I'm curious about this drama, i watching the raiting here and on viki page, but i though the raiting that matters…
So watch the trailer(s), watch an episode, watch whatever sequence you like and make a decision for yourself. Douban had a problem with antis and with xianxia dramas in general. MDL and Viki have more international viewers who tend not to take part in flame wars in China, so even if there are actors' fans among the watchers, people are more controlled. It might be your cup or tea or not - give it a chance before deciding.
Then again, if ratings is everything it takes to decide to watch or skip, everybody has their choice.
The only new and interesting thing about it was Shin Jae Ha's character, and even then they managed to spoil it by the end, LOL. Pretty disjointed and frankly, very lackluster.
A rushed HE as usual.....their daughter appears and the end only his shadow is seen💀
The SE ending IS the real ending they had planned, LOL. Just watch their clothing. And it's the normal kind of xianxia ending.
But they wanted a little extra oomph and added a few more scenes. I do like it - I don't like too much in-the-open romance when that story wasn't about romance... or not mostly, anyway. I got the papapa in the novel anyway :D
A rushed HE as usual.....their daughter appears and the end only his shadow is seen💀
I love it, actually :D
If I don't get to watch WWX pleading for his a&&, err, his life, and hear LWJ tell him "everyday means everyday"... Then at least pretend they're together and ABOUT TO GET TO IT :D
A rushed HE as usual.....their daughter appears and the end only his shadow is seen💀
It's from The Untamed. That's a danmei (BL) so no PDAs or anything outspoken about a HEA or anything LOL.
The novel ends in a papapa scene, so that was definitely a NO! from the censors. So instead they concocted a separation and then in the final scene, one of the leads comes back, appears to hear something, turns around, smiles wide with the power of a thousand suns (he has the most beautiful smile) and...
I think someone mentioned it in an earlier comment but I think it's VERY very lightly implied that they smashed…
The actual reason they do this in MOST wuxia/xianxia/historical dramas is a bit technical.
The thing is, most of these involve wigs and putting them on and taking them off is quite a laborious job, even more so when there's jewelry and head gear to take care of. (It can take up to a few hours to make it look like it's their natural hair). Also, a lot of scenes are filmed out of sequence, so now they film a bed scene, next a fight scene, then a night scene, back to daytime etc.
So it would definitely kill the flow to have to take off everything just for a sleep/bed scene. And as it's usually the women wearing the jewelry, there's basically no costume cdrama that won't have these strange scenes of people going to bed/sleep completely dressed up and with makeup on, LOL.
For this specific scene, it was way easier to take off TTJ's head crown and the small chain in his hair than to have all YXW's jewels and makeup off, LOL :D
“Tantai jin received clothes to keep warm. an unexpected warmth never experienced before in his life, even when…
When he's buying her that basket of candy from the refugee girl, he tells YXW - "you also bought a basket of fireworks from that woman, last New Year - when you BOUGHT ME A WINTER COAT". And when he got the first winter coat, the ugly mauve one that the second Ye brother cut up, he was going around touching it all the time.
So yeah, he remembers the small gestures of kindness because there weren't all that many in his life so they're worth way, way more to him than to those who made the gestures themselves.
I don’t think people have problem with him not as black as in the novel. Lots actually like it in fact. The…
I've no problem with her (any more). Though I liked her WAY better before the second time she betrays TTJ.
I also have no problem with him being more sane than in the novel - I like evil-ish charas, I don't want to fall for the devil itself. If he were really a devil incarnate, his actual nature would be profoundly evil and no redemption arc would scrub him clean.
But I'm still unhappy with the way this new betrayal came through...
I don’t usually like Wuxia drama, but this one is really good. I’m just frustrated, if she wasn’t so biased,…
Wuxia = martial arts, maybe some ignored physics, no Immortals or supernatural beings.
Xianxia = martial arts, normal people, cultivators, Immortals, Gods, maybe supernatural beings (starting with dragons and all the way up to phoenixes and other creatures). Also ignores physics.
Okay so now I've cooled WAY down from right after the episode, LOL, and I'm ready to accept YXW has to get a case of the stupid because otherwise TTJ wouldn't let go of her and (maybe) turn more evil.
On the other hand... Now I WANT him to become evil. Like, murderous maniacally evil. Can we have that please? Even if it costs him his friends and all or most of what he's built around. Let him just... destroy everything. So that everybody's finally perfectly happy he's turned as black as in the novel, LOL.
You guys keep fighting with each other TML is preparing his zombie army. TTJ you should broad your spy area, your…
TTJ is busy being jealous, can't watch his back when there are daggers closer to the skin at home. Also, what would we do without a sudden surprise enemy? :D
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Then again, if ratings is everything it takes to decide to watch or skip, everybody has their choice.
And it's already finished, a big, big plus in my book - I can binge it! :D
But they wanted a little extra oomph and added a few more scenes. I do like it - I don't like too much in-the-open romance when that story wasn't about romance... or not mostly, anyway. I got the papapa in the novel anyway :D
If I don't get to watch WWX pleading for his a&&, err, his life, and hear LWJ tell him "everyday means everyday"... Then at least pretend they're together and ABOUT TO GET TO IT :D
The novel ends in a papapa scene, so that was definitely a NO! from the censors. So instead they concocted a separation and then in the final scene, one of the leads comes back, appears to hear something, turns around, smiles wide with the power of a thousand suns (he has the most beautiful smile) and...
The end.
LOL.
The thing is, most of these involve wigs and putting them on and taking them off is quite a laborious job, even more so when there's jewelry and head gear to take care of. (It can take up to a few hours to make it look like it's their natural hair). Also, a lot of scenes are filmed out of sequence, so now they film a bed scene, next a fight scene, then a night scene, back to daytime etc.
So it would definitely kill the flow to have to take off everything just for a sleep/bed scene. And as it's usually the women wearing the jewelry, there's basically no costume cdrama that won't have these strange scenes of people going to bed/sleep completely dressed up and with makeup on, LOL.
For this specific scene, it was way easier to take off TTJ's head crown and the small chain in his hair than to have all YXW's jewels and makeup off, LOL :D
So yeah, he remembers the small gestures of kindness because there weren't all that many in his life so they're worth way, way more to him than to those who made the gestures themselves.
I also have no problem with him being more sane than in the novel - I like evil-ish charas, I don't want to fall for the devil itself. If he were really a devil incarnate, his actual nature would be profoundly evil and no redemption arc would scrub him clean.
But I'm still unhappy with the way this new betrayal came through...
Xianxia = martial arts, normal people, cultivators, Immortals, Gods, maybe supernatural beings (starting with dragons and all the way up to phoenixes and other creatures). Also ignores physics.
Which is to say, this is more xianxia :D
On the other hand... Now I WANT him to become evil. Like, murderous maniacally evil. Can we have that please? Even if it costs him his friends and all or most of what he's built around. Let him just... destroy everything. So that everybody's finally perfectly happy he's turned as black as in the novel, LOL.