It's either 40 eps or 45(I've seen it listed both ways). TVBs tend to be exactly 42 minute eps though, sometimes slightly shorter depending on credits, so it's not much more of an investment, timewise, than a lot of tdramas or kdramas.
I HAVE seen The Promise, or at least some of it, and...well...I liked Nicholas Tse's character a lot, and the dog-like guy was interesting, but the whole thing was just so over the top melodramatic and flashy that it just seemed silly to me. That said, Dragon Tiger Gate did give me a newfound appreciation for him(and my noticing you when Donnie Yen is there kicking butt and angsting in a tight blue tank top means you definately get followed up on) so I'll likely give it another chance.
Speaking of The Promise, it's interesting...I've liked the actress, Cecelia Cheung, in every movie I've seen her in-The Promise, Warriors of Xu, White Dragon-but haven't liked any of the movies(Warriors of Xu basically tried to cram all the plot and complexity of a 30-40 eps series into under 2 hours-which is my fear for Seven Swords, but Donnie shall compensate if so-and White Dragon started out an awesome wuxia version of the Cary Elwes Robin Hood then it chickened out 20 minutes in and turned silly)
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Date: 2007-05-11 02:52 pm (UTC)I HAVE seen The Promise, or at least some of it, and...well...I liked Nicholas Tse's character a lot, and the dog-like guy was interesting, but the whole thing was just so over the top melodramatic and flashy that it just seemed silly to me. That said, Dragon Tiger Gate did give me a newfound appreciation for him(and my noticing you when Donnie Yen is there kicking butt and angsting in a tight blue tank top means you definately get followed up on) so I'll likely give it another chance.
Speaking of The Promise, it's interesting...I've liked the actress, Cecelia Cheung, in every movie I've seen her in-The Promise, Warriors of Xu, White Dragon-but haven't liked any of the movies(Warriors of Xu basically tried to cram all the plot and complexity of a 30-40 eps series into under 2 hours-which is my fear for Seven Swords, but Donnie shall compensate if so-and White Dragon started out an awesome wuxia version of the Cary Elwes Robin Hood then it chickened out 20 minutes in and turned silly)