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Could also be he wanted to show respect to Sea God Island by looking more formal and scholarly, like someone about to undertake a difficult college exam. This might explain why he only changed his appearance on setting foot on the island and not before.

I like the actress that played Huang Rong. She must have been an exceptional beauty when she was younger. She seems to be involved in every type of projects: As a villain in Jin Yong's Fox Volant the 1 part movie version. As a teacher in Douluo Continent: Land of Warriors... She seems so natural as Huang Rong becoz this not the first time she appeared in an acclaimed JIn Yong movie!

Do you know I only found out about this movie months after it was released? It was only my luck someone was still sharing the 4K version. You know how it goes, in China things get stale really really fast, so ppl stop sharing stuff a few weeks after the air date. Unlike West where you can find seeders of an anime series years after the last episode had aired. It's notoriously difficult to source anything from China after the first few weeks.

I want to immediately grab the 4k version on release this time. So spill when is the part II coming out?

This movie made all the previous ones made by ZJZ and Yu Zheng look like turd in comparison.

Did you know the original author actually wished the Mainland China would make a good adaptation of his works (he probably thought the Hong Kong adaptations could have been much better).

Maybe he watching from Heaven this movie adaptation from Mainland China (the kind of quality that he always wanted) now got made!

The TVB one in 1983 had good casting but cheesy effects though. The first girl I had a crush on looked exactly like the 1983 Dragon Lady. But she was Italian not Chinese. We were classmates at 13 -14y/o in grades 7+8. The ML met the FL when he was only 13 yo as per the original story. Coincidence?

When the Dragon Lady rested her head on Yang Guo's chest and smiled in the title sequence of each episode in the 1983 TVB series, God cloned her into an Italian and made her my classmate in grades 7+8. The ressemblance between her and my classmate was just too striking even down to the way they smiled... What's even weirder is do you know the emblem of my school in grade 7+8? It was an American bald eagle not much different than the Giant Condor!

They're only adapting a work written in 1960's where the rape is an essential part of the story. The rape serves 2 purposes:

1. Sex is not love. You can buy sex with money (hookers), but love cannot be bought. Remember this is China's Romeo & Juliet. The author wants to make poetic distinction between sex & love.

2. The girl would never have followed / clung to the ML if it weren't for the oxytocin in her body released by blindfolded sex with the rapist. Oxytocin is an attachment hormone. The FL became more attached / clingy to the ML after the mistaken rape.

I'VE BEEN DUPED. Becoz of the low rating, we're NEVER gonna get another season. On the other hand I think it was a clever marketing ploy.

Despite Soul Land being the MOST popular ever the MOST watched anime series in all of Mainland China...

There are some youths in China who just grew up and never seen Soul Land the anime before. I think this drama was made especially for these ppl as a sort of intro series into this IP, leave them wanting for more with a cliffhanger ending so they'd go and watch the anime series to finish the story...

His hairstyle changed. I agree he looked like a different actor, but no only his hair style changed when he went ashore.

Possible explanations might be he wanted to disguise himself and don't want to be known as the old Tang San from the Douluo continent...

Look at the title of this YT video... it's too funy!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkXKbHGLq1A

Xiao Zhan’s Jin Yong Jinx: Another Flop, Another Ticket Wasted!

For the record, I have just downloaded the 60fps 4K movie 6GB total (it's currently being circulated on sharing networks). BUT never plan on watching it.

I think it's more shameful if you bring the horse to the lake side, but it doesn't drink the water... (more shameful if someone has the actual movie but doesn't even give it a quick glance). NOT that I'm a horse by any means!

Same with that flop of a movie Under One Person. I have it on my HDD in 4K. It was released back in Summer last year. I haven't bothered to watch it...

Left and right, various news channels and media praised some works released during the CNY '25!

https://www.globaltimes.cn/Portals/0/attachment/2025/2025-03-06/f93d0516-0b69-41ed-a0d6-ef6911c78855.jpeg

Which news outlet sang their praise for LoCH?

Answer: NONE!!

My last post on this topic. At this point LoCH performance at the box office had gotten so boring, it's not even worth my attn anymore!

http://english.entgroup.cn/boxoffice/cn/daily/

Saturday, Mar 1 @ midnight (Beijing time):

#3 Boonie Bears:Future Reborn +$0.95M -> $106.53M (cumulative)

#8 Legend of the Condor Heroes +$0.26M -> $91.49M (cumulative)


See how it's a weekend number and LoCH still stuck in the low +~$0.3M!!

Tencent is making their own live action adaptation.

Here is the page: https://kisskh.at/778878-i-am-nobody

Lately, I stopped caring for Tencent live action productions. They all follow the same stale formula, which is why I've moved onto Youku/iQiyi drama.

I think Tencent will attempt something bold with this one and try to outdo Youku! Either this, or I gonna stop watching another Tencent drama, except for maybe 3Body S2/S3!

Look on the bright side, after paying the movie theaters a cut of the box office, movie seems to have broken even...

#1. Idiot investors think JY is EZ cash
#2. Idiot director think he's BIGGER than Ne Zha just becoz he did Battle of Lake Changjin. Should have pushed LoCH back to spring/summer release instead of head-butting against and being wholly owned left and right by Ne Zha 2!
#3. Idiot caster XZ is not a box office puller. Should have gotten someone like Liu Haoran to star as GJ instead!

http://english.entgroup.cn/boxoffice/cn/daily/

Feb 28 (midnight Beijing time):

#8 Boonie Bears:Future Reborn +$0.17M -> $106.05M (cumulative)
#9 Legend of the Condor Heroes +$0.13M -> $91.64M (cumulative)


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legends_of_the_Condor_Heroes%3A_The_Gallants
Budget ¥500 million (US$68-69 million)
Box office US$90+ million

Figures are now very boring. Seems to be nearing the end of its screening.

Don't feel too badly. My dad and me watched Ne Zha 2. Afterwards, he told me he fell asleep a few times...

"The film is extremely awkward. The drama is close to 0 points, and I yawned all the time. But the martial arts scenes are instantly lively, and Tsui Hark's cult style is still pleasing to the eye. It's not that Hua Zheng is a particularly outstanding character, but she is the only character in the film that can be developed."


This poor Hua Zheng actress. LoCH didn't provide her with the career break-out role she had hoped for! Nobody gonna rave on her in the industry on a movie that only scored 5.3/10 on Douban!

The day when a crappy American Hollywood movie outdoes LoCH daily box office in China:

http://english.entgroup.cn/boxoffice/cn/daily/ (Feb 22, 2025 @ midnight Beijing time)

#3 Boonie Bears:Future Reborn +$1.56M -> $104.10M (cumulative)

#7 Captain America: Brave New World +$0.56M -> $13.10M (cumulative)

#8 Legend of the Condor Heroes +$0.37M -> $90.56M (cumulative)

How the mighty Hark Tsui/XZ had fallen!


BTW, there is no way LoCH made more than $10M internationally. It means Boonie Bears had officially beaten LoCH world wide gross several days ago...

I think give it 3-4 more days, Boonie Bears can pull ahead of LoCH combined domestic + int box office too!

Latest box office figures reveals something called "director's remorse":

http://english.entgroup.cn/boxoffice/cn/daily/

Feb 12 (midnight Beijing time):

#3 Boonie Bears:Future Reborn +$2.38M -> $94.12M (cumulative)

#6 Legend of the Condor Heroes +$0.40M -> $87.04M (cumulative)

I know what must be going thru Hark Tsui's head ATM--

Why oh why didn't I helm a Boonie Bears movie instead?

The great JY defeated by a bunch of fuzzies on the silver screen!

http://english.entgroup.cn/boxoffice/cn/daily/

Day 13 (Feb 10 midnight Beijing time):

#3 Boonie Bears:Future Reborn +$2.34M -> $89.40M (cumulative)
#6 Legend of the Condor Heroes +$0.45 -> $86.19M (cumulative)

Boonie Bears: Future Reborn released at the same time has overtaken LoCH.

http://english.entgroup.cn/boxoffice/cn/daily/

Feb 9, 2025 midnight (Beijing time) tally:

#3 Boonie Bears:Future Reborn +$3.78M -> $87.00M cumulative
#6 Legend of the Condor Heroes +$1.04M -> $85.73M cumulative

The lead will widen in the coming days. In the end because of poor Douban score (5.3/10), LoCH is unlikely to pull in more than $10M internationally. Boonie Bears can easily surpass LoCH domestic + international box office in a few more days!