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it's a slop, but still the chemistry makes it somewhat watchable.
This drama has a full blown 2000s era kdrama makjang setting, with all the classics such as secret familial relations, a secret child from a mistress etc.. Sure there is way less shouting here than what's normal in such kdrama makjangs, it's still a cdrama after all, but all the typical plots we can expect end up happening. There is a stabbing and another kidnapping etc.
Normally I don't like this genre, but I'm of the opinion that it could have kind of worked here, however I called this a slop in the headline & I have a very good reason for that. To me it seems like this drama is using AI generated dialog, not all of it is that & there are quite a few good ideas & epic scenes, but for example pretty much none of the second ML's later conversations with FL feel like what a human writer would have made. Sure, there are some bad writers out there, disrespecting the audience, insulting their intelligence etc, but this is beyond that. It really does feel like Ai generated discourse, with all the weird back and forth that is very unlike what humans produce. If someone actually pays attention, Ai generated conversations are just incredibly EXHAUSTING to read & that's what I increasingly felt as the subs rolled by.
While it's unlikely that the main plot of the final episodes, which can be summarized in 10 sentences has been done by ai, but it's mindbogglingly stupid how FL starts living with ML & then sleeps on his bed all the while the conversations they are having about all this is just wow.
While it's unfortunate a script reliant on so much Ai assisted writing made it through, the rest of the crew worked really hard on this. The actors were awesome, FL and ML had quite extraordinary chemistry. Chemistry to the point that is rarely seen on Chinese TV, maybe the last time I saw something like this was in `Love Is Sweet`.
Anyway even if I tried to turn my brain off, at times this drama takes itself way too seriously & as such it's hard to forgive the complete lack of dialog coherence. Meaning the conversations tend to be very random & disconnected from past dialog.
The irony is that Ai video generation is also used for special effects & with the exception of the -incredibly stupid & poorly prompted- swimming pool scene, most of it is rather ok & not too over the top.
Normally I don't like this genre, but I'm of the opinion that it could have kind of worked here, however I called this a slop in the headline & I have a very good reason for that. To me it seems like this drama is using AI generated dialog, not all of it is that & there are quite a few good ideas & epic scenes, but for example pretty much none of the second ML's later conversations with FL feel like what a human writer would have made. Sure, there are some bad writers out there, disrespecting the audience, insulting their intelligence etc, but this is beyond that. It really does feel like Ai generated discourse, with all the weird back and forth that is very unlike what humans produce. If someone actually pays attention, Ai generated conversations are just incredibly EXHAUSTING to read & that's what I increasingly felt as the subs rolled by.
While it's unlikely that the main plot of the final episodes, which can be summarized in 10 sentences has been done by ai, but it's mindbogglingly stupid how FL starts living with ML & then sleeps on his bed all the while the conversations they are having about all this is just wow.
While it's unfortunate a script reliant on so much Ai assisted writing made it through, the rest of the crew worked really hard on this. The actors were awesome, FL and ML had quite extraordinary chemistry. Chemistry to the point that is rarely seen on Chinese TV, maybe the last time I saw something like this was in `Love Is Sweet`.
Anyway even if I tried to turn my brain off, at times this drama takes itself way too seriously & as such it's hard to forgive the complete lack of dialog coherence. Meaning the conversations tend to be very random & disconnected from past dialog.
The irony is that Ai video generation is also used for special effects & with the exception of the -incredibly stupid & poorly prompted- swimming pool scene, most of it is rather ok & not too over the top.
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