A Decade of TVB Series: 1998 - 2008 (2)

Into the New Millennium

The Year: 2000
Keyword: Louis Koo

The new millennium starts with the continue success of "At the Threshold of an Era" series. TVB made a successful transition from the old era to a new era with many great series, including War of Gender, Reaching Out, Moonlight, Armed Reaction 2, etc.

The Classic Series: War of Gender
Forgettable Series: Lost In Love
Rising Star: Michelle Yip - Reaching Out
Most Surprising Act: Louis Koo - At the Threshold of an Era 2
Forgotten Star: Lee San San, she never picked up a great role in TVB series, as a result, she failed to capitalize on her popularity in the entertainment industry.


The Year: 2001
Keyword: 9-11

The world is in its tragic shape, but TVB is getting ready for a new era, some of the important starts decided to leave us, however, TVB has no worries, there is always a new generation waiting to be born.

The Classic Series: Gods of Honour
Forgettable Series: Broadcast Life
Rising Stars: Raymond Lam - A Step Into the Past
Most Suprising Act: Benny Chan - Gods of Honour
Forgotten Star: Gordon Lam, after filming Country Spirit, TVB seems to forget about his importance, Gordon left TVB quietly, and joined the film industry.
Leaving Star: Louis Koo, after filming A Step Into the Past, Louis left TVB to step into the film industry.

A Decade of TVB Series: 1998 - 2008 (1)

Before the New Millennium

In the past 10 years, there are a lot of ups and downs in TVB series. Each year, there are some returning stars and some were leaving TVB. Some stars were rising to shine, some were slowly forgotten..

Here is my countdown of the past decade of TVB Series, I hope you enjoy as I am counting down the most important decade, or perhaps the most interesting decade of TVB series.

The Year: 1998
Keyword: Healing Hands



TVB starts to make popular series that dealing with our everyday jobs. Like the doctors in Healing Hands, the firefighters in Burning Flame, etc.

The Classic Series: Secret of the Heart
Forgettable Series: Rural Hero
Rising Star: Louis Koo - Burning Flame
Most Surprising Act: Nick Cheung - Secret of the Heart
Forgotten Star: Jackie Liu, for some reason, his sereis became more and more forgettable, such as Dark Tales 2, Rural Hero, Side Beat, etc, etc.

The Year: 1999
Keyword: Detective Investigation Files IV



Louis Koo became the most popular star in TVB, along with Gallen Lo, the two of them were in a major TVB production: At the Threshold of an Era, which considered as THE series of the new millennium.

The Classic Series: Witness to Prosecution
Forgettable Series: Side Beat
Rising Star: Charmaine Sheh - DIF 4
Most Surprising Act: Sunny Chan - At the Threshold of an Era
Forgotten Star: Monica Chan, her character became less and less valuable in a TVB series, that explains the fact that she is no longer filming with TVB.

The Gem of Life - Ada Choi's Wardrobe

There are 82 episodes of The Gem of Life, and I figured I will get bored at watching this series if I watch it all at once. So I decided to watch the series slowly, this way I can enjoy it much more. Last week, I started watching the series, and I "restrict" myself to watch only 1 episode a day, so far, I am at episode 7, and I found myself loving the series and its characters. Well, I can't say too many good things about the series yet, because a long series like this will begin to drag pretty soon.

After watching the first few episodes, I got addicted capturing Ado Choi's scenes, and noticed she got so many outfits. In fact, she has 15 different outfits in the first 7 episodes, that is about 2.1 outfits per episode, if this rate continues, she will have about 172 outfits in 82 episodes, that will be totally shocking. Well, not mention that she has about 160+ pairs of shoes in her wardrobe! Anyways, I started to collect all Ada's outfits in this show, we will see if she will have that many outfits or not at the end...

First of all, let us take a look at her shoes, I counted them, there are 160 pairs of shoes! She said she has to buy at least one pair every season, so that number will only get bigger!



Ada in black outfits: for some reason, she looks hot in black!




White or mix with white:




Red (this is my favorite so far, hope to see her more in red later):



All Others:





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Wayne Lai: His Past to Present + my top 10

Picture sources: http://www.laiyiucheung.com

1986, Wayne's career started as playing "the extras" in TVB series. His characters' names included "Ah Ha", "Ah Xia", "Big D", etc, etc. Slowly, Wayne gained more and more parts in the TVB series. Starting by playing the famous Zhou BoTong in various TVB series:

1992 Rage And Passion


1993 The Condor Heroes Return


1994 The Legend of the Condor Heroes


1995 The Return of the Condor Heroes


After that, Wayne started to play the major supporting roles. In 1996, his Zhu Bajie (the pig) in "Journey to the West" made Wayne a super "supporting star".


12 years passed, Wayne played various supporting roles that out-shine the main characters, and finally, in 2008, he got his first Supporting Actor award. Not only that, he is now becoming a leading actor in a new series, "Pages Of Treasures".

I became a big Wayne fan ever since "Journey to the West", and I am very happy about Wayne's career boost. Looking back at Wayne's acting career, here is my Top 10 Most Favorite Wayne Characters.



10. Steps - Lee Lik Keung
This is actually the first series Wayne started to be a lead.



09. Moonlight Resonance - Nin Chi Yung
It is a pity that Wayne only appeared in the first couple episodes in this series. I really love his relationship with Hor Ma and her family.



08. Devil's Disciples - Tung Fong Mo Kik
The funny and caring master of Bosco.



07. The Gentle Crackdown II - Dai Tsung Man
This is the series made Wayne the Best Supporting Actor. He plays two characters here (twins), one is corrupted, the other is an honest and intelligent man.



06. Greed Mask - Au Man Wai
This character always creeps me out because of his (her) identity, but I just can't stop thinking about it. He (she) is one of the most creepy TVB character you will never forget.



05. The Gentle Crackdown - Si Kei Wong
Of course, I like the first Gentle Crackdown much more. Si Kei Wong is also very intelligent (compare to Dai Tsung Man), and he is more fun to watch.



04. The Return of the Condor Heroes - Zhou BoTong
Till this day, I still can't find another person that can top Wayne's version of Zhou BoTong.



03. The Pig - Journey to the West
Wayne did an awesome job to show the pig's laziness and his power of love, I especially love his "thousand love affairs".



02. The Conqueror's Story - Hon Shun
One of the smartest person in early Chinese history, and Wayne is a perfect fit for this character. It is a pity to see how his intelligence can also kill him at the end.



01. Safe Guards - Sheung Chung
His character is useless, a true trouble maker, however, you just can not stop loving him because of the way he supports Steven Ma...