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I'm tied to Netflix's release dates. KMLM will end this week and TSoPG only starts streaming after that and will go all through December. Finishing Fateful Love right now. Good but not even close to TD.

Excellent points by both of you. My (humble) personal view on the competition and all the visual effects is that the production wanted to pass the effect the audience in the scene was "seeing" and "feeling" by listening to those two specific two pieces. In a nutshell, the two players played so well that they could make their audience literally see and feel the music they were playing and the message they wanted to convey. Notice that the visual effects only started after they were already playing but really engaged into the performance. Of course, this is just my understanding. ;-)

Thanks Regina! You did an outstanding job with the article. As professional and detailed as the series you wrote about. Series like The Double are rare to come by.
Like you, from time to time I rewatch the competition scene. They were really inspired when making them.
Now I am looking forward to watching Kill Me Love Me, The Story of Pearl Girl and Love Game in Eastern Fantasy. I usually wait for the entire series to be available before watching because I like to binge watch. Also look forward to exchanging more ideas with you.

I'm looking forward to this series. The trailers were amazing.

There's something weird about the Netflix app in the US. I do not see it in the list but if I search, it briefly shows it and then disappears.
Do you in other countries see similar behavior?

iQiyi has been doing the same on YouTube. It started Fanga of Fortune there and then simply stopped. I cancelled my subscription and will likely do the same with YouKu.

Thanks! Hopefully will come soon to the US also.

Thanks! I already pay YouKu on YouTube. Not paying again for some stupid phone app I will not use.

In what countries is Netflix streaming it? I don't see it in the US lineup. And YouKu is screwing up its YouTube subscribers by only posting reduced versions.

The movie is not so bad as the rating suggests. It is a very condensed version if we compare with the drama and some parts vary. However, it's good enough for a quick pause between the much longer dramas.

Good drama, very entertaining and easy to watch. It has the usual cliches, but the soundrack makes it pleasant to the ears and easy to enjoy. The acting is good enough, with some very good and others leaving to desire. Therefore, it's a drama I recommend to watch to help pass the time.

I watch the Youtube channels on mine through the computer.

Thanks! I don't use apps. I like watching on the TV screen. I was hoping Viki was also going to stream it but did not see anything there.

I found it on Youku YouTube but the episodes there are less than 15 min long. Are the episodes available somewhere else on YouTube?

Great news! Thanks!

Funny and lighthearted series to watch without taking seriously. Acting and production were good and followed the usual stereotypes with the FL going overboard on being noisy. Nevertheless, I guess this is a style that seems to be popular among certain audience. So, if we watch it with a loose mind and not minding some weird stuff, it brings good laughs. Like I said, worth watching if not expecting seriousness and just want to pass the time.

I watched on Viki. This regional thing really sucks. I imagine that we also lose a lot of stuff here in the US region.

Thanks for the article! I'm also looking forward to watching this one. It's my favorite genre.

Thanks for this great article. The Double is one of the few series I scored 10 here on MDL. The production was meticulous and the crew, from screenwriter, director to actors and the support teams were outstanding. I also re-watched the competition scene multiple times, not only for the music but also the special effects and CGI on both performances. This drama is indeed a masterpiece and I'll definitely watch it again in the future.

This goes under the spoiler, for obvious reasons. The screenwriter had to figure out how to get the main FL get with the main ML after he killed her mother. So, what he did? The "actual" story was that the eunuch gave the wrong orders to kill them. So, only after so much time they both found that out? Even after the city walls crowded with soldiers, who all witnessed the eunuch giving the false orders, no one reported that? Give me a break.
It gets better, after the main ML died in a quicksand pit, he showed up in the end safe and sound so that the story could have a happy ending.