Another drama with good actors, but a boring, disappointing, and bad story.
The joys and sorrows of C drama land. My take: why waste so much time and money making bad shows though if money is scarce? Just make good shows and people will watch. Sigh…
please I hope this doesn't become like LOTRC where it releases a couple years later. He looks so good in here…
Right???? They had better not. At least give me a full trailer now.
Even if the rumors are true that it’s not finished filming, I gather based on what was already shot and the leaked videos that the majority of the story is finished. Just give it to me now 😂
Am I the only one who finds it difficult to understand the politics in these cdramas? I'm always lost unlike kdramas
This one is actually politics-lite. The classic palace/court politics that make up many a historical Chinese drama can be way more 4D chess than this. It may not be your cup of tea, which is totally fine, but this is why I like period Chinese dramas.
A good Korean sageuk is truly hard to come by these days. I miss the classic ones from a bygone era.
Lots of things happened quite quickly in Ep 23. Implementing something like the spring examination definitely was not as easy as this episode made it seem, lol, but I love seeing Xie Jiayu and Xiao Wuyi working together.
As for Li Mao, the character is bipolar. I don't trust him to be a leader of a nation at all. If guided well, he could go back from straying into a darker path, but he just doesn't seem that bright to me. So easily swayed by emotion too.
And what is that preview for Ep 24??? Yikes...what is going on?
I'm glad he actually has an interesting role here.
I have to agree. It’s a tricky role to pull off, but perhaps it is this unsure performance that is making me crazy trying to figure out the character. The actor should have in mind what is truly going on inside him, but I kind of feel as though it’s being performed here from scene to scene. Like, here I’m going to act mean because it what the script says, but here I’ll be unsure/conflicted.
Don’t know if that makes sense. At least I can actually sort of watch his performance here. The other drama I saw with him recently (Fate Chooses You) I just couldn’t watch his scenes (though that character set up was really poor in itself).
Every time I think Li Mao might actually snap out of his love-brain, power-obsessed mode fueled his delusional father, he disappoints me. Also, I wonder if Lejun will actually do something useful by the drama's end.
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https://m.weibo.cn/detail/5323849982805090
https://x.com/Remedy_WeiD/status/2080178304120766712
Even if the rumors are true that it’s not finished filming, I gather based on what was already shot and the leaked videos that the majority of the story is finished. Just give it to me now 😂
A good Korean sageuk is truly hard to come by these days. I miss the classic ones from a bygone era.
As for Li Mao, the character is bipolar. I don't trust him to be a leader of a nation at all. If guided well, he could go back from straying into a darker path, but he just doesn't seem that bright to me. So easily swayed by emotion too.
And what is that preview for Ep 24??? Yikes...what is going on?
Don’t know if that makes sense. At least I can actually sort of watch his performance here. The other drama I saw with him recently (Fate Chooses You) I just couldn’t watch his scenes (though that character set up was really poor in itself).
Time for express, please!!!