short but pack

Upon all the Revolution era drama that I've watch, this drama is the shortest. Watch this for our main lead, Zhang Jing Yi & Niu Jun Feng. Because it's short duration I've not much expectation for this drama. Although this is short duration this drama has beginning, middle & ending quite clear.

The (+) for the short ep drama is they don't prolong the story until unbearable. The (-) the pace is jumping from time to time, usually between 4 years duration each group of time, that make this lack in some aspect.

This is the story of Ding Yi Qing (YQ) & Lin Mo Sheng (MS), from the moment they know each other until the very end. Is this about revolution...? No, not really. Yeah they crossed path but it's not really about Revolution or spy story. In the synopsis that MDL give us, "On this road, she (YQ) finally took over the baton from Miss D, vowing to bring prosperity to the younger generation..." quite unfit actually, the reason YQ took the baton a little bit shallow & very unconvincing & nothing about vowing to bring prosperity to the younger generation at all if I can say....

The chemistry between Zhang Jing Yi & Niu Jun Feng quite ok. I still love the chemistry between Zhang Jing Yi & Chen Xing Xu in fall in love. The romance between YQ & MS itself quite bitter sweet. Yeah romance at this era usually quite bitter because of the time & situation at that time...

Overall this just another drama to spend ur time with. If you look for broad outline of what happen at that era, this short drama can give you a little bit picture of that time... But if you look for the best, of course not this one...

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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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For all the hype. Is it worthed?

Quite wonder about this drama, when everyone excited about this 'not supposed' to be aired drama. And after I've watched it. I must said I'm happy this magically aired... Haha....

A little shock about the ending & the plot twist. But for me this still one beautiful drama, so no matter what I can't give this drama a lower score...

U can say this drama about human brain, human psychology and friendship. But in the end this also about survival.

Ok. Now let's talk about drama...

This story about Ling Jiu Shi (JS) who got a VR beta game that's stop in the middle when he played. Wondering about the game, he insisted to search for the 'real' game, and no long after that there's someone mail the game to him. And with that his journey in the spirealm game started. And this game different than any other VR game. When u hurt in the game, u hurt in real life. And when u died, u'll died in real life to, the difference just the way u died in the game & real life is different.

In the game he met Ruan Lan Zhu (LZ), who turn out has a company that collected player to finished the game. His goal, to purify the game back to what it supposed to be, not the game where every player died & hurt, just simply a VR game, where every player can enjoy the game with no fear for their life.

In the game, JS met all kind of player. Like Li Dong Yuan, the other company owner who collected the player for the purpose of money, by guiding new player to avoid death. Or like Yan Ba Lang, the other company owner who collected the player for the purpose of master the game, to make the duplicate of the game. Or simply like Tan Zao Zao, a player that enter the game & just hoping to finished the game without she need to died.

Well no matter how fun or scary the game for the player, cause u know some sick people find this 'scary game' as fun, once u enter u must finished it. The way to finish the door or level only 2, by death or get the key. The game once a while (don't know the duration between the game) will called u in to enter another door and u have no way to avoid it.

Ok. That's a little summary about the game. Now let's discuss about what i like & don't like.

What i like:
+ The eye contact between JS & LZ. Oh so so long don't find the eye that talk about their feeling without any 'lust' behavior... The moment we saw that eye contact we know we watch hidden BL. And all that hidden or implicit dialogue... No wonder this has hard time aired from China government.
+ We can feel human selfishness when they face death. Or
+ The friendship that shape between the player. Especially in the Hei Yao Shi or LZ's company.
+ When u put genuine empathic/care for people, u get genuine feedback/friendship. Like when JS genuinely care to the NPC door guardian/spirit, they become his friends when needed.

What i don't too like:
- No matter how strong the eye contact between JS & LZ. I still hope this other countries production. Cause you know we still can hope to see some 'bed scene' or at least some kiss scene. Haha...
- No time stamp. We don't know how long it past from 1 game to another
- Sometimes so frustrated by how stupid JS was... Like how the game connected to him. I get maybe it's already long2 time not met up with his friend, but really how slow ur brain can be. Even I can already guess big picture who design the game...
- The ending or the plot twist. Ughhhh i almost smash my tab when they reveal the ending. I think I scream as long as the final episode to 'beg' the director not that cruel to us.... What is it do u ask? Hoho... I'm not that CRUEL OR CRAZY to put it here. U may message me for it.

Overall this really one unique drama that I'm glad out here for us to watch

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Long time heard about this drama, finally watch this.

For short drama, this is quite good. Have beginning, middle and ending. But as usual with short drama, this also had it's shortage.

Story about Xiao Hong Ye (HY) and Gu Meng (GM), a couple that even though love each other but had family grudge toward each other. Xiao family alienated by Gu family & for revenge, HY also alienated Gu family, just left GM alone.

The story start when GM try to kill HY but unsuccessful & hit her head, causing her to get amnesia. Since that day, HY captivating GM in his house & their journey begin...

The silly story about how you can't change ur feeling even though ur memory already been erased. GM a few time lost her memory & everytime she keep falling for HY.

I quite like the chemistry between Guan Chang & Li Jiu Lin. And the quality of this short drama actually not really bad. But unfortunately a few times I feel they have several more scene that don't include in the final edit. And it make me feel like watching jump scene & that's sometimes make the logic didn't make sense. Like how HY so defense GM after GM took the bullet for HY.

But overall for short drama this quite good drama to watch.

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