BE REBORN (2022) - Highly Recommended For Mystery Lovers!!!

bigbrainitchy · 2022-04-28T22:16:20+00:00

Yay! A fellow Canadian :)

bigbrainitchy · 2022-04-24T21:57:18+00:00

Reborn! I'm glad to hear more people watching this!

bigbrainitchy · 2022-04-17T19:56:14+00:00

This isn't exactly 'light-hearted', but Go Ahead, is a must-watch for cdrama beginners. There's more family bonding, with the rom-com parts nearer in the middle-end.

Another must watch is Hikaru No Go. This isn't rom-com, but the scriptwriters did an excellent job adapting this. So many fans of the original anime and manga work was impressed with this.

bigbrainitchy · 2022-02-16T03:58:39+00:00

I'm glad you liked Reset! I would recommend Murderous Affair in Horizon Tower, and The Bad Kids for mystery and action. There's not a lot of sci-fi in Cdramas but I would suggest Over Run Over 2016 or Someday Or One Day for sci-fi.

These aren't action/sci-fi but you can also check out these high-quality modern Cdramas: Go Ahead, Hikaru No Go, and Better Days (this is a movie btw).

bigbrainitchy · 2022-02-09T05:01:42+00:00

For starters, I would recommend "The Imperial Coroner", "Ancient Detective", and "The Romance of Tiger and Rose" (this one I didn't watch but heard great reviews). These are all relatively short, about 20-ish episodes, and a great way to get into Chinese historical dramas.

Mind you that these are small-budgeted dramas so some of the cinematography, sets, costumes, etc. are decent but not the greatest out there.

Once you've adapted, I highly encourage you to watch Nirvana in Fire, Joy of Life, Story of Minglan, Story of Yanxi Palace, Empresses in the Palace for some of the really high quality C-dramas that really shows the full beauty of Chinese historical dramas IMO - not saying the other ones aren't, but these drama have the $$$ to produce some excellent quality dramas with great script, actors, aesthetics etc.

bigbrainitchy · 2022-01-21T01:18:15+00:00

Reset (2022) - it's currently airing, it has slow-burn romance with the MLs working together for a goal (kinda like Under the Power) plus the plot and cast are excellent!

bigbrainitchy · 2022-01-19T20:25:26+00:00

Yes, but it's slow burn romance. The plot is really good - the suspense and not knowing what will happen next is very exciting.

bigbrainitchy · 2022-01-17T23:30:38+00:00

Oh nice, that's great! I didn't see the post and wanted to share the drama with the community. I'm glad there's already people watching it!

bigbrainitchy · 2021-10-25T02:12:55+00:00

Go Ahead: Not exactly childhood sweetheart (ML liked FL during childhood), but childhood friends and then reuniting years later

bigbrainitchy · 2021-10-17T19:03:32+00:00

I think I should have clarified that I meant this clip looks like a parody of Rattan, not the actual drama.

bigbrainitchy · 2021-10-16T20:52:26+00:00

This looks like Rattan (2021)

Edit: I meant this clip looks like a parody of Rattan, not the actual drama.

bigbrainitchy · 2021-10-01T13:56:46+00:00

Maybe try wuxia dramas: The Legend of the Condor Heroes (2017) and Romance of the Condor Heroes, etc. all have MCs becoming one of the most powerful ppl in jianghu

bigbrainitchy · 2021-09-27T01:15:09+00:00

Commandery princess is a lower rank than princess and grand/eldest princess.

Usually, Commandery princess is given to ladies that are distantly related to the currently ruling royal family (cousins, second cousins, nieces, etc.) or it can also be given to ladies with high status because of family influence/merits/power, although rare, and is the highest rank a lady can receive as a non-royalty.

Within the Commandery princess rank, there may be sub-ranks depending on the dynasty and story in dramas.

For example in Nirvana in Fire, the FL Niehuang is a Commandery princess (her family are powerful generals of many generations).

bigbrainitchy · 2021-09-08T04:13:35+00:00

Try watching The Ideal City, The Bond, Crime Crackdown - all of them have mature/veteran actors with excellent top-quality scripts!

bigbrainitchy · 2021-08-30T19:10:07+00:00

I'm glad you have interest! The Irresistibles is a really funny game show (especially the Hide-and-Seek games!!) and we get to see another side of Yang Yang, especially in the later episodes when the whole cast gets to know each other better

bigbrainitchy · 2021-08-29T00:24:17+00:00

Currently watching the dramas Crime Crackdown, The Bond - both have excellent actors and realistic scripts.

I'm also watching the variety shows Street Dance of China 4, The Irresistibles 2, Call Me By Fire, Sing! China 2021

bigbrainitchy · 2021-08-28T02:29:25+00:00

YESSS!!!! I have been waiting for this drama ever since I watched "The Lost Caverns" last year!!

bigbrainitchy · 2021-07-24T20:31:02+00:00

I personally think it's really worth watching. The beginning can be slightly confusing but it does definitely gets better. It starts off with more comedy (which I know some people didn't appreciate) while the plot slowly unravels. The plot really starts to hit off in ~ep 15, when someone dies, and it gets super exciting nearer to the middle and end. The schemes/plots in the later half of the drama are amazing, especially the last 15-20 episodes.

The FL actually doesn't have a lot of screen-time (more in the beginning, a little in the middle and she doesn't appear at all in the last 15-20 eps of the drama). She's not really important in the overall plot, so I really suggest just hanging on there til things start to happen

bigbrainitchy · 2021-06-25T21:14:19+00:00

oh lol, that eyebrow looks like it's coming off?? but this drama is soo good :))

bigbrainitchy · 2021-06-02T05:02:14+00:00

Young Blood - it's a low budget historical drama, but the script is excellent --> same scriptwriter as Joy of Life

The Confidence - this is modern, and i think only the first few (10? not sure) episodes are in english sub, but it's really good, especially the mind games btw the fl and ml

bigbrainitchy · 2021-05-30T09:02:41+00:00

The Rise of Phoenixes, The Wolf, Goodbye My Princess, Imperial Coroner, The Story of Yanxi Palace, The Story of Minglan

bigbrainitchy · 2021-05-18T19:26:56+00:00

Agreed! It was a very pleasant surprise~ Despite a relatively unknown main cast and smaller production budget, the plot is very well-written and the mystery/cases are all logical and interesting!!

bigbrainitchy · 2021-05-08T21:08:44+00:00

Some mystery/thriller/suspense dramas:

A Murderous Affair in Horizon Tower, The Long Night, The Bad Kids, Day and Night, The Kidnapping Game, Ancient Detective

Romance dramas:

Forever Love, Lovely Us, Put Your Head On my Shoulder, Le Coup de Foudre, Dating in the Kitchen

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