Chinese adult dramas hardly ever fall under the definition of rom-com, nor are they melodramatic. They usually show a rather realistic depiction of complicated adult relationships --Jin Dong dramas especially falls under this description. (see The First Half of My Life and Surgeons, also Ode to Joy I and II)
It would be better if they paired Ruby Lin to an actor to his 30's Dereck Chang Is to Young to be her pair…
Age ain't nothing but a number! I think you miss the point of the story. Supposedly it is going to be the young guy that seems more enlightened than the two older and seasoned men in her life. His fresh outlook and innocence will provide her with an interesting perspective. There are lots of May December marriages and romances that are successful these days. But we tend to hear the put-downs when it comes to older women and younger men. We don't get all the negativity when it comes to older men with younger women . Nobody had anything to say when Eric Mun of Shinhwa married a 25 years old woman -- somehow that was okay.
Liked every character. Even the questionable directors. Liked every character except the main male lead. What…
That's a typical Jin Dong performance! Uptight, reserved, but seething with passion underneath.See his performances in Ode to Joy, particularly 1 and the best drama I've seen so far this year where he was a lead and it was absolutely outstanding, "The First Half of My Life."
Just finished watching him in Sky on Fire, currently streaming on Netflix. Lots of good action and he was paired with Daniel Wu and Joseph Chang......oh, and Amber Kuo.
Futuristic scenario ended the movie ... The use of a futuristic setting did a lot of harm to the gritty and prevailing…
Same here, Teleri.....Daniel Wu, Zhang Rui Yun and Joseph Chang were enough for me to be entertained, with lots of good action! What's interesting is that this film was thought of as futuristic. It's Hong Kong, with all of its grit and glitz -- and a city so dense that it grows up and not out. Funny how some see that as futuristic. The heights of some of those buildings were enough to make me queasy!
Since its a daily drama the plot will crawl for 118 episodes, half of which will be her getting framed for murder
Nope! She got framed and sent to prison within the first 18 episodes and we will now experience a time jump so she can be released and start her revenge.