This xianxia drama was only filmed in late 2023 but it feels more old school than that, probably because it just looks mid budget and overall like someone tried to copy and paste hit xianxia dramas but the result comes across as cobbled together. Of course the previews could be wrong and the upcoming A Moment But Forever turns out … Continue reading →
So the slow burn rise in buzz and views for period C-drama The Glory may just match the pace and storytelling of the actual drama itself. Tencent premiered The Glory starring Chen Du Ling and Xin Yun Lai last week and it’s methodically building up a stronger and stronger showing and in the most recent sign hit 28,000 heat index … Continue reading →
The Han Dynasty has so much great real life pathos and love/loss/war to mine for drama land and it sucks that novelist Tong Hua‘s fictional takes with Da Mo Yao (Ballad of the Desert) and Yun Zhong Ge (Song in the Clouds) got massacred in the drama adaptations thanks to wildly unsuitable casting for many of the roles and poor … Continue reading →
The making of C-drama Rebirth the sequel to Princess Agents 2 has taken 8 years start production but now it feels like the long wait was for timing to be right. It allowed the casting of original child actress Huang Yang Tian Tian in the lead role and pair her with younger aged down Li Yun Rui. When both were … Continue reading →
Ye old blossom has returned and this one has power to boot! Tencent announced this week the finalized casting for its upcoming period C-drama Blossoms of Power with the Chinese title 百花杀 Bai Hua Sha or Hundred Flower Kill which was originally titled in Chinese 东风信 Dong Feng Xin or Eastern Wind Letter. The coveted female lead role goes to … Continue reading →
Talk about a big surprise on a random middle of March courtesy of Tencent, the platform released C-drama The Glory with zero announcement today so start your binge if this is on your bingo list of to-watch dramas. The same title unfortunate aspect to the hit Netflix K-drama The Glory aside, the Chinese title also changed from Gui Nu (貴女 … Continue reading →
There remains a lot of potential dramas that claim Zhao Lu Si has been offered the female lead role (usually true) or has accepted (rarely true), but among this current group as she picks her next project it’s looking more and more like it will be period C-drama Ask Dan Zhu (Wen Dan Zhu 问丹朱). It’s from the same novelist … Continue reading →
Chinese superstition has it that on the day of a funeral if it’s raining out it means even the Heavens and Gods are mourning the passing of a good person, so rainy day funerals are an auspicious sign for the deceased not that it makes anyone feel any better. This Saturday March 15th, the family and friends of top Taiwanese … Continue reading →
I don’t know which title is blander for this modern C-drama, the Chinese title of 爱你 (Ai Ni) or Love You/Loving You or the English title of The Best Thing. It’s like creativity and originality took a nap during naming session. To be fair to the drama, its adapted from the novel Loving You Is the Best Thing I Have … Continue reading →
I don’t know which insano in the casting department for period C-drama Love Travels Through Time thought it a good idea to pair up Liu Xue Yi with underaged rising actress Ai Mi, but it did make for fun times with a rare moment of collective online cringe and howls of ewwwww. There was an attempt to keep one of … Continue reading →
So the periodic rumors about the potential release of any one of a slew of BL-novel adaptations into C-dramas shelved due to the government crackdown on the genre has so far not had any come true, other than Justice in the Dark which released 8-episodes before getting the kibosh and remains unfinished in airing. This week there is growing rumors … Continue reading →
So xianxia C-drama Love of the Divine Tree is definitely the winner in the head-to-head premiere showdown with Kill My Sins, but is it a winner over all? Industry says not really, it’s one of those that did just well enough not to hurt the prospects of the leads Deng Wei and Xiang Han Zhi, but not good enough to … Continue reading →
The next drama on Youku following the hit modern romance The First Frost will hopefully enjoy some residual boost, and that drama continues the winter theme as well. Ski Into Love (Chinese title Shhhhh, the King is Hibernating) with Yu Shu Xin and Lin Yi will premiere on March 11th, and we’ll see if Yu Shi Xin can continue her … Continue reading →
