Draca
Australia
Why I dropped it, then got dragged back after skipping a bit
Empress Ki captured my attention because of the two lead actors. (Huge fan) The music, scenery, acting and costumes are amazing, as is the characterization and humour. AND the leads are fantastic.
Yes, I first though it was a bit long, and I think that had they dropped a little of the wash, rinse, repeat back at square one it cold have been shortened and it wouldn't have drained me so much to watch.
It's true when reviews say that you never get a break, and I'm so in love with Ki Yang, a super strong woman who is capable and true to herself.
What I didn't like about this, and what made me nearly drop it, is the strange way in which the romance is written, to the point where the couple I loved (main couple, lead couple) just didn't seem to develop properly and there were too many dramatic plot points that happened earlier on for me to be able to see it so believingly. Thankfully, when I just had to skip a bit, it seemed to have been well repaired and I got what I wanted to see.
There are characters you'll want nothing more than to go away, but not because they're annoying or fake, but because of their performance, their writing which makes you actually hate them.
There is a moment about halfway through the drama that is quite epic and powerful, and I was really impressed, but then the writers chose to go with a dramatic, so much of a coincidence it's not really believable, trope, or cliche really, and that was when I started to lose steam with my enthusiasm for the story. (((Empress' Son)))
This was a personal choice and, as a writer, I found it a little too unbearable to entertain, and when the cycle of defeat a plot by the evil man just kept going I found I couldn't watch any more. But I loved the drama, and the main characters that I just had to see the end.
So, although it turns out this drama can make you feel bogged down, it's definitely a well made, impressive and captivating drama, just ignore the little bit around the 2/3 way point.
So see if you like it, and you'll probably find, if this is your genre, that you will.
Yes, I first though it was a bit long, and I think that had they dropped a little of the wash, rinse, repeat back at square one it cold have been shortened and it wouldn't have drained me so much to watch.
It's true when reviews say that you never get a break, and I'm so in love with Ki Yang, a super strong woman who is capable and true to herself.
What I didn't like about this, and what made me nearly drop it, is the strange way in which the romance is written, to the point where the couple I loved (main couple, lead couple) just didn't seem to develop properly and there were too many dramatic plot points that happened earlier on for me to be able to see it so believingly. Thankfully, when I just had to skip a bit, it seemed to have been well repaired and I got what I wanted to see.
There are characters you'll want nothing more than to go away, but not because they're annoying or fake, but because of their performance, their writing which makes you actually hate them.
There is a moment about halfway through the drama that is quite epic and powerful, and I was really impressed, but then the writers chose to go with a dramatic, so much of a coincidence it's not really believable, trope, or cliche really, and that was when I started to lose steam with my enthusiasm for the story. (((Empress' Son)))
This was a personal choice and, as a writer, I found it a little too unbearable to entertain, and when the cycle of defeat a plot by the evil man just kept going I found I couldn't watch any more. But I loved the drama, and the main characters that I just had to see the end.
So, although it turns out this drama can make you feel bogged down, it's definitely a well made, impressive and captivating drama, just ignore the little bit around the 2/3 way point.
So see if you like it, and you'll probably find, if this is your genre, that you will.
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