Xianxia C-drama The Last Immortal with Zhao Lu Si and Wang An Yu Wraps Run and Opens with 6.1 Ratings on Douban

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• Dang, TTEOTM is only 5.6 (364K rated)? My Journey to Love is also 6.1 (114K rated)? Oh, your poor Xiao Xhan's The Longest Promise is only 6.3 (281K rating)? Ooooph. And I thought two our of those three were at least a 7.5. Ah well, I'm sure they made good money with so many watching.

  • Mmm I kind of agree with the ratings if we're looking at the dramas as a whole. TTEOTM was especially bad (sorry to the fans.) Didn't complete MJtL or TLP, so don't know how they fare, but for MJtL, at least, I know the ending caught a lot of folks off guard and was nonsensical, which probably pulled down its overall ratings.

    As for The Last Immortal, it was fine to watch if you really got nothing else going on. I find it better than TTEOTM, but the drama def did the ML a disservice by making him pretty much incompetent for a good 2/3rd of the drama lol. I mean, I could pretty much say the same for the prequel (ALP) because the FL there was also pretty useless lol. However, there's a certain charm to it that I attribute to the cast (the ML improves a lot towards the end) and ofc I'm a ZLS fan, so I think she did good, too. I think 6.1 is a little harsh, but I know a lot of folks were prob done with it due to ML's incompetence in the beginning.

    In any case, I can honestly say that this year's drama sucked for all ancient historical genre for me. I know folks loved AJtL, but I also passed on that, so I didn't watch it in its entirety.

    Hoping the new year won't suck so bad

  • TTEOTM rating is well deserved. I watched to the 3rd last episode and couddn't even force myself to finish, it's so bad. Such a waste of potential bc it had an interesting premise. Longest Promise I dropped after the first 2 eps. Love XZ but he can't carry a whole drama by himself. This one I didn't even bother trying, and looks like I made the right decision.

• I tried watching this because I like Zhao Lusi, but couldn't finish it for the life of me. I don't know what "xianxia" visuals are supposed to be, but I think Wang Anyu is a decent looking guy. His character, however, is frustrating to watch. While they switch the ditzy always make dumb decisions role to the male lead instead of female lead, it still had all the typical xianxia tropes. the drama itself brings nothing new to the table.

• The ratings were much higher than I expected so Zhao Lusi has her fans to thank for this. Personally, I would've rated it at just about 5. Let's be honest, the drama sucked for the majority of its run and only picked up in episode 27. There were much better Xianxia dramas in terms of plot and acting that had relatively poorer scores comparatively (TTEOTM had a killer plot and much better acting, better chemistry from its leads and supporting cast; Likewise My Journey to You in all its Costumed glory didn't fare very well in the ratings department and it checked all the boxes for a killer drama except for the end).

  Wang Anyu is a handsome dude, but for his own sake I hope he steers clear of Xianxia drama for the forseeable future (until he develops more experience or gets more training), he has neither the looks, talent, style or charisma to pull it off.

  • Well, to each their own, but the "much better acting" comment gave me pause. TTEOTM had more angst and dramatic moments in comparison to TLI, but better acting? And plot-wise, the novel was much better and did a better job of pacing. The drama itself was all over the place and spent a huge amount of time on characters that didn't really delve into the relationship between the leads (wasted potential.) The plot was ok for me only.

  • As someone who has not seen any of her drama before ( maybe i did but forgot), can you recommend 3 drama from Zhao Lusi that you like and would recommend to watch.

    • It might be low budget, but I really enjoyed Romance of Tiger and Rose. I also really liked Love Like the Galaxy, but admittedly know a lot of people don't like the slow burn romance here. I wasn't a huge fan of the first few episodes, but Hidden Love was also very popular!

    • Hidden Love, Love like the Galaxy
      I also like Dating in the Kitchen.

    • I’ve watched a lot of her dramas, my faves are Hidden Love, Who Rules the World, Love Like the Galaxy, Romance of Tiger and Rose, Gen Z and now this has been added to the list, The Last Immortal.

  • I actually think Wang Anyu has it in him. I’m obviously in the minority, but feel he is perfect for the role. I was not a fan and hadn’t watched any of his previous dramas but now I am.

• Such a crap even got 6.1, about the same as a much better made The Longest Promise. Douban rating is a joke. I don't take it seriously. LOL

• They should have casted the 2ML as ML. No hate on the actor, it's the casting director that screwed up.
  The rating seems pretty accurate to me. The show wasn't a disaster, but there was nothing to love either (except Lusi, whom I always find adorable although she needs to grow).
  Among the shoes mentioned, My Journey to you was by far the best imo, but the ending (plus the director's obsession of tricking the audience into thinking that the ML is a whimp) understandably brought it's rating down. The Longest Promise was like The Last Immortal, shiny but nothing there to love (minus Xiao Zhan 😍) whereas Till the end of the moon was unbelievably uneven and got the Fandom it has mostly thanks to Tantai Jin fangirls like me 😉.

  • Ahem, the shows mentioned! 😆

• Xianxia is almost hopeless. First, it's so hard to find actors who can act while still visually fitting ethereal beauty standard. Second, this genre seems to run out of fresh ideas and has become dull plot after plot. Last but not the least, Chinese production teams seem to lack money needed for quality CGI and other settings such as lighting, costumes, and architecture etc. The average settings have been looking cheesy and cheap. I used to like this genre cos of fantasy elements but not any more. It's very tiring checking drama after drama but ending up dropping all of them.

• Ur system for duoban rating sucks koala, since fans rate high or rate down depending on their mood. A show one enjoys can be rated low and one that is not of ur interest can be rated high. I don't see the logic u ur grouping of duoban rating here.

• The TLM felt like every other xiaxia , nothing new was brought to the table, the rating is fair enough, I feel like the actors acting made it more bearable to watch.I honestly feel it did better than it suppose to. This is where I feel the show would have been better with lesser episodes too since the second half was so much better. I tried some the shows that that got buzz like my journey to you n so far in three weeks since I started am still at episode 5, it not a gripping show like some of the comments here made it seem when it was airing, drop it for now n started a journey to love, so far it has my interest will see how this holds for long. Have realised that it sometimes better to watch a show that interests u while airing, ones it done n u want to marathon it, u don't get the hype about it, except some few exception. Unfortunately for me , I like to watch a show after it done airing because of this , I hardly finish a drama anymore.

• I didn't even bother to watch it. I saw the first few episodes and was done. Maybe I am just too much of an ALP fan with the actors and music, costumes everything being perfect for ALP, and although I know that this is Yuanqi's story, for it to not have any mention at all of Shanggu, Bai Jue, Tianqi, Zhihang, Fengran, Gu Jun or ANYONE was a disservice in my view. They didn't need to do a bunch of flashbacks but damn. And knowing how Yuanqi was as a child, and knowing he went to Daze Mountain to study under Dong Hua, I just wish there was some type of continuance. I don't know, maybe I will give it another go but damn even the music in ALP is perfect, this..... this is just mehh. But that is me, maybe others found it ok i don't know

  • I wish you would give it another shot, I felt the same way the first few episodes and almost dropped it. I’m glad I finished it til the end.

  • Those characters you mentioned were alluded to, it's just they changed their names due to, according to some, production staff change(?). Something legal. Look into MyDramaList if you want to see which name changed to what.

    It doesn't do much to help, since it takes you away from the immersion of the story that this is supposed to be their son, especially if you watched ALP first. But that's that.

    I said this before, but if China wants to do any sequel, prequel, or spin-off of the same universe, then they need to follow the West's footsteps, period. Get the same production, director, screen writer, SAME ACTORS, etc.

    I would've gone to heaven if Xu Kai returned as Bai Jue for a cameo (and he actually did visit his son in the source material when he unlocked his Chaos power!), as well as the rest, yet that type of hype is squandered. The Chinese audience will never know or understand that feeling ever, lol.

    • I think it happens from time to time. Yang Mi returned in Eternal Love - Pillow Book for a cameo as Bai Qian.

• I like Lusi's dramas when she wasn't casted as an elegant noble super human character because it doesn't suits her. I love her in Dating in The Kitchen, he Long Ballad and Love Like The Galaxy. She is a decent actress who has a natural acting style so the down to earth/girl next door type of roles suited her better.