you do realise s1 and 2 were filmed together...They just split them in two shows so they have more eps
You might like EB especially if you caught the Liu Yuning addiction ;) I did a Companion piece for EB"1" but too many things got in the way for me to move the notes in Discussions and add+ expand and update them to the Discussions page of EB"2". Anyway EB is ONE drama filmed long ago already, from an impossibly long novel and a donghua that was still ongoing at the time of EB"1" airing.
I see you are watching or soon will be watching "A Journey To Love", the epic tragedy. This has become one of my personal favorites and I warmly recommend you that one, perhaps first. I also have a very illustrated Companion piece for that drama in the Discussions page there, which comes with a Profile of Liu Yuning as actor, singer, and "idol", together with a detailed list / playlist of many of his 100+ songs. It links to Cho Na's ongoing log of his songs (although Cho Na has been sidetracked too, recently, and had trouble keeping accurate log of the latest songs.) LYN will soon be taking time off from filming to do a concert tour, btw. I am happy that Liu Yuning finally got the recognition he deserves as an actor, after having long been dismissed, attacked or mocked for his long legs, lanky and stooped frame, and angular face with "dragon eyes". Some despicable haters even went suggesting he ought to have been AI face replaced !! But LYN is not only a good professional, he is also a grounded person with biting humor and decisive replies to the worst attackers trying to taint his person and former family. He bites the bullets and joked with Bai Lu about them dressing in black as fitting that they regularly get "blackened" in comments... He is quite an interesting person, worth following (but I am only a "fandom explorer" so don't expect me to camp out on his Weibo even if I get alerts for news about him -- as I do for a score of other interesting actors and actresses that I noticed along my drama watching. I only update the Profiles once in a while and state when I did so, then. ).
If you have time, I also recommend the other costume dramas of Liu Yuning: from the most recent and just finished airing delightfully wacky " Dream Within A Dream", to very good and nuanced "The Prisoner of Beauty" that got postponed (because of FL Song Zu'er's brush with controversy, finally cleared away and productions finalizing airing slots) after "The Story Of Pearl Girl". The latter was the first of the three "culturally ambitious and didactic" dramas about the Tang Dynasty that aired last year. I wrote a very illustrated Companion piece with maps of journey for that one too btw, as I also did for the second "cultural project": "Brocade Odyssey" starring Tan Songyun and Zheng Yecheng.
I was debating with myself whether or not to do one too for "Flourished Peony", as third "cultural drama", but got sidetracked. So, I only dropped some notes in comments about peonies and the interesting status of the "Flower and Birds envoy", which really existed! But I did not get back to it later, to embark on another time consuming Companion piece. Anyway, I thought everybody would follow the story with ease, and there were also many comments to explain what was worthy of a few lines.
Another drama that is worth spending some time with, imho, is "Joy of Life", also adapted from an impossibly long novel. It got a second part, filmed a few years later after the cliffhanger ending of JOL"1", and although there are some weaknesses in "2" it is thrilling enough. I came too late to offer a Companion piece there, but you may find in Discussions my (and a few interested others) poster links and notes to make a more detailed description of the characters, numbered from those two posters.. The list and pictures of characters more or less follow the order of appearance, to remind myself and others of "who was who" exactly and their relationship in the "tangled web" tying them to each other.
Of course, there may be other iconic dramas you'd like to watch, or upcoming. Enjoy your watching !
you do realise s1 and 2 were filmed together...They just split them in two shows so they have more eps
right, almost misleading. Eternal Brotherhood also got cut in two but did not change name so part 2 had to wait a year to air... But that was expected, and the fans stayed on. Very different dramas of course: EB was NOT a "sweet romance" lol. All those Blossom titles make me frown, even more than the Love etc ones - can't they come up with something more imaginative? If anything had to be changed I'd have suggested "Flourished P... - next"
you do realise s1 and 2 were filmed together...They just split them in two shows so they have more eps
We all know, I think. That's perhaps why this part did not really fulfill hopes for some of those who loved "first part": it did feel like the remaining story became too much predictable and unnecessary. Cutting parts of ITN of Blossom (too many Blossoms anyway in drama titles) to end Flourished Peony properly as the standalone it ought to have been, might have been more satisfying.
I heard its supposed to be the story of their daughter....idk if its true
Agree. Task for me was completed when this part ended. I am not eager to watch a sequel or to see Li Xian and Mudan portrayed as grey heads. If production wants to milk the Flower merchant story some more nonetheless, I'll just give it a peek perhaps, but already doubt it will really attract me to stay on.
By far my most favourite drama of the year, I had so much fun while watching. I laughed my heart out, even with…
Exactly my feelings for this one. It is a delight. Although I still have a few episodes to catch up with (real life dramas being invasive), even without spending too much time on spoilers, previews, and assorted rave comments, I already know this is a 10/10 from me too. One reason is also that awesome OST, despite it sometimes got a bit too loud to accompany action, it was so full of musical nuggets that it also added to my joy when sitting to watch the episodes on a decent screen!
Watched it on YouTube; rather unbelievable plotbut since this is a Cinderella story, why not sit back and relax with it till expected happy end and punishment of wrongdoers, nonetheless?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwW9b_uZaUk(indeed, pretty drama tea party, lol!)
Happy to have been of service then!
Although I am far from as knowledgeable about vertical dramas as Jwells, and only stumbling upon them so often over the past year on YT. I admit I get "guilty pleasure" sidetracked for their fun relaxation and not too lengthy features, even though they are often very formulaic and predictable. The faces of their actors and actresses are now becoming better known both on MDL and Global Granary, as they deserve to be.
I can't watch 16 dramas (even short ones) simultaneously. So at the moment, I am content with finishing slowly "The Seven Relics of Ill omen", staying till end of "In the Name of Blossom/Flourished Peony 2", and catching up with glee on "A Dream Within A Dream". While trying, sometimes unsuccessfully, not to jump from one V drama to the next in suggestions, lol. For once, I agreed with Avenue X who was praising LYN's last opus and the soundtrack - yes I also like Chen Xueran (and his wife MingTian + faithful band)'s music: not surprised that they are in the circle of friends of Liu Yuning, and vice-versa.
Wishing you continued pleasure in your drama watching, twinty!
Congratulation to the proud parents : the picture on his Weibo of his and his wife's hands forming a heart around the tiny arms emerging from a diaper, was very cute. He keeps his wife's name and person out of the news.
Have you watched the ones she appeared in already ? Which one is your favorite ? If you did not finish TPATW try to find a moment : it was a nice, comedic one ! But time is so short : I plead guilty to have been sidetracked by other business, including a Chinese cinema festival, so highly praised Love in Pavilion remains on my TBW list. Shortly, as I am also watching a couple of other, different dramas...
I liked the version posted in first link by Jwells down in comments. A very nice non toxic watch (the toxic parents of Cinderella only make a very short appearance towards the end, only to be swept away as dust by a broom!) with a beautiful pair of actors ; Yu Long is with another FL than MieMie but they also have excellent chemistry, and Yu Cong is both very pretty and talented! Happy end of course for the modern fairy tale. Some music is recycled from the "Hidden Love" drama, such as "Just Want to Secretly Hide You (sung by Zhao Lusi and Silence Wang/Wang Sulong (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqSHszMy-dQ)
Wait I just watched this; the summary above is inaccurate.
The summary seems to have been erased, pending someone adds one? Here is my suggestion: "Jiang Xianyu (nicknamed "Little Fish"/Xiao Yu) went to find employment as a caretaker to escape from the greedy claws of her family and of her former employer. She went to work, bringing luck and fish to an old couple. They recommended her to replace the skilled old woman who had been in charge of their son's house but had goner on leave for family reasons. CEO Su (called Xiaoyuan by his parents) quickly fell for the beautiful, independent but humble nanny! "
Also titled "Chasing Fish by the Deep" (wondering why MDL ignored this information already requested by someone else).
A minor correction: the name Halan in Chinese is 哈岚, not the 岚市. 岚市 is the end of three character…
哈哈哈 !!! Thanks for correction. I let the Nasty Internet bug swallow a character, perhaps thinking it was a fun twist to play on me and readers (oops, sorry!!!) while tiredly copy-pasting from my Companion piece, as a "summary and afterthought" of what I had written there, already thinking about another drama I was busy watching! So, now, I'll be quickly going back to edit the longer sentence part in which the dismembered name appeared in the review, inserting the missing character ;D
I do know what 市 shì means... But yes, all readers may not know. [Just nitpicking: a sentence usually has a verb, so 哈岚市 is not a sentence, but just the name Ha lan city, as seen on a sign board in a train station, or a direction shown on other signs.] Sometimes I fail at being as meticulous as I ought to be. I am mostly "lazy and whimsical", viewing reviews as a chore , and I don't spend too much time on drafting such, besides which I dislike doing the necessary proofreading of those drafts carelessly posted. Sentences may come out weird then, in addition to mistypes marring text: even partly carbon based deep space aliens like me, toying with languages I used for a long while in my various incarnations, may dysfunction in some details, 23333 嘿嘿.... )
I am glad and honored that the longer sometimes rambling Companion piece helped you, for your translating the show into Russian! Do you do that in a team for Viki or another platform?
The movie is not awful; Guan Xiaotong and Xia Yu are really cute, colors are nice, there are lots of fun moments, but the story was flimsy and nonsense, just pastime, despite the interesting idea of portraying a daydreamer, and despite director is a minor celeb from the "5th-6th generation" : Ning Ying, who studied with Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige, went to Italy film academy and worked wit Bertolucci on his 1987 The Last Emperor, reaping an award at the time. 6.5/10 from me. Watched on YouTube where some music, sadly, was cut away for the dance of the stewardesses.
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I did a Companion piece for EB"1" but too many things got in the way for me to move the notes in Discussions and add+ expand and update them to the Discussions page of EB"2". Anyway EB is ONE drama filmed long ago already, from an impossibly long novel and a donghua that was still ongoing at the time of EB"1" airing.
I see you are watching or soon will be watching "A Journey To Love", the epic tragedy. This has become one of my personal favorites and I warmly recommend you that one, perhaps first. I also have a very illustrated Companion piece for that drama in the Discussions page there, which comes with a Profile of Liu Yuning as actor, singer, and "idol", together with a detailed list / playlist of many of his 100+ songs. It links to Cho Na's ongoing log of his songs (although Cho Na has been sidetracked too, recently, and had trouble keeping accurate log of the latest songs.) LYN will soon be taking time off from filming to do a concert tour, btw. I am happy that Liu Yuning finally got the recognition he deserves as an actor, after having long been dismissed, attacked or mocked for his long legs, lanky and stooped frame, and angular face with "dragon eyes". Some despicable haters even went suggesting he ought to have been AI face replaced !! But LYN is not only a good professional, he is also a grounded person with biting humor and decisive replies to the worst attackers trying to taint his person and former family. He bites the bullets and joked with Bai Lu about them dressing in black as fitting that they regularly get "blackened" in comments... He is quite an interesting person, worth following (but I am only a "fandom explorer" so don't expect me to camp out on his Weibo even if I get alerts for news about him -- as I do for a score of other interesting actors and actresses that I noticed along my drama watching. I only update the Profiles once in a while and state when I did so, then. ).
If you have time, I also recommend the other costume dramas of Liu Yuning: from the most recent and just finished airing delightfully wacky " Dream Within A Dream", to very good and nuanced "The Prisoner of Beauty" that got postponed (because of FL Song Zu'er's brush with controversy, finally cleared away and productions finalizing airing slots) after "The Story Of Pearl Girl". The latter was the first of the three "culturally ambitious and didactic" dramas about the Tang Dynasty that aired last year. I wrote a very illustrated Companion piece with maps of journey for that one too btw, as I also did for the second "cultural project": "Brocade Odyssey" starring Tan Songyun and Zheng Yecheng.
I was debating with myself whether or not to do one too for "Flourished Peony", as third "cultural drama", but got sidetracked. So, I only dropped some notes in comments about peonies and the interesting status of the "Flower and Birds envoy", which really existed! But I did not get back to it later, to embark on another time consuming Companion piece. Anyway, I thought everybody would follow the story with ease, and there were also many comments to explain what was worthy of a few lines.
Another drama that is worth spending some time with, imho, is "Joy of Life", also adapted from an impossibly long novel. It got a second part, filmed a few years later after the cliffhanger ending of JOL"1", and although there are some weaknesses in "2" it is thrilling enough. I came too late to offer a Companion piece there, but you may find in Discussions my (and a few interested others) poster links and notes to make a more detailed description of the characters, numbered from those two posters.. The list and pictures of characters more or less follow the order of appearance, to remind myself and others of "who was who" exactly and their relationship in the "tangled web" tying them to each other.
Of course, there may be other iconic dramas you'd like to watch, or upcoming. Enjoy your watching !
Eternal Brotherhood also got cut in two but did not change name so part 2 had to wait a year to air... But that was expected, and the fans stayed on. Very different dramas of course: EB was NOT a "sweet romance" lol.
All those Blossom titles make me frown, even more than the Love etc ones - can't they come up with something more imaginative? If anything had to be changed I'd have suggested "Flourished P... - next"
Although I am far from as knowledgeable about vertical dramas as Jwells, and only stumbling upon them so often over the past year on YT. I admit I get "guilty pleasure" sidetracked for their fun relaxation and not too lengthy features, even though they are often very formulaic and predictable. The faces of their actors and actresses are now becoming better known both on MDL and Global Granary, as they deserve to be.
I can't watch 16 dramas (even short ones) simultaneously. So at the moment, I am content with finishing slowly "The Seven Relics of Ill omen", staying till end of "In the Name of Blossom/Flourished Peony 2", and catching up with glee on "A Dream Within A Dream". While trying, sometimes unsuccessfully, not to jump from one V drama to the next in suggestions, lol. For once, I agreed with Avenue X who was praising LYN's last opus and the soundtrack - yes I also like Chen Xueran (and his wife MingTian + faithful band)'s music: not surprised that they are in the circle of friends of Liu Yuning, and vice-versa.
Wishing you continued pleasure in your drama watching, twinty!
If you did not finish TPATW try to find a moment : it was a nice, comedic one !
But time is so short : I plead guilty to have been sidetracked by other business, including a Chinese cinema festival, so highly praised Love in Pavilion remains on my TBW list. Shortly, as I am also watching a couple of other, different dramas...
Some music is recycled from the "Hidden Love" drama, such as "Just Want to Secretly Hide You (sung by Zhao Lusi and Silence Wang/Wang Sulong (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqSHszMy-dQ)
Here is my suggestion: "Jiang Xianyu (nicknamed "Little Fish"/Xiao Yu) went to find employment as a caretaker to escape from the greedy claws of her family and of her former employer. She went to work, bringing luck and fish to an old couple. They recommended her to replace the skilled old woman who had been in charge of their son's house but had goner on leave for family reasons. CEO Su (called Xiaoyuan by his parents) quickly fell for the beautiful, independent but humble nanny! "
Also titled "Chasing Fish by the Deep" (wondering why MDL ignored this information already requested by someone else).
I do know what 市 shì means... But yes, all readers may not know. [Just nitpicking: a sentence usually has a verb, so 哈岚市 is not a sentence, but just the name Ha lan city, as seen on a sign board in a train station, or a direction shown on other signs.]
Sometimes I fail at being as meticulous as I ought to be. I am mostly "lazy and whimsical", viewing reviews as a chore , and I don't spend too much time on drafting such, besides which I dislike doing the necessary proofreading of those drafts carelessly posted. Sentences may come out weird then, in addition to mistypes marring text: even partly carbon based deep space aliens like me, toying with languages I used for a long while in my various incarnations, may dysfunction in some details, 23333 嘿嘿.... )
I am glad and honored that the longer sometimes rambling Companion piece helped you, for your translating the show into Russian! Do you do that in a team for Viki or another platform?
Watched on YouTube where some music, sadly, was cut away for the dance of the stewardesses.