03-10-2010, 11:55 AM
This is the sequel to Storm Riders, a pivotal Fant-Asia genre flick based on Asia's most popular comic.
Our graphic artist was disappointed by Storm Warriors. He's a huge fan of the comic and felt it didn't live up to that at all. I've not really read the comic. I've looked at a few issues, but don't really know the story beyond the general themes. As you know, oh DOOM forum readers, I have the same issues with Percy Jackson and Wicked (the musical). Our graphic artist felt SW was too deep in fantasy and too dark compared to the comic. Ironically, that's what I liked the most. SW was a little too long-winded for me, too many melancholic scenes. The fights and action scenes were interesting. Like Storm Riders, I had hoped for more innovative effects (and SR was innovative for Asia at the time, but we're near ILM territory). Many of the effects seemed derivative of Harry Potter (smoke trails were just like the Death Eaters in HP6, ball of water was just like the Dumbledore vs Voldemort in HP5 - Wind even ends with a forehead scar!), Forbidden Kingdom (the flying weapons) and V for Vendetta (the tempo of the fight going from fast to slow and the trails of the action). This is not a kung fu movie - it's more like wizard battles. Nevertheless, there's some innovation in the action scenes and I kept thinking if you just cut all those action scenes together in one montage, it would make a cool backdrop projected on the wall of a rave. It's more like a music video - very abstract, colorful and artsy.
I'm totally envious of Simon Yam's black dragon armor and black dragon palanquin. That was awesome.
Our graphic artist was disappointed by Storm Warriors. He's a huge fan of the comic and felt it didn't live up to that at all. I've not really read the comic. I've looked at a few issues, but don't really know the story beyond the general themes. As you know, oh DOOM forum readers, I have the same issues with Percy Jackson and Wicked (the musical). Our graphic artist felt SW was too deep in fantasy and too dark compared to the comic. Ironically, that's what I liked the most. SW was a little too long-winded for me, too many melancholic scenes. The fights and action scenes were interesting. Like Storm Riders, I had hoped for more innovative effects (and SR was innovative for Asia at the time, but we're near ILM territory). Many of the effects seemed derivative of Harry Potter (smoke trails were just like the Death Eaters in HP6, ball of water was just like the Dumbledore vs Voldemort in HP5 - Wind even ends with a forehead scar!), Forbidden Kingdom (the flying weapons) and V for Vendetta (the tempo of the fight going from fast to slow and the trails of the action). This is not a kung fu movie - it's more like wizard battles. Nevertheless, there's some innovation in the action scenes and I kept thinking if you just cut all those action scenes together in one montage, it would make a cool backdrop projected on the wall of a rave. It's more like a music video - very abstract, colorful and artsy.
I'm totally envious of Simon Yam's black dragon armor and black dragon palanquin. That was awesome.
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