Romance of the Three Kingdoms: End

I've finally finished all 95 episodes of "Three Kingdoms"! Quite a feat, eh? My curiosity has been satisfied. Nearly everyone died and still things were not settled. Watching it is much better than reading the translated version online. Couldn't make heads or tails of things due to the archaic presentation. Here are some funny observations from the series:
  1. Loss, failure, anger and regret can cause totally healthy men to cough up blood and die (thumbs up!)
  2. If after they cough up blood and NOT die, their hair turns white overnight(thumbs up!)
  3. In the 3800 minutes of screen time, I think less than 60 minutes were dedicated to the female characters
  4. Generals can down 10 foot soldiers with one swoop of the halberd


But the part about coughing blood is accurate. Apparently it features in the text. On to my next series, "倚天屠龙记"!

P.S.: ChatMate is now watching the series. See whether he can add on anything.

Comments

Gratitude said…
Your post reminded me of a question i asked my Dad many eons ago which was why China had so many skillful fighters who flew, did ballerina skips on rooftops and blasted hills to smithereens just with their 'chi' and yet, millions were slaughtered by the Japs.

And chinese movies and dramas only teach us to "pou sau"/take revenge. Not healthy at all kan?!
+Ant+
shane said…
i think i will sleep if i was asked to watch this type of movie lol..
Skyhawk said…
Well done, at least you finished it finally...It's a great series that I can watch twice. Got English sub-title?
William said…
@Grat:
The 'skills' were lost by then? :P
Yeah, most of the themes involves that.

@Shane:
Haha. It's an acquired taste I guess.

@SkyHawk:
Chinese subtitles!
Medie007 said…
eee! i nak i nak... u ada dvd ke?
savante said…
Well during those times women were pretty much chattel :0 So in a story involving nation-building and wars, they don't play much of a part.
[SK] said…
hahaha, i like that "Generals can down 10 foot soldiers with one swoop of the halberd".. and the Generals can get totally unhurt even though 100 soldiers are trying to attack him..
William said…
@Medie:
In my HDD.

@Savante:
Yeah lo, just dance, strum guqin, serve tea, serve wine and serve soup.

@[SK]:
Foot soldiers are sooooo expendable.
kidz said…
I prefer playing the dynasty warrior game than watching.. cause i can slash like 1000 of soldiers in one game.. thats total stress relief.. muahahaha...

btw, 10-foot soldier!? so BIG ahh... =p
ChatMate said…
Epi 45 nia... :S
Picked up a lot of Chinese idioms and sayings.
Danny said…
err... still no interest to watch this series..
m busy handling the war of mind in my real life...
one day u'll see my hair change color as well.. maybe blond...lol ;p
Twilight Man said…
I wanted to watch or read them but never had the fate. Can we watch together? Hmmm.....





OMG! My word verification : blunfack!!
William said…
@Kidz:
You would gladly rape 1000 foot soldiers.

@ChatMate:
Example?

@Danny:
As long as you don't cough up blood!

@Twi:
I might fall asleep watching it for the second time. LOL.
Blunfack? :P

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