Originally Posted by
loislane
LoCH2003
Producer: Zhang Ji Zhong
Director: Yu Min
Action director: Zhao Jian
RoCH2006
Chief producer: Zhang Ji Zhong
Producers: Ma Zhong Jun, Pu Shu Lin, Chi Chen Xi, Tie Fu
Chief director: Yu Min
Action director: Zhao Jian
HSDS2009
Chief producer: Zhang Ji Zhong
Executive producer: Song Ya Ping
Chief director: Zhao Jian
Cinematographers: Yu Min, Guan Jian Xiong
Among his Jin Yong adaptation productions, ZJZ had only chief-directed himself once, and that is for Bie Xue Jian (Sword Stained with Royal Blood). [FYI, the directors for Xiao Ao Jiang Hu has never work for him anymore in his other productions.]
I'm curious, who does the final cut of the film? Is it the producer, director, or is there another editor?
Also, does anyone know how the censorship procedure works? Do they submit an initial version to them and then after a lot of back-and-forth work that's how the final version is created?
Originally Posted by
Haruhi6
I like Li Guo Li's series better due to the focus on character development. Scenery and choreography is nice, but I like series that are more character driver versus looking at pretty pictures.
I somewhat agree with this. ZJZ's series tend to go for the grand scale, epic feeling. But the character development lacks in a lot of areas and often relies too much on the talent of the actors and actresses.
For example, in LoCH 2003, Zhou Xun and Li Ya Peng are phenomenal actors and they were able to pull it off (though I did feel that Li's Guo Jing was a little too slow).
And in HSDS 2009 both Deng Chao and Ady An were able to pull it off.
But in RoCH 2006, despite it having some of the most beautiful scenes, and despite Huang Xiao Ming being a decent actor, Liu Yi Fei was simply not good enough to carry a series that suffered from bad character development.
Originally Posted by
yin_shen_quan
Ep 33:
I have 4 questions:
- Who is the young man who just joined ZWJ and ZM? He calls ZWJ JiaoZhu
- The inn they stayed at looked familiar but it didnt click until YX and the other Ming cult members entered...this is where YX and JXF first met, isnt it?
- Does anyone know the filming location of the high-altitude covered overpass/bridge where the Ming Cult members were? I'm guessing somewhere on Wudang Shan, but I have not been able to track down the name of the exact structure.
- They have not showed Song QingShu going to WuDang to betray them yet. Does that happen in this version?
1. The young man is the son of one of the generals in ZWJ's army.
2 & 3. Not sure
4. In this version...
click to show/hide spoilersIt doesn't show that.
In fact, in this version Song Qing Shu is a little schizophrenic. They don't really show him being the spoiled brat initially.
They also don't show his turmoil over why he would want to kill his 7th Uncle.
They do show the struggle of how he initially refuses to betray his father and Wu Dang, but after he "marries" ZZR they don't know show his struggle when he sees the Wu Dang people again at Shaolin.
Also, I was under the impression that it ended up being his father who punished him in the end, but instead it was the 2nd Uncle.
Originally Posted by
sunnysnow
I was too, hoping that the Persians would converse in a foreign tongue amongst themselves but alas, the censors actually did away with "Persia/Persians" and replaced it with 西边 (the west)!! All these censoring and bad dubbing really kills the series for me.
I KNOW! Those scenes were especially horrible. I really wish ZJZ would release a directors cut or even an uncut version.
Originally Posted by
Surferket
'Why doesn't anyone mention ZJZ's
Da Tang Yu Xia Zhuan? I consider that his second best piece of work after XAJH.
Oh I agree, this was definitely one of his best pieces of work. I guess since it wasn't as big profile, he didn't have to bend to the censors or anyone else?
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Overall this is a very good interpretation of HSDS. My favorite is still the 2000 version with Lawrence Ng and Gigi Lai. Mainly because the story flow is so tight and well thought out.
So if I had to rank them this one would probably share 2nd place with the Tony Leung version.