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Find good FMVs (when those appear) and share them here?

Li Yunrui could convey the lethal tyrant part well enough, and I believe under the right main director he might actually be able to suit the comedic timing and expressions. Would depend on the director. There's three possible directors I can think of.

Ding Yuxi would be very suitable. Please suggest a drama I should watch of Li Xian, because I am currently unable to recall anything there?

He Landou can do comedy and awkwardness well enough, as seen in the sneak previews for the movie "Gift From a Cloud" airing in end-August. Her ability to transform from cross-dressing plain insecure whiny royal Jane to a defiant princess in "A Journey To Love" captured my attention. She can be quite attractive, as per her not-yet-released drama 《风满楼》. I could say she reminds me of Martha Plimpton.

I watched Zhang Zifeng in the recent movie "The Shadow's Edge" and she held her own against Tony Leung Ka-fai while making me feel suitably frustrated and sympathetic with her character as a rookie cop while she also developed a convincing parental-child relationship with Jackie Chan despite previous grudges. He Landou and Zhang Zifeng would be very suitable here, because they can turn on and off the necessary.

Xing Fei gave a standout performance for "This Thriving Land", but I don't know how she would do with the comedy.

If I let the impatience of fans stew for 48 hours, there will definitely be results. Give them time for music and edits and all XD

Ding Yuxi would definitely work. He had good chemistry with Meng Ziyi in "Love In Pavilion" but Meng Ziyi would not be suitable for this role.

Ma Qiuyuan can act rather well ((I don't know why she was kept so long in micro-dramas, plus I shared what I consider to be her best drama here)) as seen in《桃花马上请长缨》: https://kisskh.at/790870-que-gu#comment-23184462

Should I make a discussion post requesting for FMVs XD

He literally got rid of her handbag in ep 2, so she could never leave. ML is also in self-denial at being attracted to her. Good luck to Gwinyeo of Chef, because she's going to need it by ep 4.

He also never needed to go to the bathroom ever since he fell into the river of mercy and was left flat on the ground at Gil-geum's home, so clearly he has more than magical healing powers. Scriptwriters....

Thing is, this king is Yeonsangun (even if they changed the name). He is literally the worst monarch in the Joseon dynasty, and his mother was also horrible. I am already feeling conflicted about liking this character and I am wondering how they are going to sanitise him as an individual.

The preview for eps 3 and 4 do more than hint at this tyrant clearly growing more than a liking for Ji-yeong's cooking. But I won't think too much yet. Just want to enjoy the ride.

I admire your ability to abstain. Perhaps you can make a comment another day asking for FMVs to be shared, if you are cool with that. I am sure a lot of frustration from waiting will lead to those XD

Wow, phenomenal compilation effort here! THANK YOU!

You might like this FNV montage from different angles of Xiao Wuyi beating the drum to Xiao Wuyi embracing Xie Jiayu: https://m.weibo.cn/detail/5203363503539082

And here's a different angle: https://m.weibo.cn/detail/5203430735873823

Nine different clips of the beating drum scenes (I'm sure you have shared at least six of them): https://m.weibo.cn/detail/5203466794041935

This fan edit enables one to hear three different segments of drumbeats with minimal music: https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1EKeWzKEyK

If you want the drum beats solely for variation: https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1LLeWzFEMm

Ai Mi is looking very gorgeous in red (a different clip): https://m.weibo.cn/detail/5203443679232554

Let me know if you have already seen these clips of her in red (both the one above and this one is from user Atopos0713_艾米日记 ): https://m.weibo.cn/detail/5203464407224078

I believe Ai Mi is very aware of being in the same situation as Liu Yifei. Liu Yifei was 17 when she filmed "Return Of The Condor Heroes" which is a Jin Yong classic. When it aired in 2006, Jin Yong praised her performance as the closest to his original vision. I was revisiting a few episodes yesterday, and Liu Yifei's performance as Xiao Long Nu absolutely slayed.

Either Ai Mi can pull off a Liu Yifei for this drama, or- I am glad she's having fun and comfortable with her main co-star, because she is under a lot of pressure to do even better than her performance in the Double or anything she's done before.

I hope she gets to watch "Bon Appetit Your Majesty". The first two episodes of that K-drama are hilarious.

If you stay away for four more weeks, then you can binge. Do it now, and you can have fun in this comment section. But waiting will be a torture. Choices, choices...

if you didn't know their ages before watching, would it make a difference in how episodes 1 and 2 impact you?

Edited to add that I am genuinely curious to know, and not throwing shade at you. I ask this because in "The Double" (C-Drama whereby the ML and FL had more than a ten-year age gap but based on the acting and looks), you wouldn't know the ML was significantly younger than the FL because he acted his role very well as a powerful authoritative Duke.

Rewatching ep 2, full of little gems different from episode 1. At 36:32, watching those stuffy old men start having foodgasms is hilarious. Also makes me want to find steak this similar this week.

And I feel sorry for the governor trying to protect his granddaughter. Emotional rollercoaster watching the king and the governor interact.

I hope Gil-geum gets a happy ending. She is an adorable feisty sidekick.

I haven't watched a K-drama in years. This is a welcome blast. But waiting for episode 3 and beyond is going to be a mini-torture.

This is a very fun K-drama (loopholes and all) XD If this drama were adapted into C-Ent as a costume drama (but remove the loopholes), I wonder who C-Drama fans would nominate for the equivalent roles of tyrant king Lee Heon, chef Ji-young and consort Mok-Ju.

I'd go with Li Yunrui or Ding Yuxi for the tyrant king, He Landou or Zhang Zifeng for chef Ji-young, and Ma Qiuyuan for consort Mok-Ju.

The user changed her comment to use spoiler tags, but I don't know when. Perhaps she is new or has learned how to do the necessary. Maybe give her another chance?

BTW, over in Coroner's Diary, the culprits blatantly spoiling everything each episode after episode 10 via multiple comments were not new MDL users (including at least one VIP account). It got to the point that comments started indirectly taking potshots at those users. I haven't figured out how to use the "block" button, but I probably should.

Consider using the spoiler tag. Too many comments without spoiler tags can result in later watchers not wanting to read comments and stating that as a comment, such as in "Coroner's Diary".

Don't forget the sageuk cliff of mercy. It's wonderful that there's always a river or lake deep enough so falling from that height somehow saves the day and the duo.

Their chemistry has me holding my sides with laughter. Spot-on comedic timing. That said, I am very conflicted about making this tyrant lovable, although episode 2 will likely change that because the FL finds out-

Very glad to see them having fun and enjoying themselves on-set XD

Ps. For the ladder scene, Neo Hou's character deliberately jostled the ladder and unsettled Ai Mi's character, then proceeded to immediately scoop her off the ladder (observe his smirk). As to why he did that, I don't have any further context.

Xing Fei as Susu gave a standout performance. But I'm going to talk about the novel versus the drama and why this ending is considered happy. I don't know how much experience you have with mandarin dramas and movies, and I am referring to not just China productions.

Could the director have put in one minute of Xiuxiu with her children and grandchiildren before the final ending in ep 36 which starts at 7 minutes from the song? Yes. At least one happy event would have helped.

Could Susu be in such pain from giving birth that she should refuse dinner with her sister-in-law? This part should have been better expanded slightly to at least show that it had been more than one month after giving birth, before the sister-in-law invited Susu and Humpback Guo for dinner.

And then the ending for Susu and Humpback Guo would have been understandable. Susu is too trusting, too gluttonous at times, and has eaten many years of meals with the sister-in-law. Susu would never suspect her sister-in-law of wanting to harm her, even if the sister-in-law is mentally unstable at this point. The one time Susu was drugged with Fei Wendian by the sister-in-law on the wedding night, Susu could assume it was due to the wedding liquor being too strong. Humpback Guo would never say no if Susu said yes to dinner, because Susu and Madame Fei have been his best customers for many years. He would feel obliged despite any misgivings, to sit and finish dinner.

This drama is PG-13. The fact that people are already upset over Susu perishing in the same way as the novel is only going to justify the changes to the novel adaptation with the script. Too dark and too accurate to the novel for NC-16 would simply reduce the audience to not being able to finish due to disgust with multiple characters and certain issues being disgusting beyond tolerance, such as what Yinzi really suffered with Ning Xuexiang that is hugely diluted in this drama.

It's one thing to produce a drama with distressing themes which at this level, would already be traumatic for some viewers. To go beyond that would be too cruel, so at least any inevitable deaths being brief and not fleshed out are a mercy.

Below is my comment on the ending. The screenwriters have a gigantic headache from walking a very thin line, so I would expect "plotholes".

https://kisskh.at/761585-wan-wu-sheng#comment-23187042