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dangermousieI love the way Summer Desire is filmed - the colors are so crisp and beautiful. The whole feel is gorgeous - reminds me of older classic movies, which is appropriate for a dark, melodramatic story.
Peter Ho's English is super-awesome and I think he portrays his character well (not a PH fangirl but I have to admit that) but it doesn't solve the problem of the character being a freaking psycho - I am less than 20 minutes in and he's ordering his girlfriend to go stand at the shooting range with an apple on her head so he can shoot it with bow and arrow. Now, I am not going to declare anyone's methods of foreplay, however bizarre, should be illegal as long as they are consensual, but I will judge them. And leaving aside that this is a sick sick thing to do, the girl is clearly terrified and unwilling. She is screaming and he is just yelling at her to pick it up again. Ugh, I barely met him and I want him to die already.(Also, since his staff is lying to him this chick is his gf from high school, does that mean they are paying her to sleep with him? Classy).
The way they filmed the first meeting with Barbie and Huang Xiaoming screams OTP - blossoms, bubbles etc - and even the credits have PH then HXM then Barbie which would indicate HXM is the male lead. Not to mention it is their kissing scene that is in the credits. Viikii commenters are as confused as I am.
Geee, I wonder who I will root for - dude who is a psycho or dude who is not?
Side note: It is really odd to see Huang Xiaoming without a gun or a sword but I am not complaining. The man is sex on legs in any guise.
ETA: We have achieved Barbie/Xiaoming kissing! And it's really good kissing, too. There is NO way this ep is structured in any other way than them being the OTP and Peter Ho being evil stalker.
ETA2: Xiaomo is awesome - Barbie was totally channeling Shancai there.
ETA3: WE HAVE ACHEIVED SHIRTLESS HXM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you, TPTB. Get it on, sexy twisted stepsiblings!
Peter Ho's English is super-awesome and I think he portrays his character well (not a PH fangirl but I have to admit that) but it doesn't solve the problem of the character being a freaking psycho - I am less than 20 minutes in and he's ordering his girlfriend to go stand at the shooting range with an apple on her head so he can shoot it with bow and arrow. Now, I am not going to declare anyone's methods of foreplay, however bizarre, should be illegal as long as they are consensual, but I will judge them. And leaving aside that this is a sick sick thing to do, the girl is clearly terrified and unwilling. She is screaming and he is just yelling at her to pick it up again. Ugh, I barely met him and I want him to die already.(Also, since his staff is lying to him this chick is his gf from high school, does that mean they are paying her to sleep with him? Classy).
The way they filmed the first meeting with Barbie and Huang Xiaoming screams OTP - blossoms, bubbles etc - and even the credits have PH then HXM then Barbie which would indicate HXM is the male lead. Not to mention it is their kissing scene that is in the credits. Viikii commenters are as confused as I am.
Geee, I wonder who I will root for - dude who is a psycho or dude who is not?
Side note: It is really odd to see Huang Xiaoming without a gun or a sword but I am not complaining. The man is sex on legs in any guise.
ETA: We have achieved Barbie/Xiaoming kissing! And it's really good kissing, too. There is NO way this ep is structured in any other way than them being the OTP and Peter Ho being evil stalker.
ETA2: Xiaomo is awesome - Barbie was totally channeling Shancai there.
ETA3: WE HAVE ACHEIVED SHIRTLESS HXM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you, TPTB. Get it on, sexy twisted stepsiblings!
