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She is talented, but some of her dramas are not great & it's not her if any other talented actress replace her in such dramas the result will be still the same or even worse, there are so many great xianxia novels/donghuas, but dramas are made on novels that are old & have maximum frustrating elements, violence against women, toxicity etc. Rarely sometimes they end up making a drama based on great donghua/novel they will edit all the best parts & make the show cringe.
I recently saw a c drama trailer & I think it's based on a donghua I love so much about a guy from earth who became immortal & face a big calamity & gets to time travel or transmigrate back to when he was a disciple, it has big fights, good comedy etc I heard donghua was slightly different from novel & still it was fun to watch but can drama version do justice to such story, with 40 episode limit it will be hard to tell the complete story without editing & removing a lot.
I surprisingly found out after playing the game Gujian that the drama version of this game sword of legends did justice to game story by following the story of the game & even adding small story arc in the drama from the game player find out after talking to npcs while visiting different towns in the game was shocked, when I watched the drama three years ago I thought drama version might have changed story ruined it but after finishing the game completely last month found out I was wrong this might be rare Chinese drama that did justice to the original source.

That's good, not interested in spin-offs & side stories of Lost Tomb & Candle in the tomb series, both these stories are good but not happy with the drama versions etc that make it more confusing with how story is told one drama we see them going to find uncle next drama you see 40-year-old protag being second lead & new random guy becoming the lead (Tomb of the Sea).
I know the series was made by different people & have different actors, so it made more confusing to understand story, lost the flow in enjoying such a fun series.

I was surprised to find out this was related to the Lost Tomb series, watching the series was confusing in the sense stories from different timelines comes out randomly, only one character Zhang Ri Shan was same in different Lost Tomb series, Zhang Qi Ling has a long life span at least if that character was same would have been nice.
I had high expectation for this drama but when I found out it was part of the Lost Tomb series all that excitement was drained.

Still better than 60 episode xianxia that frustrates viewers so much that after the story ends they might catch some uncurable disease scenario.

Slow Burn

The drama was good for me, for viewers who enjoy supernatural costume dramas will enjoy it, but those expecting intimate scenes & cute moments will be disappointed, I think the leads did a good job even if they don't give an Oscar worthy performance the show is very enjoyable as it is, if one check the tags of this drama one of them shows slow burn romance.
In most of the costume dramas, there is no happy endings, princess agents was hit with plagiarism allegations, it had no happy endings, it's funny c dramas that most viewers say is the best when I watch is filled with max frustrating elements & heavy tropes & clichés & most still love it, story of Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils is more heart-wrenching & after finishing it I was like what's the point of protag being the most powerful martial artist at the end his fate is like that.
Sometimes happy endings can ruin the story completely, there are stories that present sad endings even better, I think this one tried it's best to present that ending with the last two episodes.

I have seen similar ending for other dramas where they always meet the person from their timeline at the end, but issue there is the person they loved is one from another era but how does the ending of lover meeting another version of the person they loved solve anything, it's like hard to get the original so be happy with the copy/duplicate.

Simple after returning to past he was killed & the one who meets her now is the one from that timeline

At least this is not a c drama, so don't have to worry about story getting ruined due to censoring etc, one costume c drama I enjoyed watching, the last episode had scenes that felt got censored which ruined the final battle it was like after the battle started someone skipped the fight scenes & reached the end.

This is one K drama I would prefer ML fall for SFL, don't know why they have to pair ML with FL in this one, I have no issue with FL but feel SFL is best for ML character since she is there in both eras & consider him friend, even with fewer scenes their interactions is better than lead interactions who have more scenes, sometimes dramas don't pair leads even if viewers want it but pairs them when there is no need. I like the Mae Chang character, it would have been nice if that character was the FL.

His character is like that there are people like that who trust everyone & lose everything & still don't give up doing the same thing.

He can act, he was an idol as well, he has done cameo roles in J drama/film, was part of Hollywood films, maybe his character is not perfect but his acting is good.

Sadly, drug related cases are the worst crime for the country they can be punished even if they use this in other countries etc I think, compared to that other crimes one consider are bigger are not big deal there like rape, violence against women, hidden cam related crimes etc.

Sad part is when I heard that this movie was going to release there was an article in which I read the director and the actor they distance themselves from Yoo Ah In & the way they talked about him was like he was a sinner they even mentioned that he said he deserves death for the drug scandal etc, other idols & actors who did worse like dating a minor ruining their life, molesting female costars etc or even rape etc don't even consider themselves as sinners or say they deserve death due to their actions.
Below from the article I read
The director explained that the circumstances were not suitable for a conversation, but Yoo Ah In had a brief chat with him, where he expressed his distress about his situation.
(At that time) Yoo Ah In said briefly, ‘I have committed a crime that deserves death. I have nothing to say.’ — Kim Hyung Joo.
I was never a fan of Yoo Ah In before the scandal hit, but after this scandal hit & how he was treated, I feel like it was very extreme, during court proceeding he was attacked will KSH be treated like that if he ever has a court proceeding like this.

Maybe for a new season, or they thought they could tell the story better in less episodes.

I think when Family: The Unbreakable Bond (2023) aired, it was not available for my region at that time & took some time as well, but after that most shows came to the app when it aired. Maybe region issue it will be available later I think.

Trust me I have seen worst compared to that this was fine but yes it's slow paced, same for me as well when I see characters that are shown as smart get fooled by easiest plots, one drama I watched was titled Ingenious one, but the lead fell in more traps than any other normal Mls who don't claim to be smart. The drama was fine, but I was puzzled by the title name & the character's action throughout the series when he was trapped by plots. In that drama as well, I felt ML was fooling viewers he had some intelligent plan, but he was trapped by bad guys & they even caused heavy casualties.
Compared to that The banker K drama impressed me, ML in the show don't claim to be anything, but his character contributes better for the story, he solved crisis more smoothly than leads who are shown as smart & ingenious, he also has a team, FL is more capable & smarter than him, but even she likes Ml of the banker dramas personality & respects him.

It's not bad, but if the writer can connect this part to either ML character building or plot development it will be more meaningful, I liked how ML dealt with selling the building & making a good impression with Bium D & I CEO as well the game developer.
ML wants revenge, he has to deal with a tough job, despite all this he is helping others solve their issues while finding solutions for his problem, despite all this show is slow paced taking its time telling the story very slowly. Also, the reason the game dev wanted to stick with the game was because of his first love, this scenario might help the drama gain good ratings. Since the show is airing on TV they would expect good ratings, if an adultery drama is highest rated drama then this kind of scenarios if done well can increase ratings.

The show is not bad, but I think writing might be the cause of some characters being smart one sec & next they do some blunder etc, also ML character is weird in the sense he is smart, but the character is shown getting trapped by writers intentional scenario to cause a hurdle for the character to reach their goal etc, He is calm in almost every scenario then act like he doesn't know what happened he even makes a fist & shown angry despite him being smart & calm as if he didn't expect this, or it's like so many intelligent scenarios happening in background, he was caught in a trap but at end he solves it superbly makes one think how can a person who can superbly solve that crisis get himself in the trap in the first place, ML character has superior insight in the sense why did he ask the intern if he finished the game & hinting about Easter egg, if intelligence scenario is taking place in the background i.e. him knowing everything but acting stupid but like a Puppeteer using others to reach the conclusion he wants, am I just overthinking or is it just bad writing i.e. one sec smart next sec breaking character & doing things the character shouldn't do, if the other side uses some earth-shattering strategy to defeat ML it wouldn't bother me much, but they derailed his plan with normal planning a person like ML can smell miles away, so many open scenarios like the young girl being asked by chairman to write name in Chinese character etc, she can act I have seen her first in 2015 drama and few other dramas around that period but here she was smiling weirdly like clueless person & chairman was acting weird, is there any meaning in this scene, why did ML buy home appliances for his employee, was there any purpose for this scene for story development. I hope I am overthinking & the writer can intelligently end the story on a high note. I feel like the writer is complicating the story if he has no plans but just go with the flow.
The show has many good aspects as well, like exploring story of guest characters will they be important when story nears it end, one character offered ML job if he ever leaves his job, this time game dev is happy with how ML handled the scenario for him.

ML is smart, Even if he is smart or not, it's not easy to make a perfect plan that is fail-safe, if the show has good writing things will work out till the end else it will fail big time. Good thing it's only 12 episodes, rewatching some 16 episode k dramas I felt it would have been great for those shows if they had fewer episodes.