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you could technically not watch the last episode or only watch half of it and have a fairly complete story I believe.

i see it as 9th at the moment? it's 9.2, same as any other show in top 10. The ranking isn't entirely just in rating number it seems (there's two 9.1 above JoL, a 9.1 few places behind even though 10th is a 9.0), it could be how much people interact with the page or put it on plan to watch etc, it could have been popular when it was airing? 2k watchers isn't particularly low for cdrama, and it'll increase over time.

have you checked out other cdrama scores on douban? XD douban is just hilariously harsh on cdramas cos they are familiar with them + language + culture, so it's far easier/common to be picky with them. Its 7.5+/8+ (sometimes 7+ or 6.5+ depending on the genre) are very good, similar to 9+ level.

I think the humour comes across even without the puns or knowledge of say, Chinese poetry. There's enough of variety that it should have a pretty wide hitting range. The female lead is non sequential to the main plot afaik (although she's not useless either), and romance is definitely not the focus. BUT if the core concept isn't grabbing you, it's a definite drop. I was sold the 5 minutes into the drama lol.

I actually like both of them fine, but have seen others complain about JoL's action scenes. Ever Night's high point was in 1's ep 6, JoL's was ep 15, I think EN1's is shot far better. That said, The rest of EN's fight scenes doesn't come close to it, but nor does JoL IMO. If we are talking about EN2 vs JoL, I guess JoL might be better?

I did say it was debatable, I've seen multitudes of opinions. NQ/SS shippers see their relationship as love but they didn't realise it because they were young. The general consensus is Arthur got the cockiness and youthfulness across, and while the otp's dynamic is more family-ish in the beginning, and NQ have crushes on other girls (multiple, I might add), SS was the unreplaceable one. I literally cannot imagine AC's NQ being lovey-dovey with SS, and that's the entire problem, transferring from that into DW's lovey-dovey throws people off. AC NQ's more romantic scenes with SS was kind of tsundere, which is why it feels off.

You are talking about relationship chemistry between two characters, the OP is talking about on screen chemistry between two actors, i'm talking about her appearance and acting, all very different things.

Untamed's was also a case of integrating cross media promotion, the voice actors are the same as donghua/anime and audio drama (?) I believe. Same with The King's Avatar.

novel fans have been saying Arthur Chen's portryal with Sangsang was actually off but it's up for debate. It's really hard to gauge Dylan Wang's since a) the book shifted focus at this point b) first impression leave lasting impression c) script change + rapid pacing (?)/compressed development.

I actually quite like Ever Night's director, in terms of certain camera angles, although not a fan of pacing in EN1 (draggy in parts) or 2. EN's fight scenes are also generally considered better than JoL's. It's definitely a scriptwriter issue. Joy of Life's novel tone isn't like the drama, but Wang Juan is very good at pacing things and shoving in things that might interest the general audience. EN2 is rumour to have budget slashed, so that might be it too?

Sangsang is the most satisfying casting for book fans though XD

The drama was promoted as s1 and ends with "we'll see you till next time" message at the end. s2 should be in pre-production, script is being written. (there's an outline for all three seasons but no script). s2 will likely be late 2021.

mhmm that really depends on what you are looking for. For adventurey dramas:
- Chinese Paladin 1
- Chinese Paladin 3 (same setting, different characters)
- Young Blood
dramas like Love O2O:
- Gank Your Heart (note that it starts with bunch of misunderstandings but there is pretty big character development in store)
similar drama to Eternal Love:
- Love & Destiny

so the only answer would be he totally planned it, we just don't know how yet. :)

yeah they changed both shi jie I think? which sucks cos I liked them a lot. I think only Sangsang and Mo Shanshan stayed? (I haven't even watched like 10mins lol)

https://www.bilibili.com/video/av82802357 slide the blue slider at the bottom to turn off the comments. It starts with him saying the lines, then there's two more lines around the middle, it's very apparent. It's mostly his diction just isn't very good, rip. He also have fairly apparent accent and the emotions aren't coming across very well. (Just compare with everyone else's lines) I think his last line "i'll be enemies with the entire world" while swiping his arms across is decent.

I think he filmed JoL first, then Untamed, JoL was his second drama. His character is more stoic rather than lively in Untamed. Although plenty of people have been criticising his acting on c!net, I think he was alright, not excellent, so he tends to pale if someone far better is next to him, but he didn't pull me out of the scene so it's fine for me. If XZ returns in s2, we'll likely see improvement for acting + character exploration/development.

pretty sure he's dubbed, which is for the best. they released a clip with his own voice and it didn't go so well with the audience.

The synopsis is wrong, looks like the synopsis from 2014 or 2015 by either Yu Zheng (producer) or Tang Ren (production company), where they dumped the fake dynasty onto a real one (happens a lot with web novel adaptations, basically most of them). The property was passed onto the current production team in late 2016/early 2017 i think.

Guo Jia nuo, 郭家诺, he plays minor characters in popular dramas. Ze Tian Ji, Advisor Alliance, Ming Dynasty, Rush to the Dead Summer (I can't believe they kept that questionable title....). Looks like he's in yet to release Dou Luo Da Lu as well. weibo: https://www.weibo.com/u/2128725745