VictorL

Thanks for the warning; clued me in to use ff to avoid certain scenes

Unfortunately, not uncommon throughout history. During the Roman Empire, Galen recommended that travelers not order pork at inns in the countryside because the “pork” they would be served wasn’t pork, but … because of the similarity in taste

Good points. I recently upgraded to 1Gig and have a Smart TV. Only watch extras and vertical on tablet or phone

Thanks; that’s exactly what I was wondering 🙂

Is anyone watching this in 4k vs 1080p? I was wondering how much better 4k is, if it is better.

Tubi

First episode: I thought it was a nice touch that they had him in the tunnel, but the time travel occurred later during a Typhoon, like in “Hit the Top”

“Inspired by” or “an adaption of” probably more accurate than “remake”; certainly has a lot in common with “tunnel”

Is there something about this role that required that extra weight?

Nod to K-drama “hit the top” where a typhon blew the main character from 1993 to 2017
In the K-drama he slid down stairs

Split the difference —mixed heritage?

Also, most people speak closer to a whisper, so Esther’s voice is lower pitched than usual (Lower pitch is what character required).

Ending: in some ways, if it were a book, it’s like they gave us the end of volume 1 with the opening snippet of volume 2. I found it appropriate and prefigured by things said earlier in the drama.

Thanks. I’ll skip the penultimate arc.

MLC: agree

TY for review.
Would you recommend skipping the middle?
Ending: is faking death simply not done in C-Dramas now? It’s still done in K-Dramas and Jin Yong had several works where the main character(s) either fake their death or move elsewhere, “no return address available”

Interesting that it’s the gaming companies. Are they investors as well? I’m assuming they are

Agree

Even Jin Yong stopped writing wuxia in the early 70’s because he felt he had written all that he could.
So, the “Marvel superhero style of combat” is now preferred by Chinese audiences?

Thanks for this thread as I’d been wondering if there was a drama version of TSPW

Female characters: hadn’t thought about that, but so true. One thing I like about the male character Linghu Chong is that he actually moved on past his first love to love another (though he still had a soft spot for his first love)

Thanks; clued me in to jump from first third to Abyss arc.
FL reminded me of a 16 year old for a lot of the drama