Dramas I've Given Up Recently - 2020 2nd Half (Kinda) 

Unfortunately, most dramas have female leads as an idiot, and they're supposed to be "smart."

@@yannako ngl, the worst part of cdramas, so frustrating!

@@blueberrymomo4497 Yes! Sometimes the plot sounds great and I want to love the drama, but then when the main female lead keeps letting rivals and love interest bully or ignore her (even overboard bullying and unreasonable blame games that makes no sense), it's very frustrating. So cliche and not a "strong" female lead that I want.

LOL ill keep watching it while i keep pausing to cringe so hard then eventually get distracted and never finish the drama. ... one day... one day ill finish it

Same!

“Mineral to plant” hilarious 😆

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Hahahahahaha

LOL

Literally I came here to laugh she didn't like their older dramas but she is obsessed with woh. Not wrong tho. Great plot makes a difference the thing I learnt this year

Oh, nice to see I'm not the only one who enjoys watching old "out of date" videos of AvenueX ;)

is it a new drama? other than WOH?

@Literature Nerd yeah they need to star on a GL.. there are actually many Chinese GL but y'know BL and BG dramas getting all the hype...

that is fate LOL

@@floki3976 ummm can you recommend me some gl pls⁄(⁄ ⁄•⁄ω⁄•⁄ ⁄)⁄

There is no country that does not have bad dramas or tv shows...even the US.

More like if they doing the same type of drama they thinking thru of it, like making a good script, if they have to cast an idols, pick an idols that has a proper acting skills, like how k drama nowdays, they always got backlash because they used incompetent idols actors in the past, so for the past couple of years they reallu cast an idols that really can act, so the drama was a success, china already did this for a couple of years now and they keep doing the same thing, thats why it keep falling, cos sometimes a lot of independent series feel more superior in acting and script than the mainstream one.

Try watching Winter Begonia. It's a masterpiece 🤭

China has so many bad dramas probably because they produce and release sooooooo many dramas in any given year. This means that we are likely to watch more bad dramas from China than from elsewhere.

Me too I wish they would make more interesting and catchy dramas It's so annoying to anticipate a drama through trailer and later regret your enthusiasm

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Am so with you,she save my time or energy.

If you understand Mandarin, look up her克拉克拉 streams, she and her friends do them together and can be quite brutal

Same here. Watching a drama shouldn't feel like work. Ya know. Trying to get into it and struggling thru episodes. Why? 🤷‍♂️

Same I watch a Cilp of their child than start watching it

The chemistry with the second male lead is fireeee. He's so hot, he has a sexy dark vibe, I love it. But this drama is annoying, the second lead can't save it kkkkkkk

I hated both second lead and female lead. I only enjoyed male lead and his brother's characters.

Same here. I found most of my favorite and cherished dramas through her recommendations. But some of the dramas she recommended were too cringeworthy for me. I'm talking about the Eternal Love 2017 and others. And I ended up liking some of the dramas, she disliked. So, I agree with #LaurenHu on this.

I totally agree, I respect AvenueX’s perspective and opinion, she has a point why she doesn’t like these dramas base on her preference and expectation. But everyone has different type of dramas or actors and actress that they like, so we shouldn’t make too quick of a decision based on someone else’s preference. Check them out yourselves then you can decide for your own whether or not if you enjoy it. For me, I watched Begin Again on a whim, and even though the story is very unbelievable, typical romance comedy drama, it’s lighthearted, very funny to me. It’s not well written but it’s definitely very enjoyable. That checks many boxes for me in term of entertainment goes.

I can relate in terms of Miss The Dragon 😂 I know that this drama isnt well written, but it was enjoyable, at least for me! And she just dropped it at 4 🤣

I also cannot get over the eye shadows, it’s too reddish against the white skin that it looks like a Chinese opera-like look.

OMG SAME! I was so offended by the white faces and red lips on the actresses lol.

It wasn't lipsticks on teeth but some kind of stupid filter. They are obsessed with making them looking flawless and now uses filters which glitches a lot when they move, its a stupid idea.

@@TheGreenbutsad yea that’s what I meant. The post production puts the “lipstick” on their teeth too. I guess they’re doing it to their eye makeup too to make it look a similar shade. Overall, it’s unflattering and sloppy. If done well it works but it is still too exaggerated, considering the skin smoothing too.

@@zenavue I agree, also the pink eyeshadow is way too much. Its give the look if allergies rather than anything. Why cant they use some neutral colour instead🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

Same. This is why I like to watch more modern kdramas and historical cdramas

Me too, I cannot stand chinese modern dramas, the acting is horrible and the plots boring and predictable. Historical dramas all the way!

@@rararararara5881 same. When i cannot find historical cdrama i go to korean modern drama.

Same thought here, i have watched tons historical cdrama compared to modern cdrama, usually i just quit after watching like 4 or 5 episode😂

@@haruhisuzimiyaash or maybe watch the opening to see the casts and ooopps...next 😁😁😁

Yeah, i want to hear her honest opinion too, but i respect her choice. You can see in this comment section, some people are really angry because she didn't love the drama that they like. It's like they didn't understand the meaning of review and opinion

I've watched quite a few of his acting. He always plays the main lead that is emotionless, like really. I'm not usually picky, but he literally has the same poker face from beginning to end.

That was a favourite bit!

Yes, I remember him because he's so expressionless. I never understood the “hype” since he's not my type either. I liked this bit because I completely agree.

Yes, I also very much enjoyed it.

I agreed! I watched the first 8 episodes and dropped it for a bit. Went back and skipped several episodes and ended up liking it. I laughed at all the antics and romance between the two main leads.

I agree hahaha

I love Love is Sweet and I finished watching it and I enjoyed it tho😊

Du Lei rarely experienced love because of his family situation. That's why it was so hard for him to let go of JJ

Honestly I feel it could have ended wayy sooner maybe on episode 20, but like they dragged on the main leads relationship for so long, the ending was random and weird, du lei was just thrown under the bus lol. Honestly the drama has no fixed plot, and I somehow find that upsetting, like there is no main goal. I forwarded through the second leads too since they were cringey but oh well.

@@kokodaengg Spoilers...Yeah and in the end after fighting to become a big shot, the main female lead is just like...meh I am done...it is baby time. lol. And that scene with Du Lei basically committing sexual assault...was super cringy.

Omg same!

Yeh that part was so embarassing to watch especially when he sat down like a baby

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I didn't finish it even the chemistry of two main leads couldn't keep me into the story 😂 just one word "what a boring drama" 😂

@@estheryang9904 I agree. Though story is meh. I just watch at 2x speed. Hahaha

I couldn’t continue. It’s better to rewatch Yunxi.

@@liliachan3753 really? Awww. Well we do have different preferences. But true that in terms of content vs length of series, Yunxi had better conflicts and you get more out of the story. But still I find it both perplexing and tiring that Ju Jing Yi’s and Zhang Zhehan’s star appeal usually equate their dramas to having more episodes but the quality is not so good story wise. Most of their dramas are “desserts” that will give you cavity if consumed a lot but not provide you with enough “nutrition”. I think the Pillow Book and Story of Minglan are only some of the more deserving dramas with long episode counts.

@@amalilconfused well for people that are only watching the drama for the main leads, I recommend watching yunxi over pavilion. By all means, I am not saying yunxi is an exceptional drama.

jujingyi is hella overrated and she looks the same in every drama ahahahaha

@@stefunnylim This 🤭. I like her look in her first drama I saw with Zhang zehan but she look the same in others too 🤦🤦

Overload - I almost give it up but I watch it all because I want to see the ending of the second ML. I gave this dramas 4 out of 5 stars. Maideen Holmes in the beginning is very good but towards the end I skipped a lot!. The moon brightend for you - I jumped episode. The second ML is very good actor.

No comment for the other dramas since i dont plan watching them lol But i just finished maiden holmes and its good!! 7.5/10!! I love the smart FL and the romance between the CP and SLCP! Ruyi pavillion on the other hand i dropped. Give it 6/10.

Thankfully,. China is releasing short dramas within other genres outside romance and love which are amazing but they are not watched by people who want romance.

After watched your explanation about the modern drama I noticed it's quite similar to drama-melayu-pukul-7, which the plot almost always rich vs not-very-rich couple with unrealistic story line and story set up. But I finished watched love is sweet, because they are such eye candy. The same reason I finished ruyi. But I have to say ruyi is quite loose in story writing and plot. Like how easy to find the suppose-to-be-secret-room, I just finished oh my sweet liar, at least in that drama they try to make the secret space more conceal. The ruyi organization at 1st it look mysterious but then it just meh. But I love 2nd couple, they much more interesting than main couple. The character of FL is not very consistent, sometimes she smart but sometimes she doesn't. The supporting character so annoying at times.

Totally agree with you. I don't like this kind of scenes. However their fans love it. 😂

They need better script writers and editing for Love is Sweet. There are technical errors and it bothered me. I am enjoying Love Better than Immortality.

Yes that one kiss scenes in office was just ain't and some scenes in his office room. It was just too much

Princess Agents

Love and Redemption

Legend of Fuyao

@@sweetdreamer3352 I don’t agree I liked that drama but how can she learn a unbeatable martial arts and use it just one not only that but how many times can this girl take getting hit in the back of the head

@@Nat.ali.a due to its ending I will not watch it unless theirs a season 2

Saaaame😂😂 I feel like they were the only ones who carried the 'romance' in the drama. I was upset that their wedding was not shown in the end.

@@loonadom676 me too! I wanted to see more of their relationship. Really hoping they both get to act together as leads again.

@@soupsoua It's just so funny that the couple who don't trust each other got married twice but the couple who were undoubtedly head over heels for each other didn't even get a marriage scene 😂🤧

Yeah, it's a guilty pleasure when it just sugar and you take it because you want to taste it despite all the cliche

I only endured Begin Again because of the romance of the second leads hahaa

i also dropped love is sweet but begin again is fine (my opinion). btw i'm at ep 34 rn.

Me too. I love Xing Fei because I find her acting so natural and unpretentious but she is so lackluster and missing something in this role.

It's an overall over-acting from, probably, director's orders. But her smile is the thing that outstands the most as cringe-worthy and too forced. Her gestures too. She wasn't like that in her previous dramas.

Agree. Her smiling seemed so out of place with the circumstances it made her seem incredibly vapid. And it's hard to care about a romance when you aren't sure the main FL has a brain cell worth saving.

I feel this so hard. I wanted to keep watching but the smiling was so creepy and unnatural.

I loved love is sweet I watched until episode 22, it's just got boring...

I managed to finish Love is Sweet, but I was 2x it and skipping any of the work scenes. I enjoyed the chemistry between the two main leads and that was the main reason why I kept on watching the show. But then the show gave too much emphasis on the side couple which I was not interested in, on the back stories of the second male lead and his sister which I was not interested in, and on the cases they worked at the company which I was not interested in (because they just seemed too unrealistic and too "easy"). I appreciated the portrayal of an adult relationship in a drama for once. They actually kissed and didn't do that awkward 5 second lip touching. The woman was independent and career driven (despite receiving a lot of help from the male lead and getting unrealistic "shortcuts"). They talked about problems after a fight and not just kiss and suddenly the problem is solved. They acknowledged that they had shortcomings and portrayed (though just a little) the struggles of working with someone from the same competitive industry. The relationship was not perfect (the male lead dismissing the female lead's job offer, hello HR where are you?!) but I saw growth, which is important.

Agreed.. I think the problem was she was overacting the happy, free spirited part and , like mentioned, too fake, too bouncy, and her frozen wide smile was so odd it took me out of the drama.. But when 'the event' happened I was moved by her performance and thought it was some of the better acting she has done.

@@itsmeiamb the one thing i really like about this drama is that they managed to not make fair xing's character become clumsy or stupid.

I enjoyed the drama too ,the plot was really good and didn't drag one episode to the other (there was something new to see in every episode) 👍

You may want to check out Legend of Yunxi as well for Zhang Zhe Han.

I love him but his dramas are just so boring. I wish he had better choices.

I'm here after Word of Honor, then Yunxi/Ruyi, and I just want to commend you guys on your taste and eagle eye!

@@Nat.ali.a true! i started watching woh primarily because of him and was so happy when i saw that he was actually a good actor with presence, so i decided to check out his previous dramas but they're all underwhelming somehow. even really good actors in china sometimes do not always find their due...