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It's more like an end-to-youth drama.

PSA: IQiqi may not carry this on its international platform. But both S1 and S2 is available on MyAsianTV, but in Vietnamese subs, so English audiences will need to figure out how to find and load the subs.

This is listed as 48 eps of 45 mins each. Was some exception to the 40 eps rule made, or are the episode count or length overstated?

If exotic Persian beauty was the ideal, then Hankiz Omar would have been perfect for the role. She's a Uyghur beauty, can pull off the playful vibe, has decent acting, and is still up-and-coming. Maybe Hankiz had other commitments, but Dilraba probably wouldn't have been available given her salary and (idol) stature.

It's a shame, because it could have been a breakout role for her.

The movie flopping may not be bad news for the TV series. Since this is now the undisputed best live-action adaptation, there should be more attention, resources, and audience goodwill toward this.

Yes. The simplified answer is that to a historical Chinese person, China has always been the most valuable real estate. Hence, a lot more energy spent fighting over control of China.

So a lot more Han-on-Han violence and people killed.

Well historically, 'China' has a greater preference and record for killing 'own people' than foreigners, so this is nothing new 😂. Though there's good reason for this, but it's complicated.

Wan Qian also delivered a terrific performance as the young Empress in Secret of Three Kingdom. There are some issues with that show, and it's 54 episodes, but there were some pretty good acting performances and intriguing characters in that show.

Depends on what your preferences are. I keep tabs on some of the better dramas in custom lists. Here's the 2023 list https://kisskh.at/list/4q6QZMr1. I'm not big on romance though. And for 2022, Reset is nice and compact.

Yes, MDL definitely needs an only-fans section. Please request.

So both CDramas and KDramas are getting shittier and shittier and gorging on its own shit.

Yeah if you are not watching for nostalgia, the anything before the 2000s will seem really off. You should give the 2017 version a shot, it's better while still looking modern.

Yeah he didn't criticize the show in the presser, as that would be very unprofessional regardless of how bad the show is. But also absent was the typical enthusiasm or endorsement of the show/character in the presser.

So when combined with the Weibo comments, GWG's face, and the underwhelming quality of what's been shown so far, it would seem like he was not pleased with the filming process or show quality.

But social media accounts will tend to exaggerate things for clicks, as is usual.

I think that was on his casual Weibo reply. But I the presser was not much better. I watched a clip and it was the most lukewarm perspective of his role. Gao Weiguang's expression says it all 😂 https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1Nw4m1e76Y/?share_source=copy_web.

Did the original novel have much story on younger East/West? Yiwei mentioned WKW's Ashes of Time version. But I thought that was pretty much all original story and somewhat contradicted the sinister character of OYF. While I appreciated WKW's imaginative twist, it would be so lazy for them to just re-adapt WKW.

No idea what they were thinking, maybe Huang Yi has stinky feet. And the Mom entrance also failed, as she seemed much more aloof and aristocratic than other versions, which destroys her character setup.

They needed to show YK to be an asshole, but at least slightly intrigued by Nianci, and her to have some reason to be into YK. 2024 just showed him to be an asshole.

She just need an eyepatch and staff 😂

Good: Better/Less frustrating Guo Jing, 7 Idiots of Jiangnan, tries to fix some terrible miscommunication driven plots. Aside from EP1, the fight choreography is not bad, arguably one of the better ones.

Debatable: more realistic, serious acting, grittier visuals, speeding or skipping through some frustrating parts, Huang Rong (sometimes serviceable, sometimes lackluster in portraying one of the most iconic and dynamic characters)

Bad: not capturing LOCH's expansive and heroic romanticism in visuals (2017); stories (rushing through the plot, not properly setting up key characters and moments); created new character and plot issues including Yang Kang, OYK (awful incoherent setup for his falling in love with HR).

I liked the 2017 version up to the whole ship/island (which is a problem segment in multiple versions) a lot better.

The 1983 version is the OG trailblazing classic that deserves all the praise. It's great for nostalgia and killer OST. But if we are to judge it by modern standards it also has many issues, even ignoring the visuals, CGI, and makeup/styling.

I remember actually preferring her with GJ initially when I watched the 83 version as a kid. But it could have been because I thought the beads and shit made her look prettier.

Yeah old Huang Yaoshi is pretty much the outsized figure in every scene he's in. Zhou Yiwei seems to be going for some unfathomable, calculating, mature adult thing, but he's often blending into the background.