Excuse me, do you think Xiao Zhan wasn't active? It's clear that you're not a follower!
Uh ? That’s absolutely not true and a bit weird that you believe that. It has been at least 25 years that East Asian cinema is recognised around the world. There are literally Asian film festivals all around the world (and Tsui Hark just won a big prize in the biggest of them, the festival of Udine), and East Asian films are showed at international festivals, including the most prestigious.Korean cinema currently has a lot of success. Before that it was the Hongkongese and Japanese. There are many fans of East Asian cinema. Of course this site is about drama so you won’t see many films fans, but I am one of them for exemple.
It's not a wuxia. Wuxia has little to no fantasy and is set in the real world. This a true xianxia.
It's quite simple :
Wuxia : set in the real world in ancient China, almost no fantasy, with martial arts practitioners members of clans/sects.
Xianxia : Chinese fantasy set in ancient China focusing on humans who cultivate to immortality, also have sects and clans, but it's very very fantasy and based on daoism.
Xuanhuan : I add this one because it's always confused with xianxia. Also a type of Chinese fantasy, set in ancient China, or another world reminiscent of ancient China, or mythology, no focus on human cultivators but generally on gods, demons, spirits etc with less daoism.
Just finished it. The story wasn't the best tbh. but I absolutely loved Fu ling, and her story with Chong Zhao. I wish they would make a spin-off with them as main characters.
I don't understand why this is called Legend of Condor Heroes because the description indicates defense of Xiangyang…
In return of condor heroes it's the 2nd defense of Xiangyang. But the 1st defense of the city takes place at the end of Legend of condor heroes. The film adaptes chapters 34 to 40.
Wuxia : set in the real world in ancient China, almost no fantasy, with martial arts practitioners members of clans/sects.
Xianxia : Chinese fantasy set in ancient China focusing on humans who cultivate to immortality, also have sects and clans, but it's very very fantasy and based on daoism.
Xuanhuan : I add this one because it's always confused with xianxia. Also a type of Chinese fantasy, set in ancient China, or another world reminiscent of ancient China, or mythology, no focus on human cultivators but generally on gods, demons, spirits etc with less daoism.