The reason is simple, he play Sun Wukong as Sun Wukong, a monkey, others play Sun Wukong as a cool dude. No matter how cool Wukong is he's still a monkey not a born human you can't take out his characteristic.
After playing through Black Myth Wukong, I’d decided that I’d like to watch the original TV show, and upon starting I was already extremely captivated by how Liu Xiao Ling Tong just disappeared into his portrayal of Wukong. To learn that he was already so familiar with how to portray a character who’s just so animated made me almost believe this was an actual Monkey!! I’m always happy to expand my literary knowledge and to get many perspectives on the stories I’m fascinated by!
Watching this guy spin and flip, I’m not convinced gravity really applies to him. The fact he did it with a rubber face mask on, while forcing his eyes open and enduring days of weather and difficult shoots, speaks to his dedication to the Monkey King and his determination to bring this character to life. Thank you for finding and translating these resources. We in the West had no idea how deep this stuff goes! It’s so cool to discover this deep well of lore i didn’t even really know existed, growing up in the west and only being vaguely aware of the Journey to the West book.
Appreciate this. Even as someone who watched Dicky Cheung and Stephen Chow's portrayals more, there is something particularly special seeing Liu Xiao Ling Tong's portrayal, and the Southern style in general.
I'm not even chinese and I first came across Wukong through an old cartoon show about 13 years ago, something about his gang's journey to India. It was such a pleasure to revisit the story through the game Black Myth.
I just beat Black Myth Wukong and all of these amazing videos appeared on my feed, loved watching this added context onto the amazing game I just experienced. Keep up the amazing -well put together- videos!
The only complaint of the main character in BMWK is he is a melancholic figure whereas the monkey king portrayed in novel is full of mischief , humour ,talkative - traits that you can find in a real monkey.
It's amazing what was done and still it holds up today! Some films/tv shows show their age and they don't age well but others seemingly don't show it at all!
Thank you for this, I started watching the '86 show recently after finishing the game. Liu Xiao Ling Tong is funny, especially when he is angry or onto a yaoguai. He reminds me of a badass Pee Wee Herman.
Probably not. I once wrote an 16 pages about One Piece for my English 102, and the Chinese influence in One Piece is only in Amazon Lily. One Piece takes inspirations from stories round the world like Venice in Italy, Library of Alexandria, El Dorado in South America etc.
@yugenelhc That's sounds like an interesting read, you're so right Oda made a mythological soup with One Piece. I guess with my New Found deeper knowledge of Journey to the West I noticed some parallels, Luffy going up to heavens in Skypia, him punching a celestial in the face, the Buddha Sengoku flattening luffy with his hand, the arlong sharks being yaoguais & Luffys transformations... One piece is so long most fans drop in and out of interest but connecting dots to JTTW has brought back a sense of excitement. Also thanks I'll be rewatching all your videos on the Black Myth wukong chapter animations.
From June 2024 to 31 December 2024 I have watched the following: -Journey To the West, 1986, CCTV, 2 times, once in Chinese with English subtitles and once with English audio, including the 2000 sequel. -Journey to the West, 1996/1998, TVB, (Dicky Cheung, Benny Chan, Zhu Bajie saying his poem, you know) Chinese audio, English subtitles. -Monkey King and the Quest for Sutras, 2002, Hong Kong TV, Chinese audio, English subtitles. -Journey to the west, 2009/2010, ZJSTV, Chinese audio, English subtitles (I loved the Ending song, beautiful). -Journey to the west, 2011, ZJSTV, Chinese audio, English subtitles. I should add that I also read the book, at least its Spanish translation, and watched the classic animated movies, Havoc in Heaven, Princess Iron Fan, and the Stephen Chow Chinese Odyssey movies, including his versions of JTTW. ( Monk Tang singing "Only you" 🤣🤣🤣) I enjoyed them all, maybe more with the 1986, 1996 and 2009 TV versions, and the least with the 2002 one. But I must say that for me, Liu Xiao Ling Tong is Sun Wukong. I think I will always associate him with the Monkey King, just like I associate Christopher Reeve with Superman or Tobey Maguire with Spiderman.
I got the hype from the trailer and that's when I started watching the TV series, but the films, even if they are cartoons, Hollywood adaptations or English miniseries, I've been watching for years, but discovering the TV series was the icing on the cake. I'm almost ashamed to say that, as a Spaniard, I have more respect for Sun Wukong than for Don Quixote de la Mancha. 😅
Many Chinese people don’t know this as well until they look it up on the internet. So both voice actors did an amazing job at blending the voice with the actor
There's a short clip of him addressing that he is aware of the sudden global attention on Journey to the West and he is thankful about that. So it's a short note and nothing much
The 1986 TV show did not have enough budget, so even though originally they plan to have 30 episodes, they only did 25. More than a decade later, the same production team made the 2000 sequel. The 2000 sequel added additional stories that they did not cover in the 1986 show. So the 2000 sequel is not the story after Wukong attaining the Buddahood.
It looks like your channel is now a Black Myth/ JTTW channel? If this is what you’d like to do, might I suggest focusing more on the lore of JTTW or the game? Like the background behind various characters etc. Or maybe even the Buddhist/Taoist aspects of the story. It might help you get a lot of views. I notice there is almost no content on RUclips explaining the background of the 4 captains in Ch.3 of Black Myth for example, and you might be the go to channel for that sort of content.
My channel is aiming towards cultures, currently focusing on Chinese cultures and the perspective of people who grew up in multiple cultures. In the future I will cover more cultures as I travel hopfully
I think the different actors managed to portray different parts of Sun Wukong. For example, Dicky Cheung is not as monkey as Liu, but when it comes to domineering presence it has to be Dicky that does it best. Out of all the actors, Dicky brings out the 王(King) and 大聖(Great Sage) the best.
You are right about that. In an interview back in the 90s, Dicky said the production company wants him to bring out the "handsome" in one of Wukong's titles, the handsome monkey king. And he did it! He brought out the playfulness out
I believe those are smear campaigns and deliberate editing with bad intentions to put dirt on his name. Liu Xiao Ling Tong is not a well-rounded guy so he does not know how to say things in a nice well, and he protects the original image of Wukong, so his criticism of Wukong in A Chinese Odyssey pissed off a lot of people, but I understand what he comes from.
The reason is simple, he play Sun Wukong as Sun Wukong, a monkey, others play Sun Wukong as a cool dude. No matter how cool Wukong is he's still a monkey not a born human you can't take out his characteristic.
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After playing through Black Myth Wukong, I’d decided that I’d like to watch the original TV show, and upon starting I was already extremely captivated by how Liu Xiao Ling Tong just disappeared into his portrayal of Wukong. To learn that he was already so familiar with how to portray a character who’s just so animated made me almost believe this was an actual Monkey!! I’m always happy to expand my literary knowledge and to get many perspectives on the stories I’m fascinated by!
Watching this guy spin and flip, I’m not convinced gravity really applies to him. The fact he did it with a rubber face mask on, while forcing his eyes open and enduring days of weather and difficult shoots, speaks to his dedication to the Monkey King and his determination to bring this character to life.
Thank you for finding and translating these resources. We in the West had no idea how deep this stuff goes! It’s so cool to discover this deep well of lore i didn’t even really know existed, growing up in the west and only being vaguely aware of the Journey to the West book.
I think artists who do traditional performances or artifacts have a stubborn pursuit of perfection, and that's why we can see great arts from them
Cool to see this.. thanks for sharing!!
Appreciate this. Even as someone who watched Dicky Cheung and Stephen Chow's portrayals more, there is something particularly special seeing Liu Xiao Ling Tong's portrayal, and the Southern style in general.
I'm not even chinese and I first came across Wukong through an old cartoon show about 13 years ago, something about his gang's journey to India. It was such a pleasure to revisit the story through the game Black Myth.
Playing Black Myth got me to start rewatching the 1986 series on YT ❤ Your content is amazing and I hope to see more from you
I just beat Black Myth Wukong and all of these amazing videos appeared on my feed, loved watching this added context onto the amazing game I just experienced. Keep up the amazing -well put together- videos!
Your videos are pure happiness in my brain
The only complaint of the main character in BMWK is he is a melancholic figure whereas the monkey king portrayed in novel is full of mischief , humour ,talkative - traits that you can find in a real monkey.
Wukong in Black Myth Wukong is tired of bullshit after all these years lol
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Wow just noticed.
The character journal in blackmyth wukong looks exactly like the book shown in the museum ❤❤❤❤
Yea I noticed that too so I thought that people would like to see that so I put that clip in
It's amazing what was done and still it holds up today! Some films/tv shows show their age and they don't age well but others seemingly don't show it at all!
PLS CONTINUE THESE VIDEOS I LOVE LEARNING CHINESE MYTHOLOGY ❤❤🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏😔😔😔😔😔😔
Ditto!!! ❤
letssss gooooo new vid
11:37 OMG THE JADE EMPEROR 😂😂😂
Good eyes
Love the back story
I love Chinese mythology ❤❤
Wow you are so early! I just posted and I thought I have a glitch lol
@yugenelhc you are amazing
Seen several versions of the story, that does seem to be the better version.
六小龄童是他的艺名，章金莱才是他的真名。
Shaw brothers' version of journey to west is also among
the best.
I'm the same age as this show. Interesting.
i love you ❤good work
Awesome videos!
Thank you for this, I started watching the '86 show recently after finishing the game. Liu Xiao Ling Tong is funny, especially when he is angry or onto a yaoguai. He reminds me of a badass Pee Wee Herman.
😂😂😂
I was wondering if you'll make videos about Journey to the west and parallels between One Piece
Probably not. I once wrote an 16 pages about One Piece for my English 102, and the Chinese influence in One Piece is only in Amazon Lily. One Piece takes inspirations from stories round the world like Venice in Italy, Library of Alexandria, El Dorado in South America etc.
@yugenelhc That's sounds like an interesting read, you're so right Oda made a mythological soup with One Piece. I guess with my New Found deeper knowledge of Journey to the West I noticed some parallels, Luffy going up to heavens in Skypia, him punching a celestial in the face, the Buddha Sengoku flattening luffy with his hand, the arlong sharks being yaoguais & Luffys transformations... One piece is so long most fans drop in and out of interest but connecting dots to JTTW has brought back a sense of excitement. Also thanks I'll be rewatching all your videos on the Black Myth wukong chapter animations.
From June 2024 to 31 December 2024 I have watched the following:
-Journey To the West, 1986, CCTV, 2 times, once in Chinese with English subtitles and once with English audio, including the 2000 sequel.
-Journey to the West, 1996/1998, TVB, (Dicky Cheung, Benny Chan, Zhu Bajie saying his poem, you know) Chinese audio, English subtitles.
-Monkey King and the Quest for Sutras, 2002, Hong Kong TV, Chinese audio, English subtitles.
-Journey to the west, 2009/2010, ZJSTV, Chinese audio, English subtitles (I loved the Ending song, beautiful).
-Journey to the west, 2011, ZJSTV, Chinese audio, English subtitles.
I should add that I also read the book, at least its Spanish translation, and watched the classic animated movies, Havoc in Heaven, Princess Iron Fan, and the Stephen Chow Chinese Odyssey movies, including his versions of JTTW. ( Monk Tang singing "Only you" 🤣🤣🤣)
I enjoyed them all, maybe more with the 1986, 1996 and 2009 TV versions, and the least with the 2002 one. But I must say that for me, Liu Xiao Ling Tong is Sun Wukong. I think I will always associate him with the Monkey King, just like I associate Christopher Reeve with Superman or Tobey Maguire with Spiderman.
Wow so you started since the release of Black Myth Wukong's pre sale trailer👏
I got the hype from the trailer and that's when I started watching the TV series, but the films, even if they are cartoons, Hollywood adaptations or English miniseries, I've been watching for years, but discovering the TV series was the icing on the cake.
I'm almost ashamed to say that, as a Spaniard, I have more respect for Sun Wukong than for Don Quixote de la Mancha. 😅
Wow, I didn't know about the two voice actors of Wukong. Hope you already make money out of your content.
Many Chinese people don’t know this as well until they look it up on the internet. So both voice actors did an amazing job at blending the voice with the actor
Can you talk about tang sangzang in another vid
let me see what I can find first
@ okay thank you so much
I used to cosplay as tang sangzang on Halloween
I wonder how their opinions about the BM WUKONG game? Love your content ❤
There's a short clip of him addressing that he is aware of the sudden global attention on Journey to the West and he is thankful about that. So it's a short note and nothing much
I did not know there was a 2000 sequel. Did the 86 version complete the story? How did it differ?
The original run skipped some of the stories which were added in 2000
The 1986 TV show did not have enough budget, so even though originally they plan to have 30 episodes, they only did 25. More than a decade later, the same production team made the 2000 sequel. The 2000 sequel added additional stories that they did not cover in the 1986 show. So the 2000 sequel is not the story after Wukong attaining the Buddahood.
It looks like your channel is now a Black Myth/ JTTW channel? If this is what you’d like to do, might I suggest focusing more on the lore of JTTW or the game? Like the background behind various characters etc. Or maybe even the Buddhist/Taoist aspects of the story. It might help you get a lot of views. I notice there is almost no content on RUclips explaining the background of the 4 captains in Ch.3 of Black Myth for example, and you might be the go to channel for that sort of content.
My channel is aiming towards cultures, currently focusing on Chinese cultures and the perspective of people who grew up in multiple cultures. In the future I will cover more cultures as I travel hopfully
@@yugenelhc Sounds good. I wish you good luck!
It's Dicky Cheung's portrayal for me that stands out as the best! But I'm biased cause I'm a TVB person 😆
I would always hold the top place for Liu Xiao Ling Tong, but, Dicky is my favorite, my bias haha, so I’m with you
Bro got his own theme song and catch phrase, "YO!"
Dicky Cheung the Walmart version of monkey king 😂
@@Bunny11344No
@@sundace519 yes he’s cringe asf
on the series,it doesnt look like he got voiced over,and that is crazy
Yep! Voice actors did an amazing job
Sadly no one this taking over Liu Xiao Ling tong
I think the different actors managed to portray different parts of Sun Wukong. For example, Dicky Cheung is not as monkey as Liu, but when it comes to domineering presence it has to be Dicky that does it best. Out of all the actors, Dicky brings out the 王(King) and 大聖(Great Sage) the best.
@@Aznbomb3r no he doesn’t he was cringe asf
@@Bunny11344 Which version? He has two versions and I cannot stand his second one.
You are right about that. In an interview back in the 90s, Dicky said the production company wants him to bring out the "handsome" in one of Wukong's titles, the handsome monkey king. And he did it! He brought out the playfulness out
@@yugenelhc to each their own but I don’t think he was handsome
@yugenelhc awesome video. So informative. Like getting a PhD in 20th/21st Wukong mythology and history... ❤❤❤😊
改编不是乱编
呔！妖怪！拉俺老孙一炕
The Chinese VA for wukong in Black myth sounds so much like the wukong from 1986 series but surprisingly it’s not
Nah it Dicky Cheung sir
@@chhorsan9583 he is Walmart wukong
As a Actor he’s okay but as a human being….. sr bro so trash af
I believe those are smear campaigns and deliberate editing with bad intentions to put dirt on his name. Liu Xiao Ling Tong is not a well-rounded guy so he does not know how to say things in a nice well, and he protects the original image of Wukong, so his criticism of Wukong in A Chinese Odyssey pissed off a lot of people, but I understand what he comes from.