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Hey, let's just leave this at that and say these are just your own personal opinions rather than making it like a statement.

Thanks, I did google earlier and saw some photos and must admit I could not see much difference. It must be scary to sneeze with extra things added to that area!

I agree. It's one of the better Xianxias. Very deep and calming for me. The details are in the dialogue and not always in the action.

Thank you! I was searching for it all yesterday but couldn't find it.

Nasal implants? Sounds scary. I've never heard of that before. I have heard of shaving the nose.

I imagine he'd be very young looking in Rise of the Phoenixes. In A moment but forever, he looked much more mature and his styling there was good in my opinion. I look forward to seeing his role here 😉

He was in A Moment But Forever playing ML when he was younger.

Apologies if my initial comment came across heavy handed. I view the ending happy but not in the obvious way. If this is not how you saw it and felt it was wishy washy or not in the spirit of the novel. That's fine, since you read the novel, so I know you can compare and I'm not disputing your view on the novel and this interpretation. It's just I got the ending as not open.

It is in the dialogue, but not in a grand way. That's what I meant. Bits were thrown in during their conversations together, and when they speak with others. It helped to build a better understanding of how their relationship might develop.

I don't claim the drama is some master-piece because it definitely isn't. But it's a soothing drama that doesn't try to use out of character shocks to create a reaction. Maybe that is something I don't want to see as it's kind of forced with fake angst. We will just have to agree to disagree on this one.

I have not read any novel so will not be in a position to make comparisons, and since you have read novel, you are entitled to your opinions, but I am only giving my take on my experience. I do not share your view that there was too much time given to the so-called "baddies" and not enough on their relationship. The drama used light comedy, dead-pan and small moments when they were developing their relationship through their time at the restaurant, their time living and staying together. Her bugging him no matter what was the all part of their growth.

I am aware I can come with expectations, but with this genre, I tend to keep my mind open. I have seen some go in the direction of pixies and fairies trying to bring western aesthetics in, others keeping the FL in a child-like persona or being vixeny, to time travel mind benders and different dimensions. This drama is more closer to a more simpler love story about what you have at present is something you must cherish and if you do, that is more important than actually living it with that person.

I guess we interpret things differently, so I will not try to convince you. You made it clear to me, you don't feel it hits the spot for you and you don't share my view on the ending and have more or less told me, my views are too narrow on how to interpret the end.

BTW, when I talk about the dialogue, I do not mean heavy in a profound way. The dialogue is just giving you light clues that will help to know when the ending comes, it will make more sense.

No they can't because they want to normalise the little lolitta look which has been more or less happening for decades. Note they will make sure it's the female that initiates it to make it acceptable like in Forbidden Flower.

It's not in one or two dramas. I notice the group (some posing as females but clearly not very subtle) roam romance dramas like their life depends on it.

It's a well known trodden route. They can only go into female spaces to fight out their frustrations because in the big wide world they cannot muster the guts nor truly admit that they have decided all their problems are caused by women. If not, silly men are "being controlled" by women's rights. They despise seeing women enjoying themselves failing to admit that men too have enjoyed themselves for centuries.

Your reaction is exactly the issue with some viewers. Highly emotion hiding behind being logical. Your last paragraph showed how volatile some viewers are thinking their rating is like some big stamp of approval or not. Did I say it's got to be logical at all? You like some come with baggage and already have your set of expectations. I suspect this is from a drip drip effect of watching dramas that perhaps feel a sense of duplication.

I agree it had plot holes but not enough to distract from the overall bigger picture. This drama for me clearly is not about the villains, they are just mere side stories to push the interaction between those that are idealistic and cannot be deterred to a fault and those that are trying to live through pain. It's a partnership that formed with light nurture and discovery. The details are all in the dialogue and not necessarily in the action sequences or CGI.

The ending is exactly what she promises him. She will always be with him, no matter in what form. The title of the drama has been mentioned in parts of the dialogue. It's about a moment that could last in memory, dream or reality that last in eternity.

The ending is not open. The villains are predictable but the core part of this drama is not about that. It is about deep affection and what it means to love unconditionally. How even against adversity, you can find light. Nothing special may be the assessment of those that want twists and turns, or high octane visuals.

If you skip bits you will miss the details. The drama is in the dialogue.

I get the frustration, but this drama is not the same as others. The director has gone with the hunger marketing route. There will be anticipation for his next project, and it won't need hard promotion.

If 'controversial' means I have an opinion about GJM, that's normal in a drama discussion forum. We all like different things, we're all different.

You said a lot of words, and to be honest, some of it did not make sense, but we kind of agree anyways.

This drama has not even passed review, we both know this director is low-key. All the yapping makes more sense if we had a release date and no trailer. Being it is this director, and the fact that Zhao Yi Ling is on it, will get mass interest alone.

BTW, re-read my comment, I said WIRED, not weird😏

I get your point about all the grading, and I don't know the grading for this drama BTW. Hence my comments. Of the leaks I'm seeing, it looks mid budget to me. We're in April right now and I really still don't feel promotion is missing. I'm sure there will be some sort of trailer coming soon, and it depends on when they are thinking of releasing it. If it's not passed review then maybe that's the reason they haven't cut any scenes for promotion yet.

Original scripts have been shown to do better recently because it cuts out all the novel fandoms speculating and second guessing what will or not happen.

Maybe I'm not wired your way, but if I like an artist, I will go and watch the drama's first few episodes regardless, to see whether it resonates with me. I'm not picky with their projects if I am so keen with their acting.

I'm not convinced both Blossom or The Glory would get further by being promoted. It garnered passer-bys and that's it. I don't believe promotion would have added much. Success in China is to be able to get general public to watch naturally and get sustained viewing throughout the series. The Knock-out had hardly any promotion before or even during its airing. All the interest was gained naturally from those watching it.

Excessive promotion does not guarantee success, that will always come down to the story. The ones that do it rely on traffic, otherwise they'll get lost amongst the vast array of dramas released daily.

I keep seeing posters going on about promotion. I don't get this. Is this for fans or for the drama itself?

Blossoms & The Glory didn't get promotion or promoted much, but they did quite well. Surely that's a sign that promotion is only for the fan circle. It's almost as if fans have no confidence in the dramas coming out and constantly need to see some form of promotion to feel like it's getting somewhere.

Did you watch it to the end? The point of the drama was not the obvious things like the daughter and step parents. That was always part of the beginning bits. There are more twists than that. The story peels back the layers of human tragedy and life choices. Deception with even the those close to them.

I'm perplexed by this. In Unnatural Fire, there were numerous charred bodies shown during forensics / mortuary with faces looking like Freddie Krueger. In Fighting For Beauty, there were close-ups of innards being prodded and stitched. Are individual productions self censoring?