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So much potential but ruined
The most unsatisfying ending ever!!!!!!!
To commit 62 episodes to get to this end is deeply unsatisfying. I really felt betrayed by the scriptwriters for ending it this way. There were so many ways to tie this up with a bow even if they did not want a happy ending. But they didn't even bother to.
I can totally understand why this show was so heavily criticized. Yes, this is not Yanxi Palace - that is hard to live up to.
But this ending ... omg - What a waste of my time!
Also, structurally way too long in the first two thirds. It takes 40 episodes for Hao Lan to get to Qin. That could've been cut in half - too much repetition on the same plot. Each episode, someone somewhere in the palace tries to kill Hao Lan. The trio (Hao Lan, Lu Buwei, Yiren) finds a way out. Next episode - rinse and repeat.
Ok, perhaps I have been overly critical ... so here is what I loved about the show:
It was really about the triangle between the trio of Hao Lan, Lu Bu Wei and Yiren - complex relationship that was just 10/10 each time any of the three interacted with each other. All were equals. I loved all three of them.
However, I felt there was way too much time spent on developing the supporting characters, many of whom were just increasingly annoying - Princess Ya for example. Awful!
The title is called the Legend of Hao Lan, and we did not get enough of Hao Lan. The last 20 episodes was her tucked away somewhere.
So overall, the potential was there with this cast and plotline, but the balance of the structure and build up, as well as an absolutely unsatisfying ending left me feeling betrayed and angry.
To commit 62 episodes to get to this end is deeply unsatisfying. I really felt betrayed by the scriptwriters for ending it this way. There were so many ways to tie this up with a bow even if they did not want a happy ending. But they didn't even bother to.
I can totally understand why this show was so heavily criticized. Yes, this is not Yanxi Palace - that is hard to live up to.
But this ending ... omg - What a waste of my time!
Also, structurally way too long in the first two thirds. It takes 40 episodes for Hao Lan to get to Qin. That could've been cut in half - too much repetition on the same plot. Each episode, someone somewhere in the palace tries to kill Hao Lan. The trio (Hao Lan, Lu Buwei, Yiren) finds a way out. Next episode - rinse and repeat.
Ok, perhaps I have been overly critical ... so here is what I loved about the show:
It was really about the triangle between the trio of Hao Lan, Lu Bu Wei and Yiren - complex relationship that was just 10/10 each time any of the three interacted with each other. All were equals. I loved all three of them.
However, I felt there was way too much time spent on developing the supporting characters, many of whom were just increasingly annoying - Princess Ya for example. Awful!
The title is called the Legend of Hao Lan, and we did not get enough of Hao Lan. The last 20 episodes was her tucked away somewhere.
So overall, the potential was there with this cast and plotline, but the balance of the structure and build up, as well as an absolutely unsatisfying ending left me feeling betrayed and angry.
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