Chef Fang (Hua Jian Ti Hu Fang Da Chu), and HIStory 2: Right or Wrong are two of the fluffiest, more anxiety free dramas I've seen and enjoyed! ^_^ . . . On another note, how did Something in the Rain end up on this list? Unless you only count the first two episodes, the majority of this drama is heavily depressing, and definitely too angsty to watch after a breakup imo!
The version of the article that exists online today is actually the 3rd (or 4th I'm not sure) version of it, I don't remember the 1st version, but I remember it was worded differently (from the snippets I saw on twitter e.g.), and the meaning wasn't that clear, and that's why I believe people misunderstood and were bashing it.
Generally speaking, the public usually have no idea how much pressure online journalists and writers are today, especially if writing for well-known online media, and/or about something extremely popular, to be exact in their meaning and 100% "politically correct". Something that may just be a neglect, people will judge it harshly instead of focusing on the positive side, and they will not hesitate to call something homophobic or misogynistic simply because it didn't loudly and clearly condemn such ideas - even if doing so would have totally derailed and lost the focus on the topic of the said piece of writing.
So let us all focus on the positive side, which in this case is that more and more people are discovering The Untamed everyday, and our little party here is growing!! :D
Are you talking about the holes on Jin Zixun's body? :D
I get where you're coming from, but personally I love the creepiness in it, although toned down from the novel!! :D I'm one of these odd people that fell in love with The Untamed from the very first minute (without knowing anything about it), exactly BECAUSE of the (admittedly cheap) campy "horror" feels & the creepiness!! :D
Well, many people bashed it for borderline implying that Chinese censorship made the drama better, instead of properly condemning it. And they made 2-3 different edits of the article after it went online, the first version of it was barely researched & it confused The Untamed with Guardian for example.. Personally, I don't really mind these things, I'm genuinely happy that American media have discovered and started recommending The Untamed, that's more than enough for me!! :)
Does she fall in love with the actress she's a bodyguard for? Or some male? I'm confused from the description (it sounds interesting either way though, and the small number of episodes make it more attractive).
You should give it a try. I did it with my mom and it work like a charm. Start out at episode 3-32 then go back…
Thank you for your encouragement!!! I'm actually hopeful she would like it, or at least get into it after some episodes!! I mean the characters *should* draw anyone in (right?), even if the story doesn't do so at the start! And the stunning visuals, and the music, and and... :)
So, I'm planning on dragging one of my best friends into the world of The Untamed, but this person not only have never watched an Asian drama, but also isn't particularly fond of fantasy. So I'm open to ideas. And I'm thinking of we start to watch together from the 3rd episode on, and then go back to the first two after the flashback ends, so as not to confuse her with the opening episodes... what do you guys think of that??
The ending wasn't just sad imo, but stupid, and completely out of character. But I like to pretend it never happened, because the rest 95% of the drama was brilliant!!!
I thought it was just a story he was writting for a contest to tell about living your life to the fullest if you…
I haven't read the novel either (yet), but from what I've read from the description & reviews, in the novel, the protagonist has a degenerative disease (that's also the case in the drama, it's briefly mentioned on the 1st episode), he dies, and transmigrates (transmigration: inhabiting an existing person's body after migrating across worlds, unlike actual reincarnation in which the character is literally born again) into the body of an infant during an assassination attempt.
In the drama, they used the plot of the man at the start writing a story about such a character, as a clever ploy to merge modern ideas into ancient Chinese culture (which is, conveniently, both one of the main overarching themes of the novel and one of the reasons for the Chinese government's ban on time travel tropes on tv, so as not to "pollute" their imposed narrative on historical China and the consequences of it into the modern era and into the current regime), and we're conveniently watching his story unfold.
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On another note, how did Something in the Rain end up on this list? Unless you only count the first two episodes, the majority of this drama is heavily depressing, and definitely too angsty to watch after a breakup imo!
https://www.viki.com/movies/36846c-the-living-dead
But keep sending request for the other movie (Fatal Journey) if you like!
Generally speaking, the public usually have no idea how much pressure online journalists and writers are today, especially if writing for well-known online media, and/or about something extremely popular, to be exact in their meaning and 100% "politically correct". Something that may just be a neglect, people will judge it harshly instead of focusing on the positive side, and they will not hesitate to call something homophobic or misogynistic simply because it didn't loudly and clearly condemn such ideas - even if doing so would have totally derailed and lost the focus on the topic of the said piece of writing.
So let us all focus on the positive side, which in this case is that more and more people are discovering The Untamed everyday, and our little party here is growing!! :D
Personally, I don't really mind these things, I'm genuinely happy that American media have discovered and started recommending The Untamed, that's more than enough for me!! :)
And I'm thinking of we start to watch together from the 3rd episode on, and then go back to the first two after the flashback ends, so as not to confuse her with the opening episodes... what do you guys think of that??
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10554898/
In the drama, they used the plot of the man at the start writing a story about such a character, as a clever ploy to merge modern ideas into ancient Chinese culture (which is, conveniently, both one of the main overarching themes of the novel and one of the reasons for the Chinese government's ban on time travel tropes on tv, so as not to "pollute" their imposed narrative on historical China and the consequences of it into the modern era and into the current regime), and we're conveniently watching his story unfold.