Maybe I can master some esoteric characters, learn a few spells and attract more visitors to my website. The mysticism of Taoism fascinates me, and with its dungeon setting and CGI, this showdown was really cool. As the priest chants his mantras he is circled by luminescent Chinese characters.
Wang Wu’s training prepares him to face a plethora of otherworldly enemies, including an encounter with a powerful Taoist Priest.
With lipstick like this, who needs friends? The pain toughens Lu up, but one suspects Wu enjoys these S&M sessions more than she should. Wang Wu teaches Wang Lu well, although many of her lessons involve punishment. Could we be in for some Master-Apprentice romance? Or is the age-gap too much? Should master-apprentice liaisons be outlawed? Wang Lu has other suitors, including surly General Hai Tiankuo (James Wen), who claims to know what happened to her former lover. They look of similar age but Wang Wu is much much older. Perhaps an apprentice will give her more purpose and fill the void in her heart caused by the disappearance of her former lover. Her provocations often land her in a spot of bother but also help her overcome a motley band of seemingly more powerful foes. Wang Wu is extroverted, troublesome and extremely powerful. Politics aside, let us content ourselves with Wang Wu and her affair with the Seventh Elder, which is really a non-event. If India can relinquish a bit of pride and China can broaden its perspective, like it has done here, who knows what we’ll see? “Why don’t they ever list me in the credits?” “All things need time Seventh Elder.” I’d like to see more collaboration between China, Africa and of course, India. I can’t find his name in the credits, but he appears in about five episodes and his Beijing-accented Mandarin is good, as are his clueless expressions. Wang Wu (not to be confused with Wang Lu) is the fifth elder and rumoured to be having an affair with the seventh elder, who looks Indian but as an astute commenter has pointed out below, is of Somali heritage. Pinner is a Taiwanese actress of Taiwanese/French descent. One thing that strikes a chord is Lingjian’s multicultural cast. Wang Lu enters the Lingjian sect as a disciple of Wang Wu, wonderfully played by Sandrine Pinna. On the surface he seems self-centred, but loyalty and integrity are important. Xǔ Kǎi (许凯) is the charismatic and bumbling Wang Lu, a quintessential antihero not bound by convention. Please, don’t!īut let’s look at the positives. And the cardinal sin of using sound effects to emphasise jokes. A big downside is the soundtrack editing and limited music often drowning out dialogue. So did the warm, interesting characters, and sumptuous scenery and costumes.
#Once upon a time in lingjian mountain series#
It takes a while to say the title (从前有座灵剑山) and this series takes a while to get going, but its quirkiness shines through.
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