[[Mainland Chinese Drama 2021] The Imperial Coroner 御赐小仵作]

I really like the detail that’s gone into this drama! Nobody seems stupid and the logic is there. The transitions and scene changes are done very well, it doesn’t feel like anything is awkward or strange. Sometimes when I watch dramas I find myself going ‘huh?’ But this drama hasn’t made me do that yet.

 

 You can tell that the main leads care about each other but they don’t spend too much time with tropey stuff (and the scenes that are tropey are usually ‘purposeful’). It’s more realized through their interactions with other characters. I do wish their dialogue wasn’t so obviously changed with the voice dubbing. Either they decided to dub with different content or they misaligned really badly... anyone can comment on this?

[[Current Mainland WebDrama 2019] The Legend of Hao Lan / Beauty Hao Lan 皓镧传]

It was hard to sleep after finishing this drama. And when I woke up, I was still having trouble digesting the ending of this damned drama. Everything was so rushed, left hanging, unresolved. 

 

It’s not that I wanted a happy ending, but at least show some logic to the resolutions of each character. Where the heck was Hao Lan, did she elope, why didn’t she come out, was she sick, was she dead? Xiao Chun? Hua Yang? Dan? The evil Eunuch?

 

The acting skills of the three younger guys - Ying Zheng, Dan, Lao Ai - were terrible. It’s like their neck had a problem. And the expressions were unbearably psycho, not even the slightest feel of nobility, intelligence or reason. The entire time Yi Ren/Zi Chu was on screen, you can feel his aura of a royal, whether he was in Zhao or in Qin. Other than the pretty clothes the three boys wore to look the part, not an inch of them hinted at royalty.

 

Damn. I had hope during the last third of the drama. I’m disappointed. Gonna continue to lose sleep over this damned ending.