King of Lan Ling 7-min trailer is subbed

[dangermousie]

To be found here:

http://www.viki.com/channels/7894-lanling-wang/videos/71493/1

Why why why why is it not airing until 2013? I need it!!!!!!

Comments

[hamster428.livejournal.com]

Looks to be OTP epicness. Now let me go prepare mentally for another unhappily ever after.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Yeah, from everything I read, Lanling's story doesn't end well at all. Put a romance in the center of that, and angst is going to go x1000.

Though, I am wondering (because am eternal optimist) - as far as I read, Lanling was ordered to commit suicide by his brother, the Emperor, who was jealous of his reputation (which strikes me as idiotic - I mean, wait until you win your war, before you off your best general) and I keep wondering what is with the whole powder in glass thing that George Hu et al put in - maybe they give him fake poison to save him or something? Yeah, right, it's a period cdrama, you know everyone is dying at the end. I can just see SARFT kicking them in the head if it ends any other way.

[hamster428.livejournal.com]

Or they could go the "he supposedly died but we highly suspect the tomb is empty" route which satisfies historical records but gives us hope as well? Lol I dunno... implying isnt the same as proclaiming.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

I am all for it!

According to Koala, this drama is going to have a thing where Ariel believes FSF is dead and marries his nemesis, Daniel Chan's character. So anything is possible...

[hamster428.livejournal.com]

Haha did Ariel lobby for this ending? She has the biggest star crush on Daniel Chan... I dunno why China allows historical embellishments like fictitious characters and the things that happen in between but not some leeway on the outcome, as if outcomes are written in stone. We all know history is written by winners with agendas.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

LOL. I don't think she ends up with Daniel in this though. Though who knows.

SARFT guidelines make no sense to me at all...