PeachBlossomGoddess

5. I think Zhong Wei is dead already.

Wow powerhouse cast!

Yups Breaking Bad. One of the all time best dramas ever made. The fact they knocked off the plot is immediately obvious. But its not nearly as well executed. I simply can't watch this version. Hope you enjoy!

In the original, I understand why there was a moral hangup. In this case, its not clear to me.

Lead actor so far seems meh. He is definitely no Walter White. I see no intelligence lurking there. And then this whole hostage thing. Its just dumb. Why would they let him see their faces? How will they ever be able to let him go? They should have just cut him loose and scrammed before he woke up. Omg if this is a genius champion Go player, I am so glad I never bothered to learn how to play. Not sure this is worth continuing bc the drama keeps saying the dude is smart and keeps showing me he is actually really stupid.

2 episodes in and frankly not impressed at all:

It was one of the memorable ones.

Did you see him dance in the Long Season?

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Thx, its a classic. Hope you enjoy it!

lol! Complain away!!!😆

It’s quite a good watch but in the end she won but it didn’t feel like much of a victory.
Tyvm 😘🌸

True, this doesn’t seem like a revenge story.

Yes I think NIF is still the best c-drama China made so far. Hope you enjoy it!

What I mean is Chinese mythology. Its a vast genre and there are many very good stories. I think that over time, the more you watch, the higher your standards bc you have more reference points. That's why I keep yearly ranking lists to try to be at least consistent about how I rate dramas that come out at around the same time.
NIF is a masterpiece that has so far stood the test of time. The acting and scriptwriting is in an entirely different league from TBOY. TBOY is one of those that I am sure if I watch it again in a few years, I would rate a lot lower even though I may still enjoy it.

Well all that matters is you enjoyed it and I am glad you did. Its a genre I like, there are lots of very good stories from it and as you come across more of them, you may look back one day and think FoF was not all that after all. I am mostly a story watcher and I found both the plot and characters of of MJTY to be a lot more interesting than FoF. TBOY is a good story I enjoyed it a lot. But it pretty much copied the NIF plot with some modifications.

I think they definitely had better chemistry as siblings in JOL.

Hi, I dropped FoF after about 9 episodes primarily bc I thought it was very poorly written and incoherent. The characters are loosely inspired from creatures from Shanhaijing or the Classic of Mountains and Seas, which many Chinese short stories are based on. Since its stuff I grew up on, I have a high bar when it comes to this genre. It was also widely panned by Chinese audiences with similar expectations to mine. Beyond the bad storytelling, the comedy just didn't land and the acting was atrocious. All those crocodile tears during scenes that just weren't sad made me role my eyes and yawn. I am afraid no power on earth could have made me watch one more episode, much less six.
I would say in the last 5 years, 2022 had the best dramas.

Omg look at that! She falls off a cliff! And does not die! Shocker!
Oh dear! And then she loses her memory...!?!
How many tropes are we gonna knock off in this drama???

When 😭😭😭meets 🧐🙄😂

Lol... you mean you can't feel what they mean either when they glare/stare/glower at each other with nostrils flaring???