The Butterfly

I’ve only seen him in two things but he did an excellent job in both and has such a unique voice.

Put it in my PTW. Thanks!
Palace politics were lethal. I'd have ended up murdered for not being able to think and lie quickly enough and see all of the angles.

I was just reading about him and the chancellor. Gave me a headache. So much scheming.

Is he the same as XuanZong?

I suspected it was referencing real people only disguised. Been meaning to look them up to get some historical context for myself. Now I have names! Thank you! ^^ I was wondering if the chancellor held so much power that the emperor had to give him the job. The emperor was nitpicking the son while the chancellor seemed able to command various military forces and had the three judicial seals. I really came to mega-loathe him. The Crown Prince, on the other hand, didn't seem to have the proper conniving spirit the emperor was looking for or maybe he was just hiding it really well.

“Maybe it was the overuse of green screens but I caught him frequently out of the moment and staring blankly into space. “

Maybe he was trying to figure out the plot, too? 😁 Think I’ll skip this one.

Nicest way I knew to put it after the fourth time he was betrayed/fooled. 😆 I kept thinking he might have a plan but instead he was passively pulled along by the story.

Thank you. 🌸🥰

I really did! Wouldn't have found it without your help. ^^

Thanks for the link!

I did. I thought they handled her story well.

Whose going to tell them this lovely heartwarming drama has a lesbian as one of the main characters—and she’s portrayed positively.

Glad you were able to find how far in the future they jumped. I thought it was 30-50 years but couldn’t remember exactly. It’s in my notes somewhere, I just didn’t want to spoil too much in my review.

The laptop version shows the date but I’m often using MDL on my phone so I started adding a date. If you run across one of my review dates in the future, like pounds and miles we do things bassackwards in my neck of the woods. 😄

Yes, that is the American style of writing the date. It is for my own housekeeping as the date doesn’t appear on my phone and I like to see when I wrote a certain review. After 600 reviews I tend to lose track of when I watched something.

As I recall they did give an estimate of how far they were in the future but I don’t remember when that reveal came about. I hope you enjoy the rest of it.

Definitely falls into the guilty pleasure but not too guilty. I mentioned the edits could be abrupt but given the short time, they told a lot of story.

It’s a mystery! 😁

But the more profound question may be—how did the Meg end up on the snow covered mountains? Not one but several giant sharks? 😄

I don’t know why but Hopping Vampires crack me up. And Hoppy was mostly played for laughs. This movie was bizarre but had its funny and creepy moments. It was the slow ones that are like death in a kung fu movie.

And despite how gifted and talented she is, she’s 35 and those kind of roles will become less available. And amazing roles for women in film don’t come around often enough as it is-in any country.

TROP will always be one of my favorites of hers. Parallel Worlds isn't bad although I don't understand their mythology. The role seems to fit her well. We won't talk about The Warrior's Gate. 😄 Now that was a ridiculous white savior movie.

I like that all three women have a different physicality. He certainly saw talent with Ni Ni. This was an excellent role to introduce her to the world.