However IMO Revenge Stories well done have their own flavour and can be very addictive and delish too ..
TTEOTM LLTG The Double SOKP
were for me experiences equally, drama-wise, fulfilling .. What interests me the MOST is when drama can HOLD and deal with two opposing forces within the character as well as within the drama .. and inhabit a grey scale for ALL (leads and second leads).
Dream of Splendor for me was definitely NOT in the same league as FP is .. or the ones I mentioned above .. But I did find it exceptional with a degree of unpredictability in its core .. A very fresh sort of drama .. It's 'performance' scenes were superb!! Also had great production budget .. tastefully executed.
I think the long drawn out .. not that well nuanced 'comedic' element jarred a lot .. plus some of the ML saving FL situations .. However its excellent OTP relationship and romance was top notch.
I caught up with The Blossoming Love and didn't mean to get into this yet as there are other completed dramas…
I was parallel watching Moonlight Mystique .. before I decided to peek at FP .. That was riveting in the early several episodes .. But went slack and lost its tautness and fell flat (for me) .. so when I saw FP I was like --- ooo baby bring this on .. hook line and sinker .. am all immersed ..
I have put MM on hold .. (not sure if I will return again .. it's really lost so much of its elasticity .. and the story has lost its way I felt).
Li Xian has the most heart warming smile. I really love his smile and when he does his over dramatic fake display…
@Megumi_H
LMAO
I am laughing SO much each time he opens his tongue-in-cheek mouth to casually make comment or a repartee LOL So niice to be watching this sterling piece of work together ..
Who also thinks that the dialogues in this drama (especially between OTP) is BRILLIANT SPARKY WITTY - dense with intelligent repartee.
I love rewinding to watch it .. I bet the real mandarin version would be even richer .. we just get to read the subbed ones (which I must say I think is doing a great job too ;-p)
I want to start watching it for Li Xian. But not sure yet since it's gonna be long
If you enjoy non-linear characters .. of not just OTP but the entire slew of cast .. enjoy complex plots where there is stuff happening in layers .. witty multiple connotation laden dialogues where you need to listen intently lest you miss something .. where the FL is fiercely independent and drama doesn't use the ML to rescue her from her problems .. where the supporting cast and second leads are STRONG dimensional foils to the arc of the main leads .. you are ALL SET TO SLURP UP THIS DELICATELY CRAFTED DISH LOL
This drama is breaking the charts for me.
Only L&P was able to do this level of damage to me.
I think you got me wrong.
I didn't at all say or mean that FP is a revenge drama.
Not at all - only the ones I listed are revenge dramas...
😅
Sorry maybe I was writing fast and didn't come across clearly what I meant to say.
But yes.. I DO enjoy a WELL EXECUTED and slickly written Revenge Drama - something that has some solid reasoning and play.
😱😱😱😱😱😱
💥💥💥💥💥💥
My heart skipped a beat!!!
Just started AND HAD to release the stress here.
How much better will this drama get???
I last I leapt out of my skin was in L&P (as well as to some extent in LLTG)
was planning to. have on ptw
I hear you ..
True ..
However IMO Revenge Stories well done have their own flavour and can be very addictive and delish too ..
TTEOTM
LLTG
The Double
SOKP
were for me experiences equally, drama-wise, fulfilling ..
What interests me the MOST is when drama can HOLD and deal with two opposing forces within the character as well as within the drama .. and inhabit a grey scale for ALL (leads and second leads).
Dream of Splendor for me was definitely NOT in the same league as FP is .. or the ones I mentioned above .. But I did find it exceptional with a degree of unpredictability in its core .. A very fresh sort of drama ..
It's 'performance' scenes were superb!! Also had great production budget .. tastefully executed.
I think the long drawn out .. not that well nuanced 'comedic' element jarred a lot .. plus some of the ML saving FL situations .. However its excellent OTP relationship and romance was top notch.
That was riveting in the early several episodes .. But went slack and lost its tautness and fell flat (for me) .. so when I saw FP I was like --- ooo baby bring this on .. hook line and sinker .. am all immersed ..
I have put MM on hold .. (not sure if I will return again .. it's really lost so much of its elasticity .. and the story has lost its way I felt).
I did in WLIS also ..
LMAO
I am laughing SO much each time he opens his tongue-in-cheek mouth to casually make comment or a repartee LOL
So niice to be watching this sterling piece of work together ..
hey hey hey .. YIPPEEE .. WE MEET AGAIN in a Drama that we are intensely LOVING every minute of ..
EXACTLY what happened to me .. I thought I would peek .. and then it was morning and my eyes were wide open and my heart thumping
I too binged when I started this till early morning ... Now I cannot contain my eagerness for the next 2 to drop
I love rewinding to watch it .. I bet the real mandarin version would be even richer .. we just get to read the subbed ones (which I must say I think is doing a great job too ;-p)
I CANNOT HANDLE THAT !!!!
I AGREE with you 100%
Is a 10/10 for me too.
PRODUCTION is the BEST in a LONG time - LLTG came close-ish (with some scenes)
a 20/10 for JUST the CINEMATOGRAPHY and LIGHTING expertise ..
What a ride this drama is proving to be.
Post The Double .. I haven't been so engrossed ... (OK I'll throw in SOKP too ;p and maybe even Scent of Time LOL)
I was chuckling away SO HARD
KUDOS!!!
And how can you not be totally 'drunk' on a SUPERBLY plotted drama and characters ..
WHAT A YUMMILICIOUS FEAST this Drama is ..
Dream of Splendor notes too .. Watched that?
I get that .. I am feeling the inebriation from this drama too
LOL