We hoped for sparks from the pairing of Dilraba Dilmurat and Chen Xingxu in “Love on the Turquoise Land” 枭起青壤 and looked forward to an intriguing story. Alas, while this Chinese sci-fi fantasy thriller drama delivers beautiful visuals, it lacks narrative focus and energy. Besides an exciting intro early on, it sets itself adrift on a long road to nowhere. Let’s talk about the baffling character logic, the oddly likable villains, and the utterly pointless scenes.

(00:33) Introduction & Overview
(03:28) Confounding Characters
(10:58) What Are We to Root For?
(17:13) Scenes That Make You Go Huh
(21:48) Exasperating Narrative Pacing and (Lack of) Vision
(25:10) It’s Really A Loser Cult
(28:44) Wrap Up Thoughts

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In this episode, we delve into three Chinese dramas that share an unexpected theme - recent shows we really tried to watch but couldn’t quite get through fully. We revisit “Blood River” 暗河传 and “Fight for Love” 山河枕 with updated thoughts after getting further into each, and we check out the audience-requested “Love in the Clouds” 入青云. As usual, there are good and bad things we took away from all these shows. But what exactly happened that made these not quite jive for us? Listen and find out.

(00:32) Introduction
(01:35) Love in the Clouds - Impressions
(16:15) Blood River - Updated Thoughts
(22:35) Fight For Love - Updated Thoughts

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It’s another double-feature drama session. This time, Elle drags herself across the finish line of Chinese drama “Eat, Run, Love” 吃饭跑步和恋爱 - a second-chance romance that delivers more running than actual loving. Then Juniper gushes with spoiler-packed sentiments as she shares a much delayed wrap-up of “Fated Hearts” 一笑随歌, where some ludicrousness and deviation from the source novel worked, and other times she wishes the show had kept to the book.

(00:32) Introduction
(01:07) Eat Run Love - Elle’s take
(19:22) Eat Run Love - Elle’s rating
(21:59) Fated Hearts - Juniper’s wrap-up
(36:37) Fated Hearts - Juniper’s rating

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