Posted by: irugnotmis on: January 3, 2009
It’s befitting to accompany the last recap I’ll be writing for this drama with the ending theme song, sung by Hu Ge: Enjoy!
Posted by: irugnotmis on: December 21, 2008
On a clammy evening, Bao XiRuo trampled the rocky mountain roads by herself. With only a dimly lit lantern, she was both agitated and cold. She was searching for her husband.
She came upon the dark woods and heard a familiar voice lamenting — that myopic old fool whom she stayed fanatically in love with was [...]
Posted by: irugnotmis on: October 29, 2008
Has there been a time when you just want to curl up and die? Oh let Chicken Little freak out at the falling sky; let the treacherous snake tempt Eve, nothing matters because you are the victim of destiny and you deserve the attention AND the right to abuse the attention as you bemoan life’s [...]
Posted by: irugnotmis on: October 8, 2008
A moment he’s there, then the next, he’s gone…
Valen Hsu’s Love * Pull Up (愛情‧進站)
… like he’s enjoying some sick game of hide-and-seek. Only, she isn’t aware.
Posted by: irugnotmis on: September 17, 2008
One day 18 years ago, I was being chased by a group of Song solders. They pursued me like a cluster of buzzing flies. …
Within Temptation – Somewhere
Mu NianCi jumped onto the palace roof, not knowing where she is, not knowing where her father is. She has one goal in mind — to find [...]
Posted by: irugnotmis on: September 9, 2008
“Last night I saw her. My wife. Standing in our old hut, against the pale moonlight, motionless, untouched by age.”
A song from Guo Jing, the female one:
Posted by: irugnotmis on: September 6, 2008
If women are considered fast-changing creatures, (by men of course;) then Yang Kang must have gotten more fickleness that he needed when he inherited that X chromosome from his mother. Just this morning, he had drawn an invisible line, no, a wall, between his haughty self and Mu NianCi; by dusk, he has written [...]
Posted by: irugnotmis on: September 5, 2008
As if being the son of the crown prince doesn’t give him enough power and wealth, Yang Kang’s ambition is insatiable. He wants to out-kung fu all the wushu practitioners (because they are not yet master level) that came to WanYan KongLie out of greed and become the commander in control.
Ambition aside, the itching desire [...]
Posted by: irugnotmis on: August 29, 2008
Right when you start to think that I have put this drama out of my mind, I come back with a vengeance.
Opening Theme Song:
“Stop!” Guo Jing chases after the little burglar and falls face first onto the dirt. The beggar runs back and squats down before Guo Jing, “Are you alright?” (s)he asks. [...]
Posted by: irugnotmis on: August 14, 2008
(If you are unfamiliar with the story, the character guide can come in handy.)
The story started 18 years ago when a Taoist patriot Qiu ChuJi stumbled into Niu Jia Village as he fled from a group of Jin soldier’s chase for killing a Jin.
At the time of Song Dynasty, the corrupt and weak [...]