORK TO…
>Good news for drama watchers : I have managed to have episode 27 added on TVDB database, that is used by streaming platforms. But anyway you have the link to that episode on Viki in the Tidbits.
So nice of Liang Jie to posted this drama on her Weibo account.
Steven Zhang/Zhang Xin Cheng is a close friend of Wang You Shuo, close enough to have been i the bunch of friends who staged a surprise birthday party visit for WYS on his October 8 birthday. He is a friend of Liang Jie too since 2020 at least. She is low key also because of the trouble of her failed relationship and subsequent betrothal breakup from another actor, so she does not post many pictures. And yes, I believe she knows and is friends with Ireine Song/ Song Yiren, since the post I stumbled on was addressed to her. There are social circles in c-ent that don't get overly publicized, but many actors and actresses of course have come across each other on sets, in Hengdian and other filming cities, and become acquaintances and friends. Also, many actors and actresses get acquainted and friends in variety shows, which happen all the time. Liang Jie has been a guest on some of those, in ep 19 of Hello Saturday this year (around May20 if I am not mistaken) ; Ireine Song was also a guest of Hello Saturday, although I am not sure it was in ep. 19 too. I did not watch that episode anyway, and finding back episodes is not easy even in "raw".
So nice of Liang Jie to posted this drama on her Weibo account.
Liang Jie has played in many dramas, even though many remember her as "Qu XiaoTan" in the series Eternal Love 1-2-3. She has had many successful roles in different dramas, ranging from wuxia (Handsome Siblings with Chen Zheyuan, Side Story of Fox Volant : an adaptation from Jin Yong novel, Jin Yong being ultra famous for The Legend of Condor Heroes, that has had many many drama adaptations - I like the 2017 one), fantasy historical (Time Flies and You Are Here), modern romance (Mr Honesty, Hi Venus: that one is excellent, one of the best in its category in 2022), gender swap romance (The Day of Becoming You), mysteries... She is a very excellent actress, currently tackling the very demanding role of "Song Ran" in The White Olive Tree, a much anticipated war drama that should air sometime late in 2024 or in 2025 if things take 2 years as they often do, between shooting and release... She is one of a big handful actresses I have been following since I first came across her dramas (the others are Bai Lu, Tan Songyun, Xing Fei, Yang Zi, Yang Mi, Zhao Liying, Zhao Lusi, in alphabetical order, and this is not exhaustive, there are other lesser, emerging stars I keep on my radar.)
I think it should have had a bigger budget too. Nevertheless, knowing it didn't actually makes me more respectful for work done and dedication of team, writer, and cast. Some actors are prevented from having their S+ production aired (Chen Zheyuan: 2 dramas in limbo) and still do very well in the low budget ones they end up in, gaining followers, which is only right. Now Wang Youshuo and Song Yiren are not exactly in that situation, but here they did well with scarce funding.
So to me: 8.5 is right, and I almost feel stingy, since I am not avaricious with 9 and 10s. But I will not let those who use sarcasm have a ball taking up what made me not go to 9. Anyway, I am not a paid reviewer and rater, so I just log in how I feel about it, taking everything into account...
And I am not regretting my time writing the companion piece "Tidbits" above, where in I have put a direct link to episode 27 on Viki, in waiting that indexing gets corrected and future audience find it without having to go hunting far and wide, or find it strangely titled "full sequel" on the Mango page of YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzOksvTTMgQ&list=PL0PsHrQxhYwS7vqDmwtKp_4rY6rjMI_F4&index=27) frustratingly behind "members only content" shield...
Coming back briefly to express my thoughts. THERE MUST HAVE BEEN A GLITCH IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE FILING WORK TO DECLARE THE LENGTH OF THIS DRAMA. IT CLEARLY HAS NOT 26 BUT 27 FULL EPISODES.
EPISODE 27 is not an alternate "happy end" put together to satisfy grieving fans of the show. It was clearly meant as part of it and filmed together with it.
The drama is not an adaptation of a sad story that had to get an alternate, happy or ambiguous end (like The Forbidden Flower, where discussion while airing led to the strange, but interesting, epilogue "with three different endings" that audience might choose own interpretation from) . The Inextricable Destiny does not adapt a pre-existing novel ; it is an independent writing for screen purpose and did not need to end tragically at episode 26 when many audience felt something was off stopping there. There was not an "additional episode" coined and put together because of that. Episode 27 was meant to be from the start.
It is not just a supplementary "26.5" episode as some sites added it.
I am trying to start correcting the indexing on an indexing site, so those who look to stream the drama may find it complete on sites that use this indexing; it may take some time, and I somehow wonder why those who knew and had access to preview before (already commenting on what was in that episode here over a week ago...) did not take action too.
Viki did so already, indexing it as 27 episodes now. You can find a direct link to it in the Tidbits (see Discussion above) page about production. Since they are getting franchise from original platforms, this is indeed official acknowledgement by original platform that the drama was meant to be 27 episodes. I hope the other indexing sites and places like MDL will also correct the number from 26 to 27 (just like they finally stopped having "Love Like The Galaxy" in two parts when it was one whole.)
As I stated before, it was due to Liang Jie's comment on her social media page that I was coincidentally checking (for other reasons) that I decided to give this one a try, and did not regret it, even writing the companion piece that you can look up in Discussion section above ("Tidbits"). Although it was acknowledged as low budget (so low that marketing was not done properly : no building anticipation, no ads, it almost fell unexpectedly from the skies to screens!), it did gain enough attention not only from me but for millions who watched it and kept it among the10 most watched shows until Sunday when drama vlogger Marcus reported as he does usually the status of the most popular web and tv dramas, logging its results as #8 web series by Nov5, 2023, which is rather good for such an unexpected one!
As for ratings, I just checked again that it is 9.2 on Viki, 8.6 on imDB. Even if it is not the groundbreaking masterpiece of the year, it is quite honorable and an interesting watch. No need for sarcasm about tears or low budget. (In fact, while there are many high budget S+ dramas on my personal fave list, there are also a good handful of low budget ones, warts and all, like The Imperial Coroner, Hidden Love - although we all know that the latter ought to have had a normal good budget, and was saved almost single handedly by FL calling in favors and friends to save it from a runaway director! This latter one's production story was epic...)
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perhaps you could try Viki. https://www.viki.com/tv/40203c-my-precious
Z.Tao is special... Am too far to be able to go to the concert in Guangzhou this Friday-Saturday, but already enjoying those new songs of 30s Club that are already released.
If you don't know all about it yet, you can have a look in "Recent Discussions" above.
The plot was not best, but I also enjoyed that drama overall. Same, feeling it was a bit too long, and it could have been better if condensed to shorter length, but I still did not feel it would be right to skip (even the annoying lawyer, the jealous uncle, and some repeated scenes of TT bro playing with cousin SC.) There is a fun quip in episode 9: ykwim π
In the beginning, I was somehow thinking back to Wang Hedi's role as Daoming Si, playing with Shancai, but Bai Lu is much more interesting than Shancai, and Hedi is getting it totally right.
The others in the cast are not hogging too much screen time and they also have a trajectory that I am not displeased with (Guan and Ruoshan, Shi Yue and Yu You).
It's second, third (more?) instance in a few months of my watching some of these and other guys as well, in that well chosen cast (Miles Wei, Zeng Li, Shi Yu, Jiang PeiYao, Koou ZhenHai, Dong Xuan) and I was happy to recognize them in these new roles: familiar faces that are adding their skills).
The ups and downs and twists and turns of the story are expected, and I am just rolling along the bumpy path chuckling at each pothole and at Bai Lu's infectious grins.
I caught the drama late (reality comes first...) although it was on my tbw from day 1 (Bai Lu?? count me in! even if she's got 3 dramas this year! I never tire of her. Hedi: hm hm, he's good too! says the luoshifan who watched, enthralled, ... Wu Lei and ZLS rise up to the galaxy, instead of Hedi when the Fairy and Devil tale was airing). Anyway, I have much pleasure binge watching and reading your above notes too !
About your question -- hmm. too personal. Perhaps I'll write a romance about it someday. Fate overrode rationality. Some sort of telepathy played a role (I totally relate to our drama CEO Shi Yan's way of hearing what should not be heard in normal, noisy environment: it was so for us and still is, at times). But that was in the past, so it's not that much about a future that has now lasted many years despite centuries changing. Rationally, it should have been what you describe, but in fact it was different: neither of us was looking for a partner at the time, and reluctant about the very idea of marriage and family and sharing wealth and support over a shorter or longer period! It was like in the "One heart" Z.Tao song "As long as you play with me, as long as you stay with me" ... but we got caught for good in our own game.
here is an introduction to Z.Tao's music and a first Profile, illustrated, with links to more music and some fashion, luxury (incl. explanation of what some saw as a cryptic line in the song "Promise").
It is parked in the (always hidden, newbies have to be curious to find it, although it is not that difficult) Discussion section of "My Precious" drama. (Since MDL provides the introductions to dramas and shows, I have not (yet) added descriptions and links to those in the Profile, but you might nevertheless find the profile more useful than the ultra short bio and list of screen appearances here). I may expand on that and move the resulting Profile somewhere else later.
https://kisskh.at/discussions/loving-you/120711-z-tao-playlist-and-some-xu-yiyang-thrown-in
In case you are watching the drama and want to find out more about the pets that were guest stars, look at the other companion piece : Pets, with its additional list of Celeb's treasured pets. If you know more there, you are as always welcome to make additions in reply.
https://kisskh.at/discussions/loving-you/120713-pets-my-precious-ones-and-those-of-c-drama-actors-actresses?page=last&p=2836011#p2836011
here is an introduction to Z.Tao's music and a first draft Profile, illustrated, with links to more music and some fashion, luxury (incl. explanation of what some saw as a cryptic line in the song "Promise"). Still in the works, to include "the twin" and other anecdotes (the "daughter" story is in), or some key moments (why he left Exo and more) and the filmography, his views on acting... Since MDL provides the introductions to dramas and shows, I have not (yet) added descriptions and links to those in the Profile, but you might nevertheless find the profile more useful than the ultra short bio and list of screen appearances here). I may expand on those other infos and move the resulting Profile somewhere else later.
Meanwhile, it is parked in the (always hidden, newbies have to be curious to find it, although it is not that difficult) Discussion section of "My Precious" drama.
https://kisskh.at/discussions/loving-you/120711-z-tao-playlist-and-some-xu-yiyang-thrown-in
In case you are watching the drama and want to find out more about the pets that were guest stars, look at the other companion piece : Pets, with its additional list of Chinese celebs' treasured pets. If you know more there, you are as always welcome to make additions in reply.
The purpose of raising awareness about responsibility for adopted pets was worthy. It was developed into "case studies" that really showcased the chosen pets.
The drama could perhaps have been more realistic about some vet care, but on the whole, it pinpointed some facts. For instance, the relatively small number of guide dogs in China, but also a warning against seeing those as "workers" that could be used for years in demanding jobs such as guiding paralympic runners. Some care that actually amounts to mistreatment...
The twists and turns get increasingly difficult until we get revealed what rare condition (actually it does exist in reality) caused Jiuling to be sent to the magician healer abbess on mount Wuhua.
Brace yourself if you thought just beheading one family was tough... (but the story is not as tough as One and Only, the tragic masterpiece, or as the revenge of Ling/Huo Buyi in LLTG).
Nevertheless there's light and a bright future in the end, in episode 27 which is necessary to conclude this drama. Perhaps even a cure for all involved.
He is a friend of Liang Jie too since 2020 at least.
She is low key also because of the trouble of her failed relationship and subsequent betrothal breakup from another actor, so she does not post many pictures.
And yes, I believe she knows and is friends with Ireine Song/ Song Yiren, since the post I stumbled on was addressed to her.
There are social circles in c-ent that don't get overly publicized, but many actors and actresses of course have come across each other on sets, in Hengdian and other filming cities, and become acquaintances and friends.
Also, many actors and actresses get acquainted and friends in variety shows, which happen all the time. Liang Jie has been a guest on some of those, in ep 19 of Hello Saturday this year (around May20 if I am not mistaken) ; Ireine Song was also a guest of Hello Saturday, although I am not sure it was in ep. 19 too. I did not watch that episode anyway, and finding back episodes is not easy even in "raw".
She is one of a big handful actresses I have been following since I first came across her dramas (the others are Bai Lu, Tan Songyun, Xing Fei, Yang Zi, Yang Mi, Zhao Liying, Zhao Lusi, in alphabetical order, and this is not exhaustive, there are other lesser, emerging stars I keep on my radar.)
So to me: 8.5 is right, and I almost feel stingy, since I am not avaricious with 9 and 10s. But I will not let those who use sarcasm have a ball taking up what made me not go to 9. Anyway, I am not a paid reviewer and rater, so I just log in how I feel about it, taking everything into account...
And I am not regretting my time writing the companion piece "Tidbits" above, where in I have put a direct link to episode 27 on Viki, in waiting that indexing gets corrected and future audience find it without having to go hunting far and wide, or find it strangely titled "full sequel" on the Mango page of YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzOksvTTMgQ&list=PL0PsHrQxhYwS7vqDmwtKp_4rY6rjMI_F4&index=27) frustratingly behind "members only content" shield...
EPISODE 27 is not an alternate "happy end" put together to satisfy grieving fans of the show. It was clearly meant as part of it and filmed together with it.
The drama is not an adaptation of a sad story that had to get an alternate, happy or ambiguous end (like The Forbidden Flower, where discussion while airing led to the strange, but interesting, epilogue "with three different endings" that audience might choose own interpretation from) . The Inextricable Destiny does not adapt a pre-existing novel ; it is an independent writing for screen purpose and did not need to end tragically at episode 26 when many audience felt something was off stopping there. There was not an "additional episode" coined and put together because of that. Episode 27 was meant to be from the start.
It is not just a supplementary "26.5" episode as some sites added it.
I am trying to start correcting the indexing on an indexing site, so those who look to stream the drama may find it complete on sites that use this indexing; it may take some time, and I somehow wonder why those who knew and had access to preview before (already commenting on what was in that episode here over a week ago...) did not take action too.
Viki did so already, indexing it as 27 episodes now. You can find a direct link to it in the Tidbits (see Discussion above) page about production. Since they are getting franchise from original platforms, this is indeed official acknowledgement by original platform that the drama was meant to be 27 episodes. I hope the other indexing sites and places like MDL will also correct the number from 26 to 27 (just like they finally stopped having "Love Like The Galaxy" in two parts when it was one whole.)
As I stated before, it was due to Liang Jie's comment on her social media page that I was coincidentally checking (for other reasons) that I decided to give this one a try, and did not regret it, even writing the companion piece that you can look up in Discussion section above ("Tidbits"). Although it was acknowledged as low budget (so low that marketing was not done properly : no building anticipation, no ads, it almost fell unexpectedly from the skies to screens!), it did gain enough attention not only from me but for millions who watched it and kept it among the10 most watched shows until Sunday when drama vlogger Marcus reported as he does usually the status of the most popular web and tv dramas, logging its results as #8 web series by Nov5, 2023, which is rather good for such an unexpected one!
As for ratings, I just checked again that it is 9.2 on Viki, 8.6 on imDB. Even if it is not the groundbreaking masterpiece of the year, it is quite honorable and an interesting watch. No need for sarcasm about tears or low budget. (In fact, while there are many high budget S+ dramas on my personal fave list, there are also a good handful of low budget ones, warts and all, like The Imperial Coroner, Hidden Love - although we all know that the latter ought to have had a normal good budget, and was saved almost single handedly by FL calling in favors and friends to save it from a runaway director! This latter one's production story was epic...)