An undeniable fact about this show... there is plenty of air time amongst Gong Jun (Simon), Liu Yu Ning and Dilraba Dilmurat !! .... If you are into these 3 leads... enjoy! I do not believe this TV show is their best story or the best script or even best directing-- yet one gets to watch them most of the time in most of the episodes-- unlike other series where obsessive wannabe the girlfriend/wife or wannabe boyfriend/husband, antagonists, secondary characters take up a huge chunk of air time.
But I don’t understand how when none of the actors are the same and the parents house is not the same.
Hidden Love was aired almost a couple of years before First Frost. Later when FF was produced, both Sang siblings were casted with different actors, locations, etc. Changing locations and actors is a common practice, especially with secondary/minor characters. In HL, the Sang brother is a secondary character- who later became the lead male in FF. Meanwhile, while the Sang sister was the lead female character in HL, she only appears (a few minutes each time) as a minor character about 3 times (?) in the brother's love story in FF. The baby sister is basically a guest role in FF. I don't know the reasons for the changes by the time FF was produced, but in general, the executive decisions to change casting and locations for many shows/movies may be due to actors/actress availability, fame/popularity, timing, fees, etc.
I just read your Q. This is late but... First Frost (FF) and Hidden Love (HL) are about the two Sang siblings.…
LeeNYC did you check out my "reveal spoiler" (right after my replay to you about netflix and before your last response)? I hope some of those suggestions work...
For anyone trying to decide which one to watch first... First Frost (FF) and Hidden Love (HL) are about the two Sang siblings. FF is about the older brother's love story starting in high school. HL is about the younger sister's crush starting in middle school when her brother and one of his roommates (the crush) are in college. At one point, both love stories are happening at the same time in different cities. After watching one of the TV adaptations, I read both books. Beautiful poignant journeys and love stories. HL is a happier and cuter story while FF is darker and not fluffy. There's no need to watch these in any sequence because each story is self contained. HL was produced and released first. In FF, both Sang siblings were casted with different actor/actress. Truly highly recommend both series!
***** SPOILER ALERT. DO NOT READ IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO FIND OUT ENDINGS.
Both stories are more about the the female leads journeys to their happy endings.
i am shocked that this has 32 episodes??? since WIFTY and HL only had 24 and 25 😆 anyway, is this a melodrama?…
I just saw your Q. For what it's worth... For anyone trying to decide which one to watch first... First Frost (FF) and Hidden Love (HL) are about the two Sang siblings. FF is about the older brother's love story starting in high school. HL is about the younger sister's crush starting in middle school when her brother and one of his roommates (the crush) are in college. At one point, both love stories are happening at the same time in different cities. After watching one of the TV adaptations, I read both books. Beautiful poignant journeys and love stories. HL is a happier and cuter story while FF is darker and not fluffy. There's no need to watch these in any sequence because each story is self contained. HL was produced and released first. In FF, both Sang siblings were casted with different actor/actress. Truly highly recommend both TV series!
***** SPOILER ALERT. DO NOT READ IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO FIND OUT ENDINGS.
Both stories are more about the the female leads journeys to their happy endings.
For anyone trying to decide which one to watch first... First Frost (FF) and Hidden Love (HL) are about the two Sang siblings. FF is about the older brother's love story starting in high school. HL is about the younger sister's crush starting in middle school when her brother and one of his roommates (the crush) are in college. At one point, both love stories are happening at the same time in different cities. After watching one of the TV adaptations, I read both books. Beautiful poignant journeys and love stories. HL is a happier and cuter story while FF is darker and not fluffy. There's no need to watch these in any sequence because each story is self contained. HL was produced and released first. In FF, both Sang siblings were casted with different actor/actress. Truly highly recommend both series!
***** SPOILER ALERT. DO NOT READ IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO FIND OUT ENDINGS.
Both stories are more about the the female leads journeys to their happy endings.
I just read your Q. This is late but... First Frost (FF) and Hidden Love (HL) are about the two Sang siblings. FF is about the older brother's love story starting in high school. HL is about the younger sister's crush starting in middle school when her brother and one of his roommates (the crush) are in college. At one point, both love stories are happening at the same time in different cities. After watching one of the TV adaptations, I read both books. Beautiful poignant journeys and love stories. HL is a happier and cuter story while FF is darker and not fluffy. There's no need to watch these in any sequence because each story is self contained. HL was produced and released first. In FF, both Sang siblings were casted with different actor/actress. Truly highly recommend both series!
***** SPOILER ALERT. DO NOT READ IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO FIND OUT ENDINGS.
Both stories are more about the the female leads journeys to their happy endings.
While I do like comedy and light moments, I’m more of an angst lover at heart. I’m on ep 6 right now and wondering—does…
It stops being silly later on. The series will still have funny scenes sprinkled here and there, but it will not continue to rely on slapstick. It does get more serious, but I did not feel that it was so serious that I would feel angst... {I did not, but other viewers might]. At one point I found the show tiring and repetitive. Yet I finished the show because I thought both leads were excellent portraying their characters- especially the actress. The ML was great too, but I have seen already his acting capabilities in many of his previous dramas. This time, the FL actress impressed me. Hmmm... this is just my opinion.
Can someone clarify this please? The script writer who enters the plot to take SXY back is male person but in…
There are two fictional worlds, one embedded in the other one. The real story teller is the last lady at the end of ep 40. She writes a modern story about some actors, agents, producers, directors, scriptwriter or screenwriter, etc, The modern lead actress wakes up in the historical world where she was going to lead/act in. The truth, however, is that the "modern" world was also a fictional setup that the lady author wrote about a fictional modern lead actress, actor and male scriptwriter. That's why it's "A dream within a dream." The dream of the historical world is inside/within the dream/story of the modern show business world. The "modern" world in ep 1 is fictional. The historical world is also fictional.
Salwa Rice elaborates significantly more on this subject in the "Recent Discussion" section. I didn't read through her post... just opened and saw it. If you're interested, here's the link:
SPOILER AHEAD -- These questions are for someone who watched the entire show without skipping or did not watched it at 1.5x, 2x speed...
After FL found out that the shirt did not belong to ML, did FL run another DNA test on the ML? If not, why didn't she? Did the ML not offer or did he refuse to have a DNA test done?
I do not believe this TV show is their best story or the best script or even best directing-- yet one gets to watch them most of the time in most of the episodes-- unlike other series where obsessive wannabe the girlfriend/wife or wannabe boyfriend/husband, antagonists, secondary characters take up a huge chunk of air time.
Meanwhile, while the Sang sister was the lead female character in HL, she only appears (a few minutes each time) as a minor character about 3 times (?) in the brother's love story in FF. The baby sister is basically a guest role in FF.
I don't know the reasons for the changes by the time FF was produced, but in general, the executive decisions to change casting and locations for many shows/movies may be due to actors/actress availability, fame/popularity, timing, fees, etc.
First Frost (FF) and Hidden Love (HL) are about the two Sang siblings.
FF is about the older brother's love story starting in high school.
HL is about the younger sister's crush starting in middle school when her brother and one of his roommates (the crush) are in college.
At one point, both love stories are happening at the same time in different cities.
After watching one of the TV adaptations, I read both books. Beautiful poignant journeys and love stories. HL is a happier and cuter story while FF is darker and not fluffy. There's no need to watch these in any sequence because each story is self contained. HL was produced and released first. In FF, both Sang siblings were casted with different actor/actress.
Truly highly recommend both series!
***** SPOILER ALERT. DO NOT READ IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO FIND OUT ENDINGS.
Both stories are more about the the female leads journeys to their happy endings.
https://www.reddit.com/r/StremioAddons/comments/1h2m9on/dramacool_alternatives/
For anyone trying to decide which one to watch first...
First Frost (FF) and Hidden Love (HL) are about the two Sang siblings.
FF is about the older brother's love story starting in high school.
HL is about the younger sister's crush starting in middle school when her brother and one of his roommates (the crush) are in college.
At one point, both love stories are happening at the same time in different cities.
After watching one of the TV adaptations, I read both books. Beautiful poignant journeys and love stories. HL is a happier and cuter story while FF is darker and not fluffy. There's no need to watch these in any sequence because each story is self contained. HL was produced and released first. In FF, both Sang siblings were casted with different actor/actress.
Truly highly recommend both TV series!
***** SPOILER ALERT. DO NOT READ IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO FIND OUT ENDINGS.
Both stories are more about the the female leads journeys to their happy endings.
First Frost (FF) and Hidden Love (HL) are about the two Sang siblings.
FF is about the older brother's love story starting in high school.
HL is about the younger sister's crush starting in middle school when her brother and one of his roommates (the crush) are in college.
At one point, both love stories are happening at the same time in different cities.
After watching one of the TV adaptations, I read both books. Beautiful poignant journeys and love stories. HL is a happier and cuter story while FF is darker and not fluffy. There's no need to watch these in any sequence because each story is self contained. HL was produced and released first. In FF, both Sang siblings were casted with different actor/actress.
Truly highly recommend both series!
***** SPOILER ALERT. DO NOT READ IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO FIND OUT ENDINGS.
Both stories are more about the the female leads journeys to their happy endings.
First Frost (FF) and Hidden Love (HL) are about the two Sang siblings.
FF is about the older brother's love story starting in high school.
HL is about the younger sister's crush starting in middle school when her brother and one of his roommates (the crush) are in college.
At one point, both love stories are happening at the same time in different cities.
After watching one of the TV adaptations, I read both books. Beautiful poignant journeys and love stories. HL is a happier and cuter story while FF is darker and not fluffy. There's no need to watch these in any sequence because each story is self contained. HL was produced and released first. In FF, both Sang siblings were casted with different actor/actress.
Truly highly recommend both series!
***** SPOILER ALERT. DO NOT READ IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO FIND OUT ENDINGS.
Both stories are more about the the female leads journeys to their happy endings.
The real story teller is the last lady at the end of ep 40.
She writes a modern story about some actors, agents, producers, directors, scriptwriter or screenwriter, etc, The modern lead actress wakes up in the historical world where she was going to lead/act in. The truth, however, is that the "modern" world was also a fictional setup that the lady author wrote about a fictional modern lead actress, actor and male scriptwriter. That's why it's "A dream within a dream." The dream of the historical world is inside/within the dream/story of the modern show business world. The "modern" world in ep 1 is fictional. The historical world is also fictional.
Salwa Rice elaborates significantly more on this subject in the "Recent Discussion" section.
I didn't read through her post... just opened and saw it. If you're interested, here's the link:
https://kisskh.at/discussions/70247-jiang-dui-dui-chong-sheng-ji/143172-a-dream-within-a-dream-ending-explained
These questions are for someone who watched the entire show without skipping or did not watched it at 1.5x, 2x speed...
After FL found out that the shirt did not belong to ML, did FL run another DNA test on the ML?
If not, why didn't she? Did the ML not offer or did he refuse to have a DNA test done?