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On the right track
So called " strong female lead " stories tend to gravitate toward being ridicules , this one was able to pull it off nicely which is a big plus for me as I generally approach stories like this with caution. I'm a huge fan of strong female fighters , when done right there's a positive outcome, when overdone they fail miserably. This one kept the right balance which made it enjoyable. I'm starting to think that the lesser know productions like this are much more appealing than the most popular. I've watched hundreds of popular series over the years and they seem to be getting worse . I've dropped more series this year than ever.I wanted to point out that the costumes in this story were really well done, I usually don't comment on that but really felt compelled to give a thumbs up. I didn't like the crying men, I don't like that in anything. The attempts to manipulate the audiences emotions were evident like with most series but minimal in this one which was nice. I think this was originally longer and someone felt the need to cut it way down to 18 episodes, too bad because it's a pretty decent production overall. Glad I watched this hidden gem that does a much better job staying true to the wuxia genre than a lot of others have lately.
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More of the same
Let me start out by saying that the synergy between the ML and FL was amazing, just the way he challenged her and looked at her was convincing enough to assume they could be on a certain level in a real life romance ( Not likely however ) . That being said, here we go.....One of the silliest and most ridicules drama series I've ever watched and no, I couldn't take anymore past ep 21. I understand that this type of television program is carefully crafted and engineered to cater to a specific audience complete with the overdone music queuing every two minutes in order to manipulate the viewers emotions and that's fine if you like this sort of thing but please stop tagging these series as wuxia, they have absolutely nothing to do with martial heroes. I've made the same statements about other series as well.
I really do like Zhao Li Ying and I get that she helped produce this but stories like this are not only becoming unbearably common but they are also becoming increasingly annoying and predictable. Now lets break it down a bit from the perspective of who would have an interest in this.
We have another super female lead who want's to act like a man, lead the troops, kicks everyone's ass and assumes authority in everything, out drinking with the soldiers and basically putting herself in every situation that involves being one of the guys.
The entire theme of this series is , I am Super Woman. But it doesn't stop there because she's also so amazing that she has the number one general ( who is clearly younger than her ) pining away after her, pouting and acting jealous toward other men, confessing to her while she snubs him so on and so forth. But , that's not enough because the supreme god of the universe is also in love with her lol. and of course he should be the one because no one else is good enough for Super Woman.
Wow she's just so amazing and sadly so unbelievable at the same time. But this is why these stories have to take place in a fantasy themed world as it is because lets face it , men in real life aren't attracted to women that act like men and while the writer has created some interesting works in the past like " The Legends " for example, the ever popular strong female lead theme is getting played out to the point of being silly.
I love a strong female lead and love them even more if they're displaying amazing fighting skills but this " I can do anything a man can do and do it better" is just not providing anything positive to the audience. I mean the FL was really the only man in the story, I literally had to stop watching when all of the soldiers got on their knees and started crying in front of her.
So the difference between this kind of industry cheese and and an actual story that has depth and meaning to it is becoming increasingly clear the more I come across these mediocre television programs. Guys, you can do better. Just ask yourself one question, why have Jin Yong's works been adapted relentlessly time and time again even up to this day. I love the wuxia world and to me the wuxia world is historical but also timeless. Go watch "I am nobody " and figure it out.
In which case, I'll leave this mediocrity to those who are better suited for it.
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Another story with potential turned into a circus complete with clowns
It looks like the consensus is obvious that the series started out solid and fell into foolishness. This is just one more example of what could have been a winning adaption of a good story dumbed down based on what producers think viewers want. Going from depth to lack of depth within less than 15 episodes was like night and day . For me personally, the most annoying aspect had to be the unconvincing villains who seemed like they somehow came from a low budget television program created for 12 year old kids. The first third of this series was above average but sadly became completely cringe. I've dropped more series this year than I've completed for the same reason, they're awful, sadly this was no exception. These business models are failing the true audience of the genre.Was this review helpful to you?
