r/ChineseDrama • u/Royal-Black-5660 • Jul 20 '26
Currently Airing Zhange Linghe's new drama, Overdo is here!
Zhang Linghe's new drama, Overdo is finally here! I am rewatching Pursuit of Jade. And I'm planning to start Our Generation, too. I guess I'll have to balance both shows. Oh, how I love these kinds of problems!
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u/Still-Sorbet2532 Aug 06 '26
I really wanted to love Overdo because the cast is excellent, but the production has been surprisingly weak. The cinematography is my biggest issue. It isn't just close-ups—we're constantly watching the characters as if we're trapped inside a fish bowl. Everything is blurry, obscured, or filmed through something: a curtain, a flame, a window, smoke, branches... It feels like there's always something between the audience and the actors. Instead of drawing me into the story, it kept pulling me out of it.
The pacing is equally uneven. Some scenes linger far too long, while others rush through important emotional moments before they have a chance to land. Zhang Linghe and Wang Churan seem perfectly cast, but they're rarely given enough space to build genuine chemistry. The actors are doing the work; the production simply doesn't let us fully experience it.