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The Most Intense Drama I Have Ever Seen; Regardless of Country.
Do not believe the ratings. I will start right off the bat first of all I will reiterate something that many people have said this is a fan site, nothing real. This show is doing very well on the TV channel that it's currently being broadcast on so if you're interested in it, it's a very hard show. Give it a chance give it more than three episodes. It is definitely worth it. Given what the ZLH said on one of the live streams, I was expecting an OE or an HE we got an OE/HE you have to keep your mind open and understand all the variables going on. Again, this will not be long review due to my health.
Pros: I wanted to watch the show for ZLH and XZX because this was a new type of genre for both, even though it was a republican era thing for them both because this was a love-hate and lots of villains and you really don't know who's a villain, until the very end turned out that who one thought was a villain halfway through really was not. He wasn't a good guy, but he wasn't the main horrible villain. The real villains were the M mother and sister we never met the father. He died before the show aired; L father, who we thought was one of the main villains was not, but he was a horrible father to QY. The bait and switches were awesome and even the actors that played villainous roles you hated so much you knew they were good. But the fact that both actors put so much into their parts was phenomenon to watch. The reason it's an OE is because QY played by ZLH who's the ML does not die at the end and you know this because he's talking and breathing and he's seeing all his dead loved ones that sacrifice themselves or were killed and his older brother says to him something along the lines of “listen you get up you have to go back to your wife and your son.” This is not verbatim so we know that he was alive. After that, it just goes off into a dream sequence where it's a happy ending. Also, at the end of the dream sequence, the train that both of the leads were on was headed towards their son, so that was another something that you had to catch if you were paying attention. The name on the train from the city they were to where their son was aka Nanyang to Beichang.
This was spoken by both leads in various interviews that they filmed this other type of ending. What I do wish is that they had shown us him, getting transported into an ambulance and taken to the hospital and at least reunited with her that would've been closer to a happy ending, but what we got was actually not bad at all. I can't stress enough, just how amazing all the actors were from the veterans to the ones with little experience to even the child actor. Also, very proud of XZX for the performance he delivered for an extroverted actor to be placed in an introverted cast, which they all talked about and laughed about a lot on live streams and in interviews, and to have such a serious character where he usually plays someone goofier or nerdy, it really expanded his portfolio and ZLH's as well. You know that both of these actors can play much more versatile roles, which is amazing. I'm not going into the story because I want you to watch it. This is a very deep show. This is not a lighthearted show. There's constant anger there's love and hate there's misunderstandings, it's not a lovey-dovey romance so if that's what you're looking for than this show isn't for you. But if you're looking for something with meat and potatoes where you put your heart and soul into it and the fact that I'm actually motivated to write a review, then this show is for you.
As usual costumes, OST, sets, all of that was great for the genre and I've watched Republican era shows many times. Another thing I will mention about the OST is that every single song was sung by a veteran actor or a veteran singer in any case it was an older person who has been in the industry for 30 at least years and that really brought the show more substance.
Cons: The reason it got an 8.5 as opposed to anything higher was because primarily of production and how the story was written, the plot just seemed to go on a hamster wheel and the FL only at the end really evolved or was evolved. The ML was constantly evolving, and even though he loved her and there were points where he hated her after the six year break he was finally able to tell her points were like why do you keep pushing me away? Why do you do this? Why do you do that? Things that he should've told her before which is great. Meanwhile she's blaming him for shit, he couldn't control since he was born pretty much. Another thing the real plot with problems started in the last maybe seven episodes and it should've started a lot earlier again this is screenwriting and production. So there were those kinds of things I think that production and screenwriting as a whole could've done better especially toward that ending. They just needed to add a little bit more and it would've been perfect. And I don't care about the AI beginning that was changed anyways because I always skip intro.
Would I recommend it? I absolutely would. I think that anyone who is a deep thinker in someone who likes a good deep show even if it means angst or anger or whatever it is negative emotions. This is the show for you. I wasn't sure whether I wanted to watch the show every day, but then I would start watching it and I couldn't skip over much of anything unless it was the horrible mother and sister. So please read whichever reviews you want or don't give the show a try and if you're like me, I think you will like it.
Pros: I wanted to watch the show for ZLH and XZX because this was a new type of genre for both, even though it was a republican era thing for them both because this was a love-hate and lots of villains and you really don't know who's a villain, until the very end turned out that who one thought was a villain halfway through really was not. He wasn't a good guy, but he wasn't the main horrible villain. The real villains were the M mother and sister we never met the father. He died before the show aired; L father, who we thought was one of the main villains was not, but he was a horrible father to QY. The bait and switches were awesome and even the actors that played villainous roles you hated so much you knew they were good. But the fact that both actors put so much into their parts was phenomenon to watch. The reason it's an OE is because QY played by ZLH who's the ML does not die at the end and you know this because he's talking and breathing and he's seeing all his dead loved ones that sacrifice themselves or were killed and his older brother says to him something along the lines of “listen you get up you have to go back to your wife and your son.” This is not verbatim so we know that he was alive. After that, it just goes off into a dream sequence where it's a happy ending. Also, at the end of the dream sequence, the train that both of the leads were on was headed towards their son, so that was another something that you had to catch if you were paying attention. The name on the train from the city they were to where their son was aka Nanyang to Beichang.
This was spoken by both leads in various interviews that they filmed this other type of ending. What I do wish is that they had shown us him, getting transported into an ambulance and taken to the hospital and at least reunited with her that would've been closer to a happy ending, but what we got was actually not bad at all. I can't stress enough, just how amazing all the actors were from the veterans to the ones with little experience to even the child actor. Also, very proud of XZX for the performance he delivered for an extroverted actor to be placed in an introverted cast, which they all talked about and laughed about a lot on live streams and in interviews, and to have such a serious character where he usually plays someone goofier or nerdy, it really expanded his portfolio and ZLH's as well. You know that both of these actors can play much more versatile roles, which is amazing. I'm not going into the story because I want you to watch it. This is a very deep show. This is not a lighthearted show. There's constant anger there's love and hate there's misunderstandings, it's not a lovey-dovey romance so if that's what you're looking for than this show isn't for you. But if you're looking for something with meat and potatoes where you put your heart and soul into it and the fact that I'm actually motivated to write a review, then this show is for you.
As usual costumes, OST, sets, all of that was great for the genre and I've watched Republican era shows many times. Another thing I will mention about the OST is that every single song was sung by a veteran actor or a veteran singer in any case it was an older person who has been in the industry for 30 at least years and that really brought the show more substance.
Cons: The reason it got an 8.5 as opposed to anything higher was because primarily of production and how the story was written, the plot just seemed to go on a hamster wheel and the FL only at the end really evolved or was evolved. The ML was constantly evolving, and even though he loved her and there were points where he hated her after the six year break he was finally able to tell her points were like why do you keep pushing me away? Why do you do this? Why do you do that? Things that he should've told her before which is great. Meanwhile she's blaming him for shit, he couldn't control since he was born pretty much. Another thing the real plot with problems started in the last maybe seven episodes and it should've started a lot earlier again this is screenwriting and production. So there were those kinds of things I think that production and screenwriting as a whole could've done better especially toward that ending. They just needed to add a little bit more and it would've been perfect. And I don't care about the AI beginning that was changed anyways because I always skip intro.
Would I recommend it? I absolutely would. I think that anyone who is a deep thinker in someone who likes a good deep show even if it means angst or anger or whatever it is negative emotions. This is the show for you. I wasn't sure whether I wanted to watch the show every day, but then I would start watching it and I couldn't skip over much of anything unless it was the horrible mother and sister. So please read whichever reviews you want or don't give the show a try and if you're like me, I think you will like it.
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