Thanks for this great article. The Double is one of the few series I scored 10 here on MDL. The production was meticulous and the crew, from screenwriter, director to actors and the support teams were outstanding. I also re-watched the competition scene multiple times, not only for the music but also the special effects and CGI on both performances. This drama is indeed a masterpiece and I'll definitely watch it again in the future.
This drama had a great potential but ended up a train wreck. The screenwriter, director and several actors need…
This goes under the spoiler, for obvious reasons. The screenwriter had to figure out how to get the main FL get with the main ML after he killed her mother. So, what he did? The "actual" story was that the eunuch gave the wrong orders to kill them. So, only after so much time they both found that out? Even after the city walls crowded with soldiers, who all witnessed the eunuch giving the false orders, no one reported that? Give me a break. It gets better, after the main ML died in a quicksand pit, he showed up in the end safe and sound so that the story could have a happy ending.
This drama had a great potential but ended up a train wreck. The screenwriter, director and several actors need to go back to school. Stopped on the 8th episode and only browsed the following ones to see where that disaster was going. It wasn't a cheap production, so it deserved much better. The two MLs getting in and out of the palace, let alone harem, as they pleased was quite amusing. As if the screenwriter wasn't happy enough with it, even the 2nd FL also decided to do it, frontally challenging one of the main concubines, who became some passive bitch allowing everything. The main FL's behavior varied from self-centered smart to dead brain. Probably had some bipolar syndrome. The king was a cuckold and the two main concubines got visits from the two MLs all the time, some even in front of him. The kingdom deserved extinction.
Another variation of Mr. and Mrs. Smith. Has some good special effects but direction and acting are all over the place. Too many cliches and similar scenes taken from M&MS made it very predictable.
It's my third times watching this drama. Added Romance on the Farm to my comfort list. Can we have season 2 please?
A season 2 would be great. They left a cliffhanger for that. However, I did not understand the ending. She went back as if the game had ended - she dropped the last taels in the box. However, she later joined the game again with the last taels still outside. So, someone else dropped them in the box, or somehow she pulled them out in order to return? That got me confused but it can be a cliffhanger for a S2.
Great series. Very good production, direction, screenplay, acting and soundtrack. It has very humorous moments well balanced with romance and others that brought rage. Really good and worth watching.
Superb. This drama is almost a documentary. Excellent screenwriting, acting, direction, production and soundrack. Great snapshot of China's development and the population struggles. I'll definitely rewatch it.
I was also curious about it. I saw two possibilities. He was a spirit and did not know, or she transformed him to save his life. Remember he was using that special pearl she used before to (also) save his life when he was a kid.
Fun short series. Clearly low budget, but still did a good entertainment job. Some good acting mixed with mediocre ones, but good enough for it. I watched it while taking a break from other ones with a heavier script and it was worth it.
I watched this part. Can someone tell me the sequence of the parts? Is there a second season?
I don't think so. Almost all main characters died and did not had descendents. Therefore, I don't see a good cliffhanger to continue the story. Might be better start another from scratch.
This was a good drama in general. Good acting and production. However... (if interested see spoiler)
The final episodes were a big WTF. What was the writer and prodction trying to achieve, how to get sainthood? For example: The bad guy's son was a cry-baby POS whose only achievements were asking for forgiveness while crying. A complete useles crap. And the little sister always forgiving him? She deserved what she got, and even worse. Also, the bad guys suddenly got enlightened and decided to surrender to the police, and despide the horrendous crimes, just got slaps on the wrists? Good grief. That spoiled the whole series like dropping a few drops of bad orange juice in a full jar and spoiling the whole thing. This series deserved a better ending.
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It gets better, after the main ML died in a quicksand pit, he showed up in the end safe and sound so that the story could have a happy ending.
The two MLs getting in and out of the palace, let alone harem, as they pleased was quite amusing. As if the screenwriter wasn't happy enough with it, even the 2nd FL also decided to do it, frontally challenging one of the main concubines, who became some passive bitch allowing everything. The main FL's behavior varied from self-centered smart to dead brain. Probably had some bipolar syndrome.
The king was a cuckold and the two main concubines got visits from the two MLs all the time, some even in front of him. The kingdom deserved extinction.
However, I did not understand the ending. She went back as if the game had ended - she dropped the last taels in the box. However, she later joined the game again with the last taels still outside.
So, someone else dropped them in the box, or somehow she pulled them out in order to return? That got me confused but it can be a cliffhanger for a S2.
For example: The bad guy's son was a cry-baby POS whose only achievements were asking for forgiveness while crying. A complete useles crap. And the little sister always forgiving him? She deserved what she got, and even worse.
Also, the bad guys suddenly got enlightened and decided to surrender to the police, and despide the horrendous crimes, just got slaps on the wrists?
Good grief. That spoiled the whole series like dropping a few drops of bad orange juice in a full jar and spoiling the whole thing. This series deserved a better ending.