Showing posts with label The Condor Heroes 1995. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Condor Heroes 1995. Show all posts

90's Adaptations of Jin Yong's Novels...

I'm guessing most of you guys already know who Jin Yong is right? :) He is famous for his wuxia novels (The Heaven Sword and the Dragon Saber, The Legend of the Condor Heroes etc.) So anyways, I was just surfing around on youtube and came across this video! Haha it consists the 90s adaptations that tvb made based on Jin Yong's novel. Don't you just miss these kind of series so much?? Q.Q (I do believe that some are missing from the video though...after looking at wikipedia xD)

I have not watch all of them though because if I watched the 80s version, I won't watch the 90s version....and vice versa. The ones I have watched from the 90s includes: The Condor Heroes 95, The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber 2000, Crimson Sabre, The Flying Fox of Snowy Mountain 1999) As for the 80's, I've watched The Legend of the Condor Heroes (1983) and The Duke of Mount Deer (1984)...I think that's it.

Oh! Random note...Wong Yung (Barbara Yung) in LCH, I was very impress with her impersonation of a guy. Since watching tvb....that's the only convincing girl dressing up as a guy -.- Putting on a hat, braiding your hair back and putting on men's clothes doesn't make you look like a man. Take Charmaine Sheh's character in Word Twister's Adventure or Fala Chen in Ghost Writer as an example. What is the difference...? Though I know it's been like this all the time...I still can't get use to it even till now .__.

Speaking of a girl pretending to be a man, Joyce Koi definitely comes into the picture! To be honest, I've mainly watched her playing as a guy...and found it awkward when she dressed in girl's clothing at the end of Better Halves o.O

BACK on the Subject!! My favourite series out of the bunch ought to be The Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre 2000 because it's the first wuxia series I've ever watched....even though it's the latest one made. I only watched the others when I got older....while HSDS is my childhood series :) (I wrote a post on one of my favs. pairings in there.)

As for my favourite themesong, it goes to The Condor Heroes 1995! Though I don't know the what the lyrics mean...it just sounds so sad for some reason! (a post I wrote on this series.)

MISS ALL THESE SO MUCH!!! So what were your favourites!? :)

Return of the Condor Heroes 1995 Ep1-7

I did not know that Maggie Cheung is in here!!! Maggie looks so young and cute ;) Her character looks quite interesting and I'm really looking for more of her scenes!

No one is allowed in the tomb but since Carmen's caregiver begged Carmen before her death, she made the exception for Louis and took him in as her student.

Haha, Louis said that Carmen was too cold-hearted and does not believe that someone can be like that, so he tried to make her laugh by making the funny face xD Lols if I was Carmen, it would've been hard to hold in the laughther...but she did ;)

Hm...since Carmen promised her caregiver that she'd always take care of Louis...she's going to make the effort to keep that promise. Carmen had promised her sifu that she would never leave the tomb, she was planning to die in there.....but Louis is younger than her =/ To solve the problem of her dieing before him (which will enable her to take care of him), she decided that she's going to kill Louis before dieing :P LOLS I love how calm Carmen was when she told him that.....and Louis was just, speechless!

One thing though......Louis is younger than Carmen!?!? Omg I did not know that until I went to find some reviews!! I knew that Carmen was 18....but would never imagine that Louis is 14!!!!!! *shock* why didn't they use a kid to play him (or now, both of them?) Aiya. The look no difference from the beginning to being grown-ups D= That's just confusing....

Carmen made Louis sleep on the "cold" bed so that it could help him with his martial arts. lols it's so funny how she decided to sleep on a rope! That is so cool! But is it really comfy though o.O Eh, probably not....but she sure looks so.

Louis is training in this bird cage. Lols remember how at first Carmen only gave him honey and that was basically their only source of food? Apparently is wasn't so. They actually did have rice but Carmen just never told him about it because she did not know how to cook it :P haha poor Louis who had to survive on honey for the past 2 days! Though I find it amusing how Carmen actually do eat rice!

Guess this is after a few years....

Carmen was already injured when her (um...elder student of her mentor?) attacked her and Louis. Since Carmen knew that they were going to die, she wanted to keep her former promise and wanted to kill Louis. it was so sad =( Of course she didn't do it in the end but still....

Being cornered by the evil nun, there was only one way for them to get out of the tomb but only one of them will be able to get out. Carmen decided to distract the people while Louis escape and will let down the big rock, blocking the only entrance/exit of the tomb. That will mean Carmen will also be trapped/die in the tomb =(

Louis did not have the heart to leave Carmen with them though and instead tried to stop them to let Carmen escape. Of course Carmen wouldn't let him go either....looking at the way they gazed at each other, it makes you think how they really felt about each other.

In the beginning, Louis had asked Carmen why she wouldn't even cry a single tear when her caregiver (the one who've taken care of her since she was a little child) died. She answered it's because it's no use crying for something that's irreversible. But during this scene, there was a close up of her eye....showing a single tear dropping down....

Luckily both of them were able to escape to the entrance. But like stated before, Carmen was not allowed to leave the tomb....so she told Louis to instead go out by himself an dropped the big rock, which will block the only exit/entrance of the tomb. As Carmen walked back in....her eyes were filling with sadness. Carmen's eyes really does the talking for her.

As the wall begins to seperate them....I actually felt a tear in my heart =(

Just as the stone was about to close down, Louis jumped down and rolled in!!! Applauses for Louis!!! I was so happy to see that! Moment of realization. Action says all ;)

The nun asked Louis if either him or Carmen have to die and only one of them can live, would he die for her? he said yes. The truth behind why Carmen did not leave the tomb because she had swear not to leave the tomb, but there was one thing that could reverse the curse....and that was if a man would die for her. it's sad that she didn't know that earlier because they could've escaped instead =/

So the truth unveils in here. Carmen asked Louis if he liked her and Louis answered, yes because she is too good to him.
Carmen: What if in the future, there will also be another girl who's good to you as I am. Would you....
Louis: Anybody who's good to me, I'll be good to them.
Carmen: You...
Louis: Did I say something wrong?
............

Um..was quite romantic until Louis answered those questions :P That is the reason why I am doubting his love for Carmen. Of course it's true (because they're the main couple) but I'm worried to see the future for them....T___T

Carmen: Can you promise to me? That you will only love me and no one else, or else you'll die in my hands.
Louis: I swear. I will always love you forever. If I ever love another girl, you won't have to kill me, I'll kill myself instead.

Haha that above speech reminded me of My Date with a Vampire 2 for some reason xD Don't know why....but feel like that quote is hinting that something's going to happen.....-.-

When they thought all hopes were up, they decided to die in the tomb together but then they discovered some writing in the coffin. Eventually they managed to escape ;)

So now they no longer live in the tomb but instead a normal life in a small cottage in the mountians/fields. While Louis wants to take revenge on some of the (other kung-fu people...), Carmen just wanted to live a simple life at the cottage. You can eventually see the division between them forming. I felt really sad for both of them....because of this different values/ideas...it might cause for their separation.

ARGH!!! Louis left with his step-dad to practice kung-fu and Carmen was ambushed by that guy (in pic)!!!!!!!!!!!! From the look of it, it's obvious that he really likes her and.....omg!!!!!!!! I'm still scared to watch the next episode because I don't want to see what happens next D;