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movielosophy · 2 years

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Luoyang - You’ve eaten at more than 70 food stalls in Luoyang. More than 20 are acceptable. Only one is excellent.

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moononmyfloor · 2 years

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Luoyang 1st impression after 6 eps.

Might have implicit spoilers, proceed with care if you read!

This is not going to be all-gushing reaction tho ok. I'm just politely sharing my genuine opinion, hope I don't get murdered😅

1. I'm not the biggest fan of extended fight sequences. They make me feel detached, and the only input it gives my brain is that "Ok the production got some money".

This is very PERSONAL tho, I know there are viewers who love that sort of thing, I'm happy for you all! You all will be well fed throughout the drama haha. I've already lost count of how many long fight action scenes we had lol.

2. I'm a big period drama enthusiast and I love it when the production pays attention to details and takes pain to produce a believable atmosphere, but unless it's going to be integrated into the plot/plot relatability is as equally as high as the production, it will not make me care. This kind of happened to me with Longest Day in Chang'an, which I dropped because it bored me as much as it was a feast to eyes (I feel like overall plot is bit similar in both dramas which is not helping that much).

The parts I liked a lot and would love to see someone make gifs of/or would try make gifs myself are

The aerial view of soldiers running across streets at night with torches. It was glorious.

The Tower construction site. That was GREAT to see, we know ancient people built massive buildings too just like today and now we can get an impression of how from a period drama.

The wedding. VERY atmospheric plus sweet guofeng/fusion folk music in the background. It was really nice to see the rites get done, and I felt emotional like I'm actually attending a close friend's wedding🤣. Turns out it's quite similar to how modern day wedding banquets get done too. The wedding attire piqued my interest, I've been under the impression Tang Dynasty wedding garb is red and green, and what they used here instead looks a bit like Sui Dynasty (here, here)? I wonder what are the reasons behind this, if someone does a post about it I'll be so grateful to be educated.

Something I didn't really enjoy that much is (again, very personal), while all the female extras look Tang silhouette (bit plumpy, plus Tang makeup styles), our main females are still very much the regular willowy figure and makeup and all haha. That makes me feel lil bit inconsistent. Also there are some random earrings appearing here and there, which is not a Tang thing (but many Tang dramas use for aesthetic purpose which is fine, but then have all of your girls wear earrings! Or none at all!)

And the artistic but silly scenes like Yibo sitting among a sea of chaotically thrown books an trying to find one word.

I'm glad to say I'm hanging on better with Luoyang compared to Chang'an tho, but it could also be mostly due to Yibo lol. Not only because I love watching him and his microexpressions, but also his character is the only one producing emotional hook point to me so far. I care for him, I feel for his socially obtuse plus possibly ace+demi character🥰. Anyway, he makes me care for the drama, a lot. Which is great!

Other than him, and Wu Zetian (she is played marvelously! Her voice is unexpectedly soft and low and very regal!) I don't particularly feel anything special for rest of the characters, all of them the types of which I've seen one flavor of or another before. And Song Yi's character (Baili Hongli's wife Liu Ran)'s dialogue mostly comprises of "Er lang! Er lang!" hehe

Overall I have a positive impression, I appreciate all the work went into making this. Fingers crossed for the future eps!

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movielosophy · 2 years

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