Journey to the West - Chinese TV Drama - 17 DVDs in Box Set (PAL - All Region, Mandarin with English Subtitles)

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Adapted from one of the famous Four Great Chinese Classical Novels of China, the story tells about a fictional account of the mythologized legends around the Buddhist monk Xuanzang's pilgrimage to India during the Tang dynasty in order to obtain Buddhist religious texts called sutras. The Bodhisattva Guanyin, on instruction from the Buddha, gives this task to the monk and his three protectors in the form of disciples - namely Sun Wukung, Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing - together with a dragon prince who acts as Xuanzang's mount, a white horse. These four characters have agreed to help Xuanzang as an atonement for past sins.

Journey to the West - Chinese TV Drama - 17 DVDs in Box Set (PAL - All Region, Mandarin with English Subtitles) Review

Before describing the product, I would like to say Asian Media Market was very helpful. You should know that this product is a PAL DVD and Not NTSC which is typically what we use in the United States. Before fulfilling my order they wrote an Email and asked me to check my DVD.

I did and sadly it was NTSC, I was informed by Asian Media Market that I could obtain a DVD player that would play PAL DVDs at Walmart for about $40.00, low and behold I found one at Walmart for 49.99 and it works like a charm. Thank you Asian Media Market, I appreciated all your help!

Now for the DVD set Journey to the West.

This is a Chinese television series adapted from the classical novel of the same title containing all 66 episodes of the 2011 series. Right or wrong I'm going to assume you are familiar with the story Journey to the West already or you wouldn't be looking at this product, if not Journey to the West is a 500-year-old tale by Wu Cheng'en that is based off the real-life pilgrimage of the Buddhist monk Xuanzang. The story follows Xuanzang as he eventually joins ranks with the magical Monkey King, a gluttonous pig spirit, a river-ogre, and the third prince of the Dragon King, on a quest to retrieve Buddha's scrolls from India - as a means (both literally and symbolically) of attaining enlightenment. It's a fantastical yarn that is deeply rooted in Chinese folk religion, philosophy, mythology, and value systems in general.

It is a fairly faithful adaption of the story. Large cast [if you have seen the 2008/09 film Red Cliffs you will see that Zang Jinsheng who was Zhang Fei in that film, plays Zhu Bajie "Pigsy" in this series], large sets and plenty of CGI. When we start following Sun Wukong (The Monkey King), the makeup was reminiscent of the original Planet of the Apes with Roddy McDowall. Okay maybe leaning towards the 1974 TV series Land of the Lost, especially the special effects. Wu Yue as Sun Wukong is brilliant as the monkey king and injects enough feelings in the role. His fighting scenes are good to show his style. But his appearance did not do him enough justice as you can see how hard he struggles to talk at times.

When you start meeting the characters Sun Wukong faces you may be reminded of the Power Rangers. This gets better when the actually Journey begins, and becomes more of a Wuxia story.

As it may compare to "Lord of the Rings" traveling epic story wise, it does not compare to those films in effects.

Zhang Jizhong, who produced this series, is in the pre-production phase of a film adaptation of Journey to the West. He has hired Neil Gaiman as a screenwriter and the two were introduced to each other by James Cameron, who turned down the role as director, but has agreed to help with the special effects of the film. Each of the three films in the trilogy is expected to have a budget of $100 million, which would make them the most expensive films made in Chinese history. John Woo's Red Cliff budgeted roughly $80 million and currently holds the record for the Chinese film with the highest budget. As Zhang is also developing a theme park, an online game and this television series all based on Sun Wukong and Journey to the West, I think it's easy to say he is a fanboy of the story and just as engrossed as Peter Jackson is in J. R. R. Tolkien's stories.

SUBTITLES - these are pretty bad. Good enough to follow, but if you are unfamiliar with Mandarin make sure you have your remote handy to pause to read all the dialogue or make sense of it. The wording is so poor it makes me wonder if Hollywood is this bad when they subtitle films for the international market. I certainly hope not.

All said I enjoyed this series, if Zhang Jizhong ever makes the first true crossover Sino-Western epic film, I'll definitely see that too. That would at least attract those who cannot stand subtitles. I can tolerate and enjoy what some may call "cheesy effects", the subtitling drops a star.

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Rurouni Kenshin Complete Collections

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Our saga begins over ten years after the bloody Meiji Revolution that marked the end of the rule of the Shogun and the Samurai in Japan. In Tokyo, where swords have been banned, Kaoru bumps into the wandering Kenshin while looking for the man that is tarnishing the name of her fencing school. This proves to be the beginning of a long, exciting adventure for herself, a master swordsman with a reverse-blade sword and a heart of gold. Now, the adventure starts as we are thrust into an era long gone, not only of blades and duels, but where honor and reputation were still a person's most prized possessions.

Rurouni Kenshin Complete Collections Review

This is totally a bootleg, and it's ridiculously expensive. Just buy the official boxsets. If you really want to buy a bootleg and get bad quality picture and subtitles, and support shady businesses, you should spend about $5 on it. $70 for a bootleg is laughable.

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Pro Tennis Lessons Complete 10 DVD Boxed Set, Starring Renowned USPTA Pro James Jensen: Includes over 12 Hours of Professional Tennis Instruction for all level Players!

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Pro Tennis Lessons Complete 10 DVD Boxed Set, Starring Renowned USPTA Pro James Jensen: Includes over 12 Hours of Professional Tennis Instruction for all level Players! Review

I own too many sets of tennis tapes, including Tennis 2000, Vic Braden, Tom Avery, Tony Roche and others. James Jensen's DVDs are undoubtedly the worst. I have watched four of the ten Pro Tennis DVDs so far. They all have one thing in common. Jensen talks and talks and talks, standing in front of the camera with a racquet in his hand which he shadow swings through empty air. His monologue is soooooo redundant. How many ways and times can he restate the same basic concepts? No one knows.

Personally, I like the Tennis 2000 series. Tennis 2000 utilizes regular and slow motion video of pro players. Along with the visualization, Tennis 2000 analyzes the form and stroke of each player. It adds scientific studies of biomechanics. In the Consistent Tennis Wins series, Tom Avery demonstrates everything he says on the court while hitting shots with a student or another player. His strokes are not as advanced as the Tennis 2000 strokes, but even Avery's tapes are infinitely better than the James Jensen's series. Jensen barely hits a tennis ball in hours of painful instruction.

I read the stellar reviews of the Jensen's Pro Tennis series and I seriously wonder who is writing these. But, hey, don't take my word. Buy just one of the DVDs. If you can stay awake though 90 minutes of Jensen's monologue then pluck down your 300 bucks for the whole set and buy yourself some sleeping pills. You probably need them.

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Road to Glory

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In 1916, somewhere in the front in France in World War I, the 5th Company in the 2nd Battalion of the 39th Regiment created by Napoleon Bonaparte and leaded by the tough Captain Paul La Roche receives among the replacements, Lieutenant Michel Denet and private Moran. When Lt. Denet meets the nurse Monique La Coste, who is Capt. La Roche's mistress but he doe not know, they fall in love for each other. When Capt. La Roche sees the old Pvt. Moran in his inspection, he identifies his father using a fake identity. Meanwhile, the 39th Regiment receives order to go to the trenches, attack the German lines and install a telephone in the front to guide the artillery.

Road to Glory Review

I've been a film buff since the late fifties. My Dad always liked this one and I saw it one afternoon and then it vanished for decades. It appeared recently and I purchased the DVD and the good old days returned. A powerful cast set in a French sector of the western front. Some terrific battle sequences but the plot carries two stories: a steamy romantic triangle and a father and son struggle amid the brutality of trench warfare. Warner Baxter is terrific in his role as the commander of the French infantry unit that faces the Germans and let me say, June Lang is stunning in her role as the love interest. She looks fabulous and for some reason, she bailed out of the film world shortly after this classic was released.
If you like classic old films with some great character actors and decent amounts of combat and excellent set production then this is one you must watch. And the ending, the rolling artillery barrage and... well you gotta see it.
As they say, they sure don't make 'em like this anymore.
Five strands of barbed wire and one black choker for this lost gem.

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