I'm beginning to suspect if a lot of scenes were cut to pass Chinese censorship. This is probably the best explanation…
Yes, there is a tendency to white-wash the leads to suit public tastes/censorship, but it would be a bit too easy to use censorship as an excuse for the bad writing/editing. In my opinion they tried to cater to a younger audience who might get bored by all the palace politics and scheming. They slowed and dumbed everything down so that even the people watching this in FF-mode won't get lost.
From my understanding...1. The Crown Princess title has always belonged to Ziyuan, and Han Ye plans on following…
Yes, that's the way I see it. I guess it would be harder for him to go through with this choice while Anle stares at him. And for her it would be heart-breaking not to be his chosen woman. The look on Anle's face when he makes his choice kind of confirms this theory. She really looked hurt
Totally agree... the adaption didn't do justice in letting the audience to appreciate and understand the reason…
Don't get me wrong, I loved Nirvana in Fire! What I meant to say was that it didn't need to rely on any eye-candy (I didn't find any of the guys particularly appealing) or swooshy romance because there was a gripping plot and stellar acting and I deplore the fact that we just don't get dramas like that anymore. Nowadays we seem to get eye-candy instead of plot and cliched romance instead of good acting. There seems to be a real hesitation to make people's brains work too much so all the plotting is dumbed down. And yes, the love-story was beautiful but it didn't follow the standard "romance formula" that most script-writers apply.
Glad to see them FINALLY showing the real mastermind Di Ziyuan, with her grand, domineeringly majestic aura.The…
Yes, you see things because you KNOW they should be there. For the rest of us, who have to rely on what we are seeing/hearing on screen there isn't even the slightest hint at some complexity in, for example Han Ye's character. He just comes across as naive and bland (and slightly obsessed with the past). Strangely, we get to hear the fake beauty's thoughts while bathing, but not what the ML or FL are truly thinking. The only moments that allow us to make some guesses are when LMX or Wen Shuo are asking questions.
After reading a few comments today, I've concluded, I need to read this book! The cleverness is all I ask for…
Yep, I was thinking the same thing. I've got to read that book! Just need to finish at least one of the other three that I'm currently reading, otherwise my little brain gets confused 🤯
I think the name should have been "The Bathing Fake"... 😂
Ikr, I'm starting to think one of the writers must have a washing OCD. In real life even rich people probably only got a bath once week if they were lucky.
I will read the novel after the drama is done. It's frustrating when a novel isn't adapted quite right. Cdrama…
Yeah, that's what annoys me so much about script-writers (not just on this drama, but in general). I wouldn't mind if they change a few events of the story here or there, but the overall tone of the story and the essence of the characters should stay the same. Instead, they are white-washing all the male characters and turning gutsy females into helpless babes, just so that everything fits nicely into their cliched writing formula. And don't even get me started at their out-of-place attempts at humour right after killing a bunch of people.
Totally agree... the adaption didn't do justice in letting the audience to appreciate and understand the reason…
Very interesting. Thank you! Reading your post I get the feeling that a lot of this was simplified/omitted and instead replaced by romance and trivialities to make the drama more appealing to a younger audience who might get bored by the complex political machinations. Let's be honest, a drama like Nirvana in Fire with the lack of eye-candy leads and scant romance would be unthinkable nowadays.
In my opinion they tried to cater to a younger audience who might get bored by all the palace politics and scheming. They slowed and dumbed everything down so that even the people watching this in FF-mode won't get lost.
I guess it would be harder for him to go through with this choice while Anle stares at him. And for her it would be heart-breaking not to be his chosen woman. The look on Anle's face when he makes his choice kind of confirms this theory. She really looked hurt
Nowadays we seem to get eye-candy instead of plot and cliched romance instead of good acting. There seems to be a real hesitation to make people's brains work too much so all the plotting is dumbed down.
And yes, the love-story was beautiful but it didn't follow the standard "romance formula" that most script-writers apply.
For the rest of us, who have to rely on what we are seeing/hearing on screen there isn't even the slightest hint at some complexity in, for example Han Ye's character. He just comes across as naive and bland (and slightly obsessed with the past).
Strangely, we get to hear the fake beauty's thoughts while bathing, but not what the ML or FL are truly thinking.
The only moments that allow us to make some guesses are when LMX or Wen Shuo are asking questions.
Instead, they are white-washing all the male characters and turning gutsy females into helpless babes, just so that everything fits nicely into their cliched writing formula. And don't even get me started at their out-of-place attempts at humour right after killing a bunch of people.
Reading your post I get the feeling that a lot of this was simplified/omitted and instead replaced by romance and trivialities to make the drama more appealing to a younger audience who might get bored by the complex political machinations.
Let's be honest, a drama like Nirvana in Fire with the lack of eye-candy leads and scant romance would be unthinkable nowadays.