This was frustratingly addictive. Would I watch it again? I doubt it. But I could not drop it either. I had to take it until the end. I wanted to know what would happen next and how it would end and believe me when I say that although some things I was able to predict about the ending, there were still some things that caught me completely off guard.
I enjoyed it as much as I hated it and although this might not be for everyone’s taste and with all it’s obvious flaws, this was made in a way that if you are able to stand the first few episodes, then you will most likely find yourself watching all of it, even if you feel like you are forcing yourself.
I was not happy about the ending but I guess it went the same direction as most of it had gone so far - frustrating until the end. So I can’t really say I hated it since any other ending might have seemed out of place as much as I wished for it. Also, this has plenty of romance but it is not by any means the main focus and that becomes more obvious as you keep watching. Remember the title of the drama (The Last Empress) and you will understand what is the real focus of the drama and be able to accept the way it ends.
Empress So Hyun, the Emperor’s first wife. In the first episode they trick us into thinking it might be Sunny, but later, closer to the end, it his revealed it is the body of Empress So Hyun. I might be wrong since I watched it a while ago so don’t take my words too seriously. ^^
What do you meant when you said "That's such a pity for the subs !"?Is it because you were not able to find it…
Oh ok. Thank you for replying. I asked because I did not want to go into a drama that had bad subs (mostly bad translations that are almost impossible to understand) or was only partially subbed.
I think at that time what mattered to most women must have been “as long as he loves me the most” rather than…
To be honest, it does not make much of a difference if its an harem or 2 wives, from the moment the guy has more than one wife the marriage is doomed. If you look at history, most families, at least the richer ones which where the ones with usually more than 1 wife, were not happy. And you know that because family members would plan to kill each other, mostly the women ploting to kill the other wives and their children. Fathers would also kill their own children when they didnt trust them and sons would kill their fathers too, especially when the father was an Emperor. There are also several records of them killing their siblings to make sure no one steals their place.
Conclusion: marriages between more than 2 individuals have a high chance of going wrong, and by that I do not mean getting a divorce wrong, I mean someone is going to die wrong.
It looks pretty interesting but there are no eng subs as far as I know. You can find the raw episodes in several places tho like maplestage and youtube. Maybe someone will pick this up later.
Pretty sure this is completed but I can't mark it as completed >>.
That is because in the details there is no date for when it finished airing so the option completed is blocked because the system assumes the drama has not finished airing. I think that should be solved by editing the details and adding the date it finished airing. Let me try.
Zheng Shuang playing a robot? This might be the drama that will give her the award for best actress. She fits this role perfectly. Sorry, I am being kinda rude.
But I have only watched 2 dramas where she was the female lead and she decreased the value of both dramas to the point I almost dropped them. She is just so expressionless that you cannot feel any connection to her characters. Like she is simply memorising her lines and saying them out loud without actually acting them.
Since then I have stayed away from any drama where she is the lead even if the drama looks interesting. As soon as I see her in the cast (as a main character ofc) I give up on that drama right away.
The 2 dramas I mentioned above, actually now that I think...I watched 3 dramas with her as the female lead: The Cage of Love, Love Through a Millennium and Love O2O.
I almost dropped each and every of them at some point because of her. I have nothing against the actress as a person, I don’t know her. But my honest opinion is that her acting lacks so much in expressions and feelings that it is hard to watch.
this is so weird I honestly don't remember putting this on my PTW list I wouldn't watch this kind of show based…
Same. But I actually remember having it in my PTW list pretty much since I joined MDL 2 years ago. I am just not sure why I added it in the first place but looking at the trailer and summary this looks just like one of those chinese dramas with too many episodes and too many characters taking screen time with the main leads nowhere to be seen for a while. No, thanks. I guessed I added it since at the time there was no trailer, maybe not even a summary and I had not gone yet through the frustrating experience of watching a draggy chinese drama. Moved from PTW to NI.
He's a stripper at a nightclub lol not a prostitute.
Are you sure? I have not watched this larkorn but the trailer makes it look like the nightclub is not the only place where he is taking off his clothes. Unless the woman that is shown in the trailer is like his crazy ex-girlfriend that wants him back or something but it did not look like it.
It could have been better. The female lead’s back and forth between the male leads and her indecisiveness made me unable to like her. I did not hate her, but I could not connect to her either since I would not make the same thoughtless decisions she made on several occasions.
And the script itself was not that interesting. There were a lot of skippable scenes.
Good. Not amazing but better than a lot of chinese dramas out there that give way too much screen time to supporting characters leaving the main leads to the side. It does still have a lot of skippable scenes but it is not as draggy as the average chinese drama. Although there is no mistake that this is a romance drama, it is more about how the main lead goes from an unemployed "disaster" to a person who gets lucky and enter the company by mistake but is able to keep his spot because although he lacks in background and experience, he is a talented person that is able to find solutions to problems that other deem impossible or too hard to solve. If it being so business focused is a pro or a con it depends on your personal preference.
Like I said, it was good but not amazing so I probably won’t re-watch it, at least not anytime soon.
You know what? I think all the good comments in here are too fake. It is a big surprise that it is a huge number…
Unfortunately there are not many female leads that fit into your and my personal preferences and the few I have seen were from dramas I have watched some time ago. Haven’t seen many female leads like that recently, Ming Lan being an exception. But if I do remember any I will let you know. What kind of dramas do you watch?
You know what? I think all the good comments in here are too fake. It is a big surprise that it is a huge number…
I have already watched Dong Yi a few years ago but thank you for recommending it. It was a pretty good drama. I like it when the female lead is not the typical type. I like strong, smart, calm female leads since they are so rare. Ming Lan is all this but that does not make her boring. In fact she is one of the best female leads I have seen. Her character is really interesting. Wish we got more female leads like her in other dramas.
This could have been quite a nice drama if it was not for the clichés and annoying/frustrating plot devices of the second half of the drama. And as usual supporting characters getting more screen time than they should, together with the bad subs on youtube that are not properly synchronized and are missing in some parts....I was not able to enjoy it as much as I could have. The premise and first half were pretty good so it is a shame that yet again a drama is ruined in the second half. And let’s not even talk about the ending. They used one of the most annoying and most common clichés in dramas with romance. Sigh - . -
You know what? I think all the good comments in here are too fake. It is a big surprise that it is a huge number…
Like BikiLee said it comes down to personal preferences. True, I felt bored most of the time while watching it. True, I think it is overrated if you think about all the aspects of it. I honestly could not give it a high rating like most people because I did not enjoy it enough for that. That does not mean the drama is not good tho. And of course the main leads chosen and the fact that they got married and this is their first drama together as main leads might influence the ratings but I believe some people might have honestly enjoyed it despite the slow pace because of the female lead.
She is completely different from most female leads out there. When a female lead is kind she tends to be naive and even dumb, a crybaby sometimes and gets everyone in trouble. When a female lead is smart or strong she tends to lack in human relationships being quite rude and sometimes even insensible or just not knowing how to interact with other people. Ming Lan is neither of those.
She is kind but not dumb, she is smart but not indifferent to other people’s situations. She does not cause problems to others, yell like a crazy person or cry all the time. She is composed, always planing things carefully and doing things in benefit of her and people around her. She does not let people step all over her and knows how to stand up for herself and make them get their punishment, but she is not ruthless or vindictive about it. That makes her one of the easiest to like female leads out there.
You mentioned Nirvana in Fire. A lot of people say good things about it. But when I tried to watch it I ended up dropping it. Does that mean it is not a good drama? No. I recognize all their strategy and planing was quite smart but it was just not what I was looking for at the time. Maybe someday I will try to watch it again and think WOW, this is so good, but for now it is still a drama that I was not able to finish because I was not in the mood to watch that kind of drama.
So I guess this was either not your kind of drama or you were just not in the mood to watch it. Also, I don’t know if you watched it until the end or not but the first 20 episodes or so are the slowest and most boring, so if you dropped it before reaching the better part I would understand why you feel that way about this drama.
Like I said, I was bored most of the time and did not have much enjoyment from watching it but that does not mean the drama is not good. Is it overrated? Maybe. But I never trusted MDL’s ratings anyway. Some of the dramas I liked were rated below 7 and there were several rated 9 and above that I dropped without giving it a second thought.
I enjoyed it as much as I hated it and although this might not be for everyone’s taste and with all it’s obvious flaws, this was made in a way that if you are able to stand the first few episodes, then you will most likely find yourself watching all of it, even if you feel like you are forcing yourself.
I was not happy about the ending but I guess it went the same direction as most of it had gone so far - frustrating until the end. So I can’t really say I hated it since any other ending might have seemed out of place as much as I wished for it. Also, this has plenty of romance but it is not by any means the main focus and that becomes more obvious as you keep watching. Remember the title of the drama (The Last Empress) and you will understand what is the real focus of the drama and be able to accept the way it ends.
Conclusion: marriages between more than 2 individuals have a high chance of going wrong, and by that I do not mean getting a divorce wrong, I mean someone is going to die wrong.
But I have only watched 2 dramas where she was the female lead and she decreased the value of both dramas to the point I almost dropped them. She is just so expressionless that you cannot feel any connection to her characters. Like she is simply memorising her lines and saying them out loud without actually acting them.
Since then I have stayed away from any drama where she is the lead even if the drama looks interesting. As soon as I see her in the cast (as a main character ofc) I give up on that drama right away.
The 2 dramas I mentioned above, actually now that I think...I watched 3 dramas with her as the female lead: The Cage of Love, Love Through a Millennium and Love O2O.
I almost dropped each and every of them at some point because of her. I have nothing against the actress as a person, I don’t know her. But my honest opinion is that her acting lacks so much in expressions and feelings that it is hard to watch.
And the script itself was not that interesting. There were a lot of skippable scenes.
Like I said, it was good but not amazing so I probably won’t re-watch it, at least not anytime soon.
She is completely different from most female leads out there. When a female lead is kind she tends to be naive and even dumb, a crybaby sometimes and gets everyone in trouble. When a female lead is smart or strong she tends to lack in human relationships being quite rude and sometimes even insensible or just not knowing how to interact with other people. Ming Lan is neither of those.
She is kind but not dumb, she is smart but not indifferent to other people’s situations. She does not cause problems to others, yell like a crazy person or cry all the time. She is composed, always planing things carefully and doing things in benefit of her and people around her. She does not let people step all over her and knows how to stand up for herself and make them get their punishment, but she is not ruthless or vindictive about it. That makes her one of the easiest to like female leads out there.
You mentioned Nirvana in Fire. A lot of people say good things about it. But when I tried to watch it I ended up dropping it. Does that mean it is not a good drama? No. I recognize all their strategy and planing was quite smart but it was just not what I was looking for at the time. Maybe someday I will try to watch it again and think WOW, this is so good, but for now it is still a drama that I was not able to finish because I was not in the mood to watch that kind of drama.
So I guess this was either not your kind of drama or you were just not in the mood to watch it. Also, I don’t know if you watched it until the end or not but the first 20 episodes or so are the slowest and most boring, so if you dropped it before reaching the better part I would understand why you feel that way about this drama.
Like I said, I was bored most of the time and did not have much enjoyment from watching it but that does not mean the drama is not good. Is it overrated? Maybe. But I never trusted MDL’s ratings anyway. Some of the dramas I liked were rated below 7 and there were several rated 9 and above that I dropped without giving it a second thought.