And thanks to LA for posting this. Like the pics. Less of the weird Chinese fan and industry collusion sore points please!
Just because I have the chance: Cant wait to see TXW again because her performance in POJ was such a step up from her previous. Hope its a breakthrough for her. ZLH's portrayal in POJ of a man in love was something new for me, I dont think I have seen that in drama before. Hope he doesnt get stuck back into tsundere roles in his next projects.
For the poverty stricken netflix and viki watchers this is like standing outside of the candy store window in the snow! Actually what's worse, in a classic Pavlovian style training regime, the industry suddenly drops major blockbusters at irregular intervals onto both networks. Severe desire and addiction results!
This turns out to be fantastic! Thought it would be the usual supernatural-action, but its Taiwanese! Intimate acting in small spaces with a clear vertical transit space straight to hell.
The demons cohabit with humans who are even worse-behaved. Gods order the poor ML around but keep at a distance themselves from human life as humans have the freedom to choose.
Very weird choice of shows to highlight Choo Young Woo's amazing abilitiues. As an actor he already is LSY's match, easily. For main roles , he slayed as a highschooler in If This love Disappears tonight ('26) or as the spicy doctor in Ju JiHoon's Trauma Code ('25). Who can forget CYW shrieking as he is force-rappeled from a helicopter down a sheer rock face? As a doppelganger role in The tale of Lady Ok ('24)he was one of the most romantic main leads of the year, and the most un-romantic second lead ever. And he was excellent in Head over Heels last year.
Wuxia, Xuanhuan, Romance, Fantasy.It is original script
thanks. Happy watching, just it seems as if genres are evolving so fast I have to guess my way into the show for a bit before I can rest easy and predict anything. Although I am wicked happy with the butterfly demon just showing up in his silken train so mysteriously.
What would you all call this genre? -- Im here for Edward Guo but why does each character have so many aliases? Are we going to go back through previous reincarnations?
don’t think so.. apparently it was inspired by the director’s love of video games because that’s how generals…
Yes, I read that they were gamers. I feel like that influences the way they feel about war -- it isnt masses of people rushing at each other, but one on one moments. Probably in games and animes the feathers have gone into another level of significance-- images morph like that.
I don't know if they are historically accurate, but I think I saw them in another drama too
I read that the feathers together with the special headset to hold them on are standard indicators (i.e. one look and you know the character)in opera for a general/military hero. What I thought was cool is that there is an art in opera to indicating your emotions with your feathers -- pride, surprise etc.
When I saw the Marquis first wearing them when he enters the military camp (in Yanzhou?) for the first time I was looking for the sign language but he seemed so dejected and tired ...in the entry into the capital he had them bobbing along proudly and properly.
If it is an official account then the point is not to target Zhang Linghe, but to curtail the 'female general' plot popularity in future, and probably put a damper on the female-centric plots as well. The govt has been consistent in condemning the 'feminization' of Chinese men for years. It is creepy and bizarre but it isnt about the actor. . The comments of the public are directed at the actor's image before and after the filming; ZLH is also a model and is consistently underweight, like many actors. ZLH gained weight and transformed his stance and posture for the role of the Marquis, and in the show Pursuit of Jade looks very much like what he is, a man nearing 30 years old.
It is a pity that such an elegant and popular show should have been chosen for this sort of official criticism. "It got too big" say some, or, it is big enough not to suffer too much from the official and indirect criticisms.
However, 0dds are ZLH will soon be doing those obligatory movies with plots involving the battles of the Chinese military. And NO WOMEN ALLOWED!
new list possibility, alternate titles for the sequel. (T102 said) NingNing and the Falcon. Mine arent very good. Babe of the North. Li Huai'an meets his Destiny. The Rose Hairpin. (not sure what flower actually?) Happy Families. With Gongsun Yin and Qi Shu's many children.
I felt bad fo Li Huai An. I think he deserved a better ending.
Oh shoot, I forgot him. I did write a note beforehand. Me too, I felt bad for him. But he actively colluded with QiMin. Those who plotted against the state were executed, Wei Yan, QiMin, and Tutor Li got executed. Their remaining families all escaped judgement.
Li Huai'An only followed orders, but neverthe less could have had Bao-er killed. This may be a moral point -- you must follow your conscience in these grand matters? He was exempted from execution, and I am not sure why? He feels his guilt and so he gave all the families wealth away? Or was the clan demoted?
Maybe the good ending is his repentance, I felt my inner voice saying, "well, maybe he will meet a nice girl up in the north..".
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Less of the weird Chinese fan and industry collusion sore points please!
Just because I have the chance:
Cant wait to see TXW again because her performance in POJ was such a step up from her previous. Hope its a breakthrough for her.
ZLH's portrayal in POJ of a man in love was something new for me, I dont think I have seen that in drama before. Hope he doesnt get stuck back into tsundere roles in his next projects.
Actually what's worse, in a classic Pavlovian style training regime, the industry suddenly drops major blockbusters at irregular intervals onto both networks. Severe desire and addiction results!
The demons cohabit with humans who are even worse-behaved. Gods order the poor ML around but keep at a distance themselves from human life as humans have the freedom to choose.
For main roles , he slayed as a highschooler in If This love Disappears tonight ('26) or as the spicy doctor in Ju JiHoon's Trauma Code ('25). Who can forget CYW shrieking as he is force-rappeled from a helicopter down a sheer rock face? As a doppelganger role in The tale of Lady Ok ('24)he was one of the most romantic main leads of the year, and the most un-romantic second lead ever. And he was excellent in Head over Heels last year.
Probably in games and animes the feathers have gone into another level of significance-- images morph like that.
When I saw the Marquis first wearing them when he enters the military camp (in Yanzhou?) for the first time I was looking for the sign language but he seemed so dejected and tired ...in the entry into the capital he had them bobbing along proudly and properly.
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The comments of the public are directed at the actor's image before and after the filming; ZLH is also a model and is consistently underweight, like many actors. ZLH gained weight and transformed his stance and posture for the role of the Marquis, and in the show Pursuit of Jade looks very much like what he is, a man nearing 30 years old.
It is a pity that such an elegant and popular show should have been chosen for this sort of official criticism. "It got too big" say some, or, it is big enough not to suffer too much from the official and indirect criticisms.
However, 0dds are ZLH will soon be doing those obligatory movies with plots involving the battles of the Chinese military. And NO WOMEN ALLOWED!
POJ has made it today to #12 on the Flixpatrol worldwide Netflix ranking.
If only it would catch on in Brazil, Japan and Mexico.
(T102 said) NingNing and the Falcon.
Mine arent very good.
Babe of the North. Li Huai'an meets his Destiny.
The Rose Hairpin. (not sure what flower actually?)
Happy Families. With Gongsun Yin and Qi Shu's many children.
Li Huai'An only followed orders, but neverthe less could have had Bao-er killed. This may be a moral point -- you must follow your conscience in these grand matters? He was exempted from execution, and I am not sure why? He feels his guilt and so he gave all the families wealth away? Or was the clan demoted?
Maybe the good ending is his repentance, I felt my inner voice saying, "well, maybe he will meet a nice girl up in the north..".