My husband wants me to thank the Beanies for putting us on to Vincenzo. Heโs loving it and itโs a great diversion from family troubles. So thanks Beanies! 💕
Iโm up to around episode 7 and Iโm appreciating that there isnโt a new focal bad guy. This season is dealing with the fallout from the first season.
A sword sealing itself is indicative of the sword owner having a particularly higher cultivation, because only when youโve gained a higher level of cultivation and have established a greater bond and sense of loyalty and comradeship with your sword, does it seal itself.
Wei Ying was surprised, as was everyone else, because he also didnโt know that he actually had reached that level of cultivation, which was actually far higher than his peers (Jiang Cheng, Nie Huai Sangโand dare I even say, Lan Zhan, if not EQUAL to Lan Zhan, as there has never been a โwinnerโ ever decided every time Lan Zhan and Wei Ying ever fought using their martial arts, sparred (practiced fighting) using their martial arts, or battled using their martial arts
Yes, their swords are definitely tied to their โmagicalโ powers and their martial arts, and is also representation of the โrightโ way of cultivation. Jiang Cheng still carries his sword even after he inherits his motherโs Purple Lightening whip for the above reasons, and itโs also why Wei Ying was questioned (by family), called out on (by outsiders), and rebuked (by Lan Zhan) after he came back from the Burial Mounds and stopped using his sword (because he couldnโt because he lost his Golden Core) and started using his flute, Chen Qing 👌🏻👌🏻
When he returned and stopped using his sword, I thought Lan Zhan was about the only person who thought there might be another reason besides laziness for the change. He seemed to be more concerned about the change than anyone else.
Lan Zhan was definitely concerned, but Iโd say that it was more out of his own strict and unmoving principles than anything else. Itโs because the use of the sword is representative of the โright โ way of cultivation, when Lan Zhan saw that Wei Ying wasnโt using his sword anymore, for how strict and unmoving Lan Zhanโs personality is, it was a hard pill to swallow, especially since at that point, Lan Zhan and Wei Ying had acknowledged each other as soulmates (but itโs shown as BFFs in the drama, to get around the censorship), and for it was difficult for Lan Zhan to see someone he cares so much about to be doing something โwrongโ, itโs the reason whyโeven if he still didnโt understand, at least, not until he lost Wei Ying for 16 yearsโ Lan Zhan still offered Wei Ying care and he offered Wei Ying ways he could help him to gain control over his โnewโ cultivation of the flute & music
Yes, the offer to help with controlling the new powers seemed very significant. He couldnโt condone the new abilities but he couldnโt stand by and let them consume Wei Wuxian.
Yes, and during the 16 years when Lan Zhan was swimming in his own regret and had the time to think things through, when Wei Ying came back 16 years later, Lan Zhan basically let Wei Ying do any and everything… Even drinking inside the grounds of Gusu and Lan Zhan was actually the one who provided the alcohol 80% of the time 😂😂😂😂 In the novel and manhua (Chinese anime), itโs said that Lan Zhan actually kept bottles of Emperorโs Smile inside the floorboards of his own chambers for whenever Wei Ying wanted it 😉😉😉😉
Within the 3000 Lan Clan clan rules, itโs said that one should not let their guard down or dress down unless it is in front of family or people that you trust, so for Lan Zhan to show up with Emperorโs Smile INSIDE the walls of Gusu AND to be dressed down in, essentially, his PJs when he was bringing the alcohol overโthat was a pretty significant and symbolic moment for Lan Zhan as a character, for the relationship between Wei Ying & Lan Zhan, and very telling for Lan Xi Chen ☺️☺️☺️🥰🥰🥰😉😉😉😏😏😏
Yes, very cathartic! And I liked that earlier in the episode LAN Zhan learns a bit more about Wei Wuxianโs earlier life at Lotus Pier. That for all of his carefree appearance heโs had difficulties in his past.
I love love love that even when there seems to be quite a bit more that Lan Zhan and Wei Ying need to learn about each otherโand DO learn about each other as the drama goes onโthat they continue to care for and love each other either the same or even more, but never less. Their hearts for each other continue to grow and embrace the (new) things they see, hear, and learn about each other 🥰🥰🥰
A great example would be Episode 43, when Lan Xi Chen (Lan Zhanโs older brother) tells the story of how the Lan brothers grew up, their upbringing, the lost connection to their mother and her death, etc. … In that scene, not only did Wei Ying learn more about the background of the Lan Clan and why the brothersโ uncle is the clan leader, but Wei Ying also learns of how Lan Zhan grew up, why he is the way he is (super strict personality and alway by-the-book), but Wei Ying also learns in that moment just how much Lan Zhan has done and has made compromises to himself and his own principles for Wei Ying 🥺🥺🥺
I donโt remember crying very much when I was watching, even when something seemingly very sad happened, but the story of the Lan Clan and the brothers made me cry 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺
The villain(S) start to crack, we get to know a more about our boy Lan Zhan (yes, believe it or not, thereโs still things to learn about our OTP as individuals even when weโre this late in the game), things start to click for other charactersโ UGH!! So good!!!!!
But!! But!!! Just wait until you get to Episode 46….. Something happens in that episode that will make you go โFINALLY!!!!โ
Excellent! I can imagine rewatching to catch all the things I missed the first time. Rewatching the first couple of episodes again, was great because I had much more context for what was going on.
Definitely do a re-watch after youโve watched it the first watch over, I definitely recommend it. Doing a re-watch (or multiple 😏😏😉😉) does SO MUCH to help understand things a lot more and when you do said re-watch, it does make you realize just how much you might have missed in the more subtle little details in your first watch, because during the first watch, thereโs just so much to take in and it requires so much attention to the bigger details or else things just donโt make sense 😅😅😅
The moment youโve been waiting forโand tbh, it was the moment we ALL wait for when we watch this dramaโ FINALLY happenedโJiang Cheng FINALLY found about about the whole Golden Core situation, and I was able to breathe again 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻
The revelation came later than expected in the drama, but Iโm still so, so glad that we got it, and appreciated it. A lot of times, major reveals in dramas come just too, too late and it sort of wrecks the flow and spoils the climactic feel of the reveal, and though THIS reveal for THIS drama came later than expected (at least for me), it was still perfect and it still worked 👌🏻 I didnโt feel that it ruined the climactic feel nor did it ruin the flow of the drama
Itโs probably a good point for the revelation as Wei Wuxian seems to have come to terms with the past and has been developing a relationship with Jin Ling.
I liked the way the younger characters got to interact with Wei Wuxian and Wen Ning without their guardians around and could start to separate the people from the myths around them.
The younger generation was able to feel unrestrained to interact and get to know their โseniorsโ (so cute how Si Zhui always calls Wei Ying โSenior Weiโ) and to draw their own conclusions, not letting the influence of their own clan seniors and the rumours about the past dictate their own thoughts and opinions 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻
Yes, letting the younger generation interact with Wei Wuxian and Wen Ning without all the emotional baggage of their parents/guardians was great. They got to know them as individuals.
@bebeswtz Also I checked out the YouTube version and the different subtitles explain why I couldnโt always hear character names, they were using titles instead.
Yea, so subtitles actually play a pretty crucial part in the watching experience, and definitely clears things up in this case, especially when watching such an initially convoluted drama such as โThe Untamedโ 😅😅😅
Itโs similar to what Netflix does with Korean dramas, they use the characterโs name even when thatโs not what is being said or intended. I wish they didnโt, Iโve now watched enough kdramas to be able to hear the difference.
@bebeswtz Iโve been wondering if thereโs a special meaning behind liking of rabbits in The Untamed? Is it just cute or is it code for something else? 🤔
Yup!! TuโEr Shen a.k.a. The Leveret Spirit god (ๅ ๅ ็ฅ) 🐇 And when you think about how it came about in the drama (from Lan Yi, the one and only ever female head of the Gusu Lan Sectโ if you remember, Wei Ying & Lan Zhan found her spirit stuck inside the ice mountain cave of the backside of Gusu) itโs sort of like 😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😏😏😏😏😏😏 It hints that she might have also been homosexual as well
Itโs funny, though, because many of Xiao Zhanโs fans, including myself, refer to him as Bunny Boy in real lifeโas a form of endearment, of courseโ because of how his 2 front teeth are the first things you notice whenever he smiles 😁😁😁 Like a bunny 🐰
I haven’t seen The Untamed on Netflix but I remember earlier beanies saying that the subs weren’t satisfactory. The Untamed is also on Youtube on Tencent’s official channel, I did see a few epusodes there and didn’t find much issue with the subs.
#1: It May be a Netflix thing, but Iโm not sure, since I watched this on YouTube 🤔🤔🤔
#2: To โcultivateโ means to develop the growth of, and in this case, itโs their martial arts, which the โmagicโ is also a part ofโ itโs a part of the internal skills of their martial arts, whereas their fighting skills is a part of the external.
So… Because Iโve been having a tough time with family stuff and a flooded house, Iโm watching The Untamed on Netflix. And I have a few questions because this is my first C-drama.
@michelleb Iโve only watched the drama, and have not fully finished the manhua or the novel (which has full details of the events vs. a VERY diluted drama, due to censorship, but I will try my best to answer your questions… Ask away!!!
Oh, wow, I feel humbled 🤗🤗🤗 I hope that you will enjoy it!!! And if not, thatโs okay, too!!! At least itโs the start to your Chinese dramas watching journey 😉😉😉
It was a slow start but the other night I found myself caught up in the battle with the Slaughter Tortoise. My husband doesnโt quite understand, he sees the wigs and some of the effects and wonders at my interest. Iโm enjoying discovering the new mythology and new scenery.
Iโm glad to hear that youโre giving it a chance!! It doesnโt really pick up until about the 15-17 episode mark, with the most โexcitingโ before that point to be the Slaughter Tortoise fight scene, and I know a few people have decided to give up before that (was he 15-17 episode mark, I mean)โ I am one of the guilty ones 😅😅, before deciding to go back to it and to stick it through 3 weeks after I initially gave up lolโ but I promise it gets good!! Feel free to post about it in the Beanies section as youโre watching, and also feel free to tag me 😊😊😊
Just a tip:
If it helps, you may want to check out (on YouTube….. So is the Original Version, if you need better subs, but I wouldnโt know, because Iโm Chinese and donโt need English subs 😅😅😅) the 20-Episode Special Edition if youโre having difficulty getting invested in the 50-Episode Original Version 😊
The 20-Episode Special Edition, though I have yet to watch it (for fear that if I were to dwell back into this drama even more, that Iโd never ever move on…. Seriously), is 20 1-hour plus episodes that are supposedly more coherent (literally just present & past and not the future-past-present format of the Original Version) and focuses more on Wei Ying and Lan Zhan as characters, and less on the martial arts/cultivation aspect of the plot 😊😊
That would be interesting. Watching the Netflix version I often feel that itโs been edited to fit a format, hour length episodes would make more sense.
I JUST checked:
The Netflix version and the YouTube 50-Episode version is basically the sameโ each episode is about 40-something minutesโIโd argue that the only major difference is the quality of the subs, YouTubeโs subs are by far way better in quality…. Take it from me, a native Chinese 😂😂
The Special Edition with the 20 1-hour long episodes is the way that it is for the fact that itโs condensing 50-episodes into 20-episodes
Watching Into the world again over the weekend and I really donโt want the two main characters to get together. The difference in life experience makes it squicky if they get together. 🤨
Possum
March 3, 2021 at 10:14 PM
My husband wants me to thank the Beanies for putting us on to Vincenzo. Heโs loving it and itโs a great diversion from family troubles. So thanks Beanies! 💕
Possum
November 21, 2020 at 4:55 PM
More of the wonderful Tei
Maq
November 21, 2020 at 5:12 PM
He has the cutest friendship with Min Kyunghoon
Possum
November 21, 2020 at 6:47 PM
Thatโs nice to know. Iโve mainly only seen Tei on Immortal Songs or the rare interview. I havenโt seen him elsewhere.
Possum
November 21, 2020 at 4:47 PM
Stumbled across this lovely performance by Tei. I first saw him on Immortal Songs and heโs always a favourite.
Possum
October 20, 2020 at 2:41 AM
Why did no one warn me about how beautiful the pre-title sequence of episode 2 of The Tale of the nine tailed is?😳
It brought me to tears 😭
alasecond
October 20, 2020 at 5:56 AM
what was the pre title sequence?
Possum
October 22, 2020 at 12:14 AM
The fairytale like bit where Lee Yeon and A Eum meet.
Possum
September 27, 2020 at 1:17 AM
Dodging spoilers for FOS#2 on the fan wall.
Iโm up to around episode 7 and Iโm appreciating that there isnโt a new focal bad guy. This season is dealing with the fallout from the first season.
Possum
September 22, 2020 at 5:42 PM
Today is going to be a hard day, first day back at work following bereavement leave. Worried how my husband will cope without me being around. 😬
bebeswtzโฃ๏ธXiao Zhan is the sunshine in human form โ๏ธ
September 22, 2020 at 6:21 PM
❤️❤️❤️❤️
Maq
September 22, 2020 at 7:01 PM
My thoughts are with you.
Possum
September 22, 2020 at 11:31 PM
Thanks!👍
Possum
September 22, 2020 at 5:04 PM
Bemused looking at this NCT 2020 photo, they look like planetary representatives from Star Trek 😉
Possum
September 16, 2020 at 6:33 PM
Completed mandala using alcohol markers. Itโs a project thatโs helped me during a difficult time.
FlyingTool
September 16, 2020 at 6:40 PM
Lovely!
Possum
September 16, 2020 at 4:30 PM
Pleasantly surprised/pleased to see KNK back with a new song!
Possum
September 9, 2020 at 5:45 PM
Why is Wei Wuxian surprised/puzzled that his sword sealed itself? 🤔
I feel Iโm missing something. 🤔🤔🤔
bebeswtzโฃ๏ธXiao Zhan is the sunshine in human form โ๏ธ
September 9, 2020 at 6:37 PM
A sword sealing itself is indicative of the sword owner having a particularly higher cultivation, because only when youโve gained a higher level of cultivation and have established a greater bond and sense of loyalty and comradeship with your sword, does it seal itself.
Wei Ying was surprised, as was everyone else, because he also didnโt know that he actually had reached that level of cultivation, which was actually far higher than his peers (Jiang Cheng, Nie Huai Sangโand dare I even say, Lan Zhan, if not EQUAL to Lan Zhan, as there has never been a โwinnerโ ever decided every time Lan Zhan and Wei Ying ever fought using their martial arts, sparred (practiced fighting) using their martial arts, or battled using their martial arts
Possum
September 10, 2020 at 5:14 PM
Thanks, that makes sense, as their swords seem tied to their magical abilities.
bebeswtzโฃ๏ธXiao Zhan is the sunshine in human form โ๏ธ
September 10, 2020 at 5:21 PM
No problem!!
Yes, their swords are definitely tied to their โmagicalโ powers and their martial arts, and is also representation of the โrightโ way of cultivation. Jiang Cheng still carries his sword even after he inherits his motherโs Purple Lightening whip for the above reasons, and itโs also why Wei Ying was questioned (by family), called out on (by outsiders), and rebuked (by Lan Zhan) after he came back from the Burial Mounds and stopped using his sword (because he couldnโt because he lost his Golden Core) and started using his flute, Chen Qing 👌🏻👌🏻
Possum
September 10, 2020 at 5:29 PM
When he returned and stopped using his sword, I thought Lan Zhan was about the only person who thought there might be another reason besides laziness for the change. He seemed to be more concerned about the change than anyone else.
bebeswtzโฃ๏ธXiao Zhan is the sunshine in human form โ๏ธ
September 10, 2020 at 5:38 PM
Lan Zhan was definitely concerned, but Iโd say that it was more out of his own strict and unmoving principles than anything else. Itโs because the use of the sword is representative of the โright โ way of cultivation, when Lan Zhan saw that Wei Ying wasnโt using his sword anymore, for how strict and unmoving Lan Zhanโs personality is, it was a hard pill to swallow, especially since at that point, Lan Zhan and Wei Ying had acknowledged each other as soulmates (but itโs shown as BFFs in the drama, to get around the censorship), and for it was difficult for Lan Zhan to see someone he cares so much about to be doing something โwrongโ, itโs the reason whyโeven if he still didnโt understand, at least, not until he lost Wei Ying for 16 yearsโ Lan Zhan still offered Wei Ying care and he offered Wei Ying ways he could help him to gain control over his โnewโ cultivation of the flute & music
Possum
September 10, 2020 at 5:44 PM
Yes, the offer to help with controlling the new powers seemed very significant. He couldnโt condone the new abilities but he couldnโt stand by and let them consume Wei Wuxian.
bebeswtzโฃ๏ธXiao Zhan is the sunshine in human form โ๏ธ
September 10, 2020 at 5:50 PM
Yes, and during the 16 years when Lan Zhan was swimming in his own regret and had the time to think things through, when Wei Ying came back 16 years later, Lan Zhan basically let Wei Ying do any and everything… Even drinking inside the grounds of Gusu and Lan Zhan was actually the one who provided the alcohol 80% of the time 😂😂😂😂 In the novel and manhua (Chinese anime), itโs said that Lan Zhan actually kept bottles of Emperorโs Smile inside the floorboards of his own chambers for whenever Wei Ying wanted it 😉😉😉😉
Possum
September 10, 2020 at 5:53 PM
Yes, it was kind of shocking to Lan Zhan turn up with the Emperorโs Smile
bebeswtzโฃ๏ธXiao Zhan is the sunshine in human form โ๏ธ
September 10, 2020 at 6:12 PM
Within the 3000 Lan Clan clan rules, itโs said that one should not let their guard down or dress down unless it is in front of family or people that you trust, so for Lan Zhan to show up with Emperorโs Smile INSIDE the walls of Gusu AND to be dressed down in, essentially, his PJs when he was bringing the alcohol overโthat was a pretty significant and symbolic moment for Lan Zhan as a character, for the relationship between Wei Ying & Lan Zhan, and very telling for Lan Xi Chen ☺️☺️☺️🥰🥰🥰😉😉😉😏😏😏
Possum
September 9, 2020 at 5:39 PM
Wondering if Jiang Cheng ever finds out how he got his magic back? 🤔
bebeswtzโฃ๏ธXiao Zhan is the sunshine in human form โ๏ธ
September 9, 2020 at 6:32 PM
Do you want me to tell you?? Lol
Possum
September 10, 2020 at 5:13 PM
Not really, it was more a rhetorical question 😉
Also I have now seen episode 46 💪
bebeswtzโฃ๏ธXiao Zhan is the sunshine in human form โ๏ธ
September 10, 2020 at 5:16 PM
Lol
Episode 46โ SO GOOD and cathartic oh my goodness 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺
Possum
September 10, 2020 at 5:24 PM
Yes, very cathartic! And I liked that earlier in the episode LAN Zhan learns a bit more about Wei Wuxianโs earlier life at Lotus Pier. That for all of his carefree appearance heโs had difficulties in his past.
Possum
September 10, 2020 at 5:49 PM
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bebeswtzโฃ๏ธXiao Zhan is the sunshine in human form โ๏ธ
September 10, 2020 at 5:31 PM
I love love love that even when there seems to be quite a bit more that Lan Zhan and Wei Ying need to learn about each otherโand DO learn about each other as the drama goes onโthat they continue to care for and love each other either the same or even more, but never less. Their hearts for each other continue to grow and embrace the (new) things they see, hear, and learn about each other 🥰🥰🥰
A great example would be Episode 43, when Lan Xi Chen (Lan Zhanโs older brother) tells the story of how the Lan brothers grew up, their upbringing, the lost connection to their mother and her death, etc. … In that scene, not only did Wei Ying learn more about the background of the Lan Clan and why the brothersโ uncle is the clan leader, but Wei Ying also learns of how Lan Zhan grew up, why he is the way he is (super strict personality and alway by-the-book), but Wei Ying also learns in that moment just how much Lan Zhan has done and has made compromises to himself and his own principles for Wei Ying 🥺🥺🥺
Possum
September 10, 2020 at 5:39 PM
It was a great scene and a much needed insight into Lan Zhan who is such a controlled presence and rarely speaks of himself.
bebeswtzโฃ๏ธXiao Zhan is the sunshine in human form โ๏ธ
September 10, 2020 at 5:43 PM
I donโt remember crying very much when I was watching, even when something seemingly very sad happened, but the story of the Lan Clan and the brothers made me cry 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺
Possum
September 10, 2020 at 5:50 PM
It was the reunion of Wen Ning and Yuan that got me 😢
bebeswtzโฃ๏ธXiao Zhan is the sunshine in human form โ๏ธ
September 10, 2020 at 6:08 PM
Oh yea, when Si Zhui called Wen Ning โUncle Wenโ 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺
protect junwoo
September 9, 2020 at 10:42 PM
hmm…
Possum
September 9, 2020 at 5:36 PM
Working my way through episodes 40-45 of The Untamed and enjoying all the layers of the story now.
Weโre really at the pointy end of things now!
bebeswtzโฃ๏ธXiao Zhan is the sunshine in human form โ๏ธ
September 9, 2020 at 5:43 PM
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bebeswtzโฃ๏ธXiao Zhan is the sunshine in human form โ๏ธ
September 9, 2020 at 5:47 PM
YAAAAAASSSSSSSS ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
The villain(S) start to crack, we get to know a more about our boy Lan Zhan (yes, believe it or not, thereโs still things to learn about our OTP as individuals even when weโre this late in the game), things start to click for other charactersโ UGH!! So good!!!!!
But!! But!!! Just wait until you get to Episode 46….. Something happens in that episode that will make you go โFINALLY!!!!โ
Possum
September 9, 2020 at 5:58 PM
Excellent! I can imagine rewatching to catch all the things I missed the first time. Rewatching the first couple of episodes again, was great because I had much more context for what was going on.
bebeswtzโฃ๏ธXiao Zhan is the sunshine in human form โ๏ธ
September 9, 2020 at 6:26 PM
Definitely do a re-watch after youโve watched it the first watch over, I definitely recommend it. Doing a re-watch (or multiple 😏😏😉😉) does SO MUCH to help understand things a lot more and when you do said re-watch, it does make you realize just how much you might have missed in the more subtle little details in your first watch, because during the first watch, thereโs just so much to take in and it requires so much attention to the bigger details or else things just donโt make sense 😅😅😅
Possum
September 10, 2020 at 5:11 PM
Episode 46 didnโt disappoint! Wow! Wen Ning is such a great character.
bebeswtzโฃ๏ธXiao Zhan is the sunshine in human form โ๏ธ
September 10, 2020 at 5:14 PM
The moment youโve been waiting forโand tbh, it was the moment we ALL wait for when we watch this dramaโ FINALLY happenedโJiang Cheng FINALLY found about about the whole Golden Core situation, and I was able to breathe again 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻
Possum
September 10, 2020 at 5:17 PM
I was worried that we wouldnโt get such a scene, especially as itโs so late in the story.
bebeswtzโฃ๏ธXiao Zhan is the sunshine in human form โ๏ธ
September 10, 2020 at 5:24 PM
The revelation came later than expected in the drama, but Iโm still so, so glad that we got it, and appreciated it. A lot of times, major reveals in dramas come just too, too late and it sort of wrecks the flow and spoils the climactic feel of the reveal, and though THIS reveal for THIS drama came later than expected (at least for me), it was still perfect and it still worked 👌🏻 I didnโt feel that it ruined the climactic feel nor did it ruin the flow of the drama
Possum
September 10, 2020 at 5:35 PM
Itโs probably a good point for the revelation as Wei Wuxian seems to have come to terms with the past and has been developing a relationship with Jin Ling.
bebeswtzโฃ๏ธXiao Zhan is the sunshine in human form โ๏ธ
September 10, 2020 at 5:41 PM
Yea!!!
At this point, Wei Ying is slowly developing a rapport with Jin Ling and Si Zhui is developing a relationship with Wen Ning
Possum
September 10, 2020 at 5:47 PM
I liked the way the younger characters got to interact with Wei Wuxian and Wen Ning without their guardians around and could start to separate the people from the myths around them.
bebeswtzโฃ๏ธXiao Zhan is the sunshine in human form โ๏ธ
September 10, 2020 at 6:06 PM
Yesssss, I love that!!!
The younger generation was able to feel unrestrained to interact and get to know their โseniorsโ (so cute how Si Zhui always calls Wei Ying โSenior Weiโ) and to draw their own conclusions, not letting the influence of their own clan seniors and the rumours about the past dictate their own thoughts and opinions 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻
Possum
September 12, 2020 at 5:10 PM
Yes, letting the younger generation interact with Wei Wuxian and Wen Ning without all the emotional baggage of their parents/guardians was great. They got to know them as individuals.
Possum
September 8, 2020 at 4:39 PM
@bebeswtz Also I checked out the YouTube version and the different subtitles explain why I couldnโt always hear character names, they were using titles instead.
bebeswtzโฃ๏ธXiao Zhan is the sunshine in human form โ๏ธ
September 8, 2020 at 5:21 PM
Yea, so subtitles actually play a pretty crucial part in the watching experience, and definitely clears things up in this case, especially when watching such an initially convoluted drama such as โThe Untamedโ 😅😅😅
Possum
September 8, 2020 at 10:09 PM
Itโs similar to what Netflix does with Korean dramas, they use the characterโs name even when thatโs not what is being said or intended. I wish they didnโt, Iโve now watched enough kdramas to be able to hear the difference.
bebeswtzโฃ๏ธXiao Zhan is the sunshine in human form โ๏ธ
September 8, 2020 at 10:29 PM
Yea, the more you watch, the more itโs decipherable, regardless of which language
Possum
September 8, 2020 at 4:37 PM
@bebeswtz Iโve been wondering if thereโs a special meaning behind liking of rabbits in The Untamed? Is it just cute or is it code for something else? 🤔
Possum
September 8, 2020 at 5:02 PM
Ah, never mind I just did some Googling, that explains much. 🤔😉
I thought it must mean something because the theme of rabbits kept being repeated.🐇
bebeswtzโฃ๏ธXiao Zhan is the sunshine in human form โ๏ธ
September 8, 2020 at 5:19 PM
Yup!! TuโEr Shen a.k.a. The Leveret Spirit god (ๅ ๅ ็ฅ) 🐇 And when you think about how it came about in the drama (from Lan Yi, the one and only ever female head of the Gusu Lan Sectโ if you remember, Wei Ying & Lan Zhan found her spirit stuck inside the ice mountain cave of the backside of Gusu) itโs sort of like 😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😏😏😏😏😏😏 It hints that she might have also been homosexual as well
bebeswtzโฃ๏ธXiao Zhan is the sunshine in human form โ๏ธ
September 8, 2020 at 5:23 PM
Itโs funny, though, because many of Xiao Zhanโs fans, including myself, refer to him as Bunny Boy in real lifeโas a form of endearment, of courseโ because of how his 2 front teeth are the first things you notice whenever he smiles 😁😁😁 Like a bunny 🐰
Possum
September 8, 2020 at 10:05 PM
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Possum
September 6, 2020 at 10:31 PM
Love seeing the screenshots of FOS2 but at the same time worried about spoilers. 😬
Possum
August 22, 2020 at 4:48 AM
First question: some of the episodes end mid-scene, is this due to editing to fit Netflix?
Next: why are the magic users called cultivators? Is this a translation thing?
wapz
August 22, 2020 at 6:44 AM
I haven’t seen The Untamed on Netflix but I remember earlier beanies saying that the subs weren’t satisfactory. The Untamed is also on Youtube on Tencent’s official channel, I did see a few epusodes there and didn’t find much issue with the subs.
bebeswtzโฃ๏ธXiao Zhan is the sunshine in human form โ๏ธ
August 22, 2020 at 7:13 AM
#1: It May be a Netflix thing, but Iโm not sure, since I watched this on YouTube 🤔🤔🤔
#2: To โcultivateโ means to develop the growth of, and in this case, itโs their martial arts, which the โmagicโ is also a part ofโ itโs a part of the internal skills of their martial arts, whereas their fighting skills is a part of the external.
Possum
August 22, 2020 at 8:12 AM
Thanks, the cultivation term was a bit off putting at the beginning as it made me think of farmers and agriculture rather than magic users.
bebeswtzโฃ๏ธXiao Zhan is the sunshine in human form โ๏ธ
August 22, 2020 at 8:29 AM
LOL Thatโs what I thought you might have been thinking 😅😅😅
Possum
August 22, 2020 at 4:45 AM
So… Because Iโve been having a tough time with family stuff and a flooded house, Iโm watching The Untamed on Netflix. And I have a few questions because this is my first C-drama.
purplesheesh
August 22, 2020 at 5:20 AM
Tagging @bebeswtz ๐
bebeswtzโฃ๏ธXiao Zhan is the sunshine in human form โ๏ธ
August 22, 2020 at 6:57 AM
Lol thank you @purplesheesh 😊😊❤️❤️❤️
@michelleb Iโve only watched the drama, and have not fully finished the manhua or the novel (which has full details of the events vs. a VERY diluted drama, due to censorship, but I will try my best to answer your questions… Ask away!!!
Possum
August 22, 2020 at 8:14 AM
Thanks, it was largely based on your posting about the show that I thought Iโd give it a try.
bebeswtzโฃ๏ธXiao Zhan is the sunshine in human form โ๏ธ
August 22, 2020 at 8:31 AM
Oh, wow, I feel humbled 🤗🤗🤗 I hope that you will enjoy it!!! And if not, thatโs okay, too!!! At least itโs the start to your Chinese dramas watching journey 😉😉😉
Possum
August 22, 2020 at 5:57 PM
It was a slow start but the other night I found myself caught up in the battle with the Slaughter Tortoise. My husband doesnโt quite understand, he sees the wigs and some of the effects and wonders at my interest. Iโm enjoying discovering the new mythology and new scenery.
bebeswtzโฃ๏ธXiao Zhan is the sunshine in human form โ๏ธ
August 22, 2020 at 6:17 PM
Iโm glad to hear that youโre giving it a chance!! It doesnโt really pick up until about the 15-17 episode mark, with the most โexcitingโ before that point to be the Slaughter Tortoise fight scene, and I know a few people have decided to give up before that (was he 15-17 episode mark, I mean)โ I am one of the guilty ones 😅😅, before deciding to go back to it and to stick it through 3 weeks after I initially gave up lolโ but I promise it gets good!! Feel free to post about it in the Beanies section as youโre watching, and also feel free to tag me 😊😊😊
bebeswtzโฃ๏ธXiao Zhan is the sunshine in human form โ๏ธ
August 24, 2020 at 12:32 AM
Just a tip:
If it helps, you may want to check out (on YouTube….. So is the Original Version, if you need better subs, but I wouldnโt know, because Iโm Chinese and donโt need English subs 😅😅😅) the 20-Episode Special Edition if youโre having difficulty getting invested in the 50-Episode Original Version 😊
The 20-Episode Special Edition, though I have yet to watch it (for fear that if I were to dwell back into this drama even more, that Iโd never ever move on…. Seriously), is 20 1-hour plus episodes that are supposedly more coherent (literally just present & past and not the future-past-present format of the Original Version) and focuses more on Wei Ying and Lan Zhan as characters, and less on the martial arts/cultivation aspect of the plot 😊😊
Possum
September 3, 2020 at 7:40 PM
That would be interesting. Watching the Netflix version I often feel that itโs been edited to fit a format, hour length episodes would make more sense.
bebeswtzโฃ๏ธXiao Zhan is the sunshine in human form โ๏ธ
September 3, 2020 at 8:00 PM
@michelleb
I JUST checked:
The Netflix version and the YouTube 50-Episode version is basically the sameโ each episode is about 40-something minutesโIโd argue that the only major difference is the quality of the subs, YouTubeโs subs are by far way better in quality…. Take it from me, a native Chinese 😂😂
The Special Edition with the 20 1-hour long episodes is the way that it is for the fact that itโs condensing 50-episodes into 20-episodes
Possum
September 5, 2020 at 11:22 PM
Iโm up to episode 36 now, so Iโll probably just keep going with the Netflix version. 😉
Possum
August 2, 2020 at 11:54 PM
Was really awestruck by the library in IOTNBO. Anybody know what town theyโre using as a location?
mugyuljoie is preciousss
August 3, 2020 at 2:10 AM
You can try looking at Korean Dramaland. I think they’re using a variety of locations though.
bbstl
August 3, 2020 at 7:43 AM
Yes, that is an amazing building inside and out. Korea has so much interesting modern architecture 👍🏼
bebeswtzโฃ๏ธXiao Zhan is the sunshine in human form โ๏ธ
August 3, 2020 at 8:11 AM
It could just be something they built inside a studio… I know that the outside of the castle is actually CGI
Possum
August 3, 2020 at 11:08 PM
Wow! My husband and I have been wondering if it was a set or a real house.
snowy
August 3, 2020 at 12:04 PM
I don’t know about the library, but here are some of the other locations: https://en.blog.kkday.com/30237/asia-south-korea-its-okay-to-not-be-okay-filming-locations-you-can-visit#:~:text=A%20lot%20of%20the%20scenes,known%20for%20its%20ski%20resorts.
It seems like most of the drama has been filmed in Gangwon province. I know at least a few scenes have been filmed in and around the town of Sokcho.
Possum
August 3, 2020 at 11:16 PM
Thanks for the link, it was very interesting. Never would have guessed that the hospital is actually a cafe.
snowy
August 3, 2020 at 11:34 PM
I know! I was surprised too.
Possum
May 3, 2020 at 11:48 PM
Watching Into the world again over the weekend and I really donโt want the two main characters to get together. The difference in life experience makes it squicky if they get together. 🤨
Possum
March 14, 2020 at 12:56 AM
The small comedic facial expressions weโre getting from Kim Nam Gil in episode 9 are gold. 👍