Love Like the Galaxy: Part 1 (2022)

One of the slowest dramas I've ever seen

This drama seems to have raving fans so I'll probably get attacked, but oh well.

I feel very deceived by the ratings. I am a fan of the FL, but the first 5 episodes were unbelievably boring. Extremely slow family politics. I heard it got better after episode 4, so I kept watching, but nope. In episode 6 they at least went somewhere different and something started happening (still very slow though) and the leads were finally in the same frame for a second. By then I already knew this drama just isn't for me. Maybe those who love it so much are much younger than me and that explains the difference of opinion. I found it excruciating.

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A True QUALITY WATCH, A rare to be seen MASTERPIECE

OVERALL OPINION:

In all my years as a drama addict i have yet to see such a quality watch as this. Although a few other masterpieces can be mentionned like Legend of Concubine Zhen Huan and A Dream of Splendor as well as TMOPB, i must say that so far this one seems to be promising the most and i truly hope it follows through till the end.

DETAILED OPINION:

+ Story/Plot:
Though i am still in the beginning of watching this, so far honestly it has been excellent plot and story wise. Nothing drags and i have been captivated every second of every episode, no filler scenes, it feels like every moment is necessary to the development of the story and to the understanding of the characters for future plot development. Having said that, not many series have many fillers in the beginning to start with. However as this one has around 30 episodes only (unlike dramas which drag the plot from 40 to 70 episodes), i am optimistic towards the unfolding of the scenes yet to come.

+ Acting/Cast:
I doubt i have seen all the characters yes but have definitely seen the main one and TBH so far so good.

I already like the main FEMALE LEAD from her other dramas she does not exaggerate or underplay her acting either.

The main lead's MOTHER is an excellent actress although her personality does seem to be wanted to be portrayed as strict and soldier like, i would like to see more of her motherly emotions which i am sure will not be omitted. Acting wise however so far i feel like she is a really good actress, you can tell from her silent facial expressions and eye movements.
The MAIN LEAD has so far not impressed me, although i am not sure if he is purposefully meant to be so monotonous because of the nature of his job but i have yet to see any facial expressions from him. which IF this continues would be disappointing because it would play into the usual cliche of mail leads that are expressionless in order for i dont know to make them seem more manly or something?

+ Direction:
*Clap Clap Clap* I honestly really ...truuuuly am IMPRESSED. like i said it is a rare watch and i believe all of that is due to the director. From the first scene i was already impressed from the entrance shot. from that i was able to tell that it was not yet another cliche drama following the same style as every other successful drama in order to collect viewership. GREAT EFFORT was put in by this director and even though the production value does not seem that extravagant, the director's efforts truly made the SCENES SHINE

+ Music:
i have not paid much attention to the music so far but i believe that to be A GOOD THING. It is neither overbearing the drama nor is it completely unpresent. I hate it most when they try and fail at manipulating the watchers with stupid music when it is so uncalled for in a scene. For example playing overly dramatic music in a scene that doesnt require so much drama just to exaggerate the effects and the emotions of the viewers in poorly written dramas. Because a well written and directed drama does not need the music to let us know how to feel but only to accessorise it.

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Verdadeiramente brilhante!

Comecei este drama em parte por Leo Wu. Tinha acabado de assistir Nirvana in Fire e amei seu personagem, ainda adolescente, Fei Liu.
Ainda nos primeiros episódios tive intenção de desistir. As atitudes aparentemente intempestivas e birrentas da personagem Shao Shang/Niao Niao me incomodavam. Hoje, finalizando o drama, me vejo feliz por ter persistindo.
O que a princípio me aborreceu tornou-se motivo de grande deleite. Foi desta maneira que consegui perceber a beleza na construção de cada um dos personagens.
A garota birrenta, mal amada e cheia de travessuras transformou-se em minha personagem favorita. Não apenas neste drama, mas de muitas histórias já concluídas. Niao Niao, linda, travessa, inteligente, determinada e extremamente calorosa foi umas das alavancas deste clássico. Atuação brilhante de Zhao Lusi. Com certeza uma das mais carismáticas atrizes dos C-dramas.
Leo Wu, um ator jovem, no auge dos seus 23 anos, tem se mostrado de um talento impecável. Tanto em sua vida pessoal, como no mundo artístico ele está sempre nos surpreendendo. Não consigo pensar um nenhum outro ator que pudesse personificar Zi Sheng de forma mais brilhante. Consegui sentir toda sua dor, mágoa e paixão ardente. Foi realmente deslumbrante acompanhar cada instante de seu personagem.
Uma trama envolvente, politicamente bem elaborada , sem se tornar cansativa para os voltados apenas para a distração e satisfazer os gostos mais exigentes de um bom contexto histórico. Confesso que nunca tive tanto carinho por um Imperador e Imperatriz em uma história. Até mesmo as controvérsias situações palacianas foram interessantes de acompanhar.
Uma paleta de cores das mais belas que já vi. Tudo perfeito para coroar atuações impressionantes, cenas de ação de um realismo vibrante, diálogos profundos e um amor que amadurece com o tempo.
Discorreria ainda por muito tempo sobre cada sensação que o drama me transmitiu mas, em meio a tantos comentários brilhantes e completos dos colegas, me sinto a vontade em parar por aqui.
A certeza de que Love Like The Galaxy (01 e 02) já foi glorificado como um dos melhores C-dramas históricos, já é totalmente gratificante. Valeu cada minuto. Adorei!
Recomendo de coração.

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I cried buckets for this drama

I cried buckets for this drama!

LLTG was highly recommended everywhere so it was on my list for such a long time. Overall, it’s not that great but it’s watchable. For historical fiction drama, I think Who Rules The World has better plot and pace.

The cast was good. Leo and Lusi, despite being in their early 20s during the filming, portrayed their character well. So does the supporting characters, I especially love Shaosang’s mother, Yuanyi. What an amazing actress. The relationship between this mother and daughter was done beautifully. For those who hated her mother, I truly feel her character as Asian parents at that time, and being a war general for 15 years. And she is probably the person that love Shaosang the most.

But the plot. Oh the plot. So many love story and revenge. And the pace is so slow. I had to play 1.25x speed to watch it. The villain’s character development is out of place, His Majesty the King and the crown prince is a joke. And poor Yuan Shanjian, can we get a better ending for that guy. He’s been waiting for Shaosang for so long and when they almost got married, FL old flame comes back. How unlucky is that.

Not to mention the ending. Its so lame. Would have been great if it fast forward to few years later, with ML & FL, got married and have a bunch of kids, since both of them grew up without love and family.

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What is love?

Cheeky, mischievous and lovable Zhao Lusi pulls it off again and is in her element when these traits are required of her character. She plays a very believable 15 year old who is figuring out what love is - be it family love or romantic love.

The cinematography was superb and had those panning scenes which I enjoyed in A Dream of Splendor. Scenery was gorgeous and sets were very realistic. Casting for the extras was very well done and it was so good to see the black guards looking especially tough and rugged unlike some dramas where the guards looked like school boys.

The character growth for the FL was good and it was refreshing to see her figure out what love and marriage is. Her interactions with the 3 different love interests was nicely done. #1 annoyed her every time they met, #2 spoiled her with food and catered to her every whim and #3 sparked the embers of love every time he saved her.

Unfortunately, while I loved the FL, I would have preferred a different ML. Just personal preference on what I would consider handsome. His posture didn’t sit well with me either but other than that he was a good actor who rode the horse very well and had great fighting scenes.

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Drama Emosional Romantis

Cerita sangat realistis, cerita menggambarkan seseorang yang masing masing masih memiliki kekurangan.. Alur cerita runtut dan mudah dipahami..
Tudak melulu tentang kesedihan namun diselipi juga hal hal yang lucu.. interaksi antar tokoh memiliki chemistry yang sangat bagus.. all cast totally effort.. Yang paling aku suka juga karena cast2 nya kebanyakan cakep cakep semua.. sangat pas.. karena keluarga kerajaan dari raja yang tampan dan ratu yang cantik banyak melahirkan putri dan pangeran yang cakep2 juga..
Cerita sangat detail sampai ke hal hal terkecil.. penggunaan kostum dan make up sangat sesuai..
Penampilan vidio sangat hidup terlihat sangat nyata..
penggunaan aksesoris juga menggambarkan posisi dan sifat pemain.. tidak hanya sekedar aksesoris.. cerita menampilkan trik trik yang saling berkaitan yang nantinya akan terpecahkan satu per satu..
penampilan adegan2 berbahaya juga tidak tanggung2 dan sangat nyata.. melihatnya sudah ikut merinding seolah olah nyata.. keren sekali crew nya..
sepanjang episode mempermainkan emosi, senang sedih haru marah kesal..
hal yang dapat kita ambil dari cerita ini adalah perubahan sifat manusia. dari yang awalnya kekanak2an ketika menghadapi masalah yang besar perlahan lahan menjadi sangat dewasa.. orang yang awalnya sekeras batu setelah mengalami hal yang mengecewakan dan penuh dengan penyesalan akhirnya menjadi sangat lembut dan mau berubah untuk memahami pasangannya.. jadi sifat manusia ini berubah sesuai dengan kondisi yang dialaminya.. ada orang yang pada akhirnya melakukan hal hal yang jahat karena mengalami ketidakadilan selama hidupnya.. ada pembalasan dendam karena telah kehilangan seseorang yang sangat berarti di hidupnya..
Satu hal yang pasti kebohongan pasti akan terbongkar dan pada saat terbongkar akan terjadi banyak kekecewaan..
Bagus banget sudah pokoknya..

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incroyable !

Cette série est absolument incroyable.
Zhao Lu Si a un rôle taillé sur mesure où elle peut exprimer son incroyable talent ! Leo Wu est lui aussi exceptionnel, l'alchimie entre les leads est sublimée par des prises de vues magnifiques.
Les personnages secondaires sont également super, on les déteste ou on les aime avec ferveur !
Le début de la série joue avec le caractère facétieux de LuSi et est amusant. Pour une fois, nous avons une actrice principale qui ne se laisse pas faire, et qui arrive à bien se débrouiller malgré un environnement hostile !
Les costumes, bijoux, prises de vues et combats sont superbes .
Il n'y a que la musique qui ne m'emballe pas plus que cela, mais ce n'est pas embêtant

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This unexpectedly becomes one of my favorite

To comply with the government regulation, Love Like A Galaxy is divided into two parts, to keep episodes below 40. The total episodes for the whole parts is 56. I'm glad they did not just cut here and there to keep the drama to just 40 episodes. It would not be as good otherwise. They divided the drama really well. Part 1 deals mostly with the character introductions and background. You get to see some character development, especially the FL and ML. Cheng Shao Shang started out as a rebellious girl that was left by her parents since she was a baby, to the care of her "evil-lish", annoying, materialistic, selfish grandmother and second aunt. The first part is about Shao Shang's life outside of the palace, and more about her family. This is an unexpectedly good drama, one that i will put on my favorites and will re-watch in the future, time permitted.

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This is a ridiculously honest review from a Chinese drama addict.

Love like the Galaxy is preposterously one of the most hyped dramas of 2022 amidst the airing spree of a myriad of other anticipated dramas. In as much as I, saw an auspicious chemistry between the two mail leads, Cheng Shao Shang casted by Zhao Lu Si and Ling Bu YI casted by Leo Wu, particularly stemming from the former's successful movies where she made us breathe in at intermittent stages of the plot a therapeutically refreshing air by virtue of her laden rich youthful energy character, hued with very excellent gusto ( portrayed in Who Rules the World starring she and Yang Yang), the male lead quite did wrong to the movie on my part. Leo Wu is boring, very less handsome, uncharismatic, lacks every sense of exigent humor, dull and doesn't exploit to his advantage his brilliant paired cast. He has never been good in exemplifying and playing romance. He made The Long Ballard which got featured in, a brilliant Diralba Dilmurat, very boring and I had to painfully leap over many an unwatched episode just to have a peek into the end, so frustrating.

As a preacher and delibrator of good C-dramas osts, this drama lacked any captivating and heartwrenching one (compare with
with the likes of Immortal Samsara, TMOPB, The Wolf, Novoland:Pearl Eclipse, Legend of Fei, Acient Love Poetry, amongst many others)., so exceedingly bad!

The sound effects was ridiculous and a disgrace, alongside the visual effects and everything.

There are a couple of many other things I would have loved to append to this honestly brutal review but I think none of them could measure a millionth to the tune of disappointment I have in the choice of the Male lead. A very bad thespian. I do not want to see him in any movie.

The only worth final note is that i PROUDLY dropped this series just some few minutes into the 5th episode, It was like a burden was lifted off my shoulders.

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Fortunately.. the disappointment came quickly.

I've hit my quota of eight episodes, subjecting myself to watch through even when the drama fails to impress.

Despite the lackluster description of "Love Like the Galaxy," buoyed only by positive reviews, I reluctantly gave it a shot.

And boy, did I rue the decision to ignore my instincts. Firstly, the narrative lacks any semblance of coherence, careening aimlessly without regard for structure.
Secondly, every character wallows in a pit of despair, displaying minimal emotional range.

Attempts at injecting levity fall flat, as the supposed "comedic relief" fails to elicit even a smirk. Slapping on humorous music doesn't magically transform a scene into a comedic goldmine.

In sum, the sole saving grace of this debacle is its cast. And when that's the highlight, it's a glaring sign of creative failure.

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En mi top de cdramas del 2022

Maravillosa!! Increible! Inolvidable!!! Lo tiene todo, empieza como un drama familiar histórico con minuciosas recreaciones de la vida de una familia militar ascendida a la nobleza debido a las hazañas militares del padre, la protagonista una chica rebelde que ha crecido sola criada por parientes mezquinas y añorando el verdadero amor familiar. La premisa es interesante, el ritmo se desarrolla muy bien, es un coming age de la protagonista muy bien explicado, él, el héroe frio, un joven general ya comandante de los ejércitos del emperador famoso por sus gestas y por su arrojo en la batalla, no hay nada muy novedoso ni original, la historia de amor slow burn es en si misma muy buena, mariposas en el estómago en cada interacción. Pero de golpe la magia ocurre y la historia ya es algo más! Te envuelve en algo épico, trágico, emotivo, no sé.... los personajes no son los típicos chica tonta y bondadosa y tipo frio distante, no...Hasta las historias secundarias te atrapan. Es como un tejido muy bien hilado que va volviéndose más complejo e interesante. En muchos capítulos lloras con lo que les pasa a los personajes, te emocionas y ries. Nada deja indiferente. La fotografía espectacular, las tomas, los ángulos, la belleza visual, ellos están ...indescriptibles...la edición...pero es más..la ost aún sin ser cantada, envuelve y realza la historia de manera sutil, en todos los momentos. No puedes parar de verla! Y todo a su ritmo va cuadrando, va elevándose en todos los aspectos trágicos, amorosos, emotivos...Gran papel de la protagonista, gran química de la pareja, gran protagonista masculino! Magnífico el elenco de secundarios, supremos la abuela, la madre, la emperatriz, la consorte, el emperador, los soldados, todos!!!! Una obra maestra para ver y revisar cada cierto tiempo! Un regalo para los amantes de las series históricas pero creo para gente que usualmente no le guste este género! MUst watch!!!

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