The editors do not decide to compress or cut out a scene. They mostb definitely do not touch anything to do with…
You are mostly correct. BUT good scripts bring in the Editor at the screenwriting stage to map out the edits. Then they SHOULD be granted creative license to redit the final project. That's why they have a screenplay, a shooting script, and final script. So yes, the editor is partially at fault for poor transition. In Jade, it's not all censorship fault, it's poor writing and poor editing.
ive hard someone say this is better than “love like the galaxy” and many others and my mom is watching Pursuit…
No, this drama is not better than Love Like the Galaxy. If you care for a storyline that actually makes sense and don't require you to fill in the blanks or suspend logic, than Jade was made for you. It had a great start, beautifully shot and then went downhill. Had a lot of potential honestly, but the script wasted precious time on catering to marketbility.
What do u mean by downgrade to meme and aura? Which ckt got downgraded to meme and aura recently for you to fear…
I'm not even a fan just a passerby...and I'm mad with them. It's infuriating...but their anger is misplaced...it's the money that's involved. ZLH doesn't have a strong backer so he gets screwed over for his good looks.
After dropping this drama when it first aired, I tried watching it again, but it still felt like trying to eat…
Sometimes I think Avenue X misses on her reviews too. LLTG is actually one of the better historical idol dramas and I think it portrayed lots of themes very well.
And I think @PlatinumFox did a really good job of explaining the complexity of LLTG.
And I disagree on the weak characters. Complexity doesn't need to come in several layers. Character growth doesn't need to be leaps and bounds.
Well, no disrespect but the “raw material” for the director to work with is very different. ZLH is a pretty…
A good director would know how to use thier actor, so director Zeng did pretty well with ZLH. I think it's still ZLH's best work, and he'll probably never get this kind of role again, or opportunity to work with a director that knows how to use him. Regrettably, that his character was expendable at the costs for fillers, other characters etc. Obviously in terms of acting, he is nothing compared to Tan, but I give him props for improving a bit.
Yet, the acting is not what I'm worried about, but the story and character. Tan can make a cardboard interesting, but even a cardboard has it limitations if it's not of high quality. So hopefully, Tan taking on the role was because they made changes that he approved and hoping that it's for the benefit of the character.
Sorry—I wrote that in a hurry, so my point got lost. When something feels rushed, it usually means it was cut to pass censorship. But the story never even attempts to challenge that constraint. Instead, it takes the safest route, prioritizing approval speed over crafting a cohesive narrative or giving Xue Zhang’s character any real credibility.
And to be clear, what was cut likely wasn’t due to failing censorship—those scenes probably never even made it to the approval stage. That points more to an in-house, profit-driven decision than an external restriction. Blaming censorship feels like a weak excuse, especially when plenty of more violent battle scenes have passed review before.
What do u mean by downgrade to meme and aura? Which ckt got downgraded to meme and aura recently for you to fear…
I guess thevlevel of disrespect presented in the drama was not in the novel, and it threw me off. Xie Zheng's character was built to be authoritative, it's literally in the world building. So to me it was out of character. As for emotional support, I didn't get that in the novel. He respected her boundaries, but was moving at his own pace, and that's not what happened in the adaption, instead he became a character who ended up merely reacting to the FL decisions. And this is what I am afriad of. In Dancing, whatever decision Namyi made, Xie Queshan had his own.
What do u mean by downgrade to meme and aura? Which ckt got downgraded to meme and aura recently for you to fear…
Pursuit of Jade Xie Zheng 🤣 the director made him into an aura and the writer turned him to an emotional support, and that's it. no substance. He's supposed to be the baddest highest ranking general but he takes disrespect from the FL's homies. 😒
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And I think @PlatinumFox did a really good job of explaining the complexity of LLTG.
And I disagree on the weak characters. Complexity doesn't need to come in several layers. Character growth doesn't need to be leaps and bounds.
Yet, the acting is not what I'm worried about, but the story and character. Tan can make a cardboard interesting, but even a cardboard has it limitations if it's not of high quality. So hopefully, Tan taking on the role was because they made changes that he approved and hoping that it's for the benefit of the character.
And to be clear, what was cut likely wasn’t due to failing censorship—those scenes probably never even made it to the approval stage. That points more to an in-house, profit-driven decision than an external restriction. Blaming censorship feels like a weak excuse, especially when plenty of more violent battle scenes have passed review before.