Cordydan
Who knew China was so dangerous? What with all the big mouthed animals, and all.
If ALL of the Olympics looked like that, I’d be tempted to watch.
Justme
Hi,
I just came across your blog and wanted to say that I love it! We seem to share the same love and fascination for nature/wild animals/trees.
However my blog is bereft of any of these.
x
Kristi O.
Out of curiousity, anyone know who the other two characters are?
CheeseDuck
The pig-man is Zhu Bajie and the other guy I think is Sha Wujing.
Auz
The other two characters are Pigsy and Sandy. The whole thing is inspired by one of the greatest TV series ever: Monkey http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkey_%28TV_series%29 which was itself based on the classic Chinese novel Journey to the West.
anarchy
Hmmm, what happened to the monk?! He was one of my favorite characters.
And Sandy is so thin…
Ali S.
That was awesome! I love the idea of mixing the traditional with the modern. Which reminds me I need to read up on the Monkey King stories!
Ryon
Awesome commercial. Too bad there’s no cartoon abuse/ rights violations. I don’t believe to have to beat people near to death to maintain order in a country. Please boycott the Olympics until China can do better with human rights.
Cordydan
That’s just what the Chinese Govt would like you to do CheeseDuck.
The Olympics is ALL about politics.
jf
fyi – Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett are the art directors behind the Gorillaz or something like that. Thats why the monkey king kind of looks like 2-D (notice the teeth) and fights like Noodle….
Edward
I wish my eloquence could match my passion.
Boycotts are worthless.
Go to the Olympics. Win. Denounce from the rostrum, not from the sidelines.
earbox
Hewlett is the artist–Albarn is the musical mind.
They’ve been working with Cheng Shi-Zeng (a noted director who’s also worked with Stephin Merritt) on an opera based on the Monkey legends, so I wouldn’t be surprised if this footage is related to that.
Daniel Kim
Nice music. Who knew traveling in China was so dangerous?
Is this some kind of allegory on the problematic journey of the olympic torch?
Another Jake
Actually, boycotts are TREMENDOUSLY effective, but that’s hardly in the spirit of the games is it? Heck, there was an Olympics in Nazi Germany… not a very good one, but ONE nonetheless.
Christophe
Yep, ‘Another Jake’, and Jesse Owens won 4 gold medals and that pissed off Hitler. Let’s do something to piss off the Chinese!
ty
That was beautiful! Combining Olympic sports maneuvers with something so Chinese as the Monkey King was genius, and the artwork was fantastic too. I doubt China could do any better than that commercial.
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