thelovelymissfifi
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I see many people here and there complain about the amount of product placements all over the entire drama. I don’t care much about that as I know it’s show business, they need those sponsors. What’s more important to complain about is, with that amount of sponsors they have, why weren’t they able to spend on Zhao Fang’s designs/creations? It is entitled, Love “Designer”, isn’t it? They could have at least hired a talented designer to do “Zhao Fang’s work”. As it is, her creations looked so cheap and tacky, if you ever get to see them. No one in their right minds would believe she has the talent as a designer. They always talk about her as being talented in her field, but from what they show (or don’t show), I see no talent anywhere. She’s always working in her work station but you wouldn’t even see any of that “talented work” showcased anywhere. I couldn’t even call her stylish.
For me, Zhou Fang comes off as a pushover, stubborn, fickle and foolish. When she’s talking to someone, she always pauses as if deep in thought, so you expect a witty clap back, but no, there’s nothing there. If well meaninged people around her did not interfere numerous times, she would have found herself in deep shit. Throughout the drama, her impulsive/thoughtless actions often encumbers people around her. Song Lin and Qin Qing are right when they say she is of low intelligence. There's a fine line between being too nice and being foolish. She won’t listen to reason, always does what she wants but then rely on them to defend her.
I first found the second lead couple entertaining, but after a few episodes, the girl became obnoxious and full of herself when it came to her relationship with Yu LIn that I had to skip all their scenes altogether. Like, she made push and pull a habit, I wish all men distance from her forever. I hate women like that, real and reel life. She was cool when it comes to her relationship with Zhou Fang, being her voice of reason, but other than that, she was bratty, unreasonable and just annoying. In fact, I skipped a lot of scenes, scenes with Luna, Fang’s mom (man, she’s over the top), the business side of things, President Su, and all the side characters that were just there for conflict purposes. The only ones worth watching for me are the main leads’ (except when Zhao Fang was being dumb), Song Lin and Xiao Luo’s, Xiao Luo and Xiao Di’s scenes. Knowing that the drama has 45 episodes, I figured, I wouldn’t miss anything story-wise even if I skip that much. But come episode 27, even with that much that I skipped, I suddenly felt that I’ve watched quite enough but have only come halfway. I was tired of the conflict after conflict but story really not getting anywhere. So I dropped it in the middle of episode 27, and I must say, I didn’t even miss it. I’ve decided to watch the drama because I liked Johnny Huang’s face and have been meaning to watch him again since I saw him in Moonshine and Valentine. Having Dilraba in it was a plus because, who wouldn’t wanna watch such a pretty face in a drama? I can’t deny the fact, too, that I think they looked good together.
I’ve yet to watch a Dilraba drama where she isn’t playing this dumb/gullible/martyr girl though. I admire actresses who aren’t afraid to play the smart, strong, independent woman who kicks ass, and not just rely on viewers sympathy for their pathetic characters/roles they think they always have to play.
Of all the characters, I liked Song Lin the most. He’s smart and shrewd. Except for the way he handled the Luna thing at beginning, I liked his attitude. I liked his humour. His banters with his sister and his unexpected retorts to her. Next is Xiao Di, just because he was meek and kind, but we only get to see hin a short time maybe because so the main couple can have their privacy at home. Then Xiao Luo because she was spunky, well except at the start when she was being rebellious at the start of the drama.
Oh, and lastly, it irked me to no end that they found it necessary to make all the characters use the same phone with the same annoying af ringtone!!
For me, Zhou Fang comes off as a pushover, stubborn, fickle and foolish. When she’s talking to someone, she always pauses as if deep in thought, so you expect a witty clap back, but no, there’s nothing there. If well meaninged people around her did not interfere numerous times, she would have found herself in deep shit. Throughout the drama, her impulsive/thoughtless actions often encumbers people around her. Song Lin and Qin Qing are right when they say she is of low intelligence. There's a fine line between being too nice and being foolish. She won’t listen to reason, always does what she wants but then rely on them to defend her.
I first found the second lead couple entertaining, but after a few episodes, the girl became obnoxious and full of herself when it came to her relationship with Yu LIn that I had to skip all their scenes altogether. Like, she made push and pull a habit, I wish all men distance from her forever. I hate women like that, real and reel life. She was cool when it comes to her relationship with Zhou Fang, being her voice of reason, but other than that, she was bratty, unreasonable and just annoying. In fact, I skipped a lot of scenes, scenes with Luna, Fang’s mom (man, she’s over the top), the business side of things, President Su, and all the side characters that were just there for conflict purposes. The only ones worth watching for me are the main leads’ (except when Zhao Fang was being dumb), Song Lin and Xiao Luo’s, Xiao Luo and Xiao Di’s scenes. Knowing that the drama has 45 episodes, I figured, I wouldn’t miss anything story-wise even if I skip that much. But come episode 27, even with that much that I skipped, I suddenly felt that I’ve watched quite enough but have only come halfway. I was tired of the conflict after conflict but story really not getting anywhere. So I dropped it in the middle of episode 27, and I must say, I didn’t even miss it. I’ve decided to watch the drama because I liked Johnny Huang’s face and have been meaning to watch him again since I saw him in Moonshine and Valentine. Having Dilraba in it was a plus because, who wouldn’t wanna watch such a pretty face in a drama? I can’t deny the fact, too, that I think they looked good together.
I’ve yet to watch a Dilraba drama where she isn’t playing this dumb/gullible/martyr girl though. I admire actresses who aren’t afraid to play the smart, strong, independent woman who kicks ass, and not just rely on viewers sympathy for their pathetic characters/roles they think they always have to play.
Of all the characters, I liked Song Lin the most. He’s smart and shrewd. Except for the way he handled the Luna thing at beginning, I liked his attitude. I liked his humour. His banters with his sister and his unexpected retorts to her. Next is Xiao Di, just because he was meek and kind, but we only get to see hin a short time maybe because so the main couple can have their privacy at home. Then Xiao Luo because she was spunky, well except at the start when she was being rebellious at the start of the drama.
Oh, and lastly, it irked me to no end that they found it necessary to make all the characters use the same phone with the same annoying af ringtone!!
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