Terra1000

Ok thanks for the explanations. I thought its odd the way he just appeared. No CGI involved just like in a dream. By the way, isn't the former lady god of war and her student dead even if they were immortals?

You sure? I think he's gone. The way he just suddenly pops out, orchid is imagining it ..

My daughters loves this type of animes and manga. Yucks!

By the way, are these long white haired male characters I see a lot in xianxias copies of elves, Saruman + Gandalf, or have they been around long before Lord of the Rings movies?

BL= Boys love? Umm... no thanks . 😂

Is there a good one that is not focused on romance but on world building etc., something akin to Lord of the Rings? I loved reading the Lord of the Rings trilogy as well as Journey to the West, so I think I can get into xanxias if they are not FL-ML romance centric.

Ran out of puff again, kind of put in on hold somewhere in the middle of the mortal realm arc. Problem is that I've already committed the usual sin of peeking at the last episode to see the ending. Probably will pick it up sometime in the future. I am not sure whether this genre is for me, but seems to be very popular on Netflix ( ~70% of cdramas?)

Giving xanxia genre a try. Super speed watching Fairy love Devil on Netflix since it has such high rating. I must say I'm getting a bit confused with the fantastical elements. So, these immortals can time travel back in time and be reborn and live full lives as mortals. Netflix subtitles calls it "tribulations" or whatever. It's breaking my "give logic a break " button a bit. Time travel always does.

10.0 rating! Wow even better than your rating for the Double. You must really love your xianxias. Cheers.

You're the last immortal!
Heck! what am I still doing here. Shows over. Exit, stage left!

Sorry SOYP is what drama or you mean story of Kunning palace?

possible , can happen only in dramas.... :-)

Thanks but sorry, I'm not big drama watcher so I have no idea what the title shortcuts stand for.

I mean even big budget Hollywood movies gets panned by military historians.
If you have time, watch this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPGdOXstSyk

It occurred to me, the Hengdian set city walls do not have moats surrounding them. That is a grave error. Moats and ditches are the first line of defenses of any ancient city. Okay..rant off.

I think he was okay in Story of Kumning place, well up to 1/2 of the series that I watched. For me, the actor that is inspiring is Daniel Day Lewis,(he is a Brit). That guy literally becomes the person he's portraying, totally disappears into his role, you won't even recognize the actor. You should watch the movie "Lincoln".

Same for crowd scenes.They need to use CGI to complement those scenes.

The battle scenes are underwhelming (same problem with most kdrama sagueks) and actually detracts from the overall quality of the show. Instead of tens or even hundreds of thousands of soldiers, we get small company level skirmishes. If budget is limited, better to show the aftermath of the battles or just describe them in passing and focus on the story of the people. Overall, a very good drama, I give this series a 9.1 - 9.2 rating. For me the first half of the series was definitely better. Strangely, I felt the same for "love like galaxy".

Like idol actors in kdramas, still not very good, just a pretty face, but he's young, give him time to mature in his art. I actually prefer to watch older and more experienced actor (Chen DaoMing for ex). They have a certain presence that is usually lacking in younger actors.

imho I found his acting a bit dull in Princess royal. Part of the reason I dropped it. Lack of electricity between the leads.

thank you so much. interesting, was the director backlisted because of his association with Fan Bing Bing ( Empress of China)_? She was in the international news a few years ago about tax scandal, so even I know about her.
I also think Rana Mite was referring to this drama" Empress of China" in the documentaty.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/b09ycztp