The Blue Whisper: Part 1

Good, but not great

I'm gonna explain each of my ratings so bear with me (ill start with good then bad):

STORY
(good)
The story was somewhat interesting, there were plot twists and mysteries that we had to figure out or find out later. That made me anticipate the following episodes. I liked how well written the characters were. Sometimes in CDramas there is complete focus on the main couple and none on the others. I really liked Ji YunHe, she's a somewhat strong female lead. I also loved the side couples and their stories, specifically Li Shu. The setting was pretty enough and the outfits were nice, but not particularly outstanding. The enemy was generic but it was good and I really liked the contrast between Shunde and Ning Xi Yu and being able to learn about their story, it was really interesting.
(bad)
The beginning was a bit slow and confusing, I didn't feel as drawn into the world setting as I have in other dramas- ashes of love had a beautiful setting. While I liked how well written some of the characters were, they really messed up on Chang Yi. I'm not sure if this is because of his actor (which i'll talk about later), or just the character himself- but Chang Yi felt very 2 dimensional, not changing much through the story and not getting his backstory flushed out. Spoiler- they kill off his clan and father, but we get like a 2 second glimpse of it and then nothing else. It feels like they should've put more time into making us feel empathy and understanding for the change in Chang Yi's character after he was betrayed and his family got killed. Here's the best way I can explain my dislike of this character- no offense at all to Xiao ShunYao (Lin HaoQing actor) but if they had picked a more attractive actor for Lin HaoQing (think like Dylan Wang) I would've gotten second male lead syndrome. Objectively Lin HaoQing's character is much more flushed out and lovely than ChangYi is (or at least the portrayal). I also didn't like how everyone died at least once in the story, some dying twice. While at first I felt sad, when they kept getting revived, I stopped feeling bad. Literally when Luo Luo almost died, I anticipated it and laughed when it happened. Like seriously the deathcount and revival count is crazy.

ACTING/CAST
(good)
Dilraba did an excellent job, I liked how she was able to express her character well in all stages of her character's development. They did a great job flushing out her character and her character's change. I love strong female leads and Dilraba did a great job acting out the strength and the emotions of this character. I also LOVED Ci Sha's acting of Li Shu, he did AMAZING. I love myself a sassy man and his actor was able to portray all those emotions, as well as caring for SanYue and his dilemma of saving the world or being with her. Cristy Guo did SO GOOD, the contrast between Shunde and Ning XiYu was crazy. I was able to hate Shunde and love NingXiYu even when they shared the same "face". Playing the villian is never easy and Cristy did amazing. The other actors did a great job too, Luo Luo was great and Lin Hao Qing was amazing.
(bad)
Oh my flipping days is Allen Ren painful to watch. Chang Yi was so boring what a snooze fest, he was really 2 dimensional and I have to blame the plot a bit for it, but even portraying the character he didn't have any emotion. Allen Ren has like a track record of playing stonefaced emotionless characters, and I read a bit of the novel and Chang Yi isn't really all that stonefaced. Allen Ren didn't do a good job with ChangYi and I honestly felt nothing towards that character or when he died. Also Dilraba and Allen didn't have chemistry. I blame that mostly on Allen since I've watched some of Allen's films and some of Dilraba.

MUSIC
lovely I love everything Sa Ding Ding. I think they repeated the music a bit too much but otherwise no comment

REWATCH VALUE
Not likely rewatching, plot wasn't great enough for me to feel too attached to the characters. Sometimes after finishing shows and movies I will feel depressed because I want more and im so attached the characters it feels like something died in me, but this show felt complete.

OVERALL
My rating probably sounds a bit harsh for the numbers I gave, but the show was good and I was very entertained, like i said good but not great. And I will be avoiding films with Allen Ren after this :)

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Could have been better.

It was great watching a mermaid story where the mer-person was a man and the "human" was a woman. The costumes and jewelry were beautiful and the soundtrack went straight into my MP3 and is still there.

The PLOT, however, was all over the place with way too many characters, side quests, individual motivations, and plot lines that dragged the story out WAY too long. If the show runners had condensed the storyline, I wouldn't have gotten bored with the series in the first half of Part 1 when Chang Yi sacrificed his "other life". Why take the mer-person out of a mermaid story?
I gave it a 6 because the actors and production crew deserve a lot of credit for what they were given to work with.

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第一集

九天之上，仙界之中，天地孕生两族，天仙雅正掌管秩序，地仙桀骜常有犯禁。天仙选拔一众精锐，专司教化犯禁之徒，这些人便被称为御灵师。四方御灵之地，皆不许与地仙相恋，此禁令被实力至强的万花谷奉为铁律，偏偏纪云禾就不信这命运。纪云禾一心想与心爱的人，鲛人长意相爱相守，自由自在的生活，可没想到他们却走到了你死我活的一步。长意将纪云禾的羽翼斩断，想囚禁纪云禾到老死，纪云禾几次三番想求长意放过她，都未能让长意心软，因为长意已经不再相信她所说的话了。很久很久以前，纪云禾只是万花谷中一名普通的御灵师，奉师傅的命令，到处捉拿犯禁之徒。这一次，纪云禾要抓的便是姑获鸟，因为姑获鸟触犯天归，顺德仙姬下令让万花谷擒获姑获鸟。为了让姑获鸟入局，纪云禾用一株假的祝馀仙草，把姑获鸟骗到了万花谷。姑获鸟以为找到了梦寐以求的祝馀仙草，可以帮自己的孩子阿音修炼，可没想到祝馀仙草是假的。姑获鸟得知自己被骗时，纪云禾拿着鸟蛋阿音，把姑获鸟骗进了他们设好的局中。瞿晓星等着纪云禾放出御部信号，直接布阵要收姑获鸟，而奉命来监督万花谷拿人的张仙使，则怕姑获鸟的羽毛被阵法所伤，在瞿晓星他们布阵时做干扰，让姑获鸟顺利从阵中逃脱。纪云禾在卫法失败之后，便用阿音来劝说姑获鸟放下，为早已死在山火中的阿音赎罪，不要再添罪孽。姑获鸟被纪云禾挑起了伤心往事，内心为害死自己的阿音自责多年，纪云禾于是告诉姑获鸟，当年阿音被仙师救下，已经下界轮回了。纪云禾让姑获鸟看到了轮回的阿音，让姑获鸟知道，阿音的心愿是让鸟儿自由自在的飞翔，劝姑获鸟放了她抓回来的幼鸟。姑获鸟被纪云禾感动了，她愿意放下一切，交出灵丹去仙师府领罚，纪云禾也完成了自己的任务。任务完成之后，瞿晓星觉得纪云禾御灵的本领很强，想跟纪云禾学习，没想到纪云禾要跟他算灵石。张仙师看上了被姑获鸟抓来的灌灌鸟，想直接抢走，还给了纪云禾一张禁言白符做交换，没想到纪云笔根本不买他这个顺德仙姬身边红人的账，直接用禁言白符封了他的嘴，把鸟抢回去了。瞿晓星在纪云禾得罪张仙使之后，劝说纪云禾时，少谷主林昊青回到了谷内，赶着抢护法之位。林昊青在归定时间内，降得凶物回来交差，站在他这一边的长老东濂，马上在谷主林沧澜面前，夸赞林昊青，想急着让林沧澜升林昊青为护法。木泽长老不同意东濂的说法，跟东濂争论了起来，林昊青于是用采来的灵芝，讨好众长老。纪云禾及时赶到，用姑获鸟的灵丹交差，证明她也过了关，而林昊青则以纪云禾得罪张天使为由，想借此判纪云禾为输。纪云禾怪责林昊青杀了凶兽，而没有按天规收服交由天师府处理，证明林昊青输给了她，让她顺利得到了护法之位。林沧澜很气恼纪云禾对林昊青的羞辱，但他不能当着大家的面为难纪云禾，只能同意升纪云禾为护法，并赏她两样宝物。在大家都为纪云禾升护法开心时，林沧澜提醒纪云禾，今天是传功的日子，让纪云禾完全开心不起来。纪云禾的仙侍洛锦桑很担心纪云禾，因为她今天得罪了林沧澜，可纪云禾却不怕，因为这么多年，她已经被林沧澜折磨够了，她承受得了。林沧澜一直用寒霜控制着纪云禾，纪云禾当众给他难堪，还得罪了张天使，他便趁此机会好好地教训了纪云禾一顿。纪云禾接受林沧澜的折磨，但还不忘与林沧澜讨价还价，声称她做的一切是为了林昊青，在受折磨之后跟林沧澜要了他承诺的宝物，给洛锦桑做衣服。一个月后，纪云禾闲着看广集物打发时间时，张天使来找纪云禾的麻烦，把顺德天姬抓住的鲛人带来，要求纪云禾亲自开箱。纪云禾知道张天使的意图，但她还是想办法开了箱，没想到这个鲛人长意确实凶悍，一出箱子就伤了不少的御灵师，把张天使也吓到了。纪云禾跟众人一起，想办法抓住鲛人时，林昊青向长意设了一箭，纪云禾只得马上让他手下留情，别弄坏了长意的尾巴。顺德仙姬突然出现，见到了御灵师们斗鲛的一幕，于是想把训鲛的任务，交给林昊青去完成。林昊青得知顺德仙姬想要的是鲛人说话完全臣服于她，还要断尾献珠永不归海，便明白任务很艰巨，但还是接下了任务，因为他想跟顺德仙姬要一份赏赐。

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