EPISODE 10

Ooooh, this episode made my blood boil for 5 reasons;



1. Superman bad mouthing her OWN MOTHER so to get some food, get on the good side of Concubine Tin and to have dinners with grandma and dad. Doesn't she know the more her mom gets bullied the less power she will ever get? I wait for the episode where she will plan the downfall of Concubine Tin;



2. Concubine Tin chopping off the hair of the Empress because she was jealous. Ohhh my blood boiled some more when even the nun refused to defend the Empress. You see Empress was there to pray for the King's safe return from the war against the Manchurians and Superman go and tell Tin that her mom was praying that the whole family will be reunited with the King. So Tin asked the nun, is it true and stupid nun dare not say anything. With nuns like these, no wonder the kingdome fell!



3. The Empress herself for being so weak. She should fight back, fight for her position. The King obviously still loves her;



4. Sai Hin for seducing Cheung Ping, saying how much he loves her and all and wanted to tell Yoke Han (who heard everything) and yet denied it all when Sing Hing punched him. A hypocrite no matter how romantic he may be.



And last but not least



5. Cheung Ping. Avoid Sai Hin for Heaven's sake. They're no longer little children so being together isn't all about innocent puppy love but pure sexual lust if you ask me. Ok so this is true love but if you feel you and Sai Hin can't be together again, avoid him. You don't love Sing Hing, tell him.



A possible solution for this triangular love- it's Ming Dynasty, there is such thing called polygamous marriages. Cheung Ping be the 1st wife and Yoke Han the second. Settled!



And some annoying factors still occur in this episode (and I suspect some more) which is due to performances, not characters;



1. Sonija Kwok really can't dance and I had to endure her dancing yet again!



2. Sonija Kwok can't act and I had to endure her wooden expressions when she bad mouthed her mother with so little malice, so little innocence I am surprised Tin didn't ask her; "Oi! Are you alive?!"



3. Charmaine Sheh is so clingy. Now I know where she got her nickname(s) as the electricity woman, seducer and all. Her voice can really get to me, some scenes especially and her full charm is directed at the older actors. The way she pressed her entire body onto the arm of that old veteran actor (who played the doctor) whilst she shook his hand and begged him to do something about Yoke Han's scar on her face. The same "press body against the actor/actress" is repeated with almost every actor there is, except Chi Chiu (Ellesmere Choi) because he is YOUNGER BROTHER! Imagine that! If Cheung Ping is 18, so how old is Chi Chiu? 17? Does Ellesmere Choi look like 17 to you?



Charmaine's acting is like her old self which is really nice if I see Cheung Ping as that way. Now I see Cheung Ping as really nice, perfect and all in temperament BUT not very articulate and smart. In fact she doesn't seem to possess an opinion. Her Cheung Ping is so docile, it is annoying. She is pretty no doubt about that but she possesess none of Cheung Ping's finer attributes that one would expect. I blame that on her inadequate understanding of her character and perhaps the rewriting of this character.



Isn't Cheung Ping supposed to be independent? Witty? Intelligent? Opinionated and yet elegant? Sophisticated? So far she hit none of these qualities.



I hope her Cheung Ping will do more useful thing than rather be the object of 2 men's affection.



Talking about Sing Hing, he insulted Sai Hin by saying;



"Master Chow is very good isn't he? Even when the horse does not want to be saddled, he still can do it, doesn't care what the horse thinks".



He was actually talking about Sai Hin going after Cheung Ping even when Cheung Ping wanted nothing to do with him. That's funny because I thought Sing Hing was talking about himself. Cheung Ping was obviously in love with Sai Hin, that everybody could see.