The best kind of rant, they are all great points and the reviews were incomplete IMHO without a good, substantive critical review ! Thank you for writing this, I really enjoyed this ALMOST as much as your original Lao Ai post (at the very bottom of this review) which is hard to beat. I agree with many of your points , especially wrt what they chose to focus on and I felt especially shortchanged wrt Chu kingdom as well. It was so much fun watching this with you, thanks for sharing all your knowledge and look forward to picking your brain again on the next epic historical.
I had hilarious hard time figuring out what Wei King's last name would be because they had two at the time. I…
I still think you should post titled "Not a Proper Review" then even though to me a bit of a rant still qualifies as constructive. But as long as you post it, then yes you get credit - if that were not the case, I would have posted links to your threads for you already.
I am currently watching The Penalty Zone and one of the characters is Li Naiwen/Li Si... I spent 16 episodes starring at him thinking where have I seen this dude before before the lightbulb goes on! He is actually a much better actor than I originally thought.,,
I had hilarious hard time figuring out what Wei King's last name would be because they had two at the time. I…
As a big fan of your insights, I urge you to post these thoughts to a proper review and attach or even incorporate all your contributions because you have no idea how helpful it is. But if not, then at least just make it a discussion about historical insights in the discussion thread so it doesn't get lost. Of course you shouldn't tack it to my or anyone else's write up - it would be intellectually dishonest and would not give proper credit to you. I am sure I speak for many to say how much fun an enlightening it has been to watch this with you. As a side note, the reviews I love the most are (constructively) critical ones, regardless of whether I agree or not and those are the ones I read first when I am deciding whether to watch.
I had hilarious hard time figuring out what Wei King's last name would be because they had two at the time. I…
Awww.... I was looking forward - there needs to be balanced reviews for every show and besides none of us are as well equipped to be critical. In any case even if you don't do it, you need to put all the important facts you posted in a discussion thread to save it for posterity. I was gonna link them all to the comment section of your review but if you don't do one, then at least put them somewhere they won't be lost in the thread.
I had hilarious hard time figuring out what Wei King's last name would be because they had two at the time. I…
Ah ok - I am gonna watch a few of My Best Friend's Story too just because of Ni Ni but I may not complete either. I got unexpectedly hooked on The Penalty Zone - its so good I keep binge-ing it. I think my fav this year was Winter Begonia by a wide margin and I loved Ancient Detective also. I watched a few of Fearless Whisper but lost momentum. I may go back to it. I know I won't be able to find any of the older shows you are watching, I can't even find Qin1 in Chinese! BTW - still waiting your review for this...
I had hilarious hard time figuring out what Wei King's last name would be because they had two at the time. I…
Heheh... definitely your Chinese is vastly superior to mine and in any case my brain is on strike in any language at the moment... What are you watching next?
Hahhahaha 七国咁乱 is so on point, I forgot that was a saying. You have so many golden one liners, I laughed…
Honestly I laughed so hard at the Lao Ai story you posted my stomach hurt and my eyes bugged when I googled some more in Chinese... Yes it was a giant waste of drama time but it was definitely the best laugh I had in a drama for a long time. That Sima Qian had a diabolical sense of humour!!!
"Blood Type: O" - that just cracked me up... the kind of Too Much Info that only a true fan and veteran cyberstalker would be able to dig up! Wonderful article, really enjoyed it!
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As a side note, the reviews I love the most are (constructively) critical ones, regardless of whether I agree or not and those are the ones I read first when I am deciding whether to watch.
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What are you watching next?