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THE DOUBLE 墨雨云间 (2024)

@userdramas event 20: revival ↬ Xue Fang Fei | Xue Li

[dangermousie]

I continue to love what the drama did with the husband. It would have been so predictable and boring to make him a villain who would do anything for a promotion but he's just a pathetic broken man who loved his wife but not as much as his own life and perhaps only realized just how much he loved her after he committed unforgivable acts against her.

I love that he's haunted by her even as he knows she's alive. The haunting did not stop after his finding out.

This whole scene was amazing, where he does talk to her in the flesh and she confirms to him that he's nothing to her.

I loved this confrontation for her because she deserves to live free of her past and her pain but for him it's a different kind of liberation - a bleak one but one nonetheless - she is alive so he did not kill her after all, but he's dead to her and he can't even console himself in her past love, not really. She's not dead but she might as well be as far as possibility of ever being together is.

Love him walking through his own music video afterwards.

The thing is, her being alive has dispelled some of his guilt and by that restored some of his sanity but it's not good news for the princess because now the man who's snapped is playing with all his own (bleak as fuck) marbles. With the confirmation of her being alive on top of the confirmation of her understandable hatred and on top of long realized confirmation that the princess doesn't like him or love him or even care if he lives or dies and just wants to torture him for kicks, and with any sort of hope or fear tormented out of him, this is a man with nothing left to lose but a hell of a lot of plans for revenge of his own.

I mean, look at this scene, where he's kneeling in the cold/snow all night. These are some serious Tantai Jin eyes here.

And when he goes in and she keeps slapping him, there is no fear, there is no shame, there is no self loathing, there is not even mute endurance, the way there used to be. This is a man who is letting a lunatic vent as needed to get whatever he wants done.

I mean, look at this man as he says this to the princess. He's barely bothering to conceal how false his words are even if the killing intent is very real. If I were her, I'd sleep with a knife under my pillow but she's so demented she doesn't get it.

Instead she pokes him some more, another confirmation as to how she doesn't see him as human.

Lady, this is the face of a man who would like to wear your skin as a cloak. You are so epically DUMB!!!!

He's got more human emotion imagining his wife than in the whole above scene. And once again, I love love LOVE how he's haunted by the woman he very much now knows is alive. Because what's dead is his chance at happiness and his happy marriage and any real path forward.

It is SUCH an unusual take on the usual villain from past life/evil spouse our FL must overcome and I love it!

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Ke Ying x Liang Yong Qi

@梁永棋 @柯颖ii

[nunafilms]

You just don't want to be my prince consort, right?

✩ The Double ─ Episode 35 (墨雨云间)

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The Double (Ep. 32): You reap what you sow

I'm always riveted when I watch a Shen Yurong scene because not only does Liang Yongqi have electrifying chemistry with the actresses around him but my goodness do I LOVE how the show's visual storytelling reinforces what a pitiful man he is.

Framing, Blocking, Lighting

For example, this episode makes fantastic use of doors and other forms of architectural framing to show Yurong's fundamental flaw: his cowardice.

At the beginning of the episode, we see Fangfei gaze at two doorways, one that could lead to her future (Duke Su) and the other a painful reminder of the trauma Yurong has caused her. It's only when she recalls Duke Su's reassurance ("A'Li, from today onwards, there's no need to be afraid of anyone") that she's able to step forward and face her memories.

But when Yurong enters the hall and offers to open the door for her, suggesting he knows her true identity, Fangfei side-steps him and their blocking slowly changes. Fangfei now faces the light, her back to the door of their past.

They've never been quite aligned as husband and wife, and in this moment the gulf between them is even clearer.

Unlike Fangfei, who fights for survival and will no longer compromise what she believes in, Yurong refuses to see that he has always had a choice to fight for his conscience, regardless of how difficult it might be. His constant need to pass blame instead of choosing the path he knows is right has left him a pitiful shell of the vibrant scholar he once was and so he remains shrouded in the darkness of the hall.

SIDE NOTE #1: I love the parallels between Fangfei's argument with Yurong ("So, in your opinion, the crimes of your mother and sister don't need to be atoned for, while my innocence and grievances don't need to be compensated") and Grandmother Jiang's admonishment of Minister Jiang ("Can you really let this go?...You haven't fulfilled your responsibilities as a father for all these years"). Both are men who have failed their families--my heart broke when Yurong distinguished between Fangfei and his "family"--by choosing who they decide to protect.

Camera Angles

Ok, this scene has GOT to be one of my favorites from the whole show and so much of that is due to the way it plays with camera angles and the visual language of power.

In cinematography, low-angle and high-angle shots are often paired to visually enhance the power imbalance between characters. Low-angle shots make the subject look more powerful and threatening while high-angle shots make the subject look weaker and more vulnerable.

But in this particular scene, that visual relationship is subverted.

The scene starts with Yurong taunting Princess Wanning.

He is at such a low point after being accused of assaulting Fangfei that he embraces the idea of banishment or death. He is shot at a high angle with the Princess looming over him as usual but it's clear that at this moment he has reclaimed some power now that his all-consuming despair has liberated him from his fear.

When she tries to attack him, he pushes her back and then gets up to bow mockingly. It is he who is now shot from a low angle, signifying his dominance.

But then Princess Wanning seductively leans back in the straw. As they trade barbs, she is shot from a high angle but it's clear there has been another shift in power:

Yurong: Your highness, you don't have to save me. You've fooled me for so long, I'm sure you're bored of it. Princess Wanning: I'm not bored. Shen Yurong, in this world, I'm the only one who can decide how you die. Your life is in my hands.

As noted by @dangermousie, Yurong's lack of self-interest just "makes her more interested again, because someone broken is not her thing but someone who she can potentially break more?" And we can see the fear creep over his face again once he realizes that.

Regardless of the temporary relief he might have felt challenging her, it was all an illusion, as demonstrated by the constantly shifting meaning of the scene's camera angles to maintain her power within the scene. He is completely trapped now.

SIDE NOTE #2: The fact that Princess Wanning always finds a way to make a crop out of anything even a piece of straw and bring a man to his knees (literally or metaphorically) cracks me up.

SIDE NOTE #3: This moment? Hot. Am eagerly waiting for the fanfic.

[odetoalibrary]

Give this man another villain role because he completely killed this 🔥

Wanning has a pretty tragic death but it was really inevitable by how many people she was actively making hate her. It was one of the darkest moments when after Li Jing stops freaking out after Shen Yurong coldly admits she’s dead, he grins down at her dead body and Shen Yurong hearing his fake wails of grief smirks too

I hate both of these men but…I completely understand this. She treated them as less than human, even purposely humiliated their parents and in Shen Yurong’s case, coerced him into violent sex.

In the end she died with many people probably uttering a sigh of relief and no one genuinely grieving for her. Li Meng is incredible for bringing such complexity to the role. There were many times I felt uncomfortable watching her performance. Her Princess Wanning was almost animalistic in her desire to hurt others but could also be gut wrenchingly vulnerable like a child. Round of applause!

[movielosophy]

The Double | That's my ride.

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The Double 墨雨云间 (2024) Dir. Bai Yun Mo, Lu Hao Ji Ji, Ma Shi Ge – Ep. 13

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Cdrama: The Double (2024)

She will never abandon him🥹 #优酷 #YOUKU #墨雨云间 #TheDouble #吴谨言 #王星越 #陈鑫海 #梁永棋 #shorts

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梁永棋 LIANG YONGQI 20240625

for his 29th birthday

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The Double 墨雨云间 (2024)

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THE DOUBLE 墨雨云间 (2024)

@asiandramanet july bingo: animation (in/sp)

[dangermousie]

Finished The Double!

The plot fell apart by the end (a feature often seen in cdramas, and in Yu Zheng's dramas more than average) - they crammed 20 eps' worth of plot into 5, introduced new characters and plotlines last minute, some characters exited stage left via a voice over or in two seconds, clearly as a result of "finita la commedia" principle. Oh, and to finish off our supposed big threat Lord Cheng at the start of last ep (and to tie up FL's revenge even earlier - Princess is dead, SYR is dead, her lil fam is fine) and THEN make the big ending/climax the Duke haring off to fight a battle to the death with Dai Country which has been mentioned in passing; his climactic battle is against a dude we've only seen in flashbacks for a minute and who has no personal connection to the OTP whatsoever - that is a CHOICE.

Some of it is Yu Zheng chafing against the 40 ep restriction, some of it just his patented thing (he can finish a drama properly - see Gong, which didn't falter at the end, but more often than not, he doesn't.)

BUT!!!

We got Li coming to the Duke's rescue and willing to die for it:

We got Shen Yurong going out via suicide (I was right that he was going to kill the princess and then himself tho the details were not how I imagined) in a super beautifully filmed scene.

We got a wedding night...

And some even if only in her imagination hair brushing.

Also, while it made no sense to stick this unconnected plot in last minute and the sequence felt like it was from another (very tailored to my tastes) drama altogether (maybe Yu Zheng really really wanted to adapt Star General but didn't get a chance :P), I appreciated Duke Su's model photoshoot of a battle IMMENSELY!

I mean - do I appreciate their last minute attempt to add some genuine danger? Maybe. Do I appreciate blood on those cheekbones as he holds her keepsake between his teeth? MOST DEFINITELY!

The ending of ep 40 proper was the usual abrupt nonsense but I can't complain since they released a five minute extra of their happy married life and kid so that actually ended up being a totally normal ending when put together.

Ultimately, plotwise this drama was always hmmm and by the end descended into a mess in terms of plot BUT character-wise it was actually quite solid until the end - the characters' personalities were consistent (or logically developed), the actions taken by them were consistent with those personalities, mains and secondaries alike. It was visually beautiful (half the budget must have been spent on wind machines), and the OTP had great chemistry and was very fun to watch even if my personal preferences for more angst and different dynamics kept me from being rabid about them.

So basically - a really fun watch beginning to end. Is it going to go on my faves of 2024 list? No. Was it worth watching this for 40 eps? YUPPPP!

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PERFECT MATCH 《五福临门》 (2025) cast photoshoot

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ETA: replaced b/w cast pics with better quality ones

[nunafilms]

All things follow the laws of heaven and earth.If one goes against their conscience, no matter how many good deeds they do, they will face Devine retribution. 

✩  The Double ─ Episode 30 (墨雨云间)

[namjhyun]

DRAMA REVIEW | The Double (2024)

For starters, this was a great watch. The production value was outstanding, the clothing design beautiful and the performances exactly what you want from this kind of revenge story, which is subtle and over the top at the same time, somehow. The music and editing could be better but they didn't stop me from enjoying this drama.

The main characters are smart, deadly and flirty. Their friends and family members a perfect fold for their cunning ways.

Wu Jin Yan and Wang Xingyue have an explosive chemistry. It's unreal. Every scene they had together got me giddy with excitement.

The villains were not your typical and I found myself equally invested in the part they had to play in this story. Their ending was befitting to their respective arcs and retribution sweet.

It's my first time watching a drama where Li Meng stars in but I am damn impressed by her. She's a powerhouse and I will be looking forward to her future projects.

This is also the kind of drama where nobody is safe and I commend the script writer for going there when so many other don't. That said, if you are going to kill a major character, you can't have a lukewarm resolution.

I have spent the better part of the last hour reading and watching every interview the director, cast and crew gave about this drama because when I finished it watching I was pissed.

This might be controversial because I know this is a well loved drama, hell, I loved watching this drama but what was the director thinking changing the script of the final episode and leaving the story as an open ending? Viewers spent 40 episodes, invested in this characters, hoping for them to have a happy ending, only to be met with a final scene that can be interpreted as reality or wishful thinking. Leaning more on the latter.

A revenge story it's not something you leave open ended. And, yes, I know there's an epilogue and I think it should be part of the final episode not something you release just in case fans might be angry at what you did. This is so unserious, I am lacking words.

This drama was a solid 8 for entertainment and production value until that ghastly final scene, forcing me to drop a full number. They should have known better... and they did. Why release an epilogue if they didn't?

Rating: 7/10