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After 36 years, taking the SPW '84 plunge beginning Monday, 10/19/2020
It's been thirty-six years, but now that SPW '84 is available again on TVB's Wuxia YouTube Channel, I'm going to be taking the plunge and trying to watch this series completely for the first time...
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Would you want ZWJ to die?
While reading the recent posts, it seems that there are posters who want ZWJ to die instead of retirement with ZM. Why is it so? Are you one of them too? I admit that ZWJ is not my favorite hero. But I...
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Chiu Mun - adrenalin junky?
As a princess, Chiu Mun used her wealth and privilege primarily to finance her adventures in wulin. Unlike her father and brother, Chiu Mun didn't seem to have any particular ambition to be a ruler....
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Chiu Mun - adrenaline junky?
As a princess, Chiu Mun used her wealth and privilege primarily to finance her adventures in wulin. Unlike her father and brother, Chiu Mun didn't seem to have any particular ambition to be a ruler....
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Sharing about My Family
My family is a bit complicated. My late grandma is actually not my grandma and my late dad is not close to her. Here's some background based on what I have gathered in the past. The family members...
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When and why did the Five Mountains Sword Federation form?
Is it ever discussed when and why the Five Mountains Sword Federation formed? While some of the member sects, especially Mt. Hua, had likely existed for many generations before SPW (Mt. Hua Sect has...
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Royal Nirvana (2019) 《鹤唳华亭》
Royal Nirvana (2019) 鹤唳华亭 Hè lì huátíng Starring Luo Jin 罗晋 and Li Yitong 李一桐 https://mydramalist.com/29140-royal-nirvana https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Nirvana Available with English subtitles....
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Where is Borte (Genghis Khan's wife) in LOCH?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%B6rte Borte is the first wife of Genghis Khan. She has 4 sons (Jochi, Chagatai, Ogedei, Tolui) and 5 daughters (Khochen Bekhi, Alakhai Bekhi, Tumelun, Alaltun,...
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Do you think GL based Old Man Sheun and Sheun Siu Hung on Kuk Yeung and Kuk...
In SPW, we have Kuk Yeung, a highly skilled senior martial artist who lives in seclusion with his highly spirited granddaughter, Kuk Fei Yin. In Gu Long's DAGGER LEE, we have Old Man Sheun, a highly...
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Was Lam Ping Tze a secondary protagonist in SPW?
SPW is ostensibly the story of Ling Wu Chung, but nine episodes into the 1984 TVB adaptation of the story, it seems to me that the focus is just as much if not more on Lam Ping Tze. Was Lam Ping Tze...
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The Making Bad Choices in Wuxia Life Poll
Among these four wuxia characters, who made the worst choices in his life?
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RIP Sir Sean Connery, the original 007 James Bond
RIP Sir Sean Connery, the original 007 James Bond, who passed today at the age of 90.
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Wuxia theme music that doesn't sound very wuxia.
A memorable wuxia movie or TV series is often accompanied by a memorable soundtrack featuring music that is evocative of wuxia adventure in China's mythical past. Such music often heavily features...
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Ling Wu Chung - already famous at the beginning of SPW?
Most of Jin Yong's young protagonists start off as unknowns in wulin. Deun Yu (except in his capacity as a prince of the Dali Kingdom), Hui Juk, Gwok Jing, Yeung Gor, and Cheung Mo Gei started off...
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The Lams had the Pik Che Sword Technique; why did their personal skills suck...
The Lam Family had the Pik Che Sword Technique as their family heirloom. One would expect them to be powerful, but they weren't. How is it that the family could be in possession of such a powerful...
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