Champion of what??? Did lyfs2 air on Hunan TV as well???I also think that promo is helpful to sustain hype .They…
I was betting "The Tale of Rose" would endure, when I started watching it and began my other Companion piece for it (including an LGX profile because the actor will likely be more seldom seen while he engages in doctoral studies) ; I am pleased to record in relevant section its 8th week in the top ten (4 times as #1) .
I hope "As Beautiful As You" will also remain a favorite. I had started on it just for entertainment, since I watched many of Seven's dramas with pleasure before (without exploring her fandom yet), and had excellent memories of a handful of Amber Eye's works (I still have quite a few more now in my tbw list...). But I was hooked enough, and particularly so after Chang He showered the pixiu in tea (not sure that using gongfu cha thus is very good for luck!!) and realizing how much of Qingdao was used there. So, I began, a bit belatedly, to compile my newest Companion piece, for ABAY. The section recording weekly score will of course be maintained as I do and did for other dramas I "drank ink" for. (After all, the Stars story is also about the merits of brushing up with foreign education like in the phrase : 喝过洋墨水的人有丰富的知识 (Hē guò yáng mòshuǐ de rén yǒu fēngfù de zhīshì / People who have studied abroad have a wealth of knowledge.) 😁
Greetings from deep space and I wish all here continued pleasure in drama watching, while moving on to other times and places.
It's not too complicated to navigate through the cross links between sections and subsections, using the "Table of contents" device. Anyone interested is welcome to comment and add info if they like ! 😁
If 40 eps. is too much, you can watch Wonderland of Love with just the scenes with the ml and fl. The last five…
Thanks for recoms! If I wasn't wrapped up now in Snowfall (it's hot here so... thoughtfully licking my strawberry flavored ice cream..... ) I'd swiftly click to watch the one I missed there. 😁
No ml didn't claim to have feeling for the fl, they were friends and had a business relationship, they slept together…
Yes, I think the strong reactions to the story are indeed one reason it still is so successful and even coming back as #1 watched this past week in China. But... it's just a drama, not a blueprint for real life behavior, which is often whimsical and depending on many outside factors, even weather !! It is well played and I have enjoyed it enough to re-watch it twice, while building the Companion piece in Discussion section which is now, chabuduo, complete 😁
If JX did not accept YC's money for her startup, then why did she still name it XingChen?YC keeps saying he's…
Indeed. I think that the name was cooked up when she still thought she could have it all : her company + a spouse that would end up more supportive and respectful of her, when he saw that she was capable (wish thinking on her part). It sounded perhaps nicer than XingZhi or XingZhou if she concatenated her partners name, which could have made her future spouse offended as if she was having shady dealings behind his back; plus perhaps the names were already copyrighted ? As for the easier, more middle of the road employee future, Ji Xing had really had enough of it: she did not trust employers (other than herself and best friend) any longer after the burns she suffered in Guanghua. And anyway, it all went back to square one for Han Ting when he roped her in to be in charge of developing the AI talents team, wouldn't you agree?
Yes, there's even a video with a "part2" showing him doing that in post production in October 2023. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otqbWmmR1Is (I added it with a Gif in my Companion Piece in Discussion section --above this comments one--, which is nearing time I'll write "completed".)
Not this drama related but can someone recommend a good romcom?doesn't matter if it's a clicheMaybe a contract…
very relaxing and easy to watch, cute fairy tale with a beautiful doll like FL : Mr Insomnia looking for love ! (2023, 24 episodes, Youku) same, less doll like : My Girlfriend Is an Alien (2019, 28 episodes, WeTV or Viki) with a touch of fantasy and Hanfu but modern : Mr Bad (2022, 24 episodes, iQiyi or Viki) ---just off my hat, not saying they are the ultimate masterpieces, just good relaxing fun.
I'm off to check out airing Snowfall, because it looks like a vampire story and I have fond memories of such ! There will be stress, for sure, gore perhaps as well !! 😁😁😁 (but it is Republican era, which some dislike -- me not: I also loved Xu Kai's Arsenal Military Academy, so that's another one for your watch list if you missed it ; Bai Lu is always adding touches of comedy).
I hope he'll get tons of CEO roles moving forward and be a lot more popular!!!
Yes I also think Xu Kai should be careful now not to remain typecast as the eternal "domineering boss/CEO" ! He did it very well, but he needs to do other things to demonstrate his real versatility. After having watched a few dramas where he was the "rich heir" or "ruthless CEO" (and he combined the two in ABAY commenting in an interview that Han Ting was from "an aristocratic family", which made me half guffaw coming from a citizen of the PRC), I will be looking to other sides of his work that I missed or which will be upcoming. Going there with a positive bias: I like cat persons 😺
I'm rewatching ABAY slowly. So glad JX quit her job. Her boss is a total jerk making her do all the brain work…
I enjoyed your comments about this drama and tried to answer a couple of times, but perhaps my MDL has more than hiccups trouble, so I just wanted to say thanks to you for your dedication about Xu Kai. I was mighty pleased to have the infos about his "Persian cat" old nickname from your former post, and the links to the amber eyes. Since I first saw XK back in Arsenal Military Academy, I thought he had a feline grace, walking like a cheetah, and surely must be a cat person ; a while ago, I had found out about his three beloved cats and their names, which I added in my (ongoing) inventory of c-drama actors and actresses' pets, housed under "My Precious" discussions. 😆
I don’t get it on MDL the last special episode has been given 8.6 rating whereas the whole drama is rated only…
Maybe a number of people who don't like the leads came to down-rate the whole drama, and they did not find the special episode ? I think the drama is worth much more than 8.2, but the special episode at 8.6 since it is not much fleshed out, is indeed worth 8.6 for the mixed feel good and heartbreak quality, sometimes puzzle, of its contents. Many people complained they could not find it. My opinion is, it should have been included in the drama, at least in part, although episode 40 can be considered also a fitting end one.
He wears both glasses and contact lenses. I came across a post earlier that someone posted about kids in his school…
Oooh I love that.... "Only an estimated 5% of people have an amber eye color. However, it is more common in the animal kingdom: A number of animals commonly have amber-colored eyes, including wolves, dogs, cats, eagles, owls, pigeons and fish" and we know he likes cats
From the first time I saw Xu Kai on screen (I think in Arsenal Military Academy), I thought he was a cat person. He is well known also, not only in sequences of ABAY, to stop to feed stray cats. I find he has quite a cheetah gait too, when he walks or rather strides. He is very attractive on screen, no dispute. Dear Alaso : please tell me the special name they had for his eyes ?
I heard Oath of Love got 50+ kiss scenes. Eternal Love S2 got 80+. but I didn't watch them so I didn't know.
oh yes.... but not much bare skin, in that one. Here we got some abs, lol - these dramas are almost Victorian (I am not complaining, I prefer suggestive to explicit, so if the bed cover goes thick and up to nose, it's all right!) Besides, most of the kisses are pecks, which is all right too. "glued together for runtime" takes 100 times the amount of what's here. They spend a lot of time discussing business plans sitting further than arm's length ! 41 kisses including smooches and pecks don't use much time. Has anyone really computed how much TIME they spend kissing ?
One of the OST songs was used in 2024 As Beautiful As You (c-drama starring Xu Kai and Tan Songyun), when Han Yumei (the mother of Lu Linjia, who launched a music bar), sings the song "Love Needs Practice" at the end of episode 21. Link to the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtCS7JiCrJs
It's not airing yet !? Or was it but where then ? It's on my reserved list on iQiyi but still need to wait . End…
Nothing to watch with the avalanche that's descending on drama watchers ?! Laughing!
A Beautiful Lie would be 3rd Chen Xingxu drama I's watch since beginning this year. As you wrote, let's see if it comes on Aug.25 then, and thanks for that info !
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Now... hard to decide: AMA or ABAY ? different time, different focus.
I hope "As Beautiful As You" will also remain a favorite. I had started on it just for entertainment, since I watched many of Seven's dramas with pleasure before (without exploring her fandom yet), and had excellent memories of a handful of Amber Eye's works (I still have quite a few more now in my tbw list...). But I was hooked enough, and particularly so after Chang He showered the pixiu in tea (not sure that using gongfu cha thus is very good for luck!!) and realizing how much of Qingdao was used there. So, I began, a bit belatedly, to compile my newest Companion piece, for ABAY. The section recording weekly score will of course be maintained as I do and did for other dramas I "drank ink" for. (After all, the Stars story is also about the merits of brushing up with foreign education like in the phrase : 喝过洋墨水的人有丰富的知识 (Hē guò yáng mòshuǐ de rén yǒu fēngfù de zhīshì / People who have studied abroad have a wealth of knowledge.) 😁
Greetings from deep space and I wish all here continued pleasure in drama watching, while moving on to other times and places.
https://kisskh.at/discussions/as-beautiful-as-you/128207-companion-piece-places-characters-songs-and-more
It's not too complicated to navigate through the cross links between sections and subsections, using the "Table of contents" device.
Anyone interested is welcome to comment and add info if they like ! 😁
But... it's just a drama, not a blueprint for real life behavior, which is often whimsical and depending on many outside factors, even weather !! It is well played and I have enjoyed it enough to re-watch it twice, while building the Companion piece in Discussion section which is now, chabuduo, complete 😁
As for the easier, more middle of the road employee future, Ji Xing had really had enough of it: she did not trust employers (other than herself and best friend) any longer after the burns she suffered in Guanghua. And anyway, it all went back to square one for Han Ting when he roped her in to be in charge of developing the AI talents team, wouldn't you agree?
(I added it with a Gif in my Companion Piece in Discussion section --above this comments one--, which is nearing time I'll write "completed".)
same, less doll like : My Girlfriend Is an Alien (2019, 28 episodes, WeTV or Viki)
with a touch of fantasy and Hanfu but modern : Mr Bad (2022, 24 episodes, iQiyi or Viki)
---just off my hat, not saying they are the ultimate masterpieces, just good relaxing fun.
I'm off to check out airing Snowfall, because it looks like a vampire story and I have fond memories of such ! There will be stress, for sure, gore perhaps as well !! 😁😁😁 (but it is Republican era, which some dislike -- me not: I also loved Xu Kai's Arsenal Military Academy, so that's another one for your watch list if you missed it ; Bai Lu is always adding touches of comedy).
Going there with a positive bias: I like cat persons 😺
I was mighty pleased to have the infos about his "Persian cat" old nickname from your former post, and the links to the amber eyes. Since I first saw XK back in Arsenal Military Academy, I thought he had a feline grace, walking like a cheetah, and surely must be a cat person ; a while ago, I had found out about his three beloved cats and their names, which I added in my (ongoing) inventory of c-drama actors and actresses' pets, housed under "My Precious" discussions. 😆
From the first time I saw Xu Kai on screen (I think in Arsenal Military Academy), I thought he was a cat person. He is well known also, not only in sequences of ABAY, to stop to feed stray cats. I find he has quite a cheetah gait too, when he walks or rather strides.
He is very attractive on screen, no dispute.
Dear Alaso : please tell me the special name they had for his eyes ?
Here we got some abs, lol - these dramas are almost Victorian (I am not complaining, I prefer suggestive to explicit, so if the bed cover goes thick and up to nose, it's all right!)
Besides, most of the kisses are pecks, which is all right too.
"glued together for runtime" takes 100 times the amount of what's here. They spend a lot of time discussing business plans sitting further than arm's length ! 41 kisses including smooches and pecks don't use much time. Has anyone really computed how much TIME they spend kissing ?
Actually I like the double subtitling. Unfortunately, when they believe they have a better translation, they do away with the Hanzi. So all episodes are not double subtitled and anyway, downloading does not work on my end, I can only watch, which is already very nice! So, despite this is not from official, I mention it as a way to watch the drama, in the companion piece which I should be finishing soon as I am re-watching, not too fast.
https://kisskh.at/discussions/as-beautiful-as-you/128207-companion-piece-places-characters-songs-and-more?pid=3099939&page=1#p3099939
One of the OST songs was used in 2024 As Beautiful As You (c-drama starring Xu Kai and Tan Songyun), when Han Yumei (the mother of Lu Linjia, who launched a music bar), sings the song "Love Needs Practice" at the end of episode 21. Link to the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtCS7JiCrJs
A Beautiful Lie would be 3rd Chen Xingxu drama I's watch since beginning this year. As you wrote, let's see if it comes on Aug.25 then, and thanks for that info !