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you can vote tags' relevance. There's a black comedy tag and you can upvote it

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great point!

a very bad idea, imo.

Crash landing. The ending was both rushed and open. Very unsatisfactory. I was left with more questions than answers and that's bad for this type of mystery and crime drama.

I agree that ep 8 was disappointing. Pingping's sudden death felt like a letdown, since she had been given so much personality. Also was disappointed in Ban Cha in how he just let Yu Hou take the kid without interfering. I thought the meaning of the last scene at the General's grave was to show that the gold might actually be there under the sand. But who knows...the cinematographer might have just enjoyed the portrait with General Ha framed by the doorway.

It's supposed to be scorching hot at the desert hot but it doesn't actually feel that way to me... could indeed be a lighting or colour grading issue. I know it's a funny thing to say but I remember dramas/films where I could feel the burning sun and feel the sand just by watching.

Agreed. I blame the script bc I absolutely loved Liao Fan in The Long Night and Gold Panning.

Thanks for this information!

Some things definitely feel different (the fight scenes in Duel in Mount Hua: Eastern Heretic and Western Venom were epic). Also in the 2 first episodes the scenes at the well felt different (not Xu-Bing-ish) but that changes in ep 7. I guess we'll never know but interesting topic in itself.

Extremely well written drama. I'm very satisfied with the quality and depth of THIS. The law cases are oftentimes blood boiling, but from the beginning we know that things will get better and verdicts will get less influenced by public sentiments and/or unprofessional lawyers and judges. The private lives and personalities of the main characters are well tied with the cases. Each have their own strengts and weaknesses. Without extra dramatic twists we get to know and understand them. (Am currently at ep 19)

MDL lists Chang Shen Fu also as a director and I'm wondering about his role since I regard Xu Bing as the c-drama director who has the most distinctive personal and original style (whilst I don't like to throw fance terms around, an auteur)

I thought they really filmed this in the Gobi desert. Will have to check.

I've been waiting for the atmosphere to get stronger and it does, so I'm happy. I agree that Chen Kun's character is the most interesting. Mysterious and charismatic. The revelation re. General scene was awesome.

Xin Zhilei carried Lost Identity which I liked a lot. I didn't like Yin Fang at all in Dead End, but he was great in The Hunt. I'm loving Gao Wei Guan in this - after having watched Endless Protection I can rely on him to be good.

This is getting better and better now that we know the characters. The ambiance is stronger. An "I don't care whether I live or die on this last frontier " feeling. Not everyone is hungry for the gold, but that may change yet. Everyone gets measured. Still too much weight on the fight scenes (which are mediocre for a Xu Bing drama). (I'm at ep 7)

Congratulations on being successfully brainwashed by western mainstream media. You should know that the so called human rights watchdogs and organizations are all funded by NED/CIA. US invests 1.5. billion dollars a year on anti-China propaganda. Maybe they even pay you, since why would you crap in this particular page otherwise.
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I expect a lot of character growth

Drama that has a lot of pull power (if you get past the first episode). It's almost addictive, although somewhat melodramatic (I'm at ep 8). More a crime and mystery drama than a law drama.

He claims to be the father of the child that resulted from the rape so maybe he was the girl's boyfriend or husband. That would explain the hate. I don't quite understand it - how can he be the father if a) Songyan's son is the father, as shown by the DNA test, b) he let someone else - the hunter - adopt the child. In any case Zhao Yijie seems to be a full blown psycho. I agree that this drama is interesting.

Extremely well written drama, highly recommended. (I'm at ep 9.)

Rating depends also on the amount of raters. No worries, it'll get settled in the end. Most people only rate after a drama has ended.