But Hong Kong series can be really funny sometimes, they have a wicked sense of humor.
nope i'm not from China but somewhere in asia though...you should see full house,it's really funny and cute,the main character Rain is sooooo cute.....boniface wrote:Yeah, there are lots of Chinese sites to download from. ^^; I think most of us here are not in China?
But I want to watch Full House so much. I've heard so much and it's rated high on the favorite K-drama list. I recognize some actors in there, and it just looks nice.
Yet I'm currently downloading Nobuta no Produce and the Ryo Nikishido drama(forgot the name)....
Anyway, I'm one of them. I love watching Chinese (namely Mainland and HK/TVB) and Korean series. 
You mean the Detective Investigation Files series? I love those too! 2 is my favorite. I also like the Armed Reaction series and just about anything dealing with mystery and suspense (like Greed Mask).boniface wrote:Oh, talking about Hong Kong stuff, I used to love watching the police series they had.
When I was younger I used to get under blankets and watch the cases. I got so scared sometimes that I wouldn't get up to turn off the TV. I would pretend there's a murderer in my house
But now that I live in the States, I can only watch a few dramas, which is enough. But actually Chinese channels like to show a lot of Korean dramas! But that's fun too.
Are you referring to War of the In-laws with Myolie Wu, Bosco Wong, and Liza Wong? I heard that was really good and funny, but haven't had a chance to watch it yet. I enjoyed To Get Unstuck in Time as well, but the first half much more than the second.blushyy wrote:I love Chinese dramas, especially Hong Kong series (those TVB ones) such as: ..... I don't know the names because I watch them on my ummm satellite thing whatever it's called. That Jadeworld TV thing ? Yeah, I love this one called.... uhhhh.... Something about the main girl and the mother in law. Very funny lol. And the series "To get unstuck in time" is awesome as well!
Yes! That's it!!!! "War of the In-laws" Oh man, I love that series. Actually, I might even watch it again because my mum taped it while it was on TV. It's so funny and so cute... but, like in many series, there's always a b*#$22#%$#% in it that pisses me off. HAHA. [So I kinda didn't like watching that bit and fast forwarded it..] Anyhoo, I highly recommend it to everybody!!Lady Zhuge wrote: Are you referring to War of the In-laws with Myolie Wu, Bosco Wong, and Liza Wong? I heard that was really good and funny, but haven't had a chance to watch it yet. I enjoyed To Get Unstuck in Time as well, but the first half much more than the second.
I love all the parts involving Roger and his Dad. I agree, the ending was very touching. I was like...don't...go...blushyy wrote:Yeah, I think "To Get Unstuck in Time" was better during the first half, it was quite sad what he did changing the past, which changed the present for him in the second half... blah. But the ending was so touching and made me cry like a retard.
Are you referring to Myolie Wu (paired with Bosco Wong) or Liza Wang (the mother-in-law)?blushyy wrote:I think the main female character in "War of the In-laws" is really good. Her other dramas are quite entertaining too. [What's her name?] She's a good actress... But my favourite one has got to the be in-laws one, hahah so funny.
Oh, then you've probably already seen it. It's about airline pilots and training to be in the airline industry, but of course with the usual love triangles and such. The main cast consists of Frances Ng, Flora Chan, Joe Ma, Myolie Wu, Michelle Yip, Ron Ng, Sammul Chan, etc.blushyy wrote:What is that series about ? D:
[I've actually seen a lot of her dramas, but don't know titles]
Seems like there should be the most Chinese around here, but maybe we're just quiet.sharonfruits wrote: WOW,this site really has very little chinese,hiiyaeh.....
Oh my gosh.. I know. When I was younger.. like 12-ish? so about 3 years ago, the Chinese channels played such good dramas. Haha.. at the time I thought all these love stories were crap, so I really enjoyed all the stories set in Ancient China like Huan Zhu Gege.boniface wrote:But now that I live in the States, I can only watch a few dramas, which is enough. But actually Chinese channels like to show a lot of Korean dramas! But that's fun too.
I absolutely loved and love volumes 1 and 2. Teeheee.. I own them on vcd. Haha. I don't know. He's one of my many favorites. Mike He's a pretty good actor, too. Haha.. but lately i've been interested in asian dramas/music (mostly korean though)TVB is a TV station in HK. it's very very popular all over the world. (to chinese ppl at least) it has pretty good dramas with all the famous celebrity. every body loves it include me!melonyhappy wrote:I'm chinese, but um.. i don't speak much of it. i get my languages confused. I've learnt mandarin at school, but i'm cantonese. I'm really white-washed
as for chinese dramas, i've been mostly watching taiwanese stuff lately..i completed meteor garden and i am in the mist of it started with a kiss, prince turns to frog, devil beside you (i like this chinese drama the best so far), mars, um... some reason i can't seem to finish these
i've seen a couple of HK dramas, but i forgot their names.. my favourite one would be something to do with a piano (so long ago) some guy played the piano really well, but he wasn't smart.
oh what is tvb?
) 是啊...但是我中文比较 crappy... This might also get interesting if people starting using a mix of traditional and simplified, but hey, I think I've learned enough traditional watching Taiwan series to brave a conversation should someone from HK or Tw care to talk. So here goes a mix of Chinglish. If I sound like a 3 year old, 不要笑, 好吗? Just gotta thank the programmers for 词组 in Chinese typing programs...shirahime wrote:这里不是要用国语吗 LOL
well, there's different chinese dialects, and even two kinds of written chinese (trad. anad simpl), so it's much easiser too communicate in English. Furthermore, seems like mostly of us don't live in China or chinese-speaking countries, so not everyone knows or is eased to use chinese characters, especially on the computer (will take me a whole day to write a letter with chinese character...sadotsu wrote:Lol this is so weird... don't you guys think so? Like all these Chinese people from random parts of the world and all speaking English to each other... o_O
Do any of you actually live in China?
)Lol I'm Chinese, by the way.jica wrote: well, there's different chinese dialects, and even two kinds of written chinese (trad. anad simpl), so it's much easiser too communicate in English. Furthermore, seems like mostly of us don't live in China or chinese-speaking countries, so not everyone knows or is eased to use chinese characters, especially on the computer (will take me a whole day to write a letter with chinese character...
must be a lot of good-looking people in there). I've just been bored out from TVB series lately...the recent series don't seem to go anywhere...not particularly interesting stories, no climax, (no acting), etc. I'm quite bad with simplified as it is, but I think I managed to stumble through your post all right. 我去过香港; 我觉得很热, 但是有意思. 我什么都听不懂, 也不会说Cantonese, 但是我门去买东西的时候,那些人都很热心的帮助我们. HK was a lot of fun, though if I was a more heat-resistant person, I probably would've enjoyed it more. And I love Southern Chinese sweets. Delicious!我听说 "天下第一" 只是一个so-so的连续剧.fufu wrote:我有看過 「天下第一」! 這部還好吧...我覺得裡面有太多演員了。有些部份沒有那麼好看--郭晉安的角色有點無聊
不過這還是一部不錯的戲 。
我也想好好在亚洲玩玩!我從四年級回到香港一次就從來沒有回去過。希望明年有機會回去啦...書都快念完了。如果有機會我也想去韓國、日本、泰國、中國.....
Taiwan's got some excellent modern idol dramas (战神/Mars and 恶魔在身边/Devil Beside You are two I'd recommend off the top of my head), and I'm only now getting ahold of China's idol series. They've got a lot more than I'd realized. So far I've seen 18岁的天空/Sky and 起跑天堂/My Way, and I think they're both great.I've only seen China's 武俠 stories. I'd really like to watch a China idol series if anyone can recommend a few (China has so many people, there
沒錯! 可是它還是比現在的 TVB 劇好一點啦（至小是大制作）．．．我和我爸媽一齊看「佛山贊師父」都快悶死。 那些 old cookies 的真功夫果然了得可是就是沒故事。「天下第一」就像好多故事連在一起．．．所以不好看的部分我通常都會狂 fast forward。Calcifer wrote:我听说 "天下第一" 只是一个so-so的连续剧.
我好象没看过太多TVB series. 以前TVB有什么好剧?fufu wrote:沒錯! 可是它還是比現在的 TVB 劇好一點啦（至小是大制作）．．．我和我爸媽一齊看「佛山贊師父」都快悶死。 那些 old cookies 的真功夫果然了得可是就是沒故事。「天下第一」就像好多故事連在一起．．．所以不好看的部分我通常都會狂 fast forward。
"惡作劇之吻" 好看吗? 我还没来得及看. 要是你在sub it, 我想会不错吧. By the way, where do you get the 「」symbols? I only ever see them used with Chinese text and they aren't on my keyboard.現在我有看「惡作劇之吻」(Of course, 我有 sub 嘛!) 和 「綠光森林」不遇 sadotsu 說得對．．．有時後真的看不下去 (very cheesy plots)。剛剛看完「王子變青蛙」就覺得很像那部韓劇「最後的舞請與我一起」("The Last Dance Is With Me").
Yes; I've wanted to strangle a good share of actors/actresses in Taiwan idol series. (So far, the two Mainland ones have not had characters that've annoyed me to that point. Crossing my fingers I won't come across too many that do.) I'll give pretty much any series a chance, but some are just ridiculous. I can't force myself to watch those ultra-cheesy-hyper-exaggerated ones, because I cringe on behalf of the actors/actresses. I know some people really like them, but I find them melodramatic and fake, especially when the plots are usually pointless. But as long as a series has a certain reasonable and meaningful plot connecting some silliness/melodramatic behavior, I can still enjoy them. Devil Beside You's level of silliness is probably my limit though; anything with lamer expressions than that and I can't say I truly enjoyed it.sadotsu wrote:...Chinese.... all this Chinese is screwing with my head...
You guys, don't you find some of the Taiwanese idol shows kinda annoying? There's always heaps of annoying and cheesy secondary characters that you just want to punch in the face.
I get that feeling too, but maybe it's because I usually do everything in English, so Chinese sounds different? Or maybe Chinese is a cuter language?sadotsu wrote:Lol... is it just me... or for some reason... people sound really cute when they speak Chinese. And then when they revert back to English... it just sounds all businesslike.
Hear hearfufu wrote:@sadotsu: 你不要只是看我們講中文啦! 你也一起說點吧!
They're basically modern series starring young, good-looking people that're usually full of romance. Critics would say the actors/actresses are chosen based purely on looks and not for talent. I'd say it depends; I've seen that happen, but usually I don't have much of a problem with people's acting abilities.boniface wrote:Hey, could anyone explain Idol Series to me? I have a vague idea of what it is... but just to clarify, you know?
I absolutely love Mars (the series). I'm not a fan of comics unless the art is really good (Ping Fan or Ma Rong Cheng). It's gotta be either a live-action series or a novel that brings a story to life for me.I didn't think Mars was very good, since the manga was better... It seems that if you watched it first, then it's good? Because I hated how it lost the affect from the manga.... or maybe I just weren't paying attention... I mean, I didn't really see all the twists that were suppose to happen, but maybe I was too busy bashing it to notice.
Have you seen Feng Yun 1? I liked that, but after just previewing the 1st ep of Feng Yun 2, I got turned off. Those costumes...and hair...plus the switching of actresses...and odd plot...Meng coming back? And Feng's hair! Gone!Drama wise, I'm watching [风云2]
I don't like 黄亦, or whatever her name is.... But that's because she spoiled the image of 小燕子 for me when she made This sequel to [还珠铬铬]
Yeah, I've seen the first one already, I think 风, or 云(forgot which was whichHave you seen Feng Yun 1? I liked that, but after just previewing the 1st ep of Feng Yun 2, I got turned off. Those costumes...and hair...plus the switching of actresses...and odd plot...Meng coming back? And Feng's hair! Gone!Drama wise, I'm watching [风云2]
I don't like 黄亦, or whatever her name is.... But that's because she spoiled the image of 小燕子 for me when she made This sequel to [还珠铬铬]
I like Huang Yi, but I agree with you: it's not cool when she's taking over another character previously played by someone else, like Xiao Yan Zi after Zhao Wei, and Meng after Shui Ling in Feng Yun 2. Then I can't like her no matter how hard I try. But she's an excellent actress in her own right; she's fabulous in "Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon," for instance. By the way, I highly recommend that series, despite a slightly odd ending.
) looks better with long hair. I adore him ^_^ I don't know whether the subtitles ruin it or not though, since you just read it instead of trying to puzzle things together. Or the "dui bu qi" (I'm sorry) he has so much trouble saying to her. MG was my first idol drama; I used to not like modern things till I found out about idol series. 
but it's actually almost funny. I think Shui Ling's infinitely better at being a feisty beauty than Zhang Zi Yi could ever hope to be, and Peter He/Ho is an endearing Xiao Hu. There's also a kinda infamous upsidedown kiss scene in the series, too. Welcome to the thread! I've seen a few Singapore series, though only ancient ones, and I liked them. I plan on checking out modern Singapore series at some point, but at the moment they're a mystery to me. You should try checking out some Chinese-language series from other places if you don't like Singaporean ones. They can be excellent! 我没看过太多中国电影, 因为我比较喜欢看连续剧. 不过,最近我看了一个中国horror movie,"疑神疑鬼". 我觉得很不错, 很有意思! 除了它,我看过F4的电影...ummm...Jet Li's老电影,象"Shaolin Temple", "东方不败". I know I've seen others but I'm drawing a blank right now. 
) but without the plot. I couldn't understand why people liked it enough for Oscar.... I think foreigners love the idea of flying through 轻功.ironic it might sounds, that's the only movie I've watched when I went back to china last summer. It's pretty awkward to me. lol I didn't get the whole point of the movie. It's just a really weird movie if you ask me. Evolves from some kind of loneliness into pure social outcast and social psycho. oh god here it goes agian. 我英文中的可能太过分了， 但是真得想一想它只是一个鬼片。 我和我表姐一起去看的，哈哈她被吓得要死。但我只能在旁边大小，在电影厅里面只有大概10个人。4歌女坐在我们后面哭得要死 or2 on_ oN_ OTLCalcifer wrote:And the thread comes a bit more alive
@hmm_yeh: Languages are hard, but I'm sure you'll be improving fast in Japanese. Yeah, writing Chinese can be a pain, but it's fun, too, when you know some basics and can recognize them in different combos.
Meteor Garden's a great series for learning Mandarin cuz it can be really addictive. I still quote things from it sometimes. Lame, I know. You might learn "Wo xi huan ni" (I like/love you), the line Dao Ming Si waited the entire series to hear Shan Cai say to him
Ever watch MG2?
@boniface: 风 (played by Zhao Wen Zhuo) had the long, reddish overly blowdried hair, 云 (played by Peter He/Ho) had the curly blue hair. Both characters were a bit fake-looking, but the story's cool and I think they did a good job with the characters. Apparently it hooked lots of people, anyway. I liked the series overall, though some parts got weird towards the end.
Ever seen the Feng Yun comics? The artist/author does some of the best comic artwork ever. I really 佩服/admire him.
I find subs are helpful if they're in the language you're trying to learn/improve and you have basic knowledge of it. Then you can hear the language spoken and follow along with the words. Practice reading and listening skills at once
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon is the serial adaptation of the novel; since the movie's also based on the novel, yes, they have things in common. I thought the movie stunk, though, but the series is really great. The plot is much more coherent, and as a plus, the people are better looking and have much more natural chemistry with each other. Ending was kinda "huh?" but wasn't as odd as the ending to the movie, I think.
There is a "cave-sex" scene in the series
@Hayashi_kun: everyone's free to watch and love what they want to
@pwner4once: 你好! Yeah, the switching of languages does feel odd. I have to concentrate when going from one to the other, probably because I don't do much reading of Chinese every day. "早熟"? 我没听说过, 但是那没有什么奇怪的
如果你是13岁来美国,你的中文和英文都很好吧
Fans of the movie might want to kill me for saying that, but I was not impressed by the movie's sex and the 轻功/"flying" at all. If the plot was supposed to be deep and meaningful, all the rolling around in the sand and flying around ruined it for me. I liked "Hero"英雄 much better as a movie. It actually did make me think, and there was some semblance of logic to it.
Hi - Chinese Canadian here. My cantonese is quite rusty - my french is actually a lot better..lol...I haven't watched too many Taiwan dramas (especially since I do require english subs) but my favourite is Meteor Garden. I enjoy watching martial arts/historical chinese dramas like Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre, Legend of the Condor Hero, The Battlefield. Modern HK dramas as well - though I have to admit I"m pretty old school and enjoy the ones back in the mid to late 80's and 90's like Greed of Man, Green Hope and Turbulent Decade. I do like some of the ones like War of Genders (probably the funniest asian drama ever! *hint hint for someone to ul a copy of it on bt lol) and Unstuck in Time.pe3kabo0 wrote:lol my chinese is so rusty! ive never been to chinese school though so i'll just use that as an excuse lol
oh er.. do you lot agree with what Zhang Ziyi has done acting in Memoirs of a Geisha? i found it quite wierd to be honest as the main parts were acted by chinese people when its a book based on japan... i saw on other forums about how the japanese people were outraged that there were not any japanese actors and it was mainly chinese and some chinese people said that nothing that Zhang Ziyi could do would like amend the sin that she has done.. quite frankly i loved the book and i cant wait to see the movie whoever its been acted by.
sorry, this is totally irrelevant, but...GhstDreamer wrote:Hi - Chinese Canadian here. My cantonese is quite rusty - my french is actually a lot better..lol...I haven't watched too many Taiwan dramas (especially since I do require english subs) but my favourite is Meteor Garden. I enjoy watching martial arts/historical chinese dramas like Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre, Legend of the Condor Hero, The Battlefield. Modern HK dramas as well - though I have to admit I"m pretty old school and enjoy the ones back in the mid to late 80's and 90's like Greed of Man, Green Hope and Turbulent Decade. I do like some of the ones like War of Genders (probably the funniest asian drama ever! *hint hint for someone to ul a copy of it on bt lol) and Unstuck in Time.pe3kabo0 wrote:lol my chinese is so rusty! ive never been to chinese school though so i'll just use that as an excuse lol
oh er.. do you lot agree with what Zhang Ziyi has done acting in Memoirs of a Geisha? i found it quite wierd to be honest as the main parts were acted by chinese people when its a book based on japan... i saw on other forums about how the japanese people were outraged that there were not any japanese actors and it was mainly chinese and some chinese people said that nothing that Zhang Ziyi could do would like amend the sin that she has done.. quite frankly i loved the book and i cant wait to see the movie whoever its been acted by.
I don't have any problems at all with the chinese actresses playing japanese characters - no big deal. I'm glad Hollywood doesn't limit chinese actresses to play only chinese roles and japanese actresses to play japanese roles....if that's the case then for aliens roles they're have to get aliens...lol...anyways, as long as the acting is feasible and the plot is interesting that's fine. I mean look at Sandra Oh who's Korean and she always plays a chinese character in movies and shows (Grey's Anatomy)...
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It was good I'll have to start watching a lot more. I wish I knew how to speak fluent chinese or korean so I woudn't have to fight with these damn subtitiles 
