“like a softcore porno but without the porn.” – Love movies, drama reviewer
Love lost and found again is the foundation of this drama. A cute boy with mysterious origin ties the many threads together. It has a good-looking cast of young actors and the lead’s do have some chemistry, but it is not very convincing. It was shot in Xi’an but it has a Taiwanese feel to it. This review is pretty trippy to match the ambience of this short drama.This show is like a game of pin the tail on the donkey. It lurches all over the place but never stays long enough so that you can pin a label on it. For instance, it is quite racy at time, but you won't see anything explicit. It tests the boundaries but never crosses them. Some of the dialogs are very awkward but you can’t say that they are nonsensical or offensive, just cringey, stilted and non-PC.
The dubbing swings between functional to embarrassing. The acting go from reasonable to super cheesy. Every scene can bring its own surprises, and most don’t even involve the script. Ditto the production value. It can be decent one scene and amateurish the next. So much of this show is vexing. Consider how simple and tropey the A-plot is, this is no mean feat.
Some of that can be attributed to its short run time. Officially, it is only 20 x 10 mins long but once you top and tail them, they clock in closer to 8 mins per ep. Thus, the show moves at a cracking pace. I can imagine the editing room floor being littered with scenes they had to cut out. Editing and flow do suffer because of that. It does settle down a bit towards mid run and we can catch our breath but the home run is back to breakneck speed.
The script is humming a tune that sounds familiar but there are many dissonant chords. Cliches are everywhere. Like single use plastic items after a picnic. You might as well get used to plot holes because they are part of this gurgling witches’ brew. I can foretell much toils and troubles.
With a score this low, my modus operandi would be to cut my losses and drop the show but I couldn't. It is like watching a train wreck. You are mesmerised by the impending doom. You are shocked but also awed. As expected, a HEA ending was airdropped into place in the dying minutes of the show. All’s well that ends well.
This show is dire, but not so awful that it becomes a cult classic. It can even be unintentionally funny. In the end, it is a curio that will soon be forgotten. It did pique my interest and it might do the same for you. Heed my warning, gentlefolks. It is hard to stop once it hooks you. I binged it in morbid fascination with barely a pause. But I can never watched it again.
Maybe this is art. Maybe I’m a bowl of petunias. Peace out.
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Short and binge-able web drama about rekindling love.
"Just Spoil You" is a short web drama with 10 minutes per episode with 20 episodes in total. I binged watch it in one sitting.Synopsis: A Young and beautiful manhua artist Zhong Ling, to treat her son Kele's congenital diabetes, returns to the city she left six years ago due to her breakup with her ex-boyfriend Han Donglai. Unexpectedly, when Kele gets lost, he coincidentally encounters a man who resembles Han Donglai. This character consistently appears in his mother's manhua. Mistaking him for his father, Kele is taken to Han Donglai's office, leading to their reunion and the beginning of a tumultuous love-hate relationship. The intertwined destinies of the two unfold once again as they confront Kele's origin and health condition.
On the one hand, Zhong Ling's departure over the past six years has turned her friend Chu Mo into a popular superstar. The opportunity to adapt her manga into a film recommended by Han Donglai stirs jealousy in his heart, leading him to investigate secretly. On the other hand, Zhong Ling's return drives Lin Xiaxi, who has always deeply loved Han Donglai, to madness, resulting in repeated acts of secret revenge. Who is Kele's biological father? Will there be a chance for a reunion in the former lovers' relationship?
Review: It was a short and decent drama to binge-watch. No new good dramas were recently announced, and this one pop-up on iQiyi, so I watched it.
Mediocre acting and the script is decent, so I give it a 7.0 rating.
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Not even mediocre but plain shitty show
For this kinda drama and acting even 10 mins felt too long.The acting was so bad, the plot was shitty. Also the level of toxicity, but those toxic scenes made me laugh cus they acted so bad.
Everyone including the FL, ML was so fkin selfish. She never thought about the child , how child is allowed to see his father, being an orphan herself she should have known how hard it is and a father needs to know about his child as well. The ML was such a wimpy guy could do nothing but harrass his ex.
I liked Mu Chen, the actor, hope this was his name lol. Same old story of mother not revealing the father. Cringe oh God!. Glad it's over.
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Just Spoiling You
What a doozy!This is a "get the Crazy Tropes List, pick 20+ and let's write a script".
'Just Spoil You' is a short episode drama. Approximately 10 minutes of viewing time with about 1.30 minutes of intro. It contains a few characters and a ridiculous plot.
The couple was separated for six years and met each other again for her son's medical treatment and work. The ML is the über wealthy guy who will solve everything. FL is a single mother that everyone either wants to hurt or protect. Others characters are: a child, an annoying family friend, a loyal bodyguard, a foster brother, and a manipulative mother.
Within a span of three episodes, he slapped her, she slapped him, he asked her to strip, and her child got in the car of a stranger. Other crazy tropes are:
- physical violence: slapping, pushing, grabbing, stabbing
- sexual violence: from the ML to the FL, a secondary character to the FL
- crazy mother disguised as a caring mother
- crazy family-friend-who-wants-to-marry-him-because-she-loves-him
- a ridiculous amount of hospitalisation of the main characters
This drama makes the 'Well-Intended Love' series a masterpiece.
And yes, girlfriends, I did finish it and fast-forward some bits because this lady is waiting for her other series to release new episodes.
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You keep watching because its so hilarious bad
Right of the bat from first episode you know the voice over, the acting, the everything the drunk and high director did, is bad. Overall the story wasn't bad if you ignore all the red flags, the orange and purple flags :PIf you also ignore pretty much anything that makes sense.
But how do you finish it?
Well, the 10minutes per episode helps a lot.
You dont watch it because it is good, you watch it because you can bingo your way through it, ticking off the entire list of cliche-stuff but also all the fatal errors of how-not-to-make-a-drama.
Tbh, despite his characters..behaviors' in the start of the drama, I liked Wang Hao Xuan as the bad guy.
It's something about him that he suits sooo much better as naughty and bad, than soft and "serious".
The only reason this drama even gets over 5 in rating is because it still somehow catches my attention to finish it.
Looking for something really comically bad to watch? Look no further :D
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sweet and nice
love the plot ,direction ,story as well acting.a beautiful short story , two person loved each other but due to an accident they separated and then they met each other . But when they met ,it had been already six years passed . He hated her because she left him . But when he saw her after a long year gap he melt and want to start over with her though she had a boy ,he never mind of it . May be because of his love towards her . Then he slowly slowly came to know about the reason of their separation and then she ready to patch up with him . I want to see something more with the ending part . i want to see their marriage also .
There is nothing new in the story but still i liked it.
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“ I would give up the whole world just to see her smile.” - probably Donglai
Another drama done, because these are short and I have been beasting through them like crazy. Okay doing the average rating. The average is a surprisingly high 8.025 out of 10. so 8 out of 10. This was something and not in a good way. Let's break it down. I am sorry for any inappropriate things I say in this, bro, because these subtitles were bonkers and anything I say is like 10x worse in the drama. A lot of people couldn't find subtitles on IQIYI. Bitch, are you blind? If it's not there, just click the subtitles button. I now feel empty without this drama. This is a very long review.Starting off with the first episode, what the actual fuck happened. I was so confused. There had to be a prequel for this because I was so fucking confused. Let me check, actually, because I don't even know. This stands alone; that is bonkers. Okay, starting off there is this rich-cripped guy, who I later find out is Donglai. and he was in love with this girl, who is Zhong Ling, and she has a kid who has diabetes or something, and she keeps stalking him, and the kid sees him, and he takes him back to like his house and thing, and my girl Zhong was like, Oh fuck my kid and my kids dad, aka my baby daddy, from 6 years ago, and she talks to him. already going very fast for something i was very confused about. Then Donglai toxic cripple ass gets mad and then he starts strangling her for leaving him like this, but in reality, she didnt want to leave and the girl who has had the same outfit on for the past SIX FUCKING YEARS told them to break up, Xia Xi, and she listened. okay so she only listened because donglai wouldn't be saved otherwise, which is relevant and very important to all of this but we didn't find that out until later and whatever. I was talking about how there had to be more background in that because it didn't make any sense, but then again, it was the first episode, and it was only 14 minutes. But the moral of that is to read descriptions and not just actively look for short dramas, because this is what you are going to end up with.
I was still confused as a mother fucker; they are dropping so many random ass people and i dont kno what to do or what to think. That girl who broke them up, Xia Xi, is still being as problematic as possible. I think that donglai is somehow going to give him the ability to walk again because that's how things seem to be going. random asses who are making him jealous. and charge his mom with assault and curse him for not standing up for her. I was right about most of this but the mom wasn't charged, but Xia Xi was, rightfully so.
I still very confused, and im trying to do ap lit, but the episodes keep going by so fucking fast that i cant. that was all the important information we got from those 10 minutes, and the fact that the girl who broke them up is still being a problem and a big back baby bitch, please just leave her alone, and why does he keep assaulting her? like what?
So all of the problems and stuff that is happening is that girl who broke up with the rich guy's fault. it was all her fault—actually everything. the truth is gonna come eat her ass and not nicely bro. Okay and whose child was the girl? I still have no idea what that random other child was or who they were. the truth came out and ate her ass.
She got kicked out of her house, and they are still trying to rekindle some lost feelings, and then they start fighting again. They can definitely get through this because they are smiling and happy. I understand her not wanting to tell him who the child is, but just tell him, bro, we need to further along the plot faster. and that girl getting sexually assaulted. by that random guy, Karmas a bitch, maybe not do illegal stuff then, not justifying it though. fuck xia xi, shes a bitch.
Okay like a few hours later and a nap i have come to finish this. Donglai is so handsome until he opens his mouth, like keep that pretty mouth shut for one second please. like you are still in love with her, bring down those walls and let her back in you pick me bitch. and when he passed out in episode 6, how did he get to the bathroom without his wheelchair? i'm very confused and the guy who left them alone together is the number one wingman. He definitely hit his head coming down, bro. Okay, uh, that's it really. This episode is like the cover of the iqiyi thing, which is fun. and when did he get his surgery? and how the fuck did no one know? he has people on him so much someone had to be lying and just didnt tell anyone.
This show stay stressing me the fuck out. Xia Xi was ruining everything with all her fucking dumb ass bitch ass ways bro. stressing me out for no fucking reason.
she almost ratted on herself with the pregnancy thing bro. That was crazy and him being into pregnant women at the start was crazy oh my lord. she just loves to talk and he loves to just make her mad and she fully alost rated herself out in like the 8th episode, would have spared us all of that fucking trouble holy shit. xia xi and the red haired guy were dating? or parents in crime. I still have no idea bro. Our main couple needs to figure their shit out because this is stressing me out more the aps bro. Please. And I think the dad messed up his legs on purpose to make him rely on them more. He did have something to do with it because he just needed surgery and got the feeling of his legs back, so I guess not.
She just ripped a paternity test. That’s gotta be all types of illegal. Someone with common sense would know that but i guess not.you can’t intercept stuff like that and then rip it in the hospital, that's like illegal. You can’t do that, that's illegal actually illegal. They are getting closer though which is good.
I called the part where he got his legs back. I literally called that though it was so obvious I love him back to life and surgery and also the Director did not expect him to be a bad guy, but like I kind of expected it as soon as he gave her this orange ass water And I think feel bad for the kid because he’s actually struggling and he just wants mom and dad and grandma and grandma cunt. Everything about this show is so problematic holy shit. No one likes the director get rid of him and ruin that bitch. Poor girl bro she actually is the best character in this hell hole why did he do that. I now have my headline for this OK I take it back whatever the fuck the rich guys name is and our main character are very cute together and I love them because he’s like actually cares about her instead of just like oh she’s an object she’s a toy he actually cares with her and I think that’s really really cute. And he was so willingly to give up everything for her to bring her to justice. cute, we have a ring. I am still in Apush right now. uh i am almost done. She's already having a hard time forgiving him, and he is already going back into the no-nothing, but he does have the right to know if he is the father to his child. yeah.
I am writing this as I watch the episode. I am on the fence about whose side I am on. At the same time, he has the right to know, but at the same time, she doesn't want him to take the one thing she left. and now they are kissing in this sh*t ass rain that looks fake as dick balls. This bitch, what is he doing? Why is he walking away? Whore, whore, he is a whore. This is why she didn't want you to know. You are a cute little big-back bitch. she has been a single mom for all this time Cut her some slack, holy sh*t. Donglai is going crazy with all these wackass people; never mind, he is a wackass. He gets to make his own call, but, bruh, you are acting like a child now. We have, like, 15 minutes left. Please get your sh*t together. Now she is chasing him. fuckers. annoying ass. mu chen d1 bro. okay and we had a 7-day gap. Something bad definitely happened; they are getting on my nerves. annoying every last one of them. She's going to get hit by a car. Nevermind, I am just morbid. Where is Kele? And why is the house going to sh*t? Oh sh*t, he's right there. Girl, clean up your fucking house. This kid needs to not open the door to strangers, bro. Whatever the fuck the actor's name is, through Mu Chen, he definitely likes Zhong Bro. She can't find the necklace; bruh, didn't you lose that like 7 episodes ago? bruh. This kid is a snitch. and she is leaving because, of course, she is. he found the necklace okay
I am writing this one as I go along because I am trying to finish this sh*t and get it done. still in a rush because I am a beast at this. Oh, the besties are talking. if only they could talk stuff out, but I guess not. Let's bring this home, please. Bruh, there is no time to be thinking you have 7 minutes left. We don't need all of these damn flashbacks of when you were happy; just be happy now, please. Also, this class ends in like 7 minutes, so I guess I will write the review in drawing and painting. Whatever the fuck the guy name is growing on me because he is lowkey bad. like bad in a sexy way. Sorry Chloe. In like 10 minutes, I have not checked any of this grammar. King, where are you? Come get your girl and your child before they leave. They are leaving. ugh annoying. and they are on the plan. What is he doing? Bruh, is he going with them? What is happening? Okay, now I am the confused one. Aww, the necklace. "Bruh got a full DBQ in the review." carl. Let's bring it home, please. They are going on a honeymoon? I am so confused. He's going to propose. I CALLED IT BRUH. Why is this so awkward? And why is he so far away? Yay, good for them. They could have done this ending better because, what the fuck? awkward ass kiss. bruh shity ass ending holy shit. and it's done. and class is over. Don't waste your time on this dumb ass shit. Okay bye!
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Some of the worst dubbing ever
Where to start- Awful dubbing, horrible direction, pretty people, unbelievable story. The acting is not bad, but everything is over done in this drama. Nothing even vaguely feel possible or even desirable. The episodes are short- which is a blessing, and if you want to laugh at sheer foolishness this does pay off. It is a bit like something you could watch in a film class about what not to do, ever.So many things went wrong here, but by far the worst is the dubbing. The voice actors’ tone rarely match the character or the emotions. There seems to be no attempt to match the lips of the screen actors. This is unusual in good Chinese productions where often the voice actors are superb.
Totally do not watch unless you are in the mood for a farce.
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