cdrama: Handsome Siblings eps 1-2

[meganbmoore]

I'm 2 eps into the Nicholas Tse/Dicky Cheung cdrama, Handsome Siblings, and loving it so far. it's about two swordsmen, Little Fish(cheung) and Flawless Flower(Tse)(yes, I know I know, but they do have explanations for the names...)  Little Fish is a smooth  talking, and fast talking, prankster, who can always find a personal reason to object to injustice.  He seems to be a competent fighter, but he mostly relies on his pranks and mouth to win the day.  Flawless Flower is the only male apprentice of the Floral Palace, a haven for female fighters who punish men they believe have cruelly wronged women(in ep 2 Little Fish asks him why he doesn't like women...he replies that he doesn't dislike women, but he was raised by female warriors who kept every other man around in cages.  He's just justifiably wary.)  They meet  when Little Fish is asked by an old man he saves to get justice against the man who abandoned and killed his daughter so he could marry a richer woman.  However, the assassin who was sent to kill the girl was greedy and tried to sell her to a brothel instead, and she escaped and went to the ladies of Floral Palace, who sent Flawless Flower to bring the man to them to justice.  They bicker, but become friends in the fashion of the clever guy who just can't bear to see someone so inhumanly composed and serious, and the serious guy who finds him amusing.  

They meet again when Little Fish is helping Lady Orchid look for the fate of her father, the former leader of the Jianghe(local govt, I assume, the combined power of Tse and Cheung was distracting me during the explanation) determine the fate of her father.  To do so, she must gain control of the Jianghe, so she and Little Fish enter  the tournament to determine thenew leader.  The ladies of Floral Palace decide they want to control the Jianghe, too, and send Flawless Flower(who had met Orchid earlier when he saved her and Little Fish from bandits) to enter the competition.  Of course, neither man can actually let himself hurt her(heck, Flawless Flower catches her after making her fall) and as a result, both lose.  But with Little Fish's help, she's able to beat the other opponents and proceed to the second round, and both men help her.

I really like both men, and Orchid(in fact, I like both sides of the romantic triangle so much already that I had to investigate to see which way it went to make sure I didn't get attached to the wrong option, hence the vids.  BTW, it's the one I slightly preferred) So far, it's mostly comedy with a fair dose of action thrown in, but Chinese Paladin taught me that a comedic start isn't going to stop tons of angst and drama.  A few of Little Fish's pranks are too much for me, but nothing TOO much yet.  One thing I like is that both guys are pretty good at making whatever's at hand their weapon of choice, though Flawless Flower usually falls back to his sword and his fan(yes, Nicholas Tse fights with a fan again...though, the character he makes me think of is Monsairaku in Otogi Zoshi, though I doubt his character will go in the same direction as Sai)

Anyway, good series so far.

This vid is essentially Nicholas Tse looking absurdly good and kicking butt.  And angsting in the rain.

OTP angst angst angst.  And spoilers.

see above

  

More general, very nice:

 

Comments

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Somewhere between cages and long hair and the fact that Nicholas Tse has an OTP, I went madly rabid.

Am off to order this NOW.

Argh...want, want, want.

OMG. the otp vids! Btw, how did you find them? I typed in 'handsome twin mv' and didn't find them :(

Btw, I assume Chinese Palladin (another one I want) has subs.

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

I thought of you when I saw the cages...btw, those are the women who raised him..looks like they don't approve of his getting a girlfriend. I like the girl...yeah, she has to rely on the guys a lot, but she takes care of herself pretty well, and right now she seems to like tse, but also genuinely like cheung and want his friendship, just doesnt know if she wants more(and if she didn't appreciate him, I wouldn't like her, because right now, cheung is doing more for her, though tse is starting to)

try "the proud twins" or "Xiao Yu Er Yu Hua Wu Que"

yeah, chinese paladin has subs. I got it off ebay...dunno if the seller is still around now though(most of the sellers i got doramas off ebay from are gone...the one website i linked you to used to be an ebay seller but isnt now)

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Talk about crazy family members :)

But yeah, capable heroines are good :)

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

aye. I mean, she's clearly going to be a "damsel in distress" a lot(though not exclusively), but it's not for lack of trying. She has a good head on her shoulders and more than basic survival skills, and she's smart enough to appreciate the nice guy helping her out even though she's more interested in the hot angsty guy who's all women=distance.

Actually, in my experience, cdrama heroines are pretty capable.

BTW, ordering "The Little Fairy" from this seller(probably) and they also have handsome siblings: http://stores.ebay.com/Anit-Accessories_Asian-Drama-DVD_English-Sub-Drama_W0QQcolZ4QQdirZ1QQfsubZ3658991QQftidZ2QQtZkm

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

You have ruined me, lady. I got three period dramas from that seller (Siblings and two more). Tell me how 'Fairy' is, whether it's any good.

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

*flails*

ohohoh...which other two?

[ipperne.livejournal.com]

*sigh*

now your post's have made me want to watch something again...
Not that it's a bad thing, last time I was not dissapointed at all...
and this sounds good, looks good, is out of stock, my lucky day...

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

Aww...well, if you like cdramas, Chinese Paladin, seven Swordsmen and Strange Tales of Liao Zhai are all really good, and Lost in the Chamber of Love and Gentle Crackdown are also quite fun.

[ipperne.livejournal.com]

Mmm... guess this is my hint to dig into your journal and take a new look ^^
And then off to see if anything that might have caught me is available somewhere with readable subtitles...

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

heh. everything i've watched has readable subtitles.

[ipperne.livejournal.com]

uhmm, I figured that, but finding DVDs with subtitles I can read/understand is one thing, finding them where the store i willing to ship to Denmark(Without me having to pay a minor fortune in shipping costs...) is another story...
Any ideas?

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

good point.

YesAsia-TaiSeng has given several official releases. You might see if anywhere you usually get DVDs from has any of these: http://stores.ebay.com/Asia-DVD-Direct_Asian-Drama_Drama-w-English-Subtitle_W0QQcolZ4QQdirZ1QQfsubZ6469153QQftidZ2QQtZkm

[ipperne.livejournal.com]

Uhm, Thanks!
Not that I believe that any of those titles is available over here(it doesn't hurt to try though...), but then I have to make friends with eBay...
but now I have something to keep me busy for a little while, and new titles to torture my local dvd-pushers with ^^... and the mailguy just dropped by...
It sucks to have to go to work soon on a day like this...