True.I was furious with the writer who seemed to have had a gun to her head to churn out this rubbish in the second…
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I gave it a 9/10
Because it had elements in the first half that were fantastic for me .. besides LYX in a 'negative role' and many angles that are not commonly seen in drama. The FL too was great (if ONLY she was directed better in her 'romance' side).
I was willing to completely rework the end in my head (even keeping the plot points) to lift it to a 9 ..
Sometimes a GREAT drama potential is SO BADLY frittered away that you are left to wonder WHO MESSED it up??
A 7,0 / 10 for me; SOLELY because of HOW SUPERB the actors were .. and how well they tried to hold the leaky show-ship afloat.
Their characters were SO well formulated ,, BUT IMO the script couldn't stitch it well ,, the ACTORS took the needle and tried the best they could ..
The side characters - YAWN!!
I am so sad to see this GREAT POTENTIAL frittered away.
Not giving up on Gong Jun and the roles he did in other shows hopefully will also be as interesting as the one he essayed in RISING WITH THE WIND Same with ZYT as in WLIS
That was ... a mess .....But let me say something first.I really liked the idea of reversing the roles where the…
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this could have been such a SOLID show .. made with wit - angst - drama - tinge of Melo.
I started watching it with great expectations since its Zhou Yi Tong (fell in love with her in WLIS) and since it's Gong Jun (am fresh from watching him for the first time in RISING WITH THE WIND and was blown away with what a good actor he was).
Like you said it got all messy and annoying quickly enough .. and then at 1/3rd of the of show it started to come apart completely and the ONLY reason I stayed with my fingers on FFWD were the TWO main LEADs - ZYT and GJ .. they were the stars .. their couple scenes, their story line .. and if one could strip away ALL the fluff and dangly mess of other boring as hell couples and irritating characters that felt so tacked on just to give volume to a show that should have ended at 12 eps .. and stayed focused ONLY on these two Leads and the essential support cast required for their direct story line.
I finally got too tired of scrolling and hunting for their scenes and their thread .. I DROPPED it .. exhausted and also ROI of time began to dip and I started to feel so sorry for these 2 superb actors who were wasted here.
I think I was lucky recently to have watched quite a few Alpha Female Dramas which were SIMPLY KNOCK-OUT shows.
~ Dear Mayang Street ~ City of Streamers ~ Branding in Seongsu ~ Rising with the Wind ~ Will Love in Spring ~ Fake it till you Make it ~ Scent of Time
This could have joined the list by breaking the mold - birthing one more POWER Woman with a mind of her own and an ML who respects that mind
ππ€£πTrue.It had a magnetism and a freshness to the story and characters that pulled me in - although it…
π I hear you. That is also my first reflex .. RUN .. AVOID .. LOOK AWAY.
Open endings > sad ending > ridiculous makes no sense endings That's the order of dislike, increasing, left to right βΊοΈ
However sometimes I have been 'stabbed' in the gut, after I jumped into the drama blind, BUT wouldn't have it any other way .. (a recent example being DEAR MAYANG STREET .. I would have MISSED an EPIC if I had skipped it based on that criterion).
Also some NOT so great shows have segments or acting or something that I wouldn't have liked to miss π "Broker" first half before it degenerates had that for me. I am glad I watched it π€
With friends like Xiao Qin, who needs enemies? She was the most frustrating character out of this very frustrating…
I thought I would watch for Timmy - then I saw the ditsy terrible acting of FL - not her fault maybe, the director couldn't pull it off.
Shallow of me to say so but her visuals also convey "airhead" - and she has strabismus. As do many C DRAMA actresses...is that an attractive thing in women in China?
I very much so disagree. After the ML treated her poorly at that bar place and she got drunk the ML said he thought…
REPLY 1988 had FAAR more balance in treatment of ML and SML ..
It was quite CLEAR (at least to me who she would end up with) BUT it DID break my heart for SML .. That was a HE for me .. because the passion was reciprocated CLEARLY .. although she wasn't aware of it.
That's NOT how it was treated in DMS FL clearly never again felt the way she has felt for ML .. She has lost the light in her eyes ,, she was literally a dim shadow of her old self. That's why DRAMA did not inject ANY 'heat' and 'burn' when the SML and FL decide to salvage their life and decide to sail together .. they remain good calm friends essentially.
The TAG doesn't have it but there is lots of relationships mentioned - ALL non-romantic?
Am SO in love with WLIS .. that I wanted to watch Li Xian in another drama
I gave it a 9/10
Because it had elements in the first half that were fantastic for me .. besides LYX in a 'negative role' and many angles that are not commonly seen in drama. The FL too was great (if ONLY she was directed better in her 'romance' side).
I was willing to completely rework the end in my head (even keeping the plot points) to lift it to a 9 ..
Sometimes a GREAT drama potential is SO BADLY frittered away that you are left to wonder WHO MESSED it up??
LOL
Their characters were SO well formulated ,, BUT IMO the script couldn't stitch it well ,, the ACTORS took the needle and tried the best they could ..
The side characters - YAWN!!
I am so sad to see this GREAT POTENTIAL frittered away.
Not giving up on Gong Jun and the roles he did in other shows hopefully will also be as interesting as the one he essayed in RISING WITH THE WIND
Same with ZYT as in WLIS
this could have been such a SOLID show .. made with wit - angst - drama - tinge of Melo.
I started watching it with great expectations since its Zhou Yi Tong (fell in love with her in WLIS) and since it's Gong Jun (am fresh from watching him for the first time in RISING WITH THE WIND and was blown away with what a good actor he was).
Like you said it got all messy and annoying quickly enough .. and then at 1/3rd of the of show it started to come apart completely and the ONLY reason I stayed with my fingers on FFWD were the TWO main LEADs - ZYT and GJ .. they were the stars .. their couple scenes, their story line .. and if one could strip away ALL the fluff and dangly mess of other boring as hell couples and irritating characters that felt so tacked on just to give volume to a show that should have ended at 12 eps .. and stayed focused ONLY on these two Leads and the essential support cast required for their direct story line.
I finally got too tired of scrolling and hunting for their scenes and their thread .. I DROPPED it .. exhausted and also ROI of time began to dip and I started to feel so sorry for these 2 superb actors who were wasted here.
I think I was lucky recently to have watched quite a few Alpha Female Dramas which were SIMPLY KNOCK-OUT shows.
~ Dear Mayang Street
~ City of Streamers
~ Branding in Seongsu
~ Rising with the Wind
~ Will Love in Spring
~ Fake it till you Make it
~ Scent of Time
This could have joined the list by breaking the mold - birthing one more POWER Woman with a mind of her own and an ML who respects that mind
Blown away.
11/10 if I could rate it that way ;-p
I hear you.
That is also my first reflex .. RUN .. AVOID .. LOOK AWAY.
Open endings > sad ending > ridiculous makes no sense endings
That's the order of dislike, increasing, left to right βΊοΈ
However sometimes I have been 'stabbed' in the gut, after I jumped into the drama blind, BUT wouldn't have it any other way .. (a recent example being DEAR MAYANG STREET .. I would have MISSED an EPIC if I had skipped it based on that criterion).
Also some NOT so great shows have segments or acting or something that I wouldn't have liked to miss π
"Broker" first half before it degenerates had that for me. I am glad I watched it π€
Anyhow .. glad to know you signed up ππ½
And that because of LYX.
Why is Victoria Song made to act so bloodless
I was furious with the writer who seemed to have had a gun to her head to churn out this rubbish in the second half
Or new to MDL.
I see that your profile page is empty π€
So I couldn't get a sense of your likes and dislikes
You asked me the question I MOST love to answer π
~ City of streamers
~ Will Love in Spring
~ Fake it Till you Make it
~ Story of Kunning Palace
~ Another Miss Oh
~ Jealousy Incarnate
I hope something from the above list clicks for you.
That it would have an airhead FL
Dropped it.
Can't bear to watch Timmy Xu with her after watching him with SEVEN Tong in Dear MAYANG STREET and in City of streamers.
Shallow of me to say so but her visuals also convey "airhead" - and she has strabismus.
As do many C DRAMA actresses...is that an attractive thing in women in China?
For those who LOVED watching his role in this show (and in CITY of STREAMERS)
https://x.com/zhoutokyo/status/1788215270051660201
It was quite CLEAR (at least to me who she would end up with) BUT it DID break my heart for SML .. That was a HE for me .. because the passion was reciprocated CLEARLY .. although she wasn't aware of it.
That's NOT how it was treated in DMS
FL clearly never again felt the way she has felt for ML .. She has lost the light in her eyes ,, she was literally a dim shadow of her old self.
That's why DRAMA did not inject ANY 'heat' and 'burn' when the SML and FL decide to salvage their life and decide to sail together .. they remain good calm friends essentially.
You openly ask How and why does he die?
so well expressed.
SIGH .. just finished. I cant breathe