Recently, a islamic cult was exposed in my country, their leader (who has many business, including fnb) has been serving food made with water that they used to clean their beard ....
@@AccentedCinema Hello, I know you only doe Movie, but also should take a look of comics adaption of journey to the west from non-asian country, like Monkey Prince from DC and the Ape from Milo Manara. Just to see how it's hold up.
My reaction to the redesigned Pigsy went from "Wtf?" to "Wait that's actually pretty interesting to use a more monstrous book-accurate design" to "They walked it back to pink and bald anyway? What was the point then??" within those short few seconds
Yeah, I'm very pro-boarish Pigsy. The little hair swoop makes him look like a cool rascal, and doesn't look that goody considering how wild boar hair gets.
I enjoy this channel for giving me knowledge of new things, historical context of said things, and analysis of those things. But I can't deny how much joy I get when you casually toss in a "this sucks ass."
@@BramTheDemon I want it to work purely so someone gets the idea of Journey to the West in their mind. If big budget fantasy still has a place in modern filmmaking, I want Monkey King leading the charge.
Ugh don’t remind me. The man who makes action movies for Redditors is gonna be adapting the Odyssey, oh joy. I can’t wait to see him make everyone in ancient Greece straight
The version of the Wukong from Nezha Reborn is probably my favorite. The all powerful, kinda goofy, 4th wall breaking, Deadpool-esque character that really brings a fresh breath into the subject matter. I loved Nezha Reborn and I hope they do more with that setting.
As far as movies go? Yes, why not, a movie is usually around a hour something, so it’s better to be a bit more fun than all seriousness. I mean, this story has been told so many times, people already know this story by heart. And even if you are someone who knows nothing about JTTW, you can still have good time with it, just watch it as a Chinese mythology yaoguai genre movie ( like the western monster films), all sorts of yaoguai, celestial, with fighting and comedy etc
Wait, wait, wait: are you telling me Tripytacka did not go with Son Goku to India to gather the seven Dragon Balls in the book?😮😄 (I am joking, obviously)
Tripytacka's quest to ask a dragon for a boyfriend, which gets derailed by needing to save the world and results in a doomed relationship with Sandy instead
I love when you toss in cursing with your accent, after being very eloquent for the prior part of the video. "Even with the recipe for success, the outcome still sucks ass."
My first exposure to Journey to the West (aside from Dragonball) was a filler episode of Inuyasha that had three youkai who claimed to be the descendants of Pigsy, Monkey, and Sandy. Which is kinda weird considering that show is set about 100 years before the book was written.
Does anyone find also, that the bigger the name of the actor playing Monkey, the less the character looks like "Monkey" and the more it looks like just a famous actor wearing a furry suit?
because they need the audience to see the face of the big name actor, who they paid big money to star in the film it's the same as superhero/comic book film, and the reason why Stallone's Judge Dredd is helmetless for 90% of the film
@tedjomuljono3052 indeed. That's why the original tv series is still the best for me, tho the effects and sounds suck by today's standard. It just "feels" more right.
Personally I thought the 2013 Stephen Chow film was great. Tripitaka annoying everyone by being so sincere but dumb made me laugh a lot, especially his chat with Wukong in the cave. And the introduction of Pigsy being like a horror movie was really creative too.
true, its not faithful adaptation, but enjoyable and kinda tear jearker, its stephen chow movies, if he's the director there gonna be a tear jerker, just dont watch the 2nd one, that one he only producing it, its doo doo water
I've been waiting for this since Part 1 was released!!! And that tapping into nostalgia to explain the "authenticity" of certain adaptations is certainly an illuminating thought :) I do wonder, though, if that means that the "charm" of Journey to the West is destined to fade, especially as it doesn't seem to have as strong a hold on newer generations (myself included) :')
It's not a Journey to the West series, but Prelude of The Lotus Lantern staring Vincent Jiao as Erlang Shen also did a great job recreating some of the key Journey to the West story arcs. Sun Wukong and Bajie portrayals were all excellent
My favorite adaptation of Journey to the west... Is Overly Sarcastic Productions summarization of the book It's Inventive; they usually insert modern jokes, other media references, and 4th wall breaks (Usually Red questioning the horse if will ever do anything plot relevant) It's also close to the source material, since its a summarization of the book And she's been doin it for more than a decade with the latest released just last week
Would be super interested in hearing about American Born Chinese. The graphic novel was my first exposure to the Journey to the West story. I had high hopes for the Disney+ series, which... were sadly not met.
I've loved '86 JTTW ever since I was a kid when my grand dad would send a few VHS tapes with episodes from China to Australia. I think it's the main reason why I can speak Mandarin fluently when all the other 2nd gen immigrant kids I grew up with never really picked it up.
This is a nice analysis of adaptation! JTTW is such an interesting lens to do it from; I'm struggling to think of an older story that's been adapted and altered on this scale in the past century. I'm firmly team "change it up if it makes for a good piece," but I'm a little sad that so few versions use a boar instead of a pig. At this point, the boar feels like a fresh take! While I normally feel like the personal relationships between actors aren't my business, the point in the Afterword resonates when it comes to JTTW. "My" adaptation is the 2006-2007 Japanese TV series/movie (a mix of stories from the book and original adventures) and the main cast still refers to each other by their characters' names. This became a problem when some of them were in an unrelated detective movie where the director wanted the villain to keep some distance from the rest of the cast between takes, but as soon as Hakkai (Pigsy) saw him, he shouted "GOKU!!" (Side note: I really liked Into the Badlands and wish it'd gotten a chance to do more with its JTTW characters, even if the connections were real loose. I remember there being debate over whether Sunny or MK was supposed to be the Monkey King, then it was revealed that Sunny's birth name was Sanzo! Mystery solved! Then it got cancelled. Womp womp.)
I remember watch Monkey Magic when I was a kid. For better or worse, thats usually the images that come to mind whenever I encounter Journey to the West. Ive recognized forever that DB takes from Journey very explicitly but it always feel like more an interesting factoid. Ive added Nezha Reborn and New legend of monkey to my watch list.
In the Warriors Orochi series aka the super team up between the Dynasty and Samurai Warriors characters, Sun Wukong is portrayed as a villain and Sanzang becomes a female!
I wonder if there has ever been a book, play or film where Sun Wukong and Hanuman met. In the theme song to Monkey, it's mentioned that the place they're heading to is in India. What if once they got there, they met Hanuman and he and Sun Wukong teamed up? I think that would be an interesting story.
In the meantime, there is a Hanuman vs Ultraman cross-over. In or seriousness I do wish there is more international collaborations like that. The film industries feel very insular lately.
Does anyone know where to actually watch the unedited version of the 1986 show with subtitles? Unfortunately the official CCTV youtube channel only have the shortened version.
I feel like there's some influence of Hanuman on Superman, similar to characters like the Monkey King and Goku. Some traits, like super strength and the ability to fly, are yes pretty generic superpowers, so those might just be coincidental. But what really makes me wonder is Superman opening his shirt to reveal the "S" symbol on his chest. It feels like it could be inspired by the imagery of Hanuman revealing Lord Ram and Sita in his chest. Even the hand positioning looks similar.
5:48 Saiyuki (anime) mentioned nice haha. To me it's kinda faithful from background story (gaiden) just serves different purpose and a little bit modification to the character.
Other adaptations include the anime series, SF JOURNEY TO THE WEST: STARZINGER (Toei; 1978), Leiji Matsumoto's intergalactic superhero variant on the JOURNEY TO THE WEST saga! This was brought to the US by Jim Terry under the title SPACEKETEERS, as part of his FORCE FIVE package. Toho did a JOURNEY TO THE WEST adaptation, MONKEY SUN (AKA: THE ADVENTURES OF SUN WUKONG), in 1959! Veteran actor Norihei Miki starred as Songokuu/Monkey. Kajiro Yamamoto was the director, and the legendary Eiji Tsuburaya did the FX!
I watched Journey to the west: conquering the demons and I have to say it's a fun bad movie. It's fun if you don't take it seriously and I remember having a few good chuckles from the jokes. Also, I like monkey's design, I'm serious, he looks like a little gremlin of pure hatred and violence that you don't take seriously until he bites your head off, and it makes me wish sun wu kong would be a villain in more stories. The final battle's over the top action is also right up my alley, especially the asura's wrath ripoff part lol.
What would your ideal "Journey to the West" adaptation look like? I figure people who've grown up on Chinese media have certain expectations and would embrace any adaptation that deviates vastly from the story, so long as it's a good movie. Personally, though, I don't have much connection to these adaptations, so I might be more interested in closely faithful adaptations that follow the events of the book and center its themes about Buddhism and enlightenment.
I reckon a TV show is the way to go, maybe an animated one. You can be creative with animation in ways that are just impossible for live action. And with shows like Arcane being so successful, it shows that people have an appetite for mature, interesting animated storytelling. Maybe we could get the studio that made the Jiang Ziya film to do it
I'm pretty sad you didn't touch on Wu Kong (2017), which I think is the best live action movie adaptation in recent years. I know the movie has its flaws, but still much more enjoyable than the rest.
My one defence of New Legends of Monkey is that, it's not so much a new adaptation of Journey to the West, as it is a new reinvention of Monkey, that's why Tripitaka is a woman, it's referencing that he was always played by a woman in the Japanese adaptations, only here it's literal. Speaking of loose adaptations, the video game Enslaved: Odyssey to the West, is a fun sci-fi reinvention, though wildy different from the source.
My dad did not like New Legends of Monkey that much either. Was on Australian TV which is a tall order as they thrashed the Fuji TV version in the 1980s & 90s due to getting it for free.
Couldn't agree more. Each adaptation captures its best unique combo -- just like A Chinese Odyssey part 1 & 2 and Journey to the West Conquering the Demons with love & death tragedy and Chow's comedy, those really capture my heart to the adaptions. Hope you guys also find your "own" (Journey to the West) adaptation to enjoy 😊😊
I think they work because of the variety, although of course comedies and those that reflect the inner child are better, but today's children, for example, grew up with Forbidden Kingdom and Monkey King Hero is Back, of course children from a long time ago are already grown up.
Okay so Stephen chows are the only ones I’ve seen The first just came on tv and my brother and I watches it with 0 context It caught us so off guard so many times we were dying laughing And holy shit when we found out there was a second and tried to watch it we were so goddamn disappointed
I was also looking forward to your reaction to LMK's half-adaptation-half-sequel approach, but "kids' shows aren't for me" is totally valid. (Now if only NBC Peacock would expand to Canada so those of us who do want to can finally watch it legally again.)
Damn somehow this makes me think of Black Myth, maybe it would be more enjoyable if it was less epic and boss fights and more wacky open world with insane mobility and combat flow. But then that would be a different game...I'm thinking Black Desert style mechanics but more polished and non predatory.
Hold on, so they used goddess bath water in their cakes. Goddess bath water...and this came out 19 years before that whole thing. Well damn.
My mind was blown to smithereens when that happened.
Talk about aging like fine wine.
@@AccentedCinema That's certainly an interesting ingredient for cakes. But it seems to match with the humor overall, and it got a chuckle out of me.
Recently, a islamic cult was exposed in my country, their leader (who has many business, including fnb) has been serving food made with water that they used to clean their beard ....
@@AccentedCinema unlike the bathwater
@@AccentedCinema Hello, I know you only doe Movie, but also should take a look of comics adaption of journey to the west from non-asian country, like Monkey Prince from DC and the Ape from Milo Manara.
Just to see how it's hold up.
My reaction to the redesigned Pigsy went from "Wtf?" to "Wait that's actually pretty interesting to use a more monstrous book-accurate design" to "They walked it back to pink and bald anyway? What was the point then??" within those short few seconds
Regardless of which design is more accurate the boar one is just better at least in that show
Yeah, I'm very pro-boarish Pigsy. The little hair swoop makes him look like a cool rascal, and doesn't look that goody considering how wild boar hair gets.
I enjoy this channel for giving me knowledge of new things, historical context of said things, and analysis of those things. But I can't deny how much joy I get when you casually toss in a "this sucks ass."
My hope is that now Nolan's doing the Odyssey, a Chinese filmmaker is afforded the chance to make a big Hollywood Journey to the West adaptation.
He is? Huh. That could be interesting. I personally don't watch Nolan movies, but if he can do it justice, I may give it a go.
@@BramTheDemon I want it to work purely so someone gets the idea of Journey to the West in their mind. If big budget fantasy still has a place in modern filmmaking, I want Monkey King leading the charge.
Ugh don’t remind me. The man who makes action movies for Redditors is gonna be adapting the Odyssey, oh joy. I can’t wait to see him make everyone in ancient Greece straight
@@PhryneMnesarete hate to break it to you but not everyone was gay in ancient Greece. That whole issue has been blown out of proportion
@@amicableenmity9820 of course not, but not everyone was straight in ancient Greece either
You gave Journey To The West: The Demon Strikes Back more screen time than it deserved.
The version of the Wukong from Nezha Reborn is probably my favorite. The all powerful, kinda goofy, 4th wall breaking, Deadpool-esque character that really brings a fresh breath into the subject matter. I loved Nezha Reborn and I hope they do more with that setting.
His reveal and the Monkey King theme playing was my favorite
Omg 猪八戒吃西瓜，what a bunch of memories you've unlocked. I grew up watching so many of these super old animations like 火焰山，大闹天空，三打白骨精... So good
Note taken: Journey to the West adaptations should be comedies.
As far as movies go? Yes, why not, a movie is usually around a hour something, so it’s better to be a bit more fun than all seriousness. I mean, this story has been told so many times, people already know this story by heart. And even if you are someone who knows nothing about JTTW, you can still have good time with it, just watch it as a Chinese mythology yaoguai genre movie ( like the western monster films), all sorts of yaoguai, celestial, with fighting and comedy etc
It could be many things, because the Journey covers so many topics.
Black Myth is a good spin off too, despite of serious tone.
it has a mpreg chapter how could it be anything else
Wait, wait, wait: are you telling me Tripytacka did not go with Son Goku to India to gather the seven Dragon Balls in the book?😮😄
(I am joking, obviously)
Remember that time when Tripitaka slept with a prince and gave birth to a time traveller.
@@AccentedCinema I do remember him being pregnant
Tripytacka's quest to ask a dragon for a boyfriend, which gets derailed by needing to save the world and results in a doomed relationship with Sandy instead
"It sucks ass, let's move on."
This is why this man is such a chad
I don't get it?
@@lrgogo1517 It's like, so straightforward it's funny
@@lrgogo1517 It sucks ass, therefore, we move on.
I love when you toss in cursing with your accent, after being very eloquent for the prior part of the video.
"Even with the recipe for success, the outcome still sucks ass."
That little fun fact about the actors at end is so wholesome it makes me smile.
Also what are your thoughts on Black Myth: Wu Kong
What a great example!
Black Myth is dark and edgy like he said at 14:14. He might not like it.
Missed opportunity to talk about that 2021 mockumentary of the same name lol.
It's only one of my favourite movies of the past decade.
I actually talked about it in our video about best Chinese movies from 2023.
Wait what's the name?
@@Candyroxnrulz"Of the Same Name: LOL (2021)"
My first exposure to Journey to the West (aside from Dragonball) was a filler episode of Inuyasha that had three youkai who claimed to be the descendants of Pigsy, Monkey, and Sandy. Which is kinda weird considering that show is set about 100 years before the book was written.
I'm so glad these new films taught me the profound philosophy that "romantic love is also love." I have finally reached inner peace
YEAAAAA PART 2 THANK YOU!!
Does anyone find also, that the bigger the name of the actor playing Monkey, the less the character looks like "Monkey" and the more it looks like just a famous actor wearing a furry suit?
because they need the audience to see the face of the big name actor, who they paid big money to star in the film
it's the same as superhero/comic book film, and the reason why Stallone's Judge Dredd is helmetless for 90% of the film
@tedjomuljono3052 indeed. That's why the original tv series is still the best for me, tho the effects and sounds suck by today's standard. It just "feels" more right.
This series has been a great journey in its own right. Keep you content coming in the next year!
This was a journey worth the wait, thanks! 🐵
Personally I thought the 2013 Stephen Chow film was great. Tripitaka annoying everyone by being so sincere but dumb made me laugh a lot, especially his chat with Wukong in the cave. And the introduction of Pigsy being like a horror movie was really creative too.
true, its not faithful adaptation, but enjoyable and kinda tear jearker, its stephen chow movies, if he's the director there gonna be a tear jerker, just dont watch the 2nd one, that one he only producing it, its doo doo water
I've been waiting for this since Part 1 was released!!! And that tapping into nostalgia to explain the "authenticity" of certain adaptations is certainly an illuminating thought :) I do wonder, though, if that means that the "charm" of Journey to the West is destined to fade, especially as it doesn't seem to have as strong a hold on newer generations (myself included) :')
14:14 Black Myth is a good spin-off despite of dark tone. It made me cried at the end.
It's not a Journey to the West series, but Prelude of The Lotus Lantern staring Vincent Jiao as Erlang Shen also did a great job recreating some of the key Journey to the West story arcs. Sun Wukong and Bajie portrayals were all excellent
My favorite adaptation of Journey to the west...
Is Overly Sarcastic Productions summarization of the book
It's Inventive; they usually insert modern jokes, other media references, and 4th wall breaks (Usually Red questioning the horse if will ever do anything plot relevant)
It's also close to the source material, since its a summarization of the book
And she's been doin it for more than a decade with the latest released just last week
Would be super interested in hearing about American Born Chinese. The graphic novel was my first exposure to the Journey to the West story. I had high hopes for the Disney+ series, which... were sadly not met.
I've loved '86 JTTW ever since I was a kid when my grand dad would send a few VHS tapes with episodes from China to Australia. I think it's the main reason why I can speak Mandarin fluently when all the other 2nd gen immigrant kids I grew up with never really picked it up.
This is a nice analysis of adaptation! JTTW is such an interesting lens to do it from; I'm struggling to think of an older story that's been adapted and altered on this scale in the past century. I'm firmly team "change it up if it makes for a good piece," but I'm a little sad that so few versions use a boar instead of a pig. At this point, the boar feels like a fresh take!
While I normally feel like the personal relationships between actors aren't my business, the point in the Afterword resonates when it comes to JTTW. "My" adaptation is the 2006-2007 Japanese TV series/movie (a mix of stories from the book and original adventures) and the main cast still refers to each other by their characters' names. This became a problem when some of them were in an unrelated detective movie where the director wanted the villain to keep some distance from the rest of the cast between takes, but as soon as Hakkai (Pigsy) saw him, he shouted "GOKU!!"
(Side note: I really liked Into the Badlands and wish it'd gotten a chance to do more with its JTTW characters, even if the connections were real loose. I remember there being debate over whether Sunny or MK was supposed to be the Monkey King, then it was revealed that Sunny's birth name was Sanzo! Mystery solved! Then it got cancelled. Womp womp.)
Great video! Thanks! Can you please talk about what is mo lie tau?
I remember watch Monkey Magic when I was a kid. For better or worse, thats usually the images that come to mind whenever I encounter Journey to the West. Ive recognized forever that DB takes from Journey very explicitly but it always feel like more an interesting factoid. Ive added Nezha Reborn and New legend of monkey to my watch list.
In the Warriors Orochi series aka the super team up between the Dynasty and Samurai Warriors characters, Sun Wukong is portrayed as a villain and Sanzang becomes a female!
I wonder if there has ever been a book, play or film where Sun Wukong and Hanuman met. In the theme song to Monkey, it's mentioned that the place they're heading to is in India. What if once they got there, they met Hanuman and he and Sun Wukong teamed up? I think that would be an interesting story.
holy fuck the afterword is so deep
im in tears
Really wish there's a crossover between Wukong & Hanuman someday
In the meantime, there is a Hanuman vs Ultraman cross-over.
In or seriousness I do wish there is more international collaborations like that. The film industries feel very insular lately.
Isn't that basically Spider-man pointing at Spider-man
Does anyone know where to actually watch the unedited version of the 1986 show with subtitles? Unfortunately the official CCTV youtube channel only have the shortened version.
Man, what a journey to the east, both in cinema and culture regards. Thank you for the video, it was very interesting to listen:)
I feel like there's some influence of Hanuman on Superman, similar to characters like the Monkey King and Goku. Some traits, like super strength and the ability to fly, are yes pretty generic superpowers, so those might just be coincidental. But what really makes me wonder is Superman opening his shirt to reveal the "S" symbol on his chest. It feels like it could be inspired by the imagery of Hanuman revealing Lord Ram and Sita in his chest. Even the hand positioning looks similar.
5:48 Saiyuki (anime) mentioned nice haha. To me it's kinda faithful from background story (gaiden) just serves different purpose and a little bit modification to the character.
Thank you for this video. I was having an extremely stressfull day.
The cherry on top would be if dragon ball evolution is mentioned
Having seen New Legends season 1:
Your take is the correct take
With black myths popularity, maybe there will be new interest for a new faithful remake, with good special effects this time
Other adaptations include the anime series, SF JOURNEY TO THE WEST: STARZINGER (Toei; 1978), Leiji Matsumoto's intergalactic superhero variant on the JOURNEY TO THE WEST saga! This was brought to the US by Jim Terry under the title SPACEKETEERS, as part of his FORCE FIVE package.
Toho did a JOURNEY TO THE WEST adaptation, MONKEY SUN (AKA: THE ADVENTURES OF SUN WUKONG), in 1959! Veteran actor Norihei Miki starred as Songokuu/Monkey. Kajiro Yamamoto was the director, and the legendary Eiji Tsuburaya did the FX!
I watched Journey to the west: conquering the demons and I have to say it's a fun bad movie. It's fun if you don't take it seriously and I remember having a few good chuckles from the jokes. Also, I like monkey's design, I'm serious, he looks like a little gremlin of pure hatred and violence that you don't take seriously until he bites your head off, and it makes me wish sun wu kong would be a villain in more stories. The final battle's over the top action is also right up my alley, especially the asura's wrath ripoff part lol.
aah! the 1996 tvb show was what I grew up on!
I'd love to hear you talk more about Into the Badlands. It wasn't the best show, but it sure was captivating!
For some reason these videos make me hope for a video covering Jade Empire (or other similar fantasy settings).
Dude! We need a White Snake Trilogy complete essay. Please!
Then there is Journey to the West Afterstory (2000)
My childhood... Liu Huan singing the opening was pretty good
What would your ideal "Journey to the West" adaptation look like?
I figure people who've grown up on Chinese media have certain expectations and would embrace any adaptation that deviates vastly from the story, so long as it's a good movie. Personally, though, I don't have much connection to these adaptations, so I might be more interested in closely faithful adaptations that follow the events of the book and center its themes about Buddhism and enlightenment.
I reckon a TV show is the way to go, maybe an animated one. You can be creative with animation in ways that are just impossible for live action. And with shows like Arcane being so successful, it shows that people have an appetite for mature, interesting animated storytelling. Maybe we could get the studio that made the Jiang Ziya film to do it
I'm pretty sad you didn't touch on Wu Kong (2017), which I think is the best live action movie adaptation in recent years. I know the movie has its flaws, but still much more enjoyable than the rest.
Can we expect a part 3 or maybe wukong special feature from this channel?
My one defence of New Legends of Monkey is that, it's not so much a new adaptation of Journey to the West, as it is a new reinvention of Monkey, that's why Tripitaka is a woman, it's referencing that he was always played by a woman in the Japanese adaptations, only here it's literal.
Speaking of loose adaptations, the video game Enslaved: Odyssey to the West, is a fun sci-fi reinvention, though wildy different from the source.
What a thumbnail!
Maybe they should go from India to China
I was kinda hoping the 2023 animated film would make an appearance
My dad did not like New Legends of Monkey that much either. Was on Australian TV which is a tall order as they thrashed the Fuji TV version in the 1980s & 90s due to getting it for free.
I was wondering if you can cover The Forbbin Kingdom, because I do believe that Sun Wukon is in it but I could be wrong on it.
Odd how the Black Myth tried to pretend Journey to the West was some unknown myth
i ve got a feeling that the comment at the end of the video is about Black Myth Wuking.
That 2000 version goddes, is 50 years old now.
@0:25 "...storytellers began to seek new ways to spice up their adaptations"
Uh, yeah, and too many cooks spoiled the broth...so to speak.
Wonder if we will get some commentary on the game Black Myth WuKong.
If we're saying loosely adapted stories and anime counts too, then I'd say Inuyasha is probably my favorite Journey to the West adaptation 🤔
Couldn't agree more.
Each adaptation captures its best unique combo -- just like A Chinese Odyssey part 1 & 2 and Journey to the West Conquering the Demons with love & death tragedy and Chow's comedy, those really capture my heart to the adaptions.
Hope you guys also find your "own" (Journey to the West) adaptation to enjoy 😊😊
Chinese tall story is my favorite
Isn’t there a musical that was done by the Gorillaz creators?
Huh, I never saw Into the Badlands as even semi connected to Journey to the West
But like, HOW do you create wonder as a writer?
Movie Tripitaka: literally dies.
Also Tripitaka: probably hates getting pregnant more.
Nonsense slapstick comedy about Pigsy just sounds right
Two competing Monkey King movies at the same time was a bit much. I also could not really be bothered to watch Demons Strike Back.
❤
I should not be laughing at "famed rapst currently in jail" but I did
Lego monkie kid mention let’s gooooooo
I was happy when he mentioned it,it was my first jttw Adaption
I didn't mind Conquering the Demons but the sequel was downright terrible.
I think they work because of the variety, although of course comedies and those that reflect the inner child are better, but today's children, for example, grew up with Forbidden Kingdom and Monkey King Hero is Back, of course children from a long time ago are already grown up.
Okay so Stephen chows are the only ones I’ve seen
The first just came on tv and my brother and I watches it with 0 context
It caught us so off guard so many times we were dying laughing
And holy shit when we found out there was a second and tried to watch it we were so goddamn disappointed
Who tf is Stephen Chen
@ whoops missed typo. Stephen chow
Although I'm not watched the whole thing, have you ever watched Monkie Kid?
It's an adaptation alright
I saw a couple of episodes for this video. The pilot movie is pretty well animated, but I'm clearly not the intended audience.
I was also looking forward to your reaction to LMK's half-adaptation-half-sequel approach, but "kids' shows aren't for me" is totally valid. (Now if only NBC Peacock would expand to Canada so those of us who do want to can finally watch it legally again.)
Probably the longest story ever.
Would love to hear his opinion on Black Myth Wukong 👍
But 2011 ending song kinda good tho
It's not a movie or show, but have you ever played Black Myth Wukong?
would be interesting to see you making a video talking about it
Damn somehow this makes me think of Black Myth, maybe it would be more enjoyable if it was less epic and boss fights and more wacky open world with insane mobility and combat flow. But then that would be a different game...I'm thinking Black Desert style mechanics but more polished and non predatory.
Why didn't you mention "The Forbidden Kingdom" featuring Jet Li and Jackie Chan. It's an enjoyable and entertaining adaptation of JTTW after all...
it's barely about JTTW honestly. It was a random isekai story with JTTW characters.
He did. @10:57
The new legends of monkey really looks like what rings of power is compared to LotR lol
One Piece is the greatest adaptation of Journey to the West
WHO LET THE JTTW FILMS COOK😭😭😭😭😭😭
So what you're saying is... The characters in journey to the west WEREN'T lego?
It’s sad how bad VFXs can date a movie or TV show!
Hey, I know Sunny Piggy and I am not Chinese tho haha
blackc myth wukong pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeee
omg the TVB version was my childhood, + Stephen Chows lol
dont think i could watch another from the few clips you showed😂, my god they look ass
Nice underhanded roast! Now you should spread your teachings to the Far East, because tons of Chinese websites still do look like that.
06:06 Yep,, That thing is DISGUSTING
Hwayugi is so goddamn cringe. K-dramas should be illegal.
there are like 10 journey to the west out every year on youku hahaha. like trash adaptation.
These video were made because black myth popularity, so its kinda sad for me n many in comment section, you didnt mention it
Sadly I don't have a gaming PC or a PS5...
These were huge successes, wtf are you on?