So agree, this show is one long, slow paced meditation on community support, what is valuable in life, friendship, creativity, cuisine and eating together, patience, kindness, tolerance, respect, the beauty of the countryside, as well as running efficient business, and daring to bring outmoded cottage craft up to speed...and so much more. It's a joy to watch, and you can see the comments on MDL reflect this sentiment. This one and My Liberation Notes are definitely also my favourites, just outstanding drama series, unique, beautifully filmed and scripted. All the actors are wonderful,
I first saw Crystal Liu in Dream of Splendour, I thought she was sensational. Li Xian...what can you say he's just phenomenal. Their relationship is so gorgeous, you have to wait a long time to see how it pans out, ep 31. I'm loving this one and also your recommendation Crash Course in Romance which is hysterically funny, and exceptionally well written (for a change).
I forgot to say one thing about Meet Yourself, the ONLY thing that I can fault...being as hyper critical as I am, it's the music! There will be 40 eps of these two songs endlessly repeated. and repeated and repeated. The girl singing her thing has a very weird accent, she sound like she has a severe head cold, ie "it's just another Tay," as opposed to Day. The lyrics and melody are pretty av. I have to say, same with the the guy singing.... the lyrics are somewhat dull, filled with meadows, rainbows and other fluffy allusions. I fear the main driving force in the song writing was to find two words that rhyme. Sorry...but I have actually been muting these song parts, that's how irritating I find them. Hope I didn't spoil anything :)
Haha. Can't say I'm a fan of the repetitive use of the soundtrack either but I can tune out for some reason. I do like some of the more traditional folk music though. :D
So agree, this show is one long, slow paced meditation on community support, what is valuable in life, friendship, creativity, cuisine and eating together, patience, kindness, tolerance, respect, the beauty of the countryside, as well as running efficient business, and daring to bring outmoded cottage craft up to speed...and so much more. It's a joy to watch, and you can see the comments on MDL reflect this sentiment. This one and My Liberation Notes are definitely also my favourites, just outstanding drama series, unique, beautifully filmed and scripted. All the actors are wonderful,
I first saw Crystal Liu in Dream of Splendour, I thought she was sensational. Li Xian...what can you say he's just phenomenal. Their relationship is so gorgeous, you have to wait a long time to see how it pans out, ep 31. I'm loving this one and also your recommendation Crash Course in Romance which is hysterically funny, and exceptionally well written (for a change).
Oooh... you're watching this. Great! Yeah. It's such a joy and delight.
I adore the leads too. Such a good match.
I forgot to say one thing about Meet Yourself, the ONLY thing that I can fault...being as hyper critical as I am, it's the music! There will be 40 eps of these two songs endlessly repeated. and repeated and repeated. The girl singing her thing has a very weird accent, she sound like she has a severe head cold, ie "it's just another Tay," as opposed to Day. The lyrics and melody are pretty av. I have to say, same with the the guy singing.... the lyrics are somewhat dull, filled with meadows, rainbows and other fluffy allusions. I fear the main driving force in the song writing was to find two words that rhyme. Sorry...but I have actually been muting these song parts, that's how irritating I find them. Hope I didn't spoil anything :)
Haha. Can't say I'm a fan of the repetitive use of the soundtrack either but I can tune out for some reason. I do like some of the more traditional folk music though. :D
Me too totally, those more traditional pieces in Chinese are beautiful and suit the tone, visuals and narrative of this seriesI