QiMin and Qianqian, plus a secret baby. I love their toxic love story hahaha I know it probably won't end well, but it's so good. Kinda wish they have a separate story that focus on them.
Love ZLH but I hope he doesn't get skinnier than this. He looks good here because of the layers and loose robes, but on modern clothes he looks way too skinny now. He was perfect in LBFAD and JTY.
Did you guys notice the secondary characters are also attractive? even random character Wei Xuan is fiiinee! 😆 This is what happens when ML and FL are both good looking. The casting director does not have to hold back and try so hard to make the main leads standout by putting average looking actors next to them haha
Ning and the falcon are so cute. I remember vaguely in the novel the falcon got so fat it had a hard time flying. Zheng had to train it to lose weight 😆
Recipe for a top-tier drama: Good story/script - obviously the most important Good character visuals - let's be honest, this is a big factor Good acting - good visuals can only carry you for some time, acting skills will set you apart Good director/set/cinematography - often budget related, but a good director knows how to best capture good angles and evoke emotions thru cinematography
It's VERY RARE that a Cdrama hit all these criteria, often they excel in one and lack on others. But so far, Chasing Jade is hitting all these criteria for me. I hope it continues like this til the last episode 💕
Loving everything so far, except for Qianqian actress. She's very pretty but she doesn't carry the same aura from the novel character. Hopefully I warm up to her character in the next episodes.
Also, I was not a fan of the previous female general shows as I find them too forced. It doesn't look believable that the FL is indeed that strong so it usually feels cringe for me. But here, seeing ChangYu fight, somehow it works for me. The vibe doesn't try too hard with that 'look at me, I'm cool' scenes that are often in other dramas. Here there is natural flow that ease you into caring and believing in the characters.
With the amount of hype, I was scared it would disappoint. But so far, so good. The novel premise was good but I dropped it at some point as I feel there were too many filler chapters. I'm liking that the tv version is somehow fast paced. And can we agree that the visuals here is absolutely divine. I'm so far loving it. I think it's still quite far ahead, but I'm already looking forward to the 'big reveal' of his identity. The events that lead up to that were quite hilarious.
The OG Runningman vibes is back! I want to give the new PD the biggest hug, it's very obvious she's reviving the original spark of the show. After more than a decade I thought, they were done already, just that they exist like a legacy show. But the new PD shows that they still got it. I love that they recently leans to nostalgia (showing many old clips) and at the same time creating fresh enjoyable content. 💕
Caught up with the eps. I'm still torn whether to believe or not. The logical side of me is still very skeptical. First of all, the producers of this show must be real believers. Because imagine if from the get-go no one got anything right, there will be no content at all. The logical side of me is saying, perhaps a few members of the production (not including the panel, hence their reactions are real) have agreement with some of the contestants (those who make it far into the challenges). Difficult to reinforce strict NDA with 43+ people. It's a win win situation, you get good content and at the same time the shaman, saju readers etc gain more credibility. Nonetheless, this definitely sparked my curiousity and I will include a trip to a shaman next time I'm in Korea.
Ep2 and it's giving me chills. Part of me is still skeptical though, like what if someone from production 'secretly leaked' the questions. But if this is realdeal, I'm gonna include visiting a shaman in my next trip to Korea.
Ep9. Does it have 2 burgers for budget, because why is FL always wearing the same clothes ? 🥲 On the positive, the fight scene is kinda good despite the obvious low production. I still cringe here and there, but since it has established itself as 'that kind' of series early on, I am able to just roll my eyes, let go and enjoy it the way it is. 😆 It is really giving heavy otome game vibes, specially the soundtrack.
As a dark romance fan, they're hitting all the criteria.
Psychopathic ML, runaway pregnant FL hahaha
He was perfect in LBFAD and JTY.
This is what happens when ML and FL are both good looking. The casting director does not have to hold back and try so hard to make the main leads standout by putting average looking actors next to them haha
I remember vaguely in the novel the falcon got so fat it had a hard time flying. Zheng had to train it to lose weight 😆
Good story/script - obviously the most important
Good character visuals - let's be honest, this is a big factor
Good acting - good visuals can only carry you for some time, acting skills will set you apart
Good director/set/cinematography - often budget related, but a good director knows how to best capture good angles and evoke emotions thru cinematography
It's VERY RARE that a Cdrama hit all these criteria, often they excel in one and lack on others.
But so far, Chasing Jade is hitting all these criteria for me.
I hope it continues like this til the last episode 💕
YZ : That works.
🤣 why is this show so funny 😆
But here, seeing ChangYu fight, somehow it works for me. The vibe doesn't try too hard with that 'look at me, I'm cool' scenes that are often in other dramas.
Here there is natural flow that ease you into caring and believing in the characters.
The novel premise was good but I dropped it at some point as I feel there were too many filler chapters.
I'm liking that the tv version is somehow fast paced.
And can we agree that the visuals here is absolutely divine.
I'm so far loving it. I think it's still quite far ahead, but I'm already looking forward to the 'big reveal' of his identity. The events that lead up to that were quite hilarious.
The logical side of me is still very skeptical.
First of all, the producers of this show must be real believers. Because imagine if from the get-go no one got anything right, there will be no content at all.
The logical side of me is saying, perhaps a few members of the production (not including the panel, hence their reactions are real) have agreement with some of the contestants (those who make it far into the challenges). Difficult to reinforce strict NDA with 43+ people. It's a win win situation, you get good content and at the same time the shaman, saju readers etc gain more credibility.
Nonetheless, this definitely sparked my curiousity and I will include a trip to a shaman next time I'm in Korea.
Part of me is still skeptical though, like what if someone from production 'secretly leaked' the questions.
But if this is realdeal, I'm gonna include visiting a shaman in my next trip to Korea.
On the positive, the fight scene is kinda good despite the obvious low production.
I still cringe here and there, but since it has established itself as 'that kind' of series early on, I am able to just roll my eyes, let go and enjoy it the way it is. 😆
It is really giving heavy otome game vibes, specially the soundtrack.