EPISODE 1 RECAP The male lead Zhaoxi (Joseph Zeng) is the manager of a hospital. At the beginning of the episode, he is camping somewhere near a lake and roasting some sweet potatoes. Is it just me or does the drama WANT us to see the male lead’s makeup? IContinue Reading
EPISODE 1 RECAP (and a bit of 2) Hongdou (Liu Yifei) is a manager of a five-star hotel in Beijing. She is super busy and career-focused. No homemade meals. No time for boys. When a guy hints at asking her out, she says she has to walk her dog thatContinue Reading
EPISODE 1 RECAP The emperor has passed away. Power is now in the hand of a head eunuch Xiao Duo (Dylan Wang). Though not an official leader in the court, he has built himself a strong support system that includes the current empress. As the rule says, when an emperorContinue Reading
EPISODE 1 RECAP A girl, Liu Shao, is playing in her garden when a hooded man descends from the sky and makes a bargain out of the blue: I can take you to see the world and do great things if you are willing to trade your destiny for thisContinue Reading
EPISODE 1 RECAP Qin Shi (Yang Mi) is a successful lawyer at a famous firm. This firm, however, has an unspoken rule that women must be married in order to qualify for any promotion. I doubt there’s any noble reason behind this; so I can only deduce that they meanContinue Reading
Hmm… what are Peng Xiaoran and Feng Shaofeng doing here? Anyway. EPISODE 1 RECAP The kingdom of Dachao is the big boss. Tribes and smaller states submit to their demands in order to maintain peace. The female lead Yezi (Peng Xiaoran) is from one of those tribes. She is bestContinue Reading
EPISODE 1 RECAP The drama begins with a child’s voice giving you the background of this story. They’ve probably figured out that the same mysterious male voice like in all period dramas out there might just make the audience more inclined not to pay attention. They also present the backContinue 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