Aari sky
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34 minutes ago, UnluckyWhiteCat said:
Unfortunately I can totally see why. :/
I'm not usually particularly discerning about the quality of production and I certainly don't usually notice any directorial flaws, but there were some things in this drama that just screamed 'low budget' and 'poor production quality' for me. For example, I noticed that a lot of the lighting was really poorly done, like one image would be super bright, and then they'd change to focus on another person, and the lighting for that person would be super dark... for me it was just really really jarring and it took me a long time to get over how awful it was.
Aesthetically, while I did like the pastels more, I think a lot of people are comparing it to TMoPB because they were marketing it as a "sequel," and it honestly doesn't quite live up. Imo, it just looks... cheaper. I'm not sure if it's because they were using lighter fabrics while TMoPB's looked, I don't know, "heavier" maybe? but a lot of the costumes did look a little cheap to me.
And apparently ELoD's budget was lower, so that just ruined it. But I did feel like the CGI was mostly really nice, maybe that's where their budget went. :/
The guy in the video did mention though that it had the most ratings out of all of the dramas, so that's a plus, and weren't there supposedly a lot of haters purposely dragging down the rating? That could be why it's rated so low.
I wouldn't be this sad if the series that toped ELOD were deserving but rom-coms with loose plot, average acting that is filled by fluffy moments are ranked higher especially "I've fallen for you" & "the romance of tiger and rose".. I think ELOD haters are deliberately dragging down the ratings.. minor things like lightings, poor costume and poor editing can be over looked when a plot has depth and intellectual writings with stellar cast compared to series which purely exists for "moe" contents with illogical themes
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ELOD is ranked at 6th out of 10 for 2020 costume drama(6:44), how did this happen?
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5 hours ago, Ninky said:
But the actor really nailed it in his demeanour which is harder to do.
So true , infact not just for ELOD but Vengo managed to set standards for ancient gods/powerful immortals character's in xianxia genre.. his body-language and expression were on spot. It would take years to beat this performance of his for sure..
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16 hours ago, triplesung said:
I'm probably one of the minority who enjoyed the mortal arc very much
(Vengo biased, that's why)
The beginning was boring for me. It took me 2-3 days to watch the first 12 when I can usually binge watch that within a day. But the rest after that was binge watching. Took another 2 days to finish the whole series. Of course, I skipped most of JH's part because she just annoyed me.
I also loved the mortal arc especially all the scenes involving SXR, XJ and QT , if the production had edited out all the unnecessary parts then the mortal realm would be a sweet-short arc of 4-5 episodes, but they ruined a decent paced arc by purposely dragging it out for no valid reason....
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7 hours ago, Megan said:
Don’t get me wrong, I ship DongFeng, but there’s something bothering me about the memory alteration thing. More than the fact that Dong Hua altered Feng Jiu’s memories without her consent or knowledge, what disturbs me is that he never allowed her any say of whether she wanted to pursue a relationship with him. We don’t know what Feng Jiu would have chosen Dong Hua or rejected him if she had known but it seems kind of wrong to give her fake memories where she accepted Dong Hua and willingly entered into a romantic relationship with him. It is somehow more wrong than pretending to be Xize while wooing her because within the Dream, she clearly didn’t want to see Dong Hua and the pretense is only temporary.
I kind of liked this part in the book coz it's shows how clueless DJ is when it comes to emotional bonds. he was a survivor, a sole emperor, a war god, the best strategist in his whole lifetime so it's in his nature to choose quickest methods to solve any kind of problem and he did the same with solving the fate issue with FJ.. on top of this DH never knew "love" he doesn't know what is considered as normal behavior with his loved ones so this was like a trail for him to understand how different "feelings involved situations" are compared to his "war zone/political issues"... I love this transition of DH from a Iron rock to a person with emotions..
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1 hour ago, Ninky said:
It looks like this:
BIG Book in the far right.
Unfortunately I searched for it in kinokuniya sg and au stores, none available atm. @Megan you probably have it? The orange one was TMOPB picture book. The purple on white one is PB
Pictorial PB, is it With the CD one or without the CD one?
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1 hour ago, Ninky said:
I was thinking, do you guys want to come up with a list of which favourite scenes you guys would like translated.
Some scenes were truncated or paraphrased in the English version by Hamster so maybe also let me know which scenes people want translated again for clarification.
I have a list of scenes I would like to do for the blog and some could match with what you guys want as well.
If possible I want the whole pillow book to be translated by you, hehe....
I don't want to miss out on any left out parts in the hamster translation
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2 hours ago, MayanEcho said:
It's a feature of the Viki app, I think? Comments made of users while watching via the app.
@Aari sky I confirm that it's a setting in Viki app. Too bad that in my region, ELOD isn't available in Viki, but I have TMOPB.
Haha, I just might rewatch via Viki app due to the comments, even if I already have the entire series for offline viewing.
Even in my region ELOD isn't available on viki
I'm sure most of the comments are from certain group who are taking out their personal grudges on ELOD
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What are these "timely comments" ?
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3 hours ago, jimmylyne said:
FJ's characteristic attracts all the good man..
But DH attracts the b*****s and witches..lol
Luckily DH had a good vision..and keen sights so he only acctracted to the most "special one" Xiao Bai.
Couldn't have said it better
. DH does attract the worst types but he was able to make the best one to fall in love with him as well
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6 hours ago, Ninky said:
she also believed the first book was plagiarised unfortunately and this may have given her a bias. she had a video stating her opinion which I disagreed but people have a right to their own opinion.
It really pissed me off, like for argument sake let's say TQ did plagiarised still the drama TMOPB stands on its own since director /screenwriter made 80% of improvs , the novel's only has BQ POV but the drama made peach blossom into a third person PoV with adding lot of made up stories / characters, so from that point alone TMOPB deserves 10/10 (even though I loathe butchering of Dongfeng parts)
It sucks more that ElOD ended up becoming the scapegoat for these people even wen no one can dare to accuse plagiarization about Pillow book, this is the original book of TQ in every sense and has no similarly to any other xianxia genre novels (apart from basic themes like Buddhism, taoism ) yet they take out their disappointment of "Peach Blossom" plagiarization on ELOD
5 hours ago, jimmylyne said:An old post from me and @Bai Gun Gun was just two of many examples who's responded /reacted to Avenuex's reviews.
Avenuex!
She became quite popular in this forum because of her biased reviews about ELOD because she already said a lot of comments Based on just seen 1/5 parts of the drama she already said a lots of negative thing...which is why I think her opinions was invalid.
She complained about everything, costumes, make up, lighting, directing , shadows, bad scripts...etc etc..the most gibberish one is " lack/no chemistry between the main lead!!!"?..
Maybe she not wrong about the costumes because ELOD was a low budget drama compared to TMOPB .The different like an Oscar party ( TMOPB) and High School Prom party(ELOD)..but I think ELOD's not bad, there's a few costumes on DH and FJ I'd loved tho..
I gained some experience and learnt a good lessons back then..not to bothered by any unpleasant comments just concentrated and enjoyed on what make me feels entertained.. loves what's l loved.
Ikr, if she had given such review to every other drama then I would have understood her pov to an extent.. but when she gives good reviews to guilty pleasure/rom-com series like "hypnotic love" "I've fallen in love with u" etc etc which litreally has no plot but purely meant for fanservice purpose , then spin-offs like "love and destiny" where u take all the major themes of already existing xianxia drama's and then put it into to a mixer then u get ->Love and destiny, plot wise it litreally has no merits of it's own still avenue said this series was better than TMOPB purely coz of the brilliant actors and great production team, but with ELOD she dissed the drama purely coz of costumes , lighting etc etc without even consider the freaking PLOT. I didn't expect such stupidity from her, she has decent foreign fanbase who are influenced by her reviews and don't even get me started on her comment abt V & R s chemistry. even if u don't like ELOD (coz of Personal preference) there is no way u can deny the chemistry between leads.. I secretly hope that ELOD breaks the xianxia record of highest ratings just like it broke the record for highest viewed series within 40days
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15 hours ago, jimmylyne said:
In MDL..some haters even given as lower as 1/10 rating or 1.5 after watched for a few episodes only..such a childdish attitude.
I'm give TMOPB's 9/10 because , overall it was really an awesome story/drama ( not bad no 3 for Cdrama I've watched, and kind of hooked with cdrama Fantasy Genre thereafter) still gives 9/10 despite my resentful toward Dongfeng's ending.. I really hate the ending of Dongfeng's couple in it.. stupid scripts writers..urgh.
One of the comments - *Stupid girl who chasing after a guy who didn't even know her existence.. stupid ,naive, no dignity* then mentioned they dropped the show.
Too bad they didn't get to watch how that "stupid girl" being persue by the most powerful Almighty deity in the universe soonest after he know of her existence..
Just like @MayanEcho I'm also a latecomer of Cdrama, only interested because of Dongfeng or to be precise it V/R's chemistry the real reason I'm now into Cdrama.
I'm more into Kdrama before...
In general Chinese dramas Love's it's FL lead to be of naive type but most of the time it comes across as irritating than Adorable depending on the plot and the actress's potrayal of the characters..
Maybe that's why many neutral just assume ELOD is one of those cliche series? ELOD haters are not helping the case either. If only these people can watch ELOD with fresh set of mind by forgetting all those cringey drama they've seen so far then they'll see how brilliantly Reba played the FJ character. Her cuteness, naivety and pure Innocence was on point, none of FJ traits were overly done but all of them were very well balanced, only few actresses can pull off FJ Personality and Reba was perfect choice. Ontop of this the whole premises of ELOD is on another level coz of DH, no character in xianxia drama can come close to Dh's majestic self, so to see such unparalleled god falling in love itself makes this a unique love story of all time, many are missing out on such a magical romance
P.S: I follow avenuex (YouTuber) reviews very closely, I love how mature she is when it comes to constructive criticism so I was really sad wen she gave negative reviews for ELOD and then decided to drop the drama in the middle itself
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On 6/11/2020 at 5:44 AM, UnluckyWhiteCat said:
Fengjiu quietly slid off of Donghua's body and turned and slinked back to the arena. After several steps, Dijun's voice called to her from behind: “Xiao Bai, shouldn't you at least say sorry for biting me?” In his voice, she could clearly hear his teasing tone; for someone who had just been poked fun at, to be able to so confidently speak in this way, indeed could only be Dijun. Without looking back, Fengjiu dryly said, “Sorry I've bitten you.” Donghua was silent for a moment, then suddenly softly asked, “Are you truly sorry?” Fengjiu tripped and glared back in irritation. “What do I gain from lying to you?” Donghua contemplated for a moment, then, seeming puzzled, asked, “What else can one hope to gain from lying? Isn't it for your own gratification?” Fengjiu: “... fine, you win.” (Upper volume, chapter 11)
Adapted from Hamster's version (bolded is my added translation). When I went through the original text, I wondered why she would omit all these details, they make everything so much clearer, and she probably would have done a far better job than me. And imo, this one really changed the tone of the text.
Damn, u guys are making it literally impossible to get over ELOD/Pillow book (In a good way)
i wish I can magically learn Chinese within a day so I can read all those left out juicy details
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1 hour ago, Donghuadijun said:
Why Yangzi's fan hate Reba? I also new to Cdrama or any drama in general. In fact I don't watch much but Donghua and Fengjiu changed me. Lol
Trust me some Chinese fans r not at all inferior to K-pop fans when it comes to craziness..
Any Chinese actor would be a lucky person if he /she gets a group of mature ppl with sensibility as their fans..
But there are some actors who take advantage of these crazy fans for their personal benefit where some choose to stay silent to escape all the drama..
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1 hour ago, MayanEcho said:
Do you still remember
how we used to be...**
https://mobile.twitter.com/gong_ELD/status/1270412743862968320?s=09
**(Viva Forever, Spice Girls)
Chibi Dongfeng is life
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14 hours ago, MayanEcho said:
I can't understand either why that much anger? Is there a very big backstory, for any of the cast, for the roles being portrayed, or over the script? I mean, other than the fiasco over the rights of the story, and who plays whom?
I'm quite a latecomer in Cdrama, actually watching dramas in general as the interest was simply not there. I know much lesser when it comes to actors/actresses, though I do like a few and recognize some. I did however heard a thing or two over how fan wars can be OTT organized and goal oriented for their stars and idols.
If I see my Japanese cousin online I'll try to ask.
I was speechless when I saw the comment section of ELOD, Many were not considering to watch the series just because it wasn't the continuation of TMOPB, most of those were Drama only watchers.. so basically they have no idea abt TQ universe and how unique DH and FJ are as a couple in every sense.. On top of that TMOPB kindof took few original themes of Pillow book and systematically butchered it so those fans might not understand the depth of ELOD, they might even think that it has the same repetitive scenes (arcs) as TMOPB in a different order
Another major problem is Yang Zi fans (but the actress has no fault), they hate Reba so they are purposely down voting the ratings of ELOD in famous Chinese websites coz they want AOL to remain on top.. its freaking childish!!
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1 hour ago, MayanEcho said:
“Carve your heart out. I heard that when one wants to declare his feelings, there is nothing more sincere than to carve his heart out. Mortals die when their hearts are removed, so when death is made into remembrance, such memory cannot fail to be significant nor can it fail to be sincere.” (PB2, p473)
This!!!
Many readers just focused on the "Crave your heart " part but forgot the real intention/context behind the request of FJ.. when ones craves his heart out at his dying moment, death will be made into remembrance, nothing can top this gesture in the sincerity/loyalty department.. one can say that this is the ULTIMATE GESTURE of showing ones loyalty/eternal love. That's why FJ made such extreme request not because she wanted DJ to litreally cut his heart out for her but to give an hint that she expects that kind of loyalty from him, but in the end DJ did it litreally to clear all of her doubts abt him form it's roots (also to protect her from the trail) @Megan
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4 minutes ago, Ninky said:
Its not that small mirror he created in the dream but that large waterfall version in nine heavens that was given to Xu Yang in the book.
I genuinely thought they transferred that large waterfall to demon realm, if it still stays in heaven then what the point of XY specifically asking for it?? Only when it get transferred to demon realm, the Mirror can be boasted as one of the treasures of their clan..
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2 hours ago, MayanEcho said:
He might see, but where exactly in the mortal realm? Or can the mirror exactly pinpoint where someone is in the mortal realm?
As he's weakened by the poison he absorbed, then he wouldn't or unable to use the one by the falls to preserve energy. No idea if the smaller one is with him, or if he gave to SMY.
Or the farfetched there's a scene for it that he was searching FJ through the mirror but it didn't make the cut.
I think DH gave up the mirror to Demon clan (forgot the name) in exchange of keeping JH there forever.. so now the mirror is with JHs brother and that would be the last place DH will step on after all the crap Happened coz of JH..
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2 hours ago, MayanEcho said:
If it turns out that it's dubbed, who's checking out the "ohs" of DH?
If it's dubbed then I don't think there will be "ohs" instead there will be "yaaas"
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2 hours ago, MayanEcho said:
It would be nice if TMOPB and ELOD get animated versions. There won't be any problems with the hair and costumes then, hehehe.
Suprisingly Japan does better job at animating Chinese series than it's own.. maybe it's the art or something but the quality of the anime and the characters look much better.. the animated version of Untamed set the bar too high and if they decide to do animated version of ELOD (Pillow book) they'll hit jackpot for sure..
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5 hours ago, Ninky said:
I have the picture book but there are scattered pictures online.
Where can we buy it? I have been searching for it everywhere but couldn't find the edition..
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30 minutes ago, MayanEcho said:
I also think he's dashing with loose hair. Why haven't they showed that even once for both TMOPB and ELOD? In ELOD while he bathed? Hahaha.
Maybe it's diffcult to pull it off with a wig, I mean we could already see VG neckline inside the wig. Also when they do the tie-up hair it sits perfectly, but when it's loose u need thick quantity with soft texture and Should cover the real Hair of the actors which is a very tough job for makeup artists..
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26 minutes ago, Ninky said:
For me my fav is the original look described in the book, the hair worn loose. Book Di Jun only does his hair up for formal stuff like the yearly meet with new immortals to give them their immortal titles.
So basically the look at the bottommost picture.
I love how xianxia ML can look feminine and masculine at the same time, it makes the whole package look outwordly!!
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(Vengo biased, that's why)
. DH does attract the worst types 
[Mainland Chinese Web Drama 2020] Three Lives Three Worlds The Pillow Book 三生三世枕上书
in Mainland China
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I also love rom-coms, they are my guilty pleasures, but like I said these genre exists for pure "fluffy" contents, like there is no solid plot. U can literally wear lingerie and walk in public during ancient era still it would be potrayed in comic light, writers can do watever they want in this Universe coz there is no Logic or definite rules. So to see such genre top Intellectual writings is very sad for me coz TMOPB & ELOD etc are one of a kind whereas u'll find fluffy themes like "romance of tiger and rose" in large number for each year. infact my most favorite scene is from "I've fallen for you" where ML sings that song during FL fake wedding. But no matter how we calculate ELOD is superior to "Moe" series coz of the definite structure of its universe
Also the ratings were from "douban" this was the very site where yangzi's crazy fans went and down voted ELOD out of spite
p.s: acc to me, out of all the rom-coms the only series that had some logical structure for it's plot was "Eternal love 1 & 2" writers took time to properly build the plot and it's supernatural elements.