Asking doublets opinion here. Want to try another cdrama. Already dropped shenli and princess royal. Is blossoms any good? Pretty high rating in drama list.
The people who complain about the ending don't understand that The Double has a HE. Many of us have had the affection…
What is a HE? High Explosive? Duke Su uses it to escape at the end? Dramalist really need acronym reference page for newbies like me, some of acronym names used for drama stakes me some time to decipher.
No no no no. Not every tale can be told in 25 hours. The Story of Minglan and Story of Yanxi palace would not…
Actually, you don't have to bring up a classic s like GWTW to demonstrate the impact of wokeness on modern shows. Science fiction fans like me are still livid with Disney on what they've done to Star Wars and Star Trek. However, if I remembered correctly, the movie Crouching Tiger and Hidden dragon was also loosely based on a wuxia novel. Somehow Ang Lee have managed to loosely adapt the what I assume is classic wuxia novel to a 2-hour cinema epic. Look at what the movie has done for recognition of Chinese/HK cinema. That's what I'm looking for in more historical dramas. Purist can still have those full 60 episodes type while we Philistines can have the dumbed down or LITE versions heh heh. Anyway good conversation. Thanks, and cheers.
There is a five-minute episode 40.5 to make sure the viewers see the happy couple happy with a kid.
I read that and I respectfully don't agree with it. In the Bronze (Zhou dynasty) age, there were certainly rules of chivalry, for example if a chariot is stuck in the mud, you don't attack the occupant until he is free. By the time of the Song, the death of a leader may or may not cause the army to dissolve away due to other reasons (moral collapse, loss of will to fight...etc) but not because of any rules. Battles are way too chaotic anyway unlike the ones in dramas.
There is a five-minute episode 40.5 to make sure the viewers see the happy couple happy with a kid.
I don't know about the symbolism, and I'll watch out for it, but she said the military situation did not permit an escape. I haven't seen that scene, so no comments. But then she forgot Duke Su can turn on the afterburners and jet away like a F16.
There is a five-minute episode 40.5 to make sure the viewers see the happy couple happy with a kid.
My significant other just completed the drama outside Netflix(I haven't, so I don't know the ending) and she felt very let down by the ending. She thought ML died. I told her about existence of 40.1, she said what's the point. To her situation is not ambiguous, the ML dies. The 40.1 is just a fan service.
No no no no. Not every tale can be told in 25 hours. The Story of Minglan and Story of Yanxi palace would not…
I get your point of view but I think cdramas will not be able to reach the popularity of kdramas internationally if they keep to too many episodes which is a shame. It's really a barrier to most normal watchers. It will be confined mainly to the interest of Chinese and the Chinese diaspora.
Not really, the rule of 40 episodes for one drama is actually short for Chinese costume dramas especially if the…
I am watch certain type of animes due to my kid's introduction(ex: Apocathery Diaries, Frieren...). Anime adaptions tend to follow almost 99% of the manga source. One season is usually 12 episodes of 25 minutes effectively. As a result, each anime season will only cover a very small portion of the manga. If the anime is popular, they may extend to another season or two usually after a lapse of half to one year. I find that I almost always complete the animes I watch because they do not exhaust you. It probably won't work with dramas because live actors availability will complicate things.
I only partially agree. The new rule with exceptions have destroyed LLTG and Lost You Forever. Till The End of…
They need to do better adaptions then. Like when BBC do adaptions of Jane Austen novels. A lot goes to the cutting floor to restrict the story to 5 or 6 episodes. We can't have every romance scene from the novel. It must sound like blasphemy for you experience watchers and novel readers. Historical cdrama productions quality is very high now, better than saguek kdramas in my opinion. It's just that I find in many of them, the story meanders so muc that I get bored quickly. And its the general opinion of people around me. Maybe we a need directors cut for dummy cdrama watchers(me!) version lol,
No no no no. Not every tale can be told in 25 hours. The Story of Minglan and Story of Yanxi palace would not…
Hmmm ... I think spreading out the story over a few seasons just like in American or Western TV could be a possibility, there must be some reason why Chinese TV don't do it, my guess financial and getting the actors to buy in. My wife and I considered watching Yangxi palace too, but when we saw the number of episodes, we said maybe when we have retired.
As I wait for the final episode dump by Netflix, I realize that I've only ever manage to complete two cdrama series without actually skipping episodes or dropping them completely i.e.. The Double and Joy of Life, and that's because both are masterpieces. Even LLTG, I skipped about 5-6 episodes toward the end. In The Double, in mid series, during "The Search for Dad" arc, my attention wavered a bit. The bane of Chinese dramas is the length of these series. It takes a lot of stamina and commitment to completely finish a series. I think the China censors would do well to limit cdrama series to 25 one hour episodes at most, rather than 40. It would improve the quality and pacing. The only drama that really deserves 40 episodes is JOL.
You can watch secretly, she doesn’t have to know it 🤭🤥😜
She's in binge mode and hogging the TV till early morning hours. I don't have her stamina , waiting for her to collapse.kids are also complaining but they don't mind using smartphone.
However, if I remembered correctly, the movie Crouching Tiger and Hidden dragon was also loosely based on a wuxia novel. Somehow Ang Lee have managed to loosely adapt the what I assume is classic wuxia novel to a 2-hour cinema epic. Look at what the movie has done for recognition of Chinese/HK cinema. That's what I'm looking for in more historical dramas. Purist can still have those full 60 episodes type while we Philistines can have the dumbed down or LITE versions heh heh. Anyway good conversation. Thanks, and cheers.
The bane of Chinese dramas is the length of these series. It takes a lot of stamina and commitment to completely finish a series. I think the China censors would do well to limit cdrama series to 25 one hour episodes at most, rather than 40. It would improve the quality and pacing. The only drama that really deserves 40 episodes is JOL.