The Glorious Era (2019)

Quite enjoyable drama

Only know Zhang Yi from this drama as i watched the other drama which he acted as "An Xin' and thought this guy's acting is pretty good and his past dramas should be 'good' as well. Along the way, admired other actors/actress from this show.

The Glorious Era is the crackdown between The Communist and KMT. 1st episode may be confusing with all the rush and hush and with so many unfamiliar faces and names. Subsequently you will get to see them again in following eposides, it has 46 episodes in total.

The drama involves among the good Police, the spies, the traitors, greedy people and also the helplessness. It mainly features the beginning of CCP managing the new China while still cracking down on KMT after the Liberation. KMT is already at the losing end and you can see their belief, loyalty, the struggles, betrayal, helplessness in the name of their party.

The story is not always tense and boring, they do have some cranky and happy/funny moments. I dont find the drama slow, quite a good steady pace in fact. Apart from Zhang Yi's usual rightful character, his brother Zheng Chao San is mature with cool and charming charisma, unfortunate and insecure Zhao Di, good partner Bai Lin, Ginger is older the spicier Duo Ye, 2-sided Zhong Xiang Fang, annoying but good to have him around Qi Lala, innocent and pretty Xiao Dong Xi and all the casts, i think this is relatively a good drama to watch. But of course if you are looking for pretty boys and girls then you will be disappointed as the Glorious Era carries a formal theme with a more matured cast, probably except for Bai Ling and Xiao Dong Xi which also may not be your cup of tea. Overall it is a nice and decent drama.

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It's okay

Ok I'm gonna be honest. I just watched this for 张译. But!! The story isn't all too bad, although it /is/ a bit of a slow burner compared to other crime / war dramas. I personally like that, cause then I can miss like four episodes and I won't be super lost when I skip parts, unlike other dramas where I turn my head for five seconds and miss a major plot point. But when I say it's slow, I mean SLOW. I accidentally fell asleep to this thrice because of how slowly it was chugging by, but the story isn't necessarily boring. As for the music, I do like that they tried to use a more traditional orchestral soundtrack, which I did enjoy; it's just the more digitized music that kind of distracted me from what was going on in the show. The acting was decent too--I didn't have too much to criticize on that aspect. Overall, I think this show's an acceptable watch (especially while drawing ngl).

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