With this article in MDL about Wuxia & Xianxia : https://kisskh.at/article/introduction-to-wuxia-dramas…
Haiyoh - is there any costume c-drama (whether full-on wuxia or even with just a teeny smidgeon of wuxia) out there without a falling off the cliff scene? Even after watching one or two period c-dramas you can already pick up on these conventions. Where do these fans come from? Did they just crawl out from some dark underground cave? I'm watching First Sword of Wudang now - a wuxia very much in the traditional vein -and of course just like clockwork, hero falls off the cliff! And BTW - how can they confuse the genres? They can't tell the difference between kungfu grounded in the human world/wulin/jianghu and dealing with the supernatural world and fighting demons/spirits by casting talisman spells, etc etc?
This is just getting silly now about Episode 17 special episode. They literally added 4 seconds to the original…
Yup. I had to really look closely to see the "special" bit. I mean if they want to do something really special, why not quickly go shoot some additional scenes which could help correct some of the plot compression in the last 5-6 episodes? Although oops - they have already auctioned off the costumes - LOL!
I believe it is a sad ending, one of them will died , so I dropped this drama, if i'm wrong please correct me.I…
"The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated," as the character you refer to would say. Have faith and watch ep 36 with bonus clip ep 37. WOH has one of the best endings in recent c-dramas - 很完美........
Can I say that Youku's marketing strategy is genius?? The drama has basically ended almost a month ago (at least…
With WOH, we have to coin a new term for post production - cos they are already way past post production! It's more like we're watching an actual live play on stage - every day some new interpretation/new angle is added. No audience reax is final - LOL.
This drama is the only one finally that is beginning to slightly, but only ever so slightly fill the hole left by WOH. Mostly, I'm loving the fighting scenes esp the hand-to-hand combat in the Shaolin Temple scenes. I'm also watching Court Lady but slowly - the subs on iQiyi are a little off as if they suddenly used auto-translate here and there so I've stopped while waiting for Viki to catch up. Haven't started Ni Chang. Even The Long Ballad is taking really long to grip me.
I loved the drama but there is one thought that made me upset about it The two main characters are killers both…
Did they ask to be forgiven except in CL's case? We're not getting a fairy tale here but a view of a complicated world with complicated choices. Not sure they both killed hundreds or that ZZH actually killed that child - we don't see that so the jury's out. ZZH was doing his duty as he saw it and supporting someone he thought would bring peace and order to the people. WKX had to kill to survive the Ghost Valley. Plus this is the wulin/jianghu - killings and beatings even by those considered heroes are a normal occurrence. I don't see much hand-wringing in the novel about their pasts. And yet both can still see something worth saving in the other - rewatch carefully and note how ZZS says that only someone with a pure heart/mind can play the meditation melody in ep 4 and in ep 12 during their date when he tells WKX that he is a good person.
The ML's dad isn't very street smart, is he? A string of poor choices leading to the tragedy... yikes!
Ummm another cray cray fatal attraction set up. Honestly, makes Chinese women look like a bunch of nutters - so many are always unable to walk away from lousy lovers. Just kick their ass and move on lah.........
The ML's dad isn't very street smart, is he? A string of poor choices leading to the tragedy... yikes!
Actually come to think of it I think Bu Qi is partly why he's so duhhh cos he's the one who's mainly in charge of his training, but Bu Qi has been deliberately messing that up. Ugh, that Bu Qi and his issues - that's someone who really needs therapy!
The ML's dad isn't very street smart, is he? A string of poor choices leading to the tragedy... yikes!
Altho' he's also quite duhhh for a long while :) In the last few eps he's finally growing up. I wasn't particularly taken with the characters initially, but now they're growing on me.
Took a while to get into this drama - but love the fight scenes especially when our hero gets to the Shaolin Temple. Also finally a drama that leaves the confines of Hengdian - so many beautiful locations.
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And BTW - how can they confuse the genres? They can't tell the difference between kungfu grounded in the human world/wulin/jianghu and dealing with the supernatural world and fighting demons/spirits by casting talisman spells, etc etc?
I'm also watching Court Lady but slowly - the subs on iQiyi are a little off as if they suddenly used auto-translate here and there so I've stopped while waiting for Viki to catch up. Haven't started Ni Chang.
Even The Long Ballad is taking really long to grip me.
Not sure they both killed hundreds or that ZZH actually killed that child - we don't see that so the jury's out. ZZH was doing his duty as he saw it and supporting someone he thought would bring peace and order to the people. WKX had to kill to survive the Ghost Valley. Plus this is the wulin/jianghu - killings and beatings even by those considered heroes are a normal occurrence. I don't see much hand-wringing in the novel about their pasts. And yet both can still see something worth saving in the other - rewatch carefully and note how ZZS says that only someone with a pure heart/mind can play the meditation melody in ep 4 and in ep 12 during their date when he tells WKX that he is a good person.