No, I think it is because it is tough to get into like malazan book series in fantasy
After TU, I started reading a lot of Chinese webnovels (well, danmei, but what can you do, LOL). I'm already used to the names, some of the usual expressions, a bit of history (not a lot), the costumes (for costume dramas), quite enough (hopefully) of the tricks of wuxia/xianxia/xuanhuan LOL, a lot of the main actors and actresses and SO MANY of the support actors :D
So the secret is just exposure :D
OOOOOOH finally someone who also falls for the music!!! NiF has one of the best OSTs ever (and I mean the BGM in particular - I mainly fall for the BGM usually :D). Beautiful haunting themes, I love it all! Just listen to this little gem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ie5ROyaHuk0
Don't let the length of some dramas daunt you, LOL. It's already been a while since they made all cdramas be shorter than 50 eps, and then when some of them sidestepped the rule with adding seasons, they also made them release them further apart, so now most of them won't pass 50, some not even get close. Lengthier dramas could take their time getting anywhere. I'm happy that NiF was made when there was no restriction (not that it would've been too long even by today's standards). You'll get used to the longer dramas - cdrama eps are never longer than 45 minutes, so nowhere close kdramas eps that can be anywhere from 1hr to 1.30hr or so :D Just consider AoS - 30 eps of at least 1 hr but more often longer, so in the end somewhere between 30-40 hrs of drama, compared to Nif that has just about 35-36 hrs of drama-time. You've ALREADY watched longer dramas :D
No, I think it is because it is tough to get into like malazan book series in fantasy
I haven't watched either, LOL (I want to watch The Double, but more dramas are coming through and getting in the way.)
NiF has a very structured feeling, IMHO. More of a slow burn, continuous build-up and at times very subtle hints. It has a kind of gravity of its own. (I won't say it's the absolute masterpiece, but it comes pretty close to it according to my standards :D)
It's also based on a novel, and the novel is great. It might take a few episodes to get totally hooked (I think it took me about 7 or so), but then you'll probably want to binge it, it's that seducingly good.
And it's going to hurt, a lot - but it's a good hurt, I promise. Just watching them move on-screen is SO freaking good, I try finding other dramas to compare it with and TBH none come to mind. This whole drama / story is about showing not telling, and it's masterfully done.
Just give it a try - it will be a little while maybe until you get the Mei ChangSu virus, but maybe not that long, actually :D
No, I think it is because it is tough to get into like malazan book series in fantasy
It's not tough to get into, but it's more slow and contemplative than the usual wuxia/xianxia. This is actually alt. history/costume drama with very little wuxia, its strength is based on the characters and plot progression.
So to speak, a lot less visuals and a lot more substance. (Not that there aren't any visuals to fawn over, LOL).
It's one of the very best dramas (not just cdramas) I've ever watched, and I don't even like politics/palace dramas all that much. This one has the politics and the heroism, and the bromance (nothing romantic, don't worry), and the heartbreak to win anyone ever. And some of the best charas ever, too.
Here's the Japanese DVD trailer for a taste - don't watch the original trailer in MDL, it's too spoilerish and frankly not that enticing.
Is it just me or is this giving great waves of The 6th Sense?! I hope they don't do that twist, seriously.Here's…
Since Great is having flashbacks - or is it flashforwards?! - to having sex with Tyme, it's either they're in a past life OR a paralel life OR he can see way further in than 4 minutes.
Also it doesn't look like he's "seeing" 4 mins forward, more like he's living them then gets a reset.
I like the way the clock is stuck but the time goes a bit forward each time. He started at 11.00, now he's at 11.02, I wonder if something extremely important happens by the time he's at the 11.04 mark.
Poor Tonkla, he's carrying all the sex scenes so far, LOL. Will the mains ever get to do something that's not a flashback? :D
somone, plz help me. I am literally just getting too obsessed with this drama , it's getting out of hands now.…
You don't get over it. And you still have the donghua (animated series), the chibi donghua, the audio drama and the world of danmei.
But for a little respite from time to time - some KBL - Love for Love's Sake might do the trick (it's short and it's good). And also maybe My Stand-In (a Thai BL based on a danmei novel) - that is - that's the trick - uncensored, well-acted, great music, kept 85% of the original :)
There are other great dramas, but so soon after finishing TU you won't probably settle down to them anyway :D
This feels like what Sa Ye would look like if / when they ever get the courage to make it a drama or a movie. (And in case you don't know Sa Ye, this is very high praise).
I can't believe all these guys are credited here as their first work, and they're all of them so young!! (I do wonder if they're using different names because this cannot be aired on the mainland like - ever, probably).
This makes me SO mad at the damned censorship - imagine if we did get to see stories like this, filmed with so much gentleness and talent, and not pretend they're best bros or something.
TBH I postponed 7-8 because there was a bit of a ~choppy~ feeling with the first half. But 7-8 changed my mind - this is good :D
I skimmed a bit of the novel to see what comes up next, since 8th ep ended in a cliffhanger - I think we're safe and they're gonna stick the landing on this one :D
Wow is this bad... almost as bad as The Impossible Heir (a liiiiittle bit better though.)A non-kdrama-watcher's…
LOL @ the part where you can just hear Whitney Houston dropping the ending of IWALY - ~and IIIIIIII-IIII-IIIII will ALWAYS love YOOOOOOOUUUUUUUUU-UUUUU, will always love YOOOOUUUUUUU~~~~ while the ex-bodyguard tells her he's resigning since she's not in danger any more.
Hellooooo!!!! Isn't she still the face of the foundation that actual (supposedly real) terrorists still send threatening letters to?!
That was so stupid.
Also - ooops. only living relative older bro drops dead - FL is doing a quite good impression of a fish-on-land, then ooops, actually loving husband drops dead - FL is doing a quite good impression of a fish-on-land with some moisturized eyes, ooops, suprises from left and right - FL is doing her best impression of a fish-on-land.
And what, did she really love him?! "Yeobo" while he's agonising there?? Since when, pray? Wasn't she already having an emotional affair with Kevin Costner, wait, her own bodyguard?!
And what about the freaking chairwoman - her younger son killed her older golden son - NOTHING?? Forgiveness?? Out of the blue?? LAME.
I wasted 10 hours on this. The best thing about it was that Rain was in it. The worst thing about it is that Rain didn't have any kind of an interesting role to play - that went to the actor playing the cheating husband. Or any good scenes - those went to the butler/lawyer. Or any romance - those scenes went to the mistress. Or anything remotely emotional, EXCEPT for the part where he mourned his partner... which was. Well, I expect that was not really what the script writer wanted to impart, LOL.
Wow is this bad... almost as bad as The Impossible Heir (a liiiiittle bit better though.)
A non-kdrama-watcher's idea of how a revenge/bodyguard/rich family-type of kdrama should look like.
The worst of it was debating myself for almost two hours through the last two eps if I really-really wanted that lemonade that I have to go through the whole house to get, or if I don't really need it. It was much more entertaining than the ending, IMHO. Still undecided, too.
ETA Well, I decided that YOLO and went and got it. The end (still more interesting than this drama's ending...)
i'm not usually a fan of "otherworld" fantasy type stories, but i am really enjoying the characters' personalities.…
There are only five main clans, EVERYBODY IS JIN LING's UNCLE (or aunt, LOL, but mostly uncles), the clans are colour-coded and you don't need to mind but some 5-6 characters. The rest will come to you.
Anyway, there's a shorter version (the Special Edition) but IMHO it's a bit lacking compared to the original version (that looks longer, but it's not that long in the end.) The SE is streamlined to only focus on the main charas, but it loses a lot of details that make it a masterpiece, so I'd rather recommend anyone to (at least) first watch the original version.
I have no idea if the SE is available anywhere on legit sites.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duTz9QtcBo4
So the secret is just exposure :D
OOOOOOH finally someone who also falls for the music!!! NiF has one of the best OSTs ever (and I mean the BGM in particular - I mainly fall for the BGM usually :D). Beautiful haunting themes, I love it all! Just listen to this little gem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ie5ROyaHuk0
Don't let the length of some dramas daunt you, LOL. It's already been a while since they made all cdramas be shorter than 50 eps, and then when some of them sidestepped the rule with adding seasons, they also made them release them further apart, so now most of them won't pass 50, some not even get close. Lengthier dramas could take their time getting anywhere. I'm happy that NiF was made when there was no restriction (not that it would've been too long even by today's standards). You'll get used to the longer dramas - cdrama eps are never longer than 45 minutes, so nowhere close kdramas eps that can be anywhere from 1hr to 1.30hr or so :D Just consider AoS - 30 eps of at least 1 hr but more often longer, so in the end somewhere between 30-40 hrs of drama, compared to Nif that has just about 35-36 hrs of drama-time. You've ALREADY watched longer dramas :D
NiF has a very structured feeling, IMHO. More of a slow burn, continuous build-up and at times very subtle hints. It has a kind of gravity of its own. (I won't say it's the absolute masterpiece, but it comes pretty close to it according to my standards :D)
It's also based on a novel, and the novel is great. It might take a few episodes to get totally hooked (I think it took me about 7 or so), but then you'll probably want to binge it, it's that seducingly good.
And it's going to hurt, a lot - but it's a good hurt, I promise. Just watching them move on-screen is SO freaking good, I try finding other dramas to compare it with and TBH none come to mind. This whole drama / story is about showing not telling, and it's masterfully done.
Just give it a try - it will be a little while maybe until you get the Mei ChangSu virus, but maybe not that long, actually :D
I wonder if that woman is the one who also has 4 minute warnings?
So to speak, a lot less visuals and a lot more substance. (Not that there aren't any visuals to fawn over, LOL).
It's one of the very best dramas (not just cdramas) I've ever watched, and I don't even like politics/palace dramas all that much. This one has the politics and the heroism, and the bromance (nothing romantic, don't worry), and the heartbreak to win anyone ever. And some of the best charas ever, too.
Here's the Japanese DVD trailer for a taste - don't watch the original trailer in MDL, it's too spoilerish and frankly not that enticing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYSZpTICPzs
Also it doesn't look like he's "seeing" 4 mins forward, more like he's living them then gets a reset.
I like the way the clock is stuck but the time goes a bit forward each time. He started at 11.00, now he's at 11.02, I wonder if something extremely important happens by the time he's at the 11.04 mark.
Poor Tonkla, he's carrying all the sex scenes so far, LOL. Will the mains ever get to do something that's not a flashback? :D
I hope they don't do that twist, seriously.
Here's a flashback song that fits the tone of this drama, LOL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoX2ixNX6EY
But for a little respite from time to time - some KBL - Love for Love's Sake might do the trick (it's short and it's good). And also maybe My Stand-In (a Thai BL based on a danmei novel) - that is - that's the trick - uncensored, well-acted, great music, kept 85% of the original :)
There are other great dramas, but so soon after finishing TU you won't probably settle down to them anyway :D
I can't believe all these guys are credited here as their first work, and they're all of them so young!! (I do wonder if they're using different names because this cannot be aired on the mainland like - ever, probably).
This makes me SO mad at the damned censorship - imagine if we did get to see stories like this, filmed with so much gentleness and talent, and not pretend they're best bros or something.
Beautiful!!
Is there any actual release schedule?
Also, Sakuraba is a total cutie.
I skimmed a bit of the novel to see what comes up next, since 8th ep ended in a cliffhanger - I think we're safe and they're gonna stick the landing on this one :D
Hellooooo!!!! Isn't she still the face of the foundation that actual (supposedly real) terrorists still send threatening letters to?!
That was so stupid.
Also - ooops. only living relative older bro drops dead - FL is doing a quite good impression of a fish-on-land, then ooops, actually loving husband drops dead - FL is doing a quite good impression of a fish-on-land with some moisturized eyes, ooops, suprises from left and right - FL is doing her best impression of a fish-on-land.
And what, did she really love him?! "Yeobo" while he's agonising there?? Since when, pray? Wasn't she already having an emotional affair with Kevin Costner, wait, her own bodyguard?!
And what about the freaking chairwoman - her younger son killed her older golden son - NOTHING?? Forgiveness?? Out of the blue?? LAME.
I wasted 10 hours on this. The best thing about it was that Rain was in it. The worst thing about it is that Rain didn't have any kind of an interesting role to play - that went to the actor playing the cheating husband. Or any good scenes - those went to the butler/lawyer. Or any romance - those scenes went to the mistress. Or anything remotely emotional, EXCEPT for the part where he mourned his partner... which was. Well, I expect that was not really what the script writer wanted to impart, LOL.
Oh well, some sacrifices must be made.
A non-kdrama-watcher's idea of how a revenge/bodyguard/rich family-type of kdrama should look like.
The worst of it was debating myself for almost two hours through the last two eps if I really-really wanted that lemonade that I have to go through the whole house to get, or if I don't really need it. It was much more entertaining than the ending, IMHO. Still undecided, too.
ETA Well, I decided that YOLO and went and got it. The end (still more interesting than this drama's ending...)
Anyway, there's a shorter version (the Special Edition) but IMHO it's a bit lacking compared to the original version (that looks longer, but it's not that long in the end.) The SE is streamlined to only focus on the main charas, but it loses a lot of details that make it a masterpiece, so I'd rather recommend anyone to (at least) first watch the original version.
I have no idea if the SE is available anywhere on legit sites.