GrumpyNana
Canada
NOPE!
I started skipping entire episodes after watching the first two, so out of 10, I watched only four. The only redeeming value of the production is that the actors did their jobs well. I can't blame them for the shite script.It's just a stream of cliche characters who are mostly presented in an over-the-top-slap stick comedy kind of way...I might have liked it when I was 14.
The FL character is a total 'b'...the way she treated the people around her made it impossible to feel any sympathy or empathy toward her.
The ML character deserves to be in an intelligently written series, this sea of backwash is undeserving.
I'm quite disappointed that it is getting the ratings that it is as it will encourage companies to produce more of this tripe...
I will not recommend, I will never attempt a re-watch let alone a full watch.
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So much wasted potential
Well, it gets an A for creativity, but that's it. Yumi is considerably less mature than she should be at her age and sometimes she's unjustifiably an absolute 'b'. Ruby, well she's the cliche annoying child trapped in an adult body. The ML's best friend is the cliche manipulative hag. The male lead, bless, is not a cliche anything so I rather enjoyed his character.I couldn't watch more than one episode at a time, I had to take a couple of days off in between them...to forget the pain of watching. How I made it all the way to episode 11 boggles one's mind.
The actors did well with what they had, as the old saying goes (that I just made up), you can't make a Strawberries Arnaud out of cereal box ingredients.
That's it for me, I'll never be desperate or bored enough to revisit this.
Disclaimer...I'm old.
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Well done but cliche laden.
Grumpy old lady again.Because there's a message and the actors did their job well...nine stars. One off for the cliche evil girl bullies...even though they were necessary for the message. And why, WHY are there always two guys after the same girl???? It's getting a bit boring.
Overall, the production was well presented and the story had a unique twist.
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Surprisingly watchable
Things I found annoying: Some of the dubbing is cringy.-CGI is obvious and repetitious.
-by far the most annoying thing is how slow some of the episodes are but still contain enough events
that I have to go back and watch bits that I skipped...grrr!
Things I found not annoying: Everything else.
I'm annoyed that I didn't wait for the entire production to be added to Viki, now I have to wait to watch the last four episodes...said me, never... regarding a C-drama, yet here we are. I can't give a higher rating for a show than, 'I can't wait for more episodes' or 'I'll watch this again, on purpose' and this series gets both.
You don't have to think a lot while watching but it's still intelligent enough that it will suit a wide range of demographics.
Time well wasted, give it a go.
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Surprisingly not horrible!
As a rule I'm not a fan of C-anything because of crap dubbing, horrible scripts, cliche everything and some really poor acting, but this series only left me mildly annoyed. I will watch it until the end, on purpose.Zhou Yi Wei: I'm watching this on Netflix, Netflix doesn't let you leave reviews so I went hunting for a place to start leaving them, so here I am. I read some reviews because they were there. After a reasonably enjoyable 9 episodes I'm surprised at how many people were displeased with Zhou Yi Wei being the ML. His acting in this is spot on, even his fight scenes are believable...when does that ever happen??? I didn't once role my eyes or groan at him for any reason thus far...if you know me, you know that it's a rare thing for me to be so not critical of anything. It seems he isn't pretty enough for a lot of the reviewers...that's a bit shallow isn't it kids? One of the things I love about British productions, the person that can do the job best gets the job...whether they fit into the ridiculous 'pretty' box or not.
Writing: Well, for the most part, not too shabby. I'm a lot disappointed with the female sidekick, full on annoying cliche character. Di's love interest...wow...I've had better dialog with cardboard cutouts. The empress, seriously! After all those episodes of Di doing his job for her and doing it well, she sends him a note saying he has a month to solve a case or he will be as guilty as the perpetrators....whaaaat? Who wrote that crap?
Production: The close up scenes were well done, the ones at a distance were obviously CGI with the same clips used over and over again throughout. Dubbing for the most part was good, there were a few places where it was very cringy, but not as bad as the typical C-anything.
Acting: All actors did well, even the annoying cliche because I will never make an actor shoulder the weight for poor writing.
Music: Honestly had a hard time deciding how to grade it. I'm sitting here trying to remember any of it, I can't, it's like there was no music. So either there wasn't any, or it was calm enough to stay under my radar. I'm a musician, this rarely happens, I am confused. I opted for 8/10 to show respect for the stealth of tunes.
Story: Generally, so far, so good.
Watch again: Yes. I can't give any production higher respect than my will to watch it again...I don't do it often.
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