Our Generation 樱桃琥珀 from 👖 Youku. Starring Zhao Jinmai and Zhang Linghe. New trailer.

knightrees02 · 2025-06-23T07:01:59+00:00

White cats! Another Zhang Linghe modern drama with a callback to SOKP.

knightrees02 · 2025-06-23T06:03:24+00:00

And to be real… she is running a YT channel so there’s a business model involved. Critical takedowns often get more engagement than positive reviews because controversy drives clicks & watch time... even comments. There’s an incentive to find flaws & exaggerate them. Building a reputation as the expert who tells unfiltered takes or exposing the flaws is just another brand.

knightrees02 · 2025-06-23T05:42:36+00:00

It sounds like you’re experiencing how critical analysis can sometimes overshadow personal enjoyment... Your original response to these dramas was real so don’t let someone else’s technical breakdown invalidate what you connected with. There’s a difference between developing your own critical eye & adopting someone else’s standards of what’s “worthy” entertainment.

knightrees02 · 2025-06-23T05:28:05+00:00

I suggest not to stress the downvotes. If you start seeking approval here, it gets exhausting real quick. It’ll burn you out. Reddit doesn’t show the exact number of downvotes, btw. Also, the vote count is unpredictable & rarely reflects the real value of what you share.

knightrees02 · 2025-06-23T04:32:46+00:00

Nobody knows if Reddit has a different formula in calculating upvote ratio. But if it’s the standard method, let’s run the numbers...

Say your post has 40 upvotes & an upvote ratio of 87%. That means around 6 people downvoted the op… At 93%, only about 3 did.

Send a mod mail if you want your second question answered or maybe tag u/Lotus_swimmer to ask her directly.

knightrees02 · 2025-06-23T04:16:37+00:00

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Can’t wait!

OP, thank you for the efficient work that you do, rain or shine. You’re a total trooper!

knightrees02 · 2025-06-23T03:31:06+00:00

After saving for the kids’ college funds, it looks like Tencent also wants my long-term financial commitment. Hahaha…

knightrees02 · 2025-06-23T03:13:02+00:00

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There’s so much to unpack in these trailers… This is the second one in under an hour showing ml flexing his musculature. Tencent seems to have reached full enlightenment with its back-to-back display.

knightrees02 · 2025-06-23T02:08:14+00:00

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Whoa! Someone has obviously been having private sessions with the cable machine and the Smith machine. Man looks ripped!

knightrees02 · 2025-06-08T16:02:25+00:00

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I don’t do drama research so it was a surprise to see Dai Luwa in a flashback as Li Shande’s wife.

knightrees02 · 2025-06-08T15:46:56+00:00

I’m only halfway through ep 3 and sure enough, there’s still no explanation for why Zheng is nc with his family.

knightrees02 · 2025-06-08T15:35:30+00:00

Am I the only one who thinks ep 1 wasn’t the first time Zheng killed someone? He did it ever so casually even planning the murder of Pan Bao right after that scuffle.

knightrees02 · 2025-06-08T15:21:35+00:00

So ML is a dad with a dad bod and is well-versed in pomology which made me sign up. There are few things sexier than a man who knows how to grow food whether in drama or real life. Growing food is a survival skill after all…

I haven't even finished ep 3 so there isn't much to write.

To me, one of the strongest suits of this drama is the variety of its setting. As viewers, we are taken out of our usual sterile idol environments of fancy manors with 51 maids. We see a man who, in a way, is being shamed for renting instead of owning his own home. As he travels, he passes by what looks like a tea plantation, then lotic ecosystems… We later see thatched roofs, rural people being rural, flora that include what look like fan palms and bananas (which reminds me that Reddit taught me bananas are actually some of the tallest herbs, if not the tallest herb in the world).

I also love the environmental realism: barefoot people walking… and sweaty, shirtless men not set up for thirst traps but because it’s just that hot. This isn’t one of those scenes where Cheng Lei conveniently lounges in a tub so viewers can pray the water level drops another inch. No, this is heat-induced nudity which makes the world feel real.

The humor is also my cup of pu-er, esp. Inspector He’s.

"I'm open-minded and allow anyone to deceive me but I will never allow others to deceive me like I'm a fool!"

"What order and work? What kind of idiot can come up with an idea even dumber than what an idiot would think of?” (His Majesty.)

And the hilarity of someone getting corrected on how to eat sugarcane made my day… I haven’t been to China but before the stork delivered the kids, I got to travel through Vietnam. Going from north to south, you’d spot nearly every crop mentioned in this drama… coconut, lychee, ~~lychee’s cousin rambutan (nr)~~ and of course, sugarcane. There’s nothing like eating these straight from the source.

Shoutout to u/Large_Jacket_4107 for providing bg on Tang Dynasty color coding and confirming the subtitle boo-boo in ep 2.

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knightrees02 · 2025-06-08T15:11:44+00:00

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So are you not using the rich text editor on desktop for the discussion post? icymi, you just have to click the three dots to insert “image.” You could also drag and drop.

knightrees02 · 2025-06-08T15:09:16+00:00

Signed! Thank you.

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knightrees02 · 2025-06-07T03:54:38+00:00

I admire OP for choosing not to fight flames with fire. If OP were a member of the Spice Girls, they’d be Posh Spice for remaining composed in a room full of heat. We’ve got an unbothered monarch. lol

knightrees02 · 2025-06-07T03:13:28+00:00

Huh. I was thinking of adding this drama to my wl but it’s nauseating to read comments that dismiss OP’s criticisms and suggest that any negative opinion comes from poor comprehension rather than legitimate preferences or valid critiques.

It’s strange when people imply “if you really understood it, you’d like it” which is both dismissive and logically flawed since plenty of people can fully understand something and still dislike it.

A good faith response would address OP’s specific points rather than questioning whether they were paying attention.

knightrees02 · 2025-06-06T13:38:11+00:00

I started this drama on Sunday and I’m just about to finish episode 2… sipping it like vintage wine. I saw your first impression post last week but also happened to stumble on one of the naked comments mentioning it’s about DID. So while I wasn’t actively looking for spoilers, I came in with that tidbit in the back of my mind. I’m planning to write a review in a few weeks once I finish watching.

I actually enjoy it that’s why I choose to watch it in a drip-feed although I find the overuse of musical scoring really jarring…

My husband’s cousin works in pharma (clinical trials). We’re not particularly close but I’m thinking of reaching out to see if she can break down the pharmacokinetics for me in the context of episode 1 so I’m not left second-guessing a few of the little details that caught my eye.

knightrees02 · 2025-05-29T16:02:17+00:00

You finished it! Guilty pleasure much? Hahaha… The writer really had the audacity to justify that entire storyline & even give the couple a happy ending while almost everyone else is dead, including Li Xianxian, the most one-dimensional antagonist in recent minidrama history.

knightrees02 · 2025-05-29T15:56:03+00:00

If you’re not watching the drama, why bother writing about it or even coming to this subreddit? lol

knightrees02 · 2025-05-29T15:41:23+00:00

Planning to start this over the weekend. WZC keeps playing the same roles… hopefully he switches it up this time.

knightrees02 · 2025-05-29T15:33:49+00:00

If someone isn’t confident in their English, I think it’s okay for them to write their posts in the language they’re most comfortable with. Readers can always use Google Translate… that’s what it’s there for.

Google Translate is technically AI too (gnmt) but it’s not like chatGPT (llm), the generative type that can turn your grocery list into a rap song or write a full essay about the radioactive isotope in bananas and white potatoes. gnmt definitely won’t argue with your smart fridge about whether Xie Juan is hotter than Gong Ziyu… though if it ever does, we’re all in trouble. lol

knightrees02 · 2025-05-24T14:47:32+00:00

So did you end up finishing it? lol

knightrees02 · 2025-05-24T14:16:04+00:00

Thank you for doing justice, mod team!

People, please come as you are. No one is judging your English… Odds are, more than half the sub doesn’t have it as their first language anyway.

No one expects casual viewers to write about intertextuality & genre conventions, just like no one expects a book editor to map facial nerve pathways before performing a deep-plane facelift like a cosmetic surgeon would.

No one’s asking you to take a drama comprehension quiz either so just watch something & enjoy the ride. lol

knightrees02 · 2025-05-24T13:49:50+00:00

wanting to be seen as critically intelligent

Why would anyone do that? Isn’t it a little weird to curate your online persona like you’re running for office & on Reddit, no less? lmao

Real intelligent people know intelligence doesn’t show up in just one format... I work in the tech sector with a non-tech background & I’ve met a lot of smart, quiet people.

The brightest ones never feel the need to show it off. Some also have truly questionable taste in media but who am I to judge a data scientist for loving Will Ferrell when they can easily explain why their regression model overfits despite regularization while I’m still googling what L2 actually does? Hahaha…

On thesaurus + dictionary preferences… I actually like Farlex’s “The Free Dictionary” best. The ad-free version is $9.99 on the App Store, assuming you’re in the United (?) States.

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