Lordy is this going to be an exquisitely beautiful movie when it comes out this summer of 2017. The first full movie trailer is here for Once Upon a Time, the C-movie adaptation of fantasy gods and goddesses romance novel Three Lives Three Worlds, Ten Miles Peach Blossoms. This movie has a high standard to live up to thanks to the arriving first successful hit Eternal Love with Yang Mi and Mark Chao, who brought the lead characters to life in a well directed easy to watch drama series. While Eternal Love took 50-something episodes to tell the entire novel, Once Upon a Time has two hours to convey the entire narrative and judging from the trailer appears to do that by reducing everything to the most memorable and stirring moments. Not to mention top notch movie quality CGI and the combined visual beauty of movie leads Crystal Liu and Yang Yang, this one looks like a hit in the making as well.
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Dannggggg this is so pretty it looks like some Final Fanatsy video game ish lol
I cant waiiiitttt!!!!! This is soooo good!!!
I just got on board peach blossom (the 58 episode one) and it is avsolutely riveting and i love it!!
I also can't wait to watch this movie, I hope it will released in my country, I want to watch in IMAX and 3D. This is looks like Hollywood film Avatar. I read the novel but I dont watch drama because it's too long with add so many character story and the CG is terrible. I only want to watch Yehua and Baiqian story
may i ask, where to watch this movie?
Can somebody tell me what do they say in the trailer?
Narration:
Have you ever loved someone?
Have you ever.....hated someone?
Lady:
It's him who made me remember - all that I should have forgotten, all that I shouldn't have forgotten
This time I want to forget everything.
Man:
Su Su!
All I've ever wanted, it was simply you only.
Evil lady?:
Whether you are the mortal Su Su, or the immortal Bai Qian, this shall be your final resting place!
Lady:
Ye Hua!
Nooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!
Little girl:
I wish for abundance and good harvests in the Four Seas
Lady:
I wish for three lives three worlds, ten miles of peach blossoms
( = eternal love, and expressing deep love)
Just a rough translation. Hope this helps.
I haven't got on the craze, yet. LOL.
Thank you very much! I watched it like hundred times and now I can understand. But just a little correction, the kid is not a little girl, he is a boy :). It's just the hairdo I guess that makes him look like a little girl.
may i ask, where can i watch this movie?
Ms Penguin from Otakumole? OMG you're on here?
Uggh no..not her. What is Otakumole?
Can't go wrong with more Three live, three world adaptations, with its issues aside, it is really a beautiful story.
The allegations seems superficial.. the sentences that she allegedly copied honestly were used in other dramas, chinese songs before..the sentences in itself was not original even from the other book. The story and setting was totally different..so..either way, I think the Three Lives Three Worlds story was awesome..and I am so glad I chances uoon the book, drama, and. ow movie...can't wait to see the Movie!
This is what I've read regarding the situation: T7GZ allegedly promoted her own story by pretending to be an alternate account of the author she plagiarized. At the time, the original author was much more famous than T7GZ, but only wrote BL fiction. In order to gain traction as a writer, T7GZ copied her style and elements of her plot, promoting it as a heterosexual version of her old stories(all while masquerading as the other author). As T7GZ had a close friend in a publishing agency, the finished novel became published. Afterwards, when the shit hit the fan, T7GZ began a smear campaign against the original author, accusing her of helping other people plagiarize.
I'm not sure how much of that is true, but a lot of people who frequented the online book publishing website at the time claim this to be true. Basically, T7GZ is the Yu Zheng of the web novel world.
Have not heard that before and I am not very informative of what went down. From what I read, the author of the BL book came out to say that some sentences were similiar but the plot was entirely different than her book. Three lives, reincarnation, deities, Peach blossoms..these are all ingrained in Chinese culture and the story that has all these elements are many. It all stems from Classic Mountain story and Pu Song Ling's strange stories. Regardless, I am sure Tong Qi was heavily influenced but ot is hard to say she outright plagiarized the book. Then again, I am not defending her, but all the evidence I have see. were pretty weak.
If it was that weak an accusation, I don't believe T7GZ would have bothered bribing weibo to remove all versions of the comparison between the two books. She also has been removed from 2 large online writing communities for plagiarising. The only reason the original writer did not bring it to court was because homoexuality remains a sensitive issue in China. Many colleague also came out to support the original author.
Personally I've read both books and the writing style was too identical, even though details might not be the same. Before I knew I also liked Three Lives a lot but I can't condone plagiarism and not to mention the ugly behaviours of T7GZ.
I honestly think the main characters have to have stunning beauty. Looks alone, the drama version is weaker before everything else comes into comparison with the movie version. I know the drama lead actors did a great job interpreting the characters in the novel because of their hard work on acting. But seriously, it has lost its appeal to me the very first episodes into the story since the OTP just don't have that convincing beauty to mesmerize the whole world. LOL...It will be a tough job to impress novel fans with merely 2+ hour narrative of a condensed version in theaters. But it doesn't mean it's impossible. The Lord of the Rings trilogy is the best example. I heard that the acting and shooting/editing directors of this movie version have renowned international reputation. I hope they don't disappoint novel fans, given that the drama version has already set a high bar on viewers' expectation.
I'll always follow Yang Yang's projects and have been doing so since he's still a supporting role. In my opinion, he's the one in his generation with a lot of potential and possibilities, similar to how I view Park Hyung Sik in K drama realm. Just my personal opinion.
lol Visual has always been the strength of the movie with the cast, budget, length even everything. But will visual be enough?
The drama and its cast used to get so much hated because their visual but they have made haters eating their words with their acting skills and hard work. The drama is a huge hit even so many people doubted them.
The movie will be a hit too with their scale and and attention after a hit drama. But can their acting live up to the drama's version? We need to wait and find out. Until then Mark and YM will be the only YH and BQ to me and many.
People were primarily on the fence regarding YM's acting and Mark's looks. In terms of acting skills, she and LYF are pretty evenly matched, but LYF really comes through for the action and fighting sequences. I always found YM to be pretty so that wasn't an issue, but I could not get over Mark's face. After girl number 9000375 fell desperately in love with him at first sight, my suspension of disbelief reached its breaking point. I also did not notice any of the brilliant acting that other people saw, but I am a poor judge of acting skills unless it's egregiously bad so my last opinion can just be ignored.
This movie looks promising though. I'm not too hung up on acting skills because, let's be real here, the original book wasn't some deep, thought provoking masterpiece. It was just a nice, sometimes angsty, romance novel(if you ignore the plagiarism allegations).
I'm giving the drama another shot. Unfortunately I had to fast forward many scenes since it was boring. So far, I haven't seen the charisma of Mark Chao yet. Not even to mention Yang Mi. I really can't take YM seriously as Bai Qian given how she looks and her posture. The battle scenes are cheap Chinese version of the Lord of the Rings, with 5 penny CGI. LOL. Perhaps as the plot progresses, I can relate it more to the novel.
PREACH
@Windy @drama2017 No one actually thought it's needed exceptional acting for this drama but with the script and acting skill, MZ brought his stoic characters alive with feels and heart break while YM was successfully portraited 5 roles distinctively. I learnt that YM has problem with her back so she did her best and she actually did all her fighting scenes herself so they look beautiful so I don't know what you complaining here. Of course the drama scale of 58 episodes are different with the movie 2 hours.
It's ok if you don't enjoy the drama. It's a huge hit in China and made many doubter eating their words and even apologized and is the first drama broke 35 billion views online. I have read that many can't move on and waiting for the movie version because the need more YH-BQ. Even until now YM-MZ are still on top of the most buzzed celebrities even the drama ended a month ago.
@windy you probably didn't know they mocked YM's hair
Visually, I have to say the Movie version has it. It is how I would imagine the leads woumd look..and the scenery...OMG!!! so so beautiful and out of this world!!!! The drama had budget limitations, and I can te right away what they cut the budget from...so.e of the sets look fake..and the sea palaces all looked the same..when it should have been diffrentiated so that we knew which sea god they went ro see. Drama was nice because the actors were really good....but the costumea and the sets sometimes just disappointed me a little...wardribe seems very simple for me...but the Movie jas awesone wardrobe!! Yang Yang is yeh wah!!! He has the looks and he looks good in his costume. li Yi Fei is THE Goddess...I can believe that she is a fox goddess.
Oh...and Zhe Yan's costume looks good in the trailer...given how everyone was making fun of the costume...with the scenery and everything..he fits right in costume and all.....
@Drama2017: I think you need to watch it with an open mind otherwise you are not going to enjoy it. Skipping it is not helping either. I don't understand why some people think Mark Chao is not handsome enough for the role. I think he looks very handsome & and manly in his role. I didn't care for Yang Mi before, but I started to like her because of this drama. I think she is very pretty. I think they should made her costumes fancier in some areas.
Everyone has different aesthetic taste also preference about how the details of plot are fleshed out. I'm just don't appreciate slow pace of most of the C dramas that much. Nirvana in Fire is one rare exception. The settings in many C wuxia and fantasy dramas appear very fake and awkward to me with cheaply made CGIs. I don't see how this drama is different from other wuxia/fantasy in terms of CGI. Other than looks, I don't have qualms about Mark Chao. But YM always hunched her back. That really turned me off. How could an ethereal beauty have posture like that? Just being honest. Please respect. Don't respond like Mel who talked like a hot headed emo and empty head!
This is so incredibly shallow. You just said the actors did a great job acting but they didn't have the convincing beauty. So what more do you want? The drama actors are fine enough and acted great but you prefer they are just fine with no acting talent. Lordy, save me from these shallow people. 35 billion views on drama show some people didn't dislike their ugliness.
Watch out how you are critical of my different views than yours! By labeling ppl with different opinions "incredibly shallow" is a shallow and cocky attitude itself. Just because I don't appreciate their looks so much as you, then you get all worked up and lash out humiliating words towards me. You're really an online bully! Geeezzzzz....HAVE BASIC ONLINE ETIQUETTE!!!!!!!
For me and many novel fans, Mark chao just doesn't have that amazingly handsome face to mesmerize anyone described in the book. Period! Acting is apart from looks. Get your head straight!
@Drama2017 oh but i am not being insulting. I can't help it if you find the word that describes what you said unpalatable. You basically said you didn't care about acting but visuals and that's a textbook definition of being shallow. So there.
And as for those words you are throwing around Online Bully and Lacking Basic Online etiguette, I think you should take a deeper look in mirror because they apply more to you than me.
My head is straight thank you. some novel fans bashed his looks before drama started but they have more manners and have apologized to him as they saw him act and become YeHua. So there.
Mel, I found you have strong tendency to overgeneralize from other comments too much and like to put your words in other ppl's mouths. I simply stated a fact that Mark Chao doesn't have the amazing looks to mesmerize women as described in the novel. Did that imply I don't care about acting? NOPE! Go back and read all my comments CAREFULLY before you go eagerly on defense mode. LOL
I like the drama version, mark zhao is handsome and did incredible job to me , I don't think Yang Mi is that pretty for the role but her posture , and acting convince me and I start loving her a lot
I don't watch C drama much due to my personal reason but ten miles peach blossom wins my heart . I just wish mark zhao do more dramas since his focus is only movie
Yang Yang is sure more handsome in look but in my opinion he does not give the " so cool, so calm, so highly, can't be reached" vibe that Mark gave me when I was watching the drama. For me, Mark Chao is perfect for the role. I read in an article that with this role, Mark proved that for an actor, acting skill is the most important thing, it is what captures viewer's hearts and I totally agree. I definitely will check out the movie but I do not have high expectation for the acting.
According to Once upon a time's weibo, they said the trailer reached 46 million views in 24 hrs? SO crazy.
With the record of the drama online's views which over 36 billions I'm not surprised... They went to promote when the drama is still hot too... People are still thirsty for some YH-BQ and can't move on yet.
I want to watch this drama for Yang Yang but Liu Yiu Fei really turned me off. She always strike me as nothing more than just a flower vase. I have never find any of her performance appealing. I am on the fence whether to watch it or not, if only for Yang Yang.
They've got big steps to fill, that's for sure. The drama version was so beautiful and well directed. The clothes in the movie are way too fancy and distracting. Where am I supposed to focus my attention?? Especially Zhe Yan's clothing. Never been a fan of Liu Yi Dei so we'll see how this goes.
I have watched the drama series three times already and it still amazes me! For me Mark was perfect I didn't know him before but sure love him in this drama, YM is perfect as BQ as well but so far with the movie visuals is very nice, costumes for sure is nicer than the drama.
OK, now I understand why so many fangirls went head over heels for Mark Chao's Yeh Hwa in the drama version. Yeh Hwa was actually a jerk in the beginning in the novel. But TV drama romanticized him, overlooked his f*cking male weakness and turned him into a rosy, perfect heartthrob through Mark Chao's acting. LOL.....Nope! Yeh Hwa isn't! The first thing Yeh Hwa could enrapture women's hearts is his LOOKS!
I prefer the first adaptation on screen to not deviate from the original novel.
Mark Chao said that "Yeh Hwa is the heroine of the drama" as if Yeh Hwa were supposed to be the one to be admired and he did make it that way so that fangirls just blindly fell for him. LMAO. Is that how you interpret the novel???? B*llshoot! Give the limelight back to the rightful heroine!!!!! The more I watched the TV drama series, the more I LOL @ all the crap misinterpreted in the lines and acting. You can't just skip those ugly demonic details about Yeh Hwa and how much he caused agony to Su Su by twisting his personality in an adaptation. How much the spirit of the original novel has been lost in this adaptation???? Shake my head!
So are you trying to point out that your interpretation of the novel is the only rightful and correct interpretation out there? There is a Chinese saying that goes: There are a thousand Hamlets in a thousand people's eyes. You expect people here to respect you to have different aesthetic taste and different preference of how the story is fleshed out, yet you find the drama's portrayal unacceptable because it does not match with your interpretation of the novel, thus the characterization and Mark's portrayal of Ye-Hua are "misinterpreted". I find that pretty ironic itself. There is no misinterpretation. It's just a matter of different perceptions. Many people including fans of the original novel have acknowledged Mark's Ye-Hua to be close to what they have imagined Ye-Hua to be (after having watched the drama). That itself proves that in some, or should I say in many people's hearts, Mark's Ye-Hua matched with how people have interpreted Ye-Hua in the novel. Just because you don't think so (which you ofcourse have the right to think so), doesn't mean that it is a fact tho.
BTW girl. You sound really contradicting in your posts.
Drama 2017
You asked for respect in your opinions. You are entitled to your opinion & other "fangirls" are also entitle to their opinions. There is no need to use f*cking or b*ullshoot words in your comments. No doubt from your comments we can tell you are Yang Yang's big fan. Hopefully everyone can be friendly when he/she is making his/her comments - let make it more enjoyabke. Thanks
It's actually a running joke because of his long hair in the drama and BQ is a lot manlier in her nonchalant and indifferent surface. I agree that the drama makes YH a lot better than in the story. But it stay true to the novel 90%, which I can't say the same with the movie. Heck YY likely can't even play MY and YH at the same time nor LYF can have 5 characters to act like YM. And what does it has to do with people went head over heal for MZ? They love him because of his acting, not his face... or Look, which a shallow person like you care about and try everything to pick on him
Hi did you read Ye Hua epilogue in the book, he wasn't a jerk , what he did was trying to protect SuSu , he loves and did everything for Susu ,and I believe the drama did a very good job following all the details in the book
@Ta, the epilogue not simply revealed how much Ye Hwa loved Su Su, but also revealed he's not perfect since all his plan was based upon his immature and self-absorbed righteousness regarding what was good to the woman he loved, specifically his horrendous and idiotic reasoning for gouging his lover's eyes.
Now it's my turn to ask you. Did you really read the whole book?
Why does it matter with the first adaption though? So for a second adaption (the film for example) it becomes OK to deviate from the original novel? Considering the fact that the film is at most 2 hours, I think they are going to change a lot in order to squeeze everything in 2 hours. For example, they are probably going to merge Li-Jing with Qing Cang (his dad). Mo Yuan will most likely not even appear in the film (will probably just be refered as BQ's master).
OMG! You put your words in my mouth again. Did I suggest it was ok for the movie to deviate from the original novel? Nope! At the moment I referred to the first adaptation, what I had in mind as an example was Moon Lover, the Korean adaptation of Bu Bu Jin Xin. LOL
@Drama2017 for someone who wants the book EXACTLY like the drama, uhm,are you sure you even read the whole book? Because if you had read and read YeHuas epilogue you would know the drama follows the book almost 100% regarding the main couple.
It's so tedious using words like swear words. Learn to use proper words honey. I know it's hard because you are just feigning righteous indignation over Mark portrayal. It's okay, we get it. You don't want your star unfairly compared to another. Its hard someone else has played the role to superb critical and commercial acclaim. Better to come out straight then than pretending to be a super drama critic. And you know what, YangYang will be fine. Movie will do fantastic okay dear? So you can stop your frankly stupid nonsensical criticism about how someone acted a way to make fangirls fall for him. haha. did that make sense to you when you typed it? I didn't know actors acted to turn off fans from them (sarcasm in case you missed it).
LOL...woman! Did we even read the same book in Chinese? To other fangirls, just chill! I started with a very simple observation about the OTP's looks since I just started watching the drama. Many viewers who had read the book actually had the same reaction as I. Did I insult Mark Chao about his acting? Nope! To the opposite, I said he did a great job. But it won't change the fact that he didn't look like an exquisite youth in the fairy world. He looks more of the middle age of an uncle to me. LOL. I didn't even mean to debate other elements of the drama since I'm still watching. But you fangirls got so fired up b/c someone else like me don't get to appreciate your heartthrob that much.
LOL..Be fair. You're entitled to rave your fave to the moon and back. So am I. This is a public forum run in a democratic society. Not everyone has to be conformed to homogenous thinking as under an authoritarian regime. As for the movie, did I say it's gonna do well? READ MY FIRST POST CAREFULLY before you put your words in my mouth, emo fangirls. The movie is yet to be judged and so are LYF and of course Yang Yang's acting even I do think Yang Yang did great jobs in interpreting his roles in The Whirlwind Girl, The Lost Tomb, and One Smile Is Alluring.
Is the book you are talking about is To The Sky Kingdom by Tang Qi ?
@Bwear
couldn't have said it better myself !