Funny, I just finished rewatching this series two weeks ago. It's a tvb series made in the 90s starring Leo Ku (the cheeky one) and Terry Fan (The well built one). Evil person was Kenneth Chan. The english title is called "Weapons of Power" and the viet title is "Anh Hung Nang Vai." Here's the opening theme: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxTprlm8raQHi, I've been wanting to find this TV series for SOOOO long, but cant remember either the title OR the actors!!! *cries*
Ok, i know completely that this chinese tv series is pretty old... i remember i was young when i watched it... and bits and pieces... If anyone, anyone who thinks they know what the series is please tell, i've just got images plasted in my head and i cant think of the name!!!!
Ok: - what i can remember:
beginning:
something about an old lady finding a kid who's in a basket gets washed to shore (yea so typical in all series... but still...)
the old lady already has a son... years later - her "own" son is sitting by the water, completely lazy and etc... her 'other' son is chopping wood or something (something more productive then just sitting) he's seems more of the sensitive 'built' main character while the other the cheeky useless nincumpoop who gets into trouble all the time...
Uh...something about them having to go for their exams, scholars or... working for a judge or something like that... anywho... there's a scene where i remember the main 'built' character/dude shows his strength by lifting something.... (arghhh i know it seems im just blabbering it's so frustrating not being able to find the title!)
From here i have no idea what happens, but i do recall the main built dude/character 'hooking up' with a chick who was daughter of bandits??? or was it that she was a princess???? can NOt remember at all... all i know is that she was a tough chick who seemed to be respected by the people she was surrounded with, only they were 'bad' people and main built dude/ character didnt aprove. then they were on this little island/cove thing because they had to run away (because of the bad guy of course) and there was this plant that could save the chicks life, only thing was it was very slow in growing (or something like that) something about it needed blood to grow... or something... anyway the dude didnt want the girl to die so he fed the plant his own blood.(ooo and the bad guys who he disapproved of were teaching him martial arts - i think he wanted revenge or something like that...) anywho... there are other stuff that happens i just dont know what... then back to the other main dude character/the useless one, he too is stuck on an island learning martial arts/sword skills from this chick, and the bad guy was there as well... at one point they found mushrooms and tried to feed it to the bad guy, he didnt trust them so the useless guy (who by now (as all series go) has grown and matured throughout the series) eats it first 'like see, nothing, not poison', the bad guy then eats it... then i dont know what happens.... i remember the ending... the built character marries bandit/princess/chick and they have a son. something happens, she still has enemies and they come she locks her son in a trap downstairs and gets killed (her husband was somewhere else) when he comes back he's devistated... etc... THE ENDING: the main built character has a martial arts school, he is teaching kids, his "brother" (useless guy/character) comes with his pregnant wife and his nephew hugs them both and that's the end... I hope this all makes sense, it's just i've been looking EVERYWHERE for the title of this... and these bits and pieces keep popping up in my mind and it really annoys me!! Well, i hope someone out there can comprehend my babblings and tell me if they at least know what this title of the series is....! thanking you all for your time!!!
~GEN!!!