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

Comments

[magiccard_1]

I like the story of THE SMILING PROUD WANDERER/LAUGHING IN THE WIND based on the TV series (1996 TVB version). I adore the hero very much. I like the fact that though he was brought up in the traditional and honorable martial art party, he could not consider himself and his clan superior and just simply despise those so-called “villains” as others did. He questioned the dichotomy of black and white taught by his master. He made friends with the villains and weirdoes (those not in the normal canon) and treated them as equal once he found nothing really wrong in their doings. Finally, he stepped out the white world (? Actually he was forced to do so, a long story), and binged with his quirky and weird friends in their own bizarre world. I like that he never became a cynical anti-hero even after he was questioned, wronged and punished by the people in the same clans he belonged to. I like that he never became a judge of morality or was pushed to that position even after hypocrisy and misdeed pervaded the screen. All he wished to do was a

[dangermousie]

Thank you for liking my post. Smiling Wanderer sounds super awesome - I am certainly going to track it down.

[anonymous]

Here are my opinions on the ones that I've seen in the poll above

[walkwithheroes]

I'd second World's Finest. It's one I've always wanted to watch. But, there are no English subtitles for it, are there?

[dangermousie]

Now I am officially intrigued

OMG DID I JUST SEE TONGUE IN A WUXIA?

[dangermousie]

I want WF badly, after this vid. Is there any version with subs?

I WANT WANT WANT *makes grabby hands*

[dangermousie]

PK sounds like silly fun, I may check it out.

If it's Wallace in your icon, I am all the more interested :)

[meganbmoore]

A cute SSWRB MV:

(The ones I used to have bookmarked appear to be gone...)

Also, regarding a comment someone else made in the post: I agree, Patriotic Knights is fun while you're watching, but it's not incredibly memorable. But I remember enjoying it a lot, though the main heroine got less badass and more damsel in distress later in the series, as sadly tends to happen.

[dangermousie]

That MV is awesome. So glad I had first ep.

[meganbmoore]

IIRC, the first ep (maybe ep and a half) is kinda cluttered because they crammed about 10 chapters in to get the backstory and politics established and on to the main story. It gets good once he's wandering around and runs across his crossdressing future girlfriend. (It's as convincing as most wuxia crossdressing!)

MV of the heroine's parents, which is an awesome flashback arc:

(You may recall calixa and I commenting about bunny courtship.)

[dangermousie]

I remember the parents! In fact, I am even more interested in them then in the main OTP (who do sould cool too). I am a total sucker for intense wuxia assassin/antihero type with an OTP obsession (see my obsession with Yang Kang in LOCH, Flower in Handsome Siblings etc).

Tamra

[ockoala]

dangermousie

I tend to prefer wuxias over sagueks (more action, more romance, usually). But I think your next period drama should be finishing Tamra (if you can get the 21 ep DC).

I've been guestblogging for Thundie, and just posted a review of Tamra:

http://thundie.wordpress.com/2010/06/07/tamra-the-island-mbc-2009/

Check it out, might just be your cup of tea. After LoCH (misery, heartache, pathos), Tamra might just be the breath of fres summer air your are in the mood for.