Thursday, January 03, 2008

Shades of Familarility In The Golden Path Drama Serial ...




























3 January 2008

Mega Year End Blockbuster Drama serial - The Golden Path- 黄金路 is produced as part of Mediacorp Channel 8 celebrations of it's 25 Years of Drama Anniversary , so it's not really surprising that viewers can get to see some familiar scenes from past classic Drama Serials such as The Seletar Robbery , The Flying Fish , Pretty Faces , Turn of The Tides , Finishing Lines , The Last Applause , Stepping Out and Holland V .

Besides the expected familiar scenes from past classic Drama Serials , viewers were very much surprised to see some familiar roles from past classic Drama Serials ' making an appearance ' in the Serial too !

For example , Li Nanxing ’s Jinlong , bad tempered gangster like character resembles very much the role which he acted in the Drama Serial The Vagrant - 豹子胆 in 2002 .

Tay Ping Hui who will later become a cop resembles the role , which he portrayed in the Drama Serial - CID - 刑警2人组 , which he was also a police officer in that Drama Serial .

Carole Lin's fierce character resembles the role which she portrayed in Wok of Life - 福满人间

Also , the Ah Jin who committed the Robbery in 1982 in this Golden Path Serial , somehow reminds me of the Drama Serial which was produced in that same year - Seletar Robbery - 实里达大劫案 .

Chen Liping's role as a mother here who has to take care of a big family somehow resembles that of her role as Mo Wan Wan in the 2003 Blockbuster Serial Holland V - 荷兰村 .

Also , Alan Tern's character - De Jian here also resembles the role he portrayed in the 2005 Blockbuster Drama Serial Potrait of Home - 同心圆 when he was trying to woo Mei Ren Yu ( Felicia Chin ) and sowing discord between Felicia and Pierre Png in that 2005 Blockbuster Drama Serial ! The same look , the same expressions can be seen once again as he tried to woo Simin ( Priscella Chan ) and preventing Kaida ( Chow Chor Meng ) from getting close to her .

With all these similarities and resemblance of storylines , roles and characters , The Golden Path is truly a Drama Serial very fitting for their 25 Years of Drama Anniversary !

Well Done , Mediacorp for incorporating past Characters and Roles in the storyline !

With that said , I was hoping to see if Jinlong will gamble till one day he visits the casino , then we can see Li Nanxing perform his ‘ magic ‘ on the poker cards once again , just like he did in The Unbeatables Series ! Maybe a possibility too ? Who knows ?

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Then it will be the unbeatable path