tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-22:114577 Joshua Kronengold Joshua Kronengold 2022-05-11T08:17:06Z tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-22:114577:96308 2022-05-11T08:17:06Z 2022-05-11T08:17:06Z amused public 14 So, we've been watching the Chinese Wuxia drama "The Untamed" (aka "Grand Master of Demonic Cultivation", and oh, boy is it a bit of a complicated linguistic discussion explaining how the (English) title of the source web novel was changed to the (English) title of the live-action drama). There are apparently a whole bunch of ways to watch it, each with a subtly different translation from the others (presuming you aren't fluent in Mandarin, and we are, in fact, not), but we're watching it on Netflix.<br /><br />It's ~50 chapters long, each ~45 minutes. We have watched through episode 24. It's really fun, not withstanding that the death of the main character is announced at the beginning of the first episode (he gets better; this, too, is not a spoiler). Well recommended, for those who might enjoy full-on magical wuxia fantasy where dark magic is indicated with a (probably CGI) smokey effect and the characters fly around standing on their swords).<br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://mneme.dreamwidth.org/96308.html#cutid1">But naturally, what I actually want to write about involves plot-level spoilers through episode #23 (I don't think knowing this would hurt your enjoyment of the show, but use your own judgement).</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=mneme&ditemid=96308" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments