I really hate how common AI is becoming. I hate even more how unrecognizable it has gotten till people are now mistaken it for the real thing. I can't believe Youku is wasting water when they literally can just edit a few scenes from the actual drama and make it into a intro. Chinese dramas are known for their cgi but now that ai has come along either these these artists/specialist are either losing their job or have become complacent. They're not even using ai for scenes that are dangerous to actors or actress, they're using it for dumb shit like intos, train scenes and scenes of multiple tower. OMG grow up and stop destroying the environment.
Imma start by saying this show was wasted potential.
I don't believe the high school period was unnecessary or too long. I, in fact, wished the drama was centered around high school to university, with barely anything about their adult/career paths.
I do, however, think the director was quite nonsensical. The drama is called "Genius Girlfriend", for God's sake... why are we 24 episodes in out of 28, and there's no sign of a confession? It's pretty obvious from the very start that these two characters liked each other very much. There was no need for the time skip or for him to cut contact with them over a debt. And even if they thought it was necessary to the story, they should've worked on resolving it and giving them a better reunion.
I don't see how you can make a drama called "Genius Girlfriend" and all we see is the genius part and none of the girlfriend aspect. As a matter of fact, we barely saw her being a genius. This was more of a coming-of-age story for a socially awkward girl; basically her journey of learning proper communication and building relationships. There's no doubt she's smart and stands out academically, but the whole "genius" thing was underdeveloped and also poorly delivered.
Jin Buihui and Ze Qiu's story was rushed and forced. Outside of that, for a proper wrap-up, Buihui should've stood up for herself firmly at least once against her parents and spoken her mind, then cut ties with them. I'm not buying into the whole act of them changing after 20+ years of constantly mentally, verbally, and emotionally abusing her.
My favorite relationship would've been between Tingting and Qi Yan if they didn't decide to fuck that up too. Surprisingly, I can give this relationship some grace because even they themselves didn't realize why they got upset when they saw the other with a potential love interest, since they've always carried the persona of disliking each other. So I kinda understand why they didn't get together sooner. It was still in fact rushed, though.
Shen Fu Xuan stood no chance. Both Yubai and Zhi Xia liked each other way before he even entered the picture. I understand that when you develop feelings, it's hard to get over them quickly, but like... yeah, Yubai and Zhi Xia were basically inseparable from the very first day of their reunion. Baby, please. 😭
Anyways, I liked the fact that they didn't have him and Jiang Yubai fighting or developing hatred toward each other over it. I also love the fact that despite him liking her and all, he knew when to take a step back. He kept his feelings to himself, not because he would've been rejected, but because he knew it would've ruined their friendship.
Overall, they had it in the bag and fumbled. This could've been by far one of the best youth dramas, but they just had to ruin it with the adult-life aspect, the forced relationships, and the losing contact and time skip. All of which were so sloppy that it downgraded the whole show.
If they wanted to keep the same pacing post-episode 24, then this drama should've been at least 34 episodes.
Even in the books, I've always hated the Hou clan because of their hypocrisy. They'll always play the victim, acting like the whole world rob them and always choose to use the excuse that they have it hard simply because they're women. They dress and live luxuriously, then cry about their legacy dying and the lack of money they have. It's nobody's fault but their own. Just irritating for no reason.
I'm genuinely not even trying to be or sound misogynistic because I'm a woman myself, but how can they constantly get involved with the Japanese, (in every story, btw both directly and indirectly) and somehow remain poorer and more in debt than before the last deal? The worst thing about this is that they're somehow always pawns and lapdogs for men and never other powerful women... how?
For a clan so hypocritical, I'm surprised no other master has successfully challenged their seat in the Mystic Nine. With how utterly stupid the sisters are, they would've likely sold it away for a few red coins.
I genuinely forgot how much I dislike them, even more than I do Chenpi.
I don't think lzx was unhappy for being "betrayed". She's upset because she chose to go ahead with the…
Offended? I asked you if you understood what I was trying to say in my comment because (I THINK) you totally misinterpreted what I said. What you said actually made a great point, but it’s totally far-fetched from what I was saying. 😭
This is so foolish….. I believe that in a competition everything should be fair game to win as long as it’s not illegal or overly morally wrong. The fact they’re making THIS their “reason” just makes her come off as incompetent and not really a genius🤷🏾♀️🤷🏾♀️ idk. In every competition I know during training your coach will literally train you to learn your rival weakness and how to combat it. The fact she’s (or anyone else for that matter) entering a competition EXPECTING to be competing against her friend makes me wonder in such a condition what she expected the results to be like? Is he not suppose to see an advantage to win and use it? The fact he’s her friend and study the way she is means nothing when you think about the fact that that’s exactly what coaches do….they literally learn your rival player’s weakness and train you sometimes base on that and how to use it against them🙄
finally completed after dropping and picking up several times.
I honestly don't get the hype because this wasn't good at all. It was just overly annoying for no reason. A very irritating drama.
The only sensible people "died"—the father and Cheong-san.
The fact that they kept Choi Nam-ra mixed in with everybody, even after she admitted out of her own mouth that she wanted to bite Su-hyeok, was highly irresponsible and completely disregarded everyone else's safety. I understand that a few of them didn't feel threatened, and I can objectively understand why they made that decision. That's not what pissed me off.
What pissed me off was the fact that Su-hyeok saw Nam-ra trying to attack On-jo and did absolutely nothing to stop her. He was literally willing to stand there and watch Nam-ra kill a perfectly healthy human being, even though he had the power to stop it and simply chose not to.
Cheong-san didn't turn, yet nobody fought to keep him with the group, even though he had been the leading mind behind their survival up to that point.
I don't care how much you love or care about your friend. Once they've turned, it's pretty obvious they're no longer the person you once knew. If you're alone and you want to take that risk, then by all means. But if you're part of a group, then you and that infected mfer need to stay 30 miles away. YOU made the decision to keep them as your friend even though they're infected, but the rest of the group didn't agree to take on that risk. I really hated how everybody was forced to compromised in the end.
I really hate how grey and nonsensical these characters were. Everybody wanted to play the good guy, and funnily enough, It was always innocent people who never agreed to certain decision get attack and bitten first.
But serves On-jo right, because she helped convince everybody to keep Nam-ra. She should've gotten bitten ad killed. She's annoying anyway. Sick a her ass.
Bruh, it's so unbelievably stupid and irritating. You literally watched this girl lift a grown man against a wall and eat his guts, and you're still convinced she's the same classmate you knew? Just because she recognizes YOU or won't bite YOU doesn't mean she isn't a danger to everybody else.
If you wanted to stay with her so badly, then you shouldn't have followed the group to the shelter in the first place.
Lee Na-yeon was wrong about a lot of things, and she's literally the devil from hell. But at the end of the day, she was the only person who viewed survival objectively. Had she not been so twisted and self-centered, her ability to separate the living from the infected would've taken that group much further. That half-turned would've never remained with the group, and even if she had, Na-yeon would've made sure she stayed separated because of the obvious danger she posed.
Even if everyone initially agreed to let Nam-ra stay while she was only half-turned and barely showing symptoms, it's a completely different situation once two people witnessed her rip a man's stomach open and then attempt to bite one of them.
It's so weird to me that you can watch her do all of that and still decide search for her to bring her back and around a group of normal people who she would now literally only see as food.
I just found it ridiculous that the only SANE person ended up being the one who was half-turned, while the actual group of human beings continued making one irrational decision after another.
A lot of great characters died, while some the most annoying ones survived and even had more screen time. I couldn't fully enjoy this because of that.
Characters like Gook Yeong Soo, Lee Soon Yi, Kim In Hye, Yoo Ha Na, Hong Jun Hui, and Woo Hee Rak should've been the first ones to die. They're useless and do nothing but run their mouths.
Cho Jang Su, Kim Yoo Jeong, Jang Yeong Hoon, Do Soo Cheol, and Park Eun Young were characters that deserved far more exploration and much longer storylines. I feel like two of them were killed off way too soon, and as for the others, they simply weren't utilized enough.
Outside of Lee Na Ra's shooting skills, her character is very flat. I feel the same way about Kim Chi Yeol. Outside of him liking Na Ra, there's really not much to his character.
Overall, 8/10. Wasted potential and very dry storytelling outside of the few scenes where they're under attack. If they're not being attacked, it's a snooze fest.
N-word here. " This nigga just disgust me though……" You do not have any respect for the black race…
1. IT IS PRETTY OBVIOUS YOU ARE NOT BLACK SINCE YOU LITERALLY KNOW NOTHING ABOUT HOW WE TALK OR USE WORDS TO ADDRESS OTHER PEOPLE 2. YOU'RE SLOW AND FREAKING STUPID 3. STAY OUT OF BLACK PEOPLE BUSINESS AND STOP TRYING TO POLICE THE WAY WE SPEAK! 4. YOU'RE A FUCKING IDIOT!
N-word here. " This nigga just disgust me though……" You do not have any respect for the black race…
HUH? Are you an idiot? How do I lack self respect?
Black people have reclaimed the N-word over the years and, it no longer carries the same meaning as the original slur. I am Black, and I can freely use the N-word if I want to. I literally have that privilege.
First I'm racist, and now I'm ashamed of my Blackness? Are you slow?
Sorry to disappoint you, but *Blossom of Power* was originally offered to her by the producer of *Blossom*. She…
You're missing the point... and the very fact that only her rebirth series succeed while everything else fails is the exact reason I made my comment. Please ask questions if you're unable to fully grasp what I'm saying instead of assuming.
I think separating the artist from the art as a concept is a load of bullshit But i genuinely wanna support this actress in her first leading role. This nigga just disgust me though……
EDIT: ya'll fake woke and desperate for attention. I'm literally a black person. not mixed...BLACK!
Sorry to disappoint you, but *Blossom of Power* was originally offered to her by the producer of *Blossom*. She…
You wrote this epistle, and for what? Because I stated a fact? The thing about dogs is that they'll bite at anybody, even when it's completely unnecessary.
Blossom, Blossom of Power, and Reborn Empress all follow the reincarnation/rebirth plot. Regardless of whether these dramas become successful or not, it's most definitely NOT a good thing for the actress to keep playing the same type of character BACK TO BACK. Her audience will get bored quickly, and her fanbase won't grow. She also won't grow in versatility, and if she's not careful, she'll end up playing the same character she's used to in other roles that are completely different.
This isn't to say she can't do rebirth dramas, but these projects are literally lined up back to back. That's not a good thing for her career.
I want to know in what world y'all think it's okay for an actress to remain stagnant. After Blossom, she took on other projects, and none receive the same acclaim as her rebirth dramas, yet you somehow think that's a good thing?
rewatching this I'm realizing that there's two pair of twins in this. the Li brothers and the Su sisters... The boys are the ML servants and the girls are the FLs.
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I don't believe the high school period was unnecessary or too long. I, in fact, wished the drama was centered around high school to university, with barely anything about their adult/career paths.
I do, however, think the director was quite nonsensical. The drama is called "Genius Girlfriend", for God's sake... why are we 24 episodes in out of 28, and there's no sign of a confession? It's pretty obvious from the very start that these two characters liked each other very much. There was no need for the time skip or for him to cut contact with them over a debt. And even if they thought it was necessary to the story, they should've worked on resolving it and giving them a better reunion.
I don't see how you can make a drama called "Genius Girlfriend" and all we see is the genius part and none of the girlfriend aspect. As a matter of fact, we barely saw her being a genius. This was more of a coming-of-age story for a socially awkward girl; basically her journey of learning proper communication and building relationships. There's no doubt she's smart and stands out academically, but the whole "genius" thing was underdeveloped and also poorly delivered.
Jin Buihui and Ze Qiu's story was rushed and forced. Outside of that, for a proper wrap-up, Buihui should've stood up for herself firmly at least once against her parents and spoken her mind, then cut ties with them. I'm not buying into the whole act of them changing after 20+ years of constantly mentally, verbally, and emotionally abusing her.
My favorite relationship would've been between Tingting and Qi Yan if they didn't decide to fuck that up too. Surprisingly, I can give this relationship some grace because even they themselves didn't realize why they got upset when they saw the other with a potential love interest, since they've always carried the persona of disliking each other. So I kinda understand why they didn't get together sooner. It was still in fact rushed, though.
Shen Fu Xuan stood no chance. Both Yubai and Zhi Xia liked each other way before he even entered the picture. I understand that when you develop feelings, it's hard to get over them quickly, but like... yeah, Yubai and Zhi Xia were basically inseparable from the very first day of their reunion. Baby, please. 😭
Anyways, I liked the fact that they didn't have him and Jiang Yubai fighting or developing hatred toward each other over it. I also love the fact that despite him liking her and all, he knew when to take a step back. He kept his feelings to himself, not because he would've been rejected, but because he knew it would've ruined their friendship.
Overall, they had it in the bag and fumbled. This could've been by far one of the best youth dramas, but they just had to ruin it with the adult-life aspect, the forced relationships, and the losing contact and time skip. All of which were so sloppy that it downgraded the whole show.
If they wanted to keep the same pacing post-episode 24, then this drama should've been at least 34 episodes.
I'm genuinely not even trying to be or sound misogynistic because I'm a woman myself, but how can they constantly get involved with the Japanese, (in every story, btw both directly and indirectly) and somehow remain poorer and more in debt than before the last deal? The worst thing about this is that they're somehow always pawns and lapdogs for men and never other powerful women... how?
For a clan so hypocritical, I'm surprised no other master has successfully challenged their seat in the Mystic Nine. With how utterly stupid the sisters are, they would've likely sold it away for a few red coins.
I genuinely forgot how much I dislike them, even more than I do Chenpi.
I honestly don't get the hype because this wasn't good at all. It was just overly annoying for no reason. A very irritating drama.
The only sensible people "died"—the father and Cheong-san.
The fact that they kept Choi Nam-ra mixed in with everybody, even after she admitted out of her own mouth that she wanted to bite Su-hyeok, was highly irresponsible and completely disregarded everyone else's safety. I understand that a few of them didn't feel threatened, and I can objectively understand why they made that decision. That's not what pissed me off.
What pissed me off was the fact that Su-hyeok saw Nam-ra trying to attack On-jo and did absolutely nothing to stop her. He was literally willing to stand there and watch Nam-ra kill a perfectly healthy human being, even though he had the power to stop it and simply chose not to.
Cheong-san didn't turn, yet nobody fought to keep him with the group, even though he had been the leading mind behind their survival up to that point.
I don't care how much you love or care about your friend. Once they've turned, it's pretty obvious they're no longer the person you once knew. If you're alone and you want to take that risk, then by all means. But if you're part of a group, then you and that infected mfer need to stay 30 miles away. YOU made the decision to keep them as your friend even though they're infected, but the rest of the group didn't agree to take on that risk. I really hated how everybody was forced to compromised in the end.
I really hate how grey and nonsensical these characters were. Everybody wanted to play the good guy, and funnily enough, It was always innocent people who never agreed to certain decision get attack and bitten first.
But serves On-jo right, because she helped convince everybody to keep Nam-ra. She should've gotten bitten ad killed. She's annoying anyway. Sick a her ass.
Bruh, it's so unbelievably stupid and irritating. You literally watched this girl lift a grown man against a wall and eat his guts, and you're still convinced she's the same classmate you knew? Just because she recognizes YOU or won't bite YOU doesn't mean she isn't a danger to everybody else.
If you wanted to stay with her so badly, then you shouldn't have followed the group to the shelter in the first place.
Lee Na-yeon was wrong about a lot of things, and she's literally the devil from hell. But at the end of the day, she was the only person who viewed survival objectively. Had she not been so twisted and self-centered, her ability to separate the living from the infected would've taken that group much further. That half-turned would've never remained with the group, and even if she had, Na-yeon would've made sure she stayed separated because of the obvious danger she posed.
Even if everyone initially agreed to let Nam-ra stay while she was only half-turned and barely showing symptoms, it's a completely different situation once two people witnessed her rip a man's stomach open and then attempt to bite one of them.
It's so weird to me that you can watch her do all of that and still decide search for her to bring her back and around a group of normal people who she would now literally only see as food.
I just found it ridiculous that the only SANE person ended up being the one who was half-turned, while the actual group of human beings continued making one irrational decision after another.
Characters like Gook Yeong Soo, Lee Soon Yi, Kim In Hye, Yoo Ha Na, Hong Jun Hui, and Woo Hee Rak should've been the first ones to die. They're useless and do nothing but run their mouths.
Cho Jang Su, Kim Yoo Jeong, Jang Yeong Hoon, Do Soo Cheol, and Park Eun Young were characters that deserved far more exploration and much longer storylines. I feel like two of them were killed off way too soon, and as for the others, they simply weren't utilized enough.
Outside of Lee Na Ra's shooting skills, her character is very flat. I feel the same way about Kim Chi Yeol. Outside of him liking Na Ra, there's really not much to his character.
Overall, 8/10. Wasted potential and very dry storytelling outside of the few scenes where they're under attack. If they're not being attacked, it's a snooze fest.
2. YOU'RE SLOW AND FREAKING STUPID
3. STAY OUT OF BLACK PEOPLE BUSINESS AND STOP TRYING TO POLICE THE WAY WE SPEAK!
4. YOU'RE A FUCKING IDIOT!
Black people have reclaimed the N-word over the years and, it no longer carries the same meaning as the original slur. I am Black, and I can freely use the N-word if I want to. I literally have that privilege.
First I'm racist, and now I'm ashamed of my Blackness? Are you slow?
EDIT: ya'll fake woke and desperate for attention. I'm literally a black person. not mixed...BLACK!
Blossom, Blossom of Power, and Reborn Empress all follow the reincarnation/rebirth plot. Regardless of whether these dramas become successful or not, it's most definitely NOT a good thing for the actress to keep playing the same type of character BACK TO BACK. Her audience will get bored quickly, and her fanbase won't grow. She also won't grow in versatility, and if she's not careful, she'll end up playing the same character she's used to in other roles that are completely different.
This isn't to say she can't do rebirth dramas, but these projects are literally lined up back to back. That's not a good thing for her career.
I want to know in what world y'all think it's okay for an actress to remain stagnant. After Blossom, she took on other projects, and none receive the same acclaim as her rebirth dramas, yet you somehow think that's a good thing?