monstersnroses

Its not crumbs to take a role that was originally meant for someone else, it happens literally all the time. It's how the business works.

Indiana Jones was meant for Tom Sellek
Neo in the Matrix was meant for Wil Smith
Forrest Gump was meant for John Travolta
Jack in Titanic was meant for Mathew McConahey
Han Solo was meant for Al Pacino
Clarice Starling was meant for Michelle Pfeifer
Iron Man was meant for Tom Cruise
Vivian in Pretty Woman was meant for Molly Ringwald
In Yanxi Palace, both the roles of Consort Xian and Wei Yingluo were originally meant for other actors.

This is normal and no reason to flip out and get all offended. Relax.

Well that also happens with Kiera Knightley and Natalie Portman, and they both benefit from it without either overshadowing the other. I don't understand why this is so hard for you to see without becoming offended and changing what I'm actually saying to suit your need to argue. Peace be with you.

nooooooo!

You framed it that way. I said it's possible that the resemblance could help her pick up bigger roles.

And then you turned it into some strawman argument as if i had said that YT's success is dependent on BL, which I never said.

Why are you like this. Be at peace omg.

Everyone can benefit from further success. There is no issue.

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What would be wrong with more name recognition and more popularity and bigger opportunity roles?

makes sense.

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.