Originally Posted by
Verdiani
Here's why after all these time I didn't bother watching it after the first few episodes. It's all about the looks! Y'all don't want to know how harshly I judge actor's/actresses looks!
Look, Wallace Huo is handsome! Period!
But to get beat up on the bum for being naughty...he's too old for that. And he didn't act all that naughty too, he was giving out his serious look too much of the time, so the role did not match him. His Ah Shou character from Shi Lang was TOTALLY SUPERB!!! Although he was a little exaggerated in there, I love that show to death, so unbeatable!!! But he didn't give out the same acting from there to this Swordsman show. Even Steven Ma (before the curly noodle hair came to play) portrayal of a playful LHC at the beginning with his ShiMei is too cool to beat here.
Besides, Wallace is casting in every single show now and then, it's way too much.
Yan Rong
I like this girl so much from HuanXiPoPo, that show was also really good too. I was so happy at first to see her playing the cool ShiMei in Swordsman, but turned out to be a total disappointment. I still love that lady who played with Steven Ma more, she's sooo cute!
Yan Rong's acting here is not convincingly cute, it was as if she's trying too hard or something. That pissed me off bc I knew she can do better. It is the director's idea and fault that made her role here sucks.
DFBB
I'll be honest that QiaoEn is not pretty (some people won't agree, I'm just saying for the majority). Her eyes are beautiful!!! If you only look her from the parts, like her eyes, nose, and mouth, they are beautiful! But adding them altogether, Nah.....no! But she's CUTE! Casting her as DFBB makes me realize how INNOCENT she looks and she was the biggest miscast here ever. She does not look tricky, evil, mad, powerful, cool, or any DFBB thing related at all. No way. I only see those big innocent eyes!!! With that already being the case, she also play as a DFBB who is soft-hearted, that makes her even more innocent and compassionate. If she can just be Ren yingying, that'll match her more, although I do expect a prettier Ren Yingying.
Yuan ShanShan
OH BOY! I love Palace even if it was a 99% plagiarism of Boys Over Flowers, I still love it more than Boys over Flowers, especially of all the strong casts. BUT I DROP PALACE II ALL BECAUSE OF HER AND NOW SHE'S ALSO IN SWORDSMAN II AS RYY????? She has that...old and super mature look. Her role as a mother at the beginning matches her a lot, but not as RYY. She's not ugly at all...and actually, she is pretty compared to Qiao En, but she's not charming/cute/likeable...etc. Even Chen Zi Han and Florence Tan are so beautiful, but with them being main casts wouldn't satisfy me much, so with Yuan Shanshan...not a chance.
When the casts already do not meet the standard, needless to bother about the storyline. Thought was going to maybe watch it when there's absolutely nothing out there, now sounds like the storyline is also a disappointment...that's too bad.