Ep 9 5mins.in... OurTwo tucked tightly into bed withg covers up to their armpits, the Zhaos spreadeagled against the street's lights outside their door. CY to YZ - "Dont Worry. I have no improper thoughts." good to know.
Ep1-2 Zhao Lusi has this strange sneaky look going on here. We are clearly told several times that the fact that she has grown up in a hostile and chaotic household accounts for her 'character faults'. And, celebrating being subtle, controlled, strategic and cool in a classical cdrama style may be equivalent to losing an anchor in the modern world for oneself -- in a dream of a false past.
Nevertheless she does the poorly brought up gawky almost out of her teens role very well. So well that she is annoying.
OKAY I DROPPED BUT I WANTED TO SEE MY QUEEN LI MENG. SHE IS IN EP 8???
yes mam, she is the mom of Li Ce, the Prince of Biantang who takes Ch Qiao home for some reason I forget. She is pretty scary, and completely gorgeous.
angles, levels. I have heard of boxes to stand on too.
Now that is an interesting question. Why should she look small? I did think of it in the alley scene in ep7 when she faces Zhuge Yue and flashes back to serious confrontations earlier... I was thinking of the difference in status, shown visually despite her veneer. Slave vs. noble. Somewhat quixotic revolutionary vs. ruler. She was very young when she first met ZY? So in their memories she is short but mighty?
Ep8 Now is when the 'veteran' actress and actor show their strengths and enrich the narrative -- in their 30's, and at the bend of 1/5th the cdrama.
Li Meng as the cold Queen of Biantang, in as messy a palace court as you will ever see, is convincing and detailed. Unlike many a mad queen, condemned for her cruelty, condoned partially for her sufferings at the hands of those with more power, Li Meng portrays a queen who stands out as an individual, rational and driven, cold and supported by the most unusually beautiful eunuch.
And Zhao Lu La as General Cheng, is always so interesting, the minute we look at that scarred cheek again. It is a complicated role, yet simple, a military man threading the needle of loyalty to the Yanbei coalition and caution when around the unbalanced Yan Xun. We will see him soonish, in Road to Glory as a Prince -- step up or down?
Never watched C-Drama before. Would you recommend Pursuit of Jade as the first C-Drama?
My first cdrama love was Love between Fairy and Devil, my second love was The Double.
But this year and last year have been so amazing, you probably need to focus on your genre.
Nothing wrong with exploring and picking up then dropping a good half dozen to get a feel for what is happening.
Since the genres and audience expectations have been very fluid lately, do try a few oldies to get an idea of where anything which feels unusual to you in new stuff might be coming from.
1. The actress HTT is a real person, not some clickbait. She started working in the industry at the age of ten. It is insanely difficult for child actors to graduate to adult roles because directors get stuck in stereotypes when they cast. She is a professional actress and this is a good break for her. Dont ruin her chance just for lack of something better (and certainty more truthful) to say about the drama.
2, She was of age. Filming was scheduled to start in dec24/Jan25. She reached legal majority in july of 25. In China she probably was informally already considered to be in the 18yrold cohort. Every legal precaution was surely taken care of.
3. Yes, the lovely Li Yun Rui was born in 96. The gods have blessed him with an ageless face. HTT is from '07, ZKL is from '01. BUT since they are actors, it is ok for them to play all sorts of ages in their roles. The actual question is not, is HTT too young, but is LYR too old? Of course not, we all roar with one voice!
The weird thing abt all this is, we are writing on an Asiandrama list. The most well-worn popular trope in Asian drama is Daddy's girl. The man who loves you forever. Fictional age-gap is this industry's bread-and-butter.
RL age-gaps between MLs/FLs happen for all kinds of bts commercial reasons. There are protocols in the industry. I am not saying get over it, but there are some serious fictional age-gaps out there that all these haters could really get their teeth into. Why are they here, in this little drama?
They picked her because she was playing in first season FL in childhood
Filming started in winter of 24-25. HTT reached legal majority in july 25. Informally in China she was probably considered in the 18yrold cohort. If there was a need there must have been legal paperwork for her or her guardians.
the lead actress is of legal age. stop spreading false rumors.
schedule was dec 24/jan 25. HTT legally hit 18 in July of 25. It might be a factor that in China informally, you are 1 year old at birth and then you add a year together with your age cohort at the next lunar new year. I am not really sure why this is important. Surely an actress can take any job she wants to, and her guardians agree to?
Ep5-7 So much complaining about HTT. Meanwhile her poor character Chu Qiao is grievously wounded in her sword arm, escaping Yan only to land in the clutches of the bad empress of Biantang. In all this frenzy the actress does hold up under scrutiny. She looks and is very stubborn indeed, as all her suitors keep saying about her.
Tininess is of course an advantage if your costars have to pick you up a lot. LYR was probably happy in the burnt-feet scene.
And was that our dear Li Mu Ran there sadistically whipping the maids? I am glad I saw him first in POJ and loved him. It would have been harder to get over this role. Ick.
ep5-7 Having to guess about what happened until you receive confirmation of your guess seems to be the norm for cdramas this year. I can get used to it. More like a film than a tv show. As long as I get that gorgeous extra help from visuals and music.
The 'rebirth' (from yet another frozen state) of Yan Xun was a little overdone -- the Goddess of Wuan was waving around too much, and the vultures, what were they doing? Walking on him? But..he looked absolutely amazing when he finally stood up half-naked under his black fur cloak.
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OurTwo tucked tightly into bed withg covers up to their armpits, the Zhaos spreadeagled against the street's lights outside their door.
CY to YZ - "Dont Worry. I have no improper thoughts."
good to know.
the tangerine kiss is coming.
Zhao Lusi has this strange sneaky look going on here. We are clearly told several times that the fact that she has grown up in a hostile and chaotic household accounts for her 'character faults'. And, celebrating being subtle, controlled, strategic and cool in a classical cdrama style may be equivalent to losing an anchor in the modern world for oneself -- in a dream of a false past.
Nevertheless she does the poorly brought up gawky almost out of her teens role very well. So well that she is annoying.
I did think of it in the alley scene in ep7 when she faces Zhuge Yue and flashes back to serious confrontations earlier...
I was thinking of the difference in status, shown visually despite her veneer.
Slave vs. noble.
Somewhat quixotic revolutionary vs. ruler.
She was very young when she first met ZY? So in their memories she is short but mighty?
Now is when the 'veteran' actress and actor show their strengths and enrich the narrative -- in their 30's, and at the bend of 1/5th the cdrama.
Li Meng as the cold Queen of Biantang, in as messy a palace court as you will ever see, is convincing and detailed. Unlike many a mad queen, condemned for her cruelty, condoned partially for her sufferings at the hands of those with more power, Li Meng portrays a queen who stands out as an individual, rational and driven, cold and supported by the most unusually beautiful eunuch.
And Zhao Lu La as General Cheng, is always so interesting, the minute we look at that scarred cheek again. It is a complicated role, yet simple, a military man threading the needle of loyalty to the Yanbei coalition and caution when around the unbalanced Yan Xun. We will see him soonish, in Road to Glory as a Prince -- step up or down?
I think of the climate as more like San Francisco. You need lots of sweaters.
But this year and last year have been so amazing, you probably need to focus on your genre.
Nothing wrong with exploring and picking up then dropping a good half dozen to get a feel for what is happening.
Since the genres and audience expectations have been very fluid lately, do try a few oldies to get an idea of where anything which feels unusual to you in new stuff might be coming from.
2, She was of age. Filming was scheduled to start in dec24/Jan25. She reached legal majority in july of 25. In China she probably was informally already considered to be in the 18yrold cohort. Every legal precaution was surely taken care of.
3. Yes, the lovely Li Yun Rui was born in 96. The gods have blessed him with an ageless face. HTT is from '07, ZKL is from '01. BUT since they are actors, it is ok for them to play all sorts of ages in their roles. The actual question is not, is HTT too young, but is LYR too old? Of course not, we all roar with one voice!
The weird thing abt all this is, we are writing on an Asiandrama list. The most well-worn popular trope in Asian drama is Daddy's girl. The man who loves you forever. Fictional age-gap is this industry's bread-and-butter.
RL age-gaps between MLs/FLs happen for all kinds of bts commercial reasons. There are protocols in the industry. I am not saying get over it, but there are some serious fictional age-gaps out there that all these haters could really get their teeth into. Why are they here, in this little drama?
I am not really sure why this is important. Surely an actress can take any job she wants to, and her guardians agree to?
So much complaining about HTT. Meanwhile her poor character Chu Qiao is grievously wounded in her sword arm, escaping Yan only to land in the clutches of the bad empress of Biantang. In all this frenzy the actress does hold up under scrutiny. She looks and is very stubborn indeed, as all her suitors keep saying about her.
Tininess is of course an advantage if your costars have to pick you up a lot. LYR was probably happy in the burnt-feet scene.
And was that our dear Li Mu Ran there sadistically whipping the maids? I am glad I saw him first in POJ and loved him. It would have been harder to get over this role. Ick.
Having to guess about what happened until you receive confirmation of your guess seems to be the norm for cdramas this year. I can get used to it. More like a film than a tv show. As long as I get that gorgeous extra help from visuals and music.
The 'rebirth' (from yet another frozen state) of Yan Xun was a little overdone -- the Goddess of Wuan was waving around too much, and the vultures, what were they doing? Walking on him?
But..he looked absolutely amazing when he finally stood up half-naked under his black fur cloak.
The face card is wild.