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I am approximately the last person on earth to have not watched The Untamed, and a friend persuaded me to live blog it. So, why not kick it all the way old school and do it on dreamwidth?
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Me: I think I'm gonna watch The Untamed.
Daniel: Yeah, it's very pretty but the plot is not as good as Nirvana In Fire.
Me: Pretty is good. I like pretty.
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Episode One Begins...
There are way too many pretty people in these opening credits. I'm never going to be able to keep track. Especially since everyone has three different names. Breathe, Wendy, you got this.
LAN ZHAN WANGJI - in big capital letters. Why do all TV shows not do this? I might actually have a fighting chance at keeping their names straight.
Oh no, now there are all these kids in identical white robes and headbands. Okay, one of them is Lan Jinyi and the other one is Lan Yuan, but I'm calling him Babyface.
"Wei Wuxian is really dead, right?"
Sure, kid. He's absolutely dead, and not, like, sitting on the other side of that screen.
These dudes are busting into a room with blood all over the walls and floor and don't seem to notice anything amiss. Does Mo Xuanyu do this all the time?
Babyface seems awfully interested in Wei Wuxian. Does he suspect something?
Uh oh, jerkface stole the cultivator's flag and now he's possessed.
"You call yourself cultivators? You can't even protect a child." Ma'am we're actually the Lan Clan Boy Scout Troop.
I love how Lan Yuan and Lan Jingyi are totally ignoring Wuxian when he's telling them there's no need to call Hanguang Jun.
That is a really unconvincing looking demonic left hand. The sets and the costumes are so pretty, the practical effects are 1980s Doctor Who level. I love it.
Uh oh, Babyface, you forgot about Madam Mo's left hand!
Apparently when you are faced with a demon, you throw your clothes at it?
Lan Zhan defeats evil with a guitar solo! (Okay, it's a apparently an instrument called a 'guqin', but there's big lead guitarist energy here.)
"A first-class spiritual tool" Dude, you're a first class spiritual tool!
I feel like Mo Xuanyu could have left more explicit instructions about who he wanted dead if killing them is necessary for those cuts to heal? Sepsis is real. Although clearly they have excellent hygiene here in general, so maybe not.
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Me: I think I'm gonna watch The Untamed.
Daniel: Yeah, it's very pretty but the plot is not as good as Nirvana In Fire.
Me: Pretty is good. I like pretty.
---
Episode One Begins...
There are way too many pretty people in these opening credits. I'm never going to be able to keep track. Especially since everyone has three different names. Breathe, Wendy, you got this.
LAN ZHAN WANGJI - in big capital letters. Why do all TV shows not do this? I might actually have a fighting chance at keeping their names straight.
Oh no, now there are all these kids in identical white robes and headbands. Okay, one of them is Lan Jinyi and the other one is Lan Yuan, but I'm calling him Babyface.
"Wei Wuxian is really dead, right?"
Sure, kid. He's absolutely dead, and not, like, sitting on the other side of that screen.
These dudes are busting into a room with blood all over the walls and floor and don't seem to notice anything amiss. Does Mo Xuanyu do this all the time?
Babyface seems awfully interested in Wei Wuxian. Does he suspect something?
Uh oh, jerkface stole the cultivator's flag and now he's possessed.
"You call yourself cultivators? You can't even protect a child." Ma'am we're actually the Lan Clan Boy Scout Troop.
I love how Lan Yuan and Lan Jingyi are totally ignoring Wuxian when he's telling them there's no need to call Hanguang Jun.
That is a really unconvincing looking demonic left hand. The sets and the costumes are so pretty, the practical effects are 1980s Doctor Who level. I love it.
Uh oh, Babyface, you forgot about Madam Mo's left hand!
Apparently when you are faced with a demon, you throw your clothes at it?
Lan Zhan defeats evil with a guitar solo! (Okay, it's a apparently an instrument called a 'guqin', but there's big lead guitarist energy here.)
"A first-class spiritual tool" Dude, you're a first class spiritual tool!
I feel like Mo Xuanyu could have left more explicit instructions about who he wanted dead if killing them is necessary for those cuts to heal? Sepsis is real. Although clearly they have excellent hygiene here in general, so maybe not.
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Date: 2021-06-06 04:54 am (UTC)