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April 02, 2005
Next TV Awards 2005 & the spoof posters
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02.04.2005
I have corrected the thumbnail links and updated some of my comments below ...
You know, there was a time HK artistes are into those knitted fabric, then it was hats, then boots, then low cut dresses, then the shaved head, then heavy makeup ot very light make up, then and still is into being skinny to really skinny and NOW ladies and gentleman, the girls are into the latest fad;
Messy hair, if possible the whole head if not some part of it. The evidence? These pictures...
 
Don't bother with a comb though I suspect Sheren Teng's hair would require extra spray to keep it that way. Not easy to have messy hair.
And who says they're fighting? Look, Maggie is sharing a deep conversation with her supposed arch rival who is sharing an ever deeper conversation with her also rumoured arch rival! BUT, ah ha! No Jessica next to Maggie! Now that is real!
By the way Maggie looks like a classic star, doesn't she? Too thin though, but she was always that skinny.
  
And interesting spoof on the Chicago poster, very high quality picture, very sure the mag's real pic rather than the scan must be very striking. And guess what? Charmaine Sheh is perfect as Roxy, as this picture shows a striking similarity to that of the original counterpart, that is Renee Zelwegger (or however you spell her name). Why? As skinny and look, no bottom!! But really, frankly, Charmaine looks slight better than Renee because at least she doesn't pout so severely and looking like she is starving. Renee has this starving look, like she is starving but she doesn't admit it so she looks like she is suffering. Charmaine simply looks hungry but not that starving yet. Anyway the flat hair kinda suit her. And as for Gigi Lai as Catherine Zeta Jones' character, put it this way, I absolutely hate Catherine Zeta Jone these days, so for me this picture looks great, because I hated the original. And Bowie as Richard Gere...ermmm he has got more style than Richard Gere but not quite seen in this picture.
And more interesting spoof of classic or rather popular Hollywood movies such as...
Breakfast At Tiffany's with Sheren Teng (please, she as Audrey Hepburn? Not enough waif like and seriously lacking that classy elegance - never ever try to pose like the legend or rather icon, never!)
Pulp Fiction with Jess as Uma Thurman. Interesting, but lacking in that striking pose that Uma gave but well, kinda ok.
Moulin Rouge with Maggie Cheung as Nicole Kidman. Very weird picture, too much powder, but nice fashion but if only less powder, this could have been nice. I mean Nicole Kidman and Maggie Cheung are naturally fair but in this picture, Maggie looks like a ghost.
Moses as Keanu in the Matrix. NOOOOOO, Keanu wins hands down, hands up and hands side ways. Moses may have SOME style, but as Neo? NO WAY!
The Usual Suspects, with Dayo Wong but can't recognise the other two and frankly not even a single inch like The Usual Suspects. Is Sehseh didn't write The Usual Suspects, I wouldn't have known.
Update : I was informed that that's Cheung Man (aged so much) and middle is Leo Ku (couldn't recognise him at all).
Pretty Woman, with Kenix Kwok as Julia Roberts. Can't criticise much since Julia Roberts herself used a body double in the original poster.
Men In Black, and Sehseh wrote Ron Ng but can't recognise him. Looking very stern these two guys but so lacking in style and charisma both Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones oozes with ease.
The above plus the Chicago pictures are the Top 10 Artistes in the Next TV Awards.
Some more...
Forest Gump, Alex Fong Lik Sun as Tom Hanks. Poor guy, can't even see his face. Nice clean picture but you know, the original poster spoke volumes and this one is kinda empty. Anyway, he is the Best Newcomer/Most Potential. Really?? Well since Ron Ng is considered old guns now, who else eh?
Kill Bill Vol 2 with Mandy Cho as Uma Thurman. Nice colour, totally lacking in the anger the character in that movie has in her heart and soul and frankly feels just like another empty photo shoot without much character. But she won the Best Newcomer/Most Potential. I haven't seen her series, though I have seen snippets of some though can't remember her name. Saw her in music videos and frankly, was she THAT good? Best and Most are such bastardized words in HK awards nowadays, they carry no meaning. Why not Most Favourite? Like how TVB terms it, that would be better isn't it? Because she reminds me of plastic in one of the MVs I saw her in it. But then so were many so called veterans.... Anyway this win of hers reminds of the time when Shirley Yeung won Most Improved Actress in that TVB awards and I was like, improved from what? From worse to bad to mediocre? Indeed that was the only time I thought the Most Improved award lost its credibility (as previous winners were really good ones) and it was celebrating mediocrity but then, the young ones are mediocre...
The following, I do not know what they won but anyway, interesting spoofs..
Far From Heaven, with Rebecca Chan as Julianne Moore. Hmmm...nice colours...And what did she win I wonder...
Tomb Raider with Shirley Yeung as Angelina Jolie. I hated both movies but Angelina Jolie, even to me as a woman, I must admit, she is super sexy, super hot. The original poster had all the sweats, breasts and legs. This one? Didn't look a bit like Shirley Yeung but nice colour, nice lightning, nice gloss, nice glare but I wouldn't say it has the sexiness of the original poster, in fact she looked like one angry chick in here. But nice... surprisingly...since I am one of those who thinks Shirley Yeung can't act.
Amelie, with Myolie Wu but I do not know the name of the original actress but I saw the poster and pictures. This is one I really really like because it has the playfulness and the mischevious look of the original counterpart, all in this remake. The colour also very striking! Excellent! And I love Myolie!
Unfortunate though there are other spnsored awards but Sehseh's Blog didn't have the pictures to accompany them...Anyone knows I may be missing some, do email me the rest at funnlim@gmail.com
Why can't they do a Lord of The Rings? Who will be Arwen? Who will be Aragorn and Galadriel? WHO WILL BE LEGOLAS?? Don't quite care who won what actually, because I am kinda immune to the inaccuracy of them all.
Anyway I realised 2 facts after perusing the above pictures...
1. I have seen ALL of the movies but one, that is Amelie.
2. The originals were far far far better, even if the reshoot tries to capture the colour, they failed to capture the mood, the character, the looks. All of them, except for maybe Chicago (despite my dislike of Renee and Mrs Douglas) and Amelie, the rest totally has not much substance though some style.
And last but not least, a very interesting picture below this line.
Funny isn't it? We all know who stands where is always an indication who is more famous than who. Like in a TVB picture, the one right smack in the middle in the first line is always the most favoured and most famous of them all, and it kinda gets lesser and lesser in important as it goes further back and further away. Now this picture, there is a significance why Sheren Teng is first and therefore biggest picture. Because we all know her fame sky rocketted because of War & Beauty. Funny is why is Moses Chan second? And why is Bowie Lam so far back? I can understand Gigi being 3rd but why is Tavia even in the picture? She is talented no doubt but not super famous star like type. Sammul Chan yes, promoted and is that Miu Kiu Wai? He is an icon of yesteryear and was very famous but now? And Charmaine, wayyyyyyy back behind.. is that Jess? And Maggie before Bowie?
If you say "Funn, it's just a coincidence" but I don't think so. If you say it's like a girl/boy/girl/boy pattern, look again. If you say it's of no significance, then why is Cheren leading the pack?? Is this picture only for the nominees of this Next Magazine award or something? Is this meant for winners only? Is it incomplete? Because I don't see Raymond Lam, the heavily promoted Ron Ng? Where is Myolie Wu and Roger Kwok? Very inconclusive evidence of the ranking in the HK audience's heart because I refuse to believe Bowie is so farrrrr back BUT there could be a simpler explanation...maybe this is an incomplete version or rather just a capture. I doubt the latter. Or is this like the Top 10 most favourite artistes list?? Is Tavia in the Top 10 list? Where is her spoof picture?
By the way, scan through the picture, TWO individuals stood out as simply oozing with star quality, irrespective whether you like their acting or their personal lives. For me they're
1. Maggie Cheung - very beautiful picture, looking very elegant. Is that girl in low cut pink dress ebhind Bowie Jess?
2. Bowie Lam - the man not someone you can call good looking or manliest off screen but on screen, he oozes sex appeal and the image for tough manly hero with flaws.
The rest look like celebrity no doubt because they dress like one but these pictures maybe they don't do justice to them; lacking in star like quality. You know those yesteryear types, like Betty Davies, Audrey Hepburn, Cary Grant and the likes? I do think Maggie Cheung has that quality. Simply ravishing and I am really not her fan.
An update : I was informed, quite politely that that's not Tavia, and that's not Miu Kiu Wai and that's not Sammul! The picture may be big, but it's not clear and they're actually the Top 10 artistes so that makes Tavia lookalike Kenix Kwok (and looking every inch like Tavia!), Sammul I think is... I can't recognise who is that and the last one should be Ron Ng looking like Miu Kiu Wai! What is wrong with my eyesight?!??!?! Real big apologies to fans of Tavia or even Kenix but to Tavia fans a correction to my mistake is really not a compliment. So I was right about her being not THAT popular....And still shocking with Bowie wayyy back there...
More pictures, scans and results here and at Sehseh's Blog.
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7 COMMENTS
Nope, no Tavia, no Sammul.
Sehseh, I prefer Alex Fong (as in Chung Soon) in that Pretty Woman poster since he does look a bit like Richard Gere and I love Bowie..
Btw, this is off topic but gmail has increased it's limit to 2050mb!
Wow!
That's Charmaine behind Bowie & Jess