Another big December drama is definitely Nirvana In Fire 2. Set years after the prequel, Nirvana In Fire 2: The Wind Blows in Chang Lin (琅琊榜之风起长林) has a different story and pretty much unrelated to the first part. The story follows elder bro Huang Xiao Ming, general Xiao Ping Zhang of the Liang Dynasty, who is in charge of guarding the border but is severely wounded and eventually poisoned, which sets Little Bro Liu Hao Ran on a journey to uncover the 30-years old conspiracy/revenge pan, led by Guo Jing Fei.
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LIU HAO RAN!
Been completely obsessed since dramafever subbed with you. He is so cute and charismatic in that role. I can’t wait for this to be out. Hopefully they wrap up HXM’s segment quickly. Don’t want to wait ages for LHR to appear
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Honestly, is it just me? I kind of have low expectations for this cuz it doesn’t look like it’ll be that great. Maybe because the story doesn’t feel as cohesive and well developed yet since ppl knew the basics of the original book but this is an original script and plot. Idk. I have hopes for LHR and Tong Li Ya, but I don’t really care for the other girl Zhang Hui Wen (?) and I REALLY don’t like Huang Xiao Ming much as an actor, or even as a reality persona. HXM has like, his one or two really good performances but that was it…he’s not consistent cuz aside from that 1 or 2 really defining performances, he kind of sucks at acting…even when his character is typical idol male lead…
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HXM is a guest star. His role won’t be much more than LHR.
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I think LHR has potential to become a great actor and I’m glad he’s been given this role with a strong production company.
But, in all honesty, NIF is one of those dramas that should be left alone. It was fine the way it was.
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I love LHR but I honestly don’t have high expectations that his acting will be top notch just from watching the trailer. But if this drama is received positively, it’s going to elevate LHR to superstardom regardless.
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Truth be told, I think I stopped expecting top notch acting from the cast at the moment they announced HXM would be in this.
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Trying really hard to lower my expectations since Nirvana in Fire was pretty much as good as you can get for a drama, and there’s no way of topping that with the sequel. Probably will wait til Tribes and Empires finishes before starting this.
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Zhang Huiwen is even plainer than I thought…
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Honestly, I think we need more actresses who can act and not just be a pretty face that looks like every other pretty face. At least for me, whether the actress can pull me into the story or not has very little to do with how they look. This is why I’m such a big fan of Zhou Dongyu even though a lot of people wouldn’t call her very pretty.
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I think it’s good to have actresses who can act, but imo you don’t need great acting to pull people in. ZDY is actually the perfect example to illustrate this. Even though she’s decent (I don’t think she’s a great actress though), most of her dramas were poorly received.
But what I’m saying is that I think it’s ridiculous how none of the younger actresses are great-looking. Attractiveness is subjective, but even so I think it’s pretty obvious that the younger actresses are in general “plainer”.
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It’s strange because before they would select beauties like Gong Li, Liu Yifei, Fan Bingbing. Meanwhile the men would be manly men but not even handsome.
Now it’s just the opposite. Unique looking actresses and very very pretty men.
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Not sure I agree with the usage of the word “ridiculous” in your statement but I do notice that younger actresses are more average looking. Perhaps that’s the new trend now. I think audiences may have gotten tired of looking at pretty faces or what they call “plastic surgery faces”.
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How is her acting? It should be quite good since she debuted in a Zhang Yimou movie?
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She won best actress at last year’s Golden Horse awards. I like that she has a unique and attractive look which distinguishes her from all the look-a-like pretty actresses.
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She didn’t. Zhou Dong Yu and Ma Si Cun won Best Actress last year.