To me, that drama seems like all the straight all the other straight Wuxia dramas, so I didn't pay any attention…
I don't know if you have watched the "voice" series , "Memorist", " tell me what you saw", " he's pyschometric", " tunnel" and " mouse" I didn't enjoy mouse though. Maybe you might like it.
I know why you're struggling. You didn't read the novel on which it's based on. I don't know if you did read it…
I'm the opposite. I don't like dramas which drag and don't have intensity and tension to the storytelling and their characters. If you have time, give it a shot
I know why you're struggling. You didn't read the novel on which it's based on. I don't know if you did read it…
Oh I understand what you're talking about. So you're saying the fighting scenes aren't intense and the pacing isn't quite good. I think you're someone who enjoys intense and fast paced dramas. I think you may like Word of Honor since it didn't have those. I don't know if you have watched Korean soap opera Penthouse Although it's plot is over the top and non logic buy the drama is so fast paced and intense. It doesn't give the viewer even the minute to look a way.
Storywise the Untamed is better but chemistry between leads, word of honor takes the crown for me. I watched both.…
Being confused has nothing to do with how the show is executed. It's an adaptation and it's the audience's job to grasp the story telling especially when it comes to Chinese dramas.
I too watched the Untamed without even knowing what genre it was let alone knowing it's an adaptation of some sort and being a non Chinese native on top of that but I watched it and the first episodes made sense in the middle and I ended up loving it and reading the novel for my unanswered questions. Not all audience will grasp something right a way and everyone has their own brain capacity. For those who read the novel, grasped it savouringly and there those who struggled but grasped it and there were those who didn't like it altogether and went for Word of Honor which didn't need people to scratch their heads. So it's a variety of sorts. Being confused isn't deliberate and the sophistication of the execution of the show can be a pro or a con depending on the brain and the IQ of the viewer.
I have to express myself with class so that I'm understood. I just expressed how I found these two dramas and how people like me found them. It's not a question which drama is better but I experienced them. It's not my thing watching an adaptation without reading it's source material. So for most BL adaptations which are filmed, I have read their source materials
So I believe the op above will enjoy Word of Honor since it has a simpler setting than the Untamed and they will love Wen Ke Xing
I feel like I must be the only person who struggled to get into this. I got to about episode 13, but it just felt…
I know why you're struggling. You didn't read the novel on which it's based on. I don't know if you did read it but once you read the source material, you will enjoy it and everything will fall in to place.
Storywise the Untamed is better but chemistry between leads, word of honor takes the crown for me. I watched both.…
I'm not going to argue because statistics don't represent or signify what I'm trying to say. People who found the show confused at the first episodes don't represent people who didn't like the show. Distinguish people who didn't like the show altogether and people who loved it and praised it although they found first episodes confusing (people who didn't read the novel and non Chinese I'm talking about).
I believe we don't have the percentage of people like me in the statistics since we fall in the category of those who loved the show. I wanted to prove to you that I wasn't the only one who got confused by the first episodes but loved it regardless. It's like tasting something new without knowing what it is to begin with. That's how a small fraction of us were. That doesn't mean we hated it. No. You're misunderstanding this.
As for the YouTube video I pasted, I wanted to show you It wasn't individual but a fraction of people got confused because we dived in blind. We even have some here. Another thing is that people read the novel although they're international fans. So not all international fans knew MDZS through the Untamed. The translation of this novel was out in 2018. So it had something to do with our conversation. So being confused doesn't mean one won't like something. Although I got confused but the Untamed is one of those shows which changed my taste and genre in Chinese entertainment industry altogether. As for those reactors, I can't know whether they watched it and loved or not but they were confused. I don't know if I'm really understood. There's no need for right and wrong. Hope I'm understood.
Storywise the Untamed is better but chemistry between leads, word of honor takes the crown for me. I watched both.…
My initial comment didn't present it's self as a FACT neither my reply and I didn't say or precieve you as someone who thought of me as prejudiced but your comment came off as if I was putting Word Of Honor over the Untamed and I think that's why you disagreed with me.
Anyways, all what I said is personal and I did see people have a hard time at the beginning of the Untamed or other people telling others that the plot gets interesting after the first 10 episodes. There's even a video of international viewers reacting to the first episode of the Untamed but with confused faces on YouTubehttps://youtu.be/JjhoidSF61M. So I believe I'm not the only one who was blind confused about the whole thing. Still this doesn't represent as universal truth or a FACT as you're stating. Like how you found it difficult to finish word of Honor, some of us didn't even want to it to finish and yes it trended at it's time as the Untamed and it has it's own fans too who enjoyed the Untamed like myself.
And you saying international fans discovered MDZS after the Untamed isn't true. Many international fans had read the novel and had doubts about the lead cast. So you saying international fans loved MDZS after the Untamed isn't a universal FACT as you didn't agree with me that there some who got confused with the first episodes. I know you love the Untamed but the confused people like I was aren't just individuals but an audience as well like people who didn't enjoy Word of Honor. So it comes down to preferences. Like a preference between coffee and tea. If people who like coffee find people who don't like coffee, doesn't mean it's just an individual but a group of people. Have a nice evening or day !
I too watched the Untamed without even knowing what genre it was let alone knowing it's an adaptation of some sort and being a non Chinese native on top of that but I watched it and the first episodes made sense in the middle and I ended up loving it and reading the novel for my unanswered questions. Not all audience will grasp something right a way and everyone has their own brain capacity. For those who read the novel, grasped it savouringly and there those who struggled but grasped it and there were those who didn't like it altogether and went for Word of Honor which didn't need people to scratch their heads. So it's a variety of sorts. Being confused isn't deliberate and the sophistication of the execution of the show can be a pro or a con depending on the brain and the IQ of the viewer.
I have to express myself with class so that I'm understood. I just expressed how I found these two dramas and how people like me found them. It's not a question which drama is better but I experienced them. It's not my thing watching an adaptation without reading it's source material. So for most BL adaptations which are filmed, I have read their source materials
So I believe the op above will enjoy Word of Honor since it has a simpler setting than the Untamed and they will love Wen Ke Xing
I believe we don't have the percentage of people like me in the statistics since we fall in the category of those who loved the show. I wanted to prove to you that I wasn't the only one who got confused by the first episodes but loved it regardless. It's like tasting something new without knowing what it is to begin with. That's how a small fraction of us were. That doesn't mean we hated it. No. You're misunderstanding this.
As for the YouTube video I pasted, I wanted to show you It wasn't individual but a fraction of people got confused because we dived in blind. We even have some here. Another thing is that people read the novel although they're international fans. So not all international fans knew MDZS through the Untamed. The translation of this novel was out in 2018. So it had something to do with our conversation. So being confused doesn't mean one won't like something. Although I got confused but the Untamed is one of those shows which changed my taste and genre in Chinese entertainment industry altogether. As for those reactors, I can't know whether they watched it and loved or not but they were confused. I don't know if I'm really understood. There's no need for right and wrong. Hope I'm understood.
Anyways, all what I said is personal and I did see people have a hard time at the beginning of the Untamed or other people telling others that the plot gets interesting after the first 10 episodes. There's even a video of international viewers reacting to the first episode of the Untamed but with confused faces on YouTubehttps://youtu.be/JjhoidSF61M. So I believe I'm not the only one who was blind confused about the whole thing. Still this doesn't represent as universal truth or a FACT as you're stating. Like how you found it difficult to finish word of Honor, some of us didn't even want to it to finish and yes it trended at it's time as the Untamed and it has it's own fans too who enjoyed the Untamed like myself.
And you saying international fans discovered MDZS after the Untamed isn't true. Many international fans had read the novel and had doubts about the lead cast. So you saying international fans loved MDZS after the Untamed isn't a universal FACT as you didn't agree with me that there some who got confused with the first episodes.
I know you love the Untamed but the confused people like I was aren't just individuals but an audience as well like people who didn't enjoy Word of Honor. So it comes down to preferences. Like a preference between coffee and tea. If people who like coffee find people who don't like coffee, doesn't mean it's just an individual but a group of people. Have a nice evening or day !