It seems to me that this drama is receiving more praise than it deserves.
After watching the first episode, I concluded that like Chulan, you need 100% patience to continue on. This drama will not be to everyone’s taste. It is too zany with lots of overacting. The zombies are laughable. But the appearance of Neo Hou as a Wudang monk makes me want to give it another chance.
Episode 2 You need 100% perseverance to continue watching this drama. This looks like a college drama project. It is as rickety as it can get.
Just bear with the first two episodes, from the third, it gets really better and more interesting and not so slapstick.
I must say there are funny moments. I particularly like the scene when Baobao had to enter the passcode to open the door to their hidden room which looked like the HQ of Men in Black. If you think remembering Google-issued passcodes is impossible, Baobao’s passcode was ten times more complicated.
This drama is AMAZING. I have dropped some of the BIG NAME BIG BUDGET historical dramas that others have raved about, but this one got me hooked from the beginning. OK ML is older, but this is reality, not every emperor or king is going to look like Xu Kai or Yang Yang. I am the sort of person who drop dramas even after the first two episodes, but I love this one. Watch and decide for yourself.
Agree. Makes no sense that they are repeating the same scenes, talking about "new future" - was expecting some…
I haven't watched this yet. But I quote from these 3 which makes a bit of sense.., @Emily "It's so frustrating that she can't just be like; "I'm breaking up with you. Goodbye." @EevaMarie "the issue is that she needs to make sure he makes her snake bestie. this might not happen is she breaks up with him as Snake is only interested in him to spite FML" @amkindabusy "There is also the added complication of having Su Min take on her fate. She has no choice but to play a very long game because of how SM and MH are."
Hmmm I think FL had something to do with the explosion on the boat. Her reaction was too cool knowing your beloved was on the boat. Also immediately afterwards it showed flashback to some embezzlement, shady business deals, suicides, and a girl saying, 'Mom I will find out the truth' or something similar.
I think they never had intimacy in history. Some historians think both of them never liked each other. I mean…
@Olyz excerpts from the above reviews: 1) The Empress longing for the emperor not reciprocated openly though he has strongly wanted to, but each time, the turn of events just prevents them showing their love and admiration for each other. That’s perhaps the most frustrating part for me, seeing both love but missing the chance to show their affection time and time again. 2) The emperor's one true love, the concubine, is also tragic, she truly loved the emperor but was forced to be a demon by the ruthless harem politics. 3) I liked the emperor when he was governing eg the reforms he attempted during the Song dynasty but I hated him the way he dealt with his personal life, including the way he treated his empress and concubines. He wasn't mean to them but he UNINTENTIONALLY hurt them because he was basically clueless. It was especially crushing to see the empress change from a cheerful, smart, opinionated girl trained in martial arts and sword fighting to a repressed, uptight, and infinitely sad woman.
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Episode 2 You need 100% perseverance to continue watching this drama. This looks like a college drama project. It is as rickety as it can get.
Just bear with the first two episodes, from the third, it gets really better and more interesting and not so slapstick.
I must say there are funny moments. I particularly like the scene when Baobao had to enter the passcode to open the door to their hidden room which looked like the HQ of Men in Black. If you think remembering Google-issued passcodes is impossible, Baobao’s passcode was ten times more complicated.
@Emily "It's so frustrating that she can't just be like; "I'm breaking up with you. Goodbye."
@EevaMarie "the issue is that she needs to make sure he makes her snake bestie. this might not happen is she breaks up with him as Snake is only interested in him to spite FML"
@amkindabusy "There is also the added complication of having Su Min take on her fate. She has no choice but to play a very long game because of how SM and MH are."
1) The Empress longing for the emperor not reciprocated openly though he has strongly wanted to, but each time, the turn of events just prevents them showing their love and admiration for each other. That’s perhaps the most frustrating part for me, seeing both love but missing the chance to show their affection time and time again.
2) The emperor's one true love, the concubine, is also tragic, she truly loved the emperor but was forced to be a demon by the ruthless harem politics.
3) I liked the emperor when he was governing eg the reforms he attempted during the Song dynasty but I hated him the way he dealt with his personal life, including the way he treated his empress and concubines. He wasn't mean to them but he UNINTENTIONALLY hurt them because he was basically clueless. It was especially crushing to see the empress change from a cheerful, smart, opinionated girl trained in martial arts and sword fighting to a repressed, uptight, and infinitely sad woman.