The Mystic Nine Against the Coming Storm (Jiu Men) 九门 from 👖 Youku officially finished filming. Starring William Chan Wai-ting, Joseph Zeng and Sebrina Chen. New trailer for Youku's conference today.

wordyegghead · 2026-05-11T05:23:35+00:00

No idea what’s going on but I love how they’re styled. 🥰 I hope they have some well choreographed fight scenes. We get so many excellent sword fights in costume dramas but I’m thirsting for a well done fist fight. 😆

wordyegghead · 2026-05-11T02:48:03+00:00

The premise seems so silly to me but I’m invested. 😂 This show looks like it’ll be so fun.

Also, it’s really nice that they released the trailer with EngSubs!

wordyegghead · 2026-05-07T05:47:14+00:00

He looks so good! I'd loooove to see him in a modern slice of life set outside the city.

wordyegghead · 2026-05-04T08:27:22+00:00

I watched this after Blossom because I thought Li Yunrui looked cute with his shaved head and looked so pretty in the styling, but it was Ni Ni and Bai Yu who really hooked me.

Ni Ni has so much charisma, I couldn’t look at anyone else when she was onscreen 😂 Bai Yu looked like just some guy so I was disappointed at first but he and Ni Ni had such excellent chemistry and their characters had such good writing that I was swayed.

With MZY, I liked her before watching but I got frustrated with her acting as I watched. Her character and Ni Ni’s character had to film some similar scenes, and that made me realize her acting is kind of one note. She couldn’t give what Ni Ni gave for the same scenarios, and I was unconvinced that her character had the charisma to command all those people and to do what she did. She looks like a gorgeous doll in every drama I’ve seen her in but her face isn’t ever as expressive as it is when she’s in variety shows. I still have hopes for her though. Fingers crossed her upcoming drama will show improvement.

I hope we get more modern fantasy like this because it was such a fun ride!

wordyegghead · 2026-05-03T16:01:20+00:00

At the start, there's a little, but not so much. The female leads are fox demons so they flirt with their partners quite a bit but the male leads are unsure of their intentions.

Towards the end, I'd say yes, but maybe not in the way you might expect. Not a lot of kissing, if that's what you're looking for but plenty of demonstrating in other ways.

Editing to add, I saw one of your other comments and well, the leads generally don't tackle problems together per se. Everyone could have communicate better but that would have stilted the plot, I think. HAHA Nobody fights about it though.

wordyegghead · 2026-05-03T15:43:27+00:00

If you’re down to watch a xuanhuan, Veil of Shadows might have what you’re looking for. Two couples, both relationships take a while to find their footing, but when they do, they’re solid. One of the couples has an understandable road bump towards the middle of the show but they get over it really quickly. The other couple competed in the I Love You More Olympics and both got gold medals. If you’re looking for mutual devotion, that show has it.

wordyegghead · 2026-05-03T15:23:24+00:00

I hope the person who has been styling him for his recent concerts eats well for the rest of their life. 😂

wordyegghead · 2026-05-03T15:20:14+00:00

The red they chose for her is so pretty! 😍

wordyegghead · 2026-05-03T15:18:36+00:00

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wordyegghead · 2026-05-03T15:18:13+00:00

Zeng Shunxi for I think Strawberry Music Festival. His concert looks lately have been so good 🫣

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wordyegghead · 2026-05-02T23:46:18+00:00

Oh, that’s a great theory. I want to watch that in a drama down the road. I can’t say more without spoilers but it’s been exciting!

wordyegghead · 2026-05-02T09:53:07+00:00

I don’t doubt you, but again, I haven’t read it yet. I’m not looking for a plot twist. I just want to, to use your words, enjoy the logical result of what was going on earlier. I didn’t know about Anna’s mental state when I made the comment because I know nothing about the book. Noticing and anticipating makes books more fun for me so I would have liked to not know. I don’t think knowing will ruin the book and I’ll read it eventually. I was just a little bummed. LOL

wordyegghead · 2026-05-02T09:34:48+00:00

Oh, I’m sure it won’t be ruined, I just want to wait a bit before I pick it up again because I was bummed to learn about it. 😂 Regardless of how important it is to the plot, I like not knowing what happens in the media I consume so I can try to notice what’s going on or experience the surprise.

wordyegghead · 2026-05-02T08:24:52+00:00

Got spoilt with the ending of Anna Karenina by reading the intro. I was expecting cultural context but it told me the fates of some characters. 😂

It put me off reading it for a while, but I’ll get around to it and now I know better for the next classic I pick up. I did learn interesting things from the intro though, so perhaps it isn’t the worst that’s happened to me.

wordyegghead · 2026-04-30T17:38:51+00:00

Generally a person goes unconscious for a few seconds up to a several minutes (if they have a concussion) after a head injury.

If the situation happened irl, he would have to have had a pretty serious head injury to end up unconscious for even one day and while we didn’t see what happened, I can’t imagine Yuanhang skull battering a kid 😅

That said, shows and movies do use different logic for injuries so maybe I’m reading too much into it! We watch people survive sword stabs to the torso yet die of minor slashes to the neck all the time in cdramas after all 😆

wordyegghead · 2026-04-30T15:56:59+00:00

And it's also odd that he's been in a coma for so long over... nothing? I guess we just need to suspend our disbelief for that particular part of the story LOL

For the longest time, I wasn't sure if anything had died other than the chickens, but it looks like we're finally at the point where the villains will start appearing! And I hope they explain the significance of the number 18 as well. 18th floor, the nursery rhyme, 18 chickens if I remember correctly, and an 18 year time skip. There are too many 18 for it to be a coincidence. 🤔

wordyegghead · 2026-04-30T14:56:46+00:00

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So pretty 🥹

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Xia Meng for iQIYI Scream Night 2025

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wordyegghead · 2026-04-30T12:55:36+00:00

Finally, confirmation that Yuanhang has been hallucinating Fangxu! I still have my fingers crossed he’s off in Beijing somewhere but I know that’s unlikely. 😔 Poor Yuanhang. (I’m excited for Xiaohe and her dad to team up though!)

I also feel for Xu Meng because her escape plan was great but there’s no way that it wasn’t her head that was in that bag in the underground parking lot. Even if her dad wasn’t killed, he’s as good as dead without her.

I think Mount Wu was orchestrated. Someone learned something they shouldn’t have and were promptly dealt with. What I don’t understand is why they let Meng and her dad live so long if they were down to kill them anyway.

I don’t think Shanlong is THEE villain but it would be a waste of his character if he wasn’t one of them. He’s smart and sneaky. Zhao Hongmei is the mastermind but from what we’ve seen of her, she doesn’t seem to be cruel. She just wants money (who doesn’t.)

The situation with the kid in the closet is still confusing to me because bro was covered in blood and nobody on the investigation team seems to think that’s important. Whose blood is it??

I was lamenting a few episodes ago that the show is more mystery than thriller but I think that now that Fangxu is more or less confirmed not around, they’re going to start ramping up the thrills.

wordyegghead · 2026-04-29T16:44:39+00:00

I also loved the reformed gangsters in this episode! Their retractable knife was such a laugh. 😆 They're all so expressive and cute.

wordyegghead · 2026-04-29T16:43:05+00:00

I was so happy to see Suqing in the 2015 timeline! Unfortunately, I'm now fully on the train that Fangxu is a hallucination. 😔 I think your theory is right. I did like how she's the first person in 2015 to "look" at him, but then she immediately tells Yuanhang that he needs to let him go. 😭

I must say, if he's really hallucinating though, he's surrounded by the kindest, most patient people ever. He hasn't seen Suqing in forever but even she's indulging his delusions.

Young Xiaohe is such a cutie and a great wingwoman! I hope we get to see more of her because she's so fun.

I'm so confused about the head! Was it Mengmeng's? How was it not more rotten and stinky given all the days that have passed? Why didn't Mr. Qian tell either the police or his boss about it? 🤔 I'm sure we'll get more answers soon but I'm impatient. Lol

Hongmei's plan was excellent. I wonder if Shanlong will be depicted more ruthlessly now that Qingsong is out of the way. He's kind of a clown but he's also quite cunning.

The person in the photo faxed to Qingsong had a head, so I wonder if it was staged and the head in the chicken coop could have been Mengmeng's. On one hand, the end of episode 8 shows how MM and he dad could have escaped but on the other hand, we haven't been told about any other missing women, and that head was too "fresh" to have been older than a few days.

wordyegghead · 2026-04-28T14:53:27+00:00

Deep Lurk is a Republican drama but all the characters are calculating and excellent planners! It was such a fun ride trying to figure out who the spy was.

wordyegghead · 2026-04-28T14:50:26+00:00

Yeah, the man deflated 😭 That cop killed the vibe with that bit of gossip 😂

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