Here is one weird thing -- in kdrama these huge tall guys are never shot as large as they are in order not to make other actors seem dwarfish. All sorts of tricks are employed.
But when a Korean guy is inserted into a jdrama their height is emphasized...for humor? because to the Japanese it seems freakish? The japanese male actors dont mind being in the same frame...?
EP19. So the County Princess Li You Zhen is the witness figure. The love between Liu Chang and herself started off this train of events. What will she do?
For those done, I am planning to follow the director Ding Zi Guang's previous work. Most of it is available on viki or netflix, and I liked Meet Yourself. I already spent time in between Parts1&2 looking at LX and YZ's previous work.
It is hard to follow chinese directors so I want to seize the chance. DZG looks as if he will do more interesting work, altho maybe in the modern vein, as in his previous.
The entire premise of the drama is very unrealistic, but it's addictive. Can't stop watching til the end even…
I know what you mean by addictive. I started to watch this by mistake!
About the scorpios, I have a theory that casting directors might pick leads by their chinese years. Lin Xin Yi is another one of the great cohort of Fire Rat women born in 1998, and Luo Zheng is a handsome Wood Pig from 1995 (a good example is LeeDo Hyun) . Good chemistry, more or less. Not too sure about the wood and fire...
I am hooked, unfortunately. No matter how cliched, no matter how melodramatic, thats how soap opera works, on ep20, my mistake. Somehow I misread this and thought it would be a snappy little 8EP chinese bite-sizer. Then I kept saying, just a pair more episodes, then I'll turn out the light...
EP18. In a kdrama, at 13.5 hrs, we would be done except for babies and maybe one attempted murder. Married, brave and praised by all can our leads relax? Nope, its Cdrama and the lead just referred to several disaster-bringing fireworks displays, and then he tries again. Ill omened.
EP17. Well then. I want to start a collection of the fanciest, weirdest, most complicated, most brilliant Cdrama weddings, but this one will have a special category! Fill-in the blanks, yall. Tender, intimate and private, like an anti-wedding (no family? heck?), but still...
When, earlier in the evening, drunk on the wedding wine (of course she saved it! ) they finally have a romantic discussion, after all this waiting, it was surprisingly and unexpectedly evocative.
I have things to say about the use of political speech in Cdrama being parallel to product placement in Kdrama, especially as to how they are changing. But, on the other hand, here i t is possible that I am only recognizing what may be obvious to speakers of mandarin, that political speech and poetic speech have a sort of generality that can be used to enrich lover's talk....especially in the long-term of 40 episodes.
Somehow all they finally said gathered up all the previous rancorous discussions of care for each others' welfare and made both of them seem more righteous, less obtuse. It gave her dignity and made it clear that each had been hearing what the other had to say under the surface, and both had been struggling with it.
My favorite move so far on the intimacy front was Li Xian's handsome hand on Yangzi's long neck as they dive back into bed the morning after.
How far ahead did Mu Dan plan? The wine was on the boat, carefully saved from the end of Part One? How long did she need to drill into Changyang's stubborn head that she would not leave him no matter what?
Enhypen on cantabile -- what about the Rose??????????????? All of these firsts also hit by the Rose????????????
I was talking about Coachella where the rose was a total crowd favorite, and the huge crowds the rose draws on its overseas tours. And its musicianship and its ever evolving. self recreation. I still hope for August, when the rose will be back home in seoul...
EP18 standouts! Yonghwa! Still the best growl and shout (cnblue), but he came on as a solo act and his soft vocals were brilliant.
Check out G0nny, PBG's find, she was great, young and infectious . PBG posts younger acts of his choice online too, and the show has an online duet place and issues some material.
New clips out and what do we learn:1. Looks like JCY is demoted - no gold belt. 2. House arrest?3. Divorce4. She's…
oooh. thanks for the update. but please please put yr spoiler veil on. sometimes i want to know ahead of time but sometimes i dont. here in northeast us on viki we get new eps late at night as well as being behind yr viewing schedule, so right now i am only at ep14.
I'm behind as I have been a bit busy lately. I am on episode 7 now and want to check on anyone who has read this…
I would go with two themes -- the tragedy of obsessive love and the'absolute power corrupts absolutely'. Any historical Cdrama is definitely not going for realism, but they do love 'great' themes.
The County Princess demanded that Liu Chang , her long-time lover, not consummate his marriage to mu dan so she could have him. Liu Chang's obsession with mu dan is plain wild operatic madness . He never loved her while he had her but now that he divorced her he wants her? Nutcase obsessive possessive male weirdness. The County Princess' craziness comes from close contact with his, I think...or just because she is a wildly spoiled imperial brat prone to excessive romanticism.
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But when a Korean guy is inserted into a jdrama their height is emphasized...for humor? because to the Japanese it seems freakish? The japanese male actors dont mind being in the same frame...?
For those done, I am planning to follow the director Ding Zi Guang's previous work. Most of it is available on viki or netflix, and I liked Meet Yourself. I already spent time in between Parts1&2 looking at LX and YZ's previous work.
It is hard to follow chinese directors so I want to seize the chance. DZG looks as if he will do more interesting work, altho maybe in the modern vein, as in his previous.
About the scorpios, I have a theory that casting directors might pick leads by their chinese years. Lin Xin Yi is another one of the great cohort of Fire Rat women born in 1998, and Luo Zheng is a handsome Wood Pig from 1995 (a good example is LeeDo Hyun) . Good chemistry, more or less. Not too sure about the wood and fire...
Nope, its Cdrama and the lead just referred to several disaster-bringing fireworks displays, and then he tries again. Ill omened.
sorry abt below, i missed the spoiler button at the last minute.
When, earlier in the evening, drunk on the wedding wine (of course she saved it! ) they finally have a romantic discussion, after all this waiting, it was surprisingly and unexpectedly evocative.
I have things to say about the use of political speech in Cdrama being parallel to product placement in Kdrama, especially as to how they are changing. But, on the other hand, here i t is possible that I am only recognizing what may be obvious to speakers of mandarin, that political speech and poetic speech have a sort of generality that can be used to enrich lover's talk....especially in the long-term of 40 episodes.
Somehow all they finally said gathered up all the previous rancorous discussions of care for each others' welfare and made both of them seem more righteous, less obtuse. It gave her dignity and made it clear that each had been hearing what the other had to say under the surface, and both had been struggling with it.
My favorite move so far on the intimacy front was Li Xian's handsome hand on Yangzi's long neck as they dive back into bed the morning after.
How far ahead did Mu Dan plan? The wine was on the boat, carefully saved from the end of Part One? How long did she need to drill into Changyang's stubborn head that she would not leave him no matter what?
Grown-up love can frighten the lovers themselves.
Check out G0nny, PBG's find, she was great, young and infectious . PBG posts younger acts of his choice online too, and the show has an online duet place and issues some material.
(still no one is watching, sigh)
The County Princess demanded that Liu Chang , her long-time lover, not consummate his marriage to mu dan so she could have him. Liu Chang's obsession with mu dan is plain wild operatic madness . He never loved her while he had her but now that he divorced her he wants her? Nutcase obsessive possessive male weirdness. The County Princess' craziness comes from close contact with his, I think...or just because she is a wildly spoiled imperial brat prone to excessive romanticism.