So, what shall my next wuxia be?

[dangermousie]

Yes, I am only halfway through LOCH but as you can tell, I am obsessed.

If you need to gauge my tastes, I've seen and loved (in addition to LOCH), Return of the Condor Heroes 2006, Handsome Siblings (the Nic Tse parts, the Dicky Cheung ones were horrifying), Da Ren Wu, Red Dust. Did not care for Chinese Palladin.

Poll Dangermousie's next wuxia drama will beI am sort of broke at the moment

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[seven_trees]

Do you have a dl site for Patriotic Knights? Because I've only been able to find old torrents and streaming sites.

[seven_trees]

Nevermind. I just read what you put on the bottom about having the dvds.

[dangermousie]

Sorry :(

[walkwithheroes]

How about The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber the third and final series/book in the Condor Trilogy. I've never seen it, but it's bound to have the same type of elements from the first two series and you liked those.

There is also The Myth which stared Hu Ge. A 2000 year-old artifact transported Yi Xiao Chuan and Gao Yao from the year 2010 to the Qin dynasty. They traveled the ancient kingdom trying to find their way back to the modern day, or at least die trying. Back in 2010, their family, Yi Da Chuan and Gao Lan, were piecing together clues from ancient artifacts that could help bring them back while avoiding attacks from mysterious masked men. - I've heard good things.

[dangermousie]

I've heard the hero of Dragon Saber doesn't have one otp but a series of gf which is a bit of a turnoff but not sure how accurate that is. I am going t check it out.

The Myth sounds awesome. Off to locate!

[walkwithheroes]

I don't think Dragon Sabre will be your cup of tea. It's focus more on the "politic" with all the sects fighting each other to get the Dragon Sabre. As you know that the hero has 5 girlfriends, he came off as a bit of a wishy-washy to me, rather uncharismatic. I prefer the story of his parents actually which started the story.

The Myth is based on a Jackie Chan's movie (he produced this drama). Of course since it's a Jackie Chan movie it's a bit of a comedy so I was rather surprised they turn this into a wuxia drama, but I have to admit the hero (in the ancient time) is pretty badass and awesome.

I of course still recommend Wind and Cloud but maybe it's too long for you (70+ episodes coz it's 2 seasons).

Ai

[dangermousie]

Thanks!

70 eps OMG. But if it has subs, I am in for W&C.

Cannot wait to watch The Myth. I am preliminarily obsessed.

[meganbmoore]

Sword Stained With Royal Blood: http://community.livejournal.com/jdramas/1647963.html#cutid1

I thought I knew where you could get Young Warriors without torrenting, but no luck. Maybe I can figure out how to rip my DVDs.

Also, the problem with Chinese Paladin is that neither Hu Ge nor Liu Yi Fei could act, and while their characters were ok separatel, they were annoying together, and the secondary cast acted circles around them and had better characters on top of that.

[dangermousie]

You are a life saver!

Re: CP. I've loved both of them in other things (Hu Ge in LOCH, LYF in ROCH) but their characters were unbearable in CP and there was not much acting to cover it :P

[meganbmoore]

CP, I think, was the first lead role for both, and it shows.

[dangermousie]

Yes. And also, the roles were written/directed poorly. A better, more experience actor could have salvaged it a little, but not much.

(I have such a raging wuxia obsession right now, it's insane. I am not watching any kdramas or anything else, I just want to load up on wuxia).

[hollyxu]

I dunno if you'd like Sword Stained with Royal Blood, but it is written by Jin Yong, who did both LOCH and ROCH. There's the 3rd installment to the LOCH-ROCH trilogy, which is 2004's Heavenly Sword and Dragon Saber - it's not as interesting (personally), and I haven't checked out the 2009 version yet.

In other Jin Yong wuxia, there's The Laughing, Smiling Wanderer, which is my personal favourite, but can't be found for love or money.

If you like Hu Ge, do not watch Fairy From Wonderland. It's overdone both in the saccharine and angst sense. You might like the Myth, though the concept is similar to Paladin - but so much better! I think it's being picked up by a sub group, but am uncertain which.

I've heard good things about Warriors of the Yang Clan, which can be found here: http://www.am-addiction.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=9264

[dangermousie]

meganbmoore did a pretty detailed series of recaps of Sword when she was watching it and I remember being interested so hopefully I'll like it.

TLSW - K, now you got my competitive spirit going - I am going to look for it.

Thank you for Yang Clan link, I really want to watch that!

Re: Fairy. calixa and lesbiassparrow did detailed posts as they watched and I know I will enjoy even if not for the reasons the makers intended (only thing I love as much as good quality drama is cheesy drama).

[meganbmoore]

You can netflix most of TLSW, which may also be floating around the internet as Laughing in the Wind or Xiao Ao Jiang Hu. Another that I haven't seen yet is in Chinese Ghost Story, which I believe is a supernatural romance. It has Barbie Hsu as the heroine, and I think it's supposed to be good. jdramas has it.

I'm quite fond of Little Fairy, too.

[dangermousie]

Thanks for the heads-up. Yay!

[anonymous]

You can watch all Young warriors of the yang clan episodes on youtube from the begining to the end. Someone who is nice downloaded it there with subtitles.

[dangermousie]

Thank you!