Go West, ICN 44.8
~consul
I am enjoying it how it depicts folks leaving their home town to "go west" to make their fortune.
It centers mostly around 2 men, and how their interact/grow up/grow apart.
The characters are pretty good, and not all caricatures. The setting is set in a small town that they end up in, like 2-3 days away.
It's funny, I think of "going west" to make one's fortune, and I imagine it like how it was in the US, where folks went from the East Coast to the West Coast. Back then, the West was only 5 days. I suppose even for US history, it was probably done in parts.
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Patty Winter
In article <i49qbq$cct$1...@gist.usc.edu>,
~consul <con...@dolphinsTAKEAWAY-cove.com> wrote:
>Just wondering if anyone else is watching the 52 part tv series "Go
>West"? I started watching it around episode 15 or so, but so far, it's
>been really nice. It's subtitled.
From which language into which language?
>it like how it was in the US, where folks went from the East Coast to
>the West Coast.
So this one doesn't take place in the U.S.? Where is it set?
BTW, what does "ICN 44.8" mean?
Patty
William George Ferguson
Google fu says that ICN 44.8 is a Mandarin language sub-channel of the
Asian channel KXLA in Los Angeles. Therefore, I assume this is a Chinese
program with English sub-titles,
More googling turns up
http://english.cctv.com/program/cultureexpress/20100111/103082.shtml
On today's Countdown, we review the five most popular TV series on Chinese
TV in 2009.
No.5 "Go West"
It follows a young scholar, Tian Qing who leaves his native Shanxi Province
in search of a new life in Inner Mongolia. The TV drama recalls the great
migration of Chinese people last century. Tian Qing, played by Du Chun, is
tortured by changes in his family. An impoverished life forces him to leave
home, passing over the Great Wall striving for a life in the Inner
Mongolian grassland. As the CCTV opening TV series of 2009, the series
depicts the characters' persistence and courage. Statistics show the show
registered an average viewing rate of 9.6 percent. The highest rating for a
CCTV series since 2002.
(In case you haven't already figured it out, the description is translated
from Chinese)
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Patty Winter
In article <b0si66l3ffn9e94op...@4ax.com>,
William George Ferguson <wmgf...@newsguy.com> wrote:
>
>Google fu says that ICN 44.8 is a Mandarin language sub-channel of the
>Asian channel KXLA in Los Angeles. Therefore, I assume this is a Chinese
>program with English sub-titles,
Thanks for the info, William. Maybe I'll take a peek at it. It's
probably airing on a Chinese subchannel in the Bay Area, too.
Patty
~consul
sorry, for the sparse info, thanks william.
Yeah, there are also like 5 other characters that we follow, and at first I was thinking that there were too many connections, almost like in LOST, but then I realized again that this takes place like with 3 days of travel max for everyone, it stands to reason that folks have connections.
By the way, ICN is a great channel, has a lot of subtitled stuff, as well as news from China/of China with English speaking anchors. A lot of history stuff of china as well, and a couple of "learn chinese" for english speakers programs.
There is even "Secrets of Film" where they go into old b/w movies made in China and how they filmed them, background info, character/director interviews. It's like really good DVD extras of films I've never heard of, but I still want to see them. :D
So far, with episode 28: spoileres ahead
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A scholar/journalist editor happens to see his ex-fiance Douhua who is now married to Tian Qing. This DouHua was kidnapped by First Master, a bandit where she also Tian Qing who was also captured. A CuiCui is discovered by the bandit and he figures out that she is his daughter that he lost many years ago. Tian Qing is supposed to have killed his wife recently, though that seems to be a power play by Second Master, the 2nd in command of bandits.
And the other characters, really nicely fleshed out. Even the supporting ones get some good screen time and meaning.
I am really liking Mr He, the manager for the Qui Leather factory, seemingly a very minor charactor when introduced, but seriously, the actor is great and his lines are great, and I love his presence. Love how he tries to help out everyone.
Mandun, you loved him at the beginning, but now you want to pound his head in, but at the same time, you see how pitiful and boxed in he is by the Qui mangers and how his oldest and best friend Tian Qing does _NOTHING_ to help.