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Just Something To Watch

The main leads were not too bad. Lu Qian Qiao (Allen Ren) and Xin Mei (Wang He Run) were great. Lu Qian Qiao and Xin Mei were married in the prison, because he wanted someone to remember him after he died and she needed a third husband to fulfill something needed in her life. Xin Mei got hurt so many times and really badly. Lu Qian Qiao would almost always come to save her. She was so kind and only killed when absolutely necessary, like when she thought that Lu Qian Qiao was accused and put to death wrongly. She killed several of the bad people responsible for blaming him. Lu Qian Qiao was a very strong fighter, but he had a very good sense of righteousness and justice about him. A Sheng (Zhang Kai Ying) was the angry, younger sister of Xin Mei. She did not want anyone else in her sister's life except her. She despised Lu Qian Qiao because he was A Sheng felt like he was taking her older sister away from her. A Sheng did not like that Qian Qiao had Xin Mei's memories taken away. A Sheng had the worse past history of any of the characters; when she was growing up, she was poisoned, beaten, kicked, punched, boiled in oil, limbs were detached and put back on and so on. Xin Mei was the first person to every show her genuine kindness and affection. The other main characters were okay. There were so much evil from the so called immortal sects. Lu Qian Qiao destroyed four immortal sects.

The storyline could have been better. Xin Mei was so kind and she should have been more ruthless towards the evil people. She had great power, but did not utilize it well. A Sheng was either too cruel or too afraid during the show. The only middle ground that A Sheng had was with her sister Xin Mei. How old was the Lord of Rust-Sword, Meishan Jun (Fu Wei Lun)? Was he afraid of women or what? The Lord of Rust-Sword liked to brag and tale tell tall tales of his escapades.

Anyways, I watched this drama and thought it could have been better; dramas usually can be better. Xin Mei and her husband, Lu Qian Qiao, were in a boat at the end. It would have been great if we knew how that turned out. Some of the storyline could have been cut out and some time could have been devoted to a proper finally.

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Modern Chef and Food in Joseon

First of all, I had very high hopes for this drama. Yoona was great, as chef royal chef Yeon Ji Yeong. She was believable and her acting was so good. The king,Yi Heon, played by Lee Chae Min, on the other hand, was clueless about everything around him, except his revenge and the chef royal chef. He would see his uncle doing bad things and did nothing until the very end of the drama. He yelled at Consort Kang, once, but let her misdeeds go unpunished. The king did not even know that half of the royal guards were changed out for his uncle's on guys. He wanted to kill his grandmother so badly. When it came to his royal chef, the king came on too strong right from the beginning. He had been involved with Consort Kang. Consort Kang and the king's uncle were also involved romantically. The king had such fits of rage and the bad guys knew how to push his buttons. The chef royal chef's sidekick Seo Gil Geum, played by Yoon Seo Ah, was a great character. She only had three days to learn her acting part after getting a call to act in this drama. She was fantastic. When it came down to it, the king killed this drama; he did show up in modern times, to Yeon Ji Yeong's delight, for she had fallen in love with him and missed him dearly. I watched this drama twice. The first time, I belived that the king and Consort Kang were married. I believed that the king was cheating on the consort and wanted to make Ueon Ji Yeong his concubine. I did some research and found out that the king had been married in the past, however, his wife died. I watched the drama again to see how much better it would be without the king being married. He still messed it up. I just did not like the king. I do not have plans to ever watch this drama again.

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Love, But Never Together

This drama has potential; however the two leads were never meant to be together. Her characters either died or married other guys, while he could only suffer in silence. He loved her in every time, but he could never be with her. He cultivated from being a little white fox demon to take in human form only to give up his cultivation to bring her back to life. She had many hard times in her different lives. She always has different fathers, but never any mothers. Some of her fathers were kind, but others were cruel to her. The best chance for these characters to be together was the last chance. He would have to go through more violent and more frequent tribulations to be with her. She finally had a chance to see those violent tribulations and the tool they took in him. He helped him ascend to godhood. He found out that being a god was not what it was cracked not what he thought it would be. He decided that he wanted to be human.

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Ice Queen God Chills Drama

I had high hopes for this drama. For most of the drama, Hua Ru Yue (Bai Lu) was so cold and unforgiving towards her husband Emperor of Heaven Bai Jiu Si (Joseph Zeng). She blamed him for everything that went wrong in her life, even though she was the main cause of everything wrong in her life. She kept the rules of her sect, but broke the rules of Heaven. For instance, she gave power to a human to kill a drought dragon. The Heavenly Emissary (Yu Meng Long) came to the mortal realm and forced Bai Jiu Si to seal Hua Ru Yue's power as punishment. Bai Jiu Si took all of the punishments for his wife and even took a 10-year Heavenly Tribulation (lightning strikes) for her. She removed and destroyed his golden core and she stabbed him a few times. Bai Jiu Si loved his wife and tried to show her some affection, but it was always met with coldness. She was pregnant and had their child, but she never told him; her human student knew of her pregnancy and was there for her. When Bai Jui Si fell into a childlike state, she showed him compassion and fondness. When he died, she showed love, monging, deep sorrow and regret. Finally, Emperor Bai Jui Si and Hua Ru Yue were together again, at the end of the drama. They had a renewing of their love.

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Woman Physician Rose To Top

This was a very good drama. The acting was pretty good and the characters were good too. The emperor kind of got on my nerves; he yelled a great deal when he should have been much calmer. The main characters were great. The story was laid out very well and it was easy to follow.

Hong Xiao was the female lead in this drama and she played as Rong Ze Lan. She was mistreated by the Rong family, with the exception of her mother and aunt. Her mother worked as a physician in the palace . She was set up and brutally beaten 80 times. She was brought back home and thrown on the ground in front of the Rong family. Rong Ze Lan (as a little girl) tried to get someone to help her mother, but every shunned her and her mother. Later on, Rong Ze Lan's aunt tried to attend to the badly injured mother, but Rong Ze Lan's father ran a knife through both of the aunt's hands. Rong Ze Lan's mother died as se watched. Eventually, Rong Ze Lan won a contest against her half sister and was able to enter the palace to start her training as a physician. She was met with hardship after hardship, even losing a close friend (Su Ye). Prince Song Ling Xiao befriended Rong Ze Lan and even protected her. He became very fond of her and asked her to marry him every now and again. After navigating through the palace trouble, Rong Ze Lan asked the prince to get engaged to her. He was happy. The emperor issued a decree of marriage between Rong Ze Lan and Prince Song Ling Xiao. Rong Ze Lan had been named as the first femal physician in the history of the dynasty and she became a part of the emperor's court. When Rong Ze Lan and Prince Song Ling Xiao married in the future, she would become a Princess Consort. She had a bond with the Empress Dowager and several of the consorts, especially after all the bad people were taken out.

Rong Ze Lan when back to the Rong family house and confronted them. They all had to bow down to her and she laid the law down on them. She walked with her aunt and enjoyed their time together.

There was a very happy ending. The End.

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Putting Yourself In Someone Else's Place

There are so many dramas where the character's souls switch bodies. This one drama added a different twist to it, sort of. The emperor male lead (Dai Gao Zheng played Xiao Jin Yu) and the empress female lead (He Xuan Lin played Xu Yu) switched bodies to to evil sorcery. The emperor was switched into the empresses body. He found out how bad he had treated her, how bad his mother (the Empress Dowager) treated her, how badly the concubines / consorts treated her and how badly some of the maid servants treated her. The empress in the emperor's body found out how hard it was to deal with the evil court, how difficult it was to run a country, how hard it was for the emperor to deal with his mother and the concubines / consorts. The two of them had to navigate through the inter palace treachery and deceit. The good thing was that they both had the emporer's younger brother, a good sorcerer and a imperial physician that where loyal to them. When the empress went out to the battlefield, in the emperor's body), she did well and even was befriended by the queen , (Ma Han Yi played queen Hu Na), of the enemy country; she fought along side the empress who was in the emperor's body. They became great friends. The emperor and empress found out that there where many misunderstandings and worked to find their way back to where they were when they first met and later married. They were finally switched back to their right bodies, right before the banquet. The good enemy queen was invited to the banquet. She realized that the empress seemed more familiar than the emperor. The empress and queen had a n entertaining sparring match with swords. They became such great friends, more like sisters with kindred souls. This was one of my favorite parts of the drama. The queen gave the empress her falcon and the empress practiced with the queen (enemy country ) with the bow and spear. They were inseparable and the her husband the emperor hated it; he wanted the empress' attention. The good enemy queen was getting ready to go back to her country, but the empress was not there to see her off; she looked around and was so sad. Finally the empress came and the two of them hugged. The emperor, empress, the emperors youngest brother and the others stopped a coup, taking down the evil marquise and his evil son. The concubines mellowed out and were made princesses. By the way, the emperor never messed around with any of his concubines / consorts; he only messed around and had affection for his empress. The drama had a very happy ending.

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Check in Hanyang Drama

In the beginning, the drama was filled with bad guys. The royal princess seemed like he was going to be a strong character and he seemed to make us believe that he was a great fighter. The princess was jumping over the high walls in the city . Even though, the male lead, Lee Eun, was a main character with first billing overall. He was invisible most of the early parts of the drama, with other characters showing up more. The princess was kind of dull. Hong Deok Su was a strong female main character. She was intelligent, brave and a leader. She was by far the best character / actor. Behind her, the characters were about average to weak. The villains were strong characters and they were really good at being bad. I would have liked if the other main character, Chun Jun Hwa, would have clearly told Hong Deok Su, how he loved her and wanted to be with her. He seemed to beat around the bush, assuming that she knew. I wanted the see Chun Jun Hwa clearly get rejected by her immediately. I did not like the ending. When Lee Eun and Hong Deok Su were kissing, the other two main guys came and messed with them. They stopped kissing and everyone of the four friends chased each other. Oh yeah, Chun Jun Hwa's father did not die in the inn fire; he showed up at their new inn.

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Novoland Movie (2024)

I found this movie kind of interesting. The detective was an interesting character and so was the princess. They worked hard to find out the truth and they solved murders and palace schemes very well. There was not love between the princess and her fiancée. He was using her. She really did not want to marry him, because she did not want to give up her freedom and she just wanted to protect her country. The princess and the detective did not get off to a great start together, but they worked it out as time went on. Her and the detective found out that the fiancée, the emperor and the uncle were all evil. The princess was the daughter of the emperor and also related to the uncle. After the princess' fiancée was caught, he jumped off a cliff. The princess' father, the emperor, killed everyone in the room except the princess and the detective. The emperor did threaten his daughter. Another woman that the detective knew as a friend was killed in the movie. Her spirit protected the princess and the detective from the emperor's royal guard; they escaped. In the woods, the princess told the detective that she could not go back to her father, city, life, etc. The detective asked her where she wanted to go. She did not know where to go, so he told her to come with her. The movie ended with anticipation of them getting closer and falling in love.

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The Glory - chen Du Ling At Her Finest!

When Chen Du Ling usually acts in a drama, she is kind of hidden away behind other actors. In The Glory, she takes the lead and runs with it. Zhuang Han Yan (Chen Du Ling) is dressed in the finest outfits. She has a large chip on her shoulder, that seem to make her seem that she is crazy; she might be after the terrible life with her foster parents. Her feet and hands look like they are weathered, red and frostbitten. At times Chen Du Ling seems like she wants to kill the world. She has been hardened over her seventeen (17) years of life. Her stepmother (her father's second wife) almost had her life ended byZhuang Han Yan (Chen Du Ling). Her mother acted like she hate her only daughter / child, but eventually came around. Zhuang Han Yan made some great friends, who helped her out in times of need. She considered her only real friend as her only family for many of her previous years and beyond. Zhuang Han Yan, her stepmother and her half sister reconciled at the end. They trapped the poisonous father outside the house and the stepmother killed him in the tunnel system under the house. Zhuang Han Yan got married and became one of the wealthiest women in the capital.

This drama was exciting and mysterious at times. I watched it twice.

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Boring Man, Lovely Lady

Go Ae Sin (played by Kim Tae Ri) was captivating. She was so beautiful and dangerous. She fell in love with Eugene Choi (played by Lee Byung Hun). Eugene Choi was so boring and seemed lost most of the time. He fell in love with Ae Sin, but you could barely tell if he had any emotions. She learned English to be able to say and write his name, at first. She wrote I Missed You. Ae Sin asked Eugene to write it and he would not. She was so full of life. She even would jump off the third floor balcony of the hotel all the way to the ground. Eugene finally told her that he missed her several episodes later. I believe that he drained her emotionally, because of his robot-like demeanor. Mr. Sunshine was Mr. Boring or Mr. Lifeless. If it was not for Ae Sin, I would have stopped watching this drama around the 5th episode. I will never watch this drama again.

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Very Interesting Drama - Spirits and Humans

Spirit Master He Si Mu / Xiao Xiao (Dilraba Dilmurat) was great. She had so many challenges from extreme loneliness to betrayal to awakening senses to love. She was great in every aspect of this drama. This may have been her best acting to date. General Duan Xu (Arthur Chen) was very good. He delivered great battle scenes and fights. He single-handedly destroyed the enemy army of over 200 thousand soldiers. He brought Spirit Master's five senses to life by sharing them with her. Yan Ke (Miles Wei) was so good with his acting. He wanted Spirit Master He Si Mu's heart, but he could never get her love. It drove him mad that she loved a human, but not him. One of my favorite characters was Jiang Ai (Zhang Li); she was fun and she stuck up for the human Duan Xu. She always mentioned him to Spirit Master He Si Mu to stir up her feelings for him. Duan Xu and Yan Ke had a few scuffles between them, mostly because Yan Ke was so jealous of He Si Mu's love for Duan Xu. He Si Mu really tried not to fall in love with the human, Suan Xu, but his love and senses made her fall in love with him. She helped him whenever he needed her, but she was hurt that he did not call her name when he was in trouble. She destroyed Yan Ke, who had previously trapped her in her spirit room. She did break out and showed him that her power was still much greater than his. The wedding between Spirit Master He Si Mu and Duan Yu was a spectacular sight. They had their wedding in the spirit realm and the other spirits seemed very happy with the pairing. They even mentioned that the bride and groom were a match made in heaven. Duan Yu gave Spirit Master He Si Mu all five of his senses as a betrothal present. She gave up her position as spirit master. He Si Mu and Duan Xu spent time alone, before he died. She was so distraught with grief that she froze the surrounding area with ice. She decided that she would not bury him with her over twenty-two former lovers, but next to her parent's tomb. She would travel the mortal realm. The spirit of duan Xu found its way to He Si Mu and they travelled together. She hoped that the spirit was his and that he would one day come back as human. The rewatch value of this drama is very high.

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A Strong Female and A Loving Male Lead

I did not expect this drama to be this good. Chu Yu (played by Victoria Song) was magnificent. She was a strong female lead that would not let anyone or anything define her. She was a protector of the country and of 2 families, the Wei family and the Chu family. Her martial arts performances were so strong. When she made up her mind to have a relationship with the youngest brother of the Wei family, Wei Yun (played by Ryan Ding). After a long period of time Chu Yu started giving her all to be with Wei Yun. You had to love her in this drama, Fight For Love.

Ryan Ding was Ryan Ding, charming, shy and a great fighter. When he decided to love the female lead, he gave it his all. During the last war with the enemy country, Wei Yun killed the enemy's emperor, helped Chu Yu's brother and rescued Chu Yu. He was everywhere. He was named his country's God of War; he did not like the new title, because he knew that it would tap him and others would try to exploit him.

After fighting for so long to be together, Chu Yu and Wei Yun could see the light at the end of the tunnel. They would be together one day. At the end of the drama, Wei Yun was forced to guard the border for three years. Wei Yun and Chu Yu were apart for all three years. When Wei Yun arrived back outside the gates of the capital, Chu Yu put on a spectacular martial arts display for him, then she asked Wei Yun if he would marry her. He finally said "I will".

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How Dare Yo? I Do Dare!

I knew that watching this drama was going to be great. Wang Chu Ran (played Consort, then Noble Consort Yu Wan Yin / Wang Cui Hua) and Ryan Cheng (played Emperor Xiahou Dan / Zhang San), you could not go wrong. Wang Chu Ran was great, as the Emperor's Consort, the noble consort / Noble Consort. She was such a strong character and she was so kind, unless someone she cared about was in danger. She was fearless and just so brave. Xiahou Dan was the Emperor and was a weak character overall; he drew strength from You Wan Yin (his Consort / Noble Consort).

This drama was serious at times, but had many funny moments too!

Tang Xiao Tian (played Xiahou Bo), was a very dark and mysterious prince. His deceased mother was formerly a palace maid servant. He was considered illegitimate. Actress Hu Yi Xian (played Consort Xie Yong Er) and was genuinely attracted to the illegitimate prince, Xiahou Bo. He used her for information and as a bed partner. Xiahou Bo only liked himself, somewhat. consort Xie Yong Er developed into a great character and she went from being aloof to having a close relationship with Wang Chu Ran's character (Consort / Noble Consort Yu Wan Yin). When Consort Xie Yong Er and Consort / Noble Consort You Wan Yin developed such a close relationship, they became close like sisters. The two of them played together, talked with each other and ate together. Sometimes the emperor would interrupt them and get in the way. There was a time when Noble Consort Yu Wan Yin started looking out for Consort Xie Yong Er, especially after she got pregnant and was poisoned. The Noble Consort Yu Wan Yin carried Consort Xie Yong Er on her back, to the Consort's palace. The evil Empress Dowager was a killer, a schemer and a control-centric person. Near the end of the drama, it was said that she was actually from the enemy country.

All throughout this drama, was was yelling at the television that the Emperor should give his Noble Consort more power; I wanted him to make her his Empress sooner so she would not have her hands to tied; she needed more power. He made her is Empress in the last third of the drama.

The final episode of the drama was so beautiful. The Emperor Xiahou Dan was in court with all of his Ministers. Wang Chu Ran, Emperss, walked into court with the most beautiful of gowns. She walked so gracefully and was so beautiful. She left the Emperor and Minister in aw. They Emperor and Empress walked back to a place laced with flowers. As the walked around and met at the end, a beautiful huge fireworks display took place in the night sky. The Emperor slipped a very unique gold locket ring on the Empress' finger. I had to snap so photos of the Empress' red and black gown. I also took some photos of the locket ring. I showed the photos to other people and they could not believe how the beauty of Wang Chu Ran, her red / black gown and the locket ring.

Actually, the ratings of this drama went from 8.3 to 8.7 on kisskh. If you do not know, that is a very high rating, that is up there with shows like Guardians of the Defang. It is ahead of Legend of the Female General.

I will watch this drama, How Dare You?, again in the near future. I Do Dare!

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