Shrimpy

In a strange turn of events Weibo TV Series listed SBMS as an August drama. I don't know, don't ask me 😂

You are mixing things up for one and two, you are making assumptions about people that you know nothing about.

Melons and leaks are two different things. Melons about future works have never negatively affected his career. As I have already said, all his previous works, TLP, WDB, SBMS, LOCH, all of these were discussed openly in Chinese forums. They do cause antis to crawl out but that always happens whenever XZ has good news. None of these projects were affected by this nor will this current project now be affected. Again, as I have already said, this new melon has been on hot search on Weibo and fat shrimp hasn't said a word about it.

Leaks are harmful. Photos and videos from filming, what we call reuters basically, that's what we avoid posting (and nobody has posted it here). The leaks of already finished projects (whole scenes for example) or in XZ case, a whole interview (though that is in the wider context of post CQL troubles). This is a problem but nobody is doing that here.

Discussion about possible future projects thanks to melons, on an international site, is not harmful. You can believe that posting that makes me a non fan or whatever but it is still the truth. Not to mention that you are going to be meeting a lot of different people, from lots of different places, who like XZ and it is best not to assume where they get their information and what they do and do not know. I don't know what exactly you are talking about here with "you people" but I get mine from Weibo, DY etc. If you spend enough time on Chinese platforms you will eventually get a good feeling of who is a (relatively) reliable melon master, who is a paid yxh and who is just throwing out things for the attention. So that's what I bring over, when I think it is relatively plausible.

I understand you want to protect him but being over-protective isn't an answer either. Especially here on MDL where a lot of people are XZ fans but not solos and where a lot of people come for discussion of present and future projects because they simply like dramas.

It means what is more or less the trend these days. In China, I already mentioned this on another page it would be pursuit of major national themes, positive energy and of course "red" themes (this last melon would fall under do positive, honourable things for the country, TLP was this too). Due to his popularity and wide reach as top traffic, until something changes, we won't see him play a villain for example because of negative influences. But he has a very good sense of script quality and within these limitations he seems to be choosing the best that is on offer. I am especially happy he is working with good directors.

Omg the hyperbole 😂😂😂

Literally all XZ works were melons at one point, TLP, WDB, SBMS, LOCH, all of these were extensively discussed in China (and some here) and guess what? Nothing happened. Nothing will happen now either. And especially not when something is posted here, on a niche international site, after it has been on several Weibo hot searches and not been denied by fat shrimp.

His career wasn't affected by melons, it was affected by big capital and rival agencies that felt threatened by him, a far bigger and real issue. It's good to know though that I am not a fan of his 😂

Tl;dr get a grip, skip what you don't like and stop policing. This isn't a solo fan space but a discussion board.

Even when it was filmed, the effects were bad 😂 but the magnificence of that show lies in the story and the character of Wei Wuxian.

MXTX writes character portraits with such skill that it's a real shame that we don't have anything new and XZ managed to bring WWX to life in such a way that he will stay with you forever. While the story with LWJ is great, WWX's story in this drama is way beyond that and the character himself is iconic for many other reasons too. There is also a significant gray area there which is rare these days in Chinese dramas but is such great food for discussion. Right role for the right actor. Sometimes it is almost like it's fate.

We are not in a cult where if Xiao Zhan says something we have to follow 🤷 This is also not a fan page but a discussion site and discussion page. Just skip melon posts if it is not to your liking but you can't dictate what people do here.

I have been consuming melons for years and will continue to bring over what is the most credible. They are always marked as melons and everyone by now knows how to consume them - responsibly, with a healthy dose of care.

Ah I didn't answer this one. So basically the current trend in TV dramas, meaning pursuit of major national themes, positive energy, “red” themes etc.

Don't worry, it's difficult to follow Chinese happenings, many ask who is fat shrimp opinion blog. So way back they used to be a sort of assistant for the xz fanclub. They would take in opinions and feedback.

Now it has transformed into an account that is used to provide advice and help to xfx (shrimps, xz solo fans). It often comments on current situations and will help xfx how to handle them (don't react to so and so provocation, xz studio is aware of this situation, this drama melon is fake etc).

So it's absolutely to be trusted and Chinese fans all look to it.

MDL is an international site, they don't know anything so removed or not doesn't mean anything.

Fat shrimp hasn't denied, that is the only real indication that this is real.

I read the original work a long time before the drama was filmed, it's a staple of anyone who reads fantasy.

Tang San is a bit of a cult character so naturally I looked forward to the drama too. Instead the scriptwriter Wang Juan butchered the role, with all the legendary highlights removed.

The FL is from Yuehua, can't act and Yuehua invested in the drama, so naturally everything was given to her in order to push her. It didn't work of course but it severely downgraded his character. Typical backroom dealing in China. XZ would never accept a project like this now but at the time, it was a good choice.

He still did an amazing job, as he always does, but it could have been so much better. Wasted because of the power of money 🤷

There was also the one about playing with the curtains 🤣

I laughed so much yesterday about this whole discussion.

The he wore the same clothes argument made me want to join in because walk of shame exists, hello 😂

That's his only drama I didn't like 😭 but it had nothing to do with him, he was a perfect Tang San. The script and FL on the other hand make me murderous.

When it comes to Untamed it is absolutely an imperative not to miss anything because otherwise it is very difficult to get immersed. Character set up is absolutely brilliant, MXTX is one hell of a writer.

It is also further complicated by the first three episodes being unclear, where people get totally lost. My advice is always to go back after the flashback is done and rewatch those three because suddenly everything makes sense.

It is now up on Douban too
https://m.douban.com/movie/subject/27181010

Yes. Wood and even bronze. In the summer, in order to cool off, bamboo and ceramics. But there were soft pillows as well.

Unfortunately for me because I definitely wouldn't mind if those were all XZ core fans, it is impossible to achieve the numbers both SY and TLP achieved without huge influx of general audiences. He may be dingliu but his achievements are still his achievements and they cannot be such without huge passer by numbers.

As for the rest, XZ takes the best projects he can, according to his desires of being a real actor, what is available and what Chinese censorship laws allow. As a dingliu he for example can't take a villain role because that would be seen as promotion of negative values. But he is achieving what he wants with the roles he is taking, considering the results so I don't see much changing. Maybe he simply isn't for you, it happens.

It's not the experts. It's the data.

Most people thought this summer WDX exploded. Its pretty much a unanimous agreement in China. His Douyin numbers as MYC were above 2 billion which is a certified explosion. And congratulations to him.

Shi Ying at the time had close to 3 billion.

It's just that this is the second character explosion for XZ, first being WWX, so it generated less fuss. It is still an explosion. The same goes for the drama, that exploded with real data, not water, which is why many platforms now are emphasising that.

No, no, definitely not 🥶

Believe me, I would not be excited over that. I mean look at what happened and is happening. Cursed platform.

Only Tony Leung Ka Fai has shown up on one of the official platforms as another cast member and actually this is correct, we know he is currently filming.