"The screenwriter of Qi Jinchao spoke highly of Xu Kai: dedicated, professional, and thoughtful, he is lucky to have him, he is really good, he is an immortal."
"The screenwriters of the ages and the screenwriters of Erba have praised him fiercely, he is worth it."
"Yu Zheng really delayed Xu Kai."
"Who would have thought 8 yrs. ago that the most underappreciated actor in the most poorly reviewed work of Sword and Sword would win the Best Actor award."
"The drama version of Yue Jin Zhao is really good. I retract all my prejudices against Xu Kai."
"Xu Kai's acting skills saved the decisive battle; otherwise, I would be online a long time (hating the director). Xu Kai performed a 3-point scene to a 100-point level showing his attachment to Qi, his worry about Qi, and his feelings toward separation."
"Jinzhao in the drama is really more likeable than the one in the game."
"Xu Kai interpretation of Jinzhao is deeper than the game. The "elopement" scene was added very well and the concept of "peace for the common man" was sublimated."
"When he stood there, I felt like he was reincarnated."
"Just from being in the character, you can tell that he really likes Senliu."
"I fell in love with Bian because of Xu Kai; otherwise, I 'd never like the character."
"I got to know Bian's state of mind because of Xu Kai's acting skills."
"No one can stay a child forever. If someone could always remain a child, it is because someone else is bearing the burdens that she should carry for her."
I don't remember if this line was in the drama but in the game, while fighting Zhu Yu, Jinzaho realized that Qi was able to think for herself and that she would be fine if he's not around.
Jin zhao gave everything he had left to awaken Qi to fight Zhu Yu, that's why he had no more strength to live. He knew it but he didn't let Qi know. The scene of them together after the final battle is very moving, Qi as her usual kind, sweet, adorable self always thinking of egg noodles and always looking up to Jinzhao as her everything, and Jinzaho his brave, but now weak and dying self, always caring about Qi, sent her away to buy candied haws so she wouldn't see him die. As he died, he held on to his fish pendant. Even though I've seen the scene before, I still feel sad and my eyes swell up.
I really love Esther Yu. Her emotional scene in ep 35 was amazing. She makes acting seem effortless. She was perfectly cast as Qi. I can't think of who else could have been such an adorable, lovable, and powerful Qi. She's the first female actress that I truly enjoyed those hand movements. She has more of a punch to whatever she does.
When Xu Kai fights with others, especially female actors who don't' have martial arts skills, I'm sure he has to be careful not to hurt them.
Showing emotions when you are being killed is not easy. I read a comment a viewer was making fun of some actor as looking like he was constipated. So it's not easy to look like you're in pain or dying.
Xu Kai has mastered the art of looking lifeless, like all energy has been sucked out of him, and you can feel his body becomes limp.
Wan Peng is great. She deserves to a main lead in a drama of her own.
Xu Kai has the most exquisite hands. I first noticed them in Royal Feast when he extended his hands to Zajin.
Chen Zi Han who plays Qing Fei has a lovely face. She was in 2006 Return of Condor Heroes. It's a treat this drama has her caliber for guest role. I'm glad she got a final emotional scene to showcase her acting skills. Someone like her I'm sure is using her own voice.
Han Dong plays Xuwei became famous in the 2011 hit Scarlet Heart.
The little girl who played Xiao Yuan left an impression on me. I'm sure she will have a breakout role one day.
The acting in this drama as a whole is outstanding.
no wonder the MDL age group for SAF6 shows that middled age 40+ rated the lowest (7.8); interestingly, the same age group rated SAF4 highly (8.5-8.9). This is why reviews is the only way to get the message out that this drama was a great adaptation of the game Sword and Fairy, that the actors did a phenomenal job, really.
Quote from a gamer review: "Of course, this is just a personal guess, or a very small guess. But if it really happens, it will be because this drama is blackened by fans of Xian 1, 3, and 4, Hu Ge fans, Yu Shuxin Heizi, etc., which causes the Douban score to hit the street and sigh"
it's not open ended to me. it's happy ending as confirmed by the game epilogue. The drama in effect restored the game ending but left the audience to its imagination while the game epilogue was blunt about it. It was brilliant to adapt the game ending yet made the drama ending more interesting which to me was a big improvement for drama watching otherwise it would have been even more bland as some viewers described the ending. The epilogue was happy encounter. If the ending did not follow the game, there is no way the gaming community would be highly praising this adaptation.
I love this compilation with many BTS scenes between XK and Esther 🥰🥰https://youtu.be/Zu2cOhetjMU?si=CqxCP0VCboZQBWHf
Esther is athletic. She did first-grade wire spinning very well with no training or foundation before even if it hurts. I'm very impresses with her dedication and skills. What was that? Xu Kai wanted Esther to drink the bath water?
quote from gamer: "I think it's very difficult to play this role (Yue Qi or Prayer), her naivety and ignorance of the world can easily be played very contrived (unrealistic). But Yu Shuxin has done it, she really restores it really well, and anyone who has played the game can feel it, she really has the strength of Prayer"
It's a great achievement to get praised by the targeted audiences(Game players, Producer of SAF game, Tech related…
I don't know about SF4 but I recall reading that SAF1 and SAF3 adaptations deviated a lot from the game but the actors are very famous and gave great performance. SAF6 adaptation is very special the way it was done. You can't get better than SAF6 as far as restoring a game to a TV series. It's like they restored as much as they possibly can and added whip cream and cherry on top.
Getting recognition from the technical community is great achievement because technical people are highly intelligent, more objective and are critical. They are not easy to please.
It's a great achievement to get praised by the targeted audiences(Game players, Producer of SAF game, Tech related…
They should really take it one step further and give this drama an award for Best Adaptation of a Video Game,
So many characters in this drama have uncanny resemblance to the game characters, not just in the costume and hair, but how they portrayed the personality, the way they talk, walk, eat, etc. It is truly remarkable casting and chemistry. Every actor brought the animation characters to life. The animation characters have a lot of personality, charm, and chemistry and the drama actors were able to bring it to life. Esther as Qi greatly improved her character. Xu Kai as Bian was masterful although the adaptation of Bian changed a lot, but it actually made the story more interesting as well as for drama watchers. The costumes are beautiful in the game, sexier and revealing of course which can't be done in Chinese drama, but the costumes the drama created matched the game and even improved it in a lot of ways. I couldn't but help notice how creative and beautiful the costumes and hair styles were. Is there an award for Best Costume Design?
Someone just posted a review with rating of 6.0 saying "can the drama please start out with a strong woman instead of a child?" This is why if you want to support this drama, you should rate generously to offset all the unreasonable low ratings from people who want to change the story and other reasons. The rating on this drama has been downgraded due to fl voice syndrome. It is glaringly obvious over at Viki.
It's the same ending as the game. The producers have far exceeded the expectations of restoring the game. This drama has got to be The Best Adaptation of a Video Game Ever. However, in doing so, did they limit their audience?
Gaming community should give this drama some recognition to show some appreciation.
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"The screenwriters of the ages and the screenwriters of Erba have praised him fiercely, he is worth it."
"Yu Zheng really delayed Xu Kai."
"Who would have thought 8 yrs. ago that the most underappreciated actor in the most poorly reviewed work of Sword and Sword would win the Best Actor award."
"The drama version of Yue Jin Zhao is really good. I retract all my prejudices against Xu Kai."
"Xu Kai's acting skills saved the decisive battle; otherwise, I would be online a long time (hating the director). Xu Kai performed a 3-point scene to a 100-point level showing his attachment to Qi, his worry about Qi, and his feelings toward separation."
"Jinzhao in the drama is really more likeable than the one in the game."
"Xu Kai interpretation of Jinzhao is deeper than the game. The "elopement" scene was added very well and the concept of "peace for the common man" was sublimated."
"When he stood there, I felt like he was reincarnated."
"Just from being in the character, you can tell that he really likes Senliu."
"I fell in love with Bian because of Xu Kai; otherwise, I 'd never like the character."
"I got to know Bian's state of mind because of Xu Kai's acting skills."
So much courage in this drama!
This drama will touch all your senses!
When Xu Kai fights with others, especially female actors who don't' have martial arts skills, I'm sure he has to be careful not to hurt them.
Showing emotions when you are being killed is not easy. I read a comment a viewer was making fun of some actor as looking like he was constipated. So it's not easy to look like you're in pain or dying.
Xu Kai has mastered the art of looking lifeless, like all energy has been sucked out of him, and you can feel his body becomes limp.
Wan Peng is great. She deserves to a main lead in a drama of her own.
Xu Kai has the most exquisite hands. I first noticed them in Royal Feast when he extended his hands to Zajin.
Chen Zi Han who plays Qing Fei has a lovely face. She was in 2006 Return of Condor Heroes. It's a treat this drama has her caliber for guest role. I'm glad she got a final emotional scene to showcase her acting skills. Someone like her I'm sure is using her own voice.
Han Dong plays Xuwei became famous in the 2011 hit Scarlet Heart.
The little girl who played Xiao Yuan left an impression on me. I'm sure she will have a breakout role one day.
The acting in this drama as a whole is outstanding.
Quote from a gamer review:
"Of course, this is just a personal guess, or a very small guess. But if it really happens, it will be because this drama is blackened by fans of Xian 1, 3, and 4, Hu Ge fans, Yu Shuxin Heizi, etc., which causes the Douban score to hit the street and sigh"
Getting recognition from the technical community is great achievement because technical people are highly intelligent, more objective and are critical. They are not easy to please.
So many characters in this drama have uncanny resemblance to the game characters, not just in the costume and hair, but how they portrayed the personality, the way they talk, walk, eat, etc. It is truly remarkable casting and chemistry.
Every actor brought the animation characters to life. The animation characters have a lot of personality, charm, and chemistry and the drama actors were able to bring it to life. Esther as Qi greatly improved her character. Xu Kai as Bian was masterful although the adaptation of Bian changed a lot, but it actually made the story more interesting as well as for drama watchers.
The costumes are beautiful in the game, sexier and revealing of course which can't be done in Chinese drama, but the costumes the drama created matched the game and even improved it in a lot of ways. I couldn't but help notice how creative and beautiful the costumes and hair styles were. Is there an award for Best Costume Design?
However, in doing so, did they limit their audience?
Gaming community should give this drama some recognition to show some appreciation.