Can anyone recommend any other cdramas please? Not necessarily similar to POJ per se, I'm just looking for something…
POJ represents a developing area in cdrama. You need to try simpler genres with less expectation from the past. I just watched all of the director of POJs old work. All very good. The Double is great, a melo with a sad ending. Cdrama does tragedy with class. Right now I am happily watching a cute rom-com Warm on a Cold Night. cdrama also does sweet comedies.
On today's new observations from rewatching; after killing a person for the first time in ep.7, before Mrs Zhao…
Ep7 is important somehow -- she as the protectress, but also he as a military commander who knows exactly what she is going through, and in the fight, he knew he had to lend his ability to plan on the spot for multiple opponents and execute and efficiently use energy to back her up (literal metaphor!!). I like the way the character can be completely vulnerable as he is rescued but in a split second his training and abilities come through. Phooey on those who cannot see what a mensch the Marquis is.
I thought the political intrigue at the end was messy and confusing. I didnt fully understand wei yan motivation…
Wei Yan: he is almost a walking allegory for the danger of prizing stability over transparency and the messy business of justice, isnt he? He 'saved' the ruling house....
His reasons were honor, passion and love for Qi rongyin, the imperial concubine -- but in my book given the amount of suffering he caused untold regular people he does not deserve reincarnation ever and it is good that his execution is not shown.
Ep 9 5mins.in... OurTwo tucked tightly into bed withg covers up to their armpits, the Zhaos spreadeagled against the street's lights outside their door. CY to YZ - "Dont Worry. I have no improper thoughts." good to know.
Ep1-2 Zhao Lusi has this strange sneaky look going on here. We are clearly told several times that the fact that she has grown up in a hostile and chaotic household accounts for her 'character faults'. And, celebrating being subtle, controlled, strategic and cool in a classical cdrama style may be equivalent to losing an anchor in the modern world for oneself -- in a dream of a false past.
Nevertheless she does the poorly brought up gawky almost out of her teens role very well. So well that she is annoying.
OKAY I DROPPED BUT I WANTED TO SEE MY QUEEN LI MENG. SHE IS IN EP 8???
yes mam, she is the mom of Li Ce, the Prince of Biantang who takes Ch Qiao home for some reason I forget. She is pretty scary, and completely gorgeous.
angles, levels. I have heard of boxes to stand on too.
Now that is an interesting question. Why should she look small? I did think of it in the alley scene in ep7 when she faces Zhuge Yue and flashes back to serious confrontations earlier... I was thinking of the difference in status, shown visually despite her veneer. Slave vs. noble. Somewhat quixotic revolutionary vs. ruler. She was very young when she first met ZY? So in their memories she is short but mighty?
Ep8 Now is when the 'veteran' actress and actor show their strengths and enrich the narrative -- in their 30's, and at the bend of 1/5th the cdrama.
Li Meng as the cold Queen of Biantang, in as messy a palace court as you will ever see, is convincing and detailed. Unlike many a mad queen, condemned for her cruelty, condoned partially for her sufferings at the hands of those with more power, Li Meng portrays a queen who stands out as an individual, rational and driven, cold and supported by the most unusually beautiful eunuch.
And Zhao Lu La as General Cheng, is always so interesting, the minute we look at that scarred cheek again. It is a complicated role, yet simple, a military man threading the needle of loyalty to the Yanbei coalition and caution when around the unbalanced Yan Xun. We will see him soonish, in Road to Glory as a Prince -- step up or down?
Never watched C-Drama before. Would you recommend Pursuit of Jade as the first C-Drama?
My first cdrama love was Love between Fairy and Devil, my second love was The Double.
But this year and last year have been so amazing, you probably need to focus on your genre.
Nothing wrong with exploring and picking up then dropping a good half dozen to get a feel for what is happening.
Since the genres and audience expectations have been very fluid lately, do try a few oldies to get an idea of where anything which feels unusual to you in new stuff might be coming from.
1. The actress HTT is a real person, not some clickbait. She started working in the industry at the age of ten. It is insanely difficult for child actors to graduate to adult roles because directors get stuck in stereotypes when they cast. She is a professional actress and this is a good break for her. Dont ruin her chance just for lack of something better (and certainty more truthful) to say about the drama.
2, She was of age. Filming was scheduled to start in dec24/Jan25. She reached legal majority in july of 25. In China she probably was informally already considered to be in the 18yrold cohort. Every legal precaution was surely taken care of.
3. Yes, the lovely Li Yun Rui was born in 96. The gods have blessed him with an ageless face. HTT is from '07, ZKL is from '01. BUT since they are actors, it is ok for them to play all sorts of ages in their roles. The actual question is not, is HTT too young, but is LYR too old? Of course not, we all roar with one voice!
The weird thing abt all this is, we are writing on an Asiandrama list. The most well-worn popular trope in Asian drama is Daddy's girl. The man who loves you forever. Fictional age-gap is this industry's bread-and-butter.
RL age-gaps between MLs/FLs happen for all kinds of bts commercial reasons. There are protocols in the industry. I am not saying get over it, but there are some serious fictional age-gaps out there that all these haters could really get their teeth into. Why are they here, in this little drama?
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The Double is great, a melo with a sad ending. Cdrama does tragedy with class. Right now I am happily watching a cute rom-com Warm on a Cold Night. cdrama also does sweet comedies.
I like the way the character can be completely vulnerable as he is rescued but in a split second his training and abilities come through.
Phooey on those who cannot see what a mensch the Marquis is.
His reasons were honor, passion and love for Qi rongyin, the imperial concubine -- but in my book given the amount of suffering he caused untold regular people he does not deserve reincarnation ever and it is good that his execution is not shown.
OurTwo tucked tightly into bed withg covers up to their armpits, the Zhaos spreadeagled against the street's lights outside their door.
CY to YZ - "Dont Worry. I have no improper thoughts."
good to know.
the tangerine kiss is coming.
Zhao Lusi has this strange sneaky look going on here. We are clearly told several times that the fact that she has grown up in a hostile and chaotic household accounts for her 'character faults'. And, celebrating being subtle, controlled, strategic and cool in a classical cdrama style may be equivalent to losing an anchor in the modern world for oneself -- in a dream of a false past.
Nevertheless she does the poorly brought up gawky almost out of her teens role very well. So well that she is annoying.
I did think of it in the alley scene in ep7 when she faces Zhuge Yue and flashes back to serious confrontations earlier...
I was thinking of the difference in status, shown visually despite her veneer.
Slave vs. noble.
Somewhat quixotic revolutionary vs. ruler.
She was very young when she first met ZY? So in their memories she is short but mighty?
Now is when the 'veteran' actress and actor show their strengths and enrich the narrative -- in their 30's, and at the bend of 1/5th the cdrama.
Li Meng as the cold Queen of Biantang, in as messy a palace court as you will ever see, is convincing and detailed. Unlike many a mad queen, condemned for her cruelty, condoned partially for her sufferings at the hands of those with more power, Li Meng portrays a queen who stands out as an individual, rational and driven, cold and supported by the most unusually beautiful eunuch.
And Zhao Lu La as General Cheng, is always so interesting, the minute we look at that scarred cheek again. It is a complicated role, yet simple, a military man threading the needle of loyalty to the Yanbei coalition and caution when around the unbalanced Yan Xun. We will see him soonish, in Road to Glory as a Prince -- step up or down?
I think of the climate as more like San Francisco. You need lots of sweaters.
But this year and last year have been so amazing, you probably need to focus on your genre.
Nothing wrong with exploring and picking up then dropping a good half dozen to get a feel for what is happening.
Since the genres and audience expectations have been very fluid lately, do try a few oldies to get an idea of where anything which feels unusual to you in new stuff might be coming from.
2, She was of age. Filming was scheduled to start in dec24/Jan25. She reached legal majority in july of 25. In China she probably was informally already considered to be in the 18yrold cohort. Every legal precaution was surely taken care of.
3. Yes, the lovely Li Yun Rui was born in 96. The gods have blessed him with an ageless face. HTT is from '07, ZKL is from '01. BUT since they are actors, it is ok for them to play all sorts of ages in their roles. The actual question is not, is HTT too young, but is LYR too old? Of course not, we all roar with one voice!
The weird thing abt all this is, we are writing on an Asiandrama list. The most well-worn popular trope in Asian drama is Daddy's girl. The man who loves you forever. Fictional age-gap is this industry's bread-and-butter.
RL age-gaps between MLs/FLs happen for all kinds of bts commercial reasons. There are protocols in the industry. I am not saying get over it, but there are some serious fictional age-gaps out there that all these haters could really get their teeth into. Why are they here, in this little drama?