WHAT A JOURNEY INTO THE OVER 30 CROWD'S HUMAN EXPERIENCE

To a much older woman, I am enjoying the introspective look through the thoughts of the over 30 crowd, especially the men. I don't give a crap what others think negatively I think it's good. It's mostly this new gen who think that are all so woke and they just have gone off on some close minded trip with these trending words like misogyny. smh To me this generation is anti-men for some reason. Don't compliment her outfit men or else she will scream sexual harassment. These are the ones who are tearing down this drama. My astonishment comes from the fact that they are crying about one of the tamer dramas in Dramaland. My gosh, how many MLs throw the girl on the bed or up against the wall to force kiss her? How many dramas has the woman being the aggressor and yet NOTHING is said about that. What about the rich witch who imprisoned her boy toy, Fei, and emasculated him at every turn (which seems to be this generations intention in reality) and made him feel less than nothing with surveillance cameras and her men tailing his every move? Huh?
Listen, 98% of the dramas are far worse in PDA than this, as a matter of fact the PDA in this one has been disappointingly low, almost non-existent. Which is one of my only complaints. What happened to you Zhang Han? You were the passionate one who made us women swoon with your kisses. And yes close-minded ladies, we love the romance with PDA such as beautiful kisses in our dramas! And? Anyway, where did you go ZH? Now you're boring with just hugging. Like the actor Jin Han. He is very boring. Anyway, this is really a good example of brotherhood and being over 30 and single. The women pitch in, which gives the other perspective. It's intelligently written and with the different occupations and obstacles and problems, it's very in depth and thought provoking. Going back to the brotherhood, that is special, that is what true bonding is. How many of us can say we have that beautiful experience, with the ladies in their lives, being by their side, seeing the great partnership and also having their own bond. The meetings over dinner and drinks all together is tender, even when it gets harsh. It shows how they work it through. I for one, even being American, am fascinated by the Transportation system that Tong Yu was designing. And watching the sweet cakes being eaten made me salivate and wonder if there was a way to order those delicacies to be sent here. lol One bad note and that is, while I am all for age gap romances, heck I've been in a few myself when I was young and cute lol, but I do not like Guo in the first place so I am against Amy being with him. She is so alive and he is so dead. ha He is a hot mess and is all screwed up. At one point he had 4 different women running through his head. Even chasing one of his buddies interests and then trying to discourage another one from his other buddy. One other woman, that he didn't want, but when she started dating someone else, he got jealous. Then of course the one that got away. What a stodgy bore!! Sheesh he will hurt Amy for sure. I feel for Fei with that horrid woman that he shockingly loves. And now for her to be pregnant is horrible for him. I love the CP of ZH and Wang Xiao Chen and how they finally went from enemies to collaborative partners, showing the extreme intelligence of both of them. EXCEPT, like I said already, the lack of PDA. sigh... Oh well there are plenty other dramas with romance, I just miss ZH's lol.
Let me finish by saying that this gen is too stuck up and stuffy and don't understand that this drama is far more than the two incidences they all are so hung up on. They must see the bigger picture, unless you are too young in your maturity to get it. Oh and just a suggestion, you should start watching all these other dramas that will have you screaming your lungs out over the "misogyny". smh In the meantime leave this drama alone with your bitching and Directors, give us more of the deep exploration of the human condition please and ignore the haters. End of story.

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DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME

I got through this with a lot of fast forwarding. The best part of this whole drama was the fashion, the ins and outs of the entertainment business, the mental health issues, and at the beginning when Ji Mo was sensitive to the heavy set woman's fashions. Other than that, it was pretty irritating and boring with such a lack of chemistry and PDA with the Leads. The Supports had better kisses than Ji Mo and Ruo. I also detested the ML a lot so many times throughout this long and tedious drama, and I felt the strong independent FL let the ML Jerk, get away with way too much. But then that is the fault of the writers and the director. I made it thru but barely and I had to take long breaks from it.
My suggestion; don't even start this one. It's a huge disappointment.

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Ending A Big Disappointment

Unless it had been longer or a Part 2 to follow, this is a big sad nope for me!!
I loved it at first and up until the ending was loving the interaction of ML and FL as they solved cases together with their own capabilities, falling in love in the process. UNTIL THE END and that's all I can say. If they have a Season 2 to finish it and make each episode longer, I will watch that for sure because I love the reversal in roles where the FL is the powerhouse and the ML is the "weaker" of the two as far as fighting skills, but adds his strength with his detective skills . I love Male and Female detectives working together in solving cases in ancient dramas to see how they did it back then. So please Directors, do better next time.
*This is MY opinion though and not to dispute anyone else's if they liked it.

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Don't waste your time

First of all, what was the point of these 3 Extras? There is confusion at the very beginning when it seems they are replaying the beginning of the first episode, and suddenly this extra episode totally negated the entire ending of the original drama. I am left so confused that I'm disgusted. Why are they suddenly married for 5 years, especially when the first extra says that it's 3 years later? It seems as though the ending of the first drama which had me crying was for nothing.....you go onto the extra episodes for the continuation of this love story and wham you are hit in the face with confusion and to be honest just stupidity. If they were doing extras, why did they end it at 3 for no reason that left the viewer with just more puzzlement?

Again I tell you, don't waste your time.

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BINGE WORTHY

10 episodes may seem like there wouldn't be enough drama material to be interesting. But they packed each episode with excellent characters and scenes, plus with the storytelling, that you could start at noon and be done by 10 pm. The actors all made this drama a very unique entertainment.
I liked Jing Bo Ran in "Road Home", but he surpassed himself on this one. I will now be on the watch for more of his dramas in the future.

I must say that when we find out that He Ran was the one who ratted Fei Ke out, I really wouldn't have cared if she had drowned instead of him. I cried really hard when he gave his life for hers, cuz she didn't deserve it. What a tragic life he lived all because he made that terrible decision in the beginning. though.

I really didn't pay any attention to the music because frankly it didn't stand out to me. The rest of the drama rates very high to me however and I may even rewatch it down the road sometime.

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A GREAT POWER DRAMA FOR 2023

Last year there were many power dramas that kept us happy, this year not so much. But fortunately, we have one in Story of Kunning Palace. It has the actors (some A-listers) playing intense parts with martial arts skills in a great plotline with gorgeous costumes and a superb soundtrack that adds to the different scenes in a wonderful cohesion. I don't usually give dramas a 10 rating, but the story and the acting just makes me riveted to this exciting drama. There is also its share of light-hearted moments and characters. Case in point; the actor who plays Dingfei gives this otherwise serious drama the comic-relief that is needed to keep it from becoming too gloomy. I highly recommend this power drama to binge on. Happy drama-watching.

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When The Giant Meets The Fairy

The first thing you'll notice is the extreme height difference, but they are so cute, and the chemistry is great! Brand new actors but they do really well. (the acting isn't the best since they are fresh faces to dramas, but they did pretty good for newbies) The plotline was fun, and funny, but then the ending episodes are tearjerkers. Then a happy ending. I liked the ML more in the costume parts then the modern parts and I'm really hoping he does a full fledge serious costume drama. He has a good career ahead if he wants it. And by the way, he is drama's new heartthrob in my opinion. The FL is adorable and tiny and cute. Hope to see her more too. I loved the plot twist, and you really can't guess who is who or what is what and that my Dramalanders, is what keeps the attention. Great job Cast & Crew!!

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FL MAKES IT HARD TO STOMACH. ML MAKES IT WORTH IT.

I'm not sure what to say because I don't want to ruin this drama with the ML, singer Evan Lin, being so dang good in his role...well until the last few episodes. I blame the director. One thing is for sure...I hate the FLs character. The worst I've ever seen. And if I detest her so much, what does that say about the actress because I'm not sure why they had her acting the way she is. From beginning to end, one role after another makes her so cringy and hard to watch. If Evan Lin (really adorable and good singer) does another CDrama and I really hope he does (his sight impaired scenes were amazing), put him with a better Director and Female lead. He would learn a lot from more seasoned actresses who have a kind and patient nature such as Dilraba or Zhao LuSi. As for this drama, I am torn whether to recommend it because it may be my own critical nature that finds so many scenes with FL Wan Peng hard to stomach. Watch it at your risk and with an open mind. HOWEVER, Evan Lin does make it worth it.

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Very Sensitive issues, Yet Unforgettable

How can one love a tragic story such as this one? With the enthralling complex plotline such as this along with great direction and acting, it's easy. As for the ending, so angry about that, it left me dumbstruck as to what happened to the Main character of the whole story, at the end? But up till then, the heart sadly follows Nan Ya and watching her whole life be one horrible occurrence after another, and the judgment of a gossipy town for one woman who was humble and low-key and never bothered anybody. But because she was beautiful, she was judged as a seducer of men, a schemer and everything else they could think of. I felt her pain when she was abused, and I felt her happiness when she started to accept Zhou Lou. Because she was finally feeling what normal friendship and yes love really felt like for the first time. Then of course the ins and outs of who did the killing of Xu Yi. The "scenario" ZL and NY were coming up with until the one passionate kiss. The different past "lives" if you will, that continually frames this whole storyline. And finally, even though the police were less than sensitive about an abused woman, I still liked the different emotions that this drama put me through.
Despite the ending, which to me, it should have been NY who walked up that street towards ZL and her daughter, I will never forget this drama for a very long time.

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If this were in America, it would sweep the Oscars!

This is the drama to beat of 2024! The acting is Oscar-worthy., the soundtrack is Oscar-worthy, the Production and plot and the CGI are all Oscar-worthy. Unfortunately there is nothing like this in America. But fortunately, we get to watch it on different platforms. I am glad we were given this opportunity to watch something so exciting and riveting and beautiful and tragic and of course the Ending being simply PERFECT!! The chemistry between Xingzhi and Shen Li was so palpable and sizzling, you just could feel them as Thee Romance of the history of the 3 Realms. And in real life, the drama couple of the year.It will be very hard to move on away from the 3 Realms and all the excellent characters. I hope there is something like the Oscars in China, that will hugely recognize Legend of Shen Li. Good bye, Lord Bicang and Your Excellency. You will be missed.

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WATCH AT YOUR OWN RISK

If there is a Season 2, count me out. My take? Terrible script, terrible acting, terrible drama as a whole. I loved the different countries and places they showed in this otherwise lackluster drama, but that's about it. If there isn't a Season 2, then shame on everyone involved in this kind of ending. Couldn't they at least have done a 15-minute extension? But I suppose this is to be expected from what I consider a bad drama. Good riddance everybody and I hope the actors get with a better script and director to save face from this disaster. One Side Note: I did love Siqi's gown at the entrepreneur's competition. BTW did they ever announce the winner?

Some things I noted was, if they were in Australia, how come nobody had the Aussie accent? How come everybody is not in love or passionate enough, not even Siqi and her hubbie after they got married, to where there was more kissing amongst the couples? That in of itself makes it boring when it's supposed to be a Romance story. Why all the episodes before revealing Song, the ex, and then have him in one episode? Then why all the eps after, that were redundant and lagging? They could have cut it down to 24 and save the last 2 eps for the wedding and the runaway bride scare to be solved in the final episode. But then, that's just me. If you actually watch this, you will either love it or not love it. Me? I didn't love it. Especially the ending. Now to go wash out my brain and watch a better C-Drama to forget this one.

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SEASON 2 CANCELLED

ADDENDUM: Season 2 was cancelled. Probably due to bad ratings that were around 3.2 or something.

Dumbest ending ever. The Director should be fired!! I am stunned over fooling all the viewers, what were you aiming at? I hope you get worse ratings. I feel sorry for the actors. Also it seems the FL has just stopped making Dramas in 2017. Wonder what happened to her? The ML however has gone on to make quite a few, ones that you will recognize.

Anyway, watch this if you dare. The ending is a shocker and actually more of a ridiculous one that I have to just shake my head at. I doubt this would make any ratings AT ALL, with todays fantastic dramas that are coming out.

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I'VE WATCHED BETTER BY BOTH ACTORS.

After Love Between Fairy and Devil, this is somewhat of a disappointment in what we've seen Esther Yu do. Also Zhang Bin Bin has shown a much deeper capability in acting compared to this. Their OST, however, is cute and my first time hearing Bin Bin's voice. It's really super sweet with great vibrato.

All in all, it's a cutesy drama and a sweet little love story. I still adore Esther and her cute little face, and Zhang Bin Bin has far too many great dramas under his belt to let this fluff piece ruin his rep. It's all good.

FYI: This is a warning to other actors who do back to back dramas. If one is excellent, the next one had better be too or it puts a wrench in showing the fans your skills. Esther, be more careful in your choice of drama next time, little one

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