Untamed: bringing the "ow"

[branchandroot]

Okay, I made it to ep 29 of The Untamed without too much more than a wince, and then 29 proceeded to a) kill me with the adorable and b) shatter my heart into tiny little pieces.

I mean, damn, that was some NiF levels of calculated cruelty to the viewer, there.

The pacing still suffers from drawing out every emotional moment about three times longer than it really needs to be, but this episode's one-two punch of "cute!" and then "ow, ow, ow" was very well executed.

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[jo_lasalle]

and then 29 proceeded to a) kill me with the adorable and b) shatter my heart into tiny little pieces.

That sounds about right.

I will say: I was a HUGE critic (and mocker) of the pacing on my first watch, but it by and large stopped bothering me on rewatches, and a lot of the 'draggier' scenes felt more like "things I like having welcome room to breathe" than actual drag. Could be that it's just my brain being impaired by now, but, anecdata from a former fellow "OMG THE PACING!!" person.

[branchandroot]

*laughing* I believe it. If it was a re-watch, I'd probably have something in my hands to do, for when I /know/ I can look away.

[stultiloquentia]

The producers were paid per episode, so, by god, they were going to get 50 episodes out of it, reasonable pacing be damned. The editing in general is stunningly amateurish, and yet you don't dare fast forward, because you might miss some amazing facial expression!

You're almost at the crisis point and the jump back to the present day, and after that come all my favourite moments. :D

I'm glad you're watching.

[branchandroot]

I absolutely believe it. A lot of these watch like 19th C commercial authors read.

And thank god, because I could /really/ do with some adorable duckling time to counteract thirty five episodes of Doom March to Tragedy. Which is simultaneously more and less tragic than the novel version. I'm still waffling on whether or not I approve.

[dancing_serpent]

Seconding all of what stultiloquentia said so hard! And there are so many amazing facial expressions for us to watch, too. *g*

The present day episodes are my favourites, hands down. When the flashback episodes ended in early episode 33, I stopped and re-watched episodes one and two, and then jumped back to 33 again and continued forward.

[branchandroot]

Yeah, I was really pretty impressed with the quality of acting, considering one of the first things I heard about this was "idol flick". Xiao Zhan is really good in this role.

[stultiloquentia]

A lot of these watch like 19th C commercial authors read.

*giggling facepalm*

[copracat]

*petpets*

[branchandroot]

*rueful* I'm weak against well-done family angst, and wow does the drama hit that on the nose.

[copracat]

Just the little symphony on themes of brothers alone does me in.