Originally Posted by
Krimzon
After watching this series, I thought it was OK. Story was OK for current TVB series. Fighting scenes were disappointing. I'm one of the few here that like the ending even though it was spoil in the beginning. It was a nice twist. It's not the best series I've ever seen. I watched a few series that came out this year. This is probably one of the good ones...which is not saying much. The one I've seen cannot compete with the series anything from and before the 90s. Any time TVB does anything history related, I take it with grain of salt. I don’t know much about this time period so it really didn’t bother me. If you want a series with some sort of historical accuracy watch something from the mainland. TVB is aiming for entertainment rather than historical accuracy. Even so, there was a decent amount of entertainment value in the series.
The problem is not historical in accuracy anymore. Even the facts presented in the series itself didn't add up. The script cannot even be consistent in the universe they create.
Spoiler (click reply with quote to see)
click to show/hide spoilersIllogic 1 - 5th Prince is older than 4th Prince. When 5th Prince was a young kid, 4th Prince was still a baby.
Illogic 2 - If Steven is 4th prince, he sure stay in baby form for a long time. Emperor Shun Ji died in Kangxi Year 2 month 7. Baby 4th Prince supposedly died a few month after his birth. So, by the time Shun Ji died, 4th prince should be around 3 years old already. But, he's still an infant in the flashback.
Illogic 3 - In the beginning, Ben Wong said he has not seen his family for a long time. So, he went to secretly see his grandchild who was celebrating 100 days birthday. Huh? 100 days is a long time?