[Mainland Chinese Drama 2019] The Legends 招摇

[lavvarr]

last week i was dying for a happy ending, this week im dying because of edits.

If the final eps dont do the show justice,

MIDNIGHT 
AT MIDNIGHT WE NEED TO EGG THEM

HONESTLY I COULD SEE THIS SHOW WINNING AN AWARD OR SUMMMMMMM 

but now idk

[frostflower14]

Preview for tonight’s epic fight scene.

https://video.h5.weibo.cn/1034:4357026336436950/4357026593595351

 

Found a clip that could possible be the ending. FINGERS CROSSED it’s not the ending

https://video.h5.weibo.cn/1034:4357029117003865/4357029818510787

 

@xienrue I think this is the clip you were talking about, if this is the ending then it’s a happy one. 

https://video.h5.weibo.cn/1034:4357026931761625/4357027783786869

[rainnie98]

9 minutes ago, frostflower14 said:

Found a clip that could possible be the ending. FINGERS CROSSED it’s not the ending

 

https://video.h5.weibo.cn/1034:4357029117003865/4357029818510787

 

@xienrue I think this is the clip you were talking about, if this is the ending then it’s a happy one. 

https://video.h5.weibo.cn/1034:4357026931761625/4357027783786869

It's really hard to react. I mean, the first one is a sad ending, but at least it is more properly done. The second one may imply a happy ending, but it is sooooo ridiculous that i m speechless, lol

[xienrue]

15 minutes ago, frostflower14 said:

Preview for tonight’s epic fight scene.

https://video.h5.weibo.cn/1034:4357026336436950/4357026593595351

 

Found a clip that could possible be the ending. FINGERS CROSSED it’s not the ending

https://video.h5.weibo.cn/1034:4357029117003865/4357029818510787

 

@xienrue I think this is the clip you were talking about, if this is the ending then it’s a happy one. 

https://video.h5.weibo.cn/1034:4357026931761625/4357027783786869

Yes, it is. If that clip is really the ending, I will crying blood instead of being happy

[Alila Nguyen]

15 minutes ago, frostflower14 said:

Found a clip that could possible be the ending. FINGERS CROSSED it’s not the ending

 

https://video.h5.weibo.cn/1034:4357029117003865/4357029818510787

 

@xienrue I think this is the clip you were talking about, if this is the ending then it’s a happy one. 

https://video.h5.weibo.cn/1034:4357026931761625/4357027783786869

 

Uh... the second one seems more like an April food joke than an actual ending, if they give me that as an ending, I’m down right gonna burn something tonight >_>

 

china would not care about people uproar with censorship :/ the relationship between the Chinese government and its people is like that of a parent and their children, where they make the rules, the children can protest, but in the end of the day, they succumbed to those rules T_T

[ForgottenSoulx]

27 minutes ago, bluehibiscus said:

Hunan has often been complained for its dubious editing tactics aimed to extend a popular series by replaying scenes from previous episodes, inserting flashbacks and reducing the playtime of each episode to insert more advertisements to milk advertising revenue. One recent example was The Story of Minglan.

The Story of Minglan editing wassss wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy more better then what ever happened here. 

[BikiLee]

If this had gone the way of The Story of Minglan's editing... I would be praising this up to the skies. 

[lavvarr]

54 minutes ago, frostflower14 said:

Preview for tonight’s epic fight scene.

https://video.h5.weibo.cn/1034:4357026336436950/4357026593595351

 

Found a clip that could possible be the ending. FINGERS CROSSED it’s not the ending

https://video.h5.weibo.cn/1034:4357029117003865/4357029818510787

 

@xienrue I think this is the clip you were talking about, if this is the ending then it’s a happy one. 

https://video.h5.weibo.cn/1034:4357026931761625/4357027783786869

 

i have the first ending and make up thing in my head than watch the 2nd one. i- 

would rather read those bad fanfic instead lmao

[bluehibiscus]

 

37 minutes ago, BikiLee said:

If this had gone the way of The Story of Minglan's editing... I would be praising this up to the skies. 

 

Did you watch the TV version which was 79 episodes (last episode split into two half-episodes)?

[lavvarr]

4 minutes ago, bluehibiscus said:

 

 

Did you watch the TV version which was 79 episodes (last episode split into two half-episodes)?

 

ikr wows-wow its so long like wth, it was such a drag like wow when my friend told me I'm just thinking of all the time will be wasted

[frostflower14]

Gifs of that “bed scene”. I swear these gifs felt longer than the actual scene.

 

 

 

 

 

Luo Mingxuan’s final ending

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[enigmatic_zephy]

3 hours ago, xienrue said:

This turns out to be correct. I have watched clip fom weibo regarding tonight ending (I don't know how to upload weibo link here. I have done once before but forget how ....). The drama is indeed have happy ending, but I am sure nobody will be happy with it.

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In the clip, they use a screen of Zhao Yao and Mo Qing from early days and then dub them with different voices, claim them to be Zhao Yao and Li Chen Lan children: Li Ming Su and Li Ming Ge.

 

i thought story was happy ending. Could you plz explain what is the bad ending and what is the new good ending

[arcchidus]

Wow this looks so amazingly bad I think I will skip.

[DontEatMyKimchi]

Just finished the TV version of last episode of Zhao Yao its a happy ending. In the last few minutes, their 'kids' come out to reenact ZY and MQ's past. I will watch for the DVD version first before I start my rant. 

-Logic has left the conversation-

 

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[arcchidus]

No they didn’t! thought the ‘kids’ was a joke, but it’s real. This is a prime example of something that started amazingly and ended horribly. 

 

 I am so sad. 

[rainnie98]

It is happy ending, but as expected, the scenes are all over the place, like pieces of puzzles that don't really fit together. I think they scrambled the remaining scenes that are filmed to form as fluid of a storyline as they can, but you can clearly tell this is not the way it is originally meant to be sequenced. I really wish they didnt include that final "kids" clip that rendered me speechless no matter how many times i see it....*face palm*

 

To those wondering whether they want to watch this, I would still recommend to watch this drama, since the starting is really good and i definitely enjoyed it! But manage your expectation towards the end. To be honest,  while i know not many drama's endings are satisfactorily done and all, but this has got to be the worst editing for an ending i have ever seen. And it is such a pity for something that starts out so great (if I m the author i would be seriously heartbroken to see this).

[bluehibiscus]

ROFL  I can't stop laughing from watching the kids' clip. After reconciling myself with the fact it will most likely be a BE, I'm still glad it's a HE though and I don't regret watching the show as the leads were great in their acting and had amazing chemistry. The BTS especially are keepers.

 

[rainnie98]

16 minutes ago, bluehibiscus said:

ROFL  I can't stop laughing from watching the kids' clip. After reconciling myself with the fact it will most likely be a BE, I'm still glad it's a HE though and I don't regret watching the show as the leads were great in their acting and had amazing chemistry. The BTS especially are keepers.

 

Yes, on the plus side, I m also really relieved that it is a HE  Can you imagine, on top of the bad edit job and if it turns out to be a BE as well?! That would be a legit nightmare lol!

 

[frostflower14]

Can someone tell me how does Mo Qing come back from getting skewered with Lu He and falling into an abyss?

 

I watched the second half of the finale and it’s a jumbled mess.

 

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They used both of the clips I found. One of Zhao Yao wandering Jiang Hu alone and checking up on her old friends. Liu Cangling is married to someone else and has two kids. Zhi Yan is happy for him but has not married anyone else. Shi Qi rescues a scholar and tells him he reminds her of an old friend. Si Ma Rong lives alone without reviving Yue Zhu and with some bindings on his legs can walk again.

 

The actual ending is the clip with the two kids re-enacting their parents story. With the boy asking why he has to stick a scar on his face. The girl replies that father looked like this when mother met him and liked how he looked with the scar.

 

 

[xienrue]

Okay, just done watching. And I think I know which scene that is supposed to be in the original end (the open sad ending thing).

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It should be the scene when Liu He sword come out in the sword tomb and then Li Chen Lan voice sounds: Zhao Yao.

 

Yes, I too hope that they do not use the "kids scene" but perhaps they included that to show us that both of them indeed get married.

 

Now lets me talking about the drama in overall:

1. The acting is very good.

Xu Kai surprises me. His interpretation for both Mo Qing and Li Chen Lan drew me to this drama until I feel so much pain for the character. Plus, he has this body build and face that are so fitted for costume drama (in my honest opinion). Not all male can look that good with long hair and that flowy costumes.

 

Bai Lu acting satisfies me. I have my worry whether she can tackle the devastating scenes after she killed Li Chen Lan (no comment regarding her Zhao Yao interpretation. It is perfect). But she emotes very well. Her scenes in that white mourning clothes when she waits for Li Chen Lan are very good. I can feel her pain, how she literally just goes on living without any goal but waiting for Li Chen Lan. Her expression in the tea shop while she tells people of her lover is so ...... All her smile is tinted with sadness, a kind of smile while holding a great pain inside.

 

Surprisingly, I think all side character is acted well in this drama which makes us able to really enjoy all drama scenes without cringing.

Gu Han Guang character especially is so well acted. I really wish the novel author will write something about Li Chen Lan - Sima Rong and Li Chen Lan - Gu Han Guang relationships. Actually, I wish the drama could make these for filler. It would be far more interesting.

 

Conclusion is I am very very satisfied with the acting of this drama. Never I cringe when watching some scene.

 

2. Story

I am actually have no complain regarding the change from the novel even though I indeed wish a couple of arc can be done differently. The drama lets us explore Li Chen Lan side of story and I love that very much. Jiang Wu arc is the only thing that annoyed me the most. But I can forgive that. The decision for sad open ending actually quite okay (once I have watched until the end). Li Chen Lan life is so full of pain and grieve. If "death" can grant him peace however temporary it is, I am okay with that.

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That open sad ending in my opinion more or less shows that he will come back to live.

 

 

 

And after Jiang Wu fiasco, I do think that Zhao Yao needs to a moment to ponder how it feels to lose Li Chen Lan anyway. I imagine when two of them reunited, Zhao Yao would be very fiercely protective of him, perhaps would not letting him out of her view for a few years .

 

3. Costume

Love the costume so much!! One thing that I think is the candy/eye-feast in this drama is watching Xu Kai in those Li Chen Lan get ups. I dunno whether it is the characters wardrobes that are so good or because he wears it that they look so good.

 

4. Editing

The worst ever I have ever seen. But I think I can forgive them since it seems the editors were forced doing this abomination.

 

@DontEatMyKimchi Hahahahaha, honestly I am waiting for you to show up again in this thread after the final episode. Since I know you were so enraged already with Jiang Wu arc, I cannot imagine how would it be with this messy editing and ending. I also wait for the DVD version, hopefully we can get more scenes to complete the puzzle.

 

@frostflower14 As I take it, they make that scene of Zhao Yao killing Li Chen Lan as only a "dream". Of "what if" if Li Chen Lan cannot come back to her in that scene after Luo Ming Xuan death. I should say that very genius and creative way to turn a BE into HE.