Loved this (watched it a second time last month)! The cast did an amazing job! Despite her being smaller than her opponents and not being physically intimidating (the way tall John Wick [Keanu Reeves] is) , the actress embodies an aura of an immovable obstacle - like you believe she will not be stopped. Great work!
To me the weird angles come from yet another weird "translation" from a 'living a second life in a new body' novel to a drama format. Doesn't she hate Lu Jiaxue from living as a spirit and him killing her in her past life? She also knows who her "Third brother" will become... I am always baffled by adaptations cutting major plot lines which makes the whole thing go in a weird and wrong directions... (the beginning of 'the Double', same in a "A Girl like me", etc.)
Re-watched some the beginning episodes, seems to me a lot is orchestrated by Zhu Yan, not only by the villain, falling in love with WX to be of one heart and mind to activate the Baise Token, teaching ZYC the Bang Yi clan's techniques so he can kill him...
This is insanely good!!! Love the characters, except of the cop - she is the oldest but has figured out her life less than a 17-year old kid who was in a coma for two years...
They better stay true to the story bc my girl He Yan was a badass. I watched some of the Double which is a drama…
That was such a ridiculous substitution. In the novel she almost killed the Princess in a super clever way with her archery and the Count became aware of her as an "interesting actress". Instead they had the ridiculous scene with the archery at the banquet, which in she was almost crying and what not, while she would never lose her cool like that in the novel... And she would never kill "her husband" before everyone knows what a piece of shit he is. Should have made her as cold-blooded as in the novel, if people wanted to watch a naive FL, etc. they would watch something else, what is the meaning of making an adaptation if you change everything that made the story unique and interesting?
I agree. Loved the drama for the acting of the cast, cinematography, and their banter. The plot was "standard"…
Because of the cast and the interesting characters, there was a lot of interpersonal scenes etc which could mitigate some of the plot holes and useless props I found. And the sad ending didn't come from nowhere - which is a major reason for me to decrease a rating.
I agree. Loved the drama for the acting of the cast, cinematography, and their banter. The plot was "standard"…
Wen Zongyu had no leg to stand on for revenge. While Li Lun and others had a valid reason to hate (demons tortured and exterminated, etc.), Wen Zongyu was a hypocrite who was the reason his family died. His "affair partner" demon even killed them is a human way - poisoned instead of killing with her powers. Her only mistake is she should have killed him and not others. While his logic was, I can do everything and justify any means while everyone should be happy to be destroyed by me. He was so good at lying and manipulation, he managed to delude himself into believing he was actually taking revenge. If he wanted revenge, he should have killed himself... If his reasons were, I just hate demons, they are disgusting/etc./whatever, it would have been more manageable, but his hypocrisy was so disgusting to me. But then again, don't people love to do this - do shit but everyone else is at fault instead.
Completely agree with you review. It was a great drama, only would have improved with one/two more episodes to have explained some side stories and it was super sad we never see ZY again but only get a speck of his soul.
Awesome drama! Couldn't stop laughing, all of the cast did an amazing job of blending serious and funny without being gimmicky. Maybe would have liked more scenes with Wang Ye and Zhuge Qing while the episodes at the contest took too much time? Zhuge Qing is a complete mystery, and a taoist master dealing with life in contemporary times sounds as an interesting premise to me. Can't wait for season 2!
Despite her being smaller than her opponents and not being physically intimidating (the way tall John Wick [Keanu Reeves] is) , the actress embodies an aura of an immovable obstacle - like you believe she will not be stopped. Great work!
Should have made her as cold-blooded as in the novel, if people wanted to watch a naive FL, etc. they would watch something else, what is the meaning of making an adaptation if you change everything that made the story unique and interesting?
While his logic was, I can do everything and justify any means while everyone should be happy to be destroyed by me. He was so good at lying and manipulation, he managed to delude himself into believing he was actually taking revenge. If he wanted revenge, he should have killed himself... If his reasons were, I just hate demons, they are disgusting/etc./whatever, it would have been more manageable, but his hypocrisy was so disgusting to me. But then again, don't people love to do this - do shit but everyone else is at fault instead.