They are rumoured to finally be wrapping this week! Seems like Xincheng pulled a lot of long shoots for this one and the crew even worked through Chinese New Year and Qingming without a break so I hope we can see the fruits of their labour soon. I'm especially excited since this is a very different genre from what ZXC's done before (the closest is maybe Young Blood) and is probably his first role with intensive fight scenes - the behind the scenes shots I’ve seen look great.
It’s actually kind of a suspense with supernatural elements - Haiyan and Haixia are foster brothers with a deep bond. It’s not a BL (and Haiyan is supposedly hinted to have a crush on their immortal foster mom/mentor Haiqi in the book) but a lot of people ship them anyway.
As a fan of priest's books and a person who has read Silent Reading twice, I must say that I am utterly baffled…
yeah I was looking forward to this case and the interrogation scene too and was pretty disappointed as it was one of the cornerstones of the book / that case for me. I did see people who got their hands on the script say that the full interrogation by PS was not even in the final script (i.e. it was never filmed). So this missing scene is really on the scriptwriter . I guess the sad state of cdrama makers today is that they don't just have to deal with censorship from the state, they also self-censor a lot because they know how hard it will be to keep certain story elements in their work. that said, I do think crew and cast did try to make a good adaptation within the constraints of their production environment - imo, compared to a lot of cdramas, this is a drama that's really been made with a lot of care for the source novel although it might not faithfully adapt the book. On my end, I won't discount the entire series based on the absence of a few scenes but I get why people would be disappointed. I just don't think it's possible in this day and age for Modu to be successfully adapted as a whole drama without major changes, not unless they do it outside of China..
It was already trending a lot when it came out on weibo. It became one of the hottest searches but government…
Yeah, sad they banned the search tag from trending and got rid of the weibo supertalk - I wonder whose ire JITD attracted because it seems extreme to target just one drama this way.
I finally managed to catch a showing of this. To be honest, I went for Zhang Xincheng and he really wasn’t more than a cameo here (although he does the whole tragic Chinese Romeo type justice). Regardless, I still enjoyed the movie quite a bit, especially the first two thirds. It’s the first film I’ve seen by Chen Sicheng and I’m pleasantly surprised. It also gave me a lot of food for thought, will probably have to leave a longer review later.
Ahhh, I am so glad to see Detective Chinatown 1900 is getting an international release! We can see ZXC in a movie theatre at last gosh. (I am still kinda sad that All These Years didn’t get an international release back in 2023 😭.)
Ahah I can’t make any sense of the trailer, it looks like chaos! But I’m glad a release date has been set - I have been waiting for details on the character Xincheng will play.
The drama is not perfect - the script / editing kinda drags in the middle - but it’s a very pleasant and relatable watch especially if you’re not into those unrealistic love at first sight / fated to be together type of tropes (although they do try to pull this a little with the second ML and FL). I would say it’s a bit more for an adult audience compared to your usual fairytale idol drama in terms of the setting and the main couple’s slowly evolving relationship.
I am wondering if some may have jumped on a bandwagon hating on this just because it was favorably compared to a more popular drama which was airing around the same time :x.
Seems the rumour mill is saying Li Huan will play He Jianxi: https://kisskh.at/people/30983-li-huan. I’ve never come across this actor before but it seems he worked with the TSB director and DYX earlier this year. Wonder if Li and Liu Lingzi will be announced at the official boot ceremony next week!
Yeah if they stick to the book, Haiyan is definitely the protagonist since the story mainly follows him and Haixia…
Yeps seems cdramas do this more and more these days. Anyway, I just hope they don’t shortchange Haiyan and we get to see lots of ZXC in the drama regardless. There is more than one recent project of his where he was listed as the lead but his parts were less then expected 😔.
I am loving all the official materials that finally dropped - the costumes for the Zhang trio definitely look much better in the official pics vs reuters. And Haiyan’s boss energy and smirk in the teasers gosh!! I only wish they used a little less makeup on the guys but maybe it’s just for the photoshoot.
They are the couple of the show girl , how is he the second lead ☠
Ahhh, wait, are you talking about Haiyan and Haixia? They are not a couple in the book, they’re foster brothers who are close 😅 seems a lot of people are confusing this for a BL but it’s really not.
Although I like Ryan Ding's acting, but his character here is the 2nd lead, Steven Zhang is playing the lead role.
Yeah if they stick to the book, Haiyan is definitely the protagonist since the story mainly follows him and Haixia is only around for parts of it. But a lot of cdramas don’t stick close to the source materials they are adapted from so I guess people are hoping otherwise + maybe to see a happier fate for Haixia’. Hopefully we will know more tomorrow 🙌.
Ahhh it seems like the official wb will finally drop some materials today. I am really curious about the rest of the cast like Liu Lingzi / Fu Dalong. Also, we still haven’t seen any info about He Jianxi (who seems to travel with Haiyan in the book) yet so I am wondering if He will make an appearance in the drama at all.
I am wondering if some may have jumped on a bandwagon hating on this just because it was favorably compared to a more popular drama which was airing around the same time :x.