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The New Heaven Sword & The Dragon Sabre (End) (Uncut Edition) (English Subtitled) (TVB Drama)
The New Heaven Sword & The Dragon Sabre (End) (Uncut Edition) (English Subtitled) (TVB Drama) DVD Region All
(7)Our Price: US$110.00Related promotions:September 16, 2009 Not disappointed!I bought this DVD for my hubby's birthday (he is Australian) so that he could enjoys one of my favourite stories.
We both enjoyed the series a lot, hubby was actually thinking about re-watching some of the episodes!!!
Things we don't like about the series:
- hee hee hee, the 80's special effects are laughable, when the boat to Ice-Fire Island crashed... it was the camera rocking instead of the boat!!! It's very funny and we have a good laugh;
- ooooh, and when Wuji encountered the gorilla in the cave... OMG! I am sure they can do better than that silly costume! (This is the most embrassing moment for me... being a HK girl! How can TVB be so tacky!!!)
- the subtitle overall is great, except I hope they would be a bit more creative when translating characters' names than just using 'pinyin'. For a non-Chinese audience, all the characters' names sound very similar and are quite difficult to follow! For example, the Graphic Novel of 'Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre' by Mr Ma Wing-Shing translated the Ermei's sect leader as 'Priestess No Mercy' rather than 'Priestess MieJue'. Now, No Mercy is much more memorable for the non-Chinese audience and also allow an insight to the character!
All in all though, if you can remember that it is a 1980s local production (try to compare that to 'Bold and the Beautiful' or some other cheap sitcoms in the same era) - you will enjoy the series. The acting is great and the story is excellent. And finally, don't expect the battle scenes to be anything like the books... :)Did you find this review helpful? Yes (Report This) -
SHEN DIAO XIA LU (WHOLE SET)(REGULAR)
SHEN DIAO XIA LU (WHOLE SET)(REGULAR)
(2)Our Price: US$52.64List: US$58.49Save: US$5.85 (10%)Related promotions:September 21, 2006 Another classic!This version is exactly the same as the one I was bought up with in Hong Kong (I get a bit confuse with all the different versions available).
I don't think you could ever go wrong with Louis Cha's novel and this is one of my favourite (along with 笑傲江湖 the wanderer, 倚天 Heaven Sword and 射鵰 condor heroes). I don't quite like 'The book and the Sword' as I think the death of Princess Fragrant is just so meaningless!!! Anyway, I hope more of his books will be translated into English as I think Louis Cha is like Tolkien of the east (though I love Louis' work much more than Tolkien's...) and it should be shared around the world. I know my fiance would be the first one to buy any of Louis' translated work, he thoroughly love the Heaven Sword comics (English) but too bad the series has not finished and he is left hanging!Did you find this review helpful? Yes (Report This)
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