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 by Macc » Thu Apr 20, 2017 9:01 pm
The nature of Monkey was ... irrepressible! Monkey is getting a reboot. A joint Aus/NZ production for ABC, TVNZ and Netflix. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-04-20/m ... ot/8457782I'm a bit put off by the whitewashing, i.e. an entire cast of white actors playing Asian characters. There are also some significant changes to the story (which is a novel based on real people an real events) such as turning Tripitaka from a boy (usually played by a girl because it's supposed to be a young boy) into a teenage girl. And they made Sandy a woman!
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Milhouse Van Houten
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by atefooterz » Fri Apr 21, 2017 3:08 am
nudity?
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by critic » Fri Apr 21, 2017 8:54 am
 Another classic that is being destroyed
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by atefooterz » Sat Apr 22, 2017 12:49 am
I missed out on this, it was a pre cursor to teletubbies, that the kid brothers had on, watching glued to it. I thought it was Shintaro meets mardi grass. :)
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by Reb » Sat Apr 22, 2017 1:41 pm
why is everyone worried about the whitewashing of it,
if they did asian it up , the chinese would say too japanese and the Japanese would say toov chinese.
Plus there's half a dozen Asian movies of Monkey and no ones mentioned how could they are.
Be glad it's filmed in NZ and we can cap it
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by Macc » Sat Apr 22, 2017 8:32 pm
As far as I can work out there have been 29 movies and 11 TV series based on the story. The biggest problem I have is turning Tripitaka (who was a real Chinese Buddhist monk) into a teenage girl.
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