Thursday, August 15, 2013
6:37 PM
Drama Review: Karma Rider
i feel like i talk about so much tvb stuff that it's no longer really all about my life. but, you know what? i guess dramas are part of my life so...yeah.. but okay, its cuz im on summer vacation okay? after summer, i should have less time to watch dramas and less time to do reviews etc. but okay, here we go.
Finished this drama yesterday, the 14th.
OMGG SPEAKING OF DATES. TODAY'S IS
KEVIN CHENG'S BIRTHDAY. MY LOVE(: have a wonderrrrfulll birthday dear<333
Today is also my friend, L.L's birthday. Happy birthday beautiful! Glad to have met you b/c you are so cute and hilarious and its nice to have someone to talk about tvb dramas with haha(: Have fun in Taiwan!
Title: Karma Rider/師父·明白了
Broadcast: 7/15/13-8/9/13
Episodes: 20
Genre: Romance, some action
Starring: Raymond Wong, Priscilla Wong, Evergreen Mak, Cilla Kung, Matt Yeung, Yoyo Chen, etc.
Theme Song: Understand/明白了 by Hubert Wu
Other Songs:
- 化蝶-Hubert Wu, original by Denise Ho
- 幸運兒-Fiona Fung
Rating: 7.5/10
Summary: 300 years after the events of the Butterfly Lovers, in a town called Liang Zhu, Cho Yat-Chin after being saved by a mentor, becomes a constable. On his first day to report for duty, he solves a major case which leads Chief Constable Ching Ying-Hung to assign him to catch a murder suspect named Wan Tin-Bong. The case gets complex as more characters get involved...
(above summary from wiki drama)
Feelings&Thoughts: This drama started out really good for me. But it slowly became a drag. Throughout the whole drama, there was only 1 case. And i just felt that some episodes & parts were unnecessary. Beginning and ending were good, middle was just ehhh...But okay, it was a pretty good drama.
Part that left most
deepest impression in me is during the time where Yat Ci Sum (played by Owen Cheung) dies, and Foon Siu(Cilla Kung) is all sad and cries and then suicides. That part was so sad. I can't even believe the scriptwriters made him die. like wtffff why would you. omfg. good thing Foon Siu and him are buried together tho<3 together forever.
But okay, I haven't
cried this much because of a drama since like...2005 or 2006. And that drama was "
One Litre of Tears". But this drama...omgggg....wowww....cried so much on Cilla & Owen's scenes. wowwww....
also the part where Lang Lui's real
sons&daughters reunited was sad too. Everyone of his child became good at the end except for the oldest son. I feel so bad for the younger son though, he was being used by his older bro. But anyways, i like how they reunited(:
Okay, so at first when i read the synopsis before the drama came out, i didn't really have much feelings for it. i was just like ok whatever, i'll just watch it. but woww, the beg. episodes caught me. and im
really really glad i watched this or i would've been missing out.
(Priscilla dies on Raymond's back)
I feel like since Triumph in the Skies II is airing at the same time, it's taking all the attention and Karma Rider isn't getting as much attention as it should get. Bad time slot for this drama. I mean, it really isn't bad. Gotta admit, middle episodes were not that great, but overall, its a pretty awesome drama. This drama is just too
underrated.
Okay, back to the drama itself. I'm satisfied with the ending. Glad they showed us what happens in
modern HK where they meet again. But I feel like they should've showed us more characters in modern times. Like Foon Siu &Yat Chi Sum and the Chong Yau Sei Zi Faa too.
(below are scenes in modern HK)
Acting wise...Raymond Wong was good of course, (in my opinion). and Cilla was reallyyy good too. I feel like every actor did a pretty amazing job in the drama. Except for...Priscilla. Sorry. I just felt ehh.... about her acting. Not saying I don't like her or anything.
And now, for the
songs. OMFGGG THEY WERE SOO AWESOME. Love these songs. I loveee Hubert's voice. And for the cover of Denise Ho's 化蝶, i felt that Hubert did a better job than Denise. Just my personal opinion...anddd then, Foon Siu & Yat Chi Sum's song was really good too. Made me cry so much when that song played when Foon Siu was suiciding.
Fiona Fung deserves more attention. Really. I mean it.
Now, looking at the drama from a deeper angle/side. It contains a lot of
meaningful quotes and
life lessons. A lot of them were said by Fei Yeh. Here's a few that im not gonna bother translating:
- 人生八苦: 生, 老, 病, 死, 愛別離, 愁長久, 求不得, 放不下。 人生八苦 。。。 分離, 最苦。
- 人所以痛苦,不是因為世事無常。而是因為錯,以為事物可以永恆。
- 只要好想好想,好信好信...
- 缘聚而生,缘散而滅。
The lyrics to the song 明白了by Hubert were deep too.
Okay, I guess thats about it. I was hunting down posts&pics on tumblr about Karma Rider and found so many ppl saying how it deserves more recognition and how people were crying buckets and their eyes were puffy at Cilla&Owen's scenes. Exactly my feelings.
Overall, very good.
[227th day of 2013: 6/10]
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