TVB classics
I just finished re-watching the 1983 “Return of the Condor Heroes”. Andy Lau and Idy Chan were superb! The dubbing leaves much to be desired though. A lot of mispronunciations and wrong names even! And the dubbing for Andy Lau made him sound like the villain, the hyek hyek hyek perverted type. LOL!
Anyway, am going to start re-watching "The New Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre", the 1986 Tony Leung and Kitty Lai version.
Ah…period costumes are really so pretty! Sometimes I wish that I were born in ancient times, then can wear pretty clothes and have pretty hairstyles. Better still, can fly here and fly there. But then on second thoughts, I would have to be born into a rich/puglistic family, if peasant family then a tad tricky…
Just look at them! So pretty! I know I know, you will say they are pretty, so they will look good in anything. That’s not true, I’ve seen them in modern clothes (can’t be bothered to post them here, cos not as pretty), and they definitely looked better in period costumes. Did anyone ever put on their mum’s clothes and pretend to be a princess/nu xia in ancient China? I know I did. I would flounce around the room in my “pretty” (from a kid’s point of view) make-believe “period costumes”, waiting for my beloved Zhang Wuji (male protagonist in New Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre played by Tony Leung) to come by. Gosh, I had such a crush on Tony Leung for ages! Not the modern Tony Leung, mind you, but the period drama one.
Something funny to end this post. I came across a translation of the Return of the Condor Heroes today, “The Giant Eagle and its companion”. ROTFL!!!!!
posted by Flapbunny @ Thursday, October 05, 2006
2 Comments:
At October 08, 2006 2:00 PM,
hsiao-yun said…
Haha, I had the same crush! But I never played make-believe :P I've been wondering if I should rewatch The New Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre (1986) too, since I have such fond memories of it. Do you remember when it was shown on TV, there was a debate in the papers as to which of the female protagonists he should end up with (never mind that it ought to have been predetermined by the novel)?
At October 08, 2006 5:05 PM,
Flapbunny said…
You should! But I should warn you, quite a few scenes were edited out for the VCD version. The important parts are all there, but you can tell that stuff has been edited out.
Really?! I don't remember that. But I've always wanted him to end up with Zhao Min. I never did like Zhou Zhiruo. I also had the impression that Xiao Zhao had a lot of supporters.
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