Boss and Me – Some Brief Honest Thoughts
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
General and I – Some Honest Thoughts
*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
Eternal Love of Dream – Unhelpful Recap (1 – 5)
It just came to my attention lately that we have not made fun of Donghua enough, mainly due to the fact that he is such a cool/detached/duty-driven character in Ten Miles of Peach Blossoms, shaken only by a short arc of romance that he ultimately overcomes.Continue Reading
The Legend of Hua Buqi – Some Honest Thoughts
*WARNING: This post is humor-free. This is a follow-up post to the Basically video on the drama The Legend of Hua Buqi. Sooo… Ariel Lin and Vin Zhang. I admit we didn’t expect much, but their chemistry is surprisingly convincing.Continue Reading
Journey to the West 1986 vs. 2011
Now… I know what all of you who are from the ’90s are going to say – the 1986 version is an unrivalled classic. Yes, it is, there is no argument there, but that should not mean any version that comes after it is automatically rubbish. (Although, there are alsoContinue Reading
Eternal Love of Dream (Pillow Book) – Honest Initial Thoughts
This post is a follow-up to the Basically video of Eternal Love of Dream. First things first, I won’t be comparing this drama to Ten Miles of Peach Blossoms because every drama deserves a chance to be judged as an individual production. I also do not base my opinion onContinue Reading
Fengjiu and Donghua Kind of… Makes Sense
So, with the accelerating hype of the upcoming drama Pillow Book (whose release date has been pushed back for the five-hundredth time), we decide to dedicate a post to discussing this minor couple’s storyline in Ten Miles of Peach Blossoms and how, despite all the whining and the incomprehensible rock-relatedContinue Reading
Honest Thoughts on Jiuchen – the Brooding Male Lead of Love and Destiny
*This is a follow-up post to the video analysis on Jiuchen from the drama Love and Destiny. Yeah, “analysis”. **SPOILERS ahead. If I could describe my sentiment toward the character Jiuchen in one word, it would be: complicated. While Zhang Zhen’s acting is on a different caliber from the restContinue Reading
The Appeal of Scarlet Heart (步步惊心)
WARNING: This post 1) contains some SPOILERS and 2) is Humor-free So… Scarlet Heart (Bu Bu Jing Xin) needs no introduction, but in case you haven’t had the chance to check it out: this is a time-travel drama, based on the novel of the same name by Tong Hua, aboutContinue Reading
Lingxi (灵汐) – Strong Female Lead?
Frankly speaking, we appreciate Lingxi, but our appreciation has everything to do with Ni Ni’s charisma and nothing to do with the character herself.Continue Reading