I'm surprised that anyone could label her that. Ironically what I have seen on other dramas are of viewers constantly…
Well, everyone can have their opinion. I think the role was quite hard to pull off. PXR did well, and didn't over-do the falling in love. Cutting parts out can be quite ruthless. I don't know all the details here, but I don't feel anything major is missing.
I'm in the mood for dark dramas with morally grey characters, any recs? Similar vibes to Blood River, My Journey…
Check out Love In Between if you want homage to Wuxia. Morally grey characters, but dark as in literal. Most of the drama may be lit too dark for some to enjoy.
At first I was annoyed by everyone saying Mu Yumo is lovestruck but after much thought, who cares? Her character…
I'm surprised that anyone could label her that. Ironically what I have seen on other dramas are of viewers constantly complaining about MLs' characters putting duty over love, especially those Xianxia tropes. Why is it not accepted when a female character does that?
The many storylines from Dashing Youth to Blood River, the underlying story is about what love can do and change things. It's a classic of duty and love that sometimes collide and it always makes for good stories. It's a tried and tested formula in story telling. Why single her out from all the other characters. I think this role was really beautifully done.
Drama is happening in an era where one man can take sisters as concubines but people are going mad that a woman…
A large portion of viewers watch based on current culture and current standards. Many will not know the full details of living in that time. They will know the basics like concubines, age of consent much younger, slave contracts and death for spouse and servants should emperors deem them guilty of treason or similar.
But, morals is a tricky one. Often it's fake outrage. It is ironic, many have upped their morals due to the many storylines told in these idol-style dramas. I doubt many follow that in real life. They think they do, in their head, but reality does not match it.
I find it ridiculous that people are acting like that towards FL and her family, but she wasn't really married…
It's fake outrage. You see it all the time. When posting on forums, users seem to inflate their morals often influenced strangely by the very many idol-style dramas that try to paint extra high morals. When there's actually a bit of "realism", they are caught off guard. Of course in their real lives, those standards don't truly exist.
Thank you for your review. Very enjoyable read. But was the ending happy? I didn't get it. Did SMY kill SCH but it was never shown? I was told SMY dies in TBOY, so was that 12 year later scene before that? If so, that would not fit for the future. Blood River should have disbanded if he were to live happily ever after with FL.
I looked over your watchlist and altho ur tastes are wildly different from mine, based on what you like/don't…
No problem. I only suggested this because you're open to watch Mobius. And you want something modern. But yes, try Blemish Flaw to see if it suits your taste. I'm really enjoying it. The production company is quite respected in China.
Another superb drama that came out a month ago and ranked one of my top dramas this year - Twelve Letters. I highly recommend that too.
The jumping and fleeing is part and parcel of Jianghu Wuxia. Just like flying in the air and healing though stuff coming out of their hands. It's just in China, they don't do many of these dramas anymore so when new viewers seeing this fleeing stuff, it looks odd. Fight scenes with strangers suddenly are part of this genre. The emphasis is different sects, their politics and sometimes how they intervene with the courts, but much of the time, they are living amongst others in a parallel world. Therefore, some of the scenes you describe will seem odd to someone not tune with this behaviour.
I looked over your watchlist and altho ur tastes are wildly different from mine, based on what you like/don't…
If you like Mobius, have a try with Blemish Flaw which is airing right now. It's very fast paced and has many twists and reversals. I dropped this drama in the first episode.
As a Li Yi Tong's fan, I feel bad for her. She seems to be a very hard working actress but doesn't have luck in…
Did You not watch her in A Dream Within A Dream? I would say it's one of her best performance. A Prophet looks to be a very good role for her. I am looking forward to that drama. These Fox Spirit dramas are dated and in the wrong hands without intervention, will easily seem stale and tired.
These types of dramas are usually delayed so don't expect them to pick up straight away. It is available with We TV and Tencent Video but you will be behind if you are not a member.
Dropping 0.2 to 0.3 is normal, but not like this (8.2 to 7.6) & you can see haters give 1 rating to ep that…
I think MDL is going through a transition and it may be, they will use different coloured font like grey colour to show live ratings which is per episodes and then it will turn bold or use black font once the drama has ended, that will be the rating complete.
That will hopefully make it clear to others on how the ratings change throughout the airing period. Also, a system to not allow voting for episodes that are not aired yet.
A separate situation and maybe something to put others at ease is to only allow new-joins to be able to vote dramas after a 6 month period. This may seem unfair, but it may just mean people can vote later once they are allowed to vote. This can hopefully stem any users that abuse the system for doing silly things like using extra accounts for dubious purposes. These same type of users are only interested in initial release of dramas because they are busy fronting rival fandoms. They tend to cool off once a drama has completed.
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The many storylines from Dashing Youth to Blood River, the underlying story is about what love can do and change things. It's a classic of duty and love that sometimes collide and it always makes for good stories. It's a tried and tested formula in story telling. Why single her out from all the other characters. I think this role was really beautifully done.
But, morals is a tricky one. Often it's fake outrage. It is ironic, many have upped their morals due to the many storylines told in these idol-style dramas. I doubt many follow that in real life. They think they do, in their head, but reality does not match it.
Another superb drama that came out a month ago and ranked one of my top dramas this year - Twelve Letters. I highly recommend that too.
That will hopefully make it clear to others on how the ratings change throughout the airing period. Also, a system to not allow voting for episodes that are not aired yet.
A separate situation and maybe something to put others at ease is to only allow new-joins to be able to vote dramas after a 6 month period. This may seem unfair, but it may just mean people can vote later once they are allowed to vote. This can hopefully stem any users that abuse the system for doing silly things like using extra accounts for dubious purposes. These same type of users are only interested in initial release of dramas because they are busy fronting rival fandoms. They tend to cool off once a drama has completed.