I enjoy LOCH 1982 by Felix Wong, Hap Hak Hang 1989 even if they made major changes, and ROCH 2006 by Liu Yi Fei. I only like TVB 198Os series not the 1990s nor 2000s such as the new HSDS.
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I enjoy LOCH 1982 by Felix Wong, Hap Hak Hang 1989 even if they made major changes, and ROCH 2006 by Liu Yi Fei. I only like TVB 198Os series not the 1990s nor 2000s such as the new HSDS.
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I liked DGSD, the new one, hence my avy. The new ROCH and LOCH were pretty good, but that's because the fight scenes were very well correagraphed and SFX'd, making them look not so cheesy.
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I hate mainland LOCH 2003 because the main character acting was really bad and hoping the 2007 will be better. TVB wuxia film sre boring like have you seen strike at heart, face to fate, weapons of love and passion, and Devil's Disciples. These films had good effects but the storyline is all comedy and not fully developed.
DGSD 1982 changes the ending of the story and even killed the sweeper monk, Hap Hak Hang 1989 change the main character, ROCH by Taiwan changes the plot, and HSDS 2000 changes the Ming Cult divisions and Wuji's cousin didn't died.
ATV, as it is known today, didn't even exist in the 1970s. At the time, what is now Asia Television Ltd. (ATV) was known as Rediffusion Television Limited (RTV), a British media corporation. RTV became ATV in 1982.
To my knowledge, RTV didn't do any Jin Yong adaptations during the 1970s and 1980s (nor did ATV in later decades, for that matter). In Hong Kong, the only other production company to do Jin Yong adaptations aside from TVB was the short-lived "Gai-See" (Commercial Television) during the mid 1970s.
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Considering you were old enough to live through part of the 70s, I am sure your answer should be right on this. Commercial Television, is that the Taiwanese CTS or something? Or is it a different one altogether.
Some say RTV produced the 70s LOCH. RTV changed to ATV right? Or are they totally different companies?
It's unrelated to Taiwan's CTS as far as I know. It was an experimental third free broadcast station that debuted in Hong Kong in 1975, but it was not successful, so it folded just three years later in 1978. Nevertheless, it did manage to launch the careers of several TVB stars, including Michelle Mai Sheut and Dodo (Carol) Cheng Yu Ling. These two actresses (and a few other TVB artistes who would become successful in the 1980s) started their careers in the entertainment business at Commercial Television. Therefore, although Commercial Television was short-lived, it was influential.
RTV was and still is a British media corporation. It gave up its operations in Hong Kong in 1982 and sold its assets to the group of local Hong Kong investors that formed ATV that year. RTV and ATV are separate corporate entities, but when RTV sold the business, ATV inherited all of RTV's non-monetary assets (offices, studios, artiste contracts, etc., not to mention the broadcasting channel).Some say RTV produced the 70s LOCH. RTV changed to ATV right? Or are they totally different companies?
Top TV adaptation preferences:
80's TVB
Flying Fox Snowy Mountain
Legend Condor Heroes
Return of Condor Heroes
Heaven Sword Dragon Sabre
Legendary Siblings
Duke of Mount Deer
Hap Hak Hang
90's TVB
Smiling Proud Wanderer aka State of Divinity
Demi-gods Semi Devils (Tian Long 8 Bo) - great acting
2000's CCTV/Taiwan (I can't tell which is which)
Demigods SemiDevils - great sets
LOCH - just beautiful
Sword Stained with Royal Blood - really good all around
Top TV adaptations I don't like:
80's TVB (don't really remember why maybe I was too young)
Smiling Proud Wanderer
Demigods semidevils (Tian long Ba Bo)
90's TVB
Duke of Mount Deer - yes, I admit this one explained the story more but Jordan Chan does not cut it as WXB
Flying Fox - too much story change
Sword Stained with Royal Blood -- just boring - couldn't even finish it
HSDS - ahhhhhh Lawrence Ng as ZWJ and the stupid wires
2000 CCTV/Taiwan
Duke of Mt Deer
Handsome Siblings