What an ending to this season (hopefully there will be more)! Not a perfect 30 episodes, but this story deserves to continue - such great world building, and the cast left an indelible mark on me. And many things are not yet resolved.
Last 4-5 episodes felt a bit like a war movie where everyone’s saying farewell to each other as they are embarking…
Yeah, I think if the show gets more seasons, it needs more of the energy from the last few eps. But I get that this is essentially an exposition phase of the story and not a bad season 1 if you’ve thinking about it from a multi-season point of view.
On ep 28 now. These last few episodes are really bringing it - finally things are coming together. There's something…
"The longer you live...you'll realize that sometimes there are things more importance than your own life. For example, certain people."
What is immortality or the point of cultivation if you lose sight of what could be more important than your own life? I haven't read the novel, but I'm interested now to see where Han Li's journey takes him. This is only the beginning - I'm sure much more awaits.
On ep 28 now. These last few episodes are really bringing it - finally things are coming together. There's something rotten within the cultivation world (at least among these 7 sects) - it's reckoning time. Too bad so many have to be sacrificed - it's unfair to them.
A few more episodes to go. This has been unexpectedly a great watch - not the best police drama out there but solid in terms of building cases and showing police work. Also a plus for showing us the people behind the anti-trafficking team - these are also living, breathing people with their own past and issues.
Ep 25 was a great conclusion to the capital arc - it hits just the right emotional note without being overly sentimental and we see the impact it has on Han Li. Just wish there was more of this - hopefully the finally arc really brings it.
Can someone tell me what the relationship is between Deng Wei's “character” and Wang You Shuo's “character”?…
You could say enemies or rivals. They are from different kingdoms so they are naturally seeking their own benefits/their country's benefits. But Yin Gezhi spends time in Wang Youshuo's country (like the first half of the novel) and does interact with him civilly while there - but of course more is always underneath the surface with the two of them. Should be neat to watch if the script can capture both of their intellect and multilayered complexities.
I've yet to watch the past couple eps about this capital/cult arc so maybe I'll change my mind after I complete 23 and 24, but these are just some of my rambling thoughts while we are in the capital:
While this is primarily an adventure/cultivation type story and really only a small chunk of a very long story, I feel as though this live action adaptation has perhaps been too faithful to the original work - faithful to a fault. It's going from beat to beat accurately, but if I knew I had only 30-40 episodes to work with, it would probably be better to take a risk and do things a bit differently.
Up until the 20s or so episodes, we have followed Han Li in his cultivation journey and met the other characters, gotten to know a bit of all the good and bad people out there in the cultivation world. But instead of developing the characters further or developing themes more, I feel as though we are just now fighting more baddies that we honestly don't care too much about. Even Ms Mo and Han Li's back and forth and forever goodbye is becoming repetitive - it doesn't progress anywhere that we haven't already seen. And his constant trying to run away from Chen senior sister or give her oblivion pills also begs the question: has Han Li grown in any meaningful way? Does anything impact him on a more emotional level? Perhaps in the original work these get addressed down the road, but here in this drama (if following only the original novel), perhaps not, and that makes for a dull watching experience, no matter how exciting the fights are choreographed/filmed.
I'm still enjoying this - it's a fun world, but I feel there is so much more potential here than has been presented in this live action version. Maybe the last 5 episodes have surprises for us.
What is immortality or the point of cultivation if you lose sight of what could be more important than your own life? I haven't read the novel, but I'm interested now to see where Han Li's journey takes him. This is only the beginning - I'm sure much more awaits.
While this is primarily an adventure/cultivation type story and really only a small chunk of a very long story, I feel as though this live action adaptation has perhaps been too faithful to the original work - faithful to a fault. It's going from beat to beat accurately, but if I knew I had only 30-40 episodes to work with, it would probably be better to take a risk and do things a bit differently.
Up until the 20s or so episodes, we have followed Han Li in his cultivation journey and met the other characters, gotten to know a bit of all the good and bad people out there in the cultivation world. But instead of developing the characters further or developing themes more, I feel as though we are just now fighting more baddies that we honestly don't care too much about. Even Ms Mo and Han Li's back and forth and forever goodbye is becoming repetitive - it doesn't progress anywhere that we haven't already seen. And his constant trying to run away from Chen senior sister or give her oblivion pills also begs the question: has Han Li grown in any meaningful way? Does anything impact him on a more emotional level? Perhaps in the original work these get addressed down the road, but here in this drama (if following only the original novel), perhaps not, and that makes for a dull watching experience, no matter how exciting the fights are choreographed/filmed.
I'm still enjoying this - it's a fun world, but I feel there is so much more potential here than has been presented in this live action version. Maybe the last 5 episodes have surprises for us.