Comments on: BBC Olympics Coverage

By: ty

ty — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 02:22:22 +0000

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.

By: Christophe

Christophe — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 17:51:19 +0000

Yep, 'Another Jake', and Jesse Owens won 4 gold medals and that pissed off Hitler. Let's do something to piss off the Chinese!

By: Another Jake

Another Jake — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 14:27:32 +0000

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.

By: Daniel Kim

Daniel Kim — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 13:01:01 +0000

Nice music. Who knew traveling in China was so dangerous?

Is this some kind of allegory on the problematic journey of the olympic torch?

By: prophet

prophet — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 05:57:47 +0000

Suddenly I want to see the Monkey King's movie again.

By: sigh

sigh — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 02:48:16 +0000

"I'm happy, I'm feelin' glad,
I got sunshine in a bag ..."

By: earbox

earbox — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 00:35:35 +0000

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.

By: Edward

Edward — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 00:32:26 +0000

I wish my eloquence could match my passion.

Boycotts are worthless.

Go to the Olympics. Win. Denounce from the rostrum, not from the sidelines.

By: jf

jf — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 23:52:03 +0000

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....

By: Cordydan

Cordydan — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 22:20:17 +0000

That's just what the Chinese Govt would like you to do CheeseDuck.
The Olympics is ALL about politics.

By: CheeseDuck

CheeseDuck — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 20:48:52 +0000

Leave politics out of this Ryon.

By: Ryon

Ryon — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 20:46:21 +0000

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.

By: Ali S.

Ali S. — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 19:44:35 +0000

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!

By: CheeseDuck

CheeseDuck — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 19:39:11 +0000

Those of course are the Chinese pinyin.

By: anarchy

anarchy — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 19:15:08 +0000

Hmmm, what happened to the monk?! He was one of my favorite characters.

And Sandy is so thin...

By: SenorMysterioso

SenorMysterioso — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 18:08:57 +0000

they are pigsy and sandy

By: Auz

Auz — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 18:03:10 +0000

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.

By: CheeseDuck

CheeseDuck — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 17:21:43 +0000

The pig-man is Zhu Bajie and the other guy I think is Sha Wujing.

By: Kristi O.

Kristi O. — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 16:51:09 +0000

Out of curiousity, anyone know who the other two characters are?

By: Justme

Justme — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 15:52:15 +0000

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.

By: Cordydan

Cordydan — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 14:35:28 +0000

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.