Whd is known for his micro expressions as dfqc. There is a reason why this character exploded in china. It wasn't…
I said twice in my comment that I love the leads. I think he is a great actor. He was excellent in Light for the Night recently, too. He doesn’t need exceptional visuals to slay his roles. Not even this role even though the author describes the character as the most breathtakingly beautiful man in the world.
I love the leads but I’m on ch134 of 254 of the source novel and cannot stop picturing Ren Min and Winwin as the main characters! But this part of the story is in their youth so far so this might be why I can’t picture Meng Zi Yi and Dylan Wang. Maybe as they age I will. I wonder how far astray the screen adaptation will be. A Splendid Match was basically a new story with some elements and scenarios kept and still done (mostly) well. The novel though was so much better. 🤞🤞🤞
Edited to add: again, I love the leads but neither are very strong with their micro expressions and “eye acting” the novel uses this a lot, imo.
Drama 8/10 Novel 9.5/10 Another adaptation (this one from the web novel "The Reborn Noble Girl Is Hard to Find") that only uses the names of characters but rewrites the entire story. (Like the recent Overdo.) I started this then found and started the novel. They’re nothing alike at all! I’m loving the novel so much but also liked this drama. Not sure why they had to rewrite everything. Sure, change the transmigration aspect like The Story of Minglan made her precocious, that would’ve worked here too and kept the rest of the story.
Loved it mostly (especially Choi Dae Hoon slaying his roll! ) due to the great acting. I think everyone gave it their all. My suspension of disbelief was strong while watching but one gripe I keep thinking about is how he was not given identity scrubbing with new details like in any other drama. I mean if he was such a high priority secret then why give it away with the DENIED ACCESS when they ran his prints.
It was also a lot of fun seeing Victoria Song in all the dream sequences.
Those other Korean versions are just ok.
My Royal Nemesis at least had rebirth supernatural tropes helping it.
https://kisskh.at/26230-love-game-the-great-seduction (This was renamed Tempted and stars Woo Do Hwan)
https://kisskh.at/2404-untold-scandal
I wonder how far astray the screen adaptation will be. A Splendid Match was basically a new story with some elements and scenarios kept and still done (mostly) well. The novel though was so much better.
🤞🤞🤞
Edited to add: again, I love the leads but neither are very strong with their micro expressions and “eye acting” the novel uses this a lot, imo.
Novel 9.5/10
Another adaptation (this one from the web novel "The Reborn Noble Girl Is Hard to Find") that only uses the names of characters but rewrites the entire story. (Like the recent Overdo.)
I started this then found and started the novel. They’re nothing alike at all!
I’m loving the novel so much but also liked this drama.
Not sure why they had to rewrite everything. Sure, change the transmigration aspect like The Story of Minglan made her precocious, that would’ve worked here too and kept the rest of the story.
Agent Kim: Middle-Aged Men in Glasses
That was an epic daily.
My suspension of disbelief was strong while watching but one gripe I keep thinking about is how he was not given identity scrubbing with new details like in any other drama. I mean if he was such a high priority secret then why give it away with the DENIED ACCESS when they ran his prints.