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Oooooh! I found them! I! Found! Them! Among so many perfect candelabras I've found the perfectest* version! I'm _so_ gonna' build these for my home!

(*English grammar is my bitch and has nothing to brag about.)

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Two characters talking in a room with four candelabras. Each candelabre is almost two meters tall and have three levels of arms portruding from a pole in the middle. At the end of the arms and at the top of the poles sit stylised geese holding cups for the candles. The pole is fastened to a round stone foot, and on the foot four more geese are standing with their beaks against the pole.

Something this production understands is _Epic_ when it comes to composition and vfx. Everything is blue in this scene, save for Su Mu Yu and the dragon. The dragon looks down on Su*, enhancing the diagonal between them. Su, being red, forms the returning focal point.

(*That it looks like it's opened the door to an unsolicited salesman is due to me pausing at the wrong point, ignore that.)

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Su Mu Yu, in red hanfu, standing at the gate of the humungous Wushuang city wall. The wind blows through his clothes as he waits for the battle to start. Over the gate storm clouds are parting, as a white dragon sores down towards him.

Live narrating your senior's feelings _is_ a novel idea, but I'm not sure it's a sane move career wise, you know? Especially not in a xianxia world where conflicts are solved in a not-very-Ask-A-Manager way.

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Deflated xianxia officer in the foreground, underlings in the background where one of them is saying "Senior is unsettled after the crushing defeat."

I'd actually recommend Blood River for those times when you want a low stakes drama that doesn't tap your energy. While it has _many_ flaws there are enough story and details to keep it interesting.

One big but though; if you suffer from arachnophobia, skip episode 19.

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Woman in red looking down on something off-screen, saying "Go."

Su Mu Yu and Chang He are handling their rather respectable positions like the officers on an Star Trek starship; by being away on field missions 90% of their time, and playing house at random places. Not _once_ have we seen them in the equivalent of the captain's chair. As a writer I want to point out that this is a noob writer's mistake, but ever since ep 15 the drama's perked up, so I focus on the shenanigans.

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Su Mu Yu and the Miracle doctor in the background watching as Chang He says "As for the beds and blankets, uncle Zhe"

OhboyOhboyOhboyOhboyOhboy! Those shelves you see doubles as gates, and they withdraw automatically* when a person walks through the room! I have _insane_ IKEA hacking plans rn. IVAR will need to watch out!

(*through xianxia power I assume)

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A room with three layers of room dividers built out of shelving units - the kinds that mixes shelves, drawer units, and bamboo lattices.

Somehow I suddenly want an wuxia or xianxia where the hero pulls a scrunchie from his sleeve, and ties down his flowing hair before leaping into battle.

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Su Mu Yu spinning around with his sword, with his loose hair twirling around his body.

It's hard to capture because there's some sort of fight going on*, but this room has impeccable candle holders! Just look at those hanging shelves to the left! Quite a good design if you expect a lot of fighting too. While the candles still will fall to the ground, the unit itself will swing away instead of crash to the ground.

(*as always)

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A couple of fighters protected by a spiritual force bell, in a room packed with candles. In the forground is a shelving unit with the shelves hung in chains from the ceiling instead of mounted on poles from the ground. All shelves have decorative carvings hanging from their undersides.

When I said cute elderly person I meant _cute_. Note how production is banking on the height difference. Also, this is three very good actors in the same room. It's not just their individual work, the interaction between them flows well.

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Chang He with arms folded over his torso tries to keep his distance but looks like he's about to soften as he glances at Su Mu Yu. Su, in turn, has taken an awkward step forward to comfort the little lady. The little lady, at least a head shorter than the other two, is holding in sobs and trying to keep it together for her guests.

Some C-drama tropes feel more Chinese than others. This one doesn't always show up, but rule the nr1 place; a cute elderly person that needs to be taken care of.

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Little old lady in simple clothes looking up at Chang He while Su Mu Yu stands in the foreground.

Bad guy or not - as a calligrapher I approve of this fighting style!

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One of the white haired baddies fighting by writing cursed fire characters that flies through the air like glowing snow.

This must been one of the most impractical interior designs I've seen, and yet I...

*waves hands to get an idea of measurements*

...I mean - it could work in a living room, right? If the flat is on the ground floor and a heckin' lot of people look the other way. My parties would _so_ make a splash!

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A court hall for the Shadow sect. The floor before the podium consists of a cross shaped pier between four pools. We've yet to know if there's koi or blood thirsty pirañas in the water.

They. Are. Both. Talking. Like. Captain. Kirk. And. I. Have. No. Idea. How. They. Got. Through. This. Dialogue. Without. Breaking. Down. In. Hysterical. Laughter.

Gong Jun is a great actor _when he's allowed to show it_. But I have my doubts about the director.

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Su Mu Yu, played by Gong Jun, looking at someone while reading his lines like a robot, serving face like one too.

I may speak too soon, but they got here through secret doors and boobytrapped corridors, and yet again I ask '_who clean this place_?' There's a fire burning* and I see neither dust nor cobwebs. I want a 40 episode C-drama - or Western show for that matter - about _that_ person!

Before you say "Red Dwarf", it's been a while since it was made - can we have something new on this theme?

(*irl it's usually a cleaner or janitor caring for these)

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Su Mu Yu and Chang He following a man on a walkway in a stonehall. There's a brazier with a fire burning in the foreground.

Love this boat! It has an undeniable evil Disney fairy vibe.

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A black bamboo boat crossing a river in darkness. Three lanterns hang from elegantly curved poles in the front. A lady in dark robes surveils the journey, as Su Mu Yu and Chang He sits at a bench behind her. Behind them four men in dark robes stands in the aft, holding umbrellas that makes them look like ominous mushrooms.

I wonder how chronological production was while filming this drama. Like I've said before the first episodes read like the actors had been pushed together like dolls in a dollhouse. If the production was chronological it makes sense that their acting picks up 1/4 way in - as it does here. Quality in acting depends on interaction, and a group left to fend for themselves will need to work this out in front of the cameras.

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Su My Yu, played by Gong Jun, looking sad that he failed miserably - which is an improvement from the first episodes where he just looked sad.

Blood River exists for the fight scenes and the cool special effects. The fight scenes are a bit outside my scope, but I really like the vfx! That rainbow glare is such a cool attention to details! This is also the rare occasion where they start to fight without monologuing first, so... double win!

Edit: I take it back! Someone else started monologuing...

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