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Being the mid-year Channel 8 blockbuster of 2009, it was the first Channel 8 drama to be fully filmed in HD. Despite being touted as the 2009 blockbuster of the year and featuring many established actors and actresses like Zoe Tay, Li Nanxing and Fann Wong (often referred to in the press as a "Two Queen and One King" billing), the show's reception was lukewarm at best. Many viewers faulted the serial for improbable casting (Lin Meijiao was cast as Tay's mother, despite being only one year older than Tay in real life) and for a lack of originality. The serial also came under harsh criticism for being overly melodramatic. |