Watched the first ep and I’m really intrigued so far!
I usually don’t watch anything with Zhang Ruo Nan, Alan Fang or Zhang Yuxi. Yang Yang is one of the best looking people I’ve ever seen in my life, but his acting has always been pretty bad. Basically this is one of my worst castings but I don’t have anything else to watch, and hey what do you know, I think I might have my mind changed by the end!
It seems the issue is these short dramas used their likeness without permission (without paying), NOT that the actors are condemning the use of AI itself. Avenuex talked about how iQiyi (iirc) announced they’re going to start doing AI dramas using the likeness of actors on a project by project basis, and tons of top actors signed onto it. Pretty depressing
I honestly agree. I love cdramas but they honestly need to work on better stories. I have a lot of problems with Pursuit of Jade. Number one being: she’s a badass general who can defeat battle hardened generals with a lifetime’s worth of experience because she’s a girl boss butcher? Give me a break. They loosely alluded to her father teaching her in the past but never do they show her training. I practiced martial arts my entire youth, I have many friends who competed internationally and others who were stunt artists. When training for a competition, you train 6 hours a day 6 days a week and 2 hours on the “rest” day. For stunt work, you have to train every single day to keep in shape. It’s honestly disrespectful to martial arts that she can defeat these generals twice her size with literally nothing but “feminism”. I also know someone who is a high ranking military officer and an incredible and successful leader. She works out every single day. Yet probably most of the male soldiers under her command could take her out in hand to hand combat. That’s just biological reality. Fan Changyu’s character is a caricature, which is a disservice to women, who actually have unique skills and can be leaders and change the world in our own way.
I was enjoying this show a lot until the fight scene where she killed the enemy general with the two maces. It was honestly such a turn off. It was like someone suddenly splashed me with cold water. Very little actual martial arts choreography, so unrealistic and sloppy.
Also, her drugging Yan Zheng was a bit much. I understand where shes coming from. He is a matriarchal husband after all. But I hope once she learns his real identity and capabilities, she has more respect for him and his ability to make his own decisions and protect himself.
Please please please Mr. Director, bring back the Goodbye My Princess Chen Xingxu! I fell in love with him then, but every drama of his since has been a disappointment. I have a feeling this director can work magic though and bring the best out of these actors who have the hidden potential!!
How is it? I have no explanation or justification for it, but I usually skip any dramas with Chen Feiyu. But the synopsis seems right up my alley… is it worth it?
At first I was expecting to rate this similar to Filter (a drama I really enjoyed), but I’m quite disappointed. I thought the game was going to be a bigger part of the story, but after the first few episodes, they pretty much never played it again. In the end, this was more or less about…nothing. Nothing happens. The premise was promising and interesting, but majorly failed to deliver.
is it goodbye my princess? I never watched it should I?
Yes, Goodbye My Princess. It’s a pretty frustrating drama tbh, and his character is not exactly a good person. But it made me cry so much, so I find it very memorable. If you do watch it, I suggest watching the director’s cut. It is slightly longer and provides more context that helps you understand him better.
I fell in love with Chen Xing Xu in GMP, but I feel like none of his dramas since then have had me interested—until LBL, which I’m currently loving. I’m really glad to see he has another drama coming out and hope it’s a good one too🤞
I usually don’t watch anything with Zhang Ruo Nan, Alan Fang or Zhang Yuxi. Yang Yang is one of the best looking people I’ve ever seen in my life, but his acting has always been pretty bad. Basically this is one of my worst castings but I don’t have anything else to watch, and hey what do you know, I think I might have my mind changed by the end!
Also, her drugging Yan Zheng was a bit much. I understand where shes coming from. He is a matriarchal husband after all. But I hope once she learns his real identity and capabilities, she has more respect for him and his ability to make his own decisions and protect himself.