Story is speeding SO FAST. It's not often a Cdrama moves THIS fast and keeps its grip on tension creation, humour, feelz .. the works basically.
Bai Lu kicks ass like she does in her best shows ~ TTEOTM ~ Only for Love
LOVING it and wondering now WHAT THE "something" happened with the ratings?!!
How bad did the drama crash to land a 7.7??
I mean at Ep 16 experience I have already rated it at 8 plus. It's not BIG BUDGET .. not stylised camerawork .. It would shoot close to 9 if it was that ..
Till the End of the Moon left the lasting impression on my psyche. This show is seared into my brain – branded – burned – clawed and scarred.
As an avid lover of melodrama, I naturally ate up this tale of woe and passive-aggressive romance like I was a kid in a candy store. There is nothing, and I mean NOTHING, I love more than an outcast boy who falls in love with the first person who is nice to him and never lets her/him go. It’s what made Wuthering Heights a classic story of insane lovers driving each other insane. It’s what made Queen Seondeok one of the most devastating romances of all time. It’s a trope that is hard to pull off successfully, but when executed correctly is sure to lodge itself into your heart for all eternity.
The opening scene of this drama was incredible. I mean… wow… the goth theatrics! It starts off at the end of this massive war between gods and demons, with the world basically destroyed and only a fraction of the heavenly realm still standing. Our Demon King is flying through the air on this dragon-drawn sled through dark clouds and lightning… I mean… my jaw dropped to the floor.
This drama seals it for me the theory that Asian Drama (Korean and Chinese is all I have watched) is a solid raving hit for some and a clunky rattle of tin cans for some.
Apologies in advance .. I scrolled and didnt see much "disliked and dropped" comments .. So just to create variety here and maybe draw in a few more eyeballs of those who also didn't glom on to the show, leaving my impression of it.
I started the first episode and was swept up in the intrigue .. I even told a friend "I think I've found a GREAT mystery - thriller type show which has a talented HOTTIE ML and a promising FL."
At Ep 3 - 4 I started to hear the clunky empty tin cans. I couldn't bear to sit through the plodding pace and FL (who by now had degenerated into a Chen Xiao sort of single expression (less) repertoire) and SFL (carried the same face throughout the show in all the scenes almost) acting ..
I jumped episodes right to the end ones and felt like the story hadn't come to life with blood gushing through it even then .. A thriller that feels so pale .. And then the end ?? Goodness I finally realised why the director and scriptwriter ended up with the pale script .. in the hopes that the final reveal would feel like a BOMB.
LOL It kind of bombed for me ;-p
Thank God I didn't end up with a burst limp balloon in my hand after a 20 ep run ..
(LIE TO ME .. the same thing happened .. an exciting story fell down the rabbit hole thanks to bland faced CX .. how long can LYX hold the screen with his stellar acting :-( I havent gone to the end of that .. because just in case I want to revive it for the love of watching LYX do his thing).
SILVER LINING : Discovery of the acting skills of ML Li Zi Feng. Kind of has Chen Kun vibes. Am off to hunt LZF shows :-D
Hope this comment is taken in a spirit of sharing our personal thoughts and not as a diss of others who enjoyed it a lot .
to those who hate open endings, I will not sugarcoat it, this drama is not for you. This will be frustrating to…
I am OK with (and even quite ENJOY) open endings BUT it will have to be a drama with some PRETTY HEAVY DUTY acting / screenplay / directing / OST.. The works!!
One that is so solid and compelling that you are OK with it being a sad or open ended.
I'd probably scream and shoot myself if an open ending was thrown at me if I slogged my way through a medium.. Not that great a show.
Not sure I want to watch a comedy with open ending. Comedies need to end in happy and laughs for me
this is an interesting comment because L&R is probs one of the heaviest dramas i ever had to watch. it was so…
😂🤣😂 I know - L&R is a much loved one by so many people (even of many with whom I have a good overlap of drama likes).
However I have never been able to get past certain sort of actresses / actors who are just not my cuppa.
I'll take a second look / try. If my description of them (as I wrote above) still holds true for me even after that I'll.. Sigh have to put it to rest in my Drama Grave yard.
🤣🤣🤣 just started my 3rd rewatch.It's so rich for the pickings
April 2024 you mean ;-p
I hadn't meant to rewatch now .. But guess what happened. A real life Drama friend RAVED about LYF (Lost you Forever) / TLP (The Longest Promise). I dropped LYF - ML couldn't hold my attention (IMO poor acting and such unimaginative story telling and structure of plot and low quality script .. Mind you it's just my impression of it) Then tried TLP (eeeesh .. from the frying pan into the fire) the FL was such a disaster even the promise of Xiao Zhan couldn't hold me back ..
I had such an intense aftertaste left from BAD ACTING and poor script that to return my feel good I decided to JUST GLIMPSE at one of my ALL TIME tops Xanxia - TTEOTM.
Got trapped .. barely one episode in LOL and this is my 3rd watch.
Can you elaborate on why you feel she's miscasted? The Zhu Yan character from the original novel is supposed to…
LOL
I had SUCH A BAD aftertaste post checking out the show that I thought I'd just play a wee bit of TTEOTM to refill on 'good acting' .. THEN guess what??
Yeah I am on my 3rd rewatch LOL Doomed and cannot extricate myself .. so compelling because so many gaps in my understanding of the show was yet to be filled .. the better I had got to know what will happen in the show .. the more I am noticing the detail of what preceded and how and when the arcs were bending .. and so many why's are getting answers.
PLUS I get to minutely observe LYX and BL and other actors who excelled and try to understand what do they do with their bodies and faces that make then SUCH talented actors, which sets them apart from the hoi polloi of rest of the actors in CDrama
But DAMN!! I'm procrastinating on work I had set aside during this drought ..
Can you elaborate on why you feel she's miscasted? The Zhu Yan character from the original novel is supposed to…
@Firefly88 I 💯💯💯agree with your opinion of the poor quality of acting by this actress.. Even the attendant ladies in the drama had more convincing presence.
She was reading lines like a textbook.. Anyway the script itself was so poor..
The ML must have held back .. or the director was weird!!!
Bai Lu is a generous actress when it comes to skinship in shows. (MWAHS)
And until now her co-actors have been equally generous .. LYX and Dylan Wang and oooo BOY ZLH was an explosion
Story is speeding SO FAST. It's not often a Cdrama moves THIS fast and keeps its grip on tension creation, humour, feelz .. the works basically.
Bai Lu kicks ass like she does in her best shows
~ TTEOTM
~ Only for Love
LOVING it and wondering now WHAT THE "something" happened with the ratings?!!
How bad did the drama crash to land a 7.7??
I mean at Ep 16 experience I have already rated it at 8 plus.
It's not BIG BUDGET .. not stylised camerawork .. It would shoot close to 9 if it was that ..
Tan Tai Jin!!!!!!!
How can he not RULE the top actor spot!!
"This show is seared into my brain – branded – burned – clawed and scarred."
That's me !!!
3rd watch down!
FULLY, comprehensively, totally, completely reflects my feelz / thots / emos on the show ..
Ya'll must read her at her blog site - sparkles with wit ..
https://subtitledreams.com/2023/12/19/an-ode-to-the-devil-lords-of-chinese-xianxia-fantasy-dramas-love-between-a-fairy-devil-and-till-the-end-of-the-moon/
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Till the End of the Moon left the lasting impression on my psyche. This show is seared into my brain – branded – burned – clawed and scarred.
As an avid lover of melodrama, I naturally ate up this tale of woe and passive-aggressive romance like I was a kid in a candy store. There is nothing, and I mean NOTHING, I love more than an outcast boy who falls in love with the first person who is nice to him and never lets her/him go. It’s what made Wuthering Heights a classic story of insane lovers driving each other insane. It’s what made Queen Seondeok one of the most devastating romances of all time. It’s a trope that is hard to pull off successfully, but when executed correctly is sure to lodge itself into your heart for all eternity.
The opening scene of this drama was incredible. I mean… wow… the goth theatrics! It starts off at the end of this massive war between gods and demons, with the world basically destroyed and only a fraction of the heavenly realm still standing. Our Demon King is flying through the air on this dragon-drawn sled through dark clouds and lightning… I mean… my jaw dropped to the floor.
Apologies in advance .. I scrolled and didnt see much "disliked and dropped" comments .. So just to create variety here and maybe draw in a few more eyeballs of those who also didn't glom on to the show, leaving my impression of it.
I started the first episode and was swept up in the intrigue .. I even told a friend "I think I've found a GREAT mystery - thriller type show which has a talented HOTTIE ML and a promising FL."
At Ep 3 - 4 I started to hear the clunky empty tin cans.
I couldn't bear to sit through the plodding pace and FL (who by now had degenerated into a Chen Xiao sort of single expression (less) repertoire) and SFL (carried the same face throughout the show in all the scenes almost) acting ..
I jumped episodes right to the end ones and felt like the story hadn't come to life with blood gushing through it even then .. A thriller that feels so pale ..
And then the end ?? Goodness I finally realised why the director and scriptwriter ended up with the pale script .. in the hopes that the final reveal would feel like a BOMB.
LOL It kind of bombed for me ;-p
Thank God I didn't end up with a burst limp balloon in my hand after a 20 ep run ..
(LIE TO ME .. the same thing happened .. an exciting story fell down the rabbit hole thanks to bland faced CX .. how long can LYX hold the screen with his stellar acting :-( I havent gone to the end of that .. because just in case I want to revive it for the love of watching LYX do his thing).
SILVER LINING : Discovery of the acting skills of ML Li Zi Feng. Kind of has Chen Kun vibes.
Am off to hunt LZF shows :-D
Hope this comment is taken in a spirit of sharing our personal thoughts and not as a diss of others who enjoyed it a lot .
One that is so solid and compelling that you are OK with it being a sad or open ended.
I'd probably scream and shoot myself if an open ending was thrown at me if I slogged my way through a medium.. Not that great a show.
Not sure I want to watch a comedy with open ending.
Comedies need to end in happy and laughs for me
I know - L&R is a much loved one by so many people (even of many with whom I have a good overlap of drama likes).
However I have never been able to get past certain sort of actresses / actors who are just not my cuppa.
I'll take a second look / try.
If my description of them (as I wrote above) still holds true for me even after that I'll.. Sigh have to put it to rest in my Drama Grave yard.
I hadn't meant to rewatch now .. But guess what happened.
A real life Drama friend RAVED about LYF (Lost you Forever) / TLP (The Longest Promise).
I dropped LYF - ML couldn't hold my attention (IMO poor acting and such unimaginative story telling and structure of plot and low quality script .. Mind you it's just my impression of it)
Then tried TLP (eeeesh .. from the frying pan into the fire) the FL was such a disaster even the promise of Xiao Zhan couldn't hold me back ..
I had such an intense aftertaste left from BAD ACTING and poor script that to return my feel good I decided to JUST GLIMPSE at one of my ALL TIME tops Xanxia - TTEOTM.
Got trapped .. barely one episode in LOL and this is my 3rd watch.
Ha ha ha .. Go figure the irony of it all.
I had SUCH A BAD aftertaste post checking out the show that I thought I'd just play a wee bit of TTEOTM to refill on 'good acting' .. THEN guess what??
Yeah I am on my 3rd rewatch LOL
Doomed and cannot extricate myself .. so compelling because so many gaps in my understanding of the show was yet to be filled .. the better I had got to know what will happen in the show .. the more I am noticing the detail of what preceded and how and when the arcs were bending .. and so many why's are getting answers.
PLUS I get to minutely observe LYX and BL and other actors who excelled and try to understand what do they do with their bodies and faces that make then SUCH talented actors, which sets them apart from the hoi polloi of rest of the actors in CDrama
But DAMN!!
I'm procrastinating on work I had set aside during this drought ..
It's so rich for the pickings
You and I vibe lot in our likes and dislikes
She. Left me so annoyed with the show.. More annoyed than the scriptwriter and director
I 💯💯💯agree with your opinion of the poor quality of acting by this actress..
Even the attendant ladies in the drama had more convincing presence.
She was reading lines like a textbook.. Anyway the script itself was so poor..