Imagine having to FFD through JOL2 LOL, because hockey couple guy is in it... It's not fair for ZRY and the rest of the cast who made JoL1 a success, as it wasn't fair for XZ to have to be sidelined from time to time in the drama he's leading. AT LEAST they nicely wrapped those parts and set them very specifically aside so we can FFD through them and get to the actually good parts, LOL.
PS It shouldn't be too late, though - aren't they just filming now? They could find someone better. Or not, if it's the agency pushing him through so heavy handedly...
TBH, I watched a few bits of the beginning, to see how it looks like, and there was a distracting amount of CGI for such a short glimpse. I thought they filmed it in Brunei, like the first parts, I guess if they did, it definitely wasn't all.
So I decided to let it finish first and then take a longer look. I like LJG, i don't want to be disappointed in his regular one-drama-per-year drama of this year.
I wonder how JoL2 will do if the casting for YBY is confirmed and he comes over with a burden of public dislike, I don't want for JoL2 to have to pull his deadweight for him - I mean, the first season ended in a huge cliffie, and YBY's presence and actions in the second season SHOULD be pretty important, at least in the beginning.
Now the blatant pushing they did with the actor might backfire on his other dramas.
They absolutely do. Not only that but because this is a TV drama, we can follow the ratings in real time and they…
Is there still a hot data index somewhere? I thought the powers that be made c-ent stop using those (or at least they don't announce it anywhere) for the past few years.
Though if there were a negative data index, those three people would probably lead it right now, LOL.
Why does JB wears jeans to an award ceremony???? LOL.
Because it's an award for young enterpreneurs in publicity (that she happened to get because it's basically SYs brainchild.) It said so in the award's ceremony title - Youth something, LOL. And she's entitled to wear whatever she wants to and looks decent/good (nobody else is wearing haute couture or anything, either).
I believe there were a lot of unnecessary things in this drama, the hockey trio having this absurd amount of screentime…
IMHO the hockey couple and the uncle would have worked, too, IF the editing was balanced. Instead, somebody decided to put everything in one episode - almost a full ep of Xue and ShanShan, almost a full ep (or more) of hockey couple and uncle, and also full eps of main couple and so. If there was a little bit of everything, the overall feeling might have been better. Like this, everyone loved the MLs and the support charas around them and left aside (or FFD-ed) through anything with the hockey couple in it, LOL.
Now I wonder if the editor REALLY intended that outcome, or instead they wanted to ostracize the hockey couple for some reason. If so, it did work LOL.
But for that, you have to basically skip 70% of the show!😓🤣I only finished by skipping 40% of the show,…
>> ML's father-mother bickering part
Those parts were good, shouldn't be skipped. Old couples have their routine, and yet still have wisdom to impart. The bickering is a way to communicate too - and if anything, this is a drama about communication.
There was actually a real donkey on the TTEOTM set. Did I totally miss it?https://weibo.com/6033819784/4947058026352575
Yes there was. I joked and said it was Lil' Apple (from TU) LOL. He/she? is in the first few scenes when TTJ becomes a disciple of one of the sects he destroyed hundreds of years back as DG. :D
The end scene was in line with Sheng Yang character. That was something he would totally do 🙂
She's there as a working woman (in a men's world). She doesn't HAVE to play cute if she doesn't want to. And she was smartly dressed, even if not in a cocktail dress or something. SY wore sneakers, LOL, I bet all of them wore known brands.
Anyway, I quite liked the earrings. I want some for myself, but in silver, not in gold. I was watching the earrings the whole time LOL.
It was a misleading description for sure, but, I guess, the separation was the ten years between their first meeting…
They only met for a short time years back, weren't together to separate and reunite later. It's either a mistranslation of a Chinese blurb, or the plot changed from what it was when the blurb was first written. Anyway, it says three years after they are together, so it kind of got stuck in my mind (and probably everyone else's) that they would separate at some point. I'm glad it didn't happen, but that info sure did colour my expectations for the whole ride.
It's effectively 25:00 to 25:15 in episode 33, a short scene. They're having a dinner date in the montage of how things are going (after the studio found a place and they start getting more orders.) She's asking for his drawing book as a gift - since it's full of drawings of her. He says he once watched a movie called Titanic and wants to draw her like a character in that movie. And after she processes it and remembers the scene she says "You wish!" LOL.
Okay, now the initial shock is over. I'm going to put everything under a spoiler tag in order to not destroy anyone's…
First off, EFF the hockey couple and their freaking uncle, nobody CARES. They took over half the last episode, thankfully there's 2x speed available. They could have cut out the whole part with them out of the drama, lost maybe 3-4 eps but nothing of much value.
I kind of pity the actors, though, I bet there's not much love going to go their way in the general audience, as everything about them was annoying, repetitive, manipulative, in no way convincing, and frankly... not that well acted (mostly on the part of the younger sister). This act never had a chance to get off the ground. If HE ends up being YBY, I hope the role is maybe downsized or that it doesn't require all that much subtleness (book YBY is blunt but a genius, I wonder if that might come through with such a casting. Whatever, we'll cross that bridge when we get to it.)
The GOOD parts: no freaking separation. Dammit. I was tensed each ep wondering is this is the one. There isn't. I should've expected it, actually, this is one couple in cdramaland that TALKS to each other. Why should they split?
The Shengs - LOL, dad is heroically taking the fall for the opposition to their relationship and at the same time claiming the good genes rights for how SY looks, LOL. And then commenting on "this generation's" PDAs while holding hands with his wife in front of the lady matchmaker, LOL. He DID teach SY everything he knows. (Side note: lady matchmaker going "SY is almost 30 - he's 26!! - he needs to find a wife" LOL).
JB going on that stage, stammering for some minutes then calling SY over to stammer some more. If I were one of the award ceremony organisers I'd have pushed them off that stage LOL. And then there's a whole epidemy of PDAs (and kissing in public - almost on TV too - nonetheless.) I bet someone official would have had a stroke if it ended on national TV hahaha.
Anyway all's well that ends well. At least for the mains and seconds, who we all were cheering for. I wish they'd have been the only couples but we can't always have perfect things.
An honest 8.5/10 for me (points withdrawn for unnecessary charas/plot, uneven editing/pace and I hope whoever pushed for those things never gets to work in a major drama that they could butcher so much). I liked the - FINALLY!! - adult characters actually talking the most. My favourite top 3 charas (in this order): 1. Dad Sheng, 2. Sheng Yang 3. Jian Bing. A honorary mention for the bestest bro to ever bro - Song Chen.
A very satisfactory drama. Here's hoping for more of its kind - minus the extras, please!
Just wanted to read a proper review of this drama so I can start watchingNope some blind fan rate everything 10…
What exactly do you want to hear?
Plot: realistic, modern, fast--paced. Still to end, so we'll wait to see how it lands. More slice-of-life than romance, though, so if you want a showy romance, this probably wouldn't be it. There is romance, but the quiet and slow-moving kind, and more enticing because of it.
Characters: amazing (particularly the leads and some of the support charas - like the Sheng parents). Some are annoying (you'll see them mentioned as the hockey couple and the uncle). Overall, the chemistry between the leads and the (important) support charas/second leads carries the show. Expect MATURE persons, who don't go off in a huff when they're mad and don't get into any misunderstanding that can't be solved by talking to each other. This feels very much like about the first slice-of-life/romance drama where people are actually adults and not half-brained teens. The ones who DO go out in a huff etc exist, and the contrast between normal people and "drama" people is even stronger because of it. (I think that's my favourite thing about this drama).
Cinematography: beautiful. Chongqing is a beautiful city and they make mximum use of what it has to offer. I like the lighting and the way they chose to film the city to enclose the whole story.
Editing: well, the director did make some questionable decisions, and some episodes suffer from them. A lot of unnecessary time is given to some of the spare charas at times, and the story loses a bit of pacing, but then it gains it back. Still, I'd have rather they didn't do that, but what's done is done. Most of the episodes - particularly in the beginning and in the end - are well cut. I'd say the editing is the weak point of the drama, all things considered. A bit more balance would have helped a lot.
Music: decent, not wow!, but decent. (I'm saying this because I DO like to get a good soundtrack in all dramas.) Songs are good and not over-played, BGM exists and is in tone with the general atmosphere - quiet and not overwhelming.
Intimate scenes: this is released over the air in China, so not a lot of PDAs were to be expected. There are hugs and some very small kisses, but nobody's doing any Frenching or thirst slacking in this drama. They use their words and their actions to show the romance progressing, and IMHO that's all that is needed.
Conclusion: last episode hasn't aired yet. We'll have to wait and see.
ETA after the last episode: blurb is wrong and the outcome is better for it. The drama is most satisfactory for the main and second leads, though the unnecessary couple is still around. For me, a pretty good 8.5/10.
Critical Review of Chinese Drama Sunshine by My Sidehttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt28115920/?ref_=tt_urvSunshine…
"Some critics".... "some viewers"... "mixed reviews" bla bla bla. Citation needed.
Also, imdb is still a place where anyone can write anything. Actual critics don't publish reviews there, and definitely not in the comments section, LOL (you do know it's a paid profession right?). The final episode hasn't aired yet, so where does that comment on the ending come from?
Even IF there was some critique of it, why bother copy-pasting it here? Write your own review, if you care so much about reviewing. Some personal input wouldn't hurt. Are you human-like enough to do that, pretending you really DID watch the drama?
Not that I actually care, though - beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and I've long grown past the age where I'd listen to malicious comments or reviews from biased people (or bots) when it concerns my fiction media of preference.
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PS It shouldn't be too late, though - aren't they just filming now? They could find someone better. Or not, if it's the agency pushing him through so heavy handedly...
So I decided to let it finish first and then take a longer look. I like LJG, i don't want to be disappointed in his regular one-drama-per-year drama of this year.
Now the blatant pushing they did with the actor might backfire on his other dramas.
Though if there were a negative data index, those three people would probably lead it right now, LOL.
Now I wonder if the editor REALLY intended that outcome, or instead they wanted to ostracize the hockey couple for some reason. If so, it did work LOL.
Those parts were good, shouldn't be skipped. Old couples have their routine, and yet still have wisdom to impart. The bickering is a way to communicate too - and if anything, this is a drama about communication.
Skip all that includes the hockey couple though.
Anyway, I quite liked the earrings. I want some for myself, but in silver, not in gold. I was watching the earrings the whole time LOL.
I kind of pity the actors, though, I bet there's not much love going to go their way in the general audience, as everything about them was annoying, repetitive, manipulative, in no way convincing, and frankly... not that well acted (mostly on the part of the younger sister). This act never had a chance to get off the ground. If HE ends up being YBY, I hope the role is maybe downsized or that it doesn't require all that much subtleness (book YBY is blunt but a genius, I wonder if that might come through with such a casting. Whatever, we'll cross that bridge when we get to it.)
The GOOD parts: no freaking separation. Dammit. I was tensed each ep wondering is this is the one. There isn't. I should've expected it, actually, this is one couple in cdramaland that TALKS to each other. Why should they split?
The Shengs - LOL, dad is heroically taking the fall for the opposition to their relationship and at the same time claiming the good genes rights for how SY looks, LOL. And then commenting on "this generation's" PDAs while holding hands with his wife in front of the lady matchmaker, LOL. He DID teach SY everything he knows. (Side note: lady matchmaker going "SY is almost 30 - he's 26!! - he needs to find a wife" LOL).
JB going on that stage, stammering for some minutes then calling SY over to stammer some more. If I were one of the award ceremony organisers I'd have pushed them off that stage LOL. And then there's a whole epidemy of PDAs (and kissing in public - almost on TV too - nonetheless.) I bet someone official would have had a stroke if it ended on national TV hahaha.
Anyway all's well that ends well. At least for the mains and seconds, who we all were cheering for. I wish they'd have been the only couples but we can't always have perfect things.
An honest 8.5/10 for me (points withdrawn for unnecessary charas/plot, uneven editing/pace and I hope whoever pushed for those things never gets to work in a major drama that they could butcher so much). I liked the - FINALLY!! - adult characters actually talking the most. My favourite top 3 charas (in this order): 1. Dad Sheng, 2. Sheng Yang 3. Jian Bing. A honorary mention for the bestest bro to ever bro - Song Chen.
A very satisfactory drama. Here's hoping for more of its kind - minus the extras, please!
Plot: realistic, modern, fast--paced. Still to end, so we'll wait to see how it lands. More slice-of-life than romance, though, so if you want a showy romance, this probably wouldn't be it. There is romance, but the quiet and slow-moving kind, and more enticing because of it.
Characters: amazing (particularly the leads and some of the support charas - like the Sheng parents). Some are annoying (you'll see them mentioned as the hockey couple and the uncle). Overall, the chemistry between the leads and the (important) support charas/second leads carries the show. Expect MATURE persons, who don't go off in a huff when they're mad and don't get into any misunderstanding that can't be solved by talking to each other. This feels very much like about the first slice-of-life/romance drama where people are actually adults and not half-brained teens. The ones who DO go out in a huff etc exist, and the contrast between normal people and "drama" people is even stronger because of it. (I think that's my favourite thing about this drama).
Cinematography: beautiful. Chongqing is a beautiful city and they make mximum use of what it has to offer. I like the lighting and the way they chose to film the city to enclose the whole story.
Editing: well, the director did make some questionable decisions, and some episodes suffer from them. A lot of unnecessary time is given to some of the spare charas at times, and the story loses a bit of pacing, but then it gains it back. Still, I'd have rather they didn't do that, but what's done is done. Most of the episodes - particularly in the beginning and in the end - are well cut. I'd say the editing is the weak point of the drama, all things considered. A bit more balance would have helped a lot.
Music: decent, not wow!, but decent. (I'm saying this because I DO like to get a good soundtrack in all dramas.) Songs are good and not over-played, BGM exists and is in tone with the general atmosphere - quiet and not overwhelming.
Intimate scenes: this is released over the air in China, so not a lot of PDAs were to be expected. There are hugs and some very small kisses, but nobody's doing any Frenching or thirst slacking in this drama. They use their words and their actions to show the romance progressing, and IMHO that's all that is needed.
Conclusion: last episode hasn't aired yet. We'll have to wait and see.
ETA after the last episode: blurb is wrong and the outcome is better for it. The drama is most satisfactory for the main and second leads, though the unnecessary couple is still around. For me, a pretty good 8.5/10.
Also, imdb is still a place where anyone can write anything. Actual critics don't publish reviews there, and definitely not in the comments section, LOL (you do know it's a paid profession right?). The final episode hasn't aired yet, so where does that comment on the ending come from?
Even IF there was some critique of it, why bother copy-pasting it here? Write your own review, if you care so much about reviewing. Some personal input wouldn't hurt. Are you human-like enough to do that, pretending you really DID watch the drama?
Not that I actually care, though - beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and I've long grown past the age where I'd listen to malicious comments or reviews from biased people (or bots) when it concerns my fiction media of preference.