i rather watch mediacorp than those taiwan serials. super draggy and damn 夸张. actually our local stars can b quite gd entertainers wad. look at chen tian wen!! Hahahhaha un un un believable~~ still can’t get over the song lol
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Can any Mediacorpse actor act like this ?
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Yes, HK directors have made their mark on the world, from Lee Han Hsiang to Ann Hui to John Woo to Johnnie To to Wong Kar Wai (Time magazine called him the world's most romantic director) to Peter Chan to Andrew Lau, etc. Quentin Tarantino is a great fan of Johnnie To and John Woo. (Many western directors liked the avant-garde groundbreaking style of HK's action film directors, who were decidedly original and departed from western models in their depiction of violence and crime.)
The top action choreographers of all time are all HKers: Yuen Wo Ping, Corey Yuen, Sammo Hung, Jackie Chan, Lau Kar Leung ...
Another little-known fact is that HK has the world's 2 best post-production studios outside the US.
HK was already the center of commerce (and hence entertainment) from the colonial days. In 49, more artisans, scriptwriters, producers and the general upper class flocked there.
So they always had a headstart. Sinkieland can never be compared to Hongkieland.
We would be lucky to get any scraps from the Hongkies ... like Hugo Ng (cat 3 actor), or has beens like Lydia sum and Kenneth Tsang (who abandoned sinkieland after a couple of years).
Ah so. Over here, dearth of what makes the celluloid clock tick. And yes, HK's post production's also way head start
I find Hongkong's movies and TVB dramas mostly boring. I watch those TVB dramas promotion clips on Starhub TV, it's always the same lead actors and old faces, and it's always the same recycled story themes, and they seem so dull and boring. think TVB' dramas standard has heavily declined from its high standard of the 80s and 90s.
Agree that TVB serials have come down from the '80s and '90s. There are some gems though, like Triumph in the Skies, War and Beauty, Gem of Life. Also some of the Republican-era period dramas like The Last Steep Ascent and No Regrets are very good but not widely publicized. Scripts are still well-written, but some of the plots are getting predictable. Their short series and comedies are still very good though.
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True. The post-war influx from Shanghai and the mainland gave HK a headstart.
But Singapore could have done a lot better, given the amount of money and effort put in from the '80s onwards. Korea was nowhere when we made The Awakening (1984); its first regional hit serial Jewel in the Palace came out only in 2002, then Winter Sonata in 2003 which started the Korean Wave (Hallyu). See where the Koreans are today, barely 10+ years later, and where we stand.
The key reason is the lack of freedom of expression, not just in politics but also in the arts and culture. Other factors include our stifling educational system, the lack of govt support for the arts, the heavy-handed censorship here. Old fart once famously said that art and sports don't contribute to the national GDP!
If Mark Lee can win Best Compere Award, it says a lot about the standard of Chinese language in Singapore.
I feel so siasuay to have to tell the Chinese and Taiwanese that our island's best compere is Mark Lee.
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Although I'll give them full marks for packaging and hard-work, I am not impressed with the creativity level of koreans. They tend to stick to one formula of success and drill it to death.. For example K pop songs are all contain catchy tunes and English sentences. From Nobody ro Gangnam style etc etc. Just like manufacturing.
That is singapore's biggest problem. Without Arts you will only have engineers, never an architect. Old man suppress creativity to dumb down singaporeans. No creativity = no opinions. Just look at what's happening now to the whole country after a 17 year old angry virgin said something controversial. We are a long way away from being like the Hongkies.
dun count on being like the hongkies.....we can be a bit like mudlanders good enough liao...........they at least got bersih......we got pathetic hong lim park
We dont have the fucking balls to market ourselves overseas. Even if you suck, with clever marketing, you can make at least 1-2 dramas successful overseas. Mediacock is only focused on making it big locally.
there are no decent actors or directors in sinkieland as no talent. period. even Xie shaoguang is a malaysian. Jack neo is just a talentless director producing crap movies. nobody in HK or taiwan or even malaysia respect or heard of him. even the MSM is just full of sh!ts, always painting a positive picture of local movies and pseudo talents. Even Malaysia have James Wan (a sarawakian) who is now the hottest director in hollywood. noticed the local press always do not mention it or just avoid the topic despite him producing critically acclaimed horror movies in past 5 years!!! compared to jack neo who is really pathetic......... same for fann wong, and all the mediacorpse artiste. can't tell whether they are dead or alive when I see them on TV or film. even malaysia have Michelle yeo. same for the arts and design sector who have truly world class Jimmy Choo and Zang Toi. Go to London fashion district and my friends wives are all crazy about both of them. here it is world crass. that's why singapore is doomed as absolutely no talent at all. result of failed policies always taking easy way out and people too arrogant(even when they are talentless and uncouth like mainland chinamen where similarities breed contempt!!!) and always thinking about earning money the short cut way or by property speculation which in the long term would back fire badly.
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The standard of Japanese dramas started dropping after they introduced the concept of "Pretty Boys". Taiwan was quick to copy whatever Japanese, and introduced F4 into the fray. And not long after, they started casting these pretty boy singers in dramas and movies. The chief protagonist responsible for the rapid downfall of Taiwanese dramas is this lady:
I can see that Korea is adopting the same formula. If Lee Young Ae was born 20 years later, she would not have been given the role of "Dae Jang Geum". It would have gone to some K-Pop singer. Likewise, Bae Yong Jun would have also lost his role in Winter Sonata to some K-Pop pretty boy.
The market belongs to the youth, and it seems this generation of youngsters and even aunties care less about acting skills. For guys, if you're tall, all you need is a fashionable haircut, and you're in the showbiz. For most Korean guys are not handsome, to be honest. It's all about packaging.
Hong Kong is still a bit slow in catching up with casting of pretty boys in movies, perhaps because TVB continues to run acting classes for their own consumption. But if Hong Kong sinks just like Taiwan, then you know newbies with the potentials of Carol Cheng and Chow Yuen Fatt would never emerge from the sea of pretty boys and dancing girls.
The only female actress in my era that is worth a look is this lady, and even so, she is already 30 plus:
I can see that Korea is adopting the same formula. If Lee Young Ae was born 20 years later, she would not have been given the role of "Dae Jang Geum". It would have gone to some K-Pop singer. Likewise, Bae Yong Jun would have also lost his role in Winter Sonata to some K-Pop pretty boy.
The market belongs to the youth, and it seems this generation of youngsters and even aunties care less about acting skills. For guys, if you're tall, all you need is a fashionable haircut, and you're in the showbiz. For most Korean guys are not handsome, to be honest. It's all about packaging.
Hong Kong is still a bit slow in catching up with casting of pretty boys in movies, perhaps because TVB continues to run acting classes for their own consumption. But if Hong Kong sinks just like Taiwan, then you know newbies with the potentials of Carol Cheng and Chow Yuen Fatt would never emerge from the sea of pretty boys and dancing girls.
The only female actress in my era that is worth a look is this lady, and even so, she is already 30 plus:
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Scroobal clone , you are big K drama fans like my girlfriend !
The only female actress in my era that is worth a look is this lady, and even so, she is already 30 plus:
I heard that she's a bitch to work with though.
Sinkie standard damn low class... one corny music video by Chen Tianwen and everyone thinks he's some hot shit.
