I deopped this at et ep 13. The two fenale leads have better chemistry with each other than with the ML. I like cheesy dramas, but this was a massive fail.
Cinematography is superb. OST is superb. Actor playing Xiao Qi is superb. Actor playing Wang Lin is superb. The rest is pants. I'm glad I watched it for the visuals (whoever did the lighting needs an award), but Jaysus Holy Christ, if I saw one more close up of Awu being expressionless, I would have lost my mind. Also - girl, you know a coup is happening, and you've picked the biggest dress you own?????? And let's not even start on her questionable moral compass.....
I actually appreciate that he isn't super handsome. His charm isn't in the looks, but in his personality. Way…
I agree. I mean, if the storyline is based around the fact that someone is supposedly extremely attractive (visually), then the actor or actress will need to tick that box, but otherwise it's irrelevant. I want to see great acting when I watch a drama, not some pretty faced wooden doll.
This was the starting point for my drama obsession. That was about 5 years ago. There's quite a story behind how…
I loathed Jan Di pretty much all the way through. She's a selfish cow, an absolute manipulator, and a bitch to the end. It took me over 3 months to watch this because the whole show was so horrific, and the only likeable character (the older sister) got almost zero screen time.
Wow. This was so bad it took my daughter and I over three months to watch it. So many people seem to love it, so we struggled through, waiting for it to get better. Spoiler - it never does.
So the first thing I ever saw Jason Koo in was Oh! My Emperor, and someone commented that he looked like the squirrel from Ice Age (not in a bad way). Now, every time I see him in something, I'm like "It's the Squirrel Emperor!"
But the release date was pushed back. Though I don't remember that first date was official or not.
Very true - and the break in filming due to the pandemic certainly hasn't helped. Like you (and many others) I'm really looking forward to seeing this one. Fingers crossed for the quickest possible release date.
But the release date was pushed back. Though I don't remember that first date was official or not.
It would have been nothing more than idle speculation - they're still in post production, so they don't even know yet if and when it's going to pass inspection to air, let alone a release date.