Flight to You (2022)

I've had my prejudices against idol dramas. This changed everything.

Doing this from the top of my head after an all-nighter so please excuse the rather spotty memory. A warning for spoilers!

It's truly amazing how fast your views can change when idol dramas are acted by people who actually know what acting is. Always a pleasure to watch both leads on screen, and the supporting cast absolutely stole the show (Ni Zhan, you deserved so much better in the love department).

Now, I will admit that the story had a few parts (especially in the beginning oh my god) where I just considered flopping my forehead on the table and just, staying there. When I tell you the miscommunication/zero communication levels were off the damn charts? Like I get that it's realistic that two headstrong personalities and unbending wills would clash like that but sometimes a whole argument could be avoided if one of them just... literally spoke less.

Cheng Xiao's arcs were very realistic as someone trying to make it in a male-dominated industry. I like how she's such a girl's girl and maintains friendly relationships with even her "love rivals", something I don't see very often done well with idol dramas of the same calibre. Her story with her mum was also very good. I come from a family like hers so it was very refreshing seeing it be realistically solved by the finale, gives all of us oldest daughters a bit of hope (if you know you know haha...).

Also, every time that Jiang Tao was on screen I wanted to roll my eyes so bad. He was funny for a while, but then crossed the line when he threatened Yicheng (who is a single parent, mind you) with his daughter's education. Good riddance by the way, he deserved what he got at the end.

I can't really speak for the technical stuff (like all the plane jargon really got me like O.o sometimes), but from what I've seen from the reviews from actual aviation enthusiasts on the Chinese side, it seems to be pretty accurate. Props to the production team for good research on that end, most idol dramas would not give a fuck, that's for sure. I learnt quite a bit too, definitely gonna recommend this to my grandma who hates flying.

Overall, it's nice if you want a non-romance romance drama if you're like me who cringes at the thought of watching people kiss, but the relationships get very funky very fast so do bring along some paper to do your note-taking.

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Only for the airplane's lovers and for Wang Kaï's hands fans :) :)

Journey of a FL (Seven) cargo pilot, transferred to passenger transport, despite the sexism / mysoginism of a flight director. Wang Kai, a seasoned pilot obsessed with safety, will take her under his wing and help her.
+ Interesting plot on paper and a very good casting.
+ the OSTs are good
+ lots and lots of plane blueprints : you learn a lot of details even if every is not accurate.
+ close-up on Wang Kai's hands in each episode (why this obsession with his hands????)
BUT :
- the story is poorly written: the 1st half of the drama is quite engaging: interactions Seven / Wang Kaï tense and intense, but the 2nd part is ENDLESS!
- super super slow romance (they got together only in the 38th episode /39) and very little skinship. Traumas, obstacles, hesitations, I don't mind, but this is really too much!!
- character of the excessive mother (with a strange and very fast treatment of her PTSD :) :) One wonders how traumas are treated in China...

In short, I only went to the end with skipping and because I like the 2 leads. Too bad the potential is wasted by a poorly written story.
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Parcours d'une FL (Seven) pilote de frêt, transférée au transport de passagers, malgré le sexisme / mysoginisme d'un directeur des vols. Wang Kaï, pilote chevronné obsédé par la sécurité, va la prendre sous son aile et l'aider.
+ Plot intéressant a priori et très bon casting.
+ les OST sont bons
+ beaucoup, beaucoup de plans d'avions
+ gros plan sur les mains de Wang Kaï dans chaque épisode (pourquoi cette obsession sur ses mains ????)
MAIS :
- la story est mal écrite : la 1ere moitié du drama assez engageante : interactions Seven / Wang Kaï tendues et intenses, mais la 2eme partie est INTERMINABLE !
- romance super super lente (38e épisode /39) et très peu de skinship. Des traumas, des obstacles, des hésitations, je veux bien, mais là, c'est vraiment too much !!
- personnage de la mère excessif aussi (avec un traitement de son PTSD étrange et très rapide :) :) On se demande comment sont traités les traumas en Chine...

Bref, je ne suis allée au bout qu'avec du zapping et parce que j'aime bien les 2 leads. Dommage que le potentiel soit gâché par une story mal écrite.

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Flight to you drama

My review is excellent and i am impressive for the story and the all actors are good .. especially wan kai and tan song yun i'been watching for wan kai dramq before but i did not finist it. Boring, for tan song yun some her drama i ve watch it. But for this 2 flight for you, this 2 had great chemistry , body language is accurate for this two. Thay are good ? in this drama hoping for qnother drama for this two. In some drama wan kai did not smile during promotion for his other drama. But for this flight to you wan kai qlways smile and obviously he is enjoying this dram. I've been watch this drama for 10times. I lkie it and they are good chemistry kudos to the director and actors for this drama #flighttoyou for me its 100 score

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Delightful Drama

Spolers? Nothing really specific though some elements are lightly touched upon.

You have read the reviews so you know what "Flight to You" is about.

The cast includes two actors that appeared in "Master of My Own": FL Tan Song Yun and Liu Chang. Wang Kai himself, is impressive as ML in "Flight to You". If you have not watched "Master of My Own", please do. I highly recommend it.

We follow the FL through ups and downs of being a female pilot and the doubts that some have about female pilots flying planes. The opening was nice in intro'ing the characters. Cheng Xiao faces obstacles from all quarters as a pilot and overcomes them with the eventual aid of a surprising cast of characters. Even the "bad guy" turns out to be a love-hate relationship with the viewer. There is at least one surprising relationship that I did not foresee, that is lightly touched upon by the end of the show. The detail paid attention to as to the cabin crew has me wondering if someone actually used a consultant. It was a nice touch showing the difficulties and operation of the cabin crew. Makes me appreciate the job more.

As for the production, the CGI is not the best. I don't expect it to be comparable to movies. No points deducted for it. Live shots are well done. Sets as they are work very well.

Story? I liked it. The cast brought the story to life. Camera work and directing added to it.

Watchability? Despite liking and enjoying the story, with a talented crew and cast, no scenes really jumped out at me. I can recall scenes from "Master of My Own", "Legally Romance" - a must watch, "The World Owes Me a First Love", and many other shows. If someone asked me to mention any scene that pops out? I couldn't name one in "Flight to You". I can describe the drama from beginning to end. And that is good enough. I probably will rewatch it at some point - it's a good show with a great cast and good story as well as good production.

Thoroughly recommend it. For some reason, I'm a sucker for romance dramas. Not all of them, of course. I'm particular. And "Flight to You" makes my list for must watch.

Next show to watch? I'm going to go check out Wang Kai's works. I found "Flight to You" by liking Tan Song Yun's performance in "Master of My Own". Yep, chain-watching actor's shows to stumble upon other great actors. Which leads to other shows... a never ending cycle.

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Facts not right

Fact#1
"Flight to you" team has not been to Singapore.
If they have, they would know that Singapore does not have a mountain or hill near Changi International Airport. The nearest mountain in our neighbouring countries are also not visible from Changi International Airport.

Fact#2
'Saigon' control tower voice recording in English are of indian accent, which is not correct. Vietnam people's English will not have Indian Accent at all.

Fact#3
How can the 'Saigon' control tower voice recording be one sided conversation. The plot is far-fetched. It is unbelievable that top management or pilots will believed such an evidence.

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Workplace drama that is really ticking all the boxes

Love a character that has to overcome prejudice and setbacks in the workplace. She faces those on several fronts but there are people routing for her too. The FL character feels better fleshed out than many other FLs in similar workplace dramas. She is a bit hot headed and unorthodox in her methods. She is also talented, hardworking and an all round decent person. She feels so relatable and I really want her to succeed.
I have really been engrossed by the writing and acting of the story so far. The injustice in certain situations have made my blood boil. I cannot wait to see how she will doggedly carry on working towards her dream job. She’s too talented and exceptional to be held back for long.

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Feel good modern drama

Flight to you is all a story about flights,pilots,air hostess,ground departments,mechanical engineering and others.Though we travel frequently in flights,I must say I have known everything about flights and their crew in detail after watching this.From training pilots and air hostess to landing and taking off,handling passengers,critical situations and also the health problems of crew involved,all were neatly written.The flow of the drama was good.
This is the first time I have known that even flight crew also participate in disaster rescue operations.Those episodes were also good.
Now,coming to actors,Gu Nanting portrayed by Wang Kai has become one of my favourites.Wang Kai was one of those actors who coul show his emotions only through his eyes I am really impressed and also became his fan.Yiu are an exceptional actor?.
Tan songyun and other actors acted well.
The production values were good, Costumes and locations fitted the story.
Regarding ost,Thinking with you has become my favourite song.I listen to it daily.
Finally,this is a great dramawith beautiful emotions attached to it.I definitely recommend you to watch it.In the air,there is always a story waiting for us to watch?✈️??

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I wanna thank the director, screenwriter and casts. WOW. For 7 years i was on Kdrama land and never even once I liked office type of dramas, until this Cdrama Flight to You stole my heart.

TBH, i hated Cheng Xiao on the first 8 episodes because she acted know it all. Thankfully, the story and her character started to develop when she was put on the Ground Handling team. As someone who is new to Cdrama, i just found out that the first 10 episodes are appetizer :P

I also love how the writer wrote CX hot and cold relationship toward GN; one day she's all flirty, the next day she acts all cool.

Speaking of favorite episodes, I loveee 17th episode when Gu Nanting finally knew CX was the tenant; their acting and chemistry were top notch.

Then 18th episode when CX invited the people who helped her getting through the crisis for dinner, the seating part was so funny even i kept on repeating it.

22th episode when Gu Nanting did presentation about Gender and Profession, that part was so brilliant it led GN being reinstated because of how he envisioned the airline's future with female pilot in it..

Also the episode when she asked Ni Zhan to take care of her parrot in front of GN; she wanted to make GN jealous and she nailed it, GN spent hours in a car, it cracked me up.

It's been a month i'm on Cdramas land and enjoying it so mucccchhhh. Look forward to another office Cdramas :D

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Worried whether bullies are Australian

I really like this Drama but as an Australian who loves Asian cultures I was confused about the antagonist trainees at Tullamarine against the Chinese pilot trainees. They have American accents and mannerisms not conducive to how Australians might behave in this environment. I get there is racism here but not all of us behave like this. I have never considered the Chinese inferior to me, I have many Asian friends, and it upset me to watch this. I felt uncomfortable that this is how we are percieved! I mean are they Australian trainees or American? Would love to know.

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