If there is one thing watching wuxia dramas taught me it is that if there is some sort of famous saying about your martial prowess, you might as well make out your will. In Three Kingdoms, there was one about Lu Bu and his horse, and Lu Bu met a grisly grisly death (though his horse fared much better). Now there is one about beggar guy and fugly ( Read more... )

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Because it looks awfully pretty. I am hoping 2001 as that's the only one I can find with subs.

Also, is Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre 2009 worth checking out? I tried the first ep and was completely confused but it does look gorgeous and has Ady An. Plus, the same guy made ROCH2006, one of my huge favorites which also had confusing and boring ( Read more... )

I have watched the first ep of Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre, the 2009 version. It was gorgeous but made no sense - I am totally lost as to what is going on or who these people are. I am going to stick with it for a few eps because Return of the Condor Heroes 2006, made by the same people, had the same problem - first couple eps were odd and left ( Read more... )

After seeing the universal loathing for Love or Bread (even Summer x Summer and Peach Girl twdramas have their defenders on my flist but not this one), I am skipping it. Which means I need a tw/cdrama. Luckily I have two candidates all lined up, both wuxias.

One is Fox Volant of the Snowy Mountain. Have a MV:

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The other is Heaven Sword and ( Read more... )