It's NOT the score but the number of votes. Pretty healthy rating. At this point drama could receive another 50k 1.0/10.0 and the score would still be in the 7.0+
Anyways this is Xianxia take on Romance of the Three Kingdoms:
1. Mr. Nice Guy (Tushan Jing) <- NOT end game 2. Mr. Moderate (Cang Xuan) 3. Mr. Scumbag (Xiang Liu) <- NOT end game
Meh, Xiao Zhan only good for The Untamed. It's sucky dramas like TLP and Youth Memories that make Zhang Ruoyun the new ALPHA MALE of C-ent~!! XZ can take the backseat to ZRY from now on!
Just like Wu JIng superseeded Jet Li and Jackie Chan to become the new action hero megastar. XZ is no more after TLP. YangYang is no more after suffering humongous bashing/backlash in his latest drama. There's only Zhang Ruoyun left to take the throne in C-ent!!
This drama was made in response to Disney making Mulan live action. Tencent needed a girl plays boy drama as a quick addition to their portfolio. That's why this drama got made.
Having said that I'm enjoying this drama much more than The Longest Promise. To date I've only ever dropped two Tencent dramas, even though I've complained plenty about a lot of them. The two Tencent dramas I NEVER want to finish: 1. Splendor of life -- I simply don't like watching Liu YiFei, that actress not even pretty. 2. The Longest Promise -- I hate asexual ML's that never show any affections to the FL. Reminds me too much of watching Jet Li, whom I dislike as much as Liu YiFei. Jet Li never shows romantic affections to the FL in any of his movies, he's the biggest asexual hero in the world and Longest Promise ML took too much cue from Jet!
Asexual hero -- reluctant to show any affection to FL. This type of drama does no good for China's low birth rate problem! I'm never going to watch another Xiao Zhan drama after this.
The biggest asexual hero in the world is Mr. Jet Li. My Dad literally shoved Jet Li into my face while I was growing up I had no choice. I'm now much older and never want to see another Jet Li movie ever again. Jet Li is the MOST asexual hero in the world. His character never shows romantic interest in the FL in ANY of his movies, then the guy (in real life) goes and cheats on his (first) wife with his co-star while filming in the studio.
Biggest scumbag in the world, Jet Li supposed to be China national hero, yet he doesn't even like China that y he moved to Singapore now! XIao Zhan closely following Jet's path... Shi Ying the biggest asexual hero I'd seen in a while! Not only that in TLP, there are certain camera angles on Xiao Zhan that made him look/act/talk like the new next gen asexual Jet Li type actor/character. The resemblance of Xiao Zhan to Jet Li in this drama just too striking!
Contrast Mr. Jackie Chan who even (accidentally) grabbed a girl's boobs in one of his movies (I think it was in Mr. Nice Guy or something like that)... While Jet Li thinks all girls got coodies ... like Mr. Goody Tissue Shi Ying even up to Ep 30 no chemistry between ML and FL! Whereas Jackie Chan would have hit it off with the FL starting from Ep03... NOT that I like Jackie Chan, I equally hate him as I hate Jet Li, but Jackie Chan plays romantically more honest characters true to their feelings in his movies!
Well, I am disappointed a little with this drama. I wish they focused on the book material earlier than around…
According to Tencent, tragic endings make for much more memorable dramas. Look at Shakespeare, he only wrote stories with tragic endings. Alas, in attempting to mimic Shakespeare, Tencent has irked quite a few viewers...!
I really like XZ from The Untamed. I have been looking forward to seeing his acting; however, he had only been…
Me2. I only like XZ as WWX in The Untamed. I watched Youth Memories... Bleh!
It not XZ fault, after Untamed he could only land roles of goody goody tissue MC. Aka Mr. Nice Guy both in Youth Memories and Longest Promise, this kind of char sux has no life.
I rather MC is devious and cunning at first then becomes nice later on opposite the roles XZ only managed to land after WWX!!
Or rather it more interesting if MC starts out NOT give damn if world burns and goes to hell then slowly cares bout it not like sux ShiYing Nice Priest feels has to shoulder burden of whole world right from the start!
This post spoiled the drama for me. Really ends like Mirror: Twin Cities? That drama I dropped at EP11 I think.
I don't think will finish Longest Promise though reading from some of the negative (but insightful) stuff ppl have said after having watched all 40 eps.
I tired of this romance between teacher and disciple stuff with no value added. Haven't we all seen enough of ChongZi and Castle in the Sky2?
ALSO, I watched this on a movie projector. The CGI scenes where they filmed the foreground in real life but replaced the background with CGI content look really off. Tencent needs to improve their game to make scenes look more real. You can tell right away those scenes are fake.
Not a very high score, 8.0, still many say it's good. I don't know what to think. Is it worth watching?
Not to bash this drama BUT it seems like Xiao Zhan took on the role of Lan Zhan in this drama. It doesn't suit his personality very much. Some scenes seems awkward/out of char becoz Xiao Zhan not fit for this role but someone more like Wang Yibo...!
I'll be honest, after the first episode or two I was very iffy on this show but now im on episode 13 and its becoming…
This drama is a copycat of the classic Chinese story White Snake. Shi Ying is the (male) White Snake. The change Tencent made in order to avoid being called a plagiarist is that one of them dies and reincarnates. In the original White Snake story, her lover dies and reincarnates. In this story the "White Snake" is the one that dies and reborns...
WHITE SNAKE CLONETencent is the biggest copycat company in China. Of course they have to make changes to avoid…
BTW, I'm wondering how Xiao Zhan felt when he read the script and went "I'm going to be playing a male/guy White Snake." If it was me I'd be giggling with joy for playing a classic Chinese folk character with sex switch!
I love how Tencent shows no shame in mimicking the works of others. Like that beast in the first few episodes that only kill righteous ppl (who claim to be original/never copy from others) while leaving sinners alone. Tencent is the kind of "sinner" such beasts would leave alone...
I guess little troll trying to sell some projector in discussion thread not going well 🙄
Nope, it worked on you at least (the advertising got you -- that y you make this comment after reading my forum thread). BTW, I'm enjoying TLP on my movie projector every day. Add some blackout curtains can use the projector even at noon when the sunlight is maximum brightness.
Tencent is the biggest copycat company in China. Of course they have to make changes to avoid copyright lawsuits. BUT I became highly suspicious when Shi Ying wore the white dress and white hair band to officially become a priest on his 18th birthday. Plus he always walks around carrying an umbrella. That settled it. Tencent copied the character White Snake especially the CGI anime movie version. Instead of a female, Shi Ying is the male "White Snake". Instead of being able to morph into a white snake, Shi Ying morphs into a furry white animal:
Look at that! Why if it isn't Shi Ying the "White Snake" clone... (notice her two long white flowing hair band ribbon ends plus the umbrella she and her boy use to fly around the scenic spot. It's not a coincidence Tencent similarly dressed Shi Ying umbrella included!)
BTW, I'm just pointing out what I see. I like White Snake the 2019 CGI movie (except the sex scene -- HK productions should stop copying West/Hollywood with inclusion of sex scene[s] in something supposedly rated PG). Anyways, Tencent mimicking something I like earns them some brownie points...
Watched Up to Ep8 so far. Drama felt like a better version of Chong Zi. Even begins with FL becoming ML's first disciple. I guess the only difference, in Chong Zi the basterd master Luo YiFan stabbed his disciple the FL to death with no remorse immediately afterward. In this drama ML will get killed by FL instead. If it weren't for the A+ SFX, I'd probably be bored with this drama. The other thing I didn't like, Tencent taking Return of Condor Heroes characters, switching their sex so Xiao Long Nv becomes the cold but good looking male master instead dressed mostly in white while Yang Guo becomes the cunning female disciple often badly/weirdly dressed compared to her master. Then they apply the same formula over and over again in their dramas it getting a bit stale for me: Castle in the Sky 2, Chong Zi, and now Longest Promise.
It's NOT the score but the number of votes. Pretty healthy rating. At this point drama could receive another 50k 1.0/10.0 and the score would still be in the 7.0+
Anyways this is Xianxia take on Romance of the Three Kingdoms:
1. Mr. Nice Guy (Tushan Jing) <- NOT end game
2. Mr. Moderate (Cang Xuan)
3. Mr. Scumbag (Xiang Liu) <- NOT end game
Just like Wu JIng superseeded Jet Li and Jackie Chan to become the new action hero megastar. XZ is no more after TLP. YangYang is no more after suffering humongous bashing/backlash in his latest drama. There's only Zhang Ruoyun left to take the throne in C-ent!!
Having said that I'm enjoying this drama much more than The Longest Promise. To date I've only ever dropped two Tencent dramas, even though I've complained plenty about a lot of them. The two Tencent dramas I NEVER want to finish: 1. Splendor of life -- I simply don't like watching Liu YiFei, that actress not even pretty. 2. The Longest Promise -- I hate asexual ML's that never show any affections to the FL. Reminds me too much of watching Jet Li, whom I dislike as much as Liu YiFei. Jet Li never shows romantic affections to the FL in any of his movies, he's the biggest asexual hero in the world and Longest Promise ML took too much cue from Jet!
The biggest asexual hero in the world is Mr. Jet Li. My Dad literally shoved Jet Li into my face while I was growing up I had no choice. I'm now much older and never want to see another Jet Li movie ever again. Jet Li is the MOST asexual hero in the world. His character never shows romantic interest in the FL in ANY of his movies, then the guy (in real life) goes and cheats on his (first) wife with his co-star while filming in the studio.
Biggest scumbag in the world, Jet Li supposed to be China national hero, yet he doesn't even like China that y he moved to Singapore now! XIao Zhan closely following Jet's path... Shi Ying the biggest asexual hero I'd seen in a while! Not only that in TLP, there are certain camera angles on Xiao Zhan that made him look/act/talk like the new next gen asexual Jet Li type actor/character. The resemblance of Xiao Zhan to Jet Li in this drama just too striking!
Contrast Mr. Jackie Chan who even (accidentally) grabbed a girl's boobs in one of his movies (I think it was in Mr. Nice Guy or something like that)... While Jet Li thinks all girls got coodies ... like Mr. Goody Tissue Shi Ying even up to Ep 30 no chemistry between ML and FL! Whereas Jackie Chan would have hit it off with the FL starting from Ep03... NOT that I like Jackie Chan, I equally hate him as I hate Jet Li, but Jackie Chan plays romantically more honest characters true to their feelings in his movies!
It not XZ fault, after Untamed he could only land roles of goody goody tissue MC. Aka Mr. Nice Guy both in Youth Memories and Longest Promise, this kind of char sux has no life.
I rather MC is devious and cunning at first then becomes nice later on opposite the roles XZ only managed to land after WWX!!
Or rather it more interesting if MC starts out NOT give damn if world burns and goes to hell then slowly cares bout it not like sux ShiYing Nice Priest feels has to shoulder burden of whole world right from the start!
This post spoiled the drama for me. Really ends like Mirror: Twin Cities? That drama I dropped at EP11 I think.
I don't think will finish Longest Promise though reading from some of the negative (but insightful) stuff ppl have said after having watched all 40 eps.
I tired of this romance between teacher and disciple stuff with no value added. Haven't we all seen enough of ChongZi and Castle in the Sky2?
ALSO, I watched this on a movie projector. The CGI scenes where they filmed the foreground in real life but replaced the background with CGI content look really off. Tencent needs to improve their game to make scenes look more real. You can tell right away those scenes are fake.
If's that's the case, I'd be disappointed if child Bai Ying doesn't make a cameo appearance in this drama...
https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/white-snake-2019/images/1/11/Jade_Hairpin.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20190824083548
I love how Tencent shows no shame in mimicking the works of others. Like that beast in the first few episodes that only kill righteous ppl (who claim to be original/never copy from others) while leaving sinners alone. Tencent is the kind of "sinner" such beasts would leave alone...
Tencent is the biggest copycat company in China. Of course they have to make changes to avoid copyright lawsuits. BUT I became highly suspicious when Shi Ying wore the white dress and white hair band to officially become a priest on his 18th birthday. Plus he always walks around carrying an umbrella. That settled it. Tencent copied the character White Snake especially the CGI anime movie version. Instead of a female, Shi Ying is the male "White Snake". Instead of being able to morph into a white snake, Shi Ying morphs into a furry white animal:
https://cdn-1.filmpulse.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/16144541/WHITE-SNAKE-STILL-7.jpg
Look at that! Why if it isn't Shi Ying the "White Snake" clone... (notice her two long white flowing hair band ribbon ends plus the umbrella she and her boy use to fly around the scenic spot. It's not a coincidence Tencent similarly dressed Shi Ying umbrella included!)
BTW, I'm just pointing out what I see. I like White Snake the 2019 CGI movie (except the sex scene -- HK productions should stop copying West/Hollywood with inclusion of sex scene[s] in something supposedly rated PG). Anyways, Tencent mimicking something I like earns them some brownie points...