Pandamen 熊猫人

when i first heard this title, i was like "huh?" then i read that its gonna be a superhero storyline, i was like "HUH?" bcos to me, panda is a slow n cute animal who kinda enjoys life n eating leaves. how can be super hero? at least batman sounds cool rite? haha.

anyway, reports state that jay chou had claim his drama would definitely make money. i raised my brows a little, because "pandamen" sounds weird. and then when it finally began airing in china, apparently ratings weren't so good, the china tv changed the show's time slot. sigh. i was very skeptical about this drama already, because the cast wasn't appealing, except for jay chou himself of cos.

i watched the first episode. and i had some comments:

1) from the first few minutes into the show, i can tell the budget for the production was high. explosions, dangerous bike stunts, car chase scene on the highway, ALOT of bullets flying around. it was like WOAH! very action-packed!

2) i didn't know that jerry yan could act in fighting scenes! always thought of him in doctor's role, rich man, lawyer, the very 帅 and cool type of characters. but oh man! he can act in action ones too! not the simple fight in meteor garden leh, its more like Neo vs the shifu in matrix or jet li vs jackie chan! his fight scene was WAH!!!! 帅呆了! but then jerry yan is appearing as a 友情客串, cameo only. i want to see more of him!! sigh....

3) its probably unfair to make the following statement, considering its only been just one episode. there's alot of piano playing scenes by the female lead, Jiang Yuchen (rumoured to be J 女郎, haha). i think she play piano for abit too long liao. but then again, its a very "jay chou" thing to include piano playing scenes, u know what i mean? :)

4) probably another unfair statement to make, the 2 male leads (熊猫人 and 熊猫侠) abit not very convincing when they're in their superhero costume. its like, there's no aura around them, they don't exactly look powerful especially since they're supposed to 拯救世界, they look too soft and scrawny to be saving the world. haha.

5) i can easily see that jay chou put in ALOT of effort to make, produce, direct and act in this show. 他真的很用心去拍.



so.... i think i'll continue to watch this drama, to support Mr Jay Chou. i will buy the DVD when its out. the official original DVD of course. hehe.