If the director wanted to show that he died in battle, then he would have ended the battle scene with him reaching for the pendant on the ground instead of dangling it from his mouth with that daring or defying look. Then the scene of him riding toward the tree is not an illusion because she was never shown staring at the rider in the distant but reacted to the sound of hoofs suggests a sudden, unexpected presence. The rider on his horse was shown up close, powerful, loud and clear, although his face was only shown at a distant, but it was clearly the Duke's face shape, his figure and posture, and you can hear the Duke's distinctive voice over and over again to his horse to go faster. The camera really zoomed in on the pendant. As he got closer, it ends with her suddenly hearing the sound of the rider and turning to look for it. The reason you don't see her excited or shouting to him is that this is the instant that she heard the sound of hoofs coming. She is in shock. I found the scene beautiful and mesmerizing.
the director is now getting a lot of criticisms now that The Double has finished airing
The Double is doing extremely well. The MDL rating is 9.0. It broke Youku's record for the most ads in a single episode and is currently Youku's most ads for a drama in 2024 so far. It is only the second drama that both Disney and Netflix picked it up at the same time. The Double is #1 drama three weeks in a row and will probably be #1 again next week, garnering 618 points when most #1 dramas don't get over 600. The Double may well be WXY's breakout role and WJY's comeback role and amazing performances by two supporting actors that one of them got moved to main character.
#XuKai Weibo Update 2024/5/24Today, Mrs. Wu Zhen attends the meeting alone , when you are in the world, be careful…
Her shadow casts cat ears and cat tail larger than life. I like this director use of whimsical visual metaphors. This director has an artistic sensibility that he prioritizes art over logic to add depth and symbolism. His scenes tantalize with imaginative imagery.
Prevoiusly, I could find it through just googling the english name. It seems like the chapters are gone.
he changed the link and is uploading two chapters a day. Today is up to chapter 42. I hope he uploads the extra chapters. Someone said those were the best ones.
No what made you say that. The only time he wear wig is in historical dramas.
The so called "minor hair transplant" was super minor because he can't really do it yet. He's just a very honest and transparent person. I read that one shouldn't do any hair transplants until past 30 wait for the recession to settle in. Xu Kai is only 29. Elon Musk old pictures almost bald in the front but after his one and only successful hair transplant decades ago, he has very lush full hair in the front from then on. Hair transplant is nothing fake about it, just move some roots from the back to the front, but it's painful. These actors put their bodies at risk and injury and harm doing costume dramas. Xu Kai has high end hair, skin, jewelry and clothing endorsements. These companies know what they are doing and vet thoroughly, they know everything about Xu Kai before they give him an endorsement. If he has fake hair or bad hair, he would not be face of so many high-end endorsements.
I'm watching previews or trailers without subtitles and realized that even if you have no idea what is being said, the visuals strung together are captivating and enthralling to watch.
I think Duke was his title as a Noble in the royal hierachy, but he had other roles, e.g. secret investigator…
because the male God Duke dangle the pendant from his mouth and said I promise to return. I just go with the flow of the symbolism. It's telling me that the Duke will be victorious and return.
On Marcus Here! he reported that The Double was #1 again last week for third week in a row. I don't know the points the first week, but second week was 608 I think, and third week increased to 618 points. A lot of dramas get #1 spot but don't go over 600 points. Anything over 600 is exceptional.
This was a very good drama and deserves it's ratings and accolades. That said, the last episode is pretty much…
it might be the reason that the number of perfect 10's (or 5's in Douban) decreased from 18.1% to 17.5% to 16.7% today, but the overall rating is still 6.8 which is very good score for Douban relatively speaking when compared to many other very popular and very successful dramas have the same score. Typically, a 6.8 is at least 8.5 to 9 on MDL. Audiences seem to want happy endings.
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https://whimsicalreads.com/series/as-beautiful-as-beijing/
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Xu Kai has high end hair, skin, jewelry and clothing endorsements. These companies know what they are doing and vet thoroughly, they know everything about Xu Kai before they give him an endorsement. If he has fake hair or bad hair, he would not be face of so many high-end endorsements.