I still can't believe it! How can this not be supported?! So Sad :(
Tell me about it. I've waited for months against my better judgement hoping for some positive news abt s2, before the final crushing resolution ๐คง
As for recommendations. Hmm... If you're looking for good acting and production value then maybe Love in The Big City would be up your alley (the drama, not the movie - I haven't watched that one). If its more about the similar soulmates vibe and emotional intensity... it's a bit difficult, I feel The On1y One was really special, but one of my favourite BLs is Japanese one Our Youth - the acting is not as stellar as here, but cinematography is beautiful and the story and relationship between the leads is so so good.
I still can't believe it! How can this not be supported?! So Sad :(
They were fantastic, if you're asking me. Still the best acting I've seen in a BL drama till this day. I think some people felt they were too old for the role and others thought they were not hot enough ๐
(btw I am only repeating what I used to read arnd the "western Internet" abt Chinese audience's reactions, maybe there was some nuance to their complaints I wouldn't know... but regardless, to me the casting couldn't have been better).
I still can't believe it! How can this not be supported?! So Sad :(
It wasn't the case for Chinese viewers. As far as I remember what we were told here was that a lot of negativity came from the fans of the novel who didn't like the actors casted as the leads.
Fellow drama viewers, can someone please recommend me some good dramas with him? I've finished Journey to Love where Shisan was my favourite among all the characters. I wanna check some of his other works, but they're either rated poorly on MDL (for costume cdramas anyway) or he's playing a supporting role (and I don't know how much of screen time he gets).
He did ๐่ไธไบบ to be precise (also the title of the episode๐)
Really funny :) I'm actually not a fan of BL dramas misgendering male characters who show no signs of identifying as anything else than male and attaching titles like "wife" etc. to them. However, here, in this entire context, considering how much of a domineering alfa Chi Cheng's public image is and how Wu Suo Wei doesn't call CC a "wife", but just bestows a title like that on CC's father and is dead serious while doing so - it's comedy gold.
probably the dubbing sounded like this,because when she died was okay...he did... in the novel was worse the dad…
Oh, so per novel CC made WSW cry on purpose to help him cry out his sorrow? I read the bits of the novel years ago, but I dropped it (didn't really like it) and never got that far. Now that makes sense, because that's what I took CC's behaviour in the drama for as well. Otherwise it made little sense to me he'd be so petty towards someone whom he loves so much (especially considering all his previous behaviours towards WSW's mom and WSW himself). I wasn't sure though, cause it wasn't spelled out for me ๐ Now I can rest assured I guess ;)
Fr i could never i hate slimy things BUT ZIYU HANDLED IT WITH A HAPPY FACE?!?
I don't remember it being cold. I just remember it being... dry? And as Deadpool above says, kinda firm? All I know is that this experience as a kid affected how I saw snakes for the rest of my entire life, as I never again thought of them as gross afterwards. Now I just have a healthy level of fear of those who are especially venomous, or super good at strangling living things or swallowing them whole ๐
Fr i could never i hate slimy things BUT ZIYU HANDLED IT WITH A HAPPY FACE?!?
Technically... snakes aren't really slimy... They're not like snails. Or at least to my knowledge and very limited experience (I touched one when I was a kid - it wasn't slimy ๐)
I've seen the recent BTS footage and I now am shocked.
I was certain that the snake they used for the choking scene was not real (as in: they used a real one originally, maybe for a few takes when it was on the ground, near WSW's legs etc. to show it's moving, then they used a prop around WSW's neck plus maybe some final CGI to tweak it just a bit).
Now I'm seeing it was *all* a real snake sliding up and down Ziyu's neck and face ๐
I didn't expect that. Respect for both dedicated actors (Ziyu and the snake ๐)
People on socials are saying Ch Cheng is still in love with his ex. The people who havenโt read the novel or…
Well, I read the bits of the novel years ago, but I don't think I even got to this part or if I did I genuinely don't remember, so I guess I qualify? ๐
He isn't. He was betrayed and never got to process it in a healthy way, never got the closure. There was no apology, no explanation, not conversation, nothing. Hence why he is still affected right now by Wang Shuo's return. But personally I have no doubt that the one who he loves is Wu Suo Wei.
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As for recommendations. Hmm... If you're looking for good acting and production value then maybe Love in The Big City would be up your alley (the drama, not the movie - I haven't watched that one).
If its more about the similar soulmates vibe and emotional intensity... it's a bit difficult, I feel The On1y One was really special, but one of my favourite BLs is Japanese one Our Youth - the acting is not as stellar as here, but cinematography is beautiful and the story and relationship between the leads is so so good.
I think some people felt they were too old for the role and others thought they were not hot enough ๐
(btw I am only repeating what I used to read arnd the "western Internet" abt Chinese audience's reactions, maybe there was some nuance to their complaints I wouldn't know... but regardless, to me the casting couldn't have been better).
However, here, in this entire context, considering how much of a domineering alfa Chi Cheng's public image is and how Wu Suo Wei doesn't call CC a "wife", but just bestows a title like that on CC's father and is dead serious while doing so - it's comedy gold.
I wasn't sure though, cause it wasn't spelled out for me ๐ Now I can rest assured I guess ;)
่ไธไบบ to be precise (also the title of the episode๐)
And Chi Cheng's dad is my MVP for today ๐
All I know is that this experience as a kid affected how I saw snakes for the rest of my entire life, as I never again thought of them as gross afterwards. Now I just have a healthy level of fear of those who are especially venomous, or super good at strangling living things or swallowing them whole ๐
I was certain that the snake they used for the choking scene was not real (as in: they used a real one originally, maybe for a few takes when it was on the ground, near WSW's legs etc. to show it's moving, then they used a prop around WSW's neck plus maybe some final CGI to tweak it just a bit).
Now I'm seeing it was *all* a real snake sliding up and down Ziyu's neck and face ๐
I didn't expect that. Respect for both dedicated actors (Ziyu and the snake ๐)
But you're right, most likely plenty of people had the same thought.
Not very creative of me ;)
He isn't. He was betrayed and never got to process it in a healthy way, never got the closure. There was no apology, no explanation, not conversation, nothing. Hence why he is still affected right now by Wang Shuo's return. But personally I have no doubt that the one who he loves is Wu Suo Wei.