Another "Thunderous" Chinese Periodic Drama Serial: "The Lotus Lantern: the Prequel"

I believe many people (local) will probably know that our Mediacorp is having a rerun of "The Lotus Lantern" on channel 8 at 5.30pm on weekdays. Now, apparently, there's a prequel to this serial and is already showing on China's national TV.

As if "Dream of the Red Mansion" is not "thunderous" (Mainland Chinese slang for shocking) enough, this production is equally thunderous, at least to me. Here're the pictures I've found:

Didn't people complain about the half-evolved-monkey-like and "opela"-flavoured hairstyle of Er-lang Deity (human form) simply too ugly? 

I personally find this outfit and hairdo acceptable, but I think she simply don't have the classic out-of-the-world look required for Goddess of Huashan (Er-lang Deity's sister)

Is she acting in Madam White Snake again? No, this is Goddess Yaochi, Er-lang Deity's mother!

This Yang Tianyou (Goddess Yaochi's husband, Erlang Deity's mortal father) looked too much like a beggar than a poor scholar

I think this personal maid of Goddess of Huashan looked too sci-fiction; a cross breed of Species and Cirque du Soleil?

On a side note, this show is like a "rojak" as well, as it incorporated plots from "Journey to the West", "Seventh Fairy and Dong Yang", "Ne Zha Creates Havoc in the East Sea" and "Investiture of the Gods". How imaginative TV producers in China are!