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a never ending agony
the premise looked fine. I love this kind of Chinese dramas. war, magic, love and beautiful costumes but this one is not really a gem.
at the very start the first episode is particularly cringe. the cgi is questionable and looks like a show for kids. the dragon and his pals animations almost made me stop watching but I endured and it got a bit better along the whole show.
unfortunately the bad cgi is not the only problem.
the characters are frankly uninteresting or particularly unbearable. this only one I really liked is the shadow demon. he was funny, a bit ambiguous and a good mix of bad and good. the other characters are all forgettable, even the main leads. the male lead character (go watch love in the clouds!!) was the "standard" archetype and the female lead was unbearable at times and annoying at others.
I will admit that the characters improve mid drama compared to their "cartoonish" self in the first part.
the drama set up is probably the main culprit.
40 episode were hard to shallow. I skipped forward like crazy for the last 10 episodes.
there was a lot flashbacks, repetitions.. one character states something and then another one repeats the same exact thing.
"they say you can find the dragon in the valley".
" so.. you are telling me we can find the dragon in the valley".
the audience is not brain-dead. no need to treat us like that.
pathos was a big issue as well.
we are supposed to be immerse in a very convoluted scene, life treating scenario and then puff... 3 seconds later everything is fine, those who died are alive again.
this show is unable to create suspence... everything feels weightless.
the music compartment is also a big "what the hell".
in the first half of the drama the wrong songs are playing at the wrong time . you are in the middle of a somber scene, the music is playing a festive theme.
I think they also added the pornhub intro in the funny skits.. but Im Not sure it is the same.
as well for other things mentioned before, it actually improves in the second half.
I wouldn't recommend this one. there are better dramas out there especially if you have to invest 40 episodes!!!
at the very start the first episode is particularly cringe. the cgi is questionable and looks like a show for kids. the dragon and his pals animations almost made me stop watching but I endured and it got a bit better along the whole show.
unfortunately the bad cgi is not the only problem.
the characters are frankly uninteresting or particularly unbearable. this only one I really liked is the shadow demon. he was funny, a bit ambiguous and a good mix of bad and good. the other characters are all forgettable, even the main leads. the male lead character (go watch love in the clouds!!) was the "standard" archetype and the female lead was unbearable at times and annoying at others.
I will admit that the characters improve mid drama compared to their "cartoonish" self in the first part.
the drama set up is probably the main culprit.
40 episode were hard to shallow. I skipped forward like crazy for the last 10 episodes.
there was a lot flashbacks, repetitions.. one character states something and then another one repeats the same exact thing.
"they say you can find the dragon in the valley".
" so.. you are telling me we can find the dragon in the valley".
the audience is not brain-dead. no need to treat us like that.
pathos was a big issue as well.
we are supposed to be immerse in a very convoluted scene, life treating scenario and then puff... 3 seconds later everything is fine, those who died are alive again.
this show is unable to create suspence... everything feels weightless.
the music compartment is also a big "what the hell".
in the first half of the drama the wrong songs are playing at the wrong time . you are in the middle of a somber scene, the music is playing a festive theme.
I think they also added the pornhub intro in the funny skits.. but Im Not sure it is the same.
as well for other things mentioned before, it actually improves in the second half.
I wouldn't recommend this one. there are better dramas out there especially if you have to invest 40 episodes!!!
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