DRAMA REVIEW | The Double (2024)
For starters, this was a great watch. The production value was outstanding, the clothing design beautiful and the performances exactly what you want from this kind of revenge story, which is subtle and over the top at the same time, somehow. The music and editing could be better but they didn't stop me from enjoying this drama.
The main characters are smart, deadly and flirty. Their friends and family members a perfect fold for their cunning ways.
Wu Jin Yan and Wang Xingyue have an explosive chemistry. It's unreal. Every scene they had together got me giddy with excitement.
The villains were not your typical and I found myself equally invested in the part they had to play in this story. Their ending was befitting to their respective arcs and retribution sweet.
It's my first time watching a drama where Li Meng stars in but I am damn impressed by her. She's a powerhouse and I will be looking forward to her future projects.
This is also the kind of drama where nobody is safe and I commend the script writer for going there when so many other don't. That said, if you are going to kill a major character, you can't have a lukewarm resolution.
I have spent the better part of the last hour reading and watching every interview the director, cast and crew gave about this drama because when I finished it watching I was pissed.
This might be controversial because I know this is a well loved drama, hell, I loved watching this drama but what was the director thinking changing the script of the final episode and leaving the story as an open ending? Viewers spent 40 episodes, invested in this characters, hoping for them to have a happy ending, only to be met with a final scene that can be interpreted as reality or wishful thinking. Leaning more on the latter.
A revenge story it's not something you leave open ended. And, yes, I know there's an epilogue and I think it should be part of the final episode not something you release just in case fans might be angry at what you did. This is so unserious, I am lacking words.
This drama was a solid 8 for entertainment and production value until that ghastly final scene, forcing me to drop a full number. They should have known better... and they did. Why release an epilogue if they didn't?
Rating: 7/10
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Since i watched the double a little over a month ago i got sucked into the world of chinese dramas … and realized a lot of the ones i was watching had many repeat actors/actresses. So i made a web showing the overlap i found between 10 different cdramas that i’ve watched. See if you can spot each show.
(Disclaimer: i made it in 1 hour sorry if there are any mistakes)
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na chvíli jsem se zamyslela nad problémem, jak do češtiny přeložit slovo "cringe"
a pak jsem si uvědomila, že ono je to vlastně naopak
"cringe" je ta tajná třetí možnost, jak vyřešit léta starý problém, jak do angličtiny přeložit slovo "trapný"
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Můj počítač se občas probudí, když ho dám do režimu spánku. Občas to je jen proto že se náhodně načetl antivirus nebo teamsy, ale občas to nemá žádnou zřejmou příčinu. Ovšem vím, že když ho neodemknu a nepoklikám něco myší nebo nebudu scrollovat, tak až znovu usne, tak mu dost možná zamrzne zamykací obrazovka a já ho budu muset natvrdo restartovat. To je ovšem zdlouhavý proces, což mě dovádí k tomu, že občas prostě slyším jak se můj noťas v noci rozjede s hlasitým vzlykáním větráku a já jako svobodná matka vstanu ze své vyhřáté postele, abych si k němu sedla a začala ho konejšit z jeho nočních můr co mu ruší klidný spánek. A až znovu usne tak jen doufám že už bude klidně spát po celou noc.
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Unpopular opinion, but if a ship was a was bad as a crack ship, it would Also be bad as canon ship
Being canon doesnt magically make a ship better and if people didn't like it before and started to like it only when it became canon, it only mean that It's a shit which has nothing good, but being canon
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NuDawnz Dobutsu no Mori
🐱 Japanese Bobtail
📸 Sami Kerr [Friemoth Family Cats]
🎨 Mi-ke [CFA Japanese Bobtail]
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