If Tsui Hark directed 'The Lord of the Rings'...

K T Ong · 08-05-2002, 05:36 AM

~He would take full liberties with the original story by adding and taking away whatever characters, scenes, plotlines etc he fancied.

~In particular, he would place one or two characters in the film so irritatingly stupid that Jar Jar Binks would appear lovable by comparison.

~He would seriously try to squash the entire trilogy into the space of at most 3 hours -- or probably just 2 hours and 30 minutes.

~The story would consequently proceed so quickly, all it would take is just a blink and you'd miss out so much you wouldn't be able to follow anything anymore.

~You also wouldn't be able to enjoy any scenery in the film for more than 10 seconds.

~The characters in the film would be so shallow and superficial, you'd sooner expect pigs to fly than expect to be moved to tears by those characters.

Calaethis Dragonsbane · 08-05-2002, 06:51 AM

Not meaning to be nasty, but whats your point?

Rimjaw · 08-05-2002, 09:06 AM

The only Tsui Hark movie I've seen was Blade (no not the vampire hunter). It was pretty good, although I was pretty young then so I wasn't that much of an expert. Anyway, if Tsui Hark directed LoTR then we would probably have scenes upon scenes of our heroes fighting goblins wuxia style *shudder*.

[ 08-05-2002, 09:07 AM: Message edited by: Rimjaw ]

K T Ong · 08-05-2002, 09:58 AM

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Originally posted by Calaethis Dragonsbane:
Not meaning to be nasty, but whats your point?

Merely to make an observation of Tsui Hark's extremely typical ways of directing films. [img]smile.gif[/img]

K T Ong · 08-05-2002, 10:08 AM

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Originally posted by Rimjaw:
The only Tsui Hark movie I've seen was Blade (no not the vampire hunter). It was pretty good, although I was pretty young then so I wasn't that much of an expert. Anyway, if Tsui Hark directed LoTR then we would probably have scenes upon scenes of our heroes fighting goblins wuxia style *shudder*.

LOL, Rimjaw!

Fancy having Oriental elements in LoTR! (Though it also would have been great had Tolkien actually incorporated such things into his trilogy!

)

I've watched a few films by Tsui Hark, including his Zu Warriors of the Magic Mountain, Swordsman II, A Chinese Ghost Story, and Legend of Zu. They all followed the typical patterns I enumerated above. A leopard never changes its spots.

johnny · 08-06-2002, 11:57 AM

Sorry dude, never heard of the guy !

K T Ong · 08-07-2002, 01:29 AM

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Originally posted by johnny:
Sorry dude, never heard of the guy !

Believe me, you don't miss much by not knowing about that guy.

johnny · 08-07-2002, 08:07 AM

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Originally posted by K T Ong:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by johnny:
Sorry dude, never heard of the guy !

Believe me, you don't miss much by not knowing about that guy.</font>[/QUOTE]I'll take your word for it then !

K T Ong · 08-07-2002, 08:54 AM

You might still be curious as to just who he is, though. Click here to find out.

johnny · 08-07-2002, 10:47 AM

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Originally posted by K T Ong:
You might still be curious as to just who he is, though. Click here to find out.

Well, i kinda enjoyed doubleteam, not because of V. Damme, i couldn't care less for him, but because of Dennis Rodman. That guy is really something else. I've read his biography, he's nuts

If you like basketball and Dennis Rodman, i recommend that book, it's called "bad as i wanna be".

08-05-2002, 05:36 AM	#1
K T Ong Symbol of Cyric Join Date: January 27, 2002 Location: Plateau of Singapore Age: 62 Posts: 1,230	~He would take full liberties with the original story by adding and taking away whatever characters, scenes, plotlines etc he fancied. ~In particular, he would place one or two characters in the film so irritatingly stupid that Jar Jar Binks would appear lovable by comparison. ~He would seriously try to squash the entire trilogy into the space of at most 3 hours -- or probably just 2 hours and 30 minutes. ~The story would consequently proceed so quickly, all it would take is just a blink and you'd miss out so much you wouldn't be able to follow anything anymore. ~You also wouldn't be able to enjoy any scenery in the film for more than 10 seconds. ~The characters in the film would be so shallow and superficial, you'd sooner expect pigs to fly than expect to be moved to tears by those characters. __________________ <br />Look! Everyone\'s admiring me! <img border=\"0\" title=\"\" alt=\"[Big Grin]\" src=\"biggrin.gif\" />

08-05-2002, 06:51 AM	#2
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Rimjaw Red Wizard of Thay Join Date: May 24, 2002 Location: East Coast, Singapore Age: 42 Posts: 890	The only Tsui Hark movie I've seen was Blade (no not the vampire hunter). It was pretty good, although I was pretty young then so I wasn't that much of an expert. Anyway, if Tsui Hark directed LoTR then we would probably have scenes upon scenes of our heroes fighting goblins wuxia style shudder. [ 08-05-2002, 09:07 AM: Message edited by: Rimjaw ]

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