Hi, you can add any Chinese drama you watched (if any) that's aired during 2020! If not, this list can still be useful as inspiration on what to watch next, hopefully! In any case, thank you for checking it out!! Cheers!! :)
I just want to know, is it happy ending?? If not, I wont even bother.
Depending what you mean by "happy ending". Just so you know, this drama isn't focused on romance, more about the power struggles & the politics of Joseon going forward & the different views on what's the best policy. In that vain, I wouldn't call it a happy ending, since around the time the drama ends (about 1870) is when Joseon/Korea was entering one of its worse phases, lasting for decades - so no happy ending for that country & its people for a while! ...But there is a happy ending for the main couple, though, if that's what you want to know! And a hopeful message at the end, on changing one's (and their country's) destiny! :)
I agree with almost everything you said, especially the episode lengths (a reason I stick to C-dramas nowadays, their episodes are 30-50 minutes long tops), and the freaking Childhood Connection thingie!!! I only disagree with back hugs, I like back hugs actually ^.^
I'll just leave this here and won't say anything else for analysis to avoid Spoilers: The Untamed. If there was an Oscar for "Most Heartbreaking & *Realistically* Depicted Sad Characters' Stories (which includes all of the above and more) in the Highest Percentage of Characters (it's practically every single character in it) in a *Fantasy* TV-series/book", The Untamed/Mo Dao Zu Shi should get it! :'(
I have the same question!! Plus, this is a webdrama, not tv drama, and I thought there wasn't a limit for them?…
My theory in general is that they cut what the censorship committee doesn't like for any (nonsensical) reason. I noticed in Renascence they've mainly cut side-characters' scenes, and more specifically, almost all of Kevin Yan's character's scenes (to the point we don't even know who his character is... or he's sent to investigate a group to find their leader, and 2 scenes later they talk about the leader of that group and what did he learn from him, like what? what did I miss? LOL!). So I'm thinking, maybe he did (or didn't do) something to dissatisfy the censors? :( Or maybe there were plot-points/hints of anything they may not like, I don't know...
so they cut out eps from 70 to 30, but why only 30?! i know that they limit tv dramas to have less eps but there…
I have the same question!! Plus, this is a webdrama, not tv drama, and I thought there wasn't a limit for them? Or was it? And even if there is, why is it some dramas able to have 50-60+ ep this year (both webdramas & tv dramas), whereas others cannot? (e.g. TV drama Serenade of Peaceful Joy: 69 ep., Webdrama Love and Redemption: 59 ep.)
Thank you!! I hope you do in the future, if you're still thinking about it; though for now you deserve your hard earned rest after all the projects you took on & the non-stop work for L&R!! (Thank you for all you do!)
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Cheers!! :)
I only disagree with back hugs, I like back hugs actually ^.^
If there was an Oscar for "Most Heartbreaking & *Realistically* Depicted Sad Characters' Stories (which includes all of the above and more) in the Highest Percentage of Characters (it's practically every single character in it) in a *Fantasy* TV-series/book", The Untamed/Mo Dao Zu Shi should get it!
:'(
I noticed in Renascence they've mainly cut side-characters' scenes, and more specifically, almost all of Kevin Yan's character's scenes (to the point we don't even know who his character is... or he's sent to investigate a group to find their leader, and 2 scenes later they talk about the leader of that group and what did he learn from him, like what? what did I miss? LOL!). So I'm thinking, maybe he did (or didn't do) something to dissatisfy the censors? :( Or maybe there were plot-points/hints of anything they may not like, I don't know...