AutumnLeaf

Please ignore my previous comment. I need to edit it but the app is not letting me. Here is the edited version:
That’s also my suspicion. The bad ratings are manufactured by his anti-fans, most probably fans of a competitor who is very popular in this site. They tried to do the same for The King Eternal Monarch but LMH fans blocked their attempt. I think many LMH fans, like me, have moved away from kdramas, probably sick of the toxic environment so only a few are left here. I didn’t know this was already airing until a couple of weeks ago.

That’s my suspicion. The bad ratings are manufactured by his antifans, most probably fans of a competitor who is very popular in this site. They tried to do the same for The King Eternal Monarch but many LMH fans, like me, have moved away from kdramas, probably due to the toxic environment. I didn’t know this was already airing until a few weeks ago.

In fact, considering the smear campaign that was lobbied at it, it did very well, so well it is considered an “industry phenomenon and a grassroots hit” by a Weibo post. And I just remembered, its opening score on Weibo was 8.9. Almost a month after its finale aired, it is still on Yunhe and Kuyun charts, outlasting dramas that started after it did, and better than some recently shown dramas. It has garnered 44 million+ views per episode on Yunhe and 56 million views per episode on Kuyun, both excellent scores.

We’re very much aware of the smear campaign on this drama in China. Stop pushing C-Ent’s toxicity onto us!

What a liar! It has a rating of 9.2 on Tencent from 3 million+ reviewers who are only allowed to give a rating after a certain amount of time of viewing unlike Douban where people who did not watch can give scores. See how questionable Douban scores are? GOTD also has a score of 9.5 on Viki.

yeah, by the time Tencent honors my VIP subscription, if it would ever, Viki might already have shown episode 40 😤 If a lot of viewers on Tencent have encountered this problem, the viewership of GOTD would be adversely impacted.

Yup, I was trying to subscribe (again!) to VIP coz Tencent app said only VIP subscribers may subscribe to Express. But Tencent is not honoring my VIP subscription, so I’m not able to subscribe to Express. By the way, I’m trying to subscribe to VIP and watching the drama both on iPad. VIP worked before the Express package was offered.

Anyways, I’m currently stuck in episode 35 on Tencent Video. I purchased a quarterly VIP subscription on 12/28/2024. When express was offerred for episodes 36 to 40, I tried to purchase it, but I got the error that only those with VIP can purchase express. But I just purchased quarterly VIP! Anyway, since it’s for Dylan, I tried to purchase monthly VIP. After the sale, I got a notice that “VIP status refresh is slightly delayed, please refresh the page later”. I’m using iPad, how do you refresh the page? Anyway, I clicked Home then the GOTD icon. When I tried to view GOTD again, it asked me to add VIP subscription again. I rebooted my iPad, still no luck. I also deleted and re-added the Tencent Video app, each time subscribing again, got the same refresh notice. I probably tried subscribing 5 times, each time paying $7.99 !@# Still no luck. That was several days ago. I still have no VIP access.

I’m beginning to think this is another ploy of Tencent Video to take advantage of Dylan’s fans at the same time lowering GOTD views on the site 😖

Did anybody else have the same problem? I subscribed to Viki, but the updates are coming one episode per day 😫

This is an excellent drama, fusing comedy, mystery, romance, martial arts, cultivation/spirituality, politics, family love and camaraderie together, with all elements mixed just right to create a masterfully woven piece of art.

So, those who are complaining that there is not enough romance, don’t be greedy. This drama offers so much more.

It’s a fact that there is communication within more than 20 episodes, that the FL is brilliant at work, i.e. NOT dumb, that some viewers DID APPRECIATE the business talks, etc. It seems you’re one of those who can’t distinguish between facts and lies and just believe what you want to believe.

This matter does not need long answers. Just the ability to see the TRUTH. MsNotes said things that are obviously and objectively UNTRUE. Her whole first paragraph is a LIE. Geez, open your eyes and mind!

You claim to believe everyone’s opinion is valid yet you just criticized mine. That MsNotes lied is objective. Take off your critical and biased glasses and you’ll clearly see how untrue her remarks are.

Well said. I would rather watch a movie/drama alone than with somebody who foolishly thinks being negative makes him superior

I agree. Even the much sabotaged The King:Eternal Monarch was a hit

I hope karma catches up with those who bully LMH. The poor guy is just working and has NOT done them any harm, I can't understand the hate.

Those are action dramas that have a universal production goal - more actions and thrills, the better. Pachinko has an artistic westernized bent that a lot of kdrama viewers don't care about, based on this discussion: https://mydramalist.com/article/k-dramas-losing-their-charm-myth-or-reality/.

I have to agree with another comment that pointed out fan behavior as harmful to kdramas, but for another reason.

Mediocre or low quality kdramas that are overrated by fans can cause neutral viewers who watch those dramas to have a bad opinion of all kdramas. The viewers would think, if such a highly rated drama is so mediocre or of low quality, what does it say about other kdramas? This actually happened to somebody I know who watched a mediocre but highly rated kdrama. It took her a long time to watch another kdrama (at my prodding), because the first highly rated kdrama she watched turned her off.

Conversely, high quality dramas that are unfairly rated low would likely escape the attention of neutral viewers who only watch dramas with high ratings. Thus, neutral viewers would not know these high quality kdramas exist. And not seeing many high quality kdramas could make them think kdramas are so-so.

Haters hate being called haters, but you just repeated what they always say. Hollywood has judged him a good actor so there's no denying his acting skill. I hate the theatrical style of acting but I never commented about this overacting actor or that overacting actor having very little acting skill.

the main reason I love LMH is he acts naturally and does not overact

You're so used to the overacting style of most kdrams actors, you can't appreciate LMH's natural acting. Fortunately, people who actually know good acting showed their appreciation. LMH received the Best Actor and Breakthrough Performer of the Year awards from the American Gold Derby Awards. He also received, along with other cast members of Pachinko, Best Ensemble awards from Peabody Awards and Pena de Prata Awards. He also was in several critics' shortlist for Emmy Best Actor nomination. Please see details in my latest post above. If you noticed, I didn't include Korean awards. That's because I don't like the Korean style of acting.