many plot holes

Zhang Zhe Han of course the reason I've watch this drama. But many plot holes this drama has make me have to lower their star...

the plot holes:
1. One thing almost every director never really consider when making drama. VISAAAAA. Luo Xi (LX) want to go to America, where one of the hardest country to get visa, only plan in 2 days period.... Hello is that easy to get that visa...? For Tao Lun (TL) maybe he is America citizen still makes sense to go there just in 2 days. But LX no way that easy. And Zhang Min (ZM) also... He wants to catch LX by suddenly buy ticket at the airport. Hey where is your passport....??? Can you buy abroad ticket without passport...? I don't think so...
2. No bodyguards that stupid. When Wen Na (WN) go to America she is protected by bodyguard, but that bodyguard that easily get distracted by Tao Lun. No actual professional bodyguards that stupid to be that easily get distracted.
3. The announcement at the fashion show. I don't know where the messed up. Maybe this is the work of really one bad cut-edit. I think when they shoot the scene supposed to be longer where they explain about the fact that ZM is Zhang Jing Zhong's (JZ) son. But the one come out just the recording of ZM's mom scream histerically about she is the ZM's mom & that JZ wants to harm them (mother & son) nothing about JZ being ZM's dad so how everyone in the end still know the fact that ZM is JZ's son....

The bad:
- The rush ending again I guess... The very last few episode is so weird & fast going. Like they want to wrap the drama and in the end make Wu Tian Wei (TW) so easy to regret what his wrong doing in the end.
- The way they put the role of TW feel like half baked. Like is he the bad guy...? Everything he did just feel half-hearted. He want to harm ZM but he is still the uncle. He want to do harm to TL but he is also afraid of him... Hah.... Don't know what to say... Maybe the writer just too focus on ZM-LX-TL story until they forget to build persona for TW as the bad guy.
- Wu Tian Hua never wake up... :(. Will gonna be much better if in the end the mom wake up from her comma & see TL.

What I like:
+ WN is very berry strong girl. She never really depressed or plan to revenge after every heart break. She always get back on her feet. Even I also kinda pitty her for falling again into the same pit but with diff man (ZM & TL). I really like how the writer not put her into one crazy love rival mode.
+ The acting of Tu Ling Aka Shen Xiu Zhi or ZM's mom is very good. We can really feel she is one troubled woman.

I don't know to put it in the good or bad:
The relationship between ZM & LX is mature but some aspect really weird. Like lack of romance maybe... There were some scene where if that another drama I think they'll gonna put kissing or hugging but this drama not. I don't too like too much show off love but the way they do make it feel empty in some sort of way... I don't know how to describe it. The chemistry between Zhang Zhe Han & Zhang Ruo Nan quite ok.

Overall this just another drama to spend ur time...

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Rarely I speechless with the overall drama plot, usually the romance or maybe the cinematography that make me sigh with satisfaction after I've watched the drama. But this drama make me speechless with overall drama itself. Yeah the drama doesn't have too much exaggerated plot or effect, they keep is as simple as possible. And we thanking God for it. :D

OK now let's talk about the drama.

Do we ever wonder what will we do if we trap with the time loop like Li Shi Qing (SQ)...? Sometimes after watch this kind of plot always makes me wonder, is this really could happen to any of us..? Why...? How to get out if I being trap inside it...? And here if I being SQ will I did the same thing with her...? Or maybe waste a few more day just to enjoy myself with treatment....? Hehe...

Angel Zhao did a very good job to portray a good naive Young woman who did her best to exit the loop. This is my second time watch her & so far being quite satisfied with her performances. And Bai Jing Ting added a very nice character to help her exit the loop. Quite like the interaction between them, we see from stranger, develop trust and how in the end they also develop feeling & depending on each other.

What I really like:
+ they give us some background story of the other passanger.
+ How the story being reveal a little by little about the true problem that cause all of that.
+ How in the end everyone help bring the bad guy down actually a little proof in humanity that we need, sometimes human not all just self centered.
+ To see how effective the police forces do when there's threat is always soothing. Not sure the police in my country can do like that or not...:(
+ They don't drag the duration with more episode.

A little sad with what happen with Wang Meng Meng and the reason for the bad guy to do what they did actually a little doesn't make sense. Like SQ said: "Why must sacrifice everyone...?"

Overall: This really one good piece of drama. Nothing too exaggerated & just perfect little drama.

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Sometimes after finished watch this ancient kind drama, I'm thanking GOD i've been born at this time not at that time. Because of course, as we also can seen in this drama, born as a women at that time never been easy. Especially in aristocratic household like house of XU & LUO.

At first i kinda frustrated with how they love so slow to develop. But at the end i really happy because of it. Yeah Luo Shi Yi Niang (SY) and Xu Ling Yi (LY) love is not the kind of love at the first sight, but their love build based on mutual trust. Really like to see from the awkward moment to sweet moment in the end and also how they support each other to fight against every plot that come around. After they have mutual love & trust, we can see how soft & warm LY when he see SY & how happy SY when she saw LY

Really like how SY develop the trust from LY & his family. We witnessed how the child of a concubine who was underestimated when she entered the household until she got everyone support & trust. We also witnessed the sacrifice that SY did for XU family & support that LY given to her since the begining.

We really can't judge by the cover. At the end i really never expected the one that became spy for the OU family is someone that we see so calm & kind at the begining. But yeah hatred really can make us do anything.

Sometimes this drama also remind me of Ming Lan (ML), more precisely of Gu Ting Ye (TY). Sometimes LY though when he search for women who just can understand & accept him as himself not as marquis, really remind me of TY, how happy he is when ML angry with him.

Overall this really a good drama, everyone play they part beautifully. Re-watch...? Yeah i think i'll gonna re-watch some episode.

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Just like the title

This movie draw my attention with the food cooked by Gu Sheng Nan (SN) when Lu Jin (LJ) challenge her to cooked only with one ingredient, egg. Really interesting seeing how much egg dish can SN can cooked, she interpret it with any kind of egg she want.

But of course just like the title you can't just expected this only about cooking movie right.... ;). Although in my opinion the growing of their feeling for each other kinda weird but in the end it's just good i think...

Recently there's been drama develop from this movie. What i like about this movie more than the drama:
* SN is not too childish, she is more cheerful kinda way.
* Really like SN & LJ here than in the drama
* No such thing as love triangle, not even a sparkle :p

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Watched this only because this is the continuing from the meteor garden. At the end, never really like the story. What can be written as a short story they make it into one whole season with 31 episodes.

I read somewhere at one point that compare the part where Dao Ming Si (DMS) have amnesia. They said, japan only 1/2 episode, Korea I forget, but Taiwan must make it into whole season :D.

I also heard the ending of this season is change due to fans protest, don't know right or not. The original ending is DMS supposed to choose Ye Sha over Shan Cai (SC), but eventually change finally to SC.

I think maybe that's true. Because for me the ending really really weird in some way that i can't explained.

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Finally short drama that have proper ending

Sometimes a little bit frustrated with short drama or movie. Because it's short so they make the duration as short as possible, by give it open ending or cliffhanger. This drama for short drama has very good plot, short but not all over the place & still on the track of the plot.

I really love how this as a short drama, because I think when this become normal drama the plot will gonna be all over the place & not focus with the track, which is making the wine & the decision Meng Yu Fan had to make.

What a little bit frustated, is how can Xie Xun in the end come to the modern world is never explained. Maybe if the normal drama they will elaborate this more.

The other thing that I love about this short drama, they never really has love rival & all the love find it own place. Although at first I think they plan to make Xiao Tang the love rival, but due to the duration that never really happen. & I really like they never body shaming Murong Shang.

Overall this is really one good short drama.

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one year after, interview & flashback

For you who lazy to scroll down to search for the answer.

Just like IslandGirlIslandLife wrote in the comment section. She describe this special ep very precisely. And I quote it: 'The first 5 mins is them one year later married and pregnant, then her water breaks. You get to see where all the couples are at and apparently all of them are bffs now. The families are all friends now, including the dad. The rest of the special is just right after the proposal where they are doing an interview style of a recap of their lives and how they got together. So it's just flashbacks. Then it ends with a weird dance number and you remember that Kido was in fact a C-idol.'

Yeah I kinda feel the drama kinda lost something for closing the curtain. But this special ep kinda help close the curtain for me..... but unfortunately they so far has no eng sub for this on YT. Here the link for you who still want to watch it. https://youtu.be/ucLmESbVLxc

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empty shell

Watched this because my impression of Zhao Lu Si is a little better, so I just said to myself let's check her earlier drama that most people like.

Regret what I got after watching this. This drama just like an empty shell. Just drama fill with beauty people, but the story just so uninterested & fill empty. I can really feel they really have low budget when making this drama.

They never explained to us what is Ophiuchus, why they treat people from Ophiuchus clan different. Maybe they will gonna explain it in the second season, but for me it's too late already. Why the moment Luo Fei Fei (FF) met that old man they don't explained it, why FF herself never even bothered to ask what is Ophiuchus, why they treat them different. Why they must wait until season 2 to reveal it. Ugh so slow & uninterested.

And right this moment I feel continue watching this drama just wasting my time. Maybe some other time, when I already don't know what to watch will I continue to watch the 2nd season. The only thing that I glad about this drama, is the duration is not that long. So yeah I can end my suffering sooner. A little bit more I think I'll gonna add this drama to my drop list.

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Just cause Neo Hou & Zhou Ye

Another drama that make me hang till the end cause of the actor & actress, this time of course Neo Hou & Zhou Ye, they are also the reason I'm watching in the first place.

So long not watch a drama that I don't care about the story of the drama, but hang till the end. Truth to be told, I don't too understand the story in the first place. Don't know the story just make me uninterested to follow or just to care. But they just pick the right actor/ess so for me seeing them still make me interesting to keep watching, at least to see them in my screen.

This drama open with stupid woman [Su Ying (SY)] that willing to do anything in the name of love, in this case killing Tian Yao. Stupid why...? Cause later on we learn the man that she love not even love her. Even after knowing that, SY still do anything just for hang him around her.

As usual with XianXia world we always deal between dark/evil & good force. As the story goes we learn that evil already infiltrate from long long ago. And as usual too always interesting to see how they try to combat their inner evil force, especially this time for Yan Hui

Even though the story not very interested to follow, but every time I start get bored they give us cute scene or story to attract us again. Like with the story of Tian Yao become pure like baby again, really cute to see Neo Hou act baby like.

Overall this just another XianXia story that ever exist....

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One of the funniest drama that i watched so far. How can the writer come up with the stories like this... :D

If you think this is typical stories that dominate women than men you can't be more wrong. This unordinary stories that tell how a strong women try not to make her man feel unappreciated especially because this stories setting in the past where men typically became dominant.

This stories also tell us how the under achievement men become strong & can became something when there is a women (or anyone) push him & believe him from behind.

What I love in this stories is In the review we can read Yu Jin (YJ) describe as "pampered, lazy and spends his time on "useless" artistic pursuits" but because of Ye Zhao (YZ) who believe YJ is not like what people see him at the end YJ can prove himself to become someone that is not just an empty shell.

I also love this stories even though YZ is so strong as a women, but when it come to her families (YJ families or her own) she can become so humble and not over bearing.

Re-watch: like to re-watch several ep but not from begin to end

Overall: This funny stories is show how love and how to support each other. Very suggested for you who search new kind of drama to watch....

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Part 2

Wow just wow.... Really long time not find this serious historical c-drama yet full of fun and very binge worthy. I think this is the first one this year. Once again I'll not gonna talk much about character or description, because many already wrote about it. So let's just jump to what I like & don't like about this part.

What I like:
+ All the puppy eye. Oh seeing that lovely dovey sparkling in Cheng Shao Shang / Niao Niao (NN) & Ling Bu Yi / Zi Sheng (ZS) eyes every time they're seeing each other. How every time ZS face became soften when he see NN. And many intimate scene that make me want to scream to my screen "KISS KISS KISS, Oh my God Kiss please!!!" Haha.... I have to say their chemistry really top notch. Maybe one of the best CP for Zhao Lu Si...
+ The best emperor couple. Well the emperor family is far than perfect, with almost every child is spoiled brat or soft as hell, except the 3rd prince of course. But emperor, empress & consort is one of the best in historical c-drama. They each have their own spot without need the feel to snatch the other, no jealousy between empress & consort like usually do. Of course they're not the main couple so I think there's no need to go there. But still, the harmonious between empress & consort not often we see in dramaland.
+ The funny emperor. Oh the emperor so so funny. I still can hear how he scream in last ep, where he shout that the marriage between NN & ZS is not valid without him. Or when he mischievously give 'strike punishment' to ZS, the one supposed to be very touching scene where NN finally admit and cry over ZS become quite funny with his comment regarding the reaction NN give when she witness ZS punishment.
+ The soft & kind hearted empress. The mother figure for our NN. She gives all the love to NN that she never get from her own mother. In return NN gives her all the care, love and attention to her.
+ The quick mouth but kind consort. Oh so funny to see how her mouth handle Princess of Ru Yang.
+ The statement don't judge the book by its cover really materialized in this drama. I never really never expected to see that the crown princess actually have grudge heart, or how crazy Luo Ji Tong will be.
+ Finally all the question about why ZS have that grudge toward his 'dad' answered. Oh one very dark past it is....

What I don't too like:
- You can say this is just my prejudice, but sometimes the emperor is just to kind. Like how he easily persuaded given lighter punishment by NN or ZS toward someone guilty. Correct me if I'm wrong, because quite frankly sometimes I quite confuse with all the names, Haha. Like for examples when Wang family problem, doesn't NN persuade him later on... Or regarding ZS's problem itself, when ZS finally decided to murder his 'dad' (Ling Yi), in the end ZS not really got any harsh punishment. Yeah2 I know we all glad about that. But as an emperor he is just too kind for me.
- Like PeachBlossomGoddess wrote I also feel the written for the bad guy, the key person in term of ZS grudge about the extermination of his family years ago, not as good as all the not so important young woman. There for I sometimes quite confuse why or what his connection with that incident years ago.
- Quite agreed with Kate when she wrote how 'ZS had literally such a huge support system, and he willingly refused to use it.' I mean come on the last act when he decided to murder his 'dad' the night before the wedding is completely out of sense. Toward the drama we can see how biased the emperor toward ZS, yet he still decided to act on his own instead just give the emperor all the fact that he know. Maybe if he believe the emperor like how the emperor believe & protect him, maybe the emperor just can give punishment to his 'dad' regarding everything. In my opinion that's how biased the emperor toward ZS.
- And yeah also like Kate, I also feel the separation & mature NN in the last episode not really taking a big part. If only they shorten few ep regarding the 5th princess or unimportant young woman would be better.

Overall for me this still a very good drama this year, but yeah read some comment & review also make realize how many holes & deficiency this drama has. But in the end I still this drama total score 9 of 10 for both part. :D

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Too many thing happen

I don't know exactly what happen, but this drama leaving me at the edge of bad rating. I think maybe the storyline quite busy with everything happen until don't know what to make of the focus of the one big plot. If you want to say this about warlords begin to seize their powers or about Feng Shi Zhen try to just seek revenge or her family history or just about Rong Family at the end that's not really the case...

What make me hang on till the end is Timmy Xu as Rong Jia Shang (JS). Really like him to act as the boy whose at the age to reach adulthood. The way he act when he tries to find his place in this world. How he handle the love he has toward Feng Shi Zhen (SZ) who is older than him. And how he handle his family problem. Really catch my attention.

The plot overall just messy all over the place.
> Meng Xu An feud with Rong Ding Kun & his sister's kids
> The history of Rong Family
> The Revolution party act at the end of the drama

Don't know but for me this overall just another drama to watch.

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drama like movie

One simple drama with each ep around 5-10 min, feel like watching 2 hours movie than drama.

What I really like: because this very short drama, so they don't stretch it into unbearable plot. Everything just on the spot. & the actor/ess play they character good, especially Xu Dan as Gu Fei Er, sometimes really want to slap that face, really one smooth snake...

What I don't really like: They make the ending kinda open, with not much explanation about something...

Overall does this worth to watch...? Yeah in my opinion this still worth ur time to watch.

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Everybody has a history in their life, unless you know them from the baby & follow every thing that they do, never judge people from their past.

Just like AthenaTheStorierX wrote. This will be much more enjoyable if the story had more focus on the FL & her friend. Or if they just steer the plot better, with better ML whose even though know his wife past he still stand by her side not just judge her instead.

Really hate this kinda plot, where someone judge us by our past. Especially here they also talked how biased man & the worst kind of prejudice against woman can be. Men can be 'naughty' but want their woman remain pure, or in this case the 'pure' man get 'pure' woman. & to make it the story even worse the man keep listen to stupid advise his friend give him.

Just like Shiro, I also want to kick the man in the ball & give him just 1⭐But I also really like the FL & her friends. So yeah 5⭐ for all I guess...

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Unexpected ending

Consider a few times to watch or not this drama, because I don't too like Shen Yue. But I quite like our ML, Chen Zhe Yuan, so I still decided to watch this.

At first I really though this just our regular imagination story. Where our FL get her dream man from the story. Although I really like where the 'dream man' that came out not our regular hero/good man, but more of a bad/villain man at first. But however Xiao Wu Di (WD) still our ML, so he must change from bad man to good man. Hehe... And the method to call WD every time to Nan Xing is also really fun & very unusual. I like it...Haha...

So yeah at first I only plan to give it score between 7-8. But it all change in the very last episode. Really interesting how they change all the perspective of our story. Maybe that due to the new regulation in China where they limited this kind of time travel story or whatever. But I really intrigue by the explanation of the last episode.

Oh btw, I really like our second couple Lu Zi Chen (ZC) & Ye Qing. I quite glad they're not our main couple. If not we got the usual story, where very straight, cold and naïve man like get advice from his best friend how to chase girl, or they will gonna create 1001 cheesy way to make them finally become a couple.... ZC himself sometimes remind me of Sheldon Cooper from The Big Bang Theory. Haha.... Some stupidity.... :P

Overall this quite unique & original story to watch for...

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