Ripe Town is part of Tencent’s X Theater collection, and it’s also streaming on Viki. So why can’t Eight Hundred stream on Viki too? Does it just need enough user requests? Also, Ripe Town is free on Viki and Tencent You Tube channel. I hope they eventually make Eight Hundred free too so more people can watch it.
Your guess is as good as anyone. I like to see it when it's done airing. There are enough 1- and 2-star comments for ridiculous reasons like why she is reusing her contact lens case or things cost less back then or the character sells drugs. You see very few users criticizing Xu Kai's accent or his voice delivery. The rolling 100 comments are averaging in the low 7 out of 10 range because there are many 4-star and 5-star comments, so I'm hopeful with a good ending, it will come in at least a 7. Anything over a 7 is a very good score. I think most viewers are enjoying the drama.
snapshot at point in time Rating Mix of 99 scores 5★ → 33% 4★ → 31% 3★ → 14% 2★ → 14% 1★ → 7% Average Rating 3.7 out of 5 7.4 out of 10
I think the hospital scene in Episode 2 is masterfully done and essential for understanding Chen Hui’s desperation to save Songge. It’s packed with emotional detail, but so much of it is subtle enough to miss on a first watch.
Some dramas are heavily promoted on dual platforms and CCTV too but This dramas has just basic promotion and's can only be found on one platform and it’s you tube channel and no where else, is that right?
Some Chinese Douban user complained “I can't even find this drama on TV.
🥌All of them are available. There is no homepage. There is no TV series section. I can't find it manually.”
That’s because it’s It is a web‑only series that streams exclusively on WeTV / Tencent Video,
Thats why popularity can be misleading. How do you compare a drama on many platforms web and tv to one limited to single web platform
Nostalgia: a sentimental, often bittersweet longing or wistful affection for the past, particularly for specific…
That’s what I thought nostalgia is a longing in your heart for what was in a past time period. The characters in this story probably wished for a different fate in a different time. This drama is unlike those other nostalgic dramas of life in China. The circumstances in this story really transcends time and place.
So many dramas in the 70s 80s and 90s,china is having a nostalgia hangover lately
This is not nostalgic story. It seems it’s just the opposite. It could happen anytime and anywhere. It’s about a young man who sees no other way so he is willing to take the wrong way. It’s not nostalgia about a time period in China thought the setting is 1997 in a small coal mine town.
"A Circle of 800 Meters" wants to ask how evil is transferred between people.”
“ Eight Hundred layers moral dilemmas and family tension into the crime narrative. ”
“ Chen Hui is written as a high‑IQ, hyper‑calculating character. Every scene shows his ability to anticipate danger, manipulate people, and stay ahead of the investigation. The script hides these clues in small details, and when you put them together, you see how the writers built his character.”
“Cold father, sad mother, desperate son, broken family.”
Why do the ratings for this drama keep going down on MDL it always seems to happen to his dramas
Depending on the actor, MDL can influence a drama’s rating. It’s interesting how they eventually configure the data set to match general patterns to look organic. If you don’t track it daily and even several times a day you won’t noticed because eventually they align it to all look normal. It’s a very biased system. They seem to favor certain actors and disadvantage others like Xu Kai dramas. When those favored actors even they cannot help it you know their dramas was bad yet still get what most dramas normally get on MDL. I don’t see Douban doing it. They don’t put up a rating until the data looks stable. Their issue is others pay for water armies to flood the comments with perfect scores. I’ve never seen that with Xu Kai dramas. When that happens it takes up to 3 weeks before they can release a score.
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The story was fantasy.
snapshot at point in time
Rating Mix of 99 scores
5★ → 33%
4★ → 31%
3★ → 14%
2★ → 14%
1★ → 7%
Average Rating
3.7 out of 5
7.4 out of 10
this is only raw and sample
https://wetv.vip/en/search/eight%20hundred
Some Chinese Douban user complained “I can't even find this drama on TV.
🥌All of them are available. There is no homepage. There is no TV series section. I can't find it manually.”
That’s because it’s It is a web‑only series that streams exclusively on WeTV / Tencent Video,
Thats why popularity can be misleading. How do you compare a drama on many platforms web and tv to one limited to single web platform
“ Eight Hundred layers moral dilemmas and family tension into the crime narrative. ”
“ Chen Hui is written as a high‑IQ, hyper‑calculating character. Every scene shows his ability to anticipate danger, manipulate people, and stay ahead of the investigation. The script hides these clues in small details, and when you put them together, you see how the writers built his character.”
“Cold father, sad mother, desperate son, broken family.”