the truth is, im in love with ancient series, the love is strong, the costumes are great. question is, Kung Fu, Martial Arts, Special Effects or Pure Fighting?
Some people prefer some of the older TVB ancient series over the newer ones for example the Two Condor Heroes series. In my case I prefer the newer ones because the scenery, effects, action, and costume designs are a lot better. some might argue that the acting is better for the older series, but I dont really think so. Some of it is just too corny for my taste. Most people are loyal to the older series because they grew up watching it and are loyal to the actors that were in it. I do agree that sometimes for the newer series the CG effects are kinda cheesy. They tried to do too much but their budget does not allow for better graphics. Another problem is that the newer series tend to use effects instead of pure combat. then again the combat scenes from the 80's ancient series werent that impressive to begin with. It looked really fake and the movements were slow. A good combination of both pure fighting and adaquete effects would be fine.
thats is the best. Interesting love stories, fighting, and effects. EX:Twin of Brothers, Amazing Twin, Lethal Weapons of Love and Passion.
Twin of Brothers was good better than most recent TVB ancient series. The Proud Twins was good the first half then they started killing everybody. It didnt really follow the original story. So Ying died of a horrible death. Havent watched Lethal Weapons of love and Passion yet. A Step in the Past was one of my favorites. Nowadays I prefer more of the Mainland China ancient series like Demi Gods and Semi Devils and the two Condor Heroes series. Im also starting to watch the Seven Swords series.
YES! thats what pisses me off! its all happy and then once one person dies, the rest starts dying! and So Ying doesnt even leave behind a body. And at the end, only flower boy is there.
wait, do u mean old TVB ancient series or the new TVB ancient series. i like some of the old TVB ancient series like return of the condor heroes with andy lau. the newer old, i dink in 1998, wit louis koo was a mess cuz most of the fighting were all camera shaking. i have seen some of the newer TVB ancient series and there seems to be less camera shaking but too much special effects. the new ancient series in china are great, they mix the martial arts and graphics really well and with very lil camera shaking.
i like special effects~! its all cool wif the water poofin up and all these other things..its just cool hahaa
old school combat... I rather watch those old school kung fu flix instead... with TVB they gotta go big with the spec. fx... with lazers and fire palms... plus the sound effects to go with it... chiu chiu chiu... it just gets better n better with the cgi
