So it was western Valentine’s Day this week and with it a bunch of modern romance C-dramas on deck released new posters. One of them was The White Olive Tree which I wasn’t even tracking but now am intrigued solely because it looks like a remake of Descendants of the Sun. But the drama is based on the same name novel so I guess it’s just the set up of a soldier in a war zone country falling for a reporter stationed there but a tragedy splits them up only to reunite back in China. The drama stars Chen Zhe Yuan and Liang Jie and will stream on iQiyi. The first teaser is straight out of DotS though with the two leads in slow mo looking at each other warmly as soldiers and medical personnel and the like go about their business around them.
Teaser for The White Olive Tree:
He seem to look slightly different…must be my eyes.
It’s his hair and makeup it’s more different and harsher/edgy.
You’re right! Must be the helmet haha. Seriously, I like this look a lot, definitely more masculine.
I thought about the helmet too…🤣
I am looking forward to this drama. It seems different from other c drama offerings. Not the usual. Will see how it goes.
The novel is truely outstanding
Everybody should read it
I hope the drama is good *praying*
CZY really became a gym freak to gain a manly strong body
I wish he acts well
Well at least he put in effort to make his body suit the character , let’s see if it comes out good
He should definitely hit the gym and bulk up since he’s playing a soldier here. So excited with his new look, far different from boy next door Duan Jiaxu 😍😍
Must be that…
Waiting for this drama . Liang jie and Chen zhen Yuan another collaboration of the two. It will goes well pray pray 🙏 to be a big hit and successful . Great chemistry
have always loved LJ and CZY gained alot of my goodwill from that drama with Shen Yue a few years ago so while I’m not enthusiastic about the drama adaptation (given that the source material’s author is the same as last year’s YangYang/WangChuRan horrorshow) I’ll be keeping an eye out for this!
The source novel wasn’t that bad actually, the drama just mess up 😮💨
Fomh wasn’t definitely made for 40 ep too, so much ciller and they changed the plot too much
I anticipated Amidst a Snowstorm of Love and the trailers looked all good until the real drama came out as a bland but cringe-worthy romance. Huge disappointment. I don’t have high hopes for this one either. Both CZY and LJ can express. They both had past works that I enjoyed. But C writers and directors are not up to par in average most of the time. AaSoL is just one recent example.
@Somebody
I agree with you about AaSoL is boring. There is not much of a story. Basically they met, eat, eat and eat again. The only thing I enjoyed about this drama is the pool table games. They did very well on that part.
Totally agreed with your brief review. I fast forwarded most of the time at 3x speed LOL after realizing I was watching a way more boring dating life than my own. LOL. I only took the pool games seriously. Wu Lei was very convincing as a gifted pro player. He looked so cool at the pool tables LOL. Nothing other than that is worth a mention. The production team just wasted all the money invested in filming in Finland. Did they just take the whole filming crew and the cast over there for sightseeing, not doing their jobs? I wonder. LOL.
It seems that is the usual theme in the author’s books. Love Me Love My Voice is also all about staring, eat, eat, eat, kissing, and hardly any plot.
@Gennita
You are right. LM, LMV is basically all about eat, eat, eat again and kissing…. 😂🤣😅
I actually enjoyed this one. And rarely skipped forward any scene. Lol. This kind of drama mostly wasnt really my cup of tea. Probably, bcuz of Wu Lei and JinMai. I couldn’t even finish Love My Voice and Hidden Love cuz pure romance genre wasnt really for me.
Preference and mood tho..
@Somebody
Most of the new C-dramas came out in 2023 – present are terrible. I’m shocked that these production companies were willing to pay for these projects. There are so many dramas released, but hardly anything good to watch. I don’t like watching bloody stuff – it eliminates some already also. I have been searching for old movies or dramas to watch lately. 🤔🤔🤔
Old dramas or movies? Any recommendation? I have watched some. Still, few are good though. But those which I consider good are really good, like Nirvana in Fire and the Untamed. In general, C drama’s slow pace isn’t up my alley.
@Somebody
These are some of the older dramas I like. Hopefully you will like them. I will gather the list of movies later. 🤔🤔🤔
https://mydramalist.com/28723-the-untamed
https://mydramalist.com/716777-where-dreams-begin
https://mydramalist.com/38807-yu-sheng-qing-duo-zhi-jiao
https://mydramalist.com/2969-scarlet-heart
https://mydramalist.com/16547-eternal-love
https://mydramalist.com/61969-qiao-jia-de-er-nu
https://mydramalist.com/58945-jin-xin-si-yu
https://mydramalist.com/680293-extraordinary-medic
https://mydramalist.com/40911-go-ahead
https://mydramalist.com/54889-mr-perfect-and-miss-almost
https://mydramalist.com/31385-put-your-head-on-my-shoulder
https://mydramalist.com/3623-sound-of-the-desert
https://mydramalist.com/13061-the-disguiser
https://mydramalist.com/27048-all-is-well
@Somebody
Here are some of the older dramas that I like. Hopefully you will like them, too.
https://mydramalist.com/28723-the-untamed
https://mydramalist.com/716777-where-dreams-begin
https://mydramalist.com/38807-yu-sheng-qing-duo-zhi-jiao
https://mydramalist.com/2969-scarlet-heart
https://mydramalist.com/16547-eternal-love
https://mydramalist.com/61969-qiao-jia-de-er-nu
https://mydramalist.com/58945-jin-xin-si-yu
https://mydramalist.com/680293-extraordinary-medic
https://mydramalist.com/40911-go-ahead
https://mydramalist.com/54889-mr-perfect-and-miss-almost
https://mydramalist.com/31385-put-your-head-on-my-shoulder
https://mydramalist.com/3623-sound-of-the-desert
https://mydramalist.com/13061-the-disguiser
https://mydramalist.com/27048-all-is-well
@XZF, wow! That’s quite a list. I don’t recognize most of them. I basically have watched all the XZ’s dramas including the Untamed and Where Dreams Begin, the latter of which I consider pretty good too. It’s XZ who brought my attention to C-ent. Thanks for the list. I’ll check them out.
@Somebody
Ok. Please let me know if you like them.
@XZF, I like your list…I have watched all of them!! Afew are abit slow but it was still relaxing.
Zheng Yunlong is one of China’ Top musical actor but he is very mesmerising in Extraordinary Medic. I can see why he is great for stage performance.
@HL
Thank you. Here is my “watch list” from Mydramalist. Can you tell that I need more sleeping hours? Lately there are very few good dramas to watch, so I’m getting more sleep. Thanks to terrible dramas. 😊 Some dramas I just watched one or two episodes then I dropped them. 🤔🤔🤔
https://mydramalist.com/dramalist/Dramas4m
@HL
Please use this link instead. One letter was missing earlier. Thanks!
https://mydramalist.com/dramalist/Dramas4me