#jin yong wuxia shi jie

[tavina-writes]

I will say that I'm kind of hesitant on Jin Yong movies in general, since the books are so large. (Disclaimer that I've always been more of a Jin Yong drama fan). I'm excited to see this movie! I'm just...uncertain about it being the best introduction to LOCH or Jin Yong esp as rumors seem to be stating that this movie adapts only the last five chapters of the book (Mongolia War Campaign) and I think without the context of the previous 35 chapters I don't know how interesting or how accurate a depiction that'll portray of LOCH to an audience who doesn't have a lot of background in what it is!

Further caveat: I think this is a really exciting and perfectly great movie for people who already know the main storyline of LOCH and I am perhaps the ONLY LOCH Mongolia arc 1 and arc 2 stan in the world so this very well could cater brilliantly to my niche Mongolia Arc interests!! Buuuut my gut instinct is that this will confuse people who don't actually know the story/plotlines that converge for the last 5 chapters.

I'm far more excited for the new LOCH adaptation which also appears to be taking on the backstories of the five greats and BE STILL MY BEATING YAOHENG SHIPPER HEART. https://mydramalist.com/739239-jin-yong-wu-xia-shi-jie

idk strictly if I can actually essay this in any way that makes entire sense but this bit of the recent mxtx interview sticks out to me bc I've been talking about how both cql (in many ways) and mdzs the book itself has in ways echoed Jin Yong novels (for me I primarily see the influences of XAJH and LOCH in MDZS) AND how the world of mdzs and its jianghu is so specifically and purposefully different than the typical jianghu you'd find in a wuxia (taking its primary influences from Jin Yong and Gu Long) that it has to be a purposeful departure against genre convention (I have a meta post about this somewhere in me that I have half written and I want to scream about it later when I have more braincells) and it's just!!!

it's so validating to know that THIS IS TRUE.

idk!!! idk!!! I'm just so excited!!!

[baoshangen]

Biography.

�� Name : 包上恩 / Bao Shang En.

• Also know as: 包露佳 / Bao Lu Jia

• Profession: Actress

• Birthdate: 2002, May, 23.

• Birthplace: China

TV Series :

- Jin Yong Wuxia Universe (2023) as Huang Rong

- Fake It Till You Make It (2023) as Lin Xinzi

- Shu Zhong Gong Zi Shi Wu Shuang (2023) as Li Song'er

- Wonderful Hand (2023) as Leng Yuehan

- My Deepest Dream (2022) as Ren Jie

- Be Yourself (2022) as Chi Xiaoyu

- Love Behind the Melody (2022) as Li Sasa

[tavina-writes]

Okay so! It took me a bit to get back here for recs but:

1) harem dramas:

I'm no longer big on harem dramas and most of them nowadays are kind of eh to me, but I would suggest checking out Legend of Zhenhuan/Empresses in the Palace and Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace for two examples of top notch dramas of this genre.

I personally found Ruyi a bit... Not as much to my personal taste as I did for Yanxi, but it was solidly enjoyable!

2) for dramas with women:

Hands down I will always recommend The Story of Minglan for this. There is no way I won't. Minglan hype bot forever.

3) dramas with great fight scenes:

Overall there's been a lack of these recently, and I've always felt that Wuxia/Wuda movies tend to do these better than shows bc of setup and budget: the Ip Man series has some of my FAVORITE fight scenes of all time ever.

I've been watching Side Story of the Fox Volant (2022) which is an adaptation of another lesser known Jin Yong work with @autumnslantern has pretty great fight scenes that I'm enamoured by, but we've only watched 12/40 episodes so if you do watch this please note that we'd prefer no spoilers!

4) have you tried Republican era dramas? There's some pretty good ones there about China in the 20th century and the fashion is GREAT.

5) there's a new loch coming out soon either end of this year or beginning of the next and it looks AMAZING.

Here's a link to the trailer: https://m.weibo.cn/status/N5ZMnAMmw?refer_flag=1001030103_

Here's the mydramalist link: https://mydramalist.com/739239-jin-yong-wu-xia-shi-jie

Please look for the various loch story elements in that poster by zooming in, some of the elements you can recognize there are FANTASTIC.

And it promises to build on the backstory of the greats as well. I have 3757 images of the bts and it's all like aaaaaaa

Always feel free to ask me for more specifics!

Why you should watch legend of the condor heroes 2017

Now, now, I've read much better posts but after watching it, I am going to give good reasons.

Fights scenes. THEY ARE WONDERFUL. no, but seriously, I am hyped up on the fight scenes so much. There's also a fascinating meta from @tavina-writes about cultivators and loch martial artists.

Great plot: you will never get bored! Every episode has something going on and is full of twists and turns!

Great characters: what I like about loch is how every character is a complex self, with personal experiences and emotional baggages.

Lot of interesting themes: power-angry fighters, love, betray, losses, filial pity, etc.

Great main couple: huang rong and guo jin are adorable! He can't lie! She always lies! As @tavina-writes has said: They look at each other and see the best in each other! Both of them think the other person is the best person in the whole world! I also like how their relationship develops when guo jin suffers great losses and how it's handled.

The love is there, but it's not enough. Every relationship is heartbreaking because you can see how the characters love each other deeply but it's not enough!

It's funny as hell! I laughed so much!

Sympathetic and nuanced villains! You really can understand where they are coming from and why they are like that! As @autumnslantern has said: loch 2017 discovered the exact right amount of woobie sex pest can be and that amount was shockingly not 0%

INCREDIBLE WORLD-BUILDING!

It's great, and wonderful, and you will be haunted by all its characters.

bonus: GREAT WOMEN: