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Condor Hero: Complete TV Series
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List Price: $69.95
Our Price: $62.99
Your Save: $ 6.96 ( 10% )
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Manufacturer: Tai Seng
Starring: Huang Shao Ming, Liu Yi Fei
Directed By: Meng Guang Mei
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0302717699011
Format: Box set
Label: Tai Seng
Manufacturer: Tai Seng
Number Of Items: 9
Publisher: Tai Seng
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2006-10-31
Running Time: 1845
Studio: Tai Seng
Theatrical Release Date: 2005
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Customer Rating:
Summary: the Return of the Condor Hero
Comment: I got this set from Walmart for ~$44 after tax. Just a note.
This set comes in okay hard plastic case, with a cardboard box encases it. Pretty nice 9 DVDS in set of 2 on each side of the flips (don't know of a better way to describe this, when you see it, you can tell me how to better phrase it) so the DVDs have a place for each of them to be in and not rattling around in the box.
With TV series like this, you can't expect perfect English. There are things that only makes sense if you know the genre and the culture, and the way the translations were done, I can tell the translators have problems conveying these ideas. I've read the story and watched so many TV versions of it, I know by heart what will happen and still, I enjoy this series for what it is.
The theme song is kinda nice and remind me of the 'good' 1995 version.
I have a widescreen HDTV and in order to read the subtitle, I have to leave it in the letterbox format, if you don't need the subtitle, Zoom and voila, you'd fill that nice widescreen. It wasn't rainy and face it, compare to the VHS of the old day and the quality of the dvds you get from Chinatown, this is superior, not as good as the the (American) TV series Hero on HD but still good.
Other than that, the storyline is overused. Every couple years or so, they will remake these series with newer actors and costumes. I have a copy of the 1995 version, still re-watch it every year or so.
Other than that, I only wish they'd cast some cuter actors to pair with the already cute actresses.
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Summary: A great series.
Comment: This was a great series, the best adaptation yet and I doubt any will top this one. I will not criticize the story line because the story was written by the author and not the producers of the series. All of the actors played their parts out incredibly well, better then I expected. The scenery, fight scenes and visuals were all stunning.
Oh and also, this might have caused some confusion, this is in both cantonese and mandarin.
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Summary: Isn't this all wrong?
Comment: This is supposed to be a triology based on the novels by Jinyong.
1. The Legend of the Condor Heroes
2. The Return of the Condor Heroes
3. The Heavenly Sword and the Dragon Saber
There are many versions of these series. The current picture shown for this product is wrong... Li Yifei stars in the 2006 version of "The Return of the Condor Heroes." So which series is this? The first one or the second?
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Summary: Forbidden Love... Wuxia Style
Comment: Yang Gor is a young orphan, adopted by a local hero Guo Jing and his wife Huang Rong. Tormented by his step siblings, Guo Jing reluctantly decides to foster him at a local monastery. He hopes with time the monks can curb Yang's impetuous spirit. Unfortunately, Yang's mischievous manner alienates the monks and he eventually runs away to live with Dragon Girl, a mysterious woman who lives in a nearby Tomb. Raised by Dragon Girl, Yang becomes her disciple, and eventually falls in love with her. Gor and Dragon are shunned because love between master and disciple is forbidden. Will Gor and Dragon separate or will love conquer all?
This was a stunning epic which spans nine disks (and many hours of viewing). The cinematography is beautiful even if some of the cgi is rather bad. (Particularly the condor, the animals in the woods). I did find the 'holy foxes' to be really cute, 'tho. The subtitles are a bit strange, but easily understood. My favorite mistyped subtitle is when the various characters claim people have been 'jeopardized.' I think they mean killed or slain or harmed, but the word 'jeopardized' is used. It's amusing.
RE: Plot: At first, Gor is very difficult to like. He starts off as an ugly little boy whose tricks aren't always that nice. At times it's easy to see why people don't like him. But eventually, this character grew on me. He is far from from perfect... Which was refreshing. Dragon girl, his lover was beautiful, kind, and sweet but rather bland. She spends the latter half of the series sort of 'out of commission' which was a bit of a drag. I found Guo Jing to be charming and his wife was good too. I was irked with Wu who is a brat. Xiang is an obnoxiously pert "Scrappy Do" Scene stealer, and towards the end, too many plot threads involved this character.
Overall, this was a vastly entertaining series, particularly the first 6 DVD's.
Be warned, there is something wrong with this listing. This is not the first error I've seen with Amazon's HK film database. There are several versions of Condor hero, and the DVD jacket and actors may not be right. This review refers to "Return of Condor Heroes" which is the picture on this product page.
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Summary: Confusion, which series is this?
Comment: Is this the series with Andy Lau (TVB) or the newer one produced by the mainland CCTV? This is confusing. The image indicate it is the newer series but the description match the older series. I hope the customers will be aware of this.
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