Condor Heroes animated series

[SunWuKong]

has anybody seen the Condor Heroes animated series, and if so, is it worth spending the money to buy the entire series on VCD?

[rice cracker]

No, it's not worth it. Instead, you should use the money to buy your girlfriend nice gifts.

[Deadpool]

^
Haha. Always lookin out for the ladies.

[SunWuKong]

so nobody here has seen it yet?

[Arex]

Originally Posted by rice cracker

No, it's not worth it. Instead, you should use the money to buy your girlfriend nice gifts.

I've neither seen, nor heard of Condor Heroes, but I think it would make a fabulous gift for girlfriend.=)

[luv]

i saw it or the first half at any rate. if you're a really really big fan you might want it just to say you have collected everything, but otherwise i wouldn't bother. its like watching the cliff notes version of the TVB series -- much of the meaning is lost. Siu Long Niu (Dragon Girl) doesn't even wear white. on the other hand the China version is coming out soon. saw the trailer and it looks awesome! at least much bigger budget than all tvb remakes and i didn't really like the taiwan version. looking forward to this one. i just reread the thread -- did you mean the first story or the second -- i meant the second Return of the Condor Heroes

[luv]

this one is my favorite
i really liked the old one since i grew up on it:


but i think the new girl for 2005-2006 is very pretty:

[SunWuKong]

Originally Posted by luv

this one is my favorite
i really liked the old one since i grew up on it:

i think that's pretty much the favourite for everybody i know that's in my generation. we all grew up on it. i have both the early 80s 射鵰英雄傳 and 神鵰俠侶 TVB series on VCD. a friend of mine said it was especially huge in China because it was the first of its kind shown in the mainland. previously it was all about propaganda government programming on TV. i just wished that my Chinese reading was good enough to read the actual novels themselves. i'm too lazy to sit there with a Chinese dictionary and look up every other character that i don't remember.

[kimpossible]

Originally Posted by luv

hey, that looks like the princess girl from 天龍八部. the one that hooks up with the scholar.

[luv]

yep, that's the one, she's in Chinese Paladin, too --- hey, i just noticed, she has the same hairstyle in all three movies!

Originally Posted by SunWuKong

i think that's pretty much the favourite for everybody i know that's in my generation. we all grew up on it. i have both the early 80s 射鵰英雄傳 and 神鵰俠侶 TVB series on VCD. a friend of mine said it was especially huge in China because it was the first of its kind shown in the mainland. previously it was all about propaganda government programming on TV. i just wished that my Chinese reading was good enough to read the actual novels themselves. i'm too lazy to sit there with a Chinese dictionary and look up every other character that i don't remember.

at least you can read some and know how to even use a chinese dictionary, i know most Jin Yong stories by heart and i can't read a word --- The HUMANITY!! i got all excited when Deer and the Cauldron (Duke of Mt. Deer) got published in English, but i couldn't afford to buy it and no library in US carries all three books.

just finished watching China version of Dragon Sabre. feel better

[Adaon]

*Bump* to a really old thread. I was at a Fry's Electronics out here in California (http://www.outpost.com) and I saw the Condor Heroes Animated Series, produced by Tai Seng Entertainment. It came with Cantonese, Mandarin, and English dubs/subs for all three languages too.

I want to find the version I was used to watching in the late 90s here in SF on KTSF. The Dragon Girl (Siu Long Niu) was really pretty in that one. I just don't remember which company produced the version I saw. It was the complete story from when Gwah Yee was getting trained to the part where him and his one armed self found the then ambidextrous Siu Long Niu. -sighs wistfully-

So anyways, I'm enjoying the Cantonese dubs on this animated series. Helps me keep practicing listening in Canto.

[hannle]

cool, I didn't know they have it in animated series. i loved the 80s tvb version. Was the Condor Heroes at Fry's have both 2 generations? or just the latter one? i would like to get both.

would you guys think they would ever run these series in the american tv? nickelodeon? i think there would there be an audience for it.

[returntosender]

i think it's also on youtube

[Adaon]

I'll look tonite on youtube. I'm not sure if they have the live action version of it at Fry's, but I'll look this weekend. =P

[MD2020]

There is also a graphic novel adaptation/translation that is actually pretty entertaining (it mainly focuses on the kung fu parts).

http://www.amazon.com/Legendary-Coup...964985-9522421

sadly, the company went out of business so those of us that can't read chinese are left only about a 1/3 of the way through.