watched first 4 episodes , quite good no need to fast forward
the backstory is told by a few flashbacks
summary:
their fighting world is dominated by 6 specific talents
strength
hearing
smell+poison
running speed + jumping qing-gong
hypnotism & casting illusion spell
tactics or intelligence
myth was every 100 years some talented guy will master 6 talents simultaneously while other fighters struggle with only a few
the male lead character was a bio-experiment to achieve this and he escaped with the help of a black cloaked guy , but still limited by a set of arm and leg magical chains
watched until 2/3 of the episodes
quite good , I rate it 7.5/10
some repetitive plot elements like endless time calling for medic to heal
bad guys are obvious from the background music , the costume and physique matches the aura
good plot twist , each baddie is higher than the previous
literally "talk 2 hour, fight 5 minute"
lots of repeated emo scene
most fake was the beard guy having superspeed like "the flash" but getting surrounded by little foot-soldiers and surrender without a fight
the emperor only have 2 subjects , many drama are susceptible to this oversimplification flaw
main character duo are sweet
last 4 episodes remain for me
front 1/3 , 7.8 score
middle 1/3 , 7.5 score
last 1/3 , 7.0 score
during the second half , the show lost it's main sweet romance line and revenge line
screentime hijacked by the 2nd male character
inconsistent battle prowess by the "bad guys" , sometimes appear superman , sometimes weak like normal villiagers
completed the drama
deduct another 2 points for the bad ending
my final rating is 5/10
bad points
-main protagonist gave up his revenge mission
-female lead died a few episodes before ending
-from halfway onwards , 1male 1female supporting character had more screentime than the lead duo
-routine getting injured and calling for medic
-routine getting sad in past events
-excessive use of greenscreen to reduce physical building in studio
-inconsistent fighting capability of bad guys
-over emphasis on "team of 4"
-treating the audience like fools when all the brotherhood argument are explained as "pre-planned acting" through flashbacks
good points
+plot twists
+bad guy leaders have the physique and costume
+front half of the show have sweet romance
+great outdoor scenery
+around episode 43 there is a real fast horseriding scene by chumin actress , all other horseriding are fake with body double or filming technique
at around episode 43-44 outdoor scene orange rocky canyon , zhaoxifan looks perfectly illuminated from forehead to waist , it looks like he was greenscreen added onto a high definition photo background
the director went into bokeh frenzy to repeatedly blur the background out of focus
there was also a scene around that episode where the camera angle became "computer game" CGI revisit back to zhaifengtang , from there I realize the perimeter fence was all fake CGI to shortcut lower cost skip building it , only the floor near the center is real
the scriptwriter probably following a directive to never show protagonist successfully revenge against the emperor , instead spending full episodes explaining the need for emperor
Sword Dynasty 剑王朝 from 4 months ago had the same flaw
it's in line with the "no time travel" limit 8years ago , to limit the C audience imagination on "what could be if we rewrite history"
supporting character override main character in screentime
same flaw as 从前有座灵剑山 and 三千鸦杀
Please get your own show.
I'll fastforward if i see the same actor again.
images grabbed from soompi forum
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copy from soompi forum
full 30minute OST
電視劇 (天醒之路 Legend of Awakening) OST
1.少年俠。汪蘇瀧(片頭曲)
2.紙船。郁可唯&薛之謙(片尾曲)
3.流光月色。雙笙(插曲)
4.每壹滴淚都是壹顆星。阿蘭(插曲)
5.倒映。趙政豪(插曲)
6.每壹滴淚都是壹顆星。妖楊(插曲)
7.如沫。王嘯坤(插曲)
This series had so much potetional with the different abilities and all these tournament but they really drop the ball.
It drags alot . Good thing is cast etc twists but they really couldve done better on fights scenes and training scenes.
Characters do same thing and don't change much or show progress. Villains seems powerful but easy captured or same with main characters. Only main lead change clothes secondary characters doesnt seem to change clothes much.
Really wish another company couldve picked this up and have higher budget. Couldve been like naruto or avatar last air bender.