araeph
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Post by araeph on Sept 13, 2009 22:31:44 GMT -5
Hi, everyone. Um...wow, I haven't actually been a message board newbie in a long time. Mostly, I hang out at the Protectors of the Plot Continuum message board, but I do enjoy this fandom. It's a little scary to know that it's been 10 years since the movie Mulan came out on video. *feels old* My thoughts on Disney's Mulan II are pretty much summed up here. I agree with many people who think an animated Mulan TV series has potential...as soon as Disney stops producing the junk that's been oozing out of it in recent years and gets good again. One thing that I haven't done in a long time is fanart. There's a lot of potential for it, but I'm out of practice. Wish me luck! (Or maybe I'll just stick to fanfic.) Oh, and I wrote Leap of Faith. Hope this place is still active! ~Araeph
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levy120
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Post by levy120 on Sept 14, 2009 0:05:20 GMT -5
Omg a new member <3 Hi theeeere ~
I sadly have to leave for school soon, but I will make sure to check out all of your linkies as soon as I'm back! =) And until then, a warm welcome from me \o/
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ckatmyla
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Post by ckatmyla on Sept 14, 2009 0:19:54 GMT -5
Welcome aboard to the board! I think my opinions on the sequel is that it reminds me of a good fanfic. I read your eloquently worded review, and I agree with a lot of your points. Glad that you do attest that it's not all bad, but I honestly did notice the differences from 1 to 2. Not sure if I've read that one, may have to check it out . I've got a little story of my own over there, but I keep taking forever with my updates that few tend to notice.
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Post by alexandra53225 on Sept 15, 2009 10:28:08 GMT -5
Hai ... Welcome, it's fun here hope you'll like it! X3
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araeph
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Post by araeph on Sept 15, 2009 11:34:40 GMT -5
Thanks, everyone! It does seem to be a fun place to hang out.
I also have a sneaking suspicion that our fandom may get more activity next year, with the release of the Chinese live-action Mulan film. It'll be interesting to see how those two compare.
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Post by ckatmyla on Sept 16, 2009 4:13:49 GMT -5
Is that the one with Ziyi Zhang (sp?) ? I thought that came out ages ago...
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Post by Buta on Sept 16, 2009 9:02:23 GMT -5
Oh, hey! First time I remember ever seeing a fellow PPC boarder on some other forums, actually. And now Levy's dragged me in here... Interesting coincidence.
Read the review - excellently thought out and worded; agreed with much of it. Also agreed with the statement here - Disney really should clean up its act.
Hold on. Live-action Chinese version? Should be interesting. Would help to have specific info, because Google turns up too much to sift through.
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levy120
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Post by levy120 on Sept 16, 2009 9:13:20 GMT -5
Oh I saw a trailer of it on youtube, not too long ago. I suppose that's one of the Movies Mushu and Tav could have chosen on a movie evening if they were to ever try that again *shot with machine gun* [Here] is the trailer, but I suggest that we move stuff about that movie into a new topic for its own ^^
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araeph
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Post by araeph on Sept 18, 2009 15:25:49 GMT -5
Maybe there could be a category for "other versions of Mulan"? One thread for the original ballad... One thread for the...how shall I put this?... subpar Taiwanese adaptation (seriously, if you ever wanted to know what Mulan would be like as a combination soap opera and sitcom, check it out). And one thread for the live adaptation. I can't find many articles that reference it, although this made made laugh. Yes sirree, you can tell how faithful an adaptation will be by the number of special effects shots! That's what the Ballad of Mulan was all about.
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levy120
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Post by levy120 on Sept 18, 2009 16:25:17 GMT -5
Soap Opera and Sitcom? xD I've never heard about this show - I will have to check it out tomorrow.
Otherwise, just go ahead and doen't hesitate to open the treads in "General Mulan" as long as we don't have a catergory yet, but I add one if the demand is big enough. I see no problem in opening up new catergories at all, but if I do, I want them to be used of course, I guess you can understand that ^^ And later, topics can still be moved after all, that's not the problem.
As for our nice little Live Action Movie ~ How can they even dare saying that anything COULD be better than this little masterpiece of traditional animation jk >D Disney indeed screw up some stuff even in the first movie already, I did some research in Dynsasties and other stuff for a fanfiction I wanted to write over Fa Deng (which will of course happen a few centuries before Mulan ~) and I stumbled over some... interesting twists. Though I mean, just look at the Hunchback of Notre Dame or Pocahontas, Disney is well known for screwing around with originals and such, also especially in the Mulan case I just take it as a Disney Movie and NOT the legend - basically because the legend is a HUA Mulan and not a FA Mulan for example xD Let's not begin of all the historical characters that have been thrown togeter all over the place - yehaw >D
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