cdrama: Men and Legends, eps. 5-32

I kept meaning to post on this as I was watching, but never did. I think because, while I really liked the main characters (Well, there was a while there where I was flipflopping and liking Feng or Yuan, but rarely both at the same time. Also, for some reason, I found it harder to forgive a brief stint as an arsonist with no apparent casualties than I did to forgive spending half the series as a hitman/enforcer.) and some of the supporting characters, the main plot ended up boring me a bit. Which is sad, because I like the setting, and the Chinese/Japanese politics of the 30s are pretty interesting. From what I hear, though, that’s usually the case with Chinese series set then? Maybe it’s just one of those things that doesn’t hold up well as an extended dramatization. Though, I also seem to prefer my wuxia with swords and magic swords made of ice and colorcoded assassins and such.

I have to say, though, that this has the most melodramatic, angst-tastic ending of a wuxia that I’ve seen since the end of Chinese Paladin. I mean, CP still wins, but M&L tried.

( spoilers for Men and Legends, Chinese Paladin, and Return of the Conder Heroes )