Rhomas

Not a romance lover here but I am absolutely loving this! Finally a romance cdrama that is worth watching. Thankfully it exceeds expectations

I agree about some points but definitely not about the chemistry between the leads - it’s probably the first Chinese romance drama in my memory where the leads actually have natural chemistry with each other. It’s nice to finally have a cdrama where the romance doesn’t feel forced for a change. Which really helps with some of the other issues this drama might have.
But it is indeed just a light feel good romance . If you’re looking for some heavy psychological stuff with challenging roles, the Oath of Love is not for you (if that wasn’t clear from the trailers and the plot description).
So I will definitely keep watching, the chemistry between actors is off the charts and their comedic timing is impeccable

Probably in summer

I like the cast !

Sorry but your post was really insensitive. I thought it could be sarcasm but the “joke” obviously didn’t land well. You might consider the fact that when you type people can’t hear your tone so your wittiness didn’t translate. No need to block or insult people for that

No aliens or transformers either.
Throw the whole drama away! lol
In all seriousness tho, no need to torture yourself . I recommend you check out the transformers franchise instead , you might enjoy it

The CGI looks amazing. I really like the aesthetics they are going for, everything we’ve seen so far looks magical

That’s a shipper account, they can’t be trusted

I am very excited for this! Hope it won’t take too long to air

Y’all think we can get the official ost mv to 1 million views before the drama airs? 🥴 https://youtu.be/PTBLlCrPHIg

Same here 😆

I’m not exactly an mdl viewer, I have been living on weibo and watching c dramas for a few years now . Cdrama still go through the censorship board even if a director made similar dramas many times and even if he adhered to all censorship guidelines. Military dramas usually go through multiple revisions by the board, a lot of them don’t get an airing license for years. Ace Troops is the fastest military drama on my memory to get an airing license.

The golden rule of good directing is “show, don’t tell”. And this drama rarely follows it. I understood the motivation of some characters , like Gu Yiye because the actor did a great job in making us sympathize with him and his character is also the most consistent not for various reasons. But Gao Liang something says one thing in his inner monologues and the does exactly the opposite. Then in episode 26 his personality makes an unexplained U turn without ever building it up. Same goes for JNZ and her sudden love for Gao Liang.
Overall I find Ace Troops very engaging and I think all the characters are interesting. But the editing and, possibly, the writing is inadequate and simply unprofessional at times.
I don’t think you need to get defensive because of it. One can love and enjoy the drama while also recognizing it flaws

But that is what it usually means in c ent. Normally (though, not always) they air the number of episodes that passed censorship, and the episodes that are presented to the censorship board are already a cut version with all extra or bad takes cut, so the comparison with cutting the movie from 10 hours to 2 is inadequate.

But as I said below the problem is not the number of episodes but bad editing choices that make you question characters’ motivation and leave glaring plot holes. The drama could be great with 20 episodes only if only the editor new what they were doing.

Ace Troops doesn’t feel like it’s dragging cause there are constant time jumps and sometimes you actually wish they would slow down and let everything sink in. As you said, there are many scenes, specifically romantic ones, that add very little to the story. We could have learned about what happened to other comrades from the Live and Die Together company instead. So it’s not the length of the drama that’s the problem , it’s that they left out the parts that should have been there instead of cutting out the nonsense bits. Lots of weird choices by the editor

Then how come a new drama that just aired on HunanTV had more than 40episodes? 🤔 I think ideally they should limit dramas to 20 episodes, 40 is still too long and draggy

It is from an official source. When Ace Troops got an airing permit, it said 48 episodes. It’s kinda obvious from the editing and what some actors said about the cut scenes that they deleted lots of footage.

It would. The airing license for Ace Troops clearly said they were cleared for 48 episodes

Looks like it’s more of a recommendation, cause some dramas airing on TV rn have more than 40 episodes

Yes, that’s Xiao Zhan’s voice in the ending ❤️

Good production value. The acting is so bad, it hurts. Dropped.