whoissilmoy

to me, the ml is a nice gentleman, kind and gentle man, really; very likable fellow

"Xue Fangfei has a strong sense of worthiness and a beauty that touches the soul."

Wikipedia:
In 2010, Zhou was picked by Zhang Yimou to star in his film Under the Hawthorn Tree, despite having no acting experience prior to taking on the role. She rose to fame for her appearance in the film and won several awards, including the Best Actress at the 56th Valladolid International Film Spain Festival, Outstanding New Actress at the 14th Huabiao Award and Best New Performer at the 20th Shanghai Film Critics Awards.

I got about halfway and then skipped ahead sampling the chapters to see what happens. I wanted to pick it back up and finish it properly since the drama will be airing soon, but now the chapters are gone. I detect from the trailer that HT is more emotional than in the novel. The HT in the novel is epitome of perfection. I think XK will make HT more relatable, more human.
Also, I wanted to read the extra chapters but hadn't. I hope he will upload in the new link.

If you translate Shakespeare into Chinese, the Chinese person will find it "insane" too.

There are simply writings in the Chinese language cannot be translated by the limiting English words.
For example, Crystal Liu (Li Yifei) performance in The Return of the Condor Heroes when she was 18 yrs. old that propelled her to fame, her appearance caused everyone to call her "Fairy Sister" and she is still known by that, but just translating each character has lost the meaning and there are no English words to capture the meaning of what Chinese meant by "Fairy Sister". Unfortunately, if you don't understand Chinese, you cannot understand the true meaning. You're just getting the translation of a character. Even if Chinese person try to explain it, it's hard for someone who is not Chinese to understand. Chinese civilization is 5,000 yrs. old, writing 3,600 yrs. and literature is over 3,000 yrs. They recorded everything. The first emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang, standardized the written Chinese language so that no matter what dialect you spoke, everyone across the vast empire can understand one unified written language, facilitating communication and administration. I don't know of any other race who accomplished this ever. Chinese people did it over 2000 years ago. Education has always been important and equal for both men and women in China for thousands of years.

I didn't get to read the "extra" chapters. XK said he is going to modify HT somewhat.

Did Han Ting ever shed tears in the novel because he does in the trailer.

Perhaps Ep 23 is the climax

I sampled his performance in Delicacies Destiny and found him to be an excellent actor. I know he can play this kind of role in The Double. It fits him really well due to his own appearance and demeanor and martial arts skills but then I find that he can also play the opposite, but I think he is more suited for meaner looking roles. But after watching some of his scenes in Delicacies Destiny, I think he can also play cute, charming, funny, lighthearted roles too.

I hope Wu Jin Yan will get a Breakthrough Award or something. Then she can get more opportunities. It's been two years since she made a drama.

There's a drama recently aired that she likes she says, "created with love", "imperfect but certain aspects are impressive"; however, this drama, The Double, she rants about the visual metaphors (qin competition), slow-motion (leaves falling), camera close up and far away (faces), and says a person has to be brainless to enjoy it (so illogical) so she's had enough and knew beforehand she wouldn't like it but only watched it to make review. Even things like the lighting are okay she has to point it out that it's not great. Even Wu Jin Yan' acting she has to make a comment like she's worse than a robot, or Wang Xing Yue acting is too one dimensional to her and lack of depth and expressions, always the same look, etc. She harbors strong biases against “idol dramas” and “idol actors.” Her tendency to nitpick rather than provide constructive critique limit her ability to offer valuable insights to a broader audience.

This director is the son of the most famous screenwriter/director of his time, among Beijing circles, his father was considered the "godfather of dramas".

Avenue X is biased and hates certain actors. She doesn't view what she considers "idol dramas" and "idol actors" as real dramas or real actors. She really should not watch what she disdains knowing beforehand that she will write a negative review, unless she likes the actor, then she will overlook flaws and say all kinds of supportive arguments.

Did Jiang Li intend to kill him with the arrow? Did Princess W push Jiang Li right before she released the arrow at Scholar Shen? If Xiao Heng hadn't intercepted the arrow, would it have killed Shen?

Jul 2 seems like a low-key date. Are there other highly anticipated dramas airing that week? Joy of Life is done airing. The Tale of Rose is so hot, it became the fastest urban drama to hit 30000 on Tencent. The Double is an unexpected hot drama right now. But these dramas will be done airing by Jul 2. However, the highly anticipated Lost You Forever S2 may be airing on Jul 10. I thought it was supposed to come out in August but maybe they want to get it out before the Summer Olympics, which is another reason Jul 2 for ABAY is a good date.

The leads are good in The Double. I'm already familiar with Wu Jin Yan. I checked out Wang Xing Yue's acting in Delicacies Destiny which showcase a completely different kind of character. He's a really excellent actor (has a lot going for him), and only 22, but he looks and feels so much older.

Gosh, I felt like I was in the Royal Feast drama set as soon as I saw the scenes. It's identical. I'm guessing that Yu Zheng (agent/producer) gave his new favorite young talented actor, WXY, a main role to promote him. WXY was only 19 when he made this drama, even though he looks and feels much older. I watched parts of it to catch his acting skills and I think he is an excellent actor.

Tiffany Tang was nominated for Best Actress for her role in Blossoms Shanghai at the Shanghai International TV Festival, also known as the Magnolia Awards. She's already a highly acclaimed actress.

Jing Tian is a pretty girl. She has height and a very nice figure and lovely skin and beautiful big eyes and very graceful and charm. She has a better figure than other Chinese actresses who are too skinny.

Bian Luohuan in the game had no romance with Yue Qi so already the drama made the risky change to the storyline due to having the same actor playing both characters who is supposed to look exactly alike as in the game too. The character of Bian Luohuan was the biggest change for one of the most important characters in the adaptation and a boring character which meant Xu Kai had to interpret this role by himself.