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Chinese historical dramas in the Philippines?
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Originally posted by sinobball View PostHa, I never thought about that. When you wrote "disillusionment" do you mean "illusions" (I think they are antonyms...)? Because in ROTK there were indeed those funny stories about his last days -- first he saw dead Guan Yu opening his eyes, then he cut a tree and the tree bled -- but I don't think they can be taken seriously as history... just like, apparently the brain surgeon Hua Tuo can operate with an axe ...
Then there's the event where he kept seeing the victims of his cruelty creeping through his chamber. (Those must have been a lot of people) Still, I think the ROTK is 60% Historical Events + 40% Myth, including the supernatural elements embedded on the novel.
One last thing on Hua-Tuo, Meng-De found it absurd that Hua-Tuo would crack open his skull and operate. I guess Meng De learned his lessons from the "Imperial Girdle Conspiracy".
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Originally posted by LordOfLeyte View PostOne last thing on Hua-Tuo, Meng-De found it absurd that Hua-Tuo would crack open his skull and operate.
But if someone tries to perform brain surgeries on me with an AXE I would kill him right away tooaim low, score high
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Originally posted by sinobball View PostROTK tried very hard to portray Mr. Cao as an overly suspicious fellow. Remember he murdered Mr. Lu's entire family when they tried to kill a pig for HIM to eat.
But if someone tries to perform brain surgeries on me with an AXE I would kill him right away too
Anyways, I wish our local channels would air the ROTK tv series.
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Originally posted by LordOfLeyte View Post
Anyways, I wish our local channels would air the ROTK tv series.
Here's a teaser:
Overall looks good to me... my biggest issue is Diao Chan and Qiao sisters don't look very attractive (even Sun Shangxiang looks prettier...)aim low, score high
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Watching the new series on YT now... the first 2 episodes were just broadcast on Chinese TV 2 hours ago and now everything is on YT... Unfortunately no English subs.
A sample (where Cao Cao tries to assassinate Dong Zhuo but failed and escaped in the end)
compare with the 1993 version (with subtitles) @3:00 onward
I like the newer series. Its dialogue and acting are all a lot more modern than the classic one -- it's OK so long it's interesting. It skipped a lot of less important events and characters, but rather focuses and expanded on selected stories.
Actually I recently noticed Youtube also hosts this series "Legend of Guan Gong" in English subtitles:
But that series is pretty moronic and all the commercials killed my interestLast edited by sinobball; 05-02-2010, 03:31 PM.aim low, score high
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Originally posted by talion View Postthe media in the philippines, which are wholly controlled by large, enterprising private corporations, are aware that most non-chinese filipinos distrust anything chinese and for this reason the media giants have figured out that investing heavily in chinese dramas will not yield good profits because of poor viewership.
The huge bias can be described in the following instances:
Made in china--- a lot of filipinos will readily conclude that products having this sign are of inferior quality. Foodstuff like cookies and drinks bearing made in china, although cheaper, are almost always left untouched by middle-class buyers because of fear of toxic substances. Interestingly, foodstuff with chinese markings but are made in philippines sell like hot cakes.
Tax evader--- lucio tan, a chinese who became a naturalized filipino, comes to mind. He is rich and owns a lot of corporations but he is number 1 tax evader with unpaid taxes amounting up to billions. Not a good role model.
Enemy of labor--- henry sy. Another ultra-rich chinese who became a naturalized filipino. He is owner of the sm mall chain. His labor practice is that he only hires contractual employees in 6 month periods to shield him from labor laws. Employees cannot run after him for compensation/ benefits/healthcare because technically they're not regularly employed.
Chinese restaurants---- use a lot of monosodium glutamate. Bad for the health. There are stories that a lot of these chinese restaurants in philippines will sacrifice healthy eating for great taste.
Obstacle in basketball development---- graham lim comes to mind. Not mainland chinese but taiwanese, but still, a lot of filipinos will easily associate him with china.
That is my take on why chinese historical dramas will never be popular in the philippines. Hope this helps. I love chinese food by the way.
chinese or anything to do with chinese except for chinese food , BY RANDOMLY ENUMERATING Totally unrelated subject that has no connection
to the title of this thread.
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Originally posted by LordOfLeyte View PostAything ROTK; the old one or the new series is fine by me.
I have personally seen Mawangdui and didn't really care about the artifacts, but was absolutely amazed by 3000-year-old corpse in almost "perfect" undecomposed condition.
BTW, this new ROTK movie may make it to the Philippines:
(Believe it or not, there will be 4 movies in 2011-2012 about Guan Yu)
Speaking of tombs and ROTK, Cao Xiu's tomb was just discovered, a couple months after Cao Cao's.
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Thank you for the link regarding a Han figure and Cao Xiu's tomb. It was a pleasant read.
My link on my signature regarding Fu Hao's tomb is a plain HTML website on the archaeological discovery of the Shang Dynasty's General Fu Hao. I think it's great as Fu Hao is a woman, buried with the riches and rites of a general.
Also, thank you for the info on The Lost Bladesman.I'm hoping to see it here. Guan Yu rises again.
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Originally posted by LordOfLeyte View PostI think it's great as Fu Hao is a woman, buried with the riches and rites of a general.aim low, score high
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Please visit -->THE IGNORED GENIUS
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Originally posted by sickcurtain_16 View PostThis one, im not sure what the title is but the translation was done "amateurly" and the translation was very hilarious and as its title said, it's for pinoys only.aim low, score high
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Originally posted by sinobball View PostI see. I'm not sure but I think Shang Dynasty was still Matriarchal... Frankly I never heard of Fu Hao until I saw your signature. Wikipedia says she's a general, which is somewhat amazing because I can count with my fingers all the other female generals in Chinese history... (But contemporary media make it seem like there are thousands -- e.g. the spy/warrior Sun Shangxiang in "Red Cliff")
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