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    FIRST TIER: Recommendable
    1) Like Rain, Like Cloud, Like Fog ~ great acting, awesome plot, a bit too depressing though, but that's ok
    2) Empty Mirror
    3) Death Diary
    4) Yong Bu Ming Mu
    5) Story of a Noble Family
    6) An Suan ~ must watch!
    7) Goodbye Vancouver
    8) REd Carnation
    9) Blue Ma Ti Lian
    10) Ke Wang

    SECOND TIER: some parts ok, some parts blah
    1) Da Han Tian Zi I and II ~ entertaining, but historically inaccurate
    2) Tian Xia Liang Cang
    3) Black Ice

    THIRD TIER: bearable, but don't count on anything
    1) Water Margin
    2) Betrayal (Bei Pan)
    3) Everlasting Regret
    4) My Life's Story ~ Lao She
    5) Lai Lai Wang Wang
    6) Chang Yin Zai Shou
    7) Big Pavillion
    8) Da Ming Gong Ci
    9) Chinese Style Divorce
    10) Tian Tang Niao

    BLAH TIER: not recommendable, but not atrocious either
    1) HSDS 2003
    2) Four Detective Guards
    3) Love in the City
    4) Xu Zhi Mo ~ something April Poet
    5) Orange is Red
    6) Half Lifetime of Fate
    7) CAo Xue Qin
    8) Genghis Khan
    9) Da Yao Qing Wang
    10) Married for 10 Years
    11) Black Hole


    AVOID TIER: Waste of time
    1) Paris Sonata ~ pathetic plot
    2) Sound of Colors ~ did not do Jimmy Liao justice
    3) Amazing Twins
    4) Moment in Peking
    5) Wind and Clloud

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    My ratings so far would read something like this..

    FIRST TIER: Recommendable
    Secret of the Linked Cities 2004
    Sword Stained with Royal Blood 2006
    Heaven Sword Dragon Sabre 2003
    Demi Gods Semi Devils 2004
    Yongzheng Dynasty
    Smiling Proud Wanderer 2001


    SECOND TIER: some parts ok, some parts blah
    Romance of the 3 Kingdoms (blah is 100% attributable to cast changing mid-serial)
    Legend of the Condor Heroes 2003
    Return of the Condor Heroes 2006
    Lu Xiao Feng (the one with Julian Cheung)
    Book and Sword
    Fei Dao You Jian Fei Dao


    THIRD TIER: bearable, but don't count on anything
    Chinese Paladin (I didn't get past the 1st few CDs, but I found Hu Ge's character quite unbearable. It probably gets better later).
    Chang Jian Shang Si
    Golden Sword
    Xia Kexing


    BLAH TIER: not recommendable, but not atrocious either


    AVOID TIER: Waste of time
    Amazing Story


    I guess I've just been lucky with what I've picked so far.... apart from Amazing Story.

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    hehe ,good recommandations

    But to understand many of them you need a chinese culuture background

    KeWang, this TV play is so hot at that time, everyone from aged 8 to aged to 80 are talking about it, definitely everyone ! At that time I was in grade 5,haha!

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    Default Good rating on the Wuxia series ...

    Quote Originally Posted by Ian Liew View Post
    My ratings so far would read something like this..

    FIRST TIER: Recommendable
    Secret of the Linked Cities 2004
    Sword Stained with Royal Blood 2006
    Heaven Sword Dragon Sabre 2003
    Demi Gods Semi Devils 2004
    Yongzheng Dynasty
    Smiling Proud Wanderer 2001


    SECOND TIER: some parts ok, some parts blah
    Romance of the 3 Kingdoms (blah is 100% attributable to cast changing mid-serial)
    Legend of the Condor Heroes 2003
    Return of the Condor Heroes 2006
    Lu Xiao Feng (the one with Julian Cheung)
    Book and Sword
    Fei Dao You Jian Fei Dao


    THIRD TIER: bearable, but don't count on anything
    Chinese Paladin (I didn't get past the 1st few CDs, but I found Hu Ge's character quite unbearable. It probably gets better later).
    Chang Jian Shang Si
    Golden Sword
    Xia Kexing


    BLAH TIER: not recommendable, but not atrocious either


    AVOID TIER: Waste of time
    Amazing Story


    I guess I've just been lucky with what I've picked so far.... apart from Amazing Story.
    Agreed with the comments on Chinese Paladin. The music is great, but I was disappointed with the story line. They seem to have problem with making it long. They are a lot of episodes that are just time killers. And yes, Hu Ge's character is annoying. I don't know why all the girls like him! His look?

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    Quote Originally Posted by yearning View Post

    THIRD TIER: bearable, but don't count on anything
    1) Water Margin
    2) Betrayal (Bei Pan)
    3) Everlasting Regret
    4) My Life's Story ~ Lao She
    5) Lai Lai Wang Wang
    6) Chang Yin Zai Shou
    7) Big Pavillion
    8) Da Ming Gong Ci
    9) Chinese Style Divorce
    10) Tian Tang Niao
    to be honest, i quite liked these two.

    my own list would be rather incomplete since it mainly comprises of period dramas and wuxia series at the moment, and Ian's done a pretty good listing of those so far.

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    I'd have included Emperor Kangxi into 1st Tier.

    Lu Xiao Feng (the one with Julian Cheung), Fei Dao You Jian Fei Dao won't be in my 2nd Tier at all.

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    I like some but not all I like tvb better

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