Ep. 25 I'm getting quote perturbed with 'nicey, nicey' 3rd brother. He keeps holding out on FL that they are not related at all. I presume it's so he can keep fondling her whenever he wants. The marquis is an abuser, pretending it's in the 'name of love'. Chubby daughter is being railroaded into and unwanted marriage but maybe she'll manage to elope with 'uncle'. Whose goose is really cooked here?
Ep. 22 and the 'siblings' continue on their rightous path. I never fails to amust me at how often they say 'rest early' or 'you're back' or 'you've lost weight' or 'don't leave the mansion' or 'time to take your medicine' while blowing on a spoon and then shoveling it into someone's mouth. Who can blame Chang Lang from upchucking. Hilarious.
I've come up to ep 19 and it's been somewhat draggy. I've had to zipped through some of it. Like the aunt and her boring kids. Now that hubby is back after what must have been a decade and has brought in the new penniless lady from the North it might get more interesting. Third Brother has gone legit to be able to sit for the exams, but I thought he already knows he's not her brother, third or any kind. When is that all going to come out? I think the plump daughter is nice and funny and I love the guy who gets his appetite from watching her. Can't wait to find out who he is and hopefully he can outmaneuber her uncle with the goose who can be a bit creepy in his relationship to his niece, but otherwise seems a talented concoctionist. The most evil guy at this point is the marquis. How did he latch onto seventh lady when she was supposed to have been in the side yard all those years?
I think I'm getting behind with this drama. Lots happening in ep. 6. Uncle is worried his 'goose is going to get cooked' so instead he gets blotto. There's a new desirable male in the picture who quickly gets into playing hanky-panky with a beauty. Next out leads a furiously pursued and injured they plunge into the river (in these dramas all bodies of water are bottomless) but we don't see the required mouth-to-mouth trope, but they do end up in the desolate cave sharing a campfire and not much else at the moment.
"Let's drink until we drop" seems to be the ethos in most Cdramas and is often used to break down barriers between the sexes. Another trope is the gossiping of servants to do the bidding of their masters to damage chldren consistered outcasts.
Another drama that blames a little girl for causing a miscarriage. What's wrong with these people? Fathers can't manage to be impartial and wives and concubines get nasty from competing for favours. Many of their children learn these bad habits, but I guess that's what makes these dramas so fascinating.
Very stark intro with beautiful music. Again a drama that opens with a horrific scene of childhood trauma. FL has moved on to become an icy leader of healer women. ML takes on her challenge to save little Mo.
Just got to ep. 16 and Rue Wen is standing on a pile of dead bodies while he and Xin Wei are cheering and toasting going in to another place to kill more people. Wow, what a loving couple! This show wavers between boring and ridiculous.
ok, done and dusted. The FL was a staunch heroine and the Prince was a bit of a dunce who took a while to get his bearings. The evildoer was a seductress who led men around by their *****, you know what I mean. Short little amusing drama.
pe 12 That Yue Xi is a careful lplotter who can get someone else to take the blame while she finds time to roll around behind the gauze curtain with that other Prince.
ep. 11 This prince has got to be the dumbest dude alive. He is told by the royal physician his mother is facing imminent death and he won't let his wife/doctor administer medication to save her instead he keeps trying to choke her instead.
Ok, I'm still watching this although nobody else seems to be. This is really a cheap production and they can't get the names of their plants right but all this and the spunk of the FL makes it funny.
I'm trying this out because the new historical dramas just starting are not getting very good reviews. This trope of present-day woman transported to ancient times has been done before. So let's see where this goes? If it's funny, it will be a pleasure to watch.
This film was brutal. A friendship forged in childhood could not withstand the strictures of a society divided into nobles and slaves. Fighting off invaders took its toll but one group acquiesced and members of the lower class were 'ennobled' by their struggle for liberation. The three-way sword fight in the fog clarified the misunderstandings. The befuddled emperor was outmaneuvered by a nose and then some. The end shows a people learning to smile and dance again.
Ep. 16 This is pretty much a lot of filler until the end when BaiShuang has to bluff her way to keep pretending she is who she's not so as not to fall into the clutches of a very p'd off Na Zhan.
Ep. 15 after falling from one coma into the next, Bei Shuang is save by the Ice Toad. How? It's all left to your imanation. Lazy writing I'd say. Beside all those costume changes and being practical invisible so he can spend so much time in Bei Shuang's bedroom, Qing Yun can also change his face when needed. What a talented guy.
Fathers can't manage to be impartial and wives and concubines get nasty from competing for favours. Many of their children learn these bad habits, but I guess that's what makes these dramas so fascinating.
This show wavers between boring and ridiculous.