They are indeed similar, because they are based on stories from the same author, in fact from the same trilogy.…
Sure, this is the case where they absolutely can't be blamed.
Before The Bad Kids, I actually thought the Burning Ice team still did a good job of wrapping it up decently - I really think ep. 10 ending should be treated as the end. The rest is a needless, but mandatory (censorship) epilogue. I thought it was very clever of them - to first tell the story as they wanted to tell it, and then add everything they had to after a timeskip, so it almost looks intentionally redundant and tacked on.
When a certain character gets that 合作愉快 sms, to me it packs almost the same punch as the last scene in The Bad Kids - the final reveal, then the credits roll. It's just that the Bad Kids did it much better and more organically, and I didn't think it was possible.
They are indeed similar, because they are based on stories from the same author, in fact from the same trilogy.…
Yes, I know that. Can't wait for The Long Night to start. I just hope they pull it off again, because the two last episodes of Burning Ice were such a disappointment in an otherwise great series. I just recommend everyone to stop at the end of ep. 10, it works quite well as an ending.
I can't recommend this drama enough, it's probably the best of this genre I've seen in years, from any country.
Watch it for the story, watch it for the characters and psychology, watch it for the production quality. It has a captivating beginning, a brilliant ending with a twist and a gripping, wonderfully paced story in between. And it leaves you thinking.
The only other Chinese production I can compare to this in terms of story and atmosphere would be 无证之罪 (Burning ice). That one had the ending botched due to censorship, but here the creators somehow actually managed to solve this conundrum of telling a really dark story within the boundaries they were given and not copping out. In the end, it's not what you were shown that matters, it's what you choose to believe actually happened.
Before The Bad Kids, I actually thought the Burning Ice team still did a good job of wrapping it up decently - I really think ep. 10 ending should be treated as the end. The rest is a needless, but mandatory (censorship) epilogue. I thought it was very clever of them - to first tell the story as they wanted to tell it, and then add everything they had to after a timeskip, so it almost looks intentionally redundant and tacked on.
When a certain character gets that 合作愉快 sms, to me it packs almost the same punch as the last scene in The Bad Kids - the final reveal, then the credits roll. It's just that the Bad Kids did it much better and more organically, and I didn't think it was possible.
Watch it for the story, watch it for the characters and psychology, watch it for the production quality. It has a captivating beginning, a brilliant ending with a twist and a gripping, wonderfully paced story in between. And it leaves you thinking.
The only other Chinese production I can compare to this in terms of story and atmosphere would be 无证之罪 (Burning ice). That one had the ending botched due to censorship, but here the creators somehow actually managed to solve this conundrum of telling a really dark story within the boundaries they were given and not copping out. In the end, it's not what you were shown that matters, it's what you choose to believe actually happened.