IN A FEW WORDS The Sword and the Brocade is a 2021 drama which I am a bit late to check out. At first glance, it isn’t better or worse than any drama of the same genre that came out around that time (or recently). It follows a familiar formula:Continue Reading
*This post is a follow up to the Royal Feast – Basically video. There’s no denying that Royal Feast invested a great deal in costumes, sets and cooking sequences, but be careful not to raise your hopes up too high about this drama being another Jewel in the Palace. RoyalContinue Reading
*This post is a follow-up to Pearl Eclipse – Basically… Pearl Eclipse is a 48-episode, half court-intrigue, half fantasy drama. And instead of dragons and phoenixes, you have mermaids most of the time. Below is my assessment of the first few episodes. WHAT’S GOOD Neither a good nor a badContinue Reading
*This post is a follow-up to One and Only – Basically video. A simple romance period drama with simply one goal: not letting its lead couple be happy. And it does fairly well. Let’s briefly go through the good and bad of One and Only based on the first fewContinue Reading
Ancient Love Poetry, the latest romance fantasy that involves an ice-versus-sunshine lead couple dynamic and a Three Lifetimes Three Worlds theme. So… WHAT’S GOOD Zhou Dongyu – What else? As far as a bubbly, innocent, naïve, and sassy little fairy goes, Zhou Dongyu is a reasonable casting choice. Even thoughContinue Reading
*This post is a follow-up to the Legend of Fei – Basically video. SO… Just to be clear, I do not hate this drama. “Hate” is an emotion, and I am not sure emotion is something The Legend of Fei has rendered from its viewers, positive or negative. Confusion? Definitely.Continue Reading
*This post is the follow-up of Princess Agents‘ Basically video. Here we are: the post that is about three hundred years too late. Now, the elephant in the room: It is a pity that Princess Agents had to take the incomprehensible open-ending route and leave us all wondering what onContinue Reading
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that… your characters can get away with anything if you put Regency clothing on them.Continue Reading
This post is a follow-up to the Boss and Me’s Basically Video. Having seen the entire drama and now looked back at it for a second time, it strikes me how wholesome this story is, and perhaps that is its appeal.Continue Reading
*WARNING: This post is humor-free. This post is a follow-up to the General and I’s Basically Video. Honestly speaking? The first few episodes of General and I are highly interesting. Yes, the plot holes are there, the green screens are obvious, and all the popular die-hard tropes are also present,Continue Reading