Why is she so hung up on this second ML???? Did I miss something?? Please XG just please slap him.
~love at first sight~
but ngl that part was very poorly filmed like the actor isn't really that attractive and the scene had too much lense flair that you couldn't even see his face properly lol
I'm watching First Frost right now and it's reignited my love for BJT! I actually started liking him after New Life Begins (seriously, watch this if you haven't!) but then his later projects kind of wasn't my type. I wish he did more romance dramas but I guess he's at that age where he has to kind of transition to more serious roles
Baijingting's non romance dramas are very poorly received outside china ,I don't know if they do better on china…
yeah I think First Frost is the first time international audiences noticed him, but he's been popular in China for a while. He doesn't really act in historical dramas much and that's the genre that's most popular with ifans
I'm on episode 3 right now and I kind of get the complaints about the sexual assault sub plot.. happens twice in the first 2 episodes. I'm not really sure what the purpose is but maybe it'll be explained later on.
I think Chongqing is a cool location to shoot the drama because of all the hills and lights. it's just cool to see a cdrama shot in a place that's not Shanghai lol
Someone on douban supposedly watched the drama (they work in the industry) and left a small summary of things…
pros: - visually very nice. the director utilizes cold/warm palettes well. (aside: I think if you've watched Blossom or any of his short dramas, you'll be familiar with this director's visual style) - the first 1/3 of the drama is better than the latter 2/3. The op thinks the main CP is a lot more ship-able at the beginning too. - there are a lot of highlights for male characters in the drama. the op thinks this drama will be a gateway to the industry for a lot of the male actors. - the op thinks TXW's acting here is much better than in ZYG (her drama with XuKai)
cons: - as mentioned above, the op thinks the first 1/3 of the drama is better and that's largely because the latter parts of the drama has more battle scenes and op thinks the battle scenes weren't filmed that good but this is just this person's opinion. - there are a lot of sub-pairings but due to the editing, their storylines are a bit disjointed.
Overall, it sounds like the op thinks this drama starts out strongly and then kind of ends weakly.
Someone on douban supposedly watched the drama (they work in the industry) and left a small summary of things they thought were good/weak. I'll put the summary in spoilers below.
Tencent event tomorrow and he's picking up an award despite not airing anything on that platform LOL
Zhu Yu is rumored for March again. I think I'm just gonna stop following the broadcasting melons because it changes like every other day u__u
I think he might share a stage with WCR during the New Years Gala which will be interesting because I don't think he's ever performed with a costar before?
2026 will be an important year for Linghe with the two IQIYI/Tencent dramas to air. If these two dramas air well, he will get a lot of good drama offers imo
plot kind of reminds me of the taiwanese dramas I watched when I was little like Outsiders.
one big plus is the visuals and in particular lighting. the lighting reminds me of 90s HK films like Chungking Express. Finally, a director that's not afraid to use colors! I swear 90% of modern cdramas like to use a blinding white filter that just white washes everyone
btw I finally watched Fox Spirit and his cameo was super short but I really liked this costuming and esp the wig. I feel like this wig is 10000x better than the one he had in TPR which looked really fake lol
bad news, reliable melon accounts said the release date is prob pushed back to after March so maybe Q2 :(( I really hope this isn't true because there are so many snow scenes in this drama and it wouldn't make sense to air it in any season other than Winter
but ngl that part was very poorly filmed like the actor isn't really that attractive and the scene had too much lense flair that you couldn't even see his face properly lol
I think Chongqing is a cool location to shoot the drama because of all the hills and lights. it's just cool to see a cdrama shot in a place that's not Shanghai lol
- visually very nice. the director utilizes cold/warm palettes well. (aside: I think if you've watched Blossom or any of his short dramas, you'll be familiar with this director's visual style)
- the first 1/3 of the drama is better than the latter 2/3. The op thinks the main CP is a lot more ship-able at the beginning too.
- there are a lot of highlights for male characters in the drama. the op thinks this drama will be a gateway to the industry for a lot of the male actors.
- the op thinks TXW's acting here is much better than in ZYG (her drama with XuKai)
cons:
- as mentioned above, the op thinks the first 1/3 of the drama is better and that's largely because the latter parts of the drama has more battle scenes and op thinks the battle scenes weren't filmed that good but this is just this person's opinion.
- there are a lot of sub-pairings but due to the editing, their storylines are a bit disjointed.
Overall, it sounds like the op thinks this drama starts out strongly and then kind of ends weakly.
Zhu Yu is rumored for March again. I think I'm just gonna stop following the broadcasting melons because it changes like every other day u__u
I think he might share a stage with WCR during the New Years Gala which will be interesting because I don't think he's ever performed with a costar before?
2026 will be an important year for Linghe with the two IQIYI/Tencent dramas to air. If these two dramas air well, he will get a lot of good drama offers imo
one big plus is the visuals and in particular lighting. the lighting reminds me of 90s HK films like Chungking Express. Finally, a director that's not afraid to use colors! I swear 90% of modern cdramas like to use a blinding white filter that just white washes everyone