Tag: Mainland Chinese Drama
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What? We’re going back to Dragon Gate?
I don’t usually follow ancient / wuxia dramas but these stills caught my eye because – what? Dragon Gate? Again? Last week the Taiwanese modernised version / spin-off / inspiration / trainwreck had just finished airing and now there are news that a new drama based on the 1992 movie New Dragon Gate Inn /…
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Dylan Kuo pairs up with Gui Gui for upcoming C-Drama Slacker’s Food Diary
Filming has recently begun for C Drama “Slacker’s Food Diary” (懒人美食日记) starring Dylan Kuo and Gui Gui! Dylan must be used to the height difference with his lead actresses by now right, since he’s 187cm and she’s 163cm! I’m looking forward to this new pairing – potential cuteness! Planned number of episodes: 30 (45…
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Loved in the Purple / The Purple Hairpin Episodes 1 to 10 thoughts
Part of the appeal of opening your own production company must be the ability to pick your co-stars. Michelle Ye is one of the many actors nowadays who has her own production company. She allegedly paid an eight figure sum to lure Raymond Lam to star in Loved in the Purple / The Purple Hairpin…
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Shining Days releases opening theme – Wake Up Love by Peter Ho
I think I have dramas lined up until the end of the year already, with Shining Days (Cui Can Ren Sheng / 璀璨人生) releasing after Flowers in Fog (花非花雾非雾). I’m not sure of the exact date since I’ve been seeing conflicting news, but it could be late August to mid September? Originally slated at a whooping…
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Reimagining Justice Bao: Detective Alliance 新神探联盟 initial thoughts
Last night I was planning to write about “Dragon Gate”, but instead I got lazy and started watching this. Detective Alliance / New Justice Bao (新神探联盟) is a reimagining of the iconic Justice Bao – you know, the righteous judge with the dark skin and crescent shaped birthmark on his forehead? I’m not sure what is the official English…
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The Story of Mulan Episodes 1 to 2 thoughts
I know, I said I wasn’t going to watch this, but after two episodes I’m sucked in! The Story of Mulan is actually quite good. (And it’s not because of all my bias towards Dylan Kuo – I swear!) I would like to think non-Dylan fans will also enjoy this. But let’s be up front…
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The Story (Legend) of Mulan 花木兰传奇 Episodic Summaries 1 to 5
I’m in the middle of writing a post about the first couple of episodes of “The Story of Mulan” (also known as The Legend of Mulan / Hua Mu Lan Chuan Qi / 花木兰传奇 / the Dylan Kuo version) and it occurred to me it would be a lot easier if I start translating the episodic…
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Love Ah! / Ai Ya Ai Ya / Ia Ia I Do Episodes 14-15 (final)
I think it’s has almost been a month since I finished this, so I better write this up before it gets sucked into the blog blackhole. (which has swallowed a couple of my posts already!) Ia Ia I do has been one of those dramas where if I was to represent it graphically, it…
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Picspam: Dylan Kuo & Hou Meng Yao at The Legend of Mulan press conference
I really don’t have much to say in this post, except Dylan Kuo and newcomer Hou Meng Yao were so adorable at the “The Legend of Mulan” (Hua Mu Lan Chuan Qi / 花木兰传奇) press conference! They may have just convinced me to at least watch a few episodes of this drama – which is premiering…
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Another Mulan adaptation starring Hou Meng Yao & Dylan Kuo finally airs
This could be the ultimate test for my current fangirling over Dylan Kuo. In a recent interview, he commented the dramas / movies he filmed in the past year or so had already aired (or has a release date) so any upcoming works are still at the negotiating stage. So I was pleasantly surprised to…