PeachBlossomGoddess

Yeah I agree. This ended where it should have and appropriatel.y so.

The PCCD group on FB is a private costume drama fan group that is very easy to join. If you ask to join your request will be accepted very quickly. However if you want access to L&D with subtitles you have to pay. It is not free and don't know how much it costs or translation and video quality.

Viki's overall translation is notably better and more complete than Youtube's. However the titles/rankings of the deities while pompously accurate are cumbersome and a real mouthful in English. It is a small and unnecessary irritant.

Its on Viki, I just started it.

To me, Chang Chen is one of the most handsome Chinese actors. That said, they did not do proper justice to his looks in L&D. Whereas they made Mark Chao look way better than he normally does in TMOPB.

There is an alternate ending but the original ending and novel ending is the same.

https://talesofathirdworldnurse.wordpress.com/2018/02/26/the-unofficial-nirvana-in-fire-ending-youve-never-seen/

I believe Lin Chen promised Mei Changsu he would take care of Fei Liu so I assume they returned to Langya Hall together. Lin Chen is still the master of Langya Hall in NIF2. I think the books probably have more details but I know the stories already so I have been a bit lazy about reading them.

Its barely noticeable, mostly side characters.

Yeah she totally had the hots for him.

Watch Brotherhood of the Blades 1 and 2 for more Chang Chen. He looks so much better there. I am still angry they made him up so badly for this show. I think they deliberately "aged" him which is completely unnecessary.

I agree, there are definitely more. My guess is about 60 in total.

Can't believe Amazon still hasnt posted the rest. I am waiting also.

I couldn't agree more. In general there has been so little progress since Jin Yong's time. He wrote way better FL characters than anyone but since his time, the big hits have been all these idol actresses who all look like Chinese Barbie and speak in two pitch tones higher than normal!

LOL - tyvm so kind of you. And it is so great tp know I am not alone in this. Btw, I wasn't brave. More like foolish... I had just joined this site and had not yet met fans of the more rabid variety!

Or clueless. I think my favorite scenes are all the ones where Ye Hua is just incredibly mean to her.

What are you watching that everyone hates? Maybe I will check it out. I liked L&D a lot but I really dislike at least two of the top dramas out there as well. To each his own.

Yeah I didn't "feel"them either.

Well no harm checking out a few episodes to see for yourself...

Doubt it but best keep a low profile... not really keen to be spammed by angry fans... I didn't hate it though - just thought it was so bad it actually made me laugh.

Not that much less - in fact before these caps were put in place the rumored pay was much much more. In Western dramas, it has to be a top hit series like NCIS or Third Rock for the leads to be paid $500k-$1mm per episode and they pretty much do just that show and nothing else all year. These Chinese dramas take 3-5 months to shoot so the actors can take on more than one project a year and the production company takes all the risk that it flops. Before the ban the rumored pay for some of the idol actors exceeded many Western drama leads. And then the likes of the totally overrated and overpaid Fan Bingbing went on to evade USD$130mm in taxes this year. She is one of the reasons the government is cracking down so hard on this industry and capping pay for everyone else. In the West such a bad actress would never be paid such a crazy amount of money.

1 million chinese renminbi. Its approximately $140,000 USD.