Im only at ep11, has anybody complained yet about her lack of scarring. Now wet these two short tidy little scars on her shoulder. Successful generals who fight alongside their men and have risen through the ranks are usually quite scarred no matter how skilled. Would Xiao Jue in this show have loved her for her scars, not. Cheng Lei and Zhou Ye are heating up the screen but how long can I stand her breathy voice actor and ZY's depiction of He Yan's bizarrely chirpy 'disguise' as a soldier of the line...not sure.
I think the kdrama version is more interesting sociologically than the cdrama -- SK seems really reluctant to drop the blinders about the only family being the stereotypical one and letting everyone else faces social ostracization. This is more progressive than it looks in context.
I need to make a collection of creepy evil moms in kdrama lately. Sanha's is the worst. The worst.
Hao Fu Shen -- Earth Rabbit year (99), Hu Yi Yao -- Earth Tiger year (98); the casting director must have laughed and laughed! The kids make their rent from these 12-18 minuter dramas, more power to them!
Ep4. Bulky and butch CG wolves -- game/myth imagery? I missed that she used her breastband to tie up her arm wounds, but now makes sense. Still, great emotional acting throughout. She made Wang Pa her devoted follower, "build a better army out of the scum of the earth" trope. Wonderful economical use of it.
Roh Jeong Eui is one of those child actresses whose acting is still stuck in the polite and smiley mode (well not in the Witch, but in general she is in command of very few visible microexpressions ), but best wishes to her and her continued professional growth. Bae In Hyuk is a secret power who just needs the right vehicle to shine, so hoping for the best.
Would love to see this kind of article at the very beginning of each month 💖>>>>THIS.PLEASE MDL,…
I agree too.Thank you, lo_ve. A monthly segment.
Even tho I am restricted to Viki and Netflix I want to know what actor is doing what, which tropes and plots are popular, and, if my service picks it up, whether it looks interesting.
I really do have serious feminist cred and am ancient, so i do always have concerns in romance shows too.
And cherry did what she did in a very responsible altho still scary way. She saved her money to do the hong kong search and in the end only went when she finally got his address. She had solid family connections with his cousin and his wife. And she stayed in touch with her family and friends while she was there. Cherry was a good girl and was written as a responsible person.
When I read your review I kept saying in my head, Yes..but no. Yes.. but no. I thought she was mothering him yes. I wasnt sure if I wanted her to turn the taxi around, yes.
In a show without murderers etc, believing in the characters so much that their right to choose is visceral is really great directing and acting, I think this was realistic, naturalistic acting. The plot was still a romance plot with some of the usual improbables.....it does manage to mix possible interpretations successfully...
I really hate self-sacrificial heroines in kdrama too, and I think they usually come along with beefcake camera shots, dramas entering on guys. I dont think as some do that ZLH was shortchanged in this story, but he wasnt improbable beefcake. I think we mostly see him struggling to maintain himeself in his own family's scenes. They ground him down so much that he could only just hang on.
Cherrry was the healthiest happiest person but I wouldnt like my daughter or any other girl to wait as cherry does. Her family though respect her feelings;, and struggle on their own with his awful family. I dont think that she would have been able still to function as well as she did, going to school, being with friends etc. without a really good upbringing.
I changed slowly in my opinion of this relationship during those indorm scenes with the older girls. I felt with them that I was looking at something unusual, to be respected, something really romantic. Their own choices, their own love lives were also respected, at least I think so.
In the end I think I went for the interpretation of this as a special love, that is portrayed openly enough that a girl could yearn for a princess boy to save, but still doubt that she would really be able or want to do the rescuing that cherry did.
In other words, a bit of a fairytale but a kind one. There were some details which made it healthier because of it being chinese. The families essentially support and respect the pair's choices even tho they express lots of worry and care about them. (even the weird mother gave cherry some respect face to face as she got older).
If you have seen 25/21, that bothered me too a lot, but it made me believe as it did this time around in the weirdly difficult and tragic position many young lovers were put in by the IMF crisis and the consequent bereakdown of community structures all thru the region.
I woke up a few days ago and all the negatives were at the top and all the positives/high rated with lots of likes…
They both gave the performance of their careers so far, as I have already said. I dont know how to analyze why the reviewers say the story is boring or the acting is bad without being really rude, even for this space.
But I will try. It is pearl-clutching orientalism (and naive ignorance)to complain because one show in one style doesnt conform to another style that you enjoy.
Then to act as if you know anything at all about international cinema, especially pretending that asian drama must fit your preferences in romedy! Romedy in SK and China even have their different stylistics, and if you cant be bothered to find out about anything different further on in , thenintenion, style, genre...!
This is definitely not romedy. As I have said elsewhere it hits a unique (in my ignorance it could be much more generalized, but I think so) balance. The acting is naturalistic, the plot less so, just enough to still be fun.
The amount of realism used in modern asian dramas varies from country to country and within each genre. To be honest it tracks western practice pretty well. . Nobody has to be an expert. But everyone should be honest with themselves about the limits of their knowledge
If you want to judge by the standards of your own english-speaking country then you should know enough to be informed and respectful. Take a broader view. There is a process going on now where cinemas from various countries meet each other in the streaming medium. Its interesting and its fun.
But from the point of the big services puffing yourself up by pretending to be 'critical' is like a bunch of squeaking mice to them. The US and English speaking market is a saturated and bloody competition but thesuccess of big competitors' outreach to the non-English speaking market is where the winners will be decided. 2/3 of netflix subscribers live in countries where English is not spoken.
Ok, I only used the word ignorance once. Thats the best I can do.
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Successful generals who fight alongside their men and have risen through the ranks are usually quite scarred no matter how skilled.
Would Xiao Jue in this show have loved her for her scars, not.
Cheng Lei and Zhou Ye are heating up the screen but how long can I stand her breathy voice actor and ZY's depiction of He Yan's bizarrely chirpy 'disguise' as a soldier of the line...not sure.
Suspension of disbelief only goes si far.
I need to make a collection of creepy evil moms in kdrama lately. Sanha's is the worst. The worst.
The point about 'ghosting' and tech is so well taken.
Even tho I am restricted to Viki and Netflix I want to know what actor is doing what, which tropes and plots are popular, and, if my service picks it up, whether it looks interesting.
I really do have serious feminist cred and am ancient, so i do always have concerns in romance shows too.
And cherry did what she did in a very responsible altho still scary way. She saved her money to do the hong kong search and in the end only went when she finally got his address. She had solid family connections with his cousin and his wife. And she stayed in touch with her family and friends while she was there. Cherry was a good girl and was written as a responsible person.
In a show without murderers etc, believing in the characters so much that their right to choose is visceral is really great directing and acting, I think this was realistic, naturalistic acting. The plot was still a romance plot with some of the usual improbables.....it does manage to mix possible interpretations successfully...
I really hate self-sacrificial heroines in kdrama too, and I think they usually come along with beefcake camera shots, dramas entering on guys. I dont think as some do that ZLH was shortchanged in this story, but he wasnt improbable beefcake. I think we mostly see him struggling to maintain himeself in his own family's scenes. They ground him down so much that he could only just hang on.
Cherrry was the healthiest happiest person but I wouldnt like my daughter or any other girl to wait as cherry does. Her family though respect her feelings;, and struggle on their own with his awful family. I dont think that she would have been able still to function as well as she did, going to school, being with friends etc. without a really good upbringing.
I changed slowly in my opinion of this relationship during those indorm scenes with the older girls. I felt with them that I was looking at something unusual, to be respected, something really romantic. Their own choices, their own love lives were also respected, at least I think so.
In the end I think I went for the interpretation of this as a special love, that is portrayed openly enough that a girl could yearn for a princess boy to save, but still doubt that she would really be able or want to do the rescuing that cherry did.
In other words, a bit of a fairytale but a kind one. There were some details which made it healthier because of it being chinese. The families essentially support and respect the pair's choices even tho they express lots of worry and care about them. (even the weird mother gave cherry some respect face to face as she got older).
If you have seen 25/21, that bothered me too a lot, but it made me believe as it did this time around in the weirdly difficult and tragic position many young lovers were put in by the IMF crisis and the consequent bereakdown of community structures all thru the region.
But I will try. It is pearl-clutching orientalism (and naive ignorance)to complain because one show in one style doesnt conform to another style that you enjoy.
Then to act as if you know anything at all about international cinema, especially pretending that asian drama must fit your preferences in romedy! Romedy in SK and China even have their different stylistics, and if you cant be bothered to find out about anything different further on in , thenintenion, style, genre...!
This is definitely not romedy. As I have said elsewhere it hits a unique (in my ignorance it could be much more generalized, but I think so) balance. The acting is naturalistic, the plot less so, just enough to still be fun.
The amount of realism used in modern asian dramas varies from country to country and within each genre. To be honest it tracks western practice pretty well. . Nobody has to be an expert. But everyone should be honest with themselves about the limits of their knowledge
If you want to judge by the standards of your own english-speaking country then you should know enough to be informed and respectful. Take a broader view. There is a process going on now where cinemas from various countries meet each other in the streaming medium. Its interesting and its fun.
But from the point of the big services puffing yourself up by pretending to be 'critical' is like a bunch of squeaking mice to them. The US and English speaking market is a saturated and bloody competition but thesuccess of big competitors' outreach to the non-English speaking market is where the winners will be decided. 2/3 of netflix subscribers live in countries where English is not spoken.
Ok, I only used the word ignorance once. Thats the best I can do.