;-pI hear you and agree with you .. I had SO MUCH beef with the ending .. BUT I was SO mesmerised by the story…
Was SO happy to see that you watched it though.
Honestly I'll admit here that this Scent of Time AND SOKP (Story of Running Palace) DAMAGED me too much .. I couldn't get a kick out of TPR (The Princess Royal).
Next to these two it felt weak and structureless - watery; inspite of have ZLH. Jin Mai started off well but became more and more flat and uninteresting ..
Zhou Ye and Bai Lou hit their roles out of the park
I hear you and agree with you .. I had SO MUCH beef with the ending ..
BUT I was SO mesmerised by the story and the characters (OST was top notch) and the slow burn (on the side burner romance) and JUST the ENTIRE concept behind the structure ..
Blew me away ..
I actually ended up rewatching it twice more ;-p With greater attention to all the dynamics of power - relationships - romance - lies - deceptions - trickery etc.
Loved it more each time :-D
BUT YESSS what you said - why not take the ending in your hands and give it that ONE BANG which would make me give it a 11/10 ;-p
I didnt know it's changed a lot from the novel. Truly a shame. It felt like they ran out of Film / storage - forgot to shoot the end and the actors had all moved on ... basically some production disaster struck and they left it hanging that way.
I forced my mind to call it a 'poetic licence end'
9/10. Would have been 10/10, but Chinese drama makers don't know how to stick the ending. In one case the sad…
💯💯💯true!!!
This nonsense ending was irritating for me in Scent of Time too. I mean I loved it so so so much that I decided to take it as it was.. Even though I was left beggared
Form a business point of view it's a complete hit and a motivating drama but romance point it's messed up male…
You'll enjoy ABAY (As Beautiful As You). Here the ML "acts" tough but "carries" her dreams and goals and supports her and she slurps it up. Which is usually the traditional business romance story set up for FL-ML.
Personally I enjoyed RWTW way more because the FL was made of "iron"; had the smarts, the business acumen and self confidence to draw from her own resources and terrible failures .. She cleverly and assiduously avoided the ML's "help".. Even AFTER they were seeing each other.
She NEVER acted pitiable..
ABAY started STRONG.. And I was expecting a similar dynamic.. But it dissolved into the "template" we are used to.. The FL is effective ONLY when the ML moves gears from the back.
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Toasting Duke Su ~ Combe 🍻
Toasting Duke Su ~ Combe 🍻
I am kind of betting on you enjoying it WAY more than this pallid - bloodless version.
It was such a blast from the moment superman like he dives from a highrise into a swimming pool to save FL.
It was a riot!!!
I watched simply because Han Ji Min and Hyun Bin are such stellar actors.. They can feed you any script and raise it to delish level.
I remember back then doing a rewatch.. It was that satisfying.
They also managed this heartbreaking angst moment at the end and a wonderful finish too.
If you haven't watched it, you could check it out.
But I guess you'd have to be a die hard Hyun Bin fan.. He is 💯💯💯quite an actor.
As is Han Ji Min
They literally carried the entire show in their shoulders...I LOVED piggy backing on them 💕💕💕
This was such a poor cousin of that drama - unwatchable 🥸🥸🥸
It was such a blast from the moment superman like he dives from a highrise into a swimming pool to save FL.
It was a riot!!!
I watched simply because Han Ji Min and Hyun Bin are such stellar actors.. They can feed you any script and raise it to delish level.
I remember back then doing a rewatch.. It was that satisfying.
They also managed this heartbreaking angst moment at the end and a wonderful finish too.
If you haven't watched it, you could check it out.
But I guess you'd have to be a die hard Hyun Bin fan.. He is 💯💯💯quite an actor.
As is Han Ji Min
They literally carried the entire show in their shoulders...I LOVED piggy backing on them 💕💕💕
I hope he chooses more such mature SOLID dramas .. his talent is incredible
I can't agree more LOL
You spoke my heart!!!
I became an LYX fan after TTEOTM.
Already watched thrice and I am HAPPY to go back again.
It's one of those addictive dramas for me which will stay as my repeat watch for always probably.
Honestly I'll admit here that this Scent of Time AND SOKP (Story of Running Palace) DAMAGED me too much .. I couldn't get a kick out of TPR (The Princess Royal).
Next to these two it felt weak and structureless - watery; inspite of have ZLH.
Jin Mai started off well but became more and more flat and uninteresting ..
Zhou Ye and Bai Lou hit their roles out of the park
I hear you and agree with you .. I had SO MUCH beef with the ending ..
BUT I was SO mesmerised by the story and the characters (OST was top notch) and the slow burn (on the side burner romance) and JUST the ENTIRE concept behind the structure ..
Blew me away ..
I actually ended up rewatching it twice more ;-p
With greater attention to all the dynamics of power - relationships - romance - lies - deceptions - trickery etc.
Loved it more each time :-D
BUT YESSS what you said - why not take the ending in your hands and give it that ONE BANG which would make me give it a 11/10 ;-p
I didnt know it's changed a lot from the novel. Truly a shame. It felt like they ran out of Film / storage - forgot to shoot the end and the actors had all moved on ... basically some production disaster struck and they left it hanging that way.
I forced my mind to call it a 'poetic licence end'
This nonsense ending was irritating for me in Scent of Time too.
I mean I loved it so so so much that I decided to take it as it was.. Even though I was left beggared
Lemme guess..
It was better with the way the ML was written.. and his relationship with the FL??
I've stalled on that drama at 11 or so.
One of my MDL pals with whom I have incredible Drama - vibe enjoyed it thoroughly.. So I might resume ASAP.
😝😝😝
Hey come back tell me more.
Love revisiting dramas with others.
Here the ML "acts" tough but "carries" her dreams and goals and supports her and she slurps it up.
Which is usually the traditional business romance story set up for FL-ML.
Personally I enjoyed RWTW way more because the FL was made of "iron"; had the smarts, the business acumen and self confidence to draw from her own resources and terrible failures .. She cleverly and assiduously avoided the ML's "help"..
Even AFTER they were seeing each other.
She NEVER acted pitiable..
ABAY started STRONG.. And I was expecting a similar dynamic.. But it dissolved into the "template" we are used to.. The FL is effective ONLY when the ML moves gears from the back.
I sure will.
I am at the moment culling my to watch list by playing 1 st eps of shows
Thats a very good drama rating in my book.
That doesn't matter.
We all have our own individual reactions to dramas.. None of us will have identical or even similar ratings for so many dramas.
Sometimes my dropped will be your 10 /10 and vice versa 😂😂😂
And often we will have the same high or same low.
And in both situations we will have enough to discuss and share our responses.