Gleaves Posted July 20, 2011 at 03:45 AM Report Share Posted July 20, 2011 at 03:45 AM Not sure if it has been mentioned here, so I just wanted to point out the site Ancient Chinese Series. It is a site that collects costume dramas that have been translated to English. About 30 some shows. They have download links for all the episodes, usually with English hard subs. Thankfully, they often also provide links to the Chinese only versions. The focus is pop-heavy idol-type 武侠, which I realize is not everyone's bag, but it is still an impressive amount of content. I've been sampling some 怪侠一枝梅, which seems to be a Chinese Robin Hood. Also 侠女闯天关, which I'm pretty sure a ten year old Chinese version of myself would have loved. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roddy Posted July 20, 2011 at 12:27 PM Report Share Posted July 20, 2011 at 12:27 PM Split this off from the GFEP, as with English subs it's likely to have a wider audience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gleaves Posted July 20, 2011 at 01:20 PM Author Report Share Posted July 20, 2011 at 01:20 PM Gotcha. I watched the second episode of 怪侠一枝梅 last night. It seems like it is style over substance, but pretty entertaining. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted July 20, 2011 at 02:31 PM Report Share Posted July 20, 2011 at 02:31 PM Not sure if it has been mentioned here, so I just wanted to point out the site Ancient Chinese Series. It is a site that collects costume dramas that have been translated to English. About 30 some shows. They have download links for all the episodes, usually with English hard subs. Thankfully, they often also provide links to the Chinese only versions. The focus is pop-heavy idol-type 武侠, which I realize is not everyone's bag, but it is still an impressive amount of content. Staggered. Not one mention of Di Ren Jie, as far as I can see. My wife & I love these Chinese historical drama series, but with the sole exception of "The Three Kingdoms", I don't see one I recognise. Over the past few years we have watched (on CCTV-4 and CCTV-F, in the U.K.) at least five series of Di Ren Jie, plus Song Ci, Xi Laile, La Porte de Devant est de 30 m de haut, Wu Zetian and so on. Extremely well made, and even for someone who struggles very hard to follow the dialogue, extremely entertaining. ** Phil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roddy Posted July 20, 2011 at 02:42 PM Report Share Posted July 20, 2011 at 02:42 PM For some reason the worse a Chinese drama is the more likely it seems to be to get the full subtitles treatment. There's a shop at the south end of Wangfujing - ZAPP? BAMM? Something like that - which has a whole section of Chinese TV shows on DVD / VCD with English subtitles - didn't see a single one I recognized, or any that looked likely to be any good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gleaves Posted July 20, 2011 at 03:14 PM Author Report Share Posted July 20, 2011 at 03:14 PM Phil - For Di Ren Jie, is that the same as the one mentioned in the first episodes project 神探狄仁杰? Was there a season of that you would recommend in particular or did you enjoy them all? I watched the first episode a while back, but I was thinking of giving it a try again. But yes, there seems to be a strong English-speaking following of mediocre Chinese shows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renzhe Posted July 20, 2011 at 03:21 PM Report Share Posted July 20, 2011 at 03:21 PM Teenagers and adolescents are a very thankful audience. There are also the second and third-generation Chinese in the US, Canada and the UK who are very young, but interested in that stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbradfor Posted July 20, 2011 at 04:00 PM Report Share Posted July 20, 2011 at 04:00 PM Are these fan subbed or professionally subbed? If these are fan subbed, wonder if these are selected by the "so bad it's good" theory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted July 20, 2011 at 05:32 PM Report Share Posted July 20, 2011 at 05:32 PM Phil - For Di Ren Jie, is that the same as the one mentioned in the first episodes project 神探狄仁杰? Was there a season of that you would recommend in particular or did you enjoy them all? I watched the first episode a while back, but I was thinking of giving it a try again. Yes, that is definitely one of the "well worth watching" series; the chap on the extreme left in the first picture I recognise as his trusty bodyguard. I'm just scanning the front covers of some boxed DVD sets that are also well worth hunting out -- we saw them first on CCTV, then tracked them down as DVDs. Attached here, with any luck. ** Phil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gleaves Posted July 20, 2011 at 06:23 PM Author Report Share Posted July 20, 2011 at 06:23 PM Many thanks, Phil. I think the English subbed shows on the Ancient Chinese Series site are mostly fan subs. I think renzhe might be right about it being a demographic thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted July 20, 2011 at 06:42 PM Report Share Posted July 20, 2011 at 06:42 PM I think the English subbed shows on the Ancient Chinese Series site are mostly fan subs. I think renzhe might be right about it being a demographic thing. Yes, I have some "Baby Cart" (a.k.a. "Lone Wolf & Cub") recordings that fall into that category; the sub-titling is pretty dire, to say the least :blink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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