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    Default Wu Lin Wai Zhuan / 武林外传

    Didn't see a thread about this. It's a long (80 episodes!) comedy series set in an ancient-time inn that pokes fun at wuxia conventions and parodies all sorts of cultural/social trends, in the vein of something like Stephen Chow movies. The ensemble cast seems to be relative newcomers, at least there's no one I recognize. I think it just finished airing in China. Easily found on BT.
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    THere's a 2006 series out, right? I saw it but don't recognized any of the actors.

    Isn't Huang Haibing and Ning Jing in the older version. I haven't watched it, but this is what I heard from Lady Zhuge and others in the Huang Haibing thread.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Nefertari
    THere's a 2006 series out, right? I saw it but don't recognized any of the actors.

    Isn't Huang Haibing and Ning Jing in the older version. I haven't watched it, but this is what I heard from Lady Zhuge and others in the Huang Haibing thread.
    No, you're mistaken. The series starring Huang Hai Bing and Rebecca Wang Yan (not Ning Jing) is called Wu Lin Wai Shi. This series is called Wu Lin Wai Zhuan. Huang Hai Bing's series with Ning Jing is called Ying Xiong.
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    Oh, I am watching this one ... it's very funny. Low budget but creative, it's a parody of wuxia.
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    Yes it is very funny..feel like Stephen Chow's type of series. A little nonesense.. I don't know any of the actors though...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Lady Zhuge
    No, you're mistaken. The series starring Huang Hai Bing and Rebecca Wang Yan (not Ning Jing) is called Wu Lin Wai Shi. This series is called Wu Lin Wai Zhuan. Huang Hai Bing's series with Ning Jing is called Ying Xiong.
    Oh, thanks Lady Zhuge for the clarification. I must get my hands on all three shows. I love Huang Haibing. He's very pretty, almost in a feminine way, yet he possess machoism in a very gentle and appealing way.

    I think I'd go to shop around for more series later. I just love buying them. They're such enjoyment to the human soul.

    I watched two episodes of Gong Qin Wang starring Chen Bao Guo. It's very well-filmed and quite historical.

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    Suprised there aren't most posts about this series. I think it's absolutely fabulous. It's been a long time since I've enjoyed a comedy, mostly because they're usually all stupidity and no intelligence. I thought this was going to be stupid too, but after I caught several eps on tv, I realized the dialogue is actually pretty complicated, even though it's also amazingly silly at the same time. There're a lot of really fast puns and hilarious references that make it more work to enjoy than most, because you actually have to pay attention to catch everything that's packed in each ep.

    I'm not very far into it, only up to the 20ies, but I plan on watching all 80 eps. Anyone finish it yet and want to share if the ending was good? Or at least not too disappointing to go through 80 eps for?

    There're lots of fan videos made for this series; thought I'd share some that people might find interesting. Check them out if you want an idea of what the series is like. It seems Wu Lin Wai Zhuan's also available for online viewing. It's great fun.

    武林外傳-秀才 (cute!)
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYEAZ-zCfrE&search=jetli

    sina's introductory video
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGrcn6C-TXg

    Wu Lin Wai Zhuan 武林外传 Fanmade trailer/teaser
    http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...47269570&hl=en

    武林外傳嘻唰唰
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8ByPRtfAm4

    同福客栈的故事 (Dramatically funny)
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQjRJtbUibY

    武林英雄会 (the cast on stage)
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJlnWsZnA40

    Share your thoughts on this series or what Wu Lin Wai Zhuan videos you like... One thing I love about this series is all the regional dialects; usually you don't get to hear such a variety with the dubbing people do all the time. It's a refreshing (sometimes challenging) change.

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    i didnt know anything about this..
    i dun like comedy anyway..
    but i like accient drama..
    ahhaha
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    Being a comedy this probably doesn't translate well outside of Chinese-speaking areas.
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    Sounds interesting.
    Anyone knows if this is in SG shops yet?

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    And what happened to that so-called 40 Ep tv cap that was supposed to have caused ZJZ to sheet his ROCH06 to hell?

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    it's funny. but the locations, costume & actors was too BAD!!
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    I found this when I was looking for something so might as well share it...

    http://www.uusee.com/ents/info.php?id=123976

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    Quote Originally Posted by zhzhzhzh
    it's funny. but the locations, costume & actors was too BAD!!
    This series isn't a big-budget, flying-wires kind of thing and doesn't depend on eye-candy to be effective. The dialogue and the 小品/相声-style of the plots make it addictive.

    It's a simple story about the average person's jiang hu; thus the setting is humble and the people are of average appearance (some are actually quite nice-looking, ex: Guo Fu Rong's handmaiden and the innkeeper from across the street).

    As to the actors and actresses being bad...I respectfully disagree. If they're bad at acting, the series wouldn't be funny anymore; it'd be just be plain lame. Not just anyone can pull off this kind of dialogue as smoothly as they do.

    Thanks very much for the interview link, mermaidmelody33!

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    awww...i am dling the series from bt now..its 11.33GB and at the transfer rate i am getting..its gonna take weeks for me to finish dling..hope my time spent is worth it..

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    Quote Originally Posted by YongJian
    awww...i am dling the series from bt now..its 11.33GB and at the transfer rate i am getting..its gonna take weeks for me to finish dling..hope my time spent is worth it..
    You can watch it online to see if you like it or not. Here's the link for Ep1.

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    ty very much for the link..

    but..the video juz wun load...

    cant watch..

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    I've never thought that I'd actually be watching a show like this...and grow attracted to it. Seriously, this is one of the funniest shows I've ever seen. Of course, a good understanding of the Chinese language is pretty much necessary here, as the different dialects and the interlocking between classical Chinese with modern Chinese words is what in essence, make the series fun to watch.

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    Quote Originally Posted by AresInvincible
    I've never thought that I'd actually be watching a show like this...and grow attracted to it. Seriously, this is one of the funniest shows I've ever seen. Of course, a good understanding of the Chinese language is pretty much necessary here, as the different dialects and the interlocking between classical Chinese with modern Chinese words is what in essence, make the series fun to watch.
    ahhh!!! where did u get the drama from? i was dling it initially..but eventually i gave up..lol..sending me at 5kb/s for a 12GB file..its gonna take me mths to finish dling it..hahaha...

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    Most probably cable channel.

    Quote Originally Posted by YongJian
    ahhh!!! where did u get the drama from? i was dling it initially..but eventually i gave up..lol..sending me at 5kb/s for a 12GB file..its gonna take me mths to finish dling it..hahaha...

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