Kasia Krakowianka

yea, poor guy has a contract to play whatever they dish out and it's not always good stuff. Li Fei starred in really low brow things, but he made a name for himself and now has a bit more to say in the choice of scripts presented by the agency. I think...

big fan of Fang Yi Lun so can't wait to start this! Saw FL in another costume romance this summer - Jade's Fateful Love -was not impressed, but let's see how she acts here. Hoping that there will be enough desert beauty here as I saw in 西风烈烈!

i think the quality was bad for IQIYI standards. I am appalled by lack of continuity of visuals from scene to scene. Really bad editing job.

what a forgettable thing... not much effort to make it watchable, much less believable. If the pharmaceutical company sponsored it and we could see the name of the antidote on the pretty jars or bottles, it would have served a better purpose. Frankly, I would rather watch this mini series as a commercial for medication (shown every time someone is injured, ill or dying) than keep hoping for something either funny, or heart-tugging, not to mention awe-inspiring fight scenes...

LOL, good comment about brain surgery!

description for non-Mandarin speakers/readers?

OMG! I watched it last year when recovering from a surgery and nothing (NOTHING!) else was available... I didn't even add it to my completed minis for the very 10 reasons you listed. THANK YOU! On the other hand (as Peach Blossom Goddess remarked) it was totally watchable for all the 10 wrong reasons +1: no brain needed for this. Ha ha ha

Anybody knows what is the title that they show it as in South Korea? Nothing shows as Braveness of the Ming... Please write in Korean, Thanks!

perhaps because it is not an outright costume romance? I like the dance of attraction btwn Pei and FL, and the glimpse of *something* between her and ML while there are no definite love stories. A lot of folks want to be spoon fed silly "want you/dislike you" tag of war while this is an intense story with many plots, complex characters and relationships. I like things that make me think, so I applaud this script. Not to mention having Mr. Xu and Mr. Ren together!!! I am at 8.5 hoping it will go up still

Ren Jia Lun is playing really well, and his character is written in the way that makes my skin crawl.... I love a good villain, and he is it! But I am not happy with the perspective of the FL falling for him. I mean, the guy stabs and poisons you, uses you, threatens you and then tortures you... Even if he can justify his actions as a revenge, he is not a love interest material bordering on being a sociopath-he only loved his sister...

what is it about? anybody knows?

I am not in uproar as
1 I never take what's on the screen as a historical reality. Even books are written by someone with an opinion..,
2 if i don't like something on the screen I fast forward. no big deal
3 if something on the screen seems out of the blue or puzzling, I scratch my head and start researching to find out the answers
4 if something is entertaining, I watch. if not - I drop
5 wishing everybody fun day and pleasure watching whatever you enjoy or even posting goofy things that nobody cares about.

But I doubt the walk on the beach in ep 19 was in a studio. The rock formation is similar to the shots of the seashore in 17! There's got to be the on location filming for that even if without the actors!

seriously? It looked so real. Bummer. Thx

really 82 episodes? I stopped at 22

anybody knows the name of the place they shot the second part of ep 17??? The fabulous seashore with these natural (lime?) columns??? The Qin Gathering supposed location

thanks!

anybody knows the plot/premise?

I dropped it at some points for the harrowing torture and rapes scenes, but strangely enough went back to it- just to see how it ended. Normally, anything with humiliation and violence against women gets no more than 6.5 from me but I am giving it 7 for the power of the script: this was the scariest character of a psycho with real power that I have seen in c-drama. Completely delusional, ruthless and obsessed beyond imagination, but developed well and carried to the end with consistency. Excruciating to watch as I did not like the violence scenes both against women and men, but it made a point. Still scratching my head - what to think about it...? The leads were really good (and also supporting actors), but I wonder if this social problem would not have been better suited with the modern drama setting, just to warn people off individuals who mask their obsessive cruelty as love. Good OST. I might increase the rating as I think about it... This was not an enjoyable watch, but also a mesmerizing one because of unbelievably good production for such a short series.
Starting Unspeakable Longing to erase the bad taste for Yan Zi Xian's role (regardless of how well he played I need him to be a good character next!)

IDK... A villain in my book schemes on a large scale, uses everybody and has no respect for anything. I don't disagree with you. He is a criminal and a psychopath obsessed with one person. Yes he hurts her over and over, but it's a movie/drama, so he was written that way on purpose. I had seen better obsessed and ruthless men and women in dramas. He wasn't written well. That is my opinion, and I am just expressing it here for the sake of discussion, not necessary to raise someone's blood pressure or emotions. My apologies if I offended anyone LOL. I like that actor (Have you seen My Uncanny Destiny? he is hilarious!) and I love the actress (are you watching Dawn is Breaking?) so I can see the effort, but my critique is to the screen writer for creating this.... this... don't even know if I want to name it.