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#jttw retellings#jttw 1986#sun wukong#monkey king#tang sanzang#zhu bajie#sha wujing#bai longma#anyway#there's a reason why the 1986 version is still upheld as one of the best lmao
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After being underestimated by Sun Wukong, Nezha will use his full power.
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Thank God I finally met a friend who likes the 1986 Journey to the West's Nezha, would love to talk to you about it. lol
he is soooo shaped
#to be fair i like jttw 1986 and nezha in general#nezha#li nezha#jttw#jttw 1986#journey to the west 1986
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in your post about jttw 1986 you said "okay its not the best version but it still one of the greats" is there another version that you personally feel is the "best"? (i know thats all a matter of opinion! maybe my question should instead be what versions do you like the best?)
Well, I mean that more as I would recommend 1986 to any Journey to the West FAN but I can't recommend to it just anyone really.
Because it is one of the best. If not the best. Literally paved the way for so much more media to be made due to its influence and because of it, we have so much more adoptions.
But also... it's very 80s. Which is the best way I can describe why people might not enjoy it if they aren't already interested in Xiyouji.
It's very exaggerated in humorous ways don't get me wrong and I love and adore it with all my heart. I just know that a lot of people don't appeal to that kind of humor or are willing to sit through the slower scenes as they are taking more pauses to set the scenes.
But the cast is an all-star group and honestly, they are... perfect.
Liu Xiao Ling Tong set the standard of what a Sun Wukong actor should be. Both human but monkey. Respectable but also mischivious. A combination where he put his whole body into the performance and utterly sold every scene that not once did I think I was looking at a man in a monkey suit. I was looking a Sun Wukong.
So I would say, it's is the best but also I can't just suggest to anyone starting out Xiyouji unless they really say "I want an accurate retelling of the novel." And while I know 1986 isn't a one-to-one it is fairly loyal to the source material
Personally, when I try to get friends into JTTW material I suggest the 1996 tv show as that does have more entertaining moments and very emotionally driven character scenes. Or if they are interested more in animation I suggest Hero is Back or Monkey King Reborn to at least get their feet wet into the story and maybe push for the 1999 tv series as well. And if they really enjoyed that stuff then I would suggest Westward the anime as that requires prior knowledge of Xiyouji to really understand it.
I haven't seen all JTTW material, of course not, but there are so many goods ones out there that I think anyone can find a JTTW media they can enjoy to their tastes.
#journey to the west#jttw 1986#jttw 1996#jttw#xiyouji#anon#anon ask#anonymous#there is actually so much more I can recommend#But also i dont wanna go off#Like even the 2014 trilogy is a good way to introduce people even if the first movie is more meh but the second movie is so cool!#Thought I love Donny and his performance#Man there is just so much I'm trying to think what I've forced my friends to watch#rip them#ask
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I'm watching the 1986 Journey to the West TV show with English subtitles and I love how Monkey immediately reveals the second he meets Tripitaka that he is completely unequipped to understand what keeps a human person breathing. He's out of the mountain for 2 (two) minutes, is given a hat and a title, and then spooks the mortal's non-magical horse for funsies.
He is so thoroughly unaware of how squishy a mortal guy is at this point that Tripitaka is IMMEDIATELY less safe, despite Monkey's lack of ill-intent. It is so funny.
It's also funny watching Tripitaka try to understand how tf he's supposed to control this literal god he's in charge of now for some reason while trying to be polite and a good teacher and like, oh my god he just EVISCERATED THAT TIGER Oh shit wow okay coolcoolcoolcoolcoool
#journey to the west#jttw#original#I skipped to the 5th episode because I just watched like three different movies about monkey's origins#but I intend to go back later and watch from the beginning#jttw 1986#[edited because i had the wrong year]
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I've been watching the 1986 Journey To The West, and I really wish I had the energy or skill to animate it. It's so good. It's cheesy, and dramatic, and- just- perfect.
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some journey to the west doodles :D
#jttw#journey to the west#monkey king#sun wukong#tang sanzang#bai longma#jttw sun wukong#jttw fanart#my art#been rewatching 1986 version and it’s way funnier than I remember#the vfx are incredible#everyone is afraid of wukong
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Redraw of a 1986 Sun Wukong shot I really liked
[ID: An illustration of Sun Wukong scratching his cheek and looking up and off to the right side. Across his shoulder is draped a blue robe with a pink and white stripe. Next to him is a screencap of the frame referenced from the 1986 Journey to the West show, with 1986 SWK in the same pose and outfit. The screencap is captioned "1986 JTTW Episode 1- around 21:15." End ID]
#journey to the west#jttw#xiyouji#sun wukong#monkey king#1986 jttw#trans sun wukong real and confirmed lol <3#my art
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I love these two
#sun wukong#lego monkie kid#monkey king#journey to the west#jttw#monkie kid#lego sun wukong#sun wukong lmk#lmk sun wukong#lmk monkey king#1986 jttw#jttw 1996#1996 journey to the west
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OH DANG. Sun Wukong and Zhu Bajie confronting the Jade Emperor for the sake of the common people...
#jttw retellings#jttw 1986#sun wukong#monkey king#zhu bajie#the jade emperor#haha think I just found one of my favorite moments from a jttw retelling#and I think this really gets at one of the reasons I love this monkey#just the nerves of steel to confront those in power for the sake of others...#this provides a really neat contrast to the havoc in heaven too#where here swk gets the jade emperor to lift the drought by successfully arguing his case#HOWEVER#the threat of him being able to have another havoc is still there#which is indicated to be one of the reasons why the jade emperor ultimately lifted his ban on rain haha#also while I do find zbj kind of hiding behind swk funny here#it's still really cool that they were both severely punished by heaven#but still have the guts to cause trouble & confront the jade emperor himself for the sake of people he keeps telling them not to care about
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jttw 1986 stills about the role of Nezha
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Lovely China - The Great Qingdao of New Journey to the West (2022) 可爱的中国-新西游研学旅行记之了不起的青岛
Director: Li Minghao
Screenwriter: Chen Penglin
Genre: Comedy
Country/Region of Production: Mainland China
Language: Chinese
Date: 2022-11-12 (Mainland China)
Number of episodes: 13
Single episode length: 45 minutes
Type: Crossover
Summary:
This is a national study and travel program that uses ancient astronomy, archeology, and oracle bones to reveal the secrets of Chinese civilization. This season, the old artists of the 86 version of Journey to the West and Professor Feng Shi, the founder of ancient astronomy and archaeology, led the children to explore more than 30 natural and cultural heritage resorts in the Haidai Civilization Zone of China, ranging from astronomical and ancient relics, geography and folk customs, The five dimensions of humanistic intangible cultural heritage, Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, and red culture provide a clear understanding of the origin and development of the Haidai civilization in the Jiaodong Peninsula.
Source: https://www.zhihu.com/topic/26562958/intro
Link: https://www.bilibili.com/bangumi/media/md28340178
#Lovely China - The Great Qingdao of New Journey to the West#可爱的中国-新西游研学旅行记之了不起的青岛#jttw media#jttw television#television#live action#crossover#jttw 1986#jttw86#sun wukong#tang sanzang#zhu bajie#sha wujing
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Been fucking sobbing over this for a month. Someone get me some copium.
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Yes, I know he probably deserved it, no, I'm not alright.
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The battleship sporting a turtle-like back and the head of a dragon – the [Turtle Dragon]. The Star Relic Lee Jihye and the kids earned by clearing the 'Next City' scenario revealed itself before our very eyes.
However, I couldn't help but wonder if it was okay for us to ride that. Because in the 'Journey to the West'…
[Star Relic, 'Turtle Dragon', corresponds with the ⸢Journey to the West Remake⸥!]
(As the group fell into danger and struggled to move forward, a gigantic white turtle Yogoe appeared to give them a ride.)
[A portion of judges are satisfied by the minutely-detailed reflection of the original story.]
[20 additional points have been awarded!]
Its me. Im the person awarding points cause i was waiting to see the turtle show up and then wenttt ooooooohhhhh. Cause. Pre-established turtle 😘 👌🏻 🌊 🐢
#some shit#orv blogging#i could not tell you specifics. but. i have seen a clip from. whichever the old beloved classic jttw tv show is. of the scene.#[okay i did look up a little. 1986 show i think]
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JJ Lin singing his arrangement of Nǚ'ér Qíng 女儿情, from talent show 梦想的声音 Sound of My Dream (2016)
The original song 女儿情 appears in the 1986 西游记, during the traveling group's stay in the Kingdom of Women. The song is sung by the Queen of the Kingdom of Women, proclaiming her (forbidden, pining) love for Tang Monk. The choice to splice in Jay Chou's Chrysanthemum Terrace 菊花台 adds in the pain of rejection into the narrative of the song, magnificent 🤯💔😭
lyrics & my english translation below [link to alt translation of the original song]
鸳鸯双栖 蝴蝶双飞 // Mandarin ducks* a-paired, butterflies fly in duo
满园春色惹人醉 // drunk on the energy of springtime that fills the garden,
悄悄问圣僧 // I gently ask the holy monk,
女儿美不美， 女儿美不美？ // do you find girls pretty / aren't women beautiful? [do you fancy me?]
说什么王权富贵？ // forget [my] royal power or immense wealth!
怕什么戒律清规？// [do you] fear your Buddhist principles enforcing celibacy?
只愿天长地久 // As long as the heavens and earth exist,
与我意中人紧相随 // [I want to be] tightly at the side of my beloved
爱恋伊，爱恋伊 // loving them, loving them
愿今生长相随 // may we be together for the rest of this life**
【from Chrysanthemum Terrace 菊花台】 （crowd does nuts, & I'm dead, emotionally destroyed)
菊花残满地伤 // chrysanthemum petals, wounded, scattered all over the floor
你的笑容已泛黄 // your smile already wilting/fading (yellow)
花落人断肠 // as the flowers fall, [my] gut wrenches
我心事静静躺 // my thoughts quietly languish ((slain dead on the ground, T-posing))
北风乱夜未央 // the north wind chaotically rushes in the dusk
你的影子剪不断 // but your shadow lingers on and on
徒留我孤单 在湖面成双 // leaving me by myself, with only the company of my reflection in the lake
* mandarin ducks are symbolic of devoted monogamy
** common declaration of intense romantic love is to say 'in this life (incarnation) and the next"
#jj lin#林俊杰#女儿情#audio#cmedia#xyj 1986#西游记#jttw#translation#when I was a kid I thought this song was corny as heck but now it's killing me#the insert from 菊花台 is so perfect. musically. thematically/lyrically. I'm crying#rediscovering this video/song caused my descent into monk love hell
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