First Sword of Wudang (2021)

The only good thing about this drama are the fighting scenes and the scenery. The rest is very mediocre. Acting is so-so, especially the main leads. Costume is not eye-catching and reminds me of those 80's hongkong wuxia drama that I grew up with (although production quality is slightly more advance). Although the number of episodes of this drama is fewer than most costume dramas, for me it felt very long.... I was excited at first because the first 5-6 episodes were good but it went downhill after that and it's a slow burn and the main male lead in the beginning was so annoying and took a long time for his character to grow. I wouldn't recommend this drama, well maybe if you want to see the fighting scenes. I really like the fighting scenes, it's rare finding one with this many fighting scenes these days.

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Back to the 80th style

I watch this kind of drama back in the 80th, back then this drama was typical but when we watch it today 2021 its kind of odd and out of date. I only watch the one available in Youtube and so far I am not impressed. The light is dark, the childish acts from the actors, the rustic setting, so much reminded me of Ti Lung, young Jacky Chan, David Chiang, young Lin ChinShia, all great movies they're in. Not sure if I want to continue watching it, the typical alike 'Condor Heroes' drama sagas which I loved back then but I would not say the same for this drama. I dropped it...I have better to do with my time than watching this..

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Disappointing in every aspect of the production

The storyline was weak to begin with. Tragedy struck in the first few episodes and got worse as the story went on. The actors were all just mediocre and there was very little chemistry there between any of the couples or the players.

ML & FL lead were ridiculously immature, giggly, bratty, and even when they tried to develop their characters in the end, they still came across as shallow and just plain dumb. I especially disliked the FL. She was by far the worst character with NO redeeming qualities. As a couple, they were more like playmates than romantic interests - as I said, ZERO chemistry.

The one couple who had any hope of making this series bearable was Dong Fang Liang & Lan Shui Fang - and their tragedy was the hardest of all to bear. That story arc shattered any hope of my giving this drama a good review. The only couple who get a happy ending in this one is the two clowns who were the ML & FL, and whose scenes I fast-forwarded through the entire series of episodes. They were just plain annoying and stupid and a waste of screen time.

OST was not appealing at all in any part of the episodes.

Even if you can find something in the fight scenes to enjoy, I'd say skip this one entirely because nothing makes up for the crappy storylines and the awful ending.

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Not like the others

In first sword of wu dang, the show was not like the other shows like heavenly sword and dragon slaying sabre or the legend of the condor heroes or even the romance of the condor heroes. It showed an adventure like the others but it does not show growth in martial arts skills and the female lead(the wife of the male lead) seems powerless thus lacking the duo fighting scenes which i loved to watch like the others. I loved the previous shows due to the growth in feelings of the adventure where misunderstandings and obstacles obstructed their relationships while helping each other and slowing grow their feelings for one another.

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