Affectionately Nitpicking Pages and Screens with Equal Enthusiasm
Well, I had no idea this was a remake of Legend of the Condor Heroes. Something’s going on with both the English and Chinese titles. Or is it just inspired by Condor Heroes? Anyway, this is a fresh new take on Jin Yong’s most popular novel. Because the story is already too well known, I …
25 episodes in and we finally get some… sniffing. EPISODE 21 – 25 RECAPS The emperor, after a lot of investigation, has decided to lock up the crown prince and clear the name of his 3rd son, aka Ning Yi’s favourite brother, who died unjustly. Ning Yi almost passes out from happiness. Shortly afterwards, the …
*TW: this post contains discussions relating to abuse/grooming. If you stumble upon this post by accident, I promise, I don’t write about serious subjects like this often. In fact, I prefer to take the easy route most of the time and just have a few laughs with dramas. Anyway, let’s get this over with. It …
This drama starts out pretty light-hearted and I hope it’ll remain so. EPISODE 1 RECAP A tomboy-looking young girl named Jiuling is strolling through a city’s market. Her gestures and movements are larger than life even though she has a tiny stature. She wears mostly red and her hair is in pigtails. Later on, it …
EPISODE 16 – 20 RECAPS Over at Xin Ziyan’s school, Zhiwei and Nanyi go around and pretty much do what everyone in this drama does: snooping. While doing so, they find that inside this very school, the Bloody Pagoda Gang (Xuefutu)is operating under the Crown Prince’s order. Unfortunately for our amateur sleuths, when the leader of …
EPISODE 1 RECAP As the drama begins, we see a woman (Wu Jinyan) wearing all red, running across a forest. Her husband, who is dressed all in white, chases after her while weird music plays in the background. Is this supposed to be romantic or creepy? I’m confused. Next, we see them sleeping on a …
I apologize for the lack of recaps for the last two episodes. The truth is, if I were to write a recap, it would look something like this: Time-jump. Hug. Guy pushing buttons. Rocket going up. More hugs. End. Absolutely nothing else happens in terms of character or even plot. Now, this sounds like I …
I’m not sure how to recap these episodes because nothing actually… happens (?), but I’ll try my best. EPISODES 26 – 30 So, three main mini-arcs take place here. The first one: Yutu and Jingjing navigate their love life while being apart. Jingjing is with her film crew in a desert, filming a period drama, …
The full title of this drama is Fox Spirit Matchmaker: Red-Moon Pact. It doesn’t exactly sound exciting, but at least it’s not the generic “eternal” something. When I first read the English title, I thought it would be a comedy where Yang Mi plays a know-it-all fox fairy who loves to matchmake and meddle in …
A good romance has just enough fluff to keep you intrigued. You put in too much fluff and it becomes a fanfiction. That’s what these five episodes feel like: a fanfiction of the previous twenty. And I feel like I’m intruding on a couple’s life instead of watching a story unfold. EPISODES 21 – 25 …