So the biggest summer 2023 C-drama is now Lost You Forever, and I don’t see anything else on the horizon as this was the last of the big budget big star big hype C-dramas for this summer season to premiere after Till the End of the Moon, Back From the Brink, The Longest Promise, Snow Eagle Lord, Hidden Love, Fireworks … Continue reading →
Tencent is going craaaaazy with promoting and supporting Lost You Forever. There weren’t much promos prior to the close to premiere date confirmation of the airing on July 24th then the platform went into overdrive. The official drama weibo has been on fire since premiere with so many posts, goodies, BTS, and leaning into every buzzy response to the drama, … Continue reading →
The success of Lost You Forever is all but guaranteed now, mere two days into its premiere. The reviews are excellent and the buzz is record topping, and with top liuliang Yang Zi as the female lead the continued online interest will only continue even if the drama story peters out. WHICH IT WON’T. Haha, I can guarantee it as … Continue reading →
Well this is great news for Tencent and the production/cast of period xianxia C-drama Lost You Forever that it’s a hit out of the gate in terms of buzz and views. Even better are the first impression commentary from viewers is near universally positive and THAT’S BECAUSE THIS DRAMA IS EVERYTHING I CAN HOPE FOR. Sorry for yelling but folks … Continue reading →
I’m still a bit bloated from watching too many C-dramas recently, even with the ones I dropped it’s still A LOT of dramas to be binging thanks to the glut of releases in the past month. Since mid-June 2023 it’s been nonstop releases from all the major streaming platforms and Tencent has the recent successful The Longest Promise and will … Continue reading →
Oh boy, now I am EXCITED. Like, trying to keep my expectations low just went out to the window with the release of the full official preview for Lost You Forever, adapted from the same name novel by writer Tong Hua of Bu Bu Jing Xin fame. I’ve read the novel from the back countless times and did the translation … Continue reading →
So there have been many drama stills released for C-drama Lost You Forever since it filmed last year in 2022 but recently I saw the first still of one of the male leads in his alter-identity and I just have to share it. The nine-headed sea demon General Xiang Liu is my personal favorite male lead in the novel but … Continue reading →
I’ll believe this when I see it but so far this latest C-ent crack down on dramas with problematic elements/cast et. al. has not stopped ALL dramas from airing as period drama Beauty of Resilience (Hua Rong) started airing this week. So the scoop is that my most highly anticipated C-drama Lost You Forever adapted from the Tong Hua same … Continue reading →
Man, as it gets closer to seeing my favorite C-novel Lost You Forever come to life on the small screen the more I’m nervous it will suck and the more I think it will never arrive to the circumstances political in nature. C-ent is reporting that the drama has gotten the airing permit approval for the part 1 slated to … Continue reading →
The passing of time in the C-novel Lost You Forever is in the hundreds and thousands of years marking the lives and loves of the gods and goddesses with their outsized pathos. For the C-drama this month marks the one year anniversary of filming start and the production released a new official BTS video and stills to celebrate. The video … Continue reading →
A bunch of finished filming in early 2022 C-dramas rounded the corner into 2023 and still haven’t aired yet so I’m not too hopeful to see the C-drama adaptation of Lost You Forever airing anytime soon since it finished filming late last year. So getting periodic treats is good enough and for Valentine’s Day this week the production released four … Continue reading →
Well the interest is definitely there for the upcoming C-drama adaptation of Tong Hua xianxia romance novel Lost You Forever. Unlike the C-drama version of the prequel Once Promised which was soooooo bad and thankfully no one watched it, this one is high profile thanks to Yang Zi as the female lead and a bevy of fast rising male leads … Continue reading →
Alrighty, I didn’t write Lost You Forever the novel, that would be Tong Hua with her amazingly lyrical words and vivid characters. But in translating the entire three volume behemoth I have become intimately close to each scene and moment so much so seeing it come to life in the first official teaser preview was like my Christmas present come … Continue reading →
