仙剑奇侠传

i finished this rather old drama series within 2 days of just sitting infront of my laptop and surfing youtube for the episodes. haha..

this drama came from a popular chinese rpg game with the same name, basically about fantasy martial fighting. it started out rather fast-paced, with the 2 main leads getting married on the first night. but it gets rather draggy later on when the male char forgot about the marriage. still, i appreciated the few side stories and in-depth elaboration of the characters.

what strikes me most about this drama was the sadness that surrounds the plot in the later half of the drama. there was one episode when the 2 decided to break up once and for all, the later that it all went downhill with the emotions. but that particular episode was one of the funniest episode i've seen with regards to other dramas. especially the part at the brothel when 3 guys went drinking 花酒. it was full of hilarious scenes, with the scholar using his 状元令 and ordering those prostitutes to run here and there.

that episode acts as the turning point for the story, if you describe it in mathematics, basically dy/dx = 0, d2y/dx2 = negative. characters start to die off tragically one after another. i saw quite a few comments on the outrage of the audience when the other girl in the love triangle sacrificed herself to save the 2 main leads. i guessed the audience kinda prefered this other girl. perhaps becuz in the middle of the story, it was missing on a lot of interactions btw the main and female lead.

to end it all, the final fight wasn't much exciting. but the sadness just keeps accumulating as only the male lead was the only surivivor of the group of friends. i didn't cry, but somehow i just felt uncomfortable with the all the despair and negativity.