Spoiler-Free Mini Review: Love Like the Galaxy (Part 1 &2)
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Updated: 7 hours ago
Title: | Love like the Galaxy (Part 1 & 2) |
Platform: | Viki, Youtube, WeTV, iflix |
MDL Rating: | |
Genre: | Period Idol Romance |
Episode Count: | 56 |
Parental Guidance Rating: | TV-14: Violence, bloodshed (seriously), brief torture, suicide. |
Staring: | Leo Wu as Ling Bu Yi/Zi Sheng (Male Lead/ML) Zhao Lusi as Cheng Shao Shang (Female Lead/FL) |
RBTS Rating: | 4.8/5 (This is more reflective of enjoyment than quality, but I feel what I feel) |
Stay tuned for my full review!
Spoiler-Free Mini Review:
Love Like the Galaxy reminded me so much of a BBC! There were so many interesting character studies and the FL reminded of Jane Austen's Emma as many people find her character harder to like in the early episodes. This was not the case for me though! Be warned: I am an avid LLtG and Shoashang apologist.
The drama splits it's time between family dynamics, romance, court machinations, and... revenge! The majority of people are not dubbed! Miracles! For a Chinese show this is a masterpiece lol. LLtG has a phenomenal ensemble cast and every character is so layered. It balances the humor and serious moments well. There are some more intense moments with brief torture scenes and sword fights. Towards the end it will feel like you’re missing episodes. You are not crazy, and you are not missing episodes. When the show came out, China had just passed an episode count limit law, so more was filmed but wasn't included due to the episode limit, so the show cut out a couple storylines.
While not objectively the best C Drama in existence, this is my favorite. I read all 5 volumes of this novel and boy is it different. In the book the Fl is a 22 yo modern girl who is yeeted into 13 yo Shoashang's body. The ML is cray, she has extra brothers, her mother isn't as bad, and the story is not interconnected. These screen writers really did the Lord's work-- rarely, is a show better than the book, but it is in this case!
I recommend this unabashedly. But you will probably need a character map. Preferably in English because it is a spider's web.
Story=4.5 (Amazing, but the missing storylines are a bummer)
Acting=5 (Fantab)
Production Quality=4.75 (Amazing scale, though sometimes you can tell it was filmed in a studio)
Ending=4 (We biffed it, but I was still satisfied.)
Enjoyability= 5 (LOVED)
It should be noted that I have watched this from start to finish 5 times. You best believe an in depth review is coming your way.
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