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O what a show!
I just finished Lost Romance (LR) and I am so glad I decided to watch it after dropping it once last year after ep 1 and putting it on hold this year after ep3.
Contrary to many of the comments I saw before me, I find the real world romance very grounded and fairly believeable and constantly it makes me look back on the fictional world romance. and the sweet irony is that even when I am comparing at the back of my mind the real world and fictional world MLs (Tianxing and Aoran respectively) and the romance as it pans in each, I am also fairly aware that I am watching a work of fiction. As a student of literature, at so many places, esp after we come back to Tianxing and Xiaoen's romance, I took a pause to just think of the narrative--the frame narrative, the diegesis, the analepsis and I was so impressed.
As a show it doesn't take it self very seriously and that is where its beauty lies because the show has a deep emotional core.
The ML Marcus Chang, I am so so impressed with him. He portrays both his versions with equal elan and when we come back to Tianxing, we can see how Tianxing seems so very real compared to Aoran but when i was acutely aware of watching a fictional character Aoran despite knowing its a fictional world (inside the show). He was exceptional, also helped by the fact that he is handsome.
The FL Vivian Sung was equally phenomenal. The risque scenes were well shot and did not look cheap for a moment.
The SML Simon Lian was effervescent too--he has great screen presence and i liked his character.
I like the supporting cast, fairly well acted. The villain Hu uncle seems a 1D stereotype but the swindling was ingenuous.
I also feel Situ Moran/HeTianjing is a good looking actor as is his sister He Mingli. They play their parts well.
I also like that in the real world (in the show) characters are matured enough to give up on pursuing the ML(Shanna as well as Chuchu) once they realise Tianxing's heart is set for Xiaoen. That is realistic. In the novel's world, only Qing Feng has that maturity--but he is anyway a matured character with really high EQ, and would be as good in any other context something LR effectively shows the audience).
As a literature student, for me, characters of novels I have loved have always felt real as if they have their existence and we as lovers and readers have always sought to speak of them as real world beings. And so, for me, it is believeable when Xiaoen wants Qing Feng to have his own sweet ending.
These are my immediate reactions after completing ep 20 and who knows I might want to come back and add another detailed review some other time. But it is for sure, I would like to watch the show again in the future.
Contrary to many of the comments I saw before me, I find the real world romance very grounded and fairly believeable and constantly it makes me look back on the fictional world romance. and the sweet irony is that even when I am comparing at the back of my mind the real world and fictional world MLs (Tianxing and Aoran respectively) and the romance as it pans in each, I am also fairly aware that I am watching a work of fiction. As a student of literature, at so many places, esp after we come back to Tianxing and Xiaoen's romance, I took a pause to just think of the narrative--the frame narrative, the diegesis, the analepsis and I was so impressed.
As a show it doesn't take it self very seriously and that is where its beauty lies because the show has a deep emotional core.
The ML Marcus Chang, I am so so impressed with him. He portrays both his versions with equal elan and when we come back to Tianxing, we can see how Tianxing seems so very real compared to Aoran but when i was acutely aware of watching a fictional character Aoran despite knowing its a fictional world (inside the show). He was exceptional, also helped by the fact that he is handsome.
The FL Vivian Sung was equally phenomenal. The risque scenes were well shot and did not look cheap for a moment.
The SML Simon Lian was effervescent too--he has great screen presence and i liked his character.
I like the supporting cast, fairly well acted. The villain Hu uncle seems a 1D stereotype but the swindling was ingenuous.
I also feel Situ Moran/HeTianjing is a good looking actor as is his sister He Mingli. They play their parts well.
I also like that in the real world (in the show) characters are matured enough to give up on pursuing the ML(Shanna as well as Chuchu) once they realise Tianxing's heart is set for Xiaoen. That is realistic. In the novel's world, only Qing Feng has that maturity--but he is anyway a matured character with really high EQ, and would be as good in any other context something LR effectively shows the audience).
As a literature student, for me, characters of novels I have loved have always felt real as if they have their existence and we as lovers and readers have always sought to speak of them as real world beings. And so, for me, it is believeable when Xiaoen wants Qing Feng to have his own sweet ending.
These are my immediate reactions after completing ep 20 and who knows I might want to come back and add another detailed review some other time. But it is for sure, I would like to watch the show again in the future.
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