So… Because I’ve been having a tough time with family stuff and a flooded house, I’m watching The Untamed on Netflix. And I have a few questions because this is my first C-drama.

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    Tagging @bebeswtz 🙂

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      Lol thank you @purplesheesh 😊😊❤️❤️❤️

      @michelleb I’ve 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!!!

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        Thanks, it was largely based on your posting about the show that I thought I’d give it a try.

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          Oh, wow, I feel humbled 🤗🤗🤗 I hope that you will enjoy it!!! And if not, that’s okay, too!!! At least it’s the start to your Chinese dramas watching journey 😉😉😉

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            It was a slow start but the other night I found myself caught up in the battle with the Slaughter Tortoise. My husband doesn’t quite understand, he sees the wigs and some of the effects and wonders at my interest. I’m enjoying discovering the new mythology and new scenery.

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          I’m glad to hear that you’re giving it a chance!! It doesn’t really pick up until about the 15-17 episode mark, with the most “exciting” 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)— 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 lol— but I promise it gets good!! Feel free to post about it in the Beanies section as you’re watching, and also feel free to tag me 😊😊😊

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          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 wouldn’t know, because I’m Chinese and don’t need English subs 😅😅😅) the 20-Episode Special Edition if you’re 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 I’d 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 😊😊

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            That would be interesting. Watching the Netflix version I often feel that it’s been edited to fit a format, hour length episodes would make more sense.

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            @michelleb

            I JUST checked:
            The Netflix version and the YouTube 50-Episode version is basically the same— each episode is about 40-something minutes—I’d argue that the only major difference is the quality of the subs, YouTube’s 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 it’s condensing 50-episodes into 20-episodes

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            I’m up to episode 36 now, so I’ll probably just keep going with the Netflix version. 😉

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