Great Adventure Fun With Young Revolutionaries
This is a rewatch review.
Since this was the first ever tomb raiding drama I watched way back, I forgot a lot of it.
It does feel longer than its 21 episodes - it's definitely enough. And it manages to pack three entire arcs/subplots into those 21 episodes, of somewhat unequal interest.
I find myself appreciating the Northeast arc the most, because it brings back people and events from Weasel Grave (the prequel) and because it was shot in beautiful mountainous locations.
It also contains an actual supernatural creature that's not explained away as a hallucination - a sign of an early time for this genre when it was perhaps less policed by the censors. (something I grew increasingly annoyed with in later series)
While I enjoyed the parts on a glacier and in the desert less, they're still enjoyable enough - it's all solid tomb raiding and adventure.
I remembered the main trio as somewhat bland, but they're actually pretty good. I think it helps that acting-wise they're balanced and working at a similar level, so they work as a team and nobody stands out too much.
(in later seasons Pan Yueming stands out, then the new Shirley is a bit bland and Fatty is one dimensionally cartoony in comparison)
All in all this is a good season 1, ends with a cool hook and all that.
Since this was the first ever tomb raiding drama I watched way back, I forgot a lot of it.
It does feel longer than its 21 episodes - it's definitely enough. And it manages to pack three entire arcs/subplots into those 21 episodes, of somewhat unequal interest.
I find myself appreciating the Northeast arc the most, because it brings back people and events from Weasel Grave (the prequel) and because it was shot in beautiful mountainous locations.
It also contains an actual supernatural creature that's not explained away as a hallucination - a sign of an early time for this genre when it was perhaps less policed by the censors. (something I grew increasingly annoyed with in later series)
While I enjoyed the parts on a glacier and in the desert less, they're still enjoyable enough - it's all solid tomb raiding and adventure.
I remembered the main trio as somewhat bland, but they're actually pretty good. I think it helps that acting-wise they're balanced and working at a similar level, so they work as a team and nobody stands out too much.
(in later seasons Pan Yueming stands out, then the new Shirley is a bit bland and Fatty is one dimensionally cartoony in comparison)
All in all this is a good season 1, ends with a cool hook and all that.
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