Jiu Liu Overlord (2020)

average low-budget drama

Story/Production:
I'm actually a fan for historical comedy dramas. This one couldn't win me over. The problem wasn't it's low budget, but it's script-writing. The comedy wasn't my taste either. The stronger point is that it stays most time on the comedy route til the end unlike some other production.

Actors/Characters:
All the characters are very flat and stereotypical imo. The actors are trying their best and I would say they actually fit their roles. But at the end the average to good acting couldn't rescue the drama. Bai Lu is actually very suited to act in such historical comedy dramas. Imo her potential got wasted here.

Overall:
An very average low-budget historical comedy drama. Bai Lu fans can have a try.

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A classic series, nice, even if it is not the drama of the century.

A good historical-romantic drama with Bai Lu (in FL, always excellent) and Lay Yi (in ML for once, not in an evil or supporting role).
Plot: meeting between a noble and rich silk merchant & the leader of one of the 9 gangs. They will confront each other, get to know each other and do business together, then fall in love (despite the tricks of a persistent love rival, helped by his corrupt & ambitious father). The continuation of their adventures will lead them to the imperial court.

PROS:
+ well-written, coherent story (a bit "dramaland" though :)
+ Very good actors, including the secondary characters.
+ a strong, independent and intelligent FL
+ good chemistry in the CL
+ well-suited OST

CONS:
- lots of cliches: stubborn-obsessive rival, unwanted arranged marriage, court plots, corruption, poisoning, etc.
- lengths in the narration (2nd part)

I watched the 2nd half of this series at speed 1,5, thus i don't think that I would rewatch it one day.
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Bon drama historico-romantique avec Bai Lu (en FL, toujours excellente) et Lay Yi (en ML pour une fois, pas dans un rôle de evil ou support).
Plot : rencontre entre un noble et riche marchand de soie & la dirigeante d'un des 9 gangs. Ils vont s'affronter, apprendre à se connaître et à faire des affaires ensemble, puis s'aimer (malgré les tricks d'1 love rival persistante, aidée par son père, corrompu & ambitieux). La suite de leurs aventures les conduira à la cour.

PROS :
+ histoire bien écrite, cohérente (un peu dramaland quand même :)
+ De très bons acteurs, y compris les personnages 2aires.
+ une FL strong, indépendante et intelligente
+ bonne alchimie dans le CL
+ OST bien adaptées

CONS :
- beaucoup de clichés : rivale obstinée-obsessionnelle, mariage arrangé indésiré, complots de cour, corruption, empoisonnement, etc.
- des longueurs dans la narration (2eme partie)

=> Une série classique, sympa, même si ce n'est pas le drama du siècle.

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Fast forward ⏩

At first, the story was fine and funny as I got to know the cast. However, around episode 18, it became harder for me to continue, so I put it on hold for a month😬

I decided to pick it up again because I found out Leon Lai was in 'The King’s Avatar,' and I didn't want to see him in both dramas. I ended up fast-forwarding through the remaining episodes🤭

One thing that saddened me was Alen Fang’s death; in my mind, there was no happy ending for him.
(The fact that I watched two of his dramas, and he died in both of them)

The ending was good, with the characters living their happy afterlife, accompanied by Zi Lu and Pei Shan.
Oh and I loved one OST as usual😆

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Okay

Lengthy drama ,acting is good. Story is good but Lead character story part I think is wrong or wrongly directed , see in starting episodes second male lead got more screen with first female lead . He stand equally with her in tough time . In one scene it had shown that she caught in the fire though first lead saved her but second lead heal her . When he was taking care of her the way she looked him when he was taking care of her it showed she also moved towards him little bit but if we see in reality to look starting episodes she should loved second lead but he was second lead can't help . I think story should goes like in this way the first lead got second lead character and second lead got first lead character ,I think this would be better .
Secondly love story started very late for which we as a viewer actually waiting .
I liked their assistance love story more . They were looking so cute.
Very last episode story take a jump of three years or six years I forgot but his assistant still proposing her . What I wanted to see that they both are leaving happily married couple ,having kids and she is still pulling his leg .

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a fantastic Bai Lu

Another great cdrama with BaiLu as FL! She is great in this character, it suits her best, with her cheekiness and childishly mannerism! PERFECT! the ML is from my personal point of view, super hot and jeez, his torso scenes, well... BRAVO! Definitelly worth watching... lol... jokes aside, the drama has an intriguing plot, good acting and the finale will leave you satisfied... even though, i feel the last episodes was trying to explain too many thinks to a point it was unnatural... i donno how to explain it... but there was too much politeness and calm reasoning going on in scenes where killing was involved... or it was supposed to be involved... and they were just calmly reasoning like a detective might do when solving a case in front of an innocent audience ... i donno if what i am trying to say makes sense... BUT regardless, i would definitelly advise this cdrama to anyon

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Uma boa primeira metade desperdiçada na outra metade

Antes de mais nada,
esse é um daqueles dramas que eu assisti com grande expectativa,
talvez seja uma das razão da grande decepção que ele acabou por se tornar.
Afinal era um drama com umas das minhas atrizes favoritas ~Bai Lu.

A historia não é nada incrível, mas seu inicio é realmente interessante e conseguiu me prender.
A proposta inicial me chamou grande atenção, o grande problema é que isso não vai durar muito e é jogado fora.
No geral a parte boa fica nesse inicio, praticamente tudo salve algumas exceções funciona muito bem, o romance pode ser muito lento para alguns, mas nunca foi um grande problema, posso relevar isso com muita facilidade.
Intenções entre ML e FL são realmente boas e eles juntos funcionam, o problema é que tem o príncipe no meio.

Agora a segunda parte é desinteressante,
tudo começa quando a trama muda e vai parar no palácio, começam os problemas.
Tem a questão que leva a FL para o mesmo lugar, mas esse não é um problema.
O problema começa por que o ML na verdade deve ser um príncipe dado sua identidade verdadeira e ai as coisas começam a se tornarem menos interessante.
Quando acontece a cena que junta ML e FL, eu até pensei que era uma boa ideia certo?
Ao menos forçava esse relacionamento enrolado a ir para frente,
mesmo que não seja da melhor forma possível,
mas então ela tem a ideia genial de fingir uma certa coisinha e enganar o ML,
por causa de seu objetivo próprio e isso é gravíssimo.
Um grande problema sempre foi o personagem Li Zhao o terceiro príncipe,
esse é aquele tipo de personagem chato, que por curiosidade pegou o caminho errado.
Conseguindo talvez um dos melhores finais que eu já vi, adorei seu final ~um final merecido.

A qualidade da produção é okey.
O figurino é bom e devo dizer Bai Lu fica maravilhosa em tudo.

A OST não é memorável,

O romance é bem lento.

Bai Lu em seu personagem é incrível e é o esperado dela,
sua atuação não decepciona e cumpre o que você espera dessa atriz.
Lion Lai em seu personagem é convincente,
sua atuação é boa e por curiosidade lembro dele por causa de Legend of Fuyao.

O elenco como um todo é bom.

Quanto as considerações finais, esse é um drama bom,
mas que esta longe de ser perfeito, mas pode ser uma boa escolha caso goste dos atores principais.

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I'm repeating this drama for the 3rd time. This much it's good!

I'm bias to both Bai Lu and Lai Yi, so it's a perfect score. Yes, there are lots of 9-10 score drama, so this isn't that type of super great one, but for someone likes ron-com, it could be. I just like to repeatedly watching this when I have nothing else to watch or after I watched heavy drama. It will lighten your heavy heart and make you laugh. And it will also give you fast heart beating (love) moments throughout the episodes.

This is one of a very few Lai Yi's main lead drama. He is tall, handsome and he is a good actor. And Bai Lu is very pretty yet she plays wild and out of control gang boss well, then once she is in love, things change quite a lot. You'll see her sweet side. Their chemistry is so good, it makes the drama more fun and it gives you love heart beating moments.

The plot has many turns and turns, so you will not get bored. There is some story you won't expect so you cannot skip the episodes. If you like ron-com, you will definitely enjoy this drama.

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A wild adventure

10+ I just finished Bing watching. What a great and exciting drama with an amazing cast the rating should be hirer than 8.9 I don't think they could of made this better. It was full of mystery and murder, love, hate, sadness, revenge, friendship and family. It's about a girl Long Aoyi leader/master of the long zhu gang. The were about justice and helping the people. She was adopt and raised by Feng Jie the owner of Wu Yun Ge a brothel for 11yrs after her father was killed. Then 1day she meet Li quingliu the master of new road Silk who is by the book person. Then we meet Du Xiaoxian who is screatly in love with li quingliu and he treats her as a sister. Then comes in the 6th prince Li Zhao who is smitten with Long Aoyi and starts to get Jealous about the relationship between her and Qing liu. In the course of all of them trying to all do well and solve many issues and traps they are put in. It seem that her gang and the silk store are blocking the real evil/corrupt Du Chang eng from getting what he wants. The story starts to unfold as the person helping is Consort Dr and misister pang. The prince finds out and is devoted to help long Aoyi find evidence and bring the bad/corrupt officials to an end, but they keep hitting snag due to spied around them. The story just keeps getting better and better as long Aoyi is falling in love with Li Qingliu and so is he, but prince Zhao will not let it happen. Soon it is discovered that li Qingliu is the missing prince Yun and is sent to the palace. Now that he is gone the bad people kill her mom Feng Jie and upon her death she tell her not to go to chang'ar and spill her identity and gives her a Koi sash. Now she on a hunt for a murderer in the palace.. She gets into palace and pretends to be pregnant in order to stay and get clues. Now everyone is trying to kill or get rid of her
Now all the excitement begins with more jeousley betrayal murder and so much. You need to watch to the end and you'll agree on how they ended it.
Ps don't forget tissues

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This is a good drama to watch while waiting for a great one. It is a fictional historical with some nice action scenes, good camaraderie, melodrama, comedic moments, and a light romance that started too late into the drama. There’s also some mystery. Although the leading couple has good chemistry, their romantic scenes were playful and cute but not exiting. The leading character was written to show a cold facial expression for most of the show’s duration and it became tedious. The female lead’s character was fun and nice to watch but the character’s delivery felt off on the romantic scenes. Overall, it is a nice drama and it delivers entertainment. Enjoy it!

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A DECENT STORY AND LOTS OF HUMOR MAKES FOR A GOOD SHOW!

I picked this one up because of actor Alen Fang (previous Unique Girl). I like to see for myself what I’d like about a show, and other than the actor mentioned I actually liked the 2 leads very much. Both strong minded, smart and of course, stubborn but work together to resolve issues. The overall storyline was good, the male lead typically seems cold-hearted and too serious but ends up being a pretty cool guy, right? My first time watching Bai Lu and I actually loved her character being a boss and in charge, she’s quite clever and funny, too. There’s enough humor to make me laugh, and there are other characters to like or not like. Other two of my favorite parts of watching a period piece are the costumes, and a good soundtrack.

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