I feel like there are a lot of really epic and beautiful scenes in the last 5 episodes so obviously I'd recommend to watch. But if not, fair enough! Each to their own. 😂 It's an open ending. So there is some hope there that he may return (as he does in the novel) If you do decide to finish the drama - you could always read the translated happy ending epilogue chapters of the novel that are on the discussion boards for more closure.
Douban is not reliable because there are lots of good dramas with popular actors and actresses which gets downvoted…
Douban is notoriously harsh. (& as someone said, prone to water armies etc)
A 6.7 rating on Douban for a romantic idol drama like Hidden Love is actually decent. Love is Sweet got a similar rating on Douban which is not bad for a modern romantic comedy at all. Love is Sweet was popular enough that Iqiyi gave it a fanmeet as a result, and gave LYX and BL popularity awards for it. It pretty consistently got back into Iqiyi's top 10 list in the years after it came out.
A lot of popular dramas that are considered commercial hits have Douban scores of between 6-7. There are some big ones that even have scores lower than that. I wouldn't think too much on it just yet. Just watch and judge for yourself.
Viki's ending is cut short. Youtube has an extended ending.
There are two different endings. The original official ending on Youku(& youtube) and tv, implies that Su Wei'an died as a result of their drug trial and we see their son. The version on viki was the alternative ending ( which was actually a seperate clip from the episode on the youku app) Certain parts of the scene were cut (the reference to the drug trial patient dying) and it's left a little more ambiguous as to weather she has died or not and we don't see their son. For some reason viki chose the alt. ending instead.
guys should i watch it? i watched it before but stopped cz of the cgi but i like bailu, so is it worth a shot?
I thought the cgi was, for the most part, pretty good in this. A leap above the cgi in a lot of other dramas i've watched in the same genre tbh. 😅
But regardless of how you feel about the cgi, yes I do think you should give it another go. Worth it for the Story, acting (especially Luo yunxi and Bai Lu), onscreen chemistry, music and costume as well imo. 😊
I'm on ep 26 and its kinda gotten hard for me to watch, like why did ye xi wu suddenly HAD to go release Xiao…
Xiao Lin insinuated he was going to kill himself if he couldn't escape, and despite loving him, she didn't trust TTJ. Maybe he wouldn't kill Xiao Lin but she didn't believe he would release him (And why would he given the circumstances? He was the emperor and this man was the enemy of Jing kingdom.) And I think for Li Susu, she still saw XL not just as a good person, but as her sect brother from the future, Gongye Jiwu, who she grew up with. She didn't want to hurt TTJ, but I don't think she believed he would let XL go any other way and there was no way to escape without him out of the picture for a bit. Really not the smartest decision she made obviously, because not only would it hinder her mission, it allowed Ye Bingchang to do what she did, and then everything that followed.
I don't think she really thought it through. Li Susu (as Ye Xiwu at least) is kind of impulsive and quick to temper sometimes. But, at least in this case, she didn't intentionally set out to hurt him. I think when she realized he had mind controlled her and forced her to kill XL against her will, she was much too angry and hurt to think further on the porridge. It just fed into the fears she already had.
Just saw this onehttps://x.com/fkshi/status/1790620172740653480?s=61&t=Yrnxdn_o0bTsrl4_ZPwY7g
The novel it's being adapted from is set after Black Moonlight Holds the BE script. A very long time after I think. (I've read that Tantai Jin, Li Susu and A Mi are briefly mentioned in it, as are Ming Ye and Sang Jiu) So I'm starting to wonder if it will actually be a sequel rather than a prequel. Or rather, just another story set in the same universe.
In a recent variety show there was a segment in which the question was: "Name the artists who have played lovers in movies and dramas" the contestant said "Liu Yuning" and
Liu yuning finished it with saying "Zhao Lusi"
Sure he could have been talking about The Long Ballad but seeing as he had just finished filming The Story of Pearl Girl im going to assume its likely that is what he was referring too.
So Liu Yuning is referring to them as playing lovers. Exactly what kind of romance it will be we will have to wait to find out. 🤣 (we can guess. I would assume a complicated one)
I've also been following the reuters there is no way there's nothing between them at all
edit* I obviously don't know what kisses there are or aren't in this. I'm just speaking romance. I would assume there are given as they are described as "lovers" and both have done kissing scenes before, but if not - well, with good enough chemistry it doesn't always matter.
Not really. Another male character has a thing for the FL but she never realises it until near the end and never feels the same way. There is also another character who has a thing for the ML, he never feels the same way either.
bittergace has created another gorgeous video edit. This time it's an edit creating the novel's epilogue using novel quotes. It's so gorgeous - a little mini-epilogue. ❤️❤️
Lol, that was a past scandal. There's nothing indicating that the series is going to be canceled 🙄
I mean the drama was filmed four years ago and this, as well as other dramas based on BL novels in that time, still haven't come out. So I understand why many people may feel it's shelved for good.
But it doesn't have anything to do with Chen Feiyu's scandal
A 6.7 rating on Douban for a romantic idol drama like Hidden Love is actually decent. Love is Sweet got a similar rating on Douban which is not bad for a modern romantic comedy at all. Love is Sweet was popular enough that Iqiyi gave it a fanmeet as a result, and gave LYX and BL popularity awards for it. It pretty consistently got back into Iqiyi's top 10 list in the years after it came out.
A lot of popular dramas that are considered commercial hits have Douban scores of between 6-7. There are some big ones that even have scores lower than that. I wouldn't think too much on it just yet. Just watch and judge for yourself.
Their Hello Saturday episode airs June 1st so I think it will be in the next few weeks.
But regardless of how you feel about the cgi, yes I do think you should give it another go. Worth it for the Story, acting (especially Luo yunxi and Bai Lu), onscreen chemistry, music and costume as well imo. 😊
I don't think she really thought it through. Li Susu (as Ye Xiwu at least) is kind of impulsive and quick to temper sometimes. But, at least in this case, she didn't intentionally set out to hurt him. I think when she realized he had mind controlled her and forced her to kill XL against her will, she was much too angry and hurt to think further on the porridge. It just fed into the fears she already had.
In a recent variety show there was a segment in which the question was: "Name the artists who have played lovers in movies and dramas" the contestant said "Liu Yuning" and
Liu yuning finished it with saying
"Zhao Lusi"
Sure he could have been talking about The Long Ballad but seeing as he had just finished filming The Story of Pearl Girl im going to assume its likely that is what he was referring too.
So Liu Yuning is referring to them as playing lovers. Exactly what kind of romance it will be we will have to wait to find out. 🤣 (we can guess. I would assume a complicated one)
I've also been following the reuters there is no way there's nothing between them at all
edit* I obviously don't know what kisses there are or aren't in this. I'm just speaking romance. I would assume there are given as they are described as "lovers" and both have done kissing scenes before, but if not - well, with good enough chemistry it doesn't always matter.
bittergace has created another gorgeous video edit. This time it's an edit creating the novel's epilogue using novel quotes. It's so gorgeous - a little mini-epilogue. ❤️❤️
But it doesn't have anything to do with Chen Feiyu's scandal