A bit on The Untamed

Wed, 11 May 2022 08:17:06 GMT

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.

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).

( 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). )

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Joshua Kronengold

A bit on The Untamed