oldman123

true and if you put it into context, this was set in the 1970s and many provincial and county governments were dirt poor

Don't watch it then. Just as I refused to watch Can this Love be Translated. As for peddling propaganda, which country doesn't? Hollywood does, Bollywood does, UK does and even kdramas do that explicitly.

LY and TLC and their endless gripes and tussles - all so repetetive, endless, and dead boring. The plot is also so banal - seems to revolve around a YinYang which is allegedly bad and a good - typical Xianxia story and no wonder, I can't subscribe to this simplistic 'fight' between a good and evil being. But what is truly boring is as I had said - the fight between the 2 'brothers' - LY and TLC, endless and repetitive

Boring. Endless repetitive tussles between the '2' brothers.

poor script and repetitive, like her early stuff. quite boring.

just about looks, vibes and not about script, the acting

i think the old soldier's son (the puppet) is the FL's fiance and he's out for revenge.

this is a whiney, self-indulget love story - all the endless pining and a doomed love story with a splash of action thrown in.

The truth behind Ye Qing Mei's death.
She was killed by the Emperor, I think.
The identity of the fourth Great Grandmaster - Is he really Eunuch Hong or someone else? The eunuch, was that ot confirmed in Series 1 already?
The identity of the woman in the Crown Prince's face-less woman drawings. JOL 1 shows the Crown Prince with his many face-less woman drawings, and his mother (the Empress) finding those drawings and reprimanding him in JOL 2.
The woman is the Grand Princess, and that's why the Empress scolded him; it's an unhealthy obsession.

you hit the nail on its head - seek to cater too much to the west. kdramas were grittier and yes the violence was in your place not stylised like may western dramas. etflix kill off the flare and the originality

too right and indeed since etflix the kdamas have lost their chutzpah the grittiness and cutting edge

yes, too many misogynists, all blaming the woman. Sadly, many cannot seee and undertand why she left in the first place. She was in a drug-induced state when she was told her child was sick (she was lied to but she believed it) and propted to act decisively and immediately. I don't think the female characters were well-written in DY and BOY either, all the focus was on the men and the path to be no.1.

BOY was a superior series and far more interesting. The present series is more a xianxia and uses too much CGI that it's unbelievable and not credible (contra BOY). Many watch this because of the boy candy but seriously, the plot and story line was really not that great - revenge, redemption but despite the claims of causes and consequences, the emperor got a free pass and was even meaner - Langya 'duke' was even sacrificed. He was the cause of his obssession and destroys too many families (just like his father) and yet, bore no real consequences. Maybe, the novelist should be clearer on this line and so should the scriptwriter. As for bromance and loyalty, yes, there was that but somehow convoluted when it is contrasted with good and evil and redemption.

yes, this constant repeat of scenes don't add much vlue and fillers just detract from the story. this is a downer. becomes actually quite boring...

yes, I agree

Hmm, just wondering if Jin Ling will end up as a victim?

yes, the Tongmenhui is real and arguably the percursor to the KMT and the CPC.

but wasn't his message enclosed with the gift to the Duke? If so, how can be a comrade? Unless he was a double agent sent by MSD? is that likely?

a journey to love, heroes, love like the galaxy, sword snow stride legend of fei, princess agents and yes, oh my general. all the jin yong series

great comments