Myth. This article reminds me of indie music listeners that get pissed off when the niche artist that they "discovered" starts gets mainstream traction. Then they start hating on that poor artist for getting popular and being a "sell out"... *eyerolls*
Here's the thing: Cliche dramas are always rinse and repeat of the same formula. But unlike "older" drama viewers that have experienced that feeling for the first time X amount of years earlier, newer ones will experience it with whatever 2024+ drama they start with. AND it's preference some people don't mind starting a show that'll be deliciously predictable if they like the stars or just want a lighthearted rom-com.
I'd be writing an entire essay if I wanted to rebut each of your points so to sum it up: KDramas have a charm of their own. Oh, and Netflix isn't the devil here to ruin dramas for us, lol. *shrugs* it's not that deep.
How do we answer you this? LOL its really not a question that can be handled even with an essay answer... My short…
Seeing how I didn't have the original novel to refer back to (unlike you and other book readers), I just felt a disconnect between the quality we were given in the seasons. S1 was excellent, genuinely I had no complaints. Whereas, S2 felt rushed with choppy editing, and a (IMO) forced final pairing. If anything, having heard about the dream sequence being real in the original book, that's the thing I wish they'd followed through on! Rather than CX choosing the throne over her. *eyerolls*
C'est la vie. All things considered I didn't feel as though watching these 62 episodes was a waste of time. It was still quite enjoyable, flaws and all. Besides, the original source material is around to soothe the remaining wounds.
SPOILERFrom S2: The major change was that tea drinking hallucination / dream sequence for Cang Xuan. In the book,…
Wow... Even in your summary those scenes sounded very impactful. Now, imagine if Yang Zi with her phenomenal acting was bringing the scenes to life... what a missed opportunity. It would've been reason number 19,384,279 for YaoLiu shippers to get their hearts broken, lol.
The whole of s2? Hahaha main characters have been written OOC from the book i dont know where to begin. Main plot…
Wow thanks for such a detailed response! It kinda makes me want to huddle down and binge the novel... ugh I don't think I can handle all the angst again. If anything I just might push through just to see Jing be more "impactful" as you put it, lol. xD
To sum it up, S1 was gold standard but S2 left a lot to be desired. I appreciate you breaking it down each character and how they differed. It makes sense that the book is more fleshed out compared to a TV show, but I definitely get why book fans wouldn't be happy with the final product knowing what they know about the original source material.
XL and XY also supposedly spend a night together, although I'm not sure if sexual intimacy is implied or simply…
I kinda get why they cut some YaoLiu scenes (however much my shipper heart suffers lol) because XL was so devoted to her that if they showed all of their interactions/near misses people would've have a harder time being okay with it being Jing... IMO Sad, but thanks for the spoiler!
How do we answer you this? LOL its really not a question that can be handled even with an essay answer... My short…
I sometimes go back and read the original work. For this one... I'm not sure. I kind of want to read it still, yet at the same time since I now know the ending/wasn't a YaoJing fan... I might not want to go through all that angst for him to be the final guy again. *shrugs* It depends on if since you said that the plot deviations were detrimental to the story, I feel like I'd getting a better experience from the books. (Mind you, I LOVED S1... not so much S2.)
The whole of s2? Hahaha main characters have been written OOC from the book i dont know where to begin. Main plot…
Care to expand on how you felt like S2 was OOC from the book? I read a spoiler that was responded to my question about the dream sequence, but other than that were there any big scenes (with the other guys) that were left out, that in your opinion would've improved the story overall. (XL or Jing scenes)
SPOILERFrom S2: The major change was that tea drinking hallucination / dream sequence for Cang Xuan. In the book,…
If you had to pick one big scene change between book to show per character, what would they be? Also, the CX scene was INTENSE so that made perfect sense to have been adapted from the book. Shame, since I'd have liked to see the scene you described play out...
Here's the thing:
Cliche dramas are always rinse and repeat of the same formula. But unlike "older" drama viewers that have experienced that feeling for the first time X amount of years earlier, newer ones will experience it with whatever 2024+ drama they start with. AND it's preference some people don't mind starting a show that'll be deliciously predictable if they like the stars or just want a lighthearted rom-com.
I'd be writing an entire essay if I wanted to rebut each of your points so to sum it up: KDramas have a charm of their own. Oh, and Netflix isn't the devil here to ruin dramas for us, lol. *shrugs* it's not that deep.
C'est la vie. All things considered I didn't feel as though watching these 62 episodes was a waste of time. It was still quite enjoyable, flaws and all. Besides, the original source material is around to soothe the remaining wounds.
To sum it up, S1 was gold standard but S2 left a lot to be desired. I appreciate you breaking it down each character and how they differed. It makes sense that the book is more fleshed out compared to a TV show, but I definitely get why book fans wouldn't be happy with the final product knowing what they know about the original source material.
Sad, but thanks for the spoiler!
My broken little YaoLiu heart can't recover as is.
It depends on if since you said that the plot deviations were detrimental to the story, I feel like I'd getting a better experience from the books. (Mind you, I LOVED S1... not so much S2.)
Also, the CX scene was INTENSE so that made perfect sense to have been adapted from the book. Shame, since I'd have liked to see the scene you described play out...