DV: Obi Wan never told you about your father... LS: He told me enough! He told me you killed him!... DV: I... am your father!! LS:.... NOOOOO!
I was almost ROFL at that moment in the drama - because seriously, it wasn't needed. At all. But oh well.
As I thought, this will turn into a twist yet again, and while the endgame will probably not be what I had guessed, there's still the Mouse twist to it so not really a huge surprise.
why wei wu xian changed so much after he came from burial mounds. he used to be sweet and cute but after that…
He didn't change too much, though, considering he just had to survive for three months in a place with no food or clean water, hunted by fierce corpses and spirits, under the influence of the Yin Iron, while forging the Tiger Amulet, LOL, and learning to control spirits (and fierce corpses and ghouls etc) with Chen Qing (the flute) :D
Also, he now has a SECRET that he's going to take to his grave (literally), and is in no mood to be flirty and sunny all the time any more. He can't let it slip, because it's the most important thing to him at this moment, not even to pacify LWJ. And it's time for taking revenge for Lotus Pier, too. He's not in the mood for being his breezy self.
But the impy and mischievous WWX will come back, don't worry. These two can't stay upset with each other for any length of time, and there'll be some pretty nice moments for a bit. I mean, it's true love right? :D
All of Mo Xiang Tong Xiu's novels (including The Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation / Mo Dao Zu Shi that The Untamed drama is based on) are being published in English, officially, by Seven Seas Entertainment. From MDZS, three volumes (the 4th is upcoming but it looks like it's not the last) are already released. They include art, glossaries, and obviously a professional translation. I think BookDepository offers free shipping throughout most of the world, and they often have sales.
That being said, the book (which is HUGE, that's why there are so many volumes) has been fan-TLed before the official TL came through, and while the TLers removed it, the internet is large and never forgets...
Still, SSE does a great work by publishing a lot of danmei - they're even doing 2ha, which will be quite something, LOL - so if you mean to support the authors (MXTX, MeatBun and all the other danmei writers), it's nice to go with the official TL :)
If I were Tsumugi, I'd be looking for some sharp blade or at least some blunt objects right now...
They're basically being self-sacrificing idiots, both of them, and they're both saying (or have said in the past) they're "leaving her for her own good". Neither Sou or Minato ASKED her first what does SHE want. They're both useless.
And I have to say it - I hate the self-sacrificing push-your-lover-to-another trope SO MUCH.
Aww, Mr Koga, letting it all out, LOL. He's cute. Also, that JSL teacher who can hear sure is becoming annoying - I don't know what his backstory is still, but he's pretty high-browing it over the hearing impaired people who never heard, I mean, what's the difference? They can communicate, what's SO different they can't understand a hearing person? The HECK!
Not bad, not bad. At least they're not going with the vanilla old detective/rookie dynamics. At this point, my…
New boss seems to be one of those stickler to the rule of law guys. He's playing the snitch detective, IMHO.
I loved the reveal that KTR is actually the one who did the framing, and not the dead friend. I mean, if we're going to invest in a noir, let it be a noir. If he framed that one, who else did he frame? And why would he feel so much guilt for his daughter's kidnapping that he'd divorce yet still raise his ex-family with all his money? And he even bought her a house - does that suggest the drug thing might have given him some cash on the side?
At least he's not an angel, and I like that.
What I did NOT like was how they're all smoking on-screen. I know, they're detectives and under stress, and people still smoke a whole lot, and this is Disney+ so the audience is more Western so more used to it... But it always comes as a surprise whenever smoking or heavy drinking (anything other than the regular soju scenes), or doing drugs appears in a SK drama. Also, it's become a pretty pricy hobby, so if KTR is giving all his money to his family, he should be completely broke, LOL.
I just remembered - who's that woman who offered to buy him the coat? Is she the ex-wife? I couldn't tell, I wasn't paying attention to her in the first episode for the half-minute she was on.
Not bad, not bad. At least they're not going with the vanilla old detective/rookie dynamics.
At this point, my main suspects are 1. the guy living in his locker, LOL (Yang KiTae), or 2. his daughter's new husband (because why not?! He's looking way too happy to be married, and there's no parents grumbling about their divorcee-raised DIL. Given this is SK, that is a must) :D
The very best thing about these two eps is the 119 / 112 closing theme. I want that in a way longer version.
Oh and HI OH DAEHWAN!! (He's the crazy Alpha Team leader from Adamas. Him being such a psycho was one of the highlights of that drama for me.) I hope he comes back and not just doing a guest appearance.
The whole story (as in the novel) is told in this one season (it's not by season actually, it's complete).But…
IMHO in this particular case it works better to have a soft romance. It's very faithful to the novel, including some of the romantic scenes, it's just that WWX is oblivious to it all until the final few chapters. He's way more honest (because that's who WWX is) in the extras to the novels, but throughout most of the story he's incredibly frustrating, LOL. So even if there WERE 18+ scenes and cdramas were allowed to film them, there wouldn't be much to film until almost the very end.
LWJ's jealousy and frustration with the hothead come through particularly well anyway, LOL.
There are other BL cdramas were the flirting is way more direct - like Word of Honor, where Wen Ke Xing flirts outrageously out in the open - but they're few and far between and I have very low hopes of Immortality (for example) 1. airing this year, or 2. having ANY risky scenes (because of the political situation in China and the crackdown on anything remotely fun for the Chinese people). If there were ever a BL cdrama FULL of risky scenes... Immortality should be it. But it won't, most probably, if they allow it to air at all. *sigh*
But I have to admit, I'm a fan of subtle romance anyway, so I really appreciate how TU manages to convey the romance through glances and longing and small jealous fits. And LWJ getting drunk - on purpose!! (just wait for it) - so that he can be a bit more unrestrained.
I don't know how far you've come through the drama, yet, but never fear - there will be romance. Just not the PDA kind. Other than kisses and the like, all the other romantic elements are there. Enjoy :)
are there any similar dramas to this?..the one's in reccomended aren't my types but reset is just too good
Depending on your taste... Tunnel and Signal come on a similar note, though they're not time loop but time travel/communication. Both are detective stories. Signal will break your heart if you're not careful.
And if you want to try something a bit like it, but in animation - then Makoto Shinkai's "your name." could fit.
Wu Bai's Last Dance and Pachelbel's Canon in D (from Reset) gave me PTSD LOL.
So it ended. I see there's an extra scene, I'll have to look for it, just in case it's what I hope it is. Other than that - I started this for the loop, stayed for Greg Hsu's smile and HYX (the character's) sunny personality. If I were to liken it to anything else I've watched, it's more similar to Makoto Shinkai's "your name." (the movie) than Reset, from where I got the rec.
Faith, with Lee MinHo and Kim SunHee is fantasy (time-travel historical fantasy to be exact.) While there aren't…
Then you'll love him in GFB. I've seen him there first, and I kept thinking I MUST have seen him before, because he didn't look like a newbie. That voice and that smile - you can't forget him. Tunnel, later, came as a nice gift for me :)
JJH in Jirisan is the one with the supernatural side. I won't tell, if you haven't watched it yet. But seriously, bears! And mountains! (And some serial killing, eh, you'll move past it LOL).
tried the untamed at its peak 3 years ago. something was so off but i couldn't tell what exactly. dropped because…
There's this place in China where some or even most historical dramas are filmed, it's called HengDian. It was built specifically for the making of movies, as a parallel to great sets of the big studios in Hollywood or the Indian film industry (Bollywood).
Most of the sets are busy all at the same time, and there are lots of machinery background noise (snow machines, camera trails, wire action scenes, etc.) There is a LOT of noise that can't just be filtered out. So they re-do the sound (usually, there are SOME movies or dramas that don't always need it, but that's rarer than needing it to have it done).
The second reason for the dubbing is the language. China is a huge country, and there are a lot of accents and dialects. The official language is Mandarin, but not everybody can have the perfect accent so that every watcher understands it. So they dub over with voice actors who have a good - regular - accent, AND add subtitles, so that everybody has a chance to understand the dialogue.
PS Some of the actors that appear in the dramas do their own dubbing. In TU, AFAIK, Ji Li (playing Nie HuaiSang) did his own re-dub. (I hope I'm not confusing him with someone else).
the best wuxia are the ones with no romance lol The untamed is far away from being a good drama but still
TU is not wuxia. Wuxia with no romance comes up usually in movie form, but most current (21st century) wuxia dramas usually involve some romance. There might be exceptions, obviously.
Most xianxia / xuanhuan that are not based on ancient novels (like Journey to the West or other very old stories) usually involve some romance, too. And there is even at least one that has had success and is plagiarized from a BL novel's story.
As for what's a good drama / movie and what's not... Tastes differ, and even critics get it wrong from time to time (going by RT differences between what critics appreciate and what the public does, LOL).
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LS: He told me enough! He told me you killed him!...
DV: I... am your father!!
LS:.... NOOOOO!
I was almost ROFL at that moment in the drama - because seriously, it wasn't needed. At all. But oh well.
As I thought, this will turn into a twist yet again, and while the endgame will probably not be what I had guessed, there's still the Mouse twist to it so not really a huge surprise.
PS Also, mark the question as a spoiler, please, it's a hidden twist and there are people who haven't watched the drama yet.
Also, he now has a SECRET that he's going to take to his grave (literally), and is in no mood to be flirty and sunny all the time any more. He can't let it slip, because it's the most important thing to him at this moment, not even to pacify LWJ. And it's time for taking revenge for Lotus Pier, too. He's not in the mood for being his breezy self.
But the impy and mischievous WWX will come back, don't worry. These two can't stay upset with each other for any length of time, and there'll be some pretty nice moments for a bit. I mean, it's true love right? :D
That being said, the book (which is HUGE, that's why there are so many volumes) has been fan-TLed before the official TL came through, and while the TLers removed it, the internet is large and never forgets...
Still, SSE does a great work by publishing a lot of danmei - they're even doing 2ha, which will be quite something, LOL - so if you mean to support the authors (MXTX, MeatBun and all the other danmei writers), it's nice to go with the official TL :)
And I have to say it - I hate the self-sacrificing push-your-lover-to-another trope SO MUCH.
Aww, Mr Koga, letting it all out, LOL. He's cute. Also, that JSL teacher who can hear sure is becoming annoying - I don't know what his backstory is still, but he's pretty high-browing it over the hearing impaired people who never heard, I mean, what's the difference? They can communicate, what's SO different they can't understand a hearing person? The HECK!
I loved the reveal that KTR is actually the one who did the framing, and not the dead friend. I mean, if we're going to invest in a noir, let it be a noir. If he framed that one, who else did he frame? And why would he feel so much guilt for his daughter's kidnapping that he'd divorce yet still raise his ex-family with all his money? And he even bought her a house - does that suggest the drug thing might have given him some cash on the side?
At least he's not an angel, and I like that.
What I did NOT like was how they're all smoking on-screen. I know, they're detectives and under stress, and people still smoke a whole lot, and this is Disney+ so the audience is more Western so more used to it... But it always comes as a surprise whenever smoking or heavy drinking (anything other than the regular soju scenes), or doing drugs appears in a SK drama. Also, it's become a pretty pricy hobby, so if KTR is giving all his money to his family, he should be completely broke, LOL.
I just remembered - who's that woman who offered to buy him the coat? Is she the ex-wife? I couldn't tell, I wasn't paying attention to her in the first episode for the half-minute she was on.
At this point, my main suspects are 1. the guy living in his locker, LOL (Yang KiTae), or 2. his daughter's new husband (because why not?! He's looking way too happy to be married, and there's no parents grumbling about their divorcee-raised DIL. Given this is SK, that is a must) :D
The very best thing about these two eps is the 119 / 112 closing theme. I want that in a way longer version.
Oh and HI OH DAEHWAN!! (He's the crazy Alpha Team leader from Adamas. Him being such a psycho was one of the highlights of that drama for me.) I hope he comes back and not just doing a guest appearance.
You're still in the happy moments, enjoy it while it lasts :)
LWJ's jealousy and frustration with the hothead come through particularly well anyway, LOL.
There are other BL cdramas were the flirting is way more direct - like Word of Honor, where Wen Ke Xing flirts outrageously out in the open - but they're few and far between and I have very low hopes of Immortality (for example) 1. airing this year, or 2. having ANY risky scenes (because of the political situation in China and the crackdown on anything remotely fun for the Chinese people). If there were ever a BL cdrama FULL of risky scenes... Immortality should be it. But it won't, most probably, if they allow it to air at all. *sigh*
But I have to admit, I'm a fan of subtle romance anyway, so I really appreciate how TU manages to convey the romance through glances and longing and small jealous fits. And LWJ getting drunk - on purpose!! (just wait for it) - so that he can be a bit more unrestrained.
I don't know how far you've come through the drama, yet, but never fear - there will be romance. Just not the PDA kind. Other than kisses and the like, all the other romantic elements are there. Enjoy :)
And if you want to try something a bit like it, but in animation - then Makoto Shinkai's "your name." could fit.
So it ended. I see there's an extra scene, I'll have to look for it, just in case it's what I hope it is. Other than that - I started this for the loop, stayed for Greg Hsu's smile and HYX (the character's) sunny personality. If I were to liken it to anything else I've watched, it's more similar to Makoto Shinkai's "your name." (the movie) than Reset, from where I got the rec.
But SDOOD is good on its own, too.
But the novel has extras, and lots of them :D
For choice... throw a coin :D
JJH in Jirisan is the one with the supernatural side. I won't tell, if you haven't watched it yet. But seriously, bears! And mountains! (And some serial killing, eh, you'll move past it LOL).
What does in the mist mean? :D
Most of the sets are busy all at the same time, and there are lots of machinery background noise (snow machines, camera trails, wire action scenes, etc.) There is a LOT of noise that can't just be filtered out. So they re-do the sound (usually, there are SOME movies or dramas that don't always need it, but that's rarer than needing it to have it done).
The second reason for the dubbing is the language. China is a huge country, and there are a lot of accents and dialects. The official language is Mandarin, but not everybody can have the perfect accent so that every watcher understands it. So they dub over with voice actors who have a good - regular - accent, AND add subtitles, so that everybody has a chance to understand the dialogue.
PS Some of the actors that appear in the dramas do their own dubbing. In TU, AFAIK, Ji Li (playing Nie HuaiSang) did his own re-dub. (I hope I'm not confusing him with someone else).
Most xianxia / xuanhuan that are not based on ancient novels (like Journey to the West or other very old stories) usually involve some romance, too. And there is even at least one that has had success and is plagiarized from a BL novel's story.
As for what's a good drama / movie and what's not... Tastes differ, and even critics get it wrong from time to time (going by RT differences between what critics appreciate and what the public does, LOL).