nycfoodie

I don't know you, so why would I take my "frustration" out on you?

I'm just giving my opinions about your opinions. That's kind of how public discussions work.

Brutally honest & blatantly blunt, perhaps...but not "rude."

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BECAUSE NOVELS ARE NOT THE SAME AS THEIR ADAPTATIONS.

So can you tell anyone WHY TF UR SHOUTING BECAUSE I'M SHOUTING BECAUSE UR SHOUTING...

"Historical," huh?

Were there random demons hanging around in ancient China I don't know about? Which dynasty, pray tell?

Do you even have an iota of an idea what xianxia means?

P.S. Watch your gratuitous (not to mention, unoriginal & uninspired) foul language whether or not you watch another ("historical") C-drama, as if anyone but you could care less. MDL is a family-friendly forum.

Neither life nor ratings are (necessarily) fair.


Just curious, but do you know who CFY's parents are? Trust me, plenty of people who care to know anything about the Chinese entertainment industry have had long ago started to appreciate him.

Amazingly, CFY plays the piano as well!!

To those self-annointed critics finding this or that fault w/ the acting talent & skill of Wang YingLu (FL) , try & see I Am Nobody while you're waiting for the next episode(s) of WDBTD.

IAN actually has a slightly higher MDL ranking (as of now).

Chen XingXu...

The former to pluck the guitar, the latter to tap to the rhythm & beat...all the while singing the classics in both Chinese & English!!

Double post (edited out).

Hi @Pytheos!

A relatively quick & painless detraction: I was going to get back to you, but I wanted to do some due diligence & research first.

It looks like Lee Kuan Yew implemented the Singaporean "Speak Mandarin" campaign about 3 years after his visit to China. It seems he had the good intentions, inspired by what he saw in China, to promote unity & literacy in Singapore (especially among Singaporeans of Chinese descent).

Apparently, LKY himself came from non-Mandarin
(Hakka?) Chinese ancestry, which suggests he did what he did out of the interests of his constituents as opposed to his own.

Ok, it looks like you've posted eight times (at last count) in this thread that you started (about a drama you supposedly dropped).

If you're trying to disabuse anyone of the notion that you're not merely a delusional, needy attention-seeker, try harder!

I couldn't care less whether or not you drop this or any other CFY drama in particular or C-drama in general.

But why are you subjecting us to an unannounced press conference re: your retirement from this C-drama.

Are you under delusions (of grandeur) that you're some sort of VIP whose sole viewership will make or break the C-ent industry or something?

If not, why on earth are you still here?!

Yeah, but when fiction deviates too much from reality, people complain about that as well.

The FL isn't dumb. Naive, lazy & self-deprecating, perhaps. That's kinda what "salted fish" in the original Chinese title means.

Nor is the romance even remotely artificial.

And if you watch only dramas you find "extraordinary," then you should drop each & every drama you don't rate (nearly) 10 out of 10, including this one.

So see ya!

Character growth isn't linear. In fictional fantasies, or IRL.

An adaptation of a novel is not the same as the novel itself. Nothing, as a matter of principle, precludes the screenwriters from deviating from the source material, for whatever reason.

Not to mention, "happy" or "sad," "good" or "bad" are all relative terms.

That said, the general consensus among novel readers is that the (novel's) ending is "happy."

Unless they're trolls, anyone commenting on this drama, let alone answering your question about it, is going to think it's good.

Does this answer your question?

Yes, very much so! His mom is probably his most dedicated fan! 😇


Oh, if you're interested to know, his father is Chen Kaige, who directed Farewell My Concubine. It's generally regarded as a top 100 film in global history.