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Yes, xianxia dramas are petty much known as the new idol dramas nowadays. Low effort eye candy productions aimed at teens who love to ship handsome and pretty people together.

Unless the story or acting is expectionally good and gets hype, or there is a big fanbase built in from the novel like Till the End of the Moon, the general public don't really check xianxia out anymore.

This is traditional Mongolian hairstyle.

Netflix really poisoned how people interact with media. Now everything has to be 8 eps and end in a cliffhanger for a possible sequel. 8 episodes are perfect for spending not too much money and testing out the waters of how many people are watching. If the viewership does not meet their shareholder's quota, they cancel the show and move on to another 8 episode show.

They don't care about art or good storytelling. Their goal is to make the most amount of money with the least amount of spending and it's a shame so many people have allowed it to affect their definition of good storytelling.

Nah, a lot of 8 episode Netflix dramas lack good character development and end too soon without explaining anything. Celebrity was a big offender of this. Some dramas only need 10 eps, others 30 episodes. The episode count is not the issue. The problem is pacing. Writers drag stories in the middle before rushing everything at the end which makes it feel like the drama should've been shorter when in fact the author did not know how to structure their story.

Historical dramas like Dong Yi and Empresses in the Palace only work because of their 50+ length. We're essentially following a whole dynasty. I wish more writers and companies adjusted the episode length according to the storyline instead of restricting all dramas to 1 set episode number. Mature romance melos like Marriage Contract wortk great with 20+ episodes and would not have a chance to develop with 16 eps. Basically a good episode length is whatever allows the writer to write a good story without editing anything out or adding extra stuff in. This is different with every drama.

"as for the 2ML, would've preferred someone more appealing... I'll def be ffwding his scenes."

You must be a horny teenager or a middle aged housewife with no braincells.

Sad but this is the majority of MDL watchers. Why do you think shitty dramas with a hot oppa gets 8 star ratings??

He was gonna get impeached and his wife's corruptions exposed

It's Yoon, not Joon. He is literally the Korean version of Trump, a rightwing conservative who labels any that opposed him as communist and abolished the Ministry of Gender Equality after getting elected appealing to incels. This military coup is a direct result of Trump getting elected. Don't worry, we will soon see the same in the US except their military isn't as sane.

There's no Love Triangle in the Chinese version. Yall didn't even watch it but keep yapping

Maybe bc it wasn't recent. And the cdrama had more eps so his trauma was spaced out

You're spot on. Go ahead is just a more complex, heavier and meatier drama than this. I would even label it as a psychological thriller at times. Interesting because Korean dramas usually tend to go for more heavier themes while chinese dramas are often more fluffier but we have the reverse in this case.

Ling Xiao was abused mentally, emotionally and physically by his mother in the Chinese version, far beyond this version. He had a panic disorder, imnosia, and jas to take several pills which the 2nd ML later mistakenly takes and overdoses on. His mother burns his hand and theows glass at him.

She also threatened to kill herself and even his little sister if he abandoned her. The Chinese ML was just a broken husk of a man. That drama was lowkey a psychological thriller at times.

Okay...those are 4 dramas. Are you denying most jdramas revolve around marriage, cheating, or divorce? I thought this was common knowledge just like kdramas love their amnesia and trucks of doom.

Even non Viki jdramas are all about marriage or pretending to be married or cheating while in marriage.

A popular webnovel adaptation with a star studded cast. It could either be really good or really bad.

Japan is the same way. If I had a dime for every jdrama on Viki with "marriage" in the title, I would quit my job and watch dramas all day. Ironically if China did the same thing, people WOULD be complaining.

True. Korea is really lacking good young actors.

Most of the hit Korean dramas from the past years have been remakes from China.

Mr. Queen, Scarlet Heart Ryeo, A Love So Beautiful, the movie Soulmate, A Korean Odyssey, and Our Blooming Youth/Golden Hairpin are all remakes of Chinese dramas. Some Day One Day is from Taiwan but I just want to mention it bc I hate how the Korean version messed up the storyline so bad. It was really popular in China too and a lot of Taiwanese actors cross over to Chinese dramas.

Even classic kdramas like Meteor Garden/Boys Over Flowers, Fated to Love You, and Playful Kiss are all remakes of Taiwanese dramas. Taiwan actually is the one who made Boys Over Flowers a hit story in Asia and made a live action even before Japan could do one themselves. Anyway, back to China. I feel Chinese dramas have actually had more original stories that are not remakes bc of the sheer amount of Chinese web novels that get written each year. You are correct China adapta more kdramas but Korea actually does adapt from China way more than people might think.

It's worse when China decides to remake kdramas. They literally get called thieves lmao.

The Chinese version of Mr. Queen was a very low budget web drama that became popular bc it was so cheesy and low budget. The actors were no namers who only started getting jobs after that drama. I think it's a bit unfair to compare it to the Korean version that had a much larger budget and popular mainstream actors. The best version of Fated to Love You is still from Taiwan imo.