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Legend of the Demon Seal (2019)
Directed by Miao Shu
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Working as an ordinary artist on Bai Ze’s comic project The Legend of Demon Sea has aspiring artist Feng Xue feeling like wasted talent. To vent his frustration, he begins another version the project, filling the illustrated adventures of an alchemy master with mythic parallels to his daily grind. With his comics Feng takes vengeance whenever he’s slighted or passed over in the studio, drawing his colleagues and boss into unflattering scenes. But when Bai Ze discovers an illustrated version of himself suffering under Feng’s brush, he’s far from angry. He praises Feng Xue for his originality, and takes the new draft to his boss. This is when Bai Ze also learns what it means to be frustrated at work, challenging him to choose between what he believes in and what his job demands.
Length 90 minutes
Actors
Sammul Chan | Yu Hanbing | Leung Kar-Yan | Jin Song | Nina Wu | Zhu Jiaqi | Li Tianye | Zhang Xinna | 周浩东 | Lilyice Yu | Karen Li | Ying Chen | Bryan Leung | Guo Ziheng | Ben Ng
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04/25/2024 | TV | Streaming | Video on Demand | 4.5 stars |
| (Average) 4.5 stars |
Viewing Notes
Totally understand the low ratings for this one. It’s a modern story weaved into a fantasy tale, two different stories which neither are all that good. The modern corporate story is so bizarre as if the filmmakers have never been part of the comic book / manga industry and have this wild idea of what they think it’s like (a high end advertising agency). Unless that’s really how comic books are produced in China (but I don’t believe that). So it was fascinating to see given all I know about how comics / manga are produced. Its depiction here is a fantasy!
The actual action fantasy story is the story the comic book makers are trying to tell and they also are characters in the fantasy. The corporate boss is a real asshole and wants them to produce crappy softcore comics but they keep resisting telling this period fantasy story.
None of it really works but it was amusing to watch unfold. And the subtitles were decent. But cannot recommend despite how ridiculous it was to see the corporate boss tell his employees to “fuck off” if they didn’t follow his orders.
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