This was a beautifully shot drama with really nice color grading! The cast had good chemistry with each other despite the short story length. Glad I stumbled upon this little gem of a mini drama 💕
Why oh why do most Chinese FL actresses talk and look like little girls, barely opening their mouths to speak,…
Well, that's a pretty harsh comment.
Some adult women are genetically skinny or don't have a lot going on in the boob department and that's okay. Not very kind to judge them for their god-given appearance and imply they're less deserving of male attention and love.
I do think this particular actress is unusually tiny though, even compared to her female acting peers. Most of her co-actors are tall men which just emphasizes her small build. She should get paired up with a short, skinny actor for a change. Maybe then this poor actress won't get negative comments about her looks all the time 🤷♀️
And notice that it's never two women loving/fighting for one man? I don't know, China is just a weird country.…
Can we please stop calling a whole country weird just because of a piece of fictional media with fictional story tropes? 🙄 Why do some fans of Asian media (C-dramas, K-pop etc.) act like that? Seriously.
I still remember how some international viewers ignored her whole career and said she should feel lucky and grateful…
I may be too old for fanwars but no one is too old to make sarcastic comments 😋
I did mock people who put male celebrities on a very high pedestal and think no woman is good enough to be partnered up with them, either in TV shows / movies or even in real life, so they post hate comments with misogynistic undertones about her looks, her background and her career.
That mentality I described exists in every fandom and for many celebrities with large fanbases. I've seen similarly judgemental comments about women who are associated with Gong Jun, Wang Yibo, Wang Hedi and popular Korean boy groups, just to name a few examples. My intention wasn't to "single out" people who like Xiao Zhan but to criticize this particular mentality.
Since you aren't one of those people, my comments above weren't about you. Have a nice day or evening 👍
I still remember how some international viewers ignored her whole career and said she should feel lucky and grateful…
I never even meant to imply it was Xiao Zhan fans who said negative things about Ren Min.
Re-reading my comments above, I only ever talked about "viewers" I've come across on MDL and Disqus, never "Xiao Zhan fans".
Kind of sad about the accusations that I'm a troll or trying to participate in a fanwar because I'm way too old for that... I'm just a casual drama viewer who wouldn't call myself a fan of any particular actor or actress, so obviously fanwars don't interest me either. Discussions I do like, fanwars are for the young and zealous fans 🤣 I only make comments on what I see, not more or less.
Still curious, though, who you suspect I'm a fan of?
My watchlist looks like crap because I don't care enough to maintain it. As you can see, I don't even have any completed shows on there for a variety of reasons... so please don't read too much into it.
And people used to complain about that too no? They keep saying her roles are similar, her hairstyles similar.…
The ageism starts with the industry. I wished viewers who criticize actresses for their age understood that.
Many FL roles are characters under the age of 30. Actresses who are older than that don't have a lot of options: either they audition for roles "not meant for them" and risk the audience's criticism or they play mothers, aunts and empress dowagers aka supportive roles that don't pay as much. Or they can sit around and wait for FL roles suitable for their age but who would do that? Everybody needs to put food on their table after all.
I hope the costumes are better in S2. I pretty much loved everything about S1 except the costumes and Li Qin.
Years later and I still don't understand the numerous complaints about Li Qin and her character Lin Waner.
The worst thing I can say about her is that she's boring because she's just sweet and nice and not a cool, badass character. She doesn't even have a lot of screentime to really make the viewers like or dislike her, but they act like she dragged down the show.
I still remember how some international viewers ignored her whole career and said she should feel lucky and grateful…
I actually liked Xiao Zhan's performance in this drama (and only because I think he got more material to work with and the script was strongly biased towards him), but your last sentence still made me laugh because it's unfortunately so true 🤣
In this particular case, Ren Min isn't even a total newbie actress who landed the main role out of nowhere and Xiao Zhan isn't some seasoned veteran actor who's "out of her league" even though that's what some viewers mistakenly believed.
Sometimes I'm afraid to read the comments of a drama starring a popular (among international fans at least) actor with a lesser known actress because 9 out of 10 times, her role is torn to shreds and nitpicked from the first to the last episode and barely anyone defends her because she has fewer fans and everyone's only rooting for the ML role.
Seeing actors’ fans on weibo complaining about the coloring which makes their skin too white and unnatural.…
I'm glad they complained. There's a limit to everything, after all.
While the beauty standard is fair skin, I'm sure the average person wants to see actors with naturally-looking fair skin on TV... and not the blurry white skin color filters that are used way too much in idol dramas these days. Some filters are so strong, even the facial features look blurry 🙃
Just scrolled through the comments and was reminded once again of why I stop reading comments on mdl when the…
I still remember how some international viewers ignored her whole career and said she should feel lucky and grateful she got the chance to act alongside a world-famous, handsome top actor – as if she was a total nobody with no experience and no previous works under her belt before she got casted in this drama 🙄
Although I admittedly didn't know Ren Min before The Longest Promise, I still found those comments really disrespectful.
And not to mention all the awful comments on her appearance... even though there's nothing wrong with how she looks like and it was a perfect match for her kind of role!
Did anyone else watch this drama solely for the villain and was it worth it? Does he have a lot of screentime or should I just watch fanmade videos of this character? 👀
Think I need to stay away from fantasy romances for a while... because this show was way too good and I can't imagine any other xianxia drama coming close to this one 😩
And unexpectedly, I ended up liking Little Orchid's character even though I usually feel neutral towards cute and adorable FLs!
Yes, she can be naive and silly sometimes and I get why some viewers are put off by her high-pitched voice, but in the most crucial situations, she always showed a great amount of understanding, kindness, selflessness and inner strength and I really loved her for it. Her relationship with the ML was surprisingly equal too despite them being total opposites of each other.
I have no idea how I'm ever going to get over this amazing drama 🥺
Some adult women are genetically skinny or don't have a lot going on in the boob department and that's okay. Not very kind to judge them for their god-given appearance and imply they're less deserving of male attention and love.
I do think this particular actress is unusually tiny though, even compared to her female acting peers. Most of her co-actors are tall men which just emphasizes her small build. She should get paired up with a short, skinny actor for a change. Maybe then this poor actress won't get negative comments about her looks all the time 🤷♀️
I did mock people who put male celebrities on a very high pedestal and think no woman is good enough to be partnered up with them, either in TV shows / movies or even in real life, so they post hate comments with misogynistic undertones about her looks, her background and her career.
That mentality I described exists in every fandom and for many celebrities with large fanbases. I've seen similarly judgemental comments about women who are associated with Gong Jun, Wang Yibo, Wang Hedi and popular Korean boy groups, just to name a few examples. My intention wasn't to "single out" people who like Xiao Zhan but to criticize this particular mentality.
Since you aren't one of those people, my comments above weren't about you. Have a nice day or evening 👍
Re-reading my comments above, I only ever talked about "viewers" I've come across on MDL and Disqus, never "Xiao Zhan fans".
Kind of sad about the accusations that I'm a troll or trying to participate in a fanwar because I'm way too old for that... I'm just a casual drama viewer who wouldn't call myself a fan of any particular actor or actress, so obviously fanwars don't interest me either. Discussions I do like, fanwars are for the young and zealous fans 🤣 I only make comments on what I see, not more or less.
Still curious, though, who you suspect I'm a fan of?
My watchlist looks like crap because I don't care enough to maintain it. As you can see, I don't even have any completed shows on there for a variety of reasons... so please don't read too much into it.
Many FL roles are characters under the age of 30. Actresses who are older than that don't have a lot of options: either they audition for roles "not meant for them" and risk the audience's criticism or they play mothers, aunts and empress dowagers aka supportive roles that don't pay as much. Or they can sit around and wait for FL roles suitable for their age but who would do that? Everybody needs to put food on their table after all.
The worst thing I can say about her is that she's boring because she's just sweet and nice and not a cool, badass character. She doesn't even have a lot of screentime to really make the viewers like or dislike her, but they act like she dragged down the show.
In this particular case, Ren Min isn't even a total newbie actress who landed the main role out of nowhere and Xiao Zhan isn't some seasoned veteran actor who's "out of her league" even though that's what some viewers mistakenly believed.
Sometimes I'm afraid to read the comments of a drama starring a popular (among international fans at least) actor with a lesser known actress because 9 out of 10 times, her role is torn to shreds and nitpicked from the first to the last episode and barely anyone defends her because she has fewer fans and everyone's only rooting for the ML role.
While the beauty standard is fair skin, I'm sure the average person wants to see actors with naturally-looking fair skin on TV... and not the blurry white skin color filters that are used way too much in idol dramas these days. Some filters are so strong, even the facial features look blurry 🙃
Although I admittedly didn't know Ren Min before The Longest Promise, I still found those comments really disrespectful.
And not to mention all the awful comments on her appearance... even though there's nothing wrong with how she looks like and it was a perfect match for her kind of role!
And unexpectedly, I ended up liking Little Orchid's character even though I usually feel neutral towards cute and adorable FLs!
Yes, she can be naive and silly sometimes and I get why some viewers are put off by her high-pitched voice, but in the most crucial situations, she always showed a great amount of understanding, kindness, selflessness and inner strength and I really loved her for it. Her relationship with the ML was surprisingly equal too despite them being total opposites of each other.
I have no idea how I'm ever going to get over this amazing drama 🥺