It’s interesting and amusing how easygoing Wei Wu Xian asked for permission and accepted (albeit begrudgingly) when he was rejected while strait-laced Lan Wang Ji ignored the rejection and just went for it. 😍 #TheUntamed
The Yiling Patriarch has a phobia of dogs. 😆 #TheUntamed
I almost forgot about this since it was just a flashback but thank you, show, for the hilarious reminder.
I think comedy is harder than drama. It’s takes more skill to make people laugh than to make them cry. So Xiao Zhan managing to do both is proof of his talent.
Holy sh*t! OMG!!! 😱😭😱😭😱😭 #TheUntamed
I paused the scene and I’m struggling to continue. This is like Night of the Chimera’s Cry from Fullmetal Alchemist all over again. I’m that stunned! What are you going to do now, Wei Wu Xian?
I’m at ep 11 and *squeaks* getting bored. I blame myself – can’t seem to get into fantasy genre and also, if I have to see another zombie, I’m out.
So throw me a bone. There must be something in store which endeared this show so much to the audience. Otherwise, beside smiling at funny Wei Wu Xian and laughing at the hilarious subtitles, I have nothing left.
The backstory is long but necessary. Zombies are part of Wei Wu Xian’s powers so can’t do without it. The reason behind this and Wei Wu Xian’s path to becoming the Yiling Patriarch and practicing demonic cultivation is compelling though and I don’t want to spoil it for you. It gets pretty dark for him but he doesn’t lose his sense of humor through it which is surprising. Also, I’m in it for him and Lan Wang Ji. This is a BL-based novel and although with China’s censorship, they adapted it quite well. The family aspect is quite great, too. I hope you can stick with it. All we can do with shows is try and see if it sticks. I have very short attention span these days and this show managed to hang through.
@outofthisworld, do they really used the name “The Tortoise of Carnage”?? I paused for good few minutes to laugh a bit and google but didn’t find anything about blood thirsty tortoises on English speaking world wide net.
I checked and it seems it’s 13 or 14, in the cave. I wonder if they supposed to meant turtle, they can be carnivorous and fast in water, but tortoises draw different picture for me.
I’d translate it to The Killing Tortoise. The adjective used means slaughter or massacre. The creature was described as a look alike to the mythical Black Tortoise so it won’t appear in any legend.
Yeah, managed to pull through and I’m back to the current timeline. I’m now at the point where I’m excited and want to marathon but I have work tomorrow. *sigh*
the way she fliiiiies over to the next victim kills me!!! HA HA HA HA
I’ve watched this scene sooo many times!
there must have been soooo many re-takes of this scene, because HOW could the actors keep a straight face?? tee hee!
These two never fail to crack me up. I had tears in my eyes this episode. I don’t care if this relationship turns romantic or not. I just want them to be together. Whatever the labels. #BeMelodramatic #MeloSuitsMe
I’m hoping that they’ll talk each other’s problems like how they talk about work. But it’s going to be a fun ride (unless this show wrecks us again, like they do in every episode).
I love how the scene played out with the cafeteria girl enumerating the ways Beom-Soo is in love with Jin-Joo juxtaposed with Beom-Soo suffering from Jin-Joo’s weird thoughts and ways. I LOLed when he just farted as a last ditch effort and it worked. I think they’re quite a match and I can’t wait to see how it all plays out in the next episodes.
But my favorite Palme D’Or-winning movie has got to be #Shoplifters directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda of Japan. It found a place in my heart and it still aches when I remember the movie. If you haven’t watched it yet, I highly recommend it.
For me, it was a good kind of hurt. Sakura Ando’s performance rubbed me raw. I wanted to reach into the screen and just hug her. The ending was a shitty situation and it was supposed to be just to drive the point of the movie that right/legal isn’t always good and that sometimes the family you create for yourself is better than the family you are born into. In the end, they were a family and I think both of the kids know and will remember that. 💕
it was just so unfair! I get that the social workers would decide to take the kids away and that law and what works in practice don’t necessarily align. But the way the social workers systematically tore their relationships apart, making them believe everything was fake and not worth anything… that was just plain cruel. More than anything, I was mad about how the female half of the family ended up so much worse than the male half… with the mother figure going to jail to protect the ‘dad’ and the little girl being returned to her horrid abusive family.
It was the film that made me feel the most emotion in a very long time… had hours long conversations about it with my friends afterward, but even months later I see red thinking about that ending
That’s life in Japan for you. It’s still very patriarchal and I think the social workers just assumed the worst when it’s far from the truth just because the circumstances lead them to believe so. The movie was controversial because Japan didn’t want to broadcast its poverty. This movie has done its job when people become uncomfortable and start talking about the issues they find in the film. Us, being so struck about it even months after means the movie was successful in its purpose. 🙂
Ando Sakura’s performance left a big impression on me. I was watching a drama where she was the lead (Manpuku) and she had a different style of acting that I was surprised to see her being this good in Shoplifting. Such an excellent actress!
(The movie and the whole cast were wonderful too.)
zette
August 27, 2019 at 7:02 AM
Wei Ying x Lan Zhan
Wei Wu Xian x Lan Wang Ji
Yiling Patriarch x Han Guang Jun
❤️ #TheUntamed
zette
August 27, 2019 at 4:39 AM
It’s interesting and amusing how easygoing Wei Wu Xian asked for permission and accepted (albeit begrudgingly) when he was rejected while strait-laced Lan Wang Ji ignored the rejection and just went for it. 😍 #TheUntamed
larelle79
August 27, 2019 at 6:44 AM
They are just so flipping cute.
zette
August 27, 2019 at 6:46 AM
I agree! 💕
zette
August 27, 2019 at 4:22 AM
I’ve heard this before, in another drama. I just forgot which and if it’s Chinese, Korean or Japanese. 🤔 Beanies, any ideas? #TheUntamed
Ayan
August 27, 2019 at 12:26 PM
Argh I remember this too!! No idea what drama, search query: www?
Ayan
August 27, 2019 at 12:26 PM
Maybe romance bonus book?
zette
August 27, 2019 at 3:10 PM
Hmm… I don’t think so but I’d have to rewatch those shows to be sure.
zette
August 26, 2019 at 7:24 AM
The Yiling Patriarch has a phobia of dogs. 😆 #TheUntamed
I almost forgot about this since it was just a flashback but thank you, show, for the hilarious reminder.
larelle79
August 26, 2019 at 8:04 AM
He is so cute. They both are.
Giegie
August 26, 2019 at 10:43 AM
Go Fairy! 😂
egads aka Dame Maggie
August 26, 2019 at 12:54 PM
I really need to start this, but I’m struggling to start anything right now.
Jenmole🍊
August 26, 2019 at 1:26 PM
WWX is ♥️
outofthisworld 不愧是我 🏍
August 28, 2019 at 10:35 PM
This is the BEST!
I was just pondering about why I love some actors and not others. It’s not looks or even top notch acting. I am easy- they just need to make me laugh.
zette
August 29, 2019 at 2:51 AM
I think comedy is harder than drama. It’s takes more skill to make people laugh than to make them cry. So Xiao Zhan managing to do both is proof of his talent.
zette
August 26, 2019 at 4:00 AM
Holy sh*t! OMG!!! 😱😭😱😭😱😭 #TheUntamed
I paused the scene and I’m struggling to continue. This is like Night of the Chimera’s Cry from Fullmetal Alchemist all over again. I’m that stunned! What are you going to do now, Wei Wu Xian?
outofthisworld 不愧是我 🏍
August 26, 2019 at 5:15 AM
I’m at ep 11 and *squeaks* getting bored. I blame myself – can’t seem to get into fantasy genre and also, if I have to see another zombie, I’m out.
So throw me a bone. There must be something in store which endeared this show so much to the audience. Otherwise, beside smiling at funny Wei Wu Xian and laughing at the hilarious subtitles, I have nothing left.
zette
August 26, 2019 at 7:15 AM
The backstory is long but necessary. Zombies are part of Wei Wu Xian’s powers so can’t do without it. The reason behind this and Wei Wu Xian’s path to becoming the Yiling Patriarch and practicing demonic cultivation is compelling though and I don’t want to spoil it for you. It gets pretty dark for him but he doesn’t lose his sense of humor through it which is surprising. Also, I’m in it for him and Lan Wang Ji. This is a BL-based novel and although with China’s censorship, they adapted it quite well. The family aspect is quite great, too. I hope you can stick with it. All we can do with shows is try and see if it sticks. I have very short attention span these days and this show managed to hang through.
outofthisworld 不愧是我 🏍
August 26, 2019 at 8:40 AM
Thanks for the encouragement. I guess I’ll give it another shot.
Blue (@mayhemf)
November 2, 2019 at 5:18 PM
I can’t believe this Outie!!
outofthisworld 不愧是我 🏍
November 2, 2019 at 6:09 PM
Neither can I!
zette
November 3, 2019 at 7:47 AM
What I few more episodes and months can do! 😆
shach
August 26, 2019 at 9:51 AM
@outofthisworld, do they really used the name “The Tortoise of Carnage”?? I paused for good few minutes to laugh a bit and google but didn’t find anything about blood thirsty tortoises on English speaking world wide net.
outofthisworld 不愧是我 🏍
August 27, 2019 at 8:43 AM
I am only at ep 12. Which ep and part did this term appear?
shach
August 27, 2019 at 10:53 AM
I checked and it seems it’s 13 or 14, in the cave. I wonder if they supposed to meant turtle, they can be carnivorous and fast in water, but tortoises draw different picture for me.
outofthisworld 不愧是我 🏍
August 27, 2019 at 10:51 AM
I’d translate it to The Killing Tortoise. The adjective used means slaughter or massacre. The creature was described as a look alike to the mythical Black Tortoise so it won’t appear in any legend.
shach
August 27, 2019 at 12:17 PM
Thank You for help. I admit I have trouble to picture tortoise as some vicious creature 🙂
outofthisworld 不愧是我 🏍
August 28, 2019 at 9:12 AM
Did you just finished Watcher?
shach
August 28, 2019 at 9:17 AM
@outofthisworld, my subs has “Turtle” in “Watcher”. Turtles can be pretty vicious and scary 😉 https://www.nationalgeographic.com/content/dam/animals/thumbs/rights-exempt/reptiles/a/alligator-snapping-turtle_thumb.JPG
outofthisworld 不愧是我 🏍
August 28, 2019 at 10:06 AM
@shach In Watcher, the moniker was chosen because once it bites, it never lets go. So I guess Tortoise of Carnage wasn’t that far off after all!
Giegie
August 26, 2019 at 6:31 AM
Is this when peacock guy dies?
The start of WWX’s nightmare. Poor kid.
zette
August 26, 2019 at 7:17 AM
Yeah, managed to pull through and I’m back to the current timeline. I’m now at the point where I’m excited and want to marathon but I have work tomorrow. *sigh*
Giegie
August 26, 2019 at 8:28 AM
Prepare yourself for the cute and adorable eps. Drunk LZ is a babe. ☺️
outofthisworld 不愧是我 🏍
August 26, 2019 at 8:42 AM
so there’s more drunk LZ? Had a glimpse of it when he first got drunk. I couldn’t stop laughing at how he adjusted his head band.
Giegie
August 26, 2019 at 10:23 AM
There is! And catching fat chickens too. It’s both adorable and touching episode actually. Very different from the novel but the chickens are there.
Jenmole🍊
August 26, 2019 at 1:28 PM
Definitely very different from the novel but it works!
zette
August 27, 2019 at 4:01 PM
I just watched the episode with drunk LZ and the chickens. He’s so adorable. 🥺😍
outofthisworld 不愧是我 🏍
August 28, 2019 at 10:36 PM
I finally found out who’s peacock guy! Totally apt description!
zette
August 26, 2019 at 2:15 AM
This family is ❤️ #TheUntamed
The reunions are excellent! 🥰
zette
August 26, 2019 at 2:14 AM
The infamous Yiling Patriarch is afraid of needles. 😅 #TheUntamed
Giegie
August 26, 2019 at 6:33 AM
And dogs 😂
zette
August 26, 2019 at 7:18 AM
About to post the gif… Haha
Jenmole🍊
August 26, 2019 at 1:29 PM
My favorite OTP. 😍
zette
August 26, 2019 at 12:06 AM
My heart! 😭😍 #TheUntamed
zette
August 25, 2019 at 8:18 PM
Sometimes, you just have to give people what they want. 😂🤣
That’ll teach them. Serves them right! 👍👏
#BeMelodramatic #MeloSuitsMe
mango
August 25, 2019 at 8:41 PM
I laughed more than I should 🤣🤣🤣
liar song #PuppyNotPuppyLeeJaeWookIsBack
August 25, 2019 at 9:35 PM
OPPPPPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
KSKalways
August 29, 2019 at 11:23 AM
she killed them with aegyo. ha ha ha
KSKalways
August 29, 2019 at 11:25 AM
the way she fliiiiies over to the next victim kills me!!! HA HA HA HA
I’ve watched this scene sooo many times!
there must have been soooo many re-takes of this scene, because HOW could the actors keep a straight face?? tee hee!
zette
August 25, 2019 at 6:06 PM
These two never fail to crack me up. I had tears in my eyes this episode. I don’t care if this relationship turns romantic or not. I just want them to be together. Whatever the labels. #BeMelodramatic #MeloSuitsMe
liar song #PuppyNotPuppyLeeJaeWookIsBack
August 25, 2019 at 8:08 PM
Their whatever-the-label relationship will be: 80% hilarious and 20% sweet. I’M ALSO ROOTING FOR THESE TWO AAHHHH
mugyuljoie is preciousss
August 25, 2019 at 10:23 PM
I’m not sure he can survive her.
liar song #PuppyNotPuppyLeeJaeWookIsBack
August 25, 2019 at 10:54 PM
I’m hoping that they’ll talk each other’s problems like how they talk about work. But it’s going to be a fun ride (unless this show wrecks us again, like they do in every episode).
zette
August 25, 2019 at 11:59 PM
I love how the scene played out with the cafeteria girl enumerating the ways Beom-Soo is in love with Jin-Joo juxtaposed with Beom-Soo suffering from Jin-Joo’s weird thoughts and ways. I LOLed when he just farted as a last ditch effort and it worked. I think they’re quite a match and I can’t wait to see how it all plays out in the next episodes.
zette
August 25, 2019 at 6:20 AM
Aww! Don’t cry, bb. 🥺 #TheUntamed
zgs1994
October 8, 2019 at 5:19 AM
This was such an emotionally evocative scene! </3 The way he hides his tears in the rain.
zette
August 25, 2019 at 3:28 AM
Jiejie snapped! 👏 You don’t insult her didi and just get away with it! 😠 #TheUntamed
Giegie
August 25, 2019 at 5:04 AM
I ❤️ her!
zette
August 25, 2019 at 3:15 AM
💘 #TheUntamed
zette
August 25, 2019 at 1:13 AM
I cheered! Jiayou, Wei Wu Xian! 😍 #TheUntamed
zette
August 25, 2019 at 1:02 AM
Wei Ying, stop asking for Lan Zhan’s forehead ribbon. 🤦♀️😂 #TheUntamed
zette
August 23, 2019 at 6:46 PM
I screamed! Both times! These boys know how to make an entrance. 😱😍#TheUntamed
Lan Wang Ji arrives at Gusu Lan Sect as part of the Sunshot Campaign.
Wei Wu Xian exacts revenge after being thrown at the Yiling Burial Mounds. I finally get why he’s called Yiling Patriarch now.
shach
August 23, 2019 at 11:21 PM
I just finished this episode last night, it’s truly addictve.
Giegie
August 24, 2019 at 3:58 AM
On your knees!
zette
August 24, 2019 at 5:59 AM
Shet! I got so giddy when he said that. So sexy! Hahaha
Giegie
August 24, 2019 at 9:02 AM
Haha
Ma Bantay bata tayo nito 😂
Seriously he’s hot when he’s pissed. Lan Zan’s is in his 30s anyway. 😉
zette
August 24, 2019 at 3:09 PM
😂😂😂 It’s Lan Zhan, not Wang Yi Bo. So I think we’re safe. 😏😉 Hahaha
Giegie
August 25, 2019 at 5:03 AM
Haha yup!
zette
August 23, 2019 at 3:43 PM
This drama has great cinematography. 👌👏 #TheUntamed
zette
August 23, 2019 at 3:39 PM
These three… 💔 #TheUntamed
zette
August 23, 2019 at 3:40 PM
No spoilers please! 🙃
Giegie
August 24, 2019 at 4:01 AM
Their relationship is my fave. <3
zette
August 24, 2019 at 5:59 AM
It’s so precious. 💝
zette
August 21, 2019 at 7:38 AM
❤️ #TheUntamed
PS: Please don’t spoil it for me. I’m going a bit slow.
larelle79
August 21, 2019 at 7:42 AM
They are soooooooo beautiful. Like, absolutely gorgeous with a capital g.
Giegie
August 21, 2019 at 10:35 AM
❤️
zette
August 17, 2019 at 8:20 AM
But my favorite Palme D’Or-winning movie has got to be #Shoplifters directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda of Japan. It found a place in my heart and it still aches when I remember the movie. If you haven’t watched it yet, I highly recommend it.
CHARLIE
August 17, 2019 at 8:24 AM
adored the characters and the setup in the first half but the ending made me so mad that it erased all my good feelings for it.
zette
August 17, 2019 at 8:35 AM
For me, it was a good kind of hurt. Sakura Ando’s performance rubbed me raw. I wanted to reach into the screen and just hug her. The ending was a shitty situation and it was supposed to be just to drive the point of the movie that right/legal isn’t always good and that sometimes the family you create for yourself is better than the family you are born into. In the end, they were a family and I think both of the kids know and will remember that. 💕
CHARLIE
August 17, 2019 at 8:45 AM
it was just so unfair! I get that the social workers would decide to take the kids away and that law and what works in practice don’t necessarily align. But the way the social workers systematically tore their relationships apart, making them believe everything was fake and not worth anything… that was just plain cruel. More than anything, I was mad about how the female half of the family ended up so much worse than the male half… with the mother figure going to jail to protect the ‘dad’ and the little girl being returned to her horrid abusive family.
It was the film that made me feel the most emotion in a very long time… had hours long conversations about it with my friends afterward, but even months later I see red thinking about that ending
zette
August 17, 2019 at 8:55 AM
That’s life in Japan for you. It’s still very patriarchal and I think the social workers just assumed the worst when it’s far from the truth just because the circumstances lead them to believe so. The movie was controversial because Japan didn’t want to broadcast its poverty. This movie has done its job when people become uncomfortable and start talking about the issues they find in the film. Us, being so struck about it even months after means the movie was successful in its purpose. 🙂
mango
August 17, 2019 at 8:52 AM
Ando Sakura’s performance left a big impression on me. I was watching a drama where she was the lead (Manpuku) and she had a different style of acting that I was surprised to see her being this good in Shoplifting. Such an excellent actress!
(The movie and the whole cast were wonderful too.)
Sa
August 18, 2019 at 9:53 AM
this movie was so so so good!