Finally circling back to this review after stumbling on it again... I agree with everything, I just find it really interesting that the only place where I don't agree is on the cinematography. I personally thought the shots of Chen Hsi's hometown were beautiful and I really enjoyed the colour palette of the whole film. But yeah, thanks for bringing up the soundtrack, super agree with you that the music choices were just plain bizarre.
Just finished this, It's a good drama to watch but I felt they stretched this drama too long with adding unnecessary…
100% with you there. I feel Monarch Industry is the more fitting title, given A'wu's nobility status and that she never has to really get her hands dirty. She seems pretty content to uphold the political status quo, which doesn't strike me as very rebellious...
Yoo-hoo! if anyone stumbles on this page again and happens to know where I can stream episodes of this with English or French subtitles, I will be eternally grateful! I saw a few eps on SBS (Australia) around four years ago but they don't stream it anymore :(
i watched one episode and i just... couldn't. slap me down and call me a trade unionist, but there's no way a corporate CEO of a company that big is gonna be a good guy. i just can't suspend that much disbelief.
I guess I am the ony one who thinks its kind of illogical that the species that can dream has no ambition and…
i guess it's how you define ambition and creativity. Tan Ya's desire to become a prophetess is one form of ambition. Ta Gon's desire to gain power through control and colonisation is another form. depends how u take ur tea.
It got to the point where they even did a Chinese-Australia special ep. There's this great article from one of the contestants if you want a short and interesting read: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/feb/12/my-completely-bizarre-story-of-winning-if-you-are-the-one-and-what-i-was-forbidden-to-say