WTF was episode 22??? Did the writers run out of steam or did they go on holiday and left the trainee in charge? The whole episode felt like a series of lame "romantic" clichés (the market, the soup, the fireflies). The few things that happened could have been told in 10 min.
Yun Lai did an amazing Bromance drama last year and he was amazing in it ,, he's a truly good actor but I think…
Yes, the stoic ML is always a thankless role. It's quite hard to portray for any actor, as they still have to somehow convey emotions/inner turmoil without too many gestures which requires a lot more acting skill than playing a normal or goofy character. And even if they get it right, half of the audience don't get the subtleties of their acting and will still complain. I think Xin Yun Lai is doing quite a good job here. The added difficulty for him is that he is facing off against Zheng Ye Cheng who I find really impressive in this one. I've only seen him in costume dramas so far (where he can shine with superb martial arts skills) so didn't expect too much from him in this modern setting, but now I'm truly impressed by the way he can show us a character who is cocky one moment and needy/vulnerable in the next.
... only to realise that I was hooked after the 1st episodes and binged on four more just for good measure.The…
I'm not that far yet... only watched up to ep. 6 so far and since there will be only a limited no. of new episodes next week, I will try to ration them. I'd rather only watch one episode a day than having a four-day gap. After four days I will have forgotten all the names (and their colourful translations). Will get back to you once I've watched and understood it.
I have the same problem with Neo Hou in Back from the Brink. He looks just to sweet for a dragon...
I guess we all have a different picture in our heads of what a dragon would look like in human form. What I'm missing is a bit of an edge or some sharpness.
So I just wanted to have a quick look at this to see ZYC in a modern drama and with a dorky hairstyle...
... only to realise that I was hooked after the 1st episodes and binged on four more just for good measure. The initial plot of the hypnosis murder cases wasn't too complicated (I sort of knew who the murderer was by ep. 2) but it served as a nice introduction to the main characters with small glimpses of a bigger mystery that somehow connects the two lead characters.
The dynamic between the two leads is quite fun to watch, albeit following the classic scheme of one who barely talks and one who talks incessantly. I liked the fact that there are some quite atmospheric moments without any dialogue. It gives the drama an little arty and unhurried feel.
As I'm a sucker for crime-solving/police dramas and could stare at ZYC all day long the two combined turns out to be quite an addictive combination.
After watching 5 episodes I cannot say that I found the subtitles too jarring (those on The Trust are far worse!) once you get the hang of the partially translated names. I had a problem though with the number of names that they throw around and had to occasionally pause to look at the cast list to check who they were talking about.
This is me.... I read the synopsis and thought, "Oooooo... this looks good." And then I saw it was on Mango and…
We do crazy things for love... 😂 I'm currently trying to do a proper edit of a novel that I MTLed, but without speaking any Chinese. 🤪 It takes forever to google some of these idioms! Doing the subs must be even worse because you don't see the original words to do a word-by-word search.
ttj reminding me of the quote "a hero will sacrifice the person they love to save the world, but a villain will…
Well, as much as it hurts to come second (after the world) in the eyes of your lover, wouldn't you prefer your love to stay true to himself even if it means that you have to die?
Yes, very often villains betray the world to save their loved one, but how many times has the answer they get been "I never asked you to". Quite a few examples for that spring to mind as well...
Buckets, 😭😭😭 if it's a good drama and I can relate to the characters. It makes it hard to read the subtitles, sometimes 😂
I think in modern society people have become so constrained emotionally (other than feeling offended at all and everything) that they don't cry enough. It may be one of the reasons why angsty dramas are so popular. Emotional crying releases important hormones (oxytocin and endorphins) that help release stress. So if people are forced to keep a stiff upper lip in their daily life because society stigmatises emotional outbursts, they have to use crying in front of the TV as a substitute.
To sum it up, keep crying, it's good for your mental health!
Every time I look there's another ML 😂 Not too keen on the current choice (Bi Wen Jun)... I've just seen a pic of Jeremy Tsui in dragon make-up (for another drama) and think he would make an awesome dragon, especially if they let him keep that gravelly voice instead of dubbing him.🐉
Personally I was very underwhelmed by episode 28. Unfortunately I didn't love it the way I hoped I would and I…
Editing is definitely a bit choppy at times... I'm watching this slowly with sometimes a few days between episodes and I already had to go back to the previous episode several times because I thought I had accidentally skipped an episode when the new one started with a scene that I couldn't place. Like for example the cut btw ep. 17 and ep.18. It is quite obvious that they had to cut some scenes between the last scene of ep. 17 and the first of ep. 18.
The whole episode felt like a series of lame "romantic" clichés (the market, the soup, the fireflies). The few things that happened could have been told in 10 min.
I think Xin Yun Lai is doing quite a good job here. The added difficulty for him is that he is facing off against Zheng Ye Cheng who I find really impressive in this one. I've only seen him in costume dramas so far (where he can shine with superb martial arts skills) so didn't expect too much from him in this modern setting, but now I'm truly impressed by the way he can show us a character who is cocky one moment and needy/vulnerable in the next.
Will get back to you once I've watched and understood it.
The initial plot of the hypnosis murder cases wasn't too complicated (I sort of knew who the murderer was by ep. 2) but it served as a nice introduction to the main characters with small glimpses of a bigger mystery that somehow connects the two lead characters.
The dynamic between the two leads is quite fun to watch, albeit following the classic scheme of one who barely talks and one who talks incessantly. I liked the fact that there are some quite atmospheric moments without any dialogue. It gives the drama an little arty and unhurried feel.
As I'm a sucker for crime-solving/police dramas and could stare at ZYC all day long the two combined turns out to be quite an addictive combination.
After watching 5 episodes I cannot say that I found the subtitles too jarring (those on The Trust are far worse!) once you get the hang of the partially translated names. I had a problem though with the number of names that they throw around and had to occasionally pause to look at the cast list to check who they were talking about.
I'm currently trying to do a proper edit of a novel that I MTLed, but without speaking any Chinese. 🤪 It takes forever to google some of these idioms!
Doing the subs must be even worse because you don't see the original words to do a word-by-word search.
Yes, very often villains betray the world to save their loved one, but how many times has the answer they get been "I never asked you to". Quite a few examples for that spring to mind as well...
I think in modern society people have become so constrained emotionally (other than feeling offended at all and everything) that they don't cry enough. It may be one of the reasons why angsty dramas are so popular.
Emotional crying releases important hormones (oxytocin and endorphins) that help release stress. So if people are forced to keep a stiff upper lip in their daily life because society stigmatises emotional outbursts, they have to use crying in front of the TV as a substitute.
To sum it up, keep crying, it's good for your mental health!
I've just seen a pic of Jeremy Tsui in dragon make-up (for another drama) and think he would make an awesome dragon, especially if they let him keep that gravelly voice instead of dubbing him.🐉
I'm watching this slowly with sometimes a few days between episodes and I already had to go back to the previous episode several times because I thought I had accidentally skipped an episode when the new one started with a scene that I couldn't place. Like for example the cut btw ep. 17 and ep.18. It is quite obvious that they had to cut some scenes between the last scene of ep. 17 and the first of ep. 18.