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People tell me MDL does not hate Xu Kai. They did this exact same thing to SAF6. His success is feared by some people.

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It wasn’t a true arranged marriage in the novel, nor a forced one. Mei Zhuyu stumbled across her bathing one day while chasing demons—like biblical David and Bathsheba—but she didn’t know he had been struck by her beauty, and that it was he who proposed. But in the novel, they don't tell you this until chapters later and even Wu Zhen didn't know until much later. Stories shouldn't tell you everything up front, otherwise where is the surprise elements

exactly

if you look up the costume designer, not sure if he also does hair, but styling, he has been involved in many well-known hits, so it's not surprising the costumes are so amazing, then you have an artsy director who probably knows exactly what he wants with styling

Moonlit Reunion is the first-time platforms like Disney+ bought it before it air (before final postproduction product too) and air same time as China, it's never been done before.

you can see Xu Kai's moles on his face in some scenes. I think it's intended to give it a raw feeling since it's a supernatural, except noble women in Tang dynasty has to have that cakey look in public

I know when I read the novel, I thought this is weird, how can the empress and consort be so close. In the novel, everyone knows, the consort is favored by the emperor. The empress takes care of business while the emperor has fun. Also, the crown prince is the biological son of the consort, while the empress has only a daughter but in the novel, the empress even loves the consort's son more.

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the emperor in the novel is a nice man but uninteresting, his wife, the empress takes care of business, while he enjoys music and arts.

this director, if they let him do whatever he wanted, I'm sure this drama would be like Alfred Hitchcock

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unfortunately, Mei Zhuyu is supposed to be bland, but he may change as his personality is different in private around her and at night. Because of her, he'll actually give a smile and shock people, but before he met her, forget introvert, he was total reclusive, doesn't say much, and is cold, expressionless (yeah right, Xu Kai playing an expressionless character

(in novel) Mei Zhuyu, a reclusive, described as "a man of few words," is only 22 yrs old and I think Xu Kai has no problem playing a young character. Mei Si his cousin is 17 yrs old. Lady Wu is 26 yrs old, way pass the betrothal age of 15 to 19. Liu Tai Zhen (Snake Lord) is only 1 yr apart from Wu Zhen (Cat Lord). The actress playing Snake Lord, this is her first drama! her debut, and she's only 22 in real life.

and there's Star Wars like aliens

those two were not enemies in the novel but quite feisty with each other

or the moles (Xu Kai) and lines on their raw faces. if the women are cakey, I think it aligns to Tang dynasty style

the book has zero plots. I think they just wanted to take the unique story with its weird characters, the setting, and create a drama series

if you mean that we can see the raw faces, I think that is intentional, imo. I can tell the first minute, this director is a perfectionist. People may not like his style, but I doubt they're mistakes.

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