Reviews

You should be ashamed of yourselves.

Anyone who enjoys watching something so harmful and disgusting shouldn’t be allowed to consume LGBTQ+ media. Too many horrible tropes, like fujoshis, rape, incest, and the romanticization of it all. I’m sure there are more that I haven’t mentioned.

Gay relationships aren’t your little toy scenarios to play with. Of course we want representation in the media for other types of love, OF COURSE WE DO! But negative and just creepy and overused portrayals like this are not what we need. People need to stop romanticizing toxic behaviour— there’s a difference between dramatic and heavy topics shown within media and just plain romanticization of toxicity. There’s also a way for films and shows to clearly highlight very toxic things within relationships and friendships without putting them on a pedestal and labeling them as cute or desirable and OKAY.

I expected more from the History series. I guess the departing of the screen writer or whomever that woman that left to write We Best Love instead really damaged everyone else’s heads. This isn’t cute. It’s shameful.

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Its hard to watch because its too real.

I really appreciate this drama as an overachiever who experienced a burnt-out and suddenly filed a resignation letter the next day. This drama is so deep where in its hard to watch because its almost identical, I even had the same occupation as the female lead. Of course the money & benefits where there but when you suddenly face something beyond your weight it takes a toll at you and bury you with its weight.

So for all of those peeps who experience the same thing seek help and learn some hobbies, enjoy and appreciate life for we will all rise again.

But honestly the coincidence is just, too uncanny lmao.

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DROPPED - Are we suppose to feel bad for Oh Su Jae???!!

I gave up in the middle of episode 3 when she brought up the first episode's mystery crime in the classroom.
This drama felt too insensitive and tone-deaf for me. The production quality and cast of actors were the only saving grace for me.
Either the Writers wanted the audience to find OSJ likable and failed,
OR
the Writers never intended to make OSJ likable and there's a villainous plot twist waiting near the middle or end of the drama to showcase that and confirm my suspicions.
Sadly, it looks like OSJ is meant to be pitied and rooted for, even though her pride, apathy, and 'holier-than-thou' attitude make it hard for me to stomach her non-existent virtues and ethics.
The more I watched this drama and OSJ, the more enraged and violent I got. So, I stopped watching.
Hopefully, I'll find other works of the actors to enjoy and appreciate their acting abilities. My issue is with the writing of this story and not the actors themselves.

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Our ROMCOM drama queen Whang Jun-Geum is back

I have been a big fan of Seo-Ji-hoon and the Whang Jun-Geum. I have seen the 'She Was Pretty' drama before, and her acting was cool. I am glad to see Seo-Ji-hoon as a leading role with Whang Jun-Geum together. As far as I have seen story is good and the chemistry between both leads is going well. The story contains their previous lives fated love Whang Jun-Geum looking gorgeous in historical scenes. I have been looking for ROMCOM after 'dinner mate' and I found this one. It is not overboard with the comedy as well as acting. Both guys are being obvious with their love and trying hard to get her. this is another fun BROMANCE drama to watch ( like Strong women Do bong soon? ). OSt is also ok ok. I will recommend watching this drama with 4 /5 rating overall to this drama.

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Disappointing remake

Having watched the original La Casa de Papel, the first episode of this remake already does not give the punch the original has.

1. La Casa de Papel was shot on a low budget. This feels even lower.

2. There's no build up of storyline. The producer probably knew viewers knows the end of the story, so things gets compressed A LOT. We don't get to see how the Professor hit up Lisbon. It JUST happened. Military scene happened way too fast.

3. No originality. Having a remake is not a sin. For a remake to be great there has to be a sort of different story that fits into the cast and producing crew. Venue could be changed to something of cultural impact, much like how La Casa de Papel is based on Spaniards' economy crutch and the anger of government printing money, in real life.
But what the Korean producing cast did was make up a fictional backdrop which folks can't relate to, and to forcefully put in a Mint just so they could copy it.

4. Acting. Berlin, Denver in La Casa de Papel is an outright psycho. Professor is an outright nerd who's like an excited kid. Tokyo makes the viewer mesmerise in her sexiness. Arturo gets people's hate from the very instant.
The acting in this remake made me feel everyone is a gentleman and fine ladies.

5. My Life Is Going On, so Bella Ciao my dear remake.

In short, the remake does not bring viewers into it. Just watch the first episode of La Casa de Papel, the difference is obvious.

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عن فانتازيا "Lost you forever"

لم أكمل بعد حلقات المسلسل، لكن حتى الآن مستمتعة جدا بالمشاهدة. أداء الممثلين رائع، القصة جميلة وتسلسل الأحداث مثير. عامة الممثلة البطلة مثلت من قبل في مسلسل فانتازي وأحببت أداءها. أما بقية الأبطال فأداءهم ممتاز أيضا. والطفلان الصغيران في بداية الأحداث رائعان. ربما تقبل على مشاهدة هذا النوع من الأعمال للابتعاد عن صخب الحياة والاستمتاع في الأجازة. أرشحه بشدة لتغيير الحالة المزاجية، خاصة إذا كنت من محبي الأعمال الفانتازية التي تدور أحداثها في أكثر من عالم والتي يكون أبطالها غير بشريين ويعيشون لمئات السنين

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Office rom-com with thin plot but likable cast.

Lu Jia returns from Beijing and finds herself working at Voya, a company run by two old classmates. One of these classmates is her boss and former crush, Xu Jia Xiu, who rejected her confession back when they were classmates. Lu Jia finds him unbearable now and wants to quit, but her contract specifies she needs to stay at least a month or face stiff financial penalties. Hijinks ensue, with Lu Jia determined to make enough money to quit and Xu Jia determined to keep her around. Add in a quirky cast of coworkers, and that's the drama so far. The plot is paperthin and the drama is largely carried by the engaging cast. The romance is a slow burn, and you get to see each character's unique personality and layers unfold. I'm (so far) still willing to see where the story goes.

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Stereotypical Republican Love Story

War has broken out all over. The girl has two options: the rich bully who has an icy heart or the poor but warm-hearted loving rebel. Just GUESS which one she'll pick? lol Seriously though, it's super obvious because of who gets more screen time.

Everything is extremely predictable. The filming is lovely (even though at times the green screen was really obvious and horrendous), the soundtrack was typical. However, the fact that she just doesn't age throughout and the front cover is super misleading due to that -- the bangs/fringe look typically makes the women look younger, but it just wasn't as complimentary on this actress and it kept bothering me. So the male lead becomes a grown man, while she's permanently stuck in this weird child-like look. It's irritated me enough that I'm going to stop watching. Each episode is 45-46 minutes, and there is a lot of character building and the love triangle doesn't kick in until episode nine and that's just the beginning of it. It truly kicks off in episode ten.

If you're looking for a literal 'stereotypical' and 'everything is predictable' show, then this is it. It was so fitted with your obvious tropes, that I wasn't going to finish watching it. The description of the show was so much more impactful, and felt like it would be much more enticing and interesting, but it just isn't.

EDIT: So I've looked at the photos because I don't REALLY want to drop the show, but was hoping she grew up, and she DOES -- so I'm going to give it a couple more episodes in hope! If it finally takes off and something actually starts to happen aside from the predictable storyline, then I'll change my review. P.S. I swear I've seen this somewhere already, that's how predictable it is.

EDIT 2: So I'm still watching. Of course, even though the FL doesn't love him back, the 1st ML will do anything, even putting his own life on the line. I think as long as you don't binge the show, it's okay in doses. The characters are truly built right out of a romance book's tropes.

EDIT 3: Things carry on. She's starting to love him back. They have another misunderstanding. Predictable.

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love traingel

i love the series.. but the story line totally flushing because from the first episode itself you can judge the ending lead1 and female lead are going to be together lead1 will succeeded his ambition and along helping female lead to full fill here ambition.. how ever i not understand the childhood plot because of long year waiting to meet and fall in love its ridiculous but what about the male lead2 MURAN he was with her for long years in her all happiness and sadness and secretly rooting for her ambition that the true love .. but however there is a heartbreaking for lead2 as well for viewers too.. how ever lead 1 jealous of them but lead 2 afraid of losing her.. how ever ep19 is my last watching because i dont want to see MU RAN as a heartbreaking and bury his love inside him and act like stupid/fool to comfort her..

Director Huang chun..

how you came up with this FLUSHING plot.. just by using toilet for emergency at neighbor home and staying there permanently and fall in love you and they live happily.. please dont make love dirty

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Visual feast

Beautiful to watch! The attention to detail in the costumes, sets, props and cinematography makes for an exquisite visual experience. Superbly shot scenes such as flower bridge, dance, sword play, bird flight, magic and xianxia are feasts for the eyes. Excellent acting . Xiao Zhan as Shi Ying and Ren Min as Zhu Yan plus fine job by other cast, especially Li Ming De as Chongming, Fang Yilun as Zhi Yuan and Wang Zi Qi as Qing Gang.

Cold and aloof priest Shi Ying lived an isolated life on JuiYi mountain until bubbly princess Zhu Yan intruded into his solitary life. I'm loving everything about this drama and look forward to how the fateful love story unfolds. Have already rewatched every episode on Tencent WeTV and will rewatch again on Netflix.

Synopsis from Tencent app:
The series tells the story of the lonely and indifferent Kongsang prince Shiying and the passionate and righteous princess Zhu Yan of the Chi nationality who form a long-term relationship, stay together and overcome difficulties together. The story of the play takes place in a fantasy continent called "Yunhuang" … a fantasy mountain scene with grand architectural scale and profound Zen for the audience. As the narrative unfolds, the emotional line and the career line run parallel. Not only there is a romantic story of fateful love, but also elements such as family and country righteousness and inspirational growth run through it, explaining the righteous mission of the main characters to protect the common people and set their hearts for all things.

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An entertaining xianxia

This drama is not perfect by any means, but it is an entertaining xianxia with some elements that make it stand out from some of the more bland offerings in the genre, so despite its flaws, for me it’s worthwhile. However, I’m speaking as someone who read the novel and has been looking forward to this drama, so that may make me somewhat biased in favor of the drama.

Unfortunately the biggest flaw may be the writing of the female lead. In about 40% of her scenes, she’s either pathetic or annoying. The actress playing her doesn’t help by making some truly bad choices—lots of flouncing, pouting, etc.—but these things are in line with the way the character is written, so I’m not sure I can blame the actress.

The male lead is better but the actor playing him is rather limited in his abilities. He does well when the male lead is being fearsome and majestic. He becomes bland and boring in most scenes when the male lead is interacting with the female lead.

The costumes for the drama are puzzling. The male lead’s costumery is fantastic. The female lead’s gowns are frumpy, baggy, dumpy, and ill-fitting. Headpieces for many male characters are ornate and interesting, going far beyond the usual bun holder crown style. You get the sense that the costume designer cared a lot about what the male characters were wearing, and then maybe wanted to keep the female characters well covered up? I don’t know, I’m hoping the costumes improve.

Production values are VERY HIGH, to rival any other big budget xianxia you have seen when it comes to effects and sets. If you can watch this drama in 1080p on a very large screen, DO SO.

In terms of plot…I don’t want to say much b/c I want to avoid spoilers. So I’ll put it this way: it seems like the drama may have cut out some of the best parts of the novel, or maybe is saving them for later, it’s hard to tell. It has certainly diverged from the novel, and not, in my opinion, in great ways. BUT the writing is very cohesive and the storytelling is highly competent.

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This is rediculous

Let start at Chai Xiao Qi IS AN ALIEN! She has powers and yet some how they are mute when it comes to Fang Leng. He is able to toss her around , demean her, get in her face, yank her around and other stupid stuff ad nothing happens. What is it about C Dramas where the woman has to be subvient to the man? Usually it is a rich white skinned, demeaning to women, I can do what I want and treat you the way I want arrogant Male lead. The female is usaully a poor, weak mined, you can yank me around, get in my face Female lead. Typically the Male lead will treat the female lead like dirt until about midway through the drama. He changes, say sorry and ends up get the female lead at the. Mean while the better no so rich male gets shafted.

There is no chemistry bewteen Chai Xiao Qi and Fang Leng and you can see it: but because the producers says there is, there is.

I have never dropped a drama until now. I had so much hope for this storyline because of the title. There'er a few spots in it which are funny. To put it straight, Fang Leng is an arrogant asshole, who demeans women. Chai Xiao Qi is potrayed as a mumbling, get in my face Alien, with powers.

Producers are aiming for people who don't know better audience, mainly people between years 15-25. This Romance/Comedy drama could of be a gut buster, instead Producers made it ridiculous.

Neeless to say I can not recommend this drama nor will I watch it again.

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