What happened!
I'll keep this short, but the essence of this review is that the show is for morons now.
Everything that I liked about season 1 is just missing. S1 was smartly written, it had interesting characters trying to one up each other, great set pieces with decent action, thrilling drama with moments of levity. One of the best shows that I've seen.
I cannot watch past episode 2 of season 2. It's like the writers and director forgot what made their show good. It has a completely different tone than s1. Now it's goofy, hammy, corny, overacted, and boring. The characters no long act like their s1 counterparts and they mostly sit around and talk. When they aren't talking they are hamming it up to the camera making dumb expressions like a bad comedy.
Everything is wrong. I cannot understand how anyone that loved s1 could even watch this. It's one of the biggest drops in quality in TV history. I would compare it to Game of Thrones after s4 and the K-Drama show The Uncanny Counter s2. Both of those shows had amazing starts and just like those show this one drops the ball by changing the way the show works (almost on all levels of production).
If you want specifics, just go read the other low reviews because others have pointed out the inconsistency in quality between the two seasons. I'm here to basically rant because I LOVED s1. Not only is it one of the best Chinese dramas that I've ever seen, but I would put it up against most great shows across the globe. I wouldn't suggest anyone waste their time watching s2 because it turned into a hot garbage, low quality soap opera. What a joke.
Everything that I liked about season 1 is just missing. S1 was smartly written, it had interesting characters trying to one up each other, great set pieces with decent action, thrilling drama with moments of levity. One of the best shows that I've seen.
I cannot watch past episode 2 of season 2. It's like the writers and director forgot what made their show good. It has a completely different tone than s1. Now it's goofy, hammy, corny, overacted, and boring. The characters no long act like their s1 counterparts and they mostly sit around and talk. When they aren't talking they are hamming it up to the camera making dumb expressions like a bad comedy.
Everything is wrong. I cannot understand how anyone that loved s1 could even watch this. It's one of the biggest drops in quality in TV history. I would compare it to Game of Thrones after s4 and the K-Drama show The Uncanny Counter s2. Both of those shows had amazing starts and just like those show this one drops the ball by changing the way the show works (almost on all levels of production).
If you want specifics, just go read the other low reviews because others have pointed out the inconsistency in quality between the two seasons. I'm here to basically rant because I LOVED s1. Not only is it one of the best Chinese dramas that I've ever seen, but I would put it up against most great shows across the globe. I wouldn't suggest anyone waste their time watching s2 because it turned into a hot garbage, low quality soap opera. What a joke.
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