ShortCircuit

That might be my mistake - I didn't watch any trailers, just read the synopsis and didn't bother with the tags too much (a lot of times they're not really close to what the drama really is about, so...)

Have fun with this one :)

"I've been watching dramas for 10 years now", LOL, I've been watching dramas for 25+ years now, what is this, a kindergarten size-up contest? :D

FYI, I've also watched The Silent Sea, and it also suffered from non-science in the interest of visuals and awe-creating nonsense. Not that it matters here.

I have NOT yet made up my mind over this drama, since I'm yet to finish the first ep. I am waiting to see how it does in future eps and what the main interest of the plot is - because yes, I don't much care about rom-coms no matter where they're placed, on Earth, on the Moon, on the ISS or wherever.

I'm glad you liked it, it must suit your taste - the first half of the ep I tried to watch did not suit mine, and that's all there is to it, for now.

Seriously, it's the same person? :D

I usually don't recognise people so fast, I guess he did make an impression (or I just watched that MV way too many times, LOL). Thanks for confirming!

The first ep is interesting enough. I guess we'll see how it goes, though the premise of the marriage is kind of strange, LOL. I hope they make it a good story (I've been burned by hyped dramas before).

Just wanted to comment because the actor who does the British Ambassador looked to me a lot like the person who played the doctor in the Ice on My Teeth MV, LOL. It would be wild (to me anyway) if it's the same actor :D

Thank you for your input. I never liked slapstick and burlesque comedy myself, and that won't change, LOL. Especially when it's something related to space - it should be either done in good taste or not at all (and I obviously could avoid stories that don't fit my tastes in that, but I had different expectations from this, based on the synopsis).

Anyway. Had I known this was mostly rom-com, I would've lowered my expectations (to zero). As it is... I'll wait it out and see.

What is really expected, particularly on certain dramas' threads on MDL, is that some watchers will take it personally when other people do not like it to the stars and back and then start attacking the person for their likes, dislikes and forming an opinion different than theirs. That's why I even mentioned some of the things that were said about people who didn't go gaga over this drama instantly - insulting the person isn't going to make the story more engaging.

But then, I seriously don't really care all that much. It's such a huge dramaworld out there, there's always something different on offer anyway.

I am almost 50, tiktok never got me. 2001 A Space Odyssey is one of the movies I think did science well, if we're talking long intro space movies. Not this drama, not so far.

But you do you. I guess you skipped all science lessons in school. Too entertained by social media, I presume?

You know that story of how NASA spent millions (in today's money) to produce a pen that would write in space (no gravity) and the Soviets just used pencils? (That is partly true, LOL, astronauts eventually turned back to pencils too, but the pen still was produced). It's just overkill - why would they need a weapon in a space station/space ship of any kind, are they arresting some space criminal?! :D They should just use some pointy tool instead (I thought those were golf clubs they were using to drag objects closer, one of those would suffice).

But then, maybe the science of it all won't matter.

Is this your first cinderfella/cinderella kdrama, then?!

Ah, nevermind, I don't really care, I won't be watching it yet (if ever) until it gets deeper into what it's trying to be. If it remains slapstick comedy mostly, I'll just give it a pass. It's not what I want in a drama that should be developing in freaking SPACE. Maybe they don't want to focus on anything scientific (or not too explicitly), but focusing on cheesy rom-coms instead is disappointing. I guess it'll become clearer with more eps.

Once upon a time (basically until about two years ago), MOST characters in cdramas were dubbed by other people (and in a few cases, themselves, if they had the time). It was done because 1. the filming is done in noisy environments and the whole sound line is re-done in studio and 2. some of the actors do not have the correct Mandarin (that means they speak with a pronounced accent that doesn't fit the origins of their character for example). So they just employed voice actors and re-did the voices for mostly everybody.

Then the censors cracked down on that and now everybody (usually) dubs themselves. There are still exceptions (like, if they're a busy actor/actress and don't have the time to be in the studio) but not all that many.

In TU, the VA dubbing was still the norm, so most of them are dubbed by other people. In more recent works, you can hear their own actual voices.

Sad to say, 22 minutes into the first ep I got bored out of my mind and decided to just browse some news sites instead. Returned for a few more minutes and it got downright burlesque... I am not into that kind of stories. I guess I'll be waiting for more eps.

On the plus side, there were some beautiful shots. On the down side... it's boring as heck. And there are way too many clichees in just a half hour. Extra note: no, sound still doesn't freaking travel in space...

ETA I feel I should add, for the "you just don't get it, it's too deep for you", "you don't have the attention span", "you're a hater" commenters that I am trained in STEM and love space movies or dramas done right (sf&f fan here, too), I get easily hooked if my interest is caught and that I actually like the FL (the little I've seen of her in that half hour.) I like LMH too (watched quite a lot of his dramas, even those that weren't nominally successful). I guess I had too high expectations for this. I didn't know it would be that comedic, comedy isn't my cup of tea. I really wanted something more about space and less about cinderfellas.

ETA2 LOL, there was someone who commented, got mad all by themselves, took a parting shot and blocked me. Good riddance, enjoy your life :)

(Haven't read the novel) Wei Yuan had a relationship with the current Empress when she wasn't married to the Emperor. I guess the Emperor is well aware. Also, he already got some flack when he had to defend Xu Qi'An previously in court (because he's an irreverent asshole - good heart, misplaced court politics, despite being an excellent worker LOL). People already accused him - in court, in front of the Emperor - that he's favouring XQA over nobles. Wei Yuan himself is a commoner (that's why the Empress' father rejected their relationship).

And he has such a huge amount of people to defend, not just XQA - he has the two closest Gold Gongs that he's an adoptive father to, he has straight-laced people like Li YuChun, he has good-hearted people like the two Copper Gongs that befriended XQA, and so on, and so forth. And then there's the actual mission - not just the policing, but the shadows games, the different types of sects trying to play power games in the background, etc.

It's not always as simple as "what is right is always the most important". People with power tend to abuse it, and one can't fight against them in the open all the time.

The reason to punish XQA wasn't to assert authority, it was to enforce existing - if maybe flawed - rules. Otherwise, everyone (and particularly those who were already inclined to not follow rules) might feel entitled to just decide every case based on gut feelings or greased palms, and there aren't all that many XQAs to get reigned in by morals and ethics.

It's the mine case from before - he knew the Kui people were digging and then moving on after getting lots of saltpeter (needed for explosives) but didn't report it to the Imperial Censors. The beast that got into the derelict mine used one of the places they had dug up.

Awww, he's growing up and doing adults' business now. (Don't tell me, I've just jinxed it, he'll go right back to being a total dork in the next eps, LOL).

Is the Grand Princess No. 1? (How would she turn her voice into a man's though?)

Li YuChun, everyone's hero... I thought it was all a setup to clean up the Guardians and the bad apples, but I guess not really. At least we have some advances in the plot :D

They both have brother issues, LOL. That's what's linking them the most.

On ep 10... Feng QiaoShuo just said - his father first called the Flower Medallion, "Ai Feng" (guess how you pronounce that hahaha~) but later, because his mom didn't like it, changed it to "Hua Wei" OMG LOL they're doing promotions in an ancient China fantasy ROFLMAO.

That was subtle as heck :D

So far, I totally GET IT, why she's struck by his beauty randomly. I get the same feeling. This man... Wow. And then there's Bai XiaoSheng's random INSPEC-SHUUUUUN!!! moments, I am actually laughing aloud :D

I think I'll have to look up the novel.

PS Riley Wang is also so damn fiiiiiiine. (He's fine in FoF too, half-nekkid and completely wet, LOL, but there's just that something about him hahaha~) He and HMH also have a lot of chemistry, I'm just glad HMH has great chemistry with the FL too, because hot daaaaaaamn. The man is fire. ETA Wait, I now remember he had chemistry with himself, too, in FoF, when he was battling the dark Zhu Yan, hahaha~ He's a whole chemical plant all by himself :D

He is one of the Gold Gongs in the Guardians and one of Wei Yuan's adopted children (I can't tell yet if it's honorary or actually adopted, but he keeps calling WY "Yifu"), and Wei Yuan randomly gave Xu Qi'An to him, then he and other Gold Gongs started fighting over XQA, LOL. He looks to be one of the consistently present charas in this, IMHO (haven't read the novel.)

But yeah, Fan ShiQi definitely gained at least one more fan with this :D

The way XQA's schemes keep blowing up in his face, LOL. He and Lu YuQin are now brothers forever hahaha~

Did the sword react to XQA's presence though?... I was ready to believe the Emperor was No. 1, but I guess not after all. He's not Lord Wei either...

But I live for the bickering between No 2 and No 4 - these two should up and marry already, to keep bickering in a more fitting environment LOL.

Fan ShiQi is killing it as Yang Yan. I want to be in this guy's team. I want to be this guy's secretary. I want to see this guy fighting, smirking, talking and sleeping. Err. That came out weird *sweatdrop*

No, it's He RunDong/ Peter Ho, who plays Xu PingFeng, Qi'An's dad in the Xu family - he's a guest role, I don't think we've seen him yet. I've no idea why, unless his accent isn't good (he's born outside of China, maybe that's why).

The one dubbing him is Wang Kai (name coincidence, LOL), who also - among others - did Wen KeXing's voice in WoH. He's good, but I didn't really recognize the voice LOL. Then again, he also did Jiang Cheng in TU, and I didn't recognize his voice that time either :D He's pretty good :D

Xu Qi'An is so full of it LOL.

4 out of 12 though... We're pretty far along the road already, they won't have time to properly execute their actual main plot (getting him to be successful and her to gain the money for the factory) in time unless they rush it - and they've been rushing it. Insta-crush between the other JW and the girl idol-in-training, confused messaging between the (supposedly divorcing?) parents, extremely childish ex-lover (he's holding a grudge 20 years later and behaving like a teen because WHY?!), very thin motivation for the (presumably) villain CEO (the one who took over because she "caused the death of someone we don't really know much about because she was not there training idols but going to the US to try and treat her kid for deafness"?) - this is VERY VERY thin ice this drama is skating on.

So far the only part they've been stressing over and over is that the ML is afflicted with lots of mental issues (props to the child actor, he's really been doing the heavy lifting setting up that point), but that he also has talent, and that basically zero adults around him are in his camp.

Yes, the father picked a good song for him - he's trying to get him to win the contest so they can offload him faster. He KNOWS JW has been cutting for a long time, he found blood on the sink, and STILL he doesn't even offer a tentative olive branch, no explanation, nothing. How could JW get to trust them and why? Just because they don't chuck him to the streets?! He gets why - he's a hostage for the 200M won debt.

I've said it before, and I've seen people commenting that this is just because of a "pretty face" LOL, the only one who seems actually real is the freaking half-villain, Chris/Hanyoo, and that only because he IS using JW but isn't pretending to be some knight on shining armour for him. He IS exactly what he told him he is - someone who uses others. JW is pretty clear on that too, and maybe that's exactly why he's so trusting with him, he can see that's all there is to their relationship. Whereas... the mom&dad setup is sending all kinds of twisted messages. If I were so insecure and lonely as he is, I too would be in a mess of feelings and fears.

Ah, nevermind. I guess we'll see if they manage to make this in any way meaningful. But so far I don't really have much hope for it. (I did, before it aired, because of the synopsis.)