PeachBlossomGoddess

Yes indeed ARP is a good example of an actor that got into character and stayed there throughout. Let's see if he can repeat it in his other dramas and in more complex roles. I do think Han Li is a much more difficult role than Yan Chi.

I think it was terribly remiss and stingy of them not to find out who killed him to give them the huge reward they deserve. But its ok, Han Li has made it rich in the garden.

Yang Yang's acting is certainly a work in progress but putting his stunning looks aside, in this drama, he was valued/chosen also for his willingness and ability to do stunts himself. They are quite hard stunts and he pulls it off well. A lot of other actors will wobble around like tofu or worse, faint or hire a body double. Have to give him some credit for that. As for emotions, he really needs to do better but I hope he doesn't start crying all over the place. Too many idol actors think they just need to be able to cry on demand and that's called emoting or acting. Its my pet peeve, I don't like excessive cry scenes from both men and women and nothing makes me grit my teeth more than crying in scenes that are not even sad. The really great actors can make you cry without shedding a single tear (i.e., Hu Ge/NIF).

Its an attempt at visual humor that didn't quite land in the right way.

I think Immortal Ascension is pretty good.

Yes I put this disaster on hold and zipped through that.

I am still trying to force complete but I have 5 to go.

S/S+ means nothing in terms of production values. Most of the budget goes to pay the actors. Yang Yang is pretty expensive.

Roar!?🐆🐆🐆

Ep 9.

Woah! Those cougar outfits... 🫣🤮

It's a very refreshing change from romance xianxias.

I quite enjoyed S2. Hope it works for you.

No one has ever doubled their money investing in cdramas.

Seems Han Li is missing metal but water nourishes wood, wood fuels fire, fire creates earth, and earth generates metal. So probably he can get there based on my basic understanding of the Wuxing/Five Elements philosophy.

Gina Jin is very stiff I really don't like her acting at all. I hope there is close to zilch romance bc I just can't see her as a CP with Yang Yang. She was mis-cast in JOL2 and mis-cast again here.

He lost 7kg for this role.

All dramas live record some parts, especially when the actors are voicing themselves. But I don't think there is enough of that to qualify this as live recorded.

This has some wuxia concepts and elements but it is very much a xianxia as very early in the protagonist's story, Han Li is already leaving the mortal realm behind.

Although he lost his Foundation Pill, I like that he was pragmatic and recognized that he was not powerful enough to hold on to it. So he traded it for a job that he could thrive in with the plan to get another one or make another one down the road.