ZhuangXu was such a red flag to me, like it was obvious he had feelings for FL, but he never manned up and said…
She kind of avoids him after how he treats her in EP2 and then "formally ends" her crush in EP4 with that ridiculous waving from the balcony scene, other than that it's not much active holding? EP12 is a thing but before and after he doesn't really seem on her mind or anything.
Wow I mean I'm glad you think SML is redeemable, hopefully I will see something in him that will make me think…
He starts out with some "ambiguously creepy psychopath" camera angles and then just becomes non-stop irrelevant. Outside of (impolitely) giving a push in the first episode, he does nothing for the story to justify having so much screen time or so many songs.
Don't try to lower General audience's tastes by stating some nonexistent standards. Moon lovers, Queen of tears,…
The SML here isn't annoying and overbearing, just boring and pointless. You can skip him (& his work pals) and won't miss out on anything relevant to the story.
Somehow, there are even more production mistakes than in the previous Embrace in the Dark Night.
This time, Gou Shen Ye Ye's stolen pop songs were at least as enjoyable, and her singing was notably better.
Yet somehow, the background music that *isn't* hilariously copied from pop songs is incredibly awful. This whole music box, happy birthday, Christmas stuff drove me up the walls. Another issue that Embrace in the Dark Night did not have to this extent.
While Lighter & Princess defined what main leads chemistry in a drama can be, Affinity does the same for kissing, to the point that some more kissy recent contenders like Love between Lines or even When Destiny Brings the Demon look incredibly tame.
because he didn't rescue her brother who tortured him from suicide😐he did try to btwand bro was going to die…
For me the worst offense was that immediately after the brother's death, he was all "ah forget about him, he's dead, you got me", which is kind of unforgivably devoid of empathy. And reinforces the whole idea of him approaching her only for revenge against the brother, what with the surveillance hard disk.
Do short Cdramas get different censoring boards? because i am pretty sure I saw something during those kisses…
Beyond major full-length c-drama vs short web drama, there is another *huge* difference between short cdrama kissing and Affinity. I mean, some are a tad into this direction but.. just a tad y'know.
Watch this when you want a stupid vertical, but on a bigger screen, with a substantial amount of 🔥 or spice or 'kilig' or whatever you want to call it. I'll just dub this a horizontal.
Don't watch this to critique character motivations, evaluate plot point plausibility, or form opinions on whether the FL ever consents to being randomly grabbed & forcefully kissed.
The premise is kind of a copy of Mysterious Love, but the plot isn't as bad and disjointed.
The OST is randomly copied together (as in, it's blatant plagiarism), but most of the comments here still find it substantially adds to the enjoyment.
Some of the production is incredibly sloppy (audio, continuity, other things), but that doesn't mean you shouldn't watch it in 4K for scientifically analyzing you-know-what.
The only actor who is good from start to finish is Jesse Ren. Fang Jin is quite bad at the very start, then gets to an okay level with some outages here and there. However, she's not here to convince you of her emotional range or expression control, but to somehow be put into peril, before being rescued (and ravished) by Jesse Ren.
(There's a second couple, who are totally unnecessary yet mildly cute, but unlike the leads they didn't bring their intimacy A-game, perhaps related to their age difference. Might view them as in the wrong show. Beyond that there are various gangsters and office workers and office workers that are gangsters too, but none of these stand out much. I'll only keep a look out for future roles of Liu YuYang, ML's sidekick.)
ist an open ending in someway, i would recommend it though, some scenes repeat themselves but i didnt mind, watched…
Only open in one aspect; two of the six specials give you a lot more after-content (the others are BTS/commentary/interview/etc, but still interesting too).
Ep1 and FL is already annoying. Thanks for your mini review, saved my time. The ML won't save a stupid FL for…
I always have a mild problem with her acting (here, and before in Sinful Marriage and Queen Of Darkness), but I still very much recommend this show. The first episode had some particular production quality issues that weren't really there later on, or were less impactful.
Different people like different stuff y'know. I never saw the fun in horror movies either, but obviously they have a big audience.
Outside of (impolitely) giving a push in the first episode, he does nothing for the story to justify having so much screen time or so many songs.
Dunno if she has a last name.
This time, Gou Shen Ye Ye's stolen pop songs were at least as enjoyable, and her singing was notably better.
Yet somehow, the background music that *isn't* hilariously copied from pop songs is incredibly awful. This whole music box, happy birthday, Christmas stuff drove me up the walls. Another issue that Embrace in the Dark Night did not have to this extent.
While Lighter & Princess defined what main leads chemistry in a drama can be, Affinity does the same for kissing, to the point that some more kissy recent contenders like Love between Lines or even When Destiny Brings the Demon look incredibly tame.
I mean, some are a tad into this direction but.. just a tad y'know.
Don't watch this to critique character motivations, evaluate plot point plausibility, or form opinions on whether the FL ever consents to being randomly grabbed & forcefully kissed.
The premise is kind of a copy of Mysterious Love, but the plot isn't as bad and disjointed.
The OST is randomly copied together (as in, it's blatant plagiarism), but most of the comments here still find it substantially adds to the enjoyment.
Some of the production is incredibly sloppy (audio, continuity, other things), but that doesn't mean you shouldn't watch it in 4K for scientifically analyzing you-know-what.
The only actor who is good from start to finish is Jesse Ren. Fang Jin is quite bad at the very start, then gets to an okay level with some outages here and there. However, she's not here to convince you of her emotional range or expression control, but to somehow be put into peril, before being rescued (and ravished) by Jesse Ren.
(There's a second couple, who are totally unnecessary yet mildly cute, but unlike the leads they didn't bring their intimacy A-game, perhaps related to their age difference. Might view them as in the wrong show. Beyond that there are various gangsters and office workers and office workers that are gangsters too, but none of these stand out much. I'll only keep a look out for future roles of Liu YuYang, ML's sidekick.)
Oh, and watch the specials!
The first episode had some particular production quality issues that weren't really there later on, or were less impactful.
https://kisskh.at/783814-tai-zi-ye-ta-guo-fen-ye ?
https://kisskh.do/Drama/Embrace-in-the-Dark-Night/Episode-24.1?id=9360&ep=160659&page=0&pageSize=100