Condor Hero: Yeah, they completely lose track of the poisonings and counter poisonings. I'm not sure they ever remember he needs the cure. The arm loss has concerningly little affect on him, really, in terms of what he can do. Babies in wuxia always get thrown around. A lot. I worries me. "Condor" is actually a miss translation that's become the "official title." It's actually supposed to be "Raptor."
RS: I often think of Steele as a smart kid in a candy store, who sometimes remembers not to eat too much. I didn't first watch it until a few years ago, but I noticed their lifestyle, too. But then, all their clients seem to be pretty rich.
SSWRB: The thing with the princess is that, in the original book, Chengzhi was only ever romantically interested in Qing Qing. The princess was in love with him, but he probably didn't even notice. Every other adaption, however, has changed it so that he sees Qing Qing as a sister, and is in love with the princess. This director started out planning to do the same, but then realized that he preferred the original romance, and went with Chengzhi/Qing Qing instead, but there are still some leftovers of the original intent. As far as the subplots go, I think it was originally meant to be longer, so some explanations got cut out.
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Date: 2008-08-27 04:55 pm (UTC)RS: I often think of Steele as a smart kid in a candy store, who sometimes remembers not to eat too much. I didn't first watch it until a few years ago, but I noticed their lifestyle, too. But then, all their clients seem to be pretty rich.
SSWRB: The thing with the princess is that, in the original book, Chengzhi was only ever romantically interested in Qing Qing. The princess was in love with him, but he probably didn't even notice. Every other adaption, however, has changed it so that he sees Qing Qing as a sister, and is in love with the princess. This director started out planning to do the same, but then realized that he preferred the original romance, and went with Chengzhi/Qing Qing instead, but there are still some leftovers of the original intent. As far as the subplots go, I think it was originally meant to be longer, so some explanations got cut out.