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1.5 episodes in and I’m out. For good.

I began watching this drama with high expectations because it has a high rating of 8 plus / 10 and the reviews are very good. I thought that I had found a gem but I was wrong.

I endured the first episode. I use the word ‘endured’ because the acting was pretty poor and mediocre and the plot seemed quite boring. Someone (a reviewer) said that Joker Xue was funny. To my great disappointment, he was not funny at all. He seemed utterly selfish and eccentric. I could not stand his nasally voice which was fairly high pitched for a male and he sounded like a duck that quacked away. It was most unnerving and unpleasant. I didn’t like listening to him and I didn’t like watching him. I found him detestable. In the second episode, he was worse! He was squabbling with a female neighbour and behaved insufferably! It was painful to watch. After 1.5 episodes, I figured that ‘enough is enough’ and I should not plough my way through a drama that is utterly painful to watch.

Verdict - don’t watch this drama unless you like young boys who can’t act well and ridiculous adults like Joker Xue and the other adults who are revolting like the senior teachers.
Not a good drama.

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English?

There was no way I could get even get half way through episode 1.
I only read the English language. Who ever did the subs in English should NEVER be permitted to attempt this task. IF you think you can speak or read English you failed miserably. I can excuse a few mistakes and still understand the story line but this is an impossible disaster. Someone told me translators are not paid and are volunteer's. Either way, please don't ruin movies in any language by saying you know a language when you don't. I guess anyone reading this knows I am very upset I couldn't watch this movie. Yes, you should be embarrassed.

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I agree with the other reviewer, it's painfully slow and sentimental, I really do not see police officers, especially cadets, behaving like that. Despite the attractions of Miura Haruma and Sato Koichi, I really can't take this seriously. Miura as the clean cut recruit looks nothing like his real self and is totally out of character. His haircut sucks. Sato is just not convincing as a tough guy cop turned instructor. I think both landed a stinker here. A generous 4/10.

Story - unoriginal, unbelievable
Acting/cast - on paper Miura and Sato ought to be a dream team, here they are more like a dead duck
Music - ?
Re-watch - unwatchable

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so far

I know its only ep 4 but so far, its ok. I watched all versions (except Jap.) And my fave is the korean. Probably because they are older and it yook a real toll on them. Already this version is kiddish to me and playful.
I mean, a women who had a boyfriemd, but wouldnt spend the night with him, gets drunk after consciously signing her own name to a marriage certificate and ends up sleeping with him. No f-ing way!
Then how come he didn't know it waa a real certificate - he spoke with the captain to set it up himself!
To all that says he cheated on his girlfriend - he didnt, she was his wife no matter how you put it, they were legally married.
I already an loosing interest bc i cant feel shit for this couple. They seem too young to know how begin handling it.
The korean version, the ml had a lot to protect with a marriage and an heir. The fl had a lot of self reflection to do. They both took it on in different ways causing the breakdown of trust and therefore their marriage (the miscarriage was the linchpin)
I just feel the korean version was more mature (bar them being drugged bc that made no sense).
Ill see how far i could get b4 i cant take anymore. Sorry but i already dislike the fl. Her acting is so stiff.

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Isekai: The best Genre

Food analogy: An exotic fine dining experience of Chinese Cuisine

This is probably my first C-drama review and My very first Wuxia drama and I have always been a fan of Isekai. I can't begin to explain how much in love I am with this drama. I will probably watch a lot more wuxia from now on.
The story itself is very very good and has me hooked since the beginning. You would be drawn with the fight sequences and the amazing CGI but it is the amazing character developments will keep you going.

Let's talk about acting. Ding Yu Xi is the main reason I wanted to write an early review. From every smirk to every eyebrow arch, everything about his acting screams perfection. so amazing. With every tear in his eyes, i felt like my heart too was breaking. Then i realized, he is very underrated. I wish he gets the fame that he deserves.
Even when the FL is acting cute often but it has not been over the top ( which is a big deal because i generally drop dramas, if there is too much overacting) . Supporting actors are good as well.

Not much of a rewatch girlie but this drama, i know i will.


Don't skip this.

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okayy

at first I felt a really strong connection to this drama. Particularly the first episode was really good. the ones after that (2,3,4) were also really good, but after episode 5 it went downhill. I think they should’ve focused more on the revnge plot than the romance + the romance plot was very weak. if they wanted to do it, they couldve at least make it better. beside that I still give it a 7/10 because I think if there will be a s2 then this is okayy. Don’t expect too much, if you really wanna watch a great high school “getting revenge for my brother who was killed” go watch revenge of others!

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Best show to laugh and give you lots of energy

Beginning I just used to watch clips in YouTube and once I saw lee Jong suk and Kim woo bin as guest and I loved the clips so I watched complete episode of it and I loved it.

When I started watching running man, it has total of 503 episodes, so I started watching certain episodes with celebs whom I liked. And best episodes or random. It’s truly great and amazing.

One thing is truly amazing in it is I don’t feel like it’s scripted. They play fare and with full of comedy. You won’t see any sad sees in running man but you will feel bad for few people which is also in a fun way.

Best show for good laugh - it has entertainment, comedy, beautiful locations, and they travel international trips, and amazing food, amazing games, rides, friendship, betrayal, doing they best to win, logics, tricks, water games and more than anything, you will get to see your favourite celeb doing cute and funny things. Running man team will give you all fun. Rock paper Scissor is one thing you see more.

Kim woo bin, lee Jong suk, lee Seung gi, song Joong ki, Kim soo hyun, ji Chang wook, gong yoo, park seo joon, Suzy, park shin hye, seo in guk, Choi Jin Hyuk, joo won, Choi min ho, upto I remember I enjoyed all this people shows.

I even find crew and staff is also amazing when they take part in show or when they be visible. And I even enjoyed a fan based episode. Name elimination is one thing I love to watch more. Show is almost more then 1 hour 30min. And I always feel time passes very quick. Depending on sub titles is one thing which makes me to miss real run. But the actions and expressions and how the visuals you see.. sub titles also won’t be a big deal ( I mean you will understand even if you don’t know the language ).

I wanna see hyun bin, so ji sub and Lee min ho and few more celebs in runnning man.

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worst tlbb, 3 star in douban, cheapskate

i am a fan of tlbb. my warning, dun watch this. so many failures. Opening song so wimpy, first scene already set me off. the floor are concrete, everything feels like so fake. I hate the filming method: take part of body only. u see face only , next foot only, and so on, and camera shaking during fight scene. I can't enjoy this, This is CHEAPSKATE filming.

Further more, the cast seems wrong, no chemistries and the plot... Sorry I cant continue, I got inner damage/nei shang, just vomitted too much blood.

The best one is still 2003 version or HK version.

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The Battle of the Brained Titans

‘Melody of Golden Age’ (2024) Mystery Romance

I am excited about the new Chinese Costume Drama Melody of Golden Age. There is much attention to cinematic details in this Chinese drama, like camera angles, film and cinematography quality, and scene composition. All this is to raise the drama suspense level. The drama’s opening minutes are so eye catching.

Strong cold male with high intelligence battles with focused and fearless intelligent female.

Shen Du (Ding Yu Xi) is an illegitimate son whose intelligence and keen observation skills allows him to solve crimes easily. This has gotten him promoted to Great Chief of the Internal Imperial Guard Office. He is an expert archer with a full life and it does not have room for romance. Consequently, when the Queen keeps trying to marry him off, he scares the wits out of the prospective brides and they call off the engagement. Yan Xing is from nobility and daughter of a Concubine, but she is a trailblazer. She is the Sixth Miss of the Yan Clan. Yan Xing is a woman who takes advantage of a program advanced by the Queen. Woman are being selected for a male dominate position of Clerk of the Ministry of Justice, an investigative bureau.

The sister of Yan Xing is selected to be the next victim bride of Shen Du. When the sister runs off, Yan Xing steps in to protect the family name and becomes the bride candidate. Shen Du soon tries his old tricks again, but Yan Xing is intelligent and bold enough to call his bluff. The situation reduces to The Battle of the Brained Titans. These two learn to coexist and become a crime solving team.

Melody of Golden Age is adapted from the Webnovel ‘Chang A Tong Que Ming’, written by Feng Huang Xi. I think that Melody of Golden Age should be added to your Chinese Drama View List.

Actors

Acting since 2017, Ding Yu Xi made a big splash in the 2020 Chinese Drama hit ‘Romance of Tiger and Rose”, my first meeting with him. Ding Yu Xi has a magnetism about him. You don’t easily forget his bravado. Ding Yu Xi has “cold male” down to a science. Since 2020, Ding Yu Xi began to carve his niche in Period Dramas. His bravado works so well with this genre. Ding Yu Xi has appeared in nine Chinese Dramas since 2020, with seven dramas being costume dramas. Ding Yu Xi is shooting up the A-List meter fast.

Chinese actress Ancy Deng is a new comer too. She started acting in 2017 as well. Her status is a slow climb, landing guest, support, and main roles. Flourish in Time (2021) was a hit for Andy Deng. Melody of Golden Age (2024) is a hit for her thus far.

Interesting Note: Ding Yu Xi is a Guy’s Guy who bites his nails. He has football fingers. I find it interesting in the opening scene, a male hand model with delicate hands is used for this pivotal scene for the close up of the fingers strumming a bow. I saw his hands in Romance of Tiger and Rose.

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Saving myself from this ordeal...

As much as I love Bailu and Luo Yun Xi, I've decided to drop this after 1.5 episodes. I'm so annoyed with the FL's actions right now.
Sure, she was scared of the Devil God from her own time but she did come back to the past BEFORE he became evil for a reason, right? Why try to get him upset and then act like he is more than the current situation?

She realized right off the bat that the real Ye Xi Wu was a difficult person so she didn't have to continue acting like her. But no, here she was letting him continue kneeling in the snow while she contemplated how he deserved it and that he was indeed not a "normal person". Then when he fainted, she was praying that he wouldn't die when she - as Ye Xi Wu, the person who made him kneel originally - could have just as easily freed him and started analyzing how she would accomplish her mission.

There were other infuriating things from the first episode too, so I'm doing myself a favor and choosing not to suffer through this stupidity.

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This is a mess that just popped up in less than 5 minutes, can't believe it's true

How can one make such a messed up series? The only bright spot is the actors' faces and the actors' acting is not enough to save the movie it's very bad, it's annoying from the emotionless dialogue the movie can say 18+ but it sucks with everything that can't be watched again, people probably only see the 18+ segments that are cut
How can one make such a messed up series? The only bright spot is the actors' faces and the actors' acting is not enough to save the movie it's very bad, it's annoying from the emotionless dialogue the movie can say 18+ but it sucks with everything that can't be watched again, people probably only see the 18+ segments that are cut
How can one make such a messed up series? The only bright spot is the actors' faces and the actors' acting is not enough to save the movie it's very bad, it's annoying from the emotionless dialogue the movie can say 18+ but it sucks with everything that can't be watched again, people probably only see the 18+ segments that are cut
How can one make such a messed up series? The only bright spot is the actors' faces and the actors' acting is not enough to save the movie it's very bad, it's annoying from the emotionless dialogue the movie can say 18+ but it sucks with everything that can't be watched again, people probably only see the 18+ segments that are cut

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