excuse me, may i know what do u mean by 'his scandal blacklist'???
his dramas got postponed and his name was blacklisted from chinese sns for some time in previous months because he was caught having an extra-marital affair
Reading synopsis started like 'Oh! This sounds good!* and when I finished reading it, I was like 'nah! Don't tell…
I don't think that part means there's a love triangle. The family gang consists of one girl (Fu Zi) who is ML's age, the other female lead is middle-aged like the mom in the group, and then there's Fu Zi's dad. You can see it in the poster. I think the trouble breaking the gang up will probably come mostly from Ze Yu's career since he's an actor and all, maybe there'll be a supporting girl, but yeah I doubt it's within the main group.
Longest day in Chang'an is leagues above Novoland in terms of characters, script, plot and writing. Even in terms…
I agree that Chang’an is far superior, but I only compare these two because so far this year I haven’t seen any other good productions. The typical wuxia/xianxia dramas especially with romance that have been regurgitating the same plots for the last 50 years with worse acting each time have pretty much taken over China’s costume period drama scene. Having 2 watchable historicals in one year is something I find needs to be celebrated.
there are many classics with great writing imo. Even in recent years, though they may not be of this genre. Cinematography and aesthetics don’t matter as much to me. For me, Chinese productions have decreased in quality in recent years when it comes to acting and writing (ironically gotten more popular overseas tho- it shows even on MDL, certain shows are way more hyped than ones like Chang’an which I feel actually represents what Chinese television is capable of—but of course, to each their own, whatever makes people happy)
This is not bad, honestly. I mean, it's not perfect, but with the situation as it is these days I really feel like I'll just take what I can get. This and Chang'an are my current top airing Chinese historicals right now, which is rare bc I can't stand most of them. Chang'an has Lei Jiayin who I'll watch in anything. As for Novoland, I'm still not convinced by the main cast (so far they've been okay) but the supporting cast is pretty great. Even though there's some rough cut n slash of scenes, the Chinese netizens say it best: 播出就是胜利 [if it airs (at all), it's a victory] haha.... Plus, most Cdramas get the cut n slash treatment anyways, at this point I just accept it as inevitable and pray for a talented editing team.
I'm not going to edit the air date bc it's not confirmed, but this is being "scheduled" to air July 19th. I think Yang Shuo is finally being released from his scandal blacklist
My impression after watching 10 eps: I can't get over how fake everything looks lol i mean the main female has modern kdrama hair in 1940s china... the first second I saw that I already couldn't take anything seriously LOL. this whole thing has a weird watered-down feel to it, and I feel like this was aired specifically to entice younger kids in China to be interested in Republican-era dramas. Idk how to explain it, it's just not convincing. everything is too ~pretty~ like the period drama version of an idol drama. the atrocious dubbing doesn't help the actors either.
y'know, i wrote out this long comment, but then i deleted it bc i just decided i don't have the mental energy to engage with that certain subset of asian drama fans, life is too short, yada yada. anyways, you seem to have thought a lot about the themes of the handmaid's tale and their real life significance, and put a lot of work into this article so i just wanted to show some support~
i personally don't enjoy atwood's prose style so i never got into the handmaid's tale unfortunately (i find her writing very detached and dry, somehow? although the blind assassin was good). maybe one day i'll watch the series depending on how it ends-i'm scared of got 2.0 haha. idk any of the characters so i can't assign roles, but for this type of show, i would probably want to see some older faces like kim nam joo, choi min shik, sung dong il, jang hyuk, lee yo won, kim nam gil, to name a few
Yes, this one is confirmed for sure by the broadcast stations and will definitely air unless something crazy happens last min, but I don't think it will.
this one is better than the other currently airing gaokao-themed drama, the overseas one. i just love yan ni'er a lot haha. i think it's so funny that they're airing all these gaokao dramas in the summer when the kids who JUST finished the gaokao are finally free and never want to hear the words "gaokao" ever again
I 100% doubt this is airing on July 27. On Weibo there's always rumours flying around about hyped dramas, I haven't heard zip about this drama in months.
Then again, certain dramas have been randomly airing with no notice lately. But still, I'm on the side of doubt for this one.
i see it on streaming sites, but who's subbing it? Where can I download it? Are there soft subs?
Subbed by earthcolors @D-addicts. You have to sign up to the forum to be able to view the subtitles forums. there, you can download softsubs. In addition, they post notes for every episode giving historical and cultural context to the translations.
I really liked this, thank you! Definitely an underrepresented genre on MDL. I know most people turn to dramas to escape from reality which is understandable and I sometimes do that too, but most of the time I turn to fiction to understand reality, so I really appreciate these true-to-life human stories. And bonus, the Japanese ones are mainly inspiring and makes you realise what an enduring species we are. These are the kinds of recs I'm looking for! x
this drama looks super promising!! I really like it so far, it's eerie
there are many classics with great writing imo. Even in recent years, though they may not be of this genre. Cinematography and aesthetics don’t matter as much to me. For me, Chinese productions have decreased in quality in recent years when it comes to acting and writing (ironically gotten more popular overseas tho- it shows even on MDL, certain shows are way more hyped than ones like Chang’an which I feel actually represents what Chinese television is capable of—but of course, to each their own, whatever makes people happy)
Now please, let it air to the last episode with no extra drama
i personally don't enjoy atwood's prose style so i never got into the handmaid's tale unfortunately (i find her writing very detached and dry, somehow? although the blind assassin was good). maybe one day i'll watch the series depending on how it ends-i'm scared of got 2.0 haha. idk any of the characters so i can't assign roles, but for this type of show, i would probably want to see some older faces like kim nam joo, choi min shik, sung dong il, jang hyuk, lee yo won, kim nam gil, to name a few
Then again, certain dramas have been randomly airing with no notice lately. But still, I'm on the side of doubt for this one.