Love and Fight with a Terracotta Warrior - I believe we have found Mousie's Most Anticipated of 2010

[dangermousie]

It is probably no surprise to anyone following this livejournal that my favorite kind of drama is Mainland period drama (it is not for nothing that The Myth is not just my favorite drama of all time but, barring Farscape, my favorite piece of television, period). Add to this my love of Ady An (Autumn Concerto, The Outsiders, Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber etc) and you got my most anticipated upcoming drama, Love and Fight with a Terracotta Warrior.

I've posted the synopsis before, but have it again: "The First Emperor searches for the elixir of immortality, and he despatches 500 virgin boys and girls to help him accomplish this task. One of his soldiers, General Meng Tianfang (played by Du Chun in this version) falls in love withe one of the despatched virgins by the name Dong'er (Ady An). When their forbidden love is exposed, the girl reveals she has found the elusive elixir and secretly gives it to Meng. The Emperor orders their execution and the soldier is sentenced to death by being encased alive in clay as a terracotta warrior, only to be reawakened in the 1930s when a struggling actress, Zhu Lili (also played by Ady), the reincarnation of the girl who remembers nothing of her past life, accidentally stumbles upon the tomb of the First Emperor. The soldier struggles to adapt to a new era while the two are pursued by archeological looters and thugs."

And now the trailer is out! Doesn't it look awesome?

It's two period dramas for the price of one! Second century BC and 1930s. Plus, star-crossed love. Alo, after The Myth, I sort of have a crush on Meng Tian.

Comments

[linfer.livejournal.com]

I hate that there is nos subbed dvd set out there, because it's something I'd buy on the spot though I'm not yet finished with it. Don't like embedded vids *sighs*

"Love and Fight with a Terracotta Warrior" sounds beyond awesome, I'll kepp it in mind.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

I keep hoping they'd make subbed DVDs. I'd buy them no matter how much they cost.

Terracotta Warrior sonds so fun.

[taohua-07.livejournal.com]

::SQUEE:: I kind of heart Du Chen (and IMHO, he looks hot in period dramas). And after watching Ady in Autumn Concerto, I think she will do a lovely job in this. I hope someone is subbing this :)

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

I can't wait for this.

Hopefully viikii will or JiangHu.

[gurlygirl10.livejournal.com]

The story line looks good but I don't know why, but I just can't get into mainland stuff. I think it has to do with the voice overs and how the real actors/ actresses voices aren't used so it misses some emotional connection for me.

I like Taiwanese drama more since they use their real voices. I tried to watch Infernal Lover, but I just couldn't get past Mike He's voice, I know how it is supposed to sound and it doesn't sound that way...

[taohua-07.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's the one thing that bothers me too is the dubbing sometimes. And it seems like most of the time the main actresses always gets dubbed by someone with a high pitch voice which is super frustrating. Are there no one with a lovely lower voice who can do dubbing?

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

I don't really notice the voices (I mean, I would with Mike because I am very familiar with his normal voice but not with Mainland ones).

[ejekyll.livejournal.com]

oh god... i remember loving the soundtrack of the old Gong Li movie. haunts me till today.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Ooooh, off to look.