He’s not in my fave list but I quite like ZLH especially in SOKP and I also like the FLs acting in her previous dramas, so I really did try but it wasn’t working for me so I’m dropping this drama, it’s giving me Back from the Brink whiplash. The tone of the drama is just not my cup of tea. I’m not going to officially rate it, if I did it will be like a 4/10 and that is being generous cos I like the leads. I wasn’t impressed with the cgi at all.
Overall 8.0 Story 8.5 Acting/Cast 9.0 Music 9.0 Rewatch Value 5.5 Honestly to say I was very tempted to rate this 7/10 or 7.5/10 is such an understatement but I will give it an 8. The acting of the cast overall was actually so good, it came across so natural, I was very impressed, especially compared to alot of idol CDramas nowadays where most of them especially the MLs cant act worth a dime. The romance took a while to start but that’s on par with how almost every CDrama with 40+eps go, so I kinda was not surprised about that, normally I’m against FLs forgiving MLs for lying to them, but I’m ok with how this went and it wasn’t an instant or fast forgiveness, it took time and reflection which I liked. The reason why I wanted to reduce my rating was cos of the 2nd couple, I won’t even go into the 3rd couple cos I ⏩ all their scenes as I could care less about them, no offense 2 them (BTW I liked his mom), anyways I agree with LiLi not ending up with Xiao but her ending up with that man child (no matter how they tried to dress him up in the later part of the drama to look matured, it just wasn’t working cos he still looked like a kid) IMO is such an insult to her character, first cos she said no several times but apparently no ain’t no, 2ndly there was zero physical chemistry between them but they just made her settle for him cos they were so hell bent on going the nice guy don’t finish last route to make so kind of statement that IMO failed so miserably, I’m so pissed actually about how that storyline ended. Anyways overall I do recommend.
I understand your opinions in the blood of youth chemistry because all people want is a lady in distress, alot…
Apparently reading comprehension isn’t your strong suit. I don’t know if you will be able to comprehend the message if you read it the second time but I suggest you reread the comment again before trying to lay on me your misplaced self righteous indignation 😂🤣🤣
I’m currently at ep23 and lemme tell you the only department in which this drama is on par with Blood of Youth is in the romance department as both lacked severe chemistry between any of the romantic partners but the worst pairing award still goes to Xiao Se and the sword deity girl as that was honestly so painful to watch. It didn’t need romance but I understand the importance of it for the continuation of blood lines and generations, so a acting coach if there was one present should have worked more with the actors because the lack of chemistry was just way too glaring. Blood of Youth beat this drama in every single department, CGI, Costumes, pacing, directing and most importantly script/plot and acting, I will complete this drama but I won’t ever be rewatching it whereas I have rewatched BOY 3 times already and will rewatch it again once I’m done with this one. I’m doubling down on my previous assessment of Neo Hou, IMO he’s a very very very average actor but he’s handsome and popular so he will keep getting lead roles. Overall value 7.5/10 If you haven’t watched Blood Of Youth and don’t plan on watching it then don’t bother watching this one but if not go ahead as this gives the back story of the parents, shifus (masters) and acquittances of the characters in BOY.
FYI: MDL fanboys/fangirls Mob/Warriors/avengers don’t bother yourself coming for me or my comment/opinion because you will be wasting your time
I have dropped every drama of Yang Mi I ever tried to watch. I thought my love for Gong Jun was strong enough to make me push through and complete this drama but alas it wasn’t so. I’m sad to drop a Gong Jun drama but even my love for him wasn’t strong enough to get past the stoic pouty one face expression from Yang Mi.
PS: anyone coming under this comment trying to give me a piece of their mind, I advice you to not bother yourself because you will be wasting your time as my opinion will not change.
I do like the story and the acting, the acting which is a pet peeve of mine from Thai dramas & has resulted in me dropping a lot of their dramas is fortunately not an issue here as the plot and acting in this one is really good. Currently @ ep 10 and I’m seriously frustrated with Kawi. He claims to want an equal relationship but that’s not what’s happening, Pisaeng still always has to give in to his wishes and demands, every thing they do is on Kawi’s terms, Pisaeng wanted to stay home but Kawi forced or cajoled however you wanna look at it, to go to the amusement park, Pisaeng ok we are here now, let’s get on a ride, in true Kawi form, he says no and sulks/walks back to the car, like seriously, that really pissed me off. As long as Kawhi bats his eyelashes and says please Pisaeng will just give in like a simp, while it was tolerable before they became official now it’s just plain stupid especially after the whole “be equal in the relationship” passionate speech. Rewatch Value 4/10 Overall Value 7.5/10
PS: will update review and rating after completing the drama Update: completed the drama. I will slightly change my rating from 7.5/10 to 8/10. Their domestic montage in ep11 was cute and adorable.
I really had to bite the bullet during the first few episodes to get through Song Yi (Liu Yuru) staring off into…
Your review has made me decide to continue with the drama, because I dropped it after ep1 as the FLs acting or rather lack of acting chops was just too much for me to bear and tolerate. So I will continue it and endure for 3 more episodes, hopefully it gets better for me as it did you 🤞
I am 12 minutes into ep2 and I’m really struggling to continue with this, I have read quite a number of comments and most people’s complaints are about the plot but mine so far is the acting, aside from the guy playing Ming, the rest of the cast are not doing anything for me at all. I guess I'm not seeing the top notch acting some commenters have alluded to. That pool scene at the beginning of ep2 was my 2nd to last straw with the acting in this, I will give this drama ep2-3, if I continue to cringe with the acting, then I will just drop it.
I’m at ep2 and I’m finding it extremely hard to get into this drama. I wouldn’t consider myself a fan of both leads but I like them and have watched some of their other dramas and I have nothing against the acting especially from the female lead but I’m just not feeling anything when watching the drama, I haven’t connected with the drama at all. I will give the drama 3 more episodes before I decide to drop or continue as I have been looking forward to it since I saw the teasers
I have never watched an ongoing drama as I am a binge watcher but for some reason I decided to watch the first few episodes and lemme tell you I couldn’t stop. It was so bad I payed for YOUKU vip pass even though I had a feeling it was going to come to VIKI but viki is always so slow with Eng subs especially on CDramas and god knows I was not willing to wait. It is indeed going to come out on Viki like I originally thought it would. The wait for more episodes has been pure torture lemme tell you, I visit this page almost 3 times a day. Anyways the only consolation is that I get to rewatch it on Viki while waiting for new episodes on YOUKU. My absolute favorite drama of the year so far and no other drama is even close. I HIGHLY HIGHLY HIGHLY RECOMMEND Overall value 10/10 so far
PS: I forgot to add, Duke Su’s fan is definitely the main character of this drama.
Just watched this for the first time and although it’s been 14years since its release, the overall vibe is not too bad. Although the ML was a combination of Superman, IronMan & Jackie Chan all rolled in one unbelievable package, you just have suspend your disbelief and enjoy the ride. The prosecutor guy got way too much screen time for someone with such bad acting, he’s acting was so bad, I rolled my eyes every time he was on screen plus he’s self righteous indignation was beyond my tolerance. He knew not 1️⃣ but 2️⃣ of his father’s crimes but other than begging him to confess he never went after him like he did with the other people. I don’t know what this series was trying to portray with his character because the justice seeking hill he was claiming to die on was rocky as hell, as it was shrouded in hypocrisy. I really wish they gave the FL more screen time because she ended up being more or less a supporting character in the drama, which was a shame, she had spunk and skills. Well as for that twist in the final eps, I sure as hell didn’t see it coming. So many unbelievable and eye roll moments in this drama but overall, it’s a drama that if you turn your brain off, you will most likely enjoy it, Overall Value 8/10
Thanks to the writers of this drama for giving us less common trope filled plot. This is the one drama that the romance being as muted as it was, was actually not bad at all. The focus of the drama was overcoming adversity and doing it with love and our FL did it with such aplomb. Although her family members took sometime to come around to her way of thinking when they finally did the family became unstoppable. I have seen a lot of horrible emperors in CDramas but this one does take the cake because he was horrible for no reason other than he was d emperor. I especially liked that the fight scenes were not flowery and beautiful but dark and gritty. No spinning and twirling in the fight scenes, well except for that one time between the leads (you can take everything out of a CDrama but you can never take twirling between the leads out, as it’s almost a taboo not to have that one moment, and lemme just say when done well I’m all for it) Anyways to say I highly recommend this drama will be an understatement. Happy viewing new viewers, enjoy the ride
So lemme get this straight, if you had a plan to go somewhere with someone or a group of people but for whatever reason you cancel and the other party continues with the journey and unfortunately gets injured or dies in an accident that had nothing to do with you, you are to be held responsible for that? CDrama plots always portrays their citizens as very toxic/hateful/vile/evil people especially the female ones and honestly lacking of critical thinking. CDrama writers need to do better in portraying their female characters. The constant extreme vengeful characterization of the female gender is seriously disturbing That Yun Character is one of the worst characters I have ever seen. Her self righteous woe is me countenance was so off putting. I fast forwarded more than 65% of the drama. I’m not opposed to a lot of kiss scenes and they were a lot in this drama but I agree with some other reviewers, some of the kiss scenes just felt forced somehow. The acting in this drama left a lot to be desired, and why the hell do all the characters have to call each others names every single time they talk? I obviously do no recommend this if you are looking for a quality drama but if you wanna watch numerous make out sessions (which a lot of CDramas don’t offer) then this one is for you. Rewatch value 1/10 Overall value 4/10
I’m not going to officially rate it, if I did it will be like a 4/10 and that is being generous cos I like the leads.
I wasn’t impressed with the cgi at all.
Story 8.5
Acting/Cast 9.0
Music 9.0
Rewatch Value 5.5
Honestly to say I was very tempted to rate this 7/10 or 7.5/10 is such an understatement but I will give it an 8. The acting of the cast overall was actually so good, it came across so natural, I was very impressed, especially compared to alot of idol CDramas nowadays where most of them especially the MLs cant act worth a dime.
The romance took a while to start but that’s on par with how almost every CDrama with 40+eps go, so I kinda was not surprised about that, normally I’m against FLs forgiving MLs for lying to them, but I’m ok with how this went and it wasn’t an instant or fast forgiveness, it took time and reflection which I liked.
The reason why I wanted to reduce my rating was cos of the 2nd couple, I won’t even go into the 3rd couple cos I ⏩ all their scenes as I could care less about them, no offense 2 them (BTW I liked his mom), anyways I agree with LiLi not ending up with Xiao but her ending up with that man child (no matter how they tried to dress him up in the later part of the drama to look matured, it just wasn’t working cos he still looked like a kid) IMO is such an insult to her character, first cos she said no several times but apparently no ain’t no, 2ndly there was zero physical chemistry between them but they just made her settle for him cos they were so hell bent on going the nice guy don’t finish last route to make so kind of statement that IMO failed so miserably, I’m so pissed actually about how that storyline ended.
Anyways overall I do recommend.
Blood of Youth beat this drama in every single department, CGI, Costumes, pacing, directing and most importantly script/plot and acting, I will complete this drama but I won’t ever be rewatching it whereas I have rewatched BOY 3 times already and will rewatch it again once I’m done with this one.
I’m doubling down on my previous assessment of Neo Hou, IMO he’s a very very very average actor but he’s handsome and popular so he will keep getting lead roles.
Overall value 7.5/10
If you haven’t watched Blood Of Youth and don’t plan on watching it then don’t bother watching this one but if not go ahead as this gives the back story of the parents, shifus (masters) and acquittances of the characters in BOY.
FYI: MDL fanboys/fangirls Mob/Warriors/avengers don’t bother yourself coming for me or my comment/opinion because you will be wasting your time
I’m sad to drop a Gong Jun drama but even my love for him wasn’t strong enough to get past the stoic pouty one face expression from Yang Mi.
PS: anyone coming under this comment trying to give me a piece of their mind, I advice you to not bother yourself because you will be wasting your time as my opinion will not change.
Currently @ ep 10 and I’m seriously frustrated with Kawi. He claims to want an equal relationship but that’s not what’s happening, Pisaeng still always has to give in to his wishes and demands, every thing they do is on Kawi’s terms, Pisaeng wanted to stay home but Kawi forced or cajoled however you wanna look at it, to go to the amusement park, Pisaeng ok we are here now, let’s get on a ride, in true Kawi form, he says no and sulks/walks back to the car, like seriously, that really pissed me off.
As long as Kawhi bats his eyelashes and says please Pisaeng will just give in like a simp, while it was tolerable before they became official now it’s just plain stupid especially after the whole “be equal in the relationship” passionate speech.
Rewatch Value 4/10
Overall Value 7.5/10
PS: will update review and rating after completing the drama
Update: completed the drama. I will slightly change my rating from 7.5/10 to 8/10.
Their domestic montage in ep11 was cute and adorable.
I guess I'm not seeing the top notch acting some commenters have alluded to. That pool scene at the beginning of ep2 was my 2nd to last straw with the acting in this, I will give this drama ep2-3, if I continue to cringe with the acting, then I will just drop it.
Anyways the only consolation is that I get to rewatch it on Viki while waiting for new episodes on YOUKU.
My absolute favorite drama of the year so far and no other drama is even close.
I HIGHLY HIGHLY HIGHLY RECOMMEND
Overall value 10/10 so far
PS: I forgot to add, Duke Su’s fan is definitely the main character of this drama.
The prosecutor guy got way too much screen time for someone with such bad acting, he’s acting was so bad, I rolled my eyes every time he was on screen plus he’s self righteous indignation was beyond my tolerance. He knew not 1️⃣ but 2️⃣ of his father’s crimes but other than begging him to confess he never went after him like he did with the other people. I don’t know what this series was trying to portray with his character because the justice seeking hill he was claiming to die on was rocky as hell, as it was shrouded in hypocrisy.
I really wish they gave the FL more screen time because she ended up being more or less a supporting character in the drama, which was a shame, she had spunk and skills.
Well as for that twist in the final eps, I sure as hell didn’t see it coming.
So many unbelievable and eye roll moments in this drama but overall, it’s a drama that if you turn your brain off, you will most likely enjoy it,
Overall Value 8/10
I have seen a lot of horrible emperors in CDramas but this one does take the cake because he was horrible for no reason other than he was d emperor.
I especially liked that the fight scenes were not flowery and beautiful but dark and gritty. No spinning and twirling in the fight scenes, well except for that one time between the leads (you can take everything out of a CDrama but you can never take twirling between the leads out, as it’s almost a taboo not to have that one moment, and lemme just say when done well I’m all for it)
Anyways to say I highly recommend this drama will be an understatement.
Happy viewing new viewers, enjoy the ride
Rewatch Value 7/10
Overall Value 10/10
CDrama plots always portrays their citizens as very toxic/hateful/vile/evil people especially the female ones and honestly lacking of critical thinking.
CDrama writers need to do better in portraying their female characters. The constant extreme vengeful characterization of the female gender is seriously disturbing
That Yun Character is one of the worst characters I have ever seen. Her self righteous woe is me countenance was so off putting.
I fast forwarded more than 65% of the drama.
I’m not opposed to a lot of kiss scenes and they were a lot in this drama but I agree with some other reviewers, some of the kiss scenes just felt forced somehow. The acting in this drama left a lot to be desired, and why the hell do all the characters have to call each others names every single time they talk? I obviously do no recommend this if you are looking for a quality drama but if you wanna watch numerous make out sessions (which a lot of CDramas don’t offer) then this one is for you.
Rewatch value 1/10
Overall value 4/10