8.1 is not a bad score but from the comments I see people like it and would expect more. Someone give me reasons…
real reason : it's not a romance and one commenter on this page already was upfront on her dropping after first episode + down-rating to 6 for that reason. Then, some nitpickers who frown at drama tropes like sleuths use of shades when it makes them stand out and such small details, possible mismatch of lip movements in dubbing... They may or not subtract points, depending on their overall feeling. Lastly, it's still airing, so those who rate may be doing so provisionally, starting from 8 or 8.5 with a perspective to adjust later to hike it up or down (instead of rating episodes as they should and waiting to rate until it's ended or close to end - like I do. But perhaps I'll give it a 10 to boost it provisionally, adjusting or not later: honestly, it's not really ethical or scientific).
Xiaohai looks like an angel but has no qualms doing some pretty nasty stuff.... His Godfather and henchmen have no trouble bashing heads in and drowning gang members who did not toe the line. Not to say anything about Xiaohai's apparently mild sister.... On the positive side, he did save Zheng Nan, suddenly rising from apparent half sleeping to perform an impressive jump and kick in the back of her attacker. (He is a complicated character who had a complicated past, and just now, I'm wondering if he could be the lost "Lele". )
I am fascinated by the ruthless character of Xiaohai who hides it well from his "Da Ge". But he did save his sister,…
yes, there's plain too much descending in avalanche usually, although the past few days saw a lull in new airing temptations. I usually stick with one or two dramas at most, having a glimpse of first episodes of other ones which I don't log in on my list before I get back to really watch them, if ever. My other temptations these days are If you are the one, Go East, and Chang Le Qu, perhaps Fateful Love. I may watch them later if I have time. Like I did for Dawn is breaking which I had put on hold because of the Escape...
At the moment I'll stay on thrillers track, started with sizzling romance Embrace in the dark night which is short, so it was easy to fit in after business romance As Beautiful As You.
Why can two top actors be 'trapped' in a boring drama like this. Too confident by eliminating the romantic element...…
I don't know how and why you give it a score since your watchlist is not published (and you don't share much either except one lone review from long ago)
It is not justifiable to down rate a drama because you came for mistaken assumptions (what were you looking for : ML pining for a frail policewoman --or for a male colleague, god forbid?!!) and because you are too tired to watch dramas. If so, just go to bed and forget about it. No one forces you to watch or to rate.
Don't worry about the actors, they are quite happy that hundreds of thousands like their work here and that the heat index is soon going to ring the 10,000 bell. They certainly have no cause to have felt trapped while taking on the job or watching the outcome, now.
I am fascinated by the ruthless character of Xiaohai who hides it well from his "Da Ge". But he did save his sister, so he's falling, perhaps, into the morally gray category. Although I believe he is thoroughly rotten, perhaps as much as the lady we glimpsed. Godfather vibes. Thrilling !! That jump and kick to throw Zheng Nan's attacker away! Totally the kind those who want romance with muscular and powerful mafiosi will look for -- to be ultimately disappointed, since I strongly doubt censors would let pass a drama where the police does not get the upper hand... The team is now well in place, and I am always chuckling at "Mad Dog Yao"s readiness to fly into the feathers of burly thugs. Team leader Bei is surprisingly soft-hearted for the Godfather's right hand man (doesn't he know by now?), and I was amazed that he let himself be out-drunk by Xiaohai. Gu the marathon runner is immersing himself into Dongbei language and cuisine with gusto, always with his glasses firmly in place even when he is being shot at. The other guys stand out less, but have their functions. I am puzzled by the "Snowy" intro pictures with the ghost like figures apparently dangling from a rope.
There is a ban on that sort for dramas in China, so it is unlikely that we'd have to put up with a bromance, especially in the police force, in The First Shot, which passed review.
Anyway, there is a ban on that sort for dramas in China, so it is unlikely that we'd have to put up with a bromance, especially in the police force, in The First Shot, which passed review.
Why has the ratings dropped? Is it because there’s no romance or your glorified “pretty” MLs?🙄. Such…
Yes, I am annoyed too at the pervading "romance expectations" in thriller dramas, and at those who come mistakenly to get disappointed because of no sugar, and just go down grading. To me, that's not justifiable. If it's because there are no "handsome" ML, it's even more unjustified since Wang Ziqi is totally pin-up material, and the others are not ugly either.
I am worming my way through 5-6-7, quite pleased with the pacing and cast, chuckling at "Mad Dog Yao" expressing fears for Gu's "tiger smile" 🤣
In episode 5, her friend Zhao XiaoGuang was having a haircut and mentioned old HK & TW music luminaries of the period (late 1990s early 2000s when the police was not equipped with computers to check fingerprints...) I had to get a refresher of those old (canto or mandopop) songs by the "four kings" (劉德華Andy Lau,張學友Jacky Cheung,黎明Leon Lai,郭富城Aaron Kwok) and had a pause listening to this playlist-sampler : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hb4ZKkmvSY , adding the top 20 from Richie Jen also mentioned by the young sleuth : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5AMiyhAxZs or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aq2XS86alU&list=PLjQLC36lFhLo4cwxPDiOXFwlIHbpP2pbG Do some of you remember and have favorite songs there ?
I have posted reviews / introductions for each episode including the last ones which I watched in "raw": that might help if the wait is getting longer and you lose track of what was going on. I know we think more or less alike, paxxie: no problem!
Back to the release of episodes, I don't know what's going on with the Youku English channel which seemed to stop short at episode 12. And our usual crutches kiss and cool could not get past 14 with subs. So no other way than to watch in raw there or on original platform... until it "changes fate" to paraphrase the title of episode 15, which a helpful commenter discovered a subbed link to, revealed below in this comments section.
I hope it won't be the same for The First Shot... I'm two episodes in there, and like it.
Thrilling start, although I am not so much into fisty-fights from start and wary of Huang Jingyu, again, in a cop role. But the introduction to the team including funny "Mad Dog Yao" brings some lightness to engage into that story. I do have high hopes with Zhang Yimou backing the project, more than for Chen Kaige who was behind "The Pavilion" : can't think of any movie where the famed director ever disappointed me, since back .... when. So, sure it's more ZYM that drew me to that one, after "Escape from the Trilateral Slopes" where I had a look at that still relatively new "White Nights Theater" concept. Oh yes : Wang Ziqi. That's another actor I am following with a positive bias; including here with that period eyeglasses frame !
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Then, some nitpickers who frown at drama tropes like sleuths use of shades when it makes them stand out and such small details, possible mismatch of lip movements in dubbing... They may or not subtract points, depending on their overall feeling.
Lastly, it's still airing, so those who rate may be doing so provisionally, starting from 8 or 8.5 with a perspective to adjust later to hike it up or down (instead of rating episodes as they should and waiting to rate until it's ended or close to end - like I do. But perhaps I'll give it a 10 to boost it provisionally, adjusting or not later: honestly, it's not really ethical or scientific).
Not to say anything about Xiaohai's apparently mild sister....
On the positive side, he did save Zheng Nan, suddenly rising from apparent half sleeping to perform an impressive jump and kick in the back of her attacker. (He is a complicated character who had a complicated past, and just now, I'm wondering if he could be the lost "Lele". )
At the moment I'll stay on thrillers track, started with sizzling romance Embrace in the dark night which is short, so it was easy to fit in after business romance As Beautiful As You.
It is not justifiable to down rate a drama because you came for mistaken assumptions (what were you looking for : ML pining for a frail policewoman --or for a male colleague, god forbid?!!) and because you are too tired to watch dramas. If so, just go to bed and forget about it. No one forces you to watch or to rate.
Don't worry about the actors, they are quite happy that hundreds of thousands like their work here and that the heat index is soon going to ring the 10,000 bell. They certainly have no cause to have felt trapped while taking on the job or watching the outcome, now.
But he did save his sister, so he's falling, perhaps, into the morally gray category. Although I believe he is thoroughly rotten, perhaps as much as the lady we glimpsed. Godfather vibes. Thrilling !! That jump and kick to throw Zheng Nan's attacker away! Totally the kind those who want romance with muscular and powerful mafiosi will look for -- to be ultimately disappointed, since I strongly doubt censors would let pass a drama where the police does not get the upper hand...
The team is now well in place, and I am always chuckling at "Mad Dog Yao"s readiness to fly into the feathers of burly thugs. Team leader Bei is surprisingly soft-hearted for the Godfather's right hand man (doesn't he know by now?), and I was amazed that he let himself be out-drunk by Xiaohai. Gu the marathon runner is immersing himself into Dongbei language and cuisine with gusto, always with his glasses firmly in place even when he is being shot at. The other guys stand out less, but have their functions.
I am puzzled by the "Snowy" intro pictures with the ghost like figures apparently dangling from a rope.
https://kisskh.at/discussions/bian-shui-wang-shi/129385-escape-from-the-triangular-slopes-companion-piece?pid=3118859&page=1#p3118859
(you will get more comprehensive answers there than if I just leave the link to the appropriate subbed YouTube version).
In episode 5, her friend Zhao XiaoGuang was having a haircut and mentioned old HK & TW music luminaries of the period (late 1990s early 2000s when the police was not equipped with computers to check fingerprints...) I had to get a refresher of those old (canto or mandopop) songs by the "four kings" (劉德華Andy Lau,張學友Jacky Cheung,黎明Leon Lai,郭富城Aaron Kwok) and had a pause listening to this playlist-sampler : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hb4ZKkmvSY , adding the top 20 from Richie Jen also mentioned by the young sleuth : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5AMiyhAxZs or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aq2XS86alU&list=PLjQLC36lFhLo4cwxPDiOXFwlIHbpP2pbG Do some of you remember and have favorite songs there ?
Back to the release of episodes, I don't know what's going on with the Youku English channel which seemed to stop short at episode 12. And our usual crutches kiss and cool could not get past 14 with subs. So no other way than to watch in raw there or on original platform... until it "changes fate" to paraphrase the title of episode 15, which a helpful commenter discovered a subbed link to, revealed below in this comments section.
I hope it won't be the same for The First Shot... I'm two episodes in there, and like it.
Oh yes : Wang Ziqi. That's another actor I am following with a positive bias; including here with that period eyeglasses frame !