BTW, Zhao Lusi aint even that hot to begin with. The most beautiful female ever in C-ent for me was Zhao Wei producer…
I felt cheated for having watched up to Ep52. Love Like Galaxy my rear end. Title should have been appropriately called HOW I DUMPED 3 GUYS AND END UP GOING BACK TO THE 2ND GUY/EX-FIANCE!
Anyways, this drama is shiet. ML treats FL like a Princess. What she do to him? Dumped him for another guy after 5 years... (IK they got back together at the end have dropped drama so pretty good guess, but fukk this Nazi feminist shiet...)
Actresses that take up these kinds of roles are scums. All in it for the money. Zheng Shuang and Fan Bingbing are proofs!
Watched up to ep 52. OMFG what a waste of my time. I neva gonna watch another Zhao Lusi drama ever again. She…
BTW, Zhao Lusi aint even that hot to begin with. The most beautiful female ever in C-ent for me was Zhao Wei producer of Word of Honor, FL of Shaolin Soccer, etc. But there's been too many controversy around her so she effectively black-listed in China I think. Plus she getting old now, over 40 years old. The next most beautiful female in C-ent for me has to be the FL of Side Story of Fox Volant. I haven't seen a female actress so pretty since the young Zhao Wei.
I can easily put Zhao Lusi on my own black list won't miss personalities like her!
Watched up to ep 52. OMFG what a waste of my time. I neva gonna watch another Zhao Lusi drama ever again. She now on my bad list as is Yang Mi, Liu Yifei, etc. all the overrated actresses!
My God FL should just make up her mind and stick to 1 guy. Fukk Ling Buyi, just marry Ah Yao and let the drama end right there! But no she's like a promiscuous b1tch get together with 1 guy then dump him... (I think by the end of drama FL got together with 3 guys and dumped them each time, but likely end up going back to Ling Buyi. But who cares don't have the patience to endure promiscuous FLs all the way to end of the drama!)
It's a good thing there are 4 more episodes left after 52, so at least I can say I officially dropped this drama and never finished it!
Li Yifeng is now a detained criminal in China. One of many reasons why I didn't like Mirror Cities. ML looks overtly aggressive, doesn't look like your typical do-gooder protagonist.
Title is very misleading. They shouldn't have used "Side Story". Only 12 episodes released so far. If I was clueless, I would have thought this was a "Mini Series" with not more than 20-30 episodes and not be interested at all in watching!
China finally made it's first GOOD Jin Yong adaptation. All the other ones that came before it made by other companies sucked. Especially the most recent HSDS. I wouldn't say that it sucks, sort of decent but could have been way better. Side Story of Fox Volant is the kind of drama quality you get when you have a rich company with years of experience in the drama industry and lots of talent in directing and writing/adapting.
The only reason why Tencent CAN make good dramas where other companies fail because other companies only care about selling rights to air their dramas on TV channels. Tencent is a different beast. If they made just ONE bad drama, they can expect WeTV subscriptions to take a nose dive! Thus Tencent is a subscription oriented profiteer whereas other companies are airing oriented profiteer. Tencent got too much stakes to make ONE bad drama!
4-5 years after Jin Yong died he finally got ONE good drama adaptation of his stories! And BTW, Fox Spirit Matchmaker drama gonna suck. Watch how Yang Mi destroys it the same way Croton destroyed Mirror Twin Cities. Fame-hungry people should NEVER be allowed to get their hands on IP that could have been done much better under Tencent!
Drama makes fun of Ever Night. Every1 is all here Mr. Thirteen. Long Qing. Ye Hong Yue. Haotian. Ever night sucked BTW. Ye Hong Yue got luckier this time raped by handsome Long Qing instead of that butt ugly old Priest with the golden mask. Long Qing actor just goofing around in this drama acting all aloof. I love it!
Looks like C-ent just ruined another good IP. First it was Croton fk*ed up Mirror Twin Cities. Now this Ranma 1/2 clone (the anime is definitely a Ranma 1/2 clone with homeless pigtail boy and his bum of a dad falling heads over heels for shorty foxy aka Akane). These idiots in C-ent dont get it. Only Tencent can make justice to these series and give China ent international recognition/adoration. They have the resources and talents. To let precious IPs like these slip into the hands of third rate helmswomen and production company, just think about the kind of mesage and impression you clueless idiots want to give about China to the world!
This drama better than that abomination called Dream of Splendor starring butt ugly Liu YiFei.Heroes got 6.8/10…
BTW, did any see how this drama tries to imitate tone of the Untamed. They got Untamed actress starring as lover of Su Mengzhen. ML played the flute while other FL lead played the zither at the dock... Instruments from Untamed.
Ending and opening credits imitate tone of Untamed. Since Tencent no longer allowed to make gay male-male BL shows in China, they'll next try to make vain imitations like this drama!
This drama better than that abomination called Dream of Splendor starring butt ugly Liu YiFei.
Heroes got 6.8/10 on Douban. We all know Dream of Splendor rating been cooked becoz I simply don't like that show so how could it get such high ratings?
Anyways, I avoided this drama because... ML is known to be a B-grade actor. BUT wow, Tencent worked their magic in this series. Any B-grade actors/actress can be made to work, but only when it's Tencent pouring all the talent into the drama. I only watched 7 episodes so far mind you.
The thing I like most about this series, none of the females disappoint (they're all pretty to look at).
Been a long time since Tencent got a drama rated above 6.0/10 on Douban. 6.8 is good enuf for me. Hope the show doesn't disappoint later... But it's Tencent. As much as ppl think Tencent ff'ed up Autumn Ballad, it's still a watchable show in the end!
I'm not even a fan of this actress and i think she's very beautiful. And this is a well written drama soo far....we'll…
Do you know y they paired the FL with Chen Xiao who is a married man with kids? Because the producer didnt think LYF was all that. Otherwise they would have matched her with some handsome Chinese bachelor!
Bah. I cant stand this kind of drama where every girl is prettier than the FL. Jelly Lin smoking hot. The 40 year-old maid, what a beauty must have smoked LYF in a beauty contest when she was in her age. LYF on the other hand... Gag vomit vomit.
Also dont get why this so high rating on Douban and so early? Who Rules The World didnt get a rating until the last VIP episode aired. This drama not even half aired and already so high on Douban. Screwed Douban getting bribed by Tencent!! Somekind of conspiracy going on because starring American Chinese actress. Gu Ailing making the rounds in the news lately. Shes American Half Chinese. Maybe that y they cooked the Douban ratings becoz of this American Chinese actress!!
PS:. dropped this drama at Ep6. The only two dramas I dropped this year: Mirror Twin Cities because delivered by subpar company Croton and this drama because starring borderline ugly actress LYF...
Ending sucks. I can't believe Tencent made this kind of drama ending. They're usually strong in writing,/inventive…
Thinking about it some more, the ending seems about right for a Tencent production. Tencent has a knack of abusing their main characters: Fan Xian received a sword thru the abdomnen in Joy of Life. ML lost everything his home, his family, his sidekick, his career in Autumn Ballad. ML got gray hair only 10 years to live seems about right for the way Tencent typically treats their protagonist, which is to abuse them to illicit some kind of sympathy emotion from the drama viewer!
Ending sucks. I can't believe Tencent made this kind of drama ending. They're usually strong in writing,/inventive but NOT in this drama.
In Word of Honor, ML sacrficed his life got gray hair, but still ended up as an IMMORTAL together with the other ML. The orphaned kid also grows up and lives.
In Who Rules the World, ML sacrficed his life got gray hair AND only 10 years left to live. The orphaned kid grows up but dies in battle.
Watched up to Ep 36. At first I didn't like this because it felt like an idol drama from cheesy dialogues that only superpopular idols like Yang Yang can deliver to plot to sceneries to CGI. After I survived the first few episodes I was hooked.
PROS:
1. FL kicks arse. Her moves are supercool plus the CGI white cloth effects.
2. When Tencent saw how popular Word of Honor became, they quickly rushed to create a clone. This drama is the Tencent clone of Word of Honor. Yu Wu Yuan, he's the Scorpion King in Word of Honor. The orphaned kid, same theme as Word of Honor. The ML that fights with a fan, same as Word of Honor. The fake treasure that caused various factions to fight each other to the death to obtain, same as Word of Honor. The only thing they changed it's no longer a gay show with male-male love but a heterosexual with male-female love.
3. This drama is also a Condor Heroes Return clone plus Nirvana in Fire clone. BUT without the rape scene in Condor Heroes. FL lead is Xiao Long Nv that fights with a long piece of cloth. I like this drama better than Condor Heroes Return because the FL doesn't get raped. That makes Jin Yong a very bad writer... I never liked any of his works other than Condor Heroes Return, but without the trauma like witnessing FL get raped!
4. Old Master Taiyin. I always enjoy his appearance in any drama. First time I saw him was as Head of Wudang Sect (Heaven Sword Dragon Sabre recent version). Then saw him in Wudang First Sword also as an Elder of Wudang. And now his third appearance as old Master Taiyin.
CONS:
1. Yang Yang doesn't seem to portray a Martial Arts expert very well. His moves are clumsy almost like never took training in real life.
2. Too much Nirvana in Fire type Imperial court politics. Bad Queen that tries to get her son become the Heir is so cliche. Brothers trying to kill each other for the throne is so cliche. Scene where son tries to usurp the throne is so cliche. I seen all of this in Nirvana in Fire before and no like it!
It's only 1 company that does the streaming. If they release in 1440p or 2160p, they don't have the bandwidth to stream to everyone. Maybe in future, Tencent can charge VIP membership for those who want to watch above 1080p...
Guys, don't forget which company literally made billions off online mobiles games. That company is Tencent. They got in house CGI talent backed by loads of money behind all their productions. Don't freak out at horses that seem real because they're not. Tencent been in the CGI business forever. They know a thing or two about making horses look real!!
Sorry to be negative but as Kadi said below, 7:05 mark episode 1 was shocking to see the horse fall and at a glance…
It not a real horse. Tencent is China's biggest entertainment company. Their CGI is just as believable as Hollywood production. You want to puke at that horror show because Tencent CGI is just too good and believable. If you seen Sword Snow Stride, you know that Tencent doesn't half arse their SFX. These guys are seriously wanting China to match or exceed Hollywood CGI and effects!
Anyways, this drama is shiet. ML treats FL like a Princess. What she do to him? Dumped him for another guy after 5 years... (IK they got back together at the end have dropped drama so pretty good guess, but fukk this Nazi feminist shiet...)
Actresses that take up these kinds of roles are scums. All in it for the money. Zheng Shuang and Fan Bingbing are proofs!
I can easily put Zhao Lusi on my own black list won't miss personalities like her!
My God FL should just make up her mind and stick to 1 guy. Fukk Ling Buyi, just marry Ah Yao and let the drama end right there! But no she's like a promiscuous b1tch get together with 1 guy then dump him... (I think by the end of drama FL got together with 3 guys and dumped them each time, but likely end up going back to Ling Buyi. But who cares don't have the patience to endure promiscuous FLs all the way to end of the drama!)
It's a good thing there are 4 more episodes left after 52, so at least I can say I officially dropped this drama and never finished it!
The only reason why Tencent CAN make good dramas where other companies fail because other companies only care about selling rights to air their dramas on TV channels. Tencent is a different beast. If they made just ONE bad drama, they can expect WeTV subscriptions to take a nose dive! Thus Tencent is a subscription oriented profiteer whereas other companies are airing oriented profiteer. Tencent got too much stakes to make ONE bad drama!
4-5 years after Jin Yong died he finally got ONE good drama adaptation of his stories! And BTW, Fox Spirit Matchmaker drama gonna suck. Watch how Yang Mi destroys it the same way Croton destroyed Mirror Twin Cities. Fame-hungry people should NEVER be allowed to get their hands on IP that could have been done much better under Tencent!
Ending and opening credits imitate tone of Untamed. Since Tencent no longer allowed to make gay male-male BL shows in China, they'll next try to make vain imitations like this drama!
Heroes got 6.8/10 on Douban. We all know Dream of Splendor rating been cooked becoz I simply don't like that show so how could it get such high ratings?
Anyways, I avoided this drama because... ML is known to be a B-grade actor. BUT wow, Tencent worked their magic in this series. Any B-grade actors/actress can be made to work, but only when it's Tencent pouring all the talent into the drama. I only watched 7 episodes so far mind you.
The thing I like most about this series, none of the females disappoint (they're all pretty to look at).
Been a long time since Tencent got a drama rated above 6.0/10 on Douban. 6.8 is good enuf for me. Hope the show doesn't disappoint later... But it's Tencent. As much as ppl think Tencent ff'ed up Autumn Ballad, it's still a watchable show in the end!
Also dont get why this so high rating on Douban and so early? Who Rules The World didnt get a rating until the last VIP episode aired. This drama not even half aired and already so high on Douban. Screwed Douban getting bribed by Tencent!! Somekind of conspiracy going on because starring American Chinese actress. Gu Ailing making the rounds in the news lately. Shes American Half Chinese. Maybe that y they cooked the Douban ratings becoz of this American Chinese actress!!
PS:. dropped this drama at Ep6. The only two dramas I dropped this year: Mirror Twin Cities because delivered by subpar company Croton and this drama because starring borderline ugly actress LYF...
In Word of Honor, ML sacrficed his life got gray hair, but still ended up as an IMMORTAL together with the other ML. The orphaned kid also grows up and lives.
In Who Rules the World, ML sacrficed his life got gray hair AND only 10 years left to live. The orphaned kid grows up but dies in battle.
PROS:
1. FL kicks arse. Her moves are supercool plus the CGI white cloth effects.
2. When Tencent saw how popular Word of Honor became, they quickly rushed to create a clone. This drama is the Tencent clone of Word of Honor. Yu Wu Yuan, he's the Scorpion King in Word of Honor. The orphaned kid, same theme as Word of Honor. The ML that fights with a fan, same as Word of Honor. The fake treasure that caused various factions to fight each other to the death to obtain, same as Word of Honor. The only thing they changed it's no longer a gay show with male-male love but a heterosexual with male-female love.
3. This drama is also a Condor Heroes Return clone plus Nirvana in Fire clone. BUT without the rape scene in Condor Heroes. FL lead is Xiao Long Nv that fights with a long piece of cloth. I like this drama better than Condor Heroes Return because the FL doesn't get raped. That makes Jin Yong a very bad writer... I never liked any of his works other than Condor Heroes Return, but without the trauma like witnessing FL get raped!
4. Old Master Taiyin. I always enjoy his appearance in any drama. First time I saw him was as Head of Wudang Sect (Heaven Sword Dragon Sabre recent version). Then saw him in Wudang First Sword also as an Elder of Wudang. And now his third appearance as old Master Taiyin.
CONS:
1. Yang Yang doesn't seem to portray a Martial Arts expert very well. His moves are clumsy almost like never took training in real life.
2. Too much Nirvana in Fire type Imperial court politics. Bad Queen that tries to get her son become the Heir is so cliche. Brothers trying to kill each other for the throne is so cliche. Scene where son tries to usurp the throne is so cliche. I seen all of this in Nirvana in Fire before and no like it!