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Linda @guangdian.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

They're so cute 🥺🥺🥺

Linda @guangdian.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

Ohhh he is so precious 🥺

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Linda @guangdian.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

It was briefly mentioned in one of the later episodes, I would have to go back to find where specifically as I can't remember the exact episode

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Linda @guangdian.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

Where his parallel once climbed 🥹

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Linda @guangdian.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

My understanding is that he kept these for Chu Huaiming to use to try to gain clues on where the 癸玺 was. (I think it was mentioned only very briefly that this was their purpose). Very morbid.

Chloé Stawski @chlowski.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

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wong kar-wai gets it

"You’ve been interviewed by AI for the Chinese re-release. What are your thoughts on the use of AI in filmmaking? Will you use it?

Technology is just a tool. AI can replicate, but can it yearn? Can an algorithm understand the weight of a glance between two people who can’t express their feelings? Can code capture the way memory distorts and reshapes our past? These are the questions that interest me, and I don’t think machines have the answers yet."

Interview for Sight and Sound, May 2025

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Linda @guangdian.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

That does look very good, I can see why they would be eyeing the food 😂

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Linda @guangdian.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Is that really what it was translated into 😂 I had to ignore the subs after the first few lines because they were distracting, not just translation choices but also somehow timing was off

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Linda @guangdian.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Babies out on a date 😘

MXTX Diaspora May @mxtxdiasporamay.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

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MXTX Diaspora May is back for 2025! MXTX Diaspora May is an event in which Chinese diaspora creators come together to share the diverse aspects of Chinese culture, as well as connect with each other over lived experiences. Find out how to sign up in the thread below ⬇️

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Linda @guangdian.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

His range is really something 🥰

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Linda @guangdian.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Took my parents and they both enjoyed it, commenting on how Tsui Hark managed to simplify the storyline in order to make it easier to understand for an international audience. I enjoyed it even more the second time 😍

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Linda @guangdian.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Lailai pocket sized even for the doll babies 🥺

Linda @guangdian.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

So much cuteness 🥺 Li Mo 🥺

Linda @guangdian.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Another thing I loved about Legends of the Condor Heroes: The Gallants is the time given towards Huang Rong and Hua Zheng's relationship Tsui Hark: Huang Rong is like your modern strong female character. She should have another strong female character whom she can get along with.

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He really was! I imagine he must have had a lot of fun in the role 😂

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Tony Leung Ka-Fai is formidable as Ouyang Feng. I also really enjoyed how Hua Zheng gets portrayed. The romance storyline was mediocre 😂 I did enjoy seeing Zhuang Dafei as quick-witted Huang Rong. Overall, it was a fun action-packed film that I look forward to watching again. 😍

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Adapting such an extensive story into a movie is an ambitious feat, and I think the pacing could have been better. The cinematography, acting, and martial arts fighting were highlights for me. Xiao Zhan did such a great job as Guo Jing, conveying his steadfast loyalty and virtues.

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Tsui Hark also said that he wanted to make a modern-day wuxia movie, showcasing what wuxia could look like now. He wrote his characters from a modern perspective, comparing Guo Jing to an expat who has then moved back to his home country.

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Guo Jing is often seen as a dim-witted character who is slow to learn, but loyal and sincere. Tsui Hark said that he doesn't see Guo Jing as dumb. After all he's able to master advanced techniques like the 18 Dragon Subduing Palms and the Nine Yin Manual through diligent effort

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Jin Yong had moved from Zhejiang, China to Hong Kong, at a time when many had made the move during the Chinese Civil War, prior to the Communist victory. HK was still under British rule. His story of maintaining roots with one's homeland is likely influenced by the political context of the time.

It is thus a climactic point for Guo Jing's character when he is faced with the decision of defending the Southern Song, his homeland where he has now formed so many connections, from the invading Mongols and Genghis Khan, a figure who had raised him like his son.

These masters include Hong Qi Gong, who teaches Guo Jing the 18 Dragon Subduing Palms (at the behest of Huang Rong, who bribes HQG through her culinary skills.) Through these various encounters, he learns about his father, he learns the way of the xia, and the values of loyalty and righteousness.

Due to a vow that was made many years ago, Guo Jing travels to the Central Plains of Southern Song at age 18. There he meets Huang Rong, along with many other martial arts masters, who take a liking to Guo Jing and pass down their techniques to him.

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Through other ties of fate he meets the Seven Freaks of Jiangnan (who come from the Central Plains of the Song), and they teach him wugong. His combat skills and loyalty win Genghis Khan's affection. Khan sees him as a son, and betroths his daughter, Hua Zheng, to Guo Jing.

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Li Ping, Guo Jing's mother, flees to the Mongolian Grasslands with her son. She raises Guo Jing to remember his origins, and to one day avenge the death of his father. Guo Jing grows up on the Grasslands, where he becomes close with one of Genghis Khan's sons, Tolui, and learns archery from Jebe.

Guo Jing is a child of the Song dynasty, born after the Jin have invaded Northern Song, which displaced his father to Southern Song. Shortly after Guo Jing was born, his father is killed, while trying to defend his wife and son, by corrupt Southern Song officers colluding with the Jins in a raid.

Linda @guangdian.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Summarizing my thoughts on Legends of the Condor Heroes: The Gallants The way I see it, Tsui Hark made this assuming that the viewer is already familiar with the characters' origin stories and already has some emotional attachment to them. The movie focuses on ch 34-40, skipping a lot of backstory⤵️

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Ahhhhh the precious cheeks 🥰