I don't remember a lot of non-Japanese actors in this drama. Which ones are you referring to?
I don't mind the occasional western characters as long as they are pertinent to the story historically or narratively. What pulls me out of the story is when they use people for whom English is not their native language and I can't understand them. The only ones available are also usually terrible actors like they pulled someone off the street and asked if they wanted to be on tv. 😄
Currently available on Tubi in original languages and also in English dub. The English subtitles fell off at times or were not synchronized properly in a few others, thankfully with this type of film, no meaning was lost.
Thank you for your kind comments and support. 😊Despite some issues I had with the narrative I was engrossed…
The dreaded episode reduction or censors interfering have messed up a lot of dramas. My pet peeve is when a story had a HE in a book and feels organic as an ending and then they slap a tragic ending on. Or vice versa. When episodes are drastically reduced it can interfere with the flow of the story.
Something all writers need to do when they use time travel is to establish the rules their world will use throughout a drama/film/book and stick with them or else the audience will invariably ask, “What about?” Time travel makes my head hurt anyway and I have watched my fair share of them. My husband will always pipe up, “You know they can’t correct the timeline, they are just creating a new one each time.” 😆
I agree with your review. While I rated it a bit higher then you, all of your points are exactly why this show…
Thank you for your kind comments and support. 😊
Despite some issues I had with the narrative I was engrossed in this drama and was going to rate it higher. Then the rewinding hit and how much they could torture LWY physically. The writing mantra could have been The Princess Bride’s “to the pain!”
The ending was bent to fit the writer’s goal and the audience was just expected to accept it or fill in the blanks themselves. I thought he did that in other places as well which pulled me out of the story.
It was frustrating because I enjoyed the characters and felt like the potential of the story was missed.
Good review. I rated it the same. Wu Shiguang was a very important character until the moment he was built up…
Thank you.
The minute they said he was the new dragon his part dissipated. Ji even had to rescue him at the end. The tortured lovers went rapidly from "hi, nice to meet you" to "I would die for you. At least 30 or more times." It got to the point it felt like the writer was going, what I haven't I done to LWY yet? Stab, burn, kill, cut off her tail...
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One concern with this version is that when the children performed their song it was muted for YouTube.
Something all writers need to do when they use time travel is to establish the rules their world will use throughout a drama/film/book and stick with them or else the audience will invariably ask, “What about?” Time travel makes my head hurt anyway and I have watched my fair share of them. My husband will always pipe up, “You know they can’t correct the timeline, they are just creating a new one each time.” 😆
Despite some issues I had with the narrative I was engrossed in this drama and was going to rate it higher. Then the rewinding hit and how much they could torture LWY physically. The writing mantra could have been The Princess Bride’s “to the pain!”
The ending was bent to fit the writer’s goal and the audience was just expected to accept it or fill in the blanks themselves. I thought he did that in other places as well which pulled me out of the story.
It was frustrating because I enjoyed the characters and felt like the potential of the story was missed.
The minute they said he was the new dragon his part dissipated. Ji even had to rescue him at the end. The tortured lovers went rapidly from "hi, nice to meet you" to "I would die for you. At least 30 or more times." It got to the point it felt like the writer was going, what I haven't I done to LWY yet? Stab, burn, kill, cut off her tail...
Tyvm for the 🌸