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Great news: all 26 episodes of Riverside Code at Qingming Festival are available on Youtube! https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLATwx1z00Hseq1slaHwusXgVcvN2bLRaf
Kind of annoying qualification to this news: the playlist is an unsorted mess, with 71 videos including teasers and members-only versions of eps 14-26 (but there are free versions there too). Also, the free versions of episodes 13 and 14 only have EN subtitles auto-translated from Indonesian or Thai, with spotty timing. The other episodes' subs look OK, though.
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Normally I don't comment on bad things in C-drama - life's too short for negativity. But this has to be AI! The subtitles have been clumsy throughout the ep, and now this. Inspector Gu is ordering his men to break up a door, so I have a feeling he wants a battering ram - not a "finger aircraft". Why waste all the work that went into this production by not paying a good translator? It's like making an exquisite porcelain vase and gild it with shit.
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Once again, this show is set in Song dynasty which covers European late Viking Age to early-ish Middle Age, and they can credibly put a friggin' _reception desk_ on set! Look! It even have soft-cover books! What do Vikings get? Mud!!! Indoors! And a not-leaky roof if they're lucky!
*mutters (kindly) under breath* Show off!
#RiversideCodeAtQingmingFestival #HistoricalAdaptions #SetDesign #CDrama
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Unfortunately what I love most in this drama is hard to capture in a still; the _acting_ is superb! These three are going ham in the scene where judge Wan and inspector Gu - who haven't had problems with other female characters - suddenly find themselves reduced to awkward 9yr old boys by a woman with a particular attitude*.
'OMG, it's a _girl_ here! And she's pushing us around! What else can we do but obey???"
(*channeling every aunty in existance)
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Judge Wan is basically the stupid comic sidekick to the smart constable in this drama. He's regularly drawing the wrong conclusions, enjoying booze a bit too much, and stealing others' ideas since he can't come up with his own. It's a testament to the quality of the show that even he gets nuance and humanity. Like here, where his help with an investigation nearly went south.
(Eye contact in pic)
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I do enjoy seeing religious habits in C-dramas
1: they're performed by people who know what they're doing (ie while some of it are C-drama inventions it's not Hollywood mashups of horror)
2. I always start pondering writing a paper or a small article, and then I think "Oh! I'm not at the university anymore! I don't need to!"Of course, I may still do the latter for fun, but the warm feeling of not having a hazzle to deal with never gets old.
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You know, I don't understand flirting irl. And I understand less of it when it starts with ~fisticuffs in fiction. Those two have been fighting for at least a minute. What kind of purpose does it serve? To see if your contrahent have arms strong enough to hug you with?
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This show is not as candleholder heavy as an idol drama, but it makes up for it with this chandelier. Awesome piece!
*taps nose*
And if I eat enough frozen pies I'll probably have enough aluminium trays to make those lion doorbuckles _and_ passable copies of those flowers...
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Characters who can be claimed as autistics are common in C-drama. They usually get a slightly better rap than their Western counterparts. Western fiction tend to depict us as weird and outside society, whereas in C-drama it's weird and inside society - a small but important difference. Zhao Mo here is clearly written as autistic, and while he's described as 'weird' he's also in synch with others, and allowed to show feelings.
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Do I need lion door ring holders somewhere? A cupboard or something? Because I can probably make something decent out of single use aluminium pie trays, some hobby clay, and spray-on gold. Not that I can match these - they are glorious! - but sometimes you just need to add to the project list...
#RiversideCodeAtQingmingFestival #MarthaGetsDistractedAgain #DIY #CDrama
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Another practical costume, but for another profession. Wen Yue makes umbrellas for a living, and needs a exchangeable _top_. She sits with the umbrella at chest height and splatters from glue and ink lands both on her sleeves and torso. Zhao Buyou's sister works with her mess at ~hip height, and most fluids lands at the bottom of her torso, hence her short top skirt/apron (in previous toot).
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I love this dress! Blue with red details is my jam, and it's also a very practical costume. Her top skirt (or perhaps apron) kan be replaced, so she can stay clean without changing her entire outfit, and the hem of her dress is short enough to allow her to walk without manoevering the skirt fabric with her feet. A+ to costuming, since they've provided her with an entire wardrobe of this kind!
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Can someone open a bathhouse like that within walking distance of my home, please? An affordable version, that is!
Also - is this a permanent set at Heng Dian World Studios? I'm pretty sure I've seen it in another drama.
(Food in pic)
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Another example of the power of many episodes; we get cute moments between characters that mostly are just character building, and they're allowed to last minutes.
#RiversideCodeAtQingmingFestival #PowerOfManyEpisodes #CDrama
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The plot gets darker, and so does lady Zhang's hanfu. This production has fallen for the crime of the brown filter (like so many others who aims for High Quality*), and the costumes are of simple style in pastel colors. But they've kept a signal I've seen in many CDramas; when a character gets evil, or just plain serious, their costume colors darken.
(*Yes, I think it's boring; colours is such a great set of tools, and they don't use it!)
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This CDrama is hard on the furniture fandom! There are a lot of good pieces, but few stand out. While this is a compliment to the set designer, I'm also tempted to just Grab _All_ The Things and figuratively hoard them. Especially those doors! The gilded reinforcements are nice!
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I love the paintings display at the art academy! Reminds me of how books could be displayed before printing was introduced to Europe. Often the books were split into their signatures and hung under the ceiling like laundry. Customers either bought their books signature by signature (and had them bound elsewhere), or - if they were students - rented them and copied them by hand. This is how I know bad handwriting have been a curse forever.
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Producer: ...and for this scene I need something that makes the characters look slightly ridiculous*.
Costume designer: _Say no more!_ *hits the books so hard the bookworms do an impromptu air show*
(*I'm fairly sure this is the intent - and I would not be surprised if these headcloths are documented for the Song dynasty. Bathwear have never been dignified.)
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All the actors in this drama do good work, but I want to pay extra kudos to the actor playing inspector Gu. His 'when did I become the marriage counselor?' face is glorious!
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You know it's a C-drama when the story's got room enough for a Scooby Doo gang (the young people here) _and_ a middle aged investigator who all got full character archs. It's not likely to happen, but I do hope they get a large dog. Especially since they're working on the Hat Demon case.
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Am I partial to dramas that has a resident painter? I _am_ partial to dramas who has a resident painter.
I mean: who's gonna' stop me?
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Her makeup is glorious, she sits behind a silk screen (not shown here), and wears something that looks suspiciously like a phoenix crown. This lady has Ambitions!
(Also, feast your eyes on a few of the few embroideries in this drama - I guess the costume designer goes for a 'simple yet elegant' style.)
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China is not known to be a good country if you're disabled, but I've noticed that representation in C-dramas is through the roof compared to Western media. I don't think I've ever seen an wuxia, xianxia, or historical c-drama without at least one disabled character. True, they're usually played by abled actors, but also mostly portrayed in a positive light - like the wheelchair user they talk about here who's a reknowned beauty.
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I'm impressed in so many ways! First because, if C-dramaland functions as most movie and tv productions, this is a garden that's been built over the course of a few days with bought plants and dedicated soil stomping. Second because the attention to detail. Note the seedling trays on a raised framework, and the the partial shading/trellis over the crops in the background. Whoever designed the set knew a thing or two about gardening.
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A lady fighting with an umbrella in Western fiction: comical, usually a wrinkled Victorian lady, almost completely useless.
A lady (or anyone else) fighting with an umbrella in Chinese fiction: badass, just get down on your knees and pray, because you won't get away.
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Buyou getting stuck in the door, struggling to get in is such a good way to paint his character! He's on the mild-mannered and clumsy side, not an action hero.
Note how production gives you a sense of the depth of the room; there are two pillars with candle holders, the closest one's out of focus, the other one is sharp. Buyou is out of focus on the other end, but we still look at him, since holder1 is pointing at him.
#RiversideCodeAtQingmingFestival #CharacterDesign #CameraAngles #CDrama
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CW: Food, mention (New Year's Eve
Celebrating New Year's Eve with a good C-drama and a tub of potato gratin, because spuds are important.
#NewYear2024 #RiversideCodeAtQingmingFestival #NewYear #CDrama
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I don't know if you believe me, but I've done something similar once. Only, we had a man ready with a firehose below deck.
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This is set in Song dynasty which roughly overlaps the Viking Age. In Sweden we started to try out this thing called "cities" (Birka and Sigtuna) and judges basically worked part time outside being peasants. China had large cities, not just judges but also ~police (yamen), and trained coroners - like those working here. True, I can write a murder mystery set in Viking Age and enjoy it. But I can't help being sliiightly envious of my Chinese collegues.
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Me *taking notes for my language studies*: ...brown-nosing... ...boot-licking... C-drama teaches me _so much_ about Chinese culture!
(And on a more serious note: even if you never intend to use those words it's good to know when someone else hurls them as insults.)