monstersnroses

Sometimes I see Bai Lu getting stuck playing "the same character" in multiple dramas, and I think YiTong has more flexibility and can be more understated.

Because BaiLu is at a different stage in her career than YiTong. It gives YiTong a better leg up to carve out her own career and get known in her own right.

I don't think one "outshines" the other. That would be like saying Madonna outshines Lady Gaga. The comparisons are there, but that doesn't mean one is above the other or identical to the other.

They are just strikingly similar, why is that a big deal.

I disagree, I think they bear striking resemblance to eachother kind of like Natalie Portman and Kiera Knightley... only Natalie and Kiera just look alike, and in this instance I think the resemblance is only partially looks, but also their energy seems similar and their acting style. That could be really good for YiTong, because she can pick up roles that were meant for BaiLu when BL can't take a drama due to scheduling conflicts.

There's nothing wrong with two people being similar in style. They're both cute and charismatic and fun to watch.

The cast is good. I like Chang Long, he's always fun.

He's far less goofy in PG, but still too hammy imo. He always plays like "woooh it's the Devil Lord of Death!" and then as the show goes on, he turns gooey and soft like a smores crumpling on a campfire. No, no, no I say! Must go darker!

Also in PG, he enlisted in yet another script where all the good characters die. Only this time instead of the entire ensemble cast dying at the end, they die flat out in the middle of the drama, and we are still supposed to care what happens next?

It WAS a slight step up from his usual, but not really what I was hoping to see, I have to admit.

i loved that myow-myow song from ep 1

I'm on ep 2 and this is a really really rough start... I'm willing to push through, but can someone ELI5 me the setup of this drama? I mean there's parts of ep 1 and 2 that i rewound 3-4 times and still don't totally understand what's going on.

ML is the villain? Or is he the ML antihero like Goodbye My Princess? Is FL really the 2FL of the script she ended up in?

Why did she get poisoned at the wedding, and then woke up 6 mos eariler?

Why is the little kid with the candied haws in ep 1 the only one who seems meta-aware?

I didn't know he got hate for his appearance... the only thing I don't like about him is that I fell in love with his serious performance in TLB, and ever since then he's been playing ML roles that to one degree or another are goofy or hammy.

I want to see him do serious/passionate/brooding again, he was so good at that. I don't like it when he doesn't take himself seriously, I don't think it looks right on him.

But there's no denying he's super hot and super charismatic.

me 2

a lot of the stuff that's come out lately feels like AI generated crap plots and dialogue, but this one feels fresher and more creative. the 2ML/2FL couple is way more fire than I thought they could be at first, kiss scenes between 2ML/2FL and ML/FL are really good, both pairings have their own kind of chemistry that's rockin. It's still a hokey short-length, but it does feel elevated for what's currently out in this genre.

I'm waiting to decide what i'll give it, but as of now, I'm thinking 7.5-8 and I'm a hard grader.

I've wanted to see Hao Dong in something GOOD for a long time now, I always felt like he was capable of better acting and better roles that what he's done previously. I'm happy.

It's not just antis that skew ratings to the point that ratings are hard to take seriously....

Same, i've also been bitching about that for a while. Reatings get skewed this way too.

So excited to see Ma Hao Dong in something halfway decent <3

This was so much better than I expected it to be, good story, great performances. Probably a rewatch for me on this one.

im not a fan of the fact that you can rate a show and review it before it's even finished. I feel like that skews ratings all over the place.

So at first he is suspicious of her and at one point he *holds her up off the ground by her throat with her feet dangling inches above the ground, and squeezes until she partially passes out*.

And then after that they slowly fall in love, awww.... Nothing says romance like strangulation, right china?

I tried to get past that for the sake of the plot, but I just couldn't. I've seen plenty of c-drama scenes where the ML holds or grabs the woman by the throat, but this one was somehow worse than usual. He freakin picked her up by the throat until she lost consciousness. I'm sorry but that's just not something that belongs in a romance story at all.

Damn he is HOT! His acting was so fire in Close To You that I'm now following his dramas and wishing the absolute best of success for him. IMO, he needs more challenging roles with greater complexity and more screentime, a producer that cares about the art of their craft.

He has huge Zo In Sung energy and I mean that in the best possible way. Gorgeous man, electric performances, raw depth of skill... praying he gets "discovered", it would be so amazing to see his career take off.

I am about 10 eps in and i just have to say... humor is SO on point!

Ha! Last nitr I said "ill just watch the first ep or two to get an idea'... 11 eps later it was 4.30 am and i slept 3 hrs b4 i had to get up for work!

<3 !