Say what you will about rating websites be it Rotten Tomatoes for movies in the US or Douban in China for dramas but it serves at least a central aggregate of consumer feedback. I find the public ratings more or less accurate, sometimes it’s higher or lower than my personal opinion but never wildly inaccurate. It’s also rare to not have a rating and in China the Douban ratings for TV shows typically come out two to four weeks after airing. When it doesn’t the reason is that the votes are wildly unreliable, the website either sees repeated fan votes up to buoy the rating or anti-fan votes down to tank the rating. For the Xiao Zhan and Ren Min starring xianxia C-drama this past summer The Longest Promise, first the drama took forever to air before suddenly getting released and now it’s taking forever or maybe never to get a Douban rating. It’s not a shock as Xiao Zhan dramas in recent years have been fraught with lots of opinions but it’s still weird not to see a rating. For his other dramas Sunshine by My Side has 7.2, The Oath of Love has 6.0, Where Dreams Begin has 7.5, and if anyone doesn’t already know The Untamed has a 7.7.
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I’m not sure this is necessary at this point but right after The Longest Promise finished airing, C-netizens noticed that each episode was different in running time. Don’t tell me how they know but they were right and turns out … Continue reading
I feel like xianxia dramas almost always have the exact same ending, and I don’t mean sad or happy ending but that the sad endings are the exact same set up and same goes for happy endings. It’s like there … Continue reading
Among the high profile summer period C-dramas so far I find The Longest Promise the best produced of the bunch, after the early low budget CGI it’s settled in nicely and my (and some other viewers) problems with female lead … Continue reading
I was just getting my popcorn ready and here it is, mere days after Legend of Anle premiered to join the current batch of big name led C-dramas comes the fan conflict. Maoyan Entertainment has Legend of Anle ranked number … Continue reading
Dang, talk about fireworks to come and also what major timing that is going the way of C-actress Wang Chu Ran. She’s currently the second female lead in The Longest Promise with Xiao Zhan and Ren Min and honestly she’s … Continue reading
Man, I thought The Longest Promise was delayed getting its airing permit because of the shizun (teacher)-student romance love line being frowned upon for breaching those ethical mores but turns out it was just a very poorly written, directed, and … Continue reading
So all week I’ve been hearing word that xianxia C-drama The Longest Promise will be airing soon. And soon became an actual date of July 2nd and now word is the official confirmation will come in the early afternoon that … Continue reading
I’m just popping popcorn here wondering which C-dramas are going to pass the censors this summers what with the May bloodbath that sent a handful onto the shelves abruptly. Xianxia romance C-drama The Longest Promise was filmed two years ago … Continue reading
I love writing about potential airing dates for The Longest Promise and then getting disappointed because the title just writes itself lol. The xianxia teacher-student romance drama with Xiao Zhan and Ren Min is back in the news due to … Continue reading
The title for The Longest Promise may end up prescient if this drama keeps on never having an air date. There are plenty of long shelved C-dramas but so far this one doesn’t have a scandal and the topic isn’t … Continue reading
Once I’m finished with one crack drama then I’m finished with one crack drama I go on a mad search for another similar one to follow, but it has to appeal to me from leads to visual to story. I’m … Continue reading
My precious perfect drama that is Love Like the Galaxy ended and I’m going to need time to rewatch every episode wind down. C-netizens are saying that the next high profile period C-drama Tencent will release is going to be … Continue reading