A very awesome drama and Min young looks hot and classy on another level. Though Na In Woo completes the very mature vibe the drama has. This genre of adult romance is executed very well in the drama. Alas! There are not many dramas in this genre.
It is quite boring in my opinion. The second half isn't any better and overall is just bland with some high points. The only difference being that the main couple becomes a couple, and the short stints between the 7 lives feature some real romance.
The problem is the 7 lives they live and almost always restart their love lives. They are short and simply can't feature a good length courtship, and romance. Either you have a fast paced romance, or a relationship with a lot of sweet moments, but not much plot, or simply a romance that does not end in a relationship.
Not to mention all of them are TRAGEDIES at the end. This is enforced by the plot!
I simply can't connect majority of the romances in their 7 lives to their real selves, because that will be extremely different and much more intimate.
Also let me tell you in capital letters, THERE ARE MANY KISSES BUT THEY ARE ALL FISH KISSES. Its extremely jarring, because the camera clearly shows the fish kisses in all their glory. Oddly its the ML that is doing this and not the FL, clearly she tries many time to do a good kiss but the ML remains stone faced.
Due to these fish kisses that I rate it 6/10.
I have not seen such a frustrating drama in a long time, It gives me great moments and then resets everything to a new wavelength. I had forgotten then I hate resets in a plot line.
they censor romantic scenes pretty heavily over there. we refer to the “pecking” as “fish kissing”. there…
They don't censor kiss scenes, its completely on the actors' and director's preference.
I have seen many dramas where they first start at pecks and then do good scenes later. I have also unfortunately seen dramas with almost no kisses where it was meant to be there. Why? The director did not want it.
Censorship is not arbitrary like that, its very consistent. And frankly aside from a real sex scene with nudity, many instances can be averted very easily with subtle hints in the writing.
Like for example I saw a time travel drama recently which referred to the whole fiasco as a dream from time to time and there was no censor nor a wake up from that dream at the end as it is typically.
Or how there is an intimate scene in The Legend of Shen Li which is hot and long but features almost no nudity.
You watched a softcore porn movie packaged as a story with a placeholder fake plot. You see in Korean you cannot have straight up porn movies, they are outright illegal.
Chinese dramas exist in various lengths. They can vary by up to 50% from various sources. Numerous reasons impact them, censorship, platform and even broadcasters may differ in what they want the length per episode to be.
I understand what you mean and I also didn't like some of FL's actions but let's not forget that it was ML's initiative…
It was never about whether he told her or not. That aspect was something the ML was essentially betting on as a last hope, something that he can use as an excuse if it fails.
Their relationship was going nowhere and the FL needed many years to become someone that considers a serious relationship as something more important than her individuality.
It was irrational, yes, its called human emotions.
I know LR has trust issues and she shows her love enough for us to love the couple, but she took so long to admit…
True, they really dragged that plot device too much. It was a combination of problems among both and the politics.
First the ML took so long to tell her that he has nothing to do with Zhen Zhen, so much so that he was unwilling and only when misunderstandings became a mountain that did he explode out of frustration.
Only after this outburst I think in E12 that FL went on the journey towards accepting and resuming her love with him. She did admit that she had loved him before. Only that misunderstanding made her feel betrayal and cultivate her trust issues.
The outburst in I think E21 again by the ML got her to realize the difference of reality both were interpreting. And she gradually became more welcoming.
I think the fact that it took over 60 years for her to realize the importance of love and feelings shows that she was never meant to be this person at all. Because even at 40 its extremely hard to change your established mindset.
Man the FL is a complete blockhead, a stubborn fool, who seriously needs some adult advice from some sane adults, that are not her family.
All that "I love him, but can't accept it", is annoying, but somehow the show always keeps it toned so low that I won't say its frustrating. Rather something part of character development.
She is improving in a tangibly visible way so I can't complain. All the outbursts by the ML and his dedicated love and care, simply erases everything. Also her character slips frequently even though she still is inept at relating it to love but its supremely satisfying.
Naah, if it had more seasons definitely but with such short content, I can't in sound mind give that rating. You literally has 4/5 seasons of awesome psychotic content.
Though yes, both of them are really not masterpiece level series. I mean there is no rewatch value.
She did a really good job on the latest drama called “The Double”. I guess it is all about the make up
No, I was not talking about this drama but The Double. I have only seen her there.
Yanxi Palace is on my blacklist for some reason. Maybe I have watched it in the past and didn't like it or the ending is either rushed or open ended. I don't remember.
And here I will tell you that the special episode did not satisfy me, I think, just like you, that it was shallow,…
There was essentially no need to show the battle, they could have just ended it after the wedding, perhaps attach the special content with more exposition afterwards. It would have been an all rounded complete experience.
The beauty of the this romance is in the dialogue. This couple was making love with every word pun/subtext in…
Well he did include it in the last episode, perhaps that was a consolation prize to stem public outrage about the rushed ending. Which obviously spectacularly failed that they had to shoot the 5 minute special.
ugh i wish it had more romantic scenes. the drama seems to be really good
Well apparently it was the director who repeatedly refused to include kiss scenes even after the actors' insistence.
So I guess, this tension was intentionally introduced to keep the audiences glued in.
The director is also very notoriously infamous in China for plagiarism and being disrespectful of actors as well as shaming them. So I guess he applied this sadistic approach so satisfy his power vanity.
The beauty of the this romance is in the dialogue. This couple was making love with every word pun/subtext in…
Yeah, it always felt especially when they had affirmed their feelings through expression, that the time was right for a kiss, and it not happening really felt like getting played.
That's actually just kept bubbling in my mind and exploded when the actual kiss scene was skipped.
Aside from that the numerous tid bits of romance and jealousy was both cute and heart-warming at the same time. I keep getting reminded of when the ML removed Shuren's cape off her, hahahaha...
The FL's loving smile was all it really took to make me smile. If it kept with that I would have at least given 8.5.
If it had some good kisses, I would have cut the whole romance plot out of the drama and made myself a short movie to rewatch easily (I do this occasionally).
9 is simply not possible for me for a drama without a strong romance. I just draw the line there. As I tend to keep such drama in my archives.
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Aside from that, the director is one notorious individual, lol, no wonder, hahaha.
The problem is the 7 lives they live and almost always restart their love lives. They are short and simply can't feature a good length courtship, and romance. Either you have a fast paced romance, or a relationship with a lot of sweet moments, but not much plot, or simply a romance that does not end in a relationship.
Not to mention all of them are TRAGEDIES at the end. This is enforced by the plot!
I simply can't connect majority of the romances in their 7 lives to their real selves, because that will be extremely different and much more intimate.
Also let me tell you in capital letters, THERE ARE MANY KISSES BUT THEY ARE ALL FISH KISSES. Its extremely jarring, because the camera clearly shows the fish kisses in all their glory. Oddly its the ML that is doing this and not the FL, clearly she tries many time to do a good kiss but the ML remains stone faced.
Due to these fish kisses that I rate it 6/10.
I have not seen such a frustrating drama in a long time, It gives me great moments and then resets everything to a new wavelength. I had forgotten then I hate resets in a plot line.
I have seen many dramas where they first start at pecks and then do good scenes later. I have also unfortunately seen dramas with almost no kisses where it was meant to be there. Why? The director did not want it.
Censorship is not arbitrary like that, its very consistent. And frankly aside from a real sex scene with nudity, many instances can be averted very easily with subtle hints in the writing.
Like for example I saw a time travel drama recently which referred to the whole fiasco as a dream from time to time and there was no censor nor a wake up from that dream at the end as it is typically.
Or how there is an intimate scene in The Legend of Shen Li which is hot and long but features almost no nudity.
Their relationship was going nowhere and the FL needed many years to become someone that considers a serious relationship as something more important than her individuality.
It was irrational, yes, its called human emotions.
First the ML took so long to tell her that he has nothing to do with Zhen Zhen, so much so that he was unwilling and only when misunderstandings became a mountain that did he explode out of frustration.
Only after this outburst I think in E12 that FL went on the journey towards accepting and resuming her love with him. She did admit that she had loved him before. Only that misunderstanding made her feel betrayal and cultivate her trust issues.
The outburst in I think E21 again by the ML got her to realize the difference of reality both were interpreting. And she gradually became more welcoming.
I think the fact that it took over 60 years for her to realize the importance of love and feelings shows that she was never meant to be this person at all. Because even at 40 its extremely hard to change your established mindset.
If you don't like their opinions just learn to ignore them, that's like comments 101. I accept that sometimes even I cannot, but I try.
Man the FL is a complete blockhead, a stubborn fool, who seriously needs some adult advice from some sane adults, that are not her family.
All that "I love him, but can't accept it", is annoying, but somehow the show always keeps it toned so low that I won't say its frustrating. Rather something part of character development.
She is improving in a tangibly visible way so I can't complain. All the outbursts by the ML and his dedicated love and care, simply erases everything. Also her character slips frequently even though she still is inept at relating it to love but its supremely satisfying.
Frankly if they hadn't included them, it would have a rating in the 8s.
Though yes, both of them are really not masterpiece level series. I mean there is no rewatch value.
Yanxi Palace is on my blacklist for some reason. Maybe I have watched it in the past and didn't like it or the ending is either rushed or open ended. I don't remember.
So I guess, this tension was intentionally introduced to keep the audiences glued in.
The director is also very notoriously infamous in China for plagiarism and being disrespectful of actors as well as shaming them. So I guess he applied this sadistic approach so satisfy his power vanity.
That's actually just kept bubbling in my mind and exploded when the actual kiss scene was skipped.
Aside from that the numerous tid bits of romance and jealousy was both cute and heart-warming at the same time. I keep getting reminded of when the ML removed Shuren's cape off her, hahahaha...
The FL's loving smile was all it really took to make me smile. If it kept with that I would have at least given 8.5.
If it had some good kisses, I would have cut the whole romance plot out of the drama and made myself a short movie to rewatch easily (I do this occasionally).
9 is simply not possible for me for a drama without a strong romance. I just draw the line there. As I tend to keep such drama in my archives.
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Aside from that, the director is one notorious individual, lol, no wonder, hahaha.