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It was some channel on YT. I don't follow it, so I don't know if it was reliable. Something like a list of k-dramas and supposed premiere dates. The channel didn't give a specific date. Maybe in his country July is still late spring :)? For me, July 13 is ok.

I've seen all the dramas with Ji Sung. "Kill Me, Heal Me" is my favorite, but I watched "The Enterteiner" earlier and that one totally captivated me.
Actually, the first one a few years ago was Defendent, but I guess I was too young and that drama was too disturbing for me. Although I admired the actor, the drama was too heavy for me. Now I like it a lot.
I personally prefer Ji Sung in more spectacular roles with a hint of craziness. I hope we'll see something like that in "Adamas".

P.S. I miss Park Perry. And Ah Yoo Na :(

I heard somewhere that the release is supposed to be late spring or early summer. It's Korea, not China, so chances are we'll see this baby in a few months. I honestly can't wait :) There are too few actors who can act as charmingly and convincingly as Ji Sung. (Sorry, he charmed me a few months ago in The Entertainer and I'm in a phase of deep admiration for his acting talent)

Exactly, romance is romance, thriller is thriller. I like fried fish and I like apple pie, but I don't necessarily like apple pie stuffed with fried fish :)

Can I asck for a spoiler alert please? Not everyone has seen the episodes and not everyone likes to know what's going to happen before they actually watch the episode. Thank you.

I liked this drama from the first episode, but now I'm in love.... with the main male character. Ah, that scene in episode 14! Don't ask what scene, just watch it!

I wrote a joke in the forum. I admit, a bit harsh, but I've written this kind of jokes more than once and the reaction was usually moderate, modest hehe. I didn't expect that the whole crowd would come at me barking that I'm not a real fan, that in that case I shouldn't be here at all and etc. On top of that, everyone twisted my words. Not only did they not understand the joke, but they thought I said something I didn't say. Several, maybe a dozen people attacked me and one by one they lectured me and informed me what a bad person I was. A saint wouldn't stand for it and I'm no saint.
So I ask, why is it a crime for fans when someone doesn't mindlessly follow the herd but dares to criticize anything? Why do they only see one sentence out of an entire statement, on top of the way they want to see it? Why don't they ignore someone who they think has written something wrong, but crowds rush to bite them? Their every word cuts like a knife. Though they have good intentions, they turn into heizys and don't even see it. They attack, bite, lecture.

And yet for the past two years they have been repeating around: "if you find something provocative, don't react". Meanwhile, these zealots don't look whether they are attacking their home or strangers, if someone wrote something they don't like, they are ready to tear that person apart. I hope this trampling of other people raises their self-esteem.

If my banter offended anyone, I apologize. I had no such intentions. I don't apologize for biting back. When attacked, I have the right to defend myself. What I don't understand is where these attacks come from? Do people really not have the right to have a different opinion or a different sense of humor? I haven't used any personal attacks, no hate speech so why am I suddenly so hated? Even if the problem is me, shouldn't a good Xiao Zhan fan show understanding and gently suggest that I said something wrong instead of throwing fists at me?

I will defend my three views, but I will not get into a discussion with anyone. Let these people insult and hurt me all they want. It's their conscience. I have had time since February 2020 to get used to the hate.

Your avattar matches your words perfectly.

People don't read with understanding and resent others. Please read my post with understanding before you start criticizing and lecturing

Another zealous fan who knows the thoughts of his idol. Congratulations on your paranormal skills.

Everyone is a fan in the way and to the extent they want to be. I didn't know there was a "Code of Indiscriminate Deification" created somewhere that everyone has to adhere to. I thought Xiao Zhan fans were bound by the four rules announced in July 2020 and the three views. But we're already in February 2022, a lot could have changed, just. I just got back from Weibo XZ Studio and there was nothing about uncritical worship there. And I didn't see a nomination for you to have the right to lecture anyone on behalf of XZ Studio.
I would end here, but FYI learn to read because this drama is bad for me, not in general.
And if you don't understand the joke, don't ridicule yourself by making it a tragedy.
Since my account is getting on your nerves, I suggest you block it. I will block yours and we will all be happy.

For me personally, this will be a very bad drama. No criminal investigation, no police chase, no court hearing to keep me in suspense.... Just ordinary, normal life of ordinary, normal people. Not even any spaceship hovering in Earth's orbit :(
Being a Xiao Zhan fan requires a lot of sacrifices.

So far, comparing this drama with other costume c-dramas, it's pretty cool. It has a few clichés but so far I'm having a good time so currently being in episode eleven I'm giving a high 9. Probably my rating will go down as there's more and more negative stuff but so far I recommend it :)

Since Li Qin and Xiao Zhan just entered the set of a new drama, either they won't appear in JoL2, or their scenes will be few like in season 1 and they'll record them in the meantime, or they'll enter the set of JoL2 after finishing Where Dreams Begin, since that set is supposed to take 90 days, and JoL's two seasons will definitely take longer to shoot. As long as they start filming this drama at all because I've already lost hope. I mean JoL2 and 3

Don't you guys get bored with these melons? For me, they have long since rotted and are no longer fit to eat.
Every few days a new rumor. Eh...

If there are any latecomers who don't know, Xiao Zhan is now officially in the cast of Where Dreams Begin. He is partnered by Li Chin. I've seen the drama's official Weibo as well as XZ Studio's, so this is information for sure.

Thank you for the clarification. It will certainly put a few people following this topic at ease.
In fact, the creators of both series were free to do as they pleased, even without any logical connection to the book, to each other's series, or just to any logic. As far as I've seen costume c-dramas (and I've seen a few) it's impossible to find any sense in them, because all the inconvenient issues are just left out. So neither I nor anyone else on this forum knows exactly what the plot will be, what the ending will be, or what the relationships between the characters in both dramas will be. I for one don't expect any sense. I just know that certain forum etiquette requires that people be warned about spoilers and just throwing something in and hiding it as a spoiler is not a decent thing to do especially before a drama premieres when there may not be any real spoilers yet. I wanted to help out a fellow forum member because I know a little bit about this topic and thought I might help someone in need, meanwhile I ran into a minefield. So my problem is not whether the ending will be happy or sad, whether the mermaids live a thousand years and behave like retarded children or not, my problem is that someone spoiled my day and the fun of the whole series, because he did not warn that he is planting a bomb.
With all due respect to everyone participating or wanting to participate in this discussion, I'm withdrawing from the topic. Forgive me if I don't respond again. I will avoid this forum with a wide arc, which will not be a loss for anyone anyway. I just don't want any more anti-tank mines.

Can they not add it, please.
More than 95% of all dramas have romance added. People who don't like romance because they're all just as hopelessly boring have nothing to watch. You have 95% of the market to choose from, I only have 5% and they're usually really boring, moralistic dramas :(
I'm sobbing :(

No, I'm not saying that. I have no idea what kind of ending they're going to do. In my opinion, it won't be a tragedy, but it could be sad, although it depends on what makes someone sad. My point is more that we like it when characters "lived happily ever after". Shi Ying cultivated immortality, so he should live at least a hundred years. If his grave appears in a story that takes place in the next generation, it means that he probably did not even live to be seventy, and I feel sad because of that. He doesn't have to die in the series, heck, the drama can end with a big wedding, it's all the same to me. He can die 20 years after the end of the series, but I know his story won't be "happily ever after".
So a general request to everyone - really think about what and how you write. I'm sure Bezduralov had no bad intentions, but she spoiled my excitement of waiting for the drama. I was annoyed and sad, very sad.

Was someone very smart to put as FL of the second season an actress playing a character who NOTE SPOILER! died?
Very smart indid.

Approximately. Mirror's main character is ZY's adopted son, so since he's about 20 years old, if ZY didn't adopt him being an old woman and assuming she adopted him when he was a baby, that comes out to what 20 years of time.
Of course this is just my guess since the dramas are supposed to be different from the book. They are also supposed to be rather loosely connected to each other. Su Mo is the next generation after ZY and SY and I think SY's younger brother appears in Mirror, so it's definitely not thousands or even hundreds of years, just a difference of just one generation.
Maybe for someone reading about the main characters' graves is ok, but for me it's such a spoiler that I feel like, like that dog from the XZ meme, biting my pillow. So much so that I don't feel like watching this drama anymore because I'll be depressed knowing the tragic ending. For me, a shared grave is not romantic. It's just sad.