Akage Girl
Northern New England
Watch this for Leo Luo and Huang Jun Jie...if you have nothing better to do
Whew, I finished Fox in the Screen. It was no easy feat. First, I couldn’t get all the episodes on YouTube, then FINALLY Amazon Prime picked it up. Why oh why did I search diligently and wait patiently to watch the end of this mediocre show? Because of Leo Luo of course. After Ashes of Love, well, he can do no wrong. I just love him. If you don’t believe me, read one of several articles that I’ve written about him (link to his page below) for MDL. He’s the cat’s meow.
https://mydramalist.com/people/11095-luo-yunxi
STORY:
Fox in the Screen is the story of Xue Jing the orphan artist and her struggle to survive during this Xania (I think?) piece of fluff. In the first episode she paints a screen with a magical pen and frees three magical foxes played by Leo Luo (sigh), Huang Jun Jie (Yowza he was good), and Xiao Hei (meh – not bad). Cue the evil old/young sorceress, jealous son of the emperor, and strange goddess of the flowers and you’ve got twenty something episodes filled with magic, a little palace intrigue, and a poor woman with an unfortunate aging complex (don’t we all have one?).
CHARACTERS:
Liu Xin Qi plays Xue Jing very well. She had the right amount of spirit as well as a burning desire to beat up the bad guys all on her own. Her character was loyal, loving, and bound and determined to save those within her care…..sometimes females can be portrayed as two dimensional….this one was not.
The foxes were just plain fun. At first Yu Yan (Leo Luo….sigh) was kind of a bad guy but not really. Either way, I found him quite fun whether he was mean, jealous, or just a plain old super hero. I don’t think its possible for him to do a bad job with any of his characters. I realize that I may be biased.
Xiao Hei played Little Blackie the fox missing his feet for a good chunk of the show. He was loyal and sweet but a little annoying after a while. There is only so much of the sweet stupid little guy that I can take in any series.
Huang Jun Jie played Bai Sheng by far the best and most mysterious character in the show….and might I say that the end of his storyline tugged the heart strings and also made me question his relationship with the emperor’s son. Truth be told, I liked him best. He was just the right amount of sweet and enigmatic that kept me wanting more. If you’re going to watch this, keep going to the end just for him. He played one of the most delightful characters in Eternal Love of Dream as well, so I hope to see more of him going forward.
The token bad guy is played by Long Ni. Yun Tao is sufficiently evil that completely degenerates into miserable when we see why she is the way she is. I love it when there’s an interesting female lead but I don’t necessarily love it when her motivations are barely skin deep (pun intended). I prefer they either make the woman a psychopath or suffering from a traumatic experience like their dog was killed in front of them, not for superficial reasons (just my opinion).
MUSIC:
The music was so-so. I did recognize Leo Luo’s voice singing one of the songs. It looks like he sings the theme song….yeah Leo! But still……..nothing special worth mentioning.
REWATCH VALUE:
I have no plans whatsoever to watch this again. It wasn’t hideous….sort of mildly entertaining. The episodes are short, so it goes fast. Watching it once isn’t a complete waste of time, but twice or more……even for Leo Luo that would be a resounding snooze fest.
OVERALL:
I liked Fox in the Screen for Leo, I loved Huang Jun Jie’s characterization of the shadowy Bai Sheng and almost (not quite) want to watch it again to see if I can see a little more subtext. Everything else was just okay…..a decent way to spend an evening to calm down from the latest gut-wrenching k-drama (ie. Tales of a Gumhio) I’ve been binging. So give it a try, if you need something light and frivolous….BUT if you are looking for the next Untamed or Eternal Love….this certainly AIN’T it.
https://mydramalist.com/people/11095-luo-yunxi
STORY:
Fox in the Screen is the story of Xue Jing the orphan artist and her struggle to survive during this Xania (I think?) piece of fluff. In the first episode she paints a screen with a magical pen and frees three magical foxes played by Leo Luo (sigh), Huang Jun Jie (Yowza he was good), and Xiao Hei (meh – not bad). Cue the evil old/young sorceress, jealous son of the emperor, and strange goddess of the flowers and you’ve got twenty something episodes filled with magic, a little palace intrigue, and a poor woman with an unfortunate aging complex (don’t we all have one?).
CHARACTERS:
Liu Xin Qi plays Xue Jing very well. She had the right amount of spirit as well as a burning desire to beat up the bad guys all on her own. Her character was loyal, loving, and bound and determined to save those within her care…..sometimes females can be portrayed as two dimensional….this one was not.
The foxes were just plain fun. At first Yu Yan (Leo Luo….sigh) was kind of a bad guy but not really. Either way, I found him quite fun whether he was mean, jealous, or just a plain old super hero. I don’t think its possible for him to do a bad job with any of his characters. I realize that I may be biased.
Xiao Hei played Little Blackie the fox missing his feet for a good chunk of the show. He was loyal and sweet but a little annoying after a while. There is only so much of the sweet stupid little guy that I can take in any series.
Huang Jun Jie played Bai Sheng by far the best and most mysterious character in the show….and might I say that the end of his storyline tugged the heart strings and also made me question his relationship with the emperor’s son. Truth be told, I liked him best. He was just the right amount of sweet and enigmatic that kept me wanting more. If you’re going to watch this, keep going to the end just for him. He played one of the most delightful characters in Eternal Love of Dream as well, so I hope to see more of him going forward.
The token bad guy is played by Long Ni. Yun Tao is sufficiently evil that completely degenerates into miserable when we see why she is the way she is. I love it when there’s an interesting female lead but I don’t necessarily love it when her motivations are barely skin deep (pun intended). I prefer they either make the woman a psychopath or suffering from a traumatic experience like their dog was killed in front of them, not for superficial reasons (just my opinion).
MUSIC:
The music was so-so. I did recognize Leo Luo’s voice singing one of the songs. It looks like he sings the theme song….yeah Leo! But still……..nothing special worth mentioning.
REWATCH VALUE:
I have no plans whatsoever to watch this again. It wasn’t hideous….sort of mildly entertaining. The episodes are short, so it goes fast. Watching it once isn’t a complete waste of time, but twice or more……even for Leo Luo that would be a resounding snooze fest.
OVERALL:
I liked Fox in the Screen for Leo, I loved Huang Jun Jie’s characterization of the shadowy Bai Sheng and almost (not quite) want to watch it again to see if I can see a little more subtext. Everything else was just okay…..a decent way to spend an evening to calm down from the latest gut-wrenching k-drama (ie. Tales of a Gumhio) I’ve been binging. So give it a try, if you need something light and frivolous….BUT if you are looking for the next Untamed or Eternal Love….this certainly AIN’T it.
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