PeachBlossomGoddess

Its gotten through in other xianxia dramas as well. I think as long as its peripheral to the story or doesn't promote some kind of religious or superstitious ideas its ok. And to give credit to the production companies they constantly push the boundaries of what is allowed even though sometimes their shows get stuck for years or never see the light of day.

Oh.... good idea... I need to finish Reunion S2 first which apparently started airing.

Heh even the epic plot twist you hint at is very predictable and the only possible way to end this well. I don't actually mind tragedies or complex stories but the most important thing is the actress that is in the middle of it has to really act her heart out. Her role is even more important than Cheng Yi's. Plus I have seen enough of him crying at this point I would like to see him in a different light. Maybe even as a villain...

Work from home is over for me so my watching time is more limited now I am gonna wait to see some more feedback before I commit to this one... Keep me posted if you keep going...

I am convinced this is gonna be a tragedy I don't need spoilers or book endings to tell me that. With this kind of back story there is no way it ends well. All I have to say is the FL is gonna have to be able to really act because she is the character that is gonna be torn between her kid and her lover. I am highly skeptical that that vain noisy woman from L&R is gonna cut it.

Is she ok in this? I haven't started this because my ear drums are still healing from her wailing like a banshee in L&R. I am a bit scared to expose them to her again so soon...

I don't think Mark Chao can top his own Yehua. its like Hu Ge will probably never be able to top Mei Changsu... I need to watch Goodby My Princess its just been a depressing year I am trying to avoid tragedies... My all time favoite male character is Chen Kun's Ning Yi.

Check out the newbie ML in Maiden Holmes, I think he is still a young actor with room to grow but he is very charismatic and is one to watch.

Hihi - thanks for your comments. You are so right... while of course its very important how a drama makes us feel and the cast chemistry, it cannot be the only criteria as those can be very subjective and different people can feel very differently. Getting a review right has to balance the objective criticism and the more subjective aspects. Its hard to get it right and thre is a lot of peer pressure to love idol actors or touching love stories in a way that is blind to all the flaws in the production. Its very lonely to not like something or not like it as much as everyone else. I find it particularly difficult with shows like this where the books huge hits and the book fans already know the story and the characters so they won't or can't see the flaws in the storytelling or shortcomings in the acting.

Sounds like we like many similar things. I dropped Tiger and Rose because I had a bad experience with Lusi in Love of Thousand Years but I am sure I will watch it at some point. I hope to see you start reviewing dramas because it would be great to hear some more balanced voices out there...

You made my day!!! :)

I havent finished but I think it will. Its not serious or heavy.

Second ML just looks good but he really can't act he just takes up space.

Heheh... I know I was just being cheeky... and he takes off his shirt almost as often as Sifeng spits blood so I had sufficient provocation!

He certainly has the right chest for it...

Hmmm... He seems to be managing quite well but if he needs lessons I would prefer he doesn't kiss Sifeng... Best I take one for the team and teach him myself! Hehehehe!!!

This prince is a bit of a player... he is not a perfect gentleman! Yeah!

Its sounds like a very dark and complicated story. Even though I love that kind of stuff, I still need to be in the right mood for it. Not sure if that is right now but I will for sure watch it at some point.

He drank poison wine and dies. LHDJ was not out for revenge for himself would not be pacified unless Bailin dijun dies to deliver justice not revenge for all the lost souls from his genocide against the demon race. He repents and hopes to reincarnate and make himself worthy again after thousands of years. My guess is he becomes a cockroach. It will take him a lot of amazing karma to become a cockroach demon much less a mortal... LHDJ dies with him because I guess because he gave half his heart to Xuanju and the other half to Xifeng. Ikr WTF??? But in all seriousness, I feel quite sorry for him. I mean, what a big f*** up!!!

I am way to lazy to count anything from spitting blood to kissing... But if I were to do one, I think its way better to count the latter rather than the former...

After he discovers his daughter's death was not an accident but that she was murdered, Zhang Haifeng participates in a science experiment that sends him into his own subconscience to try to discover who, how, when and why. So it seems he goes back in time but he doesn't really. His subconcious memory reveals that Zhao Binbin was working with Sun Xiaomeng because she blames him for her father's accidental death. His guilt at being an overworked cop and a negligent father colors how he wishes things could have play out differently each time but with certain inevitable outcomes each time (ie, everyone who dies still dies just in a different way). It ends with him imagining at the end that he adopts both Binbin and Xiaomeng when they were abandoned at the orphanage as a final act of atonement or a way to change the course of events as they occured later. It is a very sad ending because it is just a hallucination, what actually happened is what we are told in the very beginning and cannot be changed. This is just a lot of guesswork on my part and someone else probably may have a much different intrepetation.

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I will be honest I really didn't like ~40s to 53 but the last few are really redeeming this show for me.