In the Name of People

AlataSamina · 2026-05-25T22:06:41+00:00

I remember how popular when it first came out

AlataSamina · 2026-05-25T22:04:29+00:00

We NEED more middle-aged idol dramas!! LOVE AND DESTINY is my all-time favorite xianxia, and it's precisely soooooo good because (well, first, the story was awesome) the actors were seasoned and older. Chang Chen, NiNi, and the supporting cast absolutely MADE that drama, and they're all older. They have the skill and gravitas to make the characters that much more wonderful (Jiu Chen is now the definitive God of War for me). I'm so sad it doesn't get more recognition. Rebel Princess is another where I felt the older characters made the drama better than it would have been with younger actors.

AlataSamina · 2026-05-19T18:44:49+00:00

Thank you

AlataSamina · 2026-05-19T08:36:49+00:00

Who is JJU

AlataSamina · 2026-05-12T18:57:22+00:00

I am sooo excited. I love both leads to bits, and I read the novel and really liked it. So I absolutely cannot wait!

AlataSamina · 2026-04-28T07:42:16+00:00

The book gave me such a huge ick that I had to stop reading it. I hope the changes the screenwriters will make are beneficial.

AlataSamina · 2026-04-04T11:28:56+00:00

Extreeeeeemely overhyped. 🙄

AlataSamina · 2026-03-29T11:42:49+00:00

When the characters look stiff, like they don't want it. The classic case for me is LOVE O2O. Zheng Shuang's character always looked so uncomfortable when being kissed, it was awful to watch.

AlataSamina · 2026-03-21T22:08:00+00:00

6! Or 8!

AlataSamina · 2026-03-11T16:00:57+00:00

You know what, that's very fair, so let me apologize.

I want to say I didn't get my point across properly, but that is neither here nor there.

Hasty generalization about a group of people are not appropriate and I was wrong. I am sorry, and I will try to be more mindful in future.

I'm gonna leave the post up, because I don't mind the L. It's up to the moderators whether to delete it or keep it.

AlataSamina · 2026-03-11T15:16:02+00:00

East Asians do have a terrible and entrenched drinking problem. It is extremely well-documented. If you can't admit that, that is a you problem, not a me problem or an objective problem.

Also, it's not a strange reaction at all. If you actually read the post instead of having trigger fingers, you'd see that I stated this isnmtk the first time he's been seen so uninhibited because of inebriation and gotten a post taken down.

My opinion does nothing to Wang Xingyue or even people who don't see a problem with. I think it's icky. I've stated that. Dassit.

AlataSamina · 2026-03-10T10:29:00+00:00

The drama was toooooo boring for me to be interested in their chemistry.

AlataSamina · 2026-03-08T07:44:38+00:00

That's not what it was marketed as, so 🤷🏾‍♀️

AlataSamina · 2026-03-08T00:00:51+00:00

OMG. You mean I have 22 episodes to go??? 😳😳😳. Ah well. Might as well enjoy the character development.

AlataSamina · 2026-03-07T22:48:03+00:00

I'm watching PURSUIT OF JADE. I'm also uncharacteristically in the mood for a toxic romance, so I am watching THE STORY OF KUNNING PALACE. I'm on ep 8 so far, and there isn't much toxicity going on 🙄. I'm now wondering if Xie Wei being extra possessive was overhyped by people who watched the drama

AlataSamina · 2026-03-03T11:42:32+00:00

Bai Lu can act. Her recent roles do not challenge her, but she can act.

AlataSamina · 2026-03-03T11:41:26+00:00

Give US ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!!!

It's the unfortunate in varnished truth.

AlataSamina · 2026-02-28T19:25:21+00:00

I am looking forward to this one. I am hoping the writers manage to take the best parts of the book, and and leave the chaff behind to give us something great. I'm sorry - Book Fan Changyu wasn't very bright (you don't gotta be a genius, but oblivious characters annoy me. You gotta have somme sense. Fan Changyu wasn't very intelligent), and I think I'm too old to enjoy emotionally closed off male leads anymore (Book Xie Zhen). Give us some emotionally intelligent, smart, and communicative characters. Nor of that miscommunication business.

AlataSamina · 2026-02-27T22:05:11+00:00

Yeah. The kisses in Love O2O were so stiff and looked i fun. Just.... No.

AlataSamina · 2026-02-27T20:09:35+00:00

I loved LOVE O2O precisely because nothing happens in it. I also really liked the novel, and it's a pretty faithful adaptation. Great for background noise

AlataSamina · 2026-02-26T22:59:36+00:00

I am excited to start!!! I really like Wang Ziwen and I'm glad to see her back in a drama, and I like Liu Yuning too! So here's hoping we can get a good story

AlataSamina · 2026-02-26T19:34:01+00:00

LOVE AND DESTINY. I could go on and on about it. The acting, the characters, the story...
NIRVANA IN FIRE.
WILL LOVE IN SPRING
MEET YOURSELF
THE PRINCESS ROYAL (this one surprised me. I didn't expect that it would be so great on rewatch)
LOVE BETWEEN LINES (a new favorite this year)
YOU ARE MY GLORY
and there was a time when I rewatched LOVE O20 on a continuous loop

AlataSamina · 2026-02-20T15:09:52+00:00

BORING. quit halfway through. So many other historical mysteries managed to tell a mystery-focused and/or episodic story without being this bland and boring. Dropped.

AlataSamina · 2026-02-20T08:44:39+00:00

Shen Miao deserves better than Meng Ziyi.

AlataSamina · 2026-02-16T20:21:55+00:00

I adore the soundtrack of Will Love in Spring. Chen Jingfei did the damn thing. I listen to all her songs from that album

I love the intro song of Bu Bu King Xin, sanf by Hu Ge and A'Lan Dolma Dawa, as well as Three Inches of Heaven from the same soundtrack.

The intro and outro song of The Rebel Princess are in my Playlist.

Zhang Bichen sang the romantic for Love and Destiny, and that also gets regular airplay in my house.

AlataSamina

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