Apparently Douban score is around 6.3, which is way too low. Definitely one of the best dramas I have watched…
There are Douban ratings that put 0 because they didn't like the trailer or just after 2 episodes for reasons like the female lead still looks like a girl? Or her lips are too red when she's a man. Like really? I feel like these people don't seriously respect the hundreds of people in the production crew that works on these projects. I follow some folks that worked in the actually Chinese entertainment industry and they literally get no sleep for months. They are so stressed out that they have to take blood pressure meds to control their condition.
For me, so far I really enjoy how it's different than your typical main stream CDrama is a woman can be capable as a man. If you have followed any of Dilraba's interviews, equality is really important to her, that just because she is almost 30, it doesn't mean her career is ending. For her, it's only starting (just like it is for men). Anyways, if you know of any other good costume dramas with strong female leads let me know!
Apparently Douban score is around 6.3, which is way too low. Definitely one of the best dramas I have watched in a while. Must be lots of antis? Then again Love 020 has 7.0?
I really wanna see him and dilraba together in a drama?
There are rumors on Weibo about The Emperor's Book starting in Sept, Dilreba is the female lead but many men are trying to grab the male lead...XZ, Gong Jun, Huang JingYu...
Is this one of those dramas that got delayed for release as its difficult to fathom that Zhao Lusi and Alan Feng…
No, filming started March 28th, 2020 and took several months. But yeah, it's probably a stepping stone to more mature roles. You can only do cutsie for so long. Don't know why so many people think it's beneath ZLS to take a second female role to Reba. Reba is tier 1 after all according to the China Screen Actors Guild rankings - along with Yang Mi, Zhao Li Ying, Song Qian. Even Tiffany Tang didn't make tier 1.
So one thing I realized is they started shooting exactly 1 year ago pretty much when the drama aired. This is extremely fast production. Probably due to the voice overs - faster to fix those censorship issues also the drawings also fix censorship issues quickly - if there were any...
She needs to eat more meat, she is so not too heavy for our Wu Lei! WOO HOO!!!
Wu Lei was working out like crazy to get buff for the drama. Dilreba is under 50kgs, like 47kg according to online but keep in mind she is taller than most actresses too so I would expect her to weigh a bit more.
OK according to Douban, here is the summary, "The play is adapted from the sporadic novel "The Emperor's Book", a positive, heart-tinged Yuyuan, originally for the founding fathers, because the family suddenly changed and exiled folk. Unwilling to be caught in the throat by fate, she named Ren, decided to do everything in her power to resettle the war-affected people of Lebanon, looking forward to creating a peaceful home for the people, at the same time she is also investigating to find out the truth, hoping to return the family to innocence. In the process of helping the people, she not only gained some prestige and praise, but also was appreciated by Prince Han Yu and became her staff. Subsequently, with the help of the resourceful Ren Anle, Han Yulian broke the case of fraud, Jiangnan disaster relief food corruption case. At this time, the border war broke out, the world's life as its own responsibility, Ren Anle decided to follow Han Yu expedition, hoping to end the war as soon as possible in exchange for the people's well-being. In the face of the enemy strong I weak situation, Ren's safe operation to prepare the curtain, with disease to kill the enemy, win the dangerous victory, the people also ushered in the dawn of peace. In the end, Han helped Ren Find out what had happened and cleared up the family's grievances."
Although I was ok with 1st episode, 2nd went down quickly but not to the point of dropping. It's much slower pace…
Agree, just sit back and enjoy, why dissect the drama so early on. Personally I love how exciting the episodes are so far. I have no read the manga nor do I know anything about it but I definitely want to keep watching the drama. So far way better than the last drama I watched - Love and Redemption.
For me, so far I really enjoy how it's different than your typical main stream CDrama is a woman can be capable as a man. If you have followed any of Dilraba's interviews, equality is really important to her, that just because she is almost 30, it doesn't mean her career is ending. For her, it's only starting (just like it is for men). Anyways, if you know of any other good costume dramas with strong female leads let me know!