In my whirlwind busier than usual life last week, when I finished translating Da Mo Yao, I didn’t realize that I forgot to add a few more paragraphs to the end of the epilogue. Nothing mindblowing, but it is needed to complete the ending nevertheless. It’s been added back to the final chapter of DMY (click here to read). Since I have to write this public announcement, I figure I’ll toss in some latest DMY nuggets. The drama adaptation continues to film, and I continue to be snorting in derision at it. The official first pictures of the three male leads came out two weeks ago, and just continued to confirm for me that it’s still not working for me, Hu Ge as Meng Jiu looks glassy-eyed, waxy robotic, and hardly the picture of willowly elegance in his sack cloth get up. Frankly, I expect to see this at Madame Tussauds. Han Dong as Li Gan is the most alive of the three but looks so stiff and generic. And finally, Eddie Peng as Huo Qu Bing looks sleazy and resembles more a outlaw thief than a warrior god undefeatable general, giving off not a whit charm and charisma. I’ve come to accept that period version of Eddie Peng will never be my dish, and the other two look half cooked and luke warm.
If I ever watch the drama, I’m probably going to turn into a Jiu Ye-Jin Yu shipper. Which has happened to me in the past, where my shipping preferences have switched between the novel and the movie version. Case in point, I was Team Jacob in the novels, but Team Edward when it came to the movie. Couldn’t help it, the actors playing the OTP had much better chemistry. For DMY, I’m just going to admit to being shallow and needing my leading man to actually be good looking in my eyes. I couldn’t have imagined I’d ever see my Xiao Huo in a hairstyle that incorporated dreads.
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Feeling kind of iffy about the screen version since it'll be a hard sell in comparison to the novel.
... eddie peng does look like a historical thug here xD
WHO STYLED HIM???
He's completely, totally wrong for Qu Bing. Ugh.
Actually of the three, the dude who plays Li Gan looks pretty cute. Poor Eddie's hair style seems to emphasise his jut jaw. Not very appealing I'm afraid.
Han dong look ok, a little bland. Hu ge looks haggard. Eddie reminds me of a pirate not sure why. The quality of these are really ....
what happened to our Huo Qu Bing over there? He looks like a THUG/Mercenary and not a warrior. And Meng Jiu,he looks like a robot. Is that Li Gan? He looks good. OMG i wonder if this drama will be good. x[
YES. I will be Jiu-Ye-Jin Yu shipper when this is released
....speechless...esp eddie...never in my worst moment have i dream of HqB looking like this, in my opinion after looking at the picture, han dong and eddie should switch roles cus u know Li Gan dies first..
Hey Toriafan =)
What do you mean by '... han dong and eddie should switch roles cus u know Li Gan dies first' ?
I mean frm the pic, han dong look so much better than eddie as hqb, well..at least u can imagine it...n i think eddie look kind of sunken more like the character of li gan in my mind. N by saying L i Gan die faster, i was being sacarstic cos in the novel Li Gan died first, then eddie will have lesser screen time. i know im being mean but thats becos im peeved that my img of DMY is being destroyed by unsuitable actor n that such exquisite story n drama( imagery like frm bbjx) will be destroyed by eddie. it didnt matter if eddie is a gd actor cos he simply doesnt look the part of HQB n looks wise he simply cant convince us...
Like everyone else, I'm wondering what was going on in the head of the person who chose HQB's clothes... WTH????
HQB and Jiu Ye look like poor people bec. of their clothes ... Ligan's clothes are better .... the novel description of these men is better ....
OK this seals my decision not to watch the drama adaptation so I can preserve Huo Qing Bing's image in my mind the way he's meant to look like. EP in that get-up......shakes head...
OMGoddness... well, Eddie sure doesn't look like a QB to me at all. Hope the drama turn out well for those that are planning to watch.