步步惊情-尘埃

I encountered something that made me really unhappy today and found just the right thing to cheer me up. The following song <尘埃> from the new China TV series <步步惊情> which is a sequel to <步步惊心> and has yet to air here, managed to lift up my spirits slightly. The beautiful lyrics are attached below.



家家 

塵埃

電視劇 步步驚情 片尾曲

作詞：木蘭號AKA陳韋伶
作曲：木蘭號AKA陳韋伶
編曲：于京延

星星一直都在 這一片雲海
等著太陽疲倦之後離開
我也一直待在 這個模糊地帶
等著你疲倦了回來

天黑之後才擁有光彩
才能看見微弱的存在
我就好像星星在距你千里之外
白雲總是對藍天依賴
我的愛也因你而存在
哪怕你不懂我的感慨和等待

我的愛像塵埃 散落在邊疆地帶
不再對誰期待 難道是一種自由自在
而承諾像塵埃 不斷被時間掩埋
誰還記得大雨之中的 告白

時間走得太快 要愛得痛快
寧願受傷也不想要空白
誰都想被疼愛 找一個未來
不要在孤獨裡徘徊

天黑之後才擁有光彩
才能看見微弱的存在
我就好像星星在距你千里之外
白雲總是對藍天依賴
我的愛也因你而存在
哪怕你不懂我的感慨和等待

我的愛像塵埃 散落在邊疆地帶
不再對誰期待
難道是一種自由自在
而承諾像塵埃 不斷被時間掩埋
誰還記得大雨之中的告白

我的愛像塵埃 散落在邊疆地帶
不再對誰期待
難道是一種自由自在
而承諾像塵埃 不斷被時間掩埋
誰還記得大雨之中的告白
誰還記得大雨之中的告白

誰都想被疼愛 找一個未來
不要在孤獨裡徘徊

YOUNG DETECTIVE DEE: RISE OF THE SEA DRAGON (狄仁杰之神都龙王)

This is a prequel to the earlier Detective Dee (狄仁杰) movie starring Andy Lau and Carina Lau. I read that it did very well at the box office in China.

In this movie on the younger Detective Dee directed by the famous Tsui Hark, the stars appear to be a slew of young male actors, instead of the female actresses. The three male leads Mark Zhao (赵又廷) from Taiwan as Detective Dee, Feng Shaofeng (冯绍峰) and Lin Genxing (林更新, better known as the fourteenth prince in the China TV production "步步惊心") from China helmed the movie together with the pan-asian looking Yang Ying (杨颖, better known as Angelababy) from China, Carina Lau (刘嘉玲) from Hong Kong and Kim Bum (金汎) from Korea.

I read in the chinese newspapers recently that Tsui Hark made a joke that the pay that Andy Lau commands is more than the pay of the three male leads added together and is enough to create the special effects of the sea dragon. It was notable that amongst the thespians, Carina Lau continued to enjoy the meaty role of playing the Empress Wu Zetian after acting the same role in the earlier movie. Never mind her humongous and outrageous headdress or crown, she still commanded a lot of respect and attention as a serious and formidable force to be reckoned with. 

The young Detective Dee first arrived in the Imperial Capital of Luoyang and soon found himself embroiled in a plot that involved extermination of the entire imperial family and officials. I will not give the story away but I definitely enjoyed the movie for its great martial arts action sequences and special effects. The cast was great and there was a lot of eye candy in the form of the actors themselves.

As I was watching the movie, I was thankful that such movies still exist today. In the light of modern technology and the space age, there are a lot of movies out there on aliens, superheroes etc and only China, Hong Kong and Taiwan make such period dramas. I wonder if a decade or two later, would we still be able to see such movies anymore? I certainly hope so because I have always been a fan of such and hope I don't have to wait too long to see the next sequel.

Mark Chao, Feng Shaofeng and Lin Genxing

Feng Shaofeng, unknown cast, Mark Chao and Lin Genxing

Mark Chao and Lin Genxing

Angelababy and Mark Chao

Carina Lau

Angelababy

Angelababy and Kim Bum

Kim Bum

步步惊心, 宫 AND 宫锁珠帘

Of late, I have been listening to the songs from the China TV serials 步步惊心 (Scarlet Heart), 宫 (Palace) and 宫锁珠帘 (Palace I and II) over and over again because I love them. I posted about the song from the former before and just realized I didn't put up anything from the latter serial. The serials are eye catching, lyrics of both songs are so beautiful and coupled with the music, they make very good songs. Although they may not be everyone's cup of tea, they do appeal greatly to me. I attach the few songs below for reference: