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[thedeepseahotel]

Deep Sea (2023)

[cinematicjourney]

Deep Sea (2023) | dir. Tian Xiaopeng

[mrsrasputin22]

🤩🤩🤩~I was watching deep sea movie and when end of credits came I saw This~🤩🤩🤩

🤩🤩~Monkey king & liuer~🤩🤩

~Monkey king hero is back 2015~

[gebo4482]

PLUS - Trailer (from the creators of Deep Sea)

Dir: Tian Xiaopeng

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Tian Xiaopeng's Deep Sea is More Than A Study on Depression

This latest import from China arrives just in time for the summer season courtesy of @fantasiafest, and Tian Xiaopeng's Deep Sea does not dissapoint! #fantasy #cgi #china #moviereviews

© 2023 October Media. All Rights Reserved. Screening at Fantasia Film Festival 2023 on Aug 6 Please click here to purchase tickets Potential Spoiler Alert Shenxiu (Tingwen Wang) is not a happy young girl in Tian Xiaopeng’s movie, Deep Sea. That’s because she’s not being loved; not only is she neglected by her dad and step-mom, making her feel very depressed, but also the relationship with her…

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Got some more :]

I watched the eng sub through Tribeca at home with my sister and it was literally so good😭 I want to shout about this film, but I don’t want to spoil it for anyone. The third act is very intense. I’m really intrigued about how the movie could have turned out, based on a lot of the concept designs, and knowing they had to cut a lot of the original ideas due to the censorship laws:(

Okay, last bit of concept art but it is a BIG SPOILER so be warned!

*cries*

If they don’t release an actual book for the art behind the movie I will disintegrate-

Deep Sea (Shenhai) 2023 concept art✨🌊

Possibly some slight spoilers ahead so be aware! :]

(And some pics don’t have the best quality since I could only find them through bilibili, so sorry in advance.) Just want to give this movie some attention because I’m SOOO excited for it, and I haven’t seen anyone talking about it😭

Most of this can be found in this trailer for the film!

The film is set to premiere in North America at the Tribeca Film festival this June✨

[the-monkey-ruler]

Monkey King: Hero Is Back (2015) 西游记之大圣归来

Director: Tian Xiaopeng Screenwriter: Tian Xiaopeng / Liu Hu / Mi Li / Jin Ran / Jin Cheng Starring: Zhang Lei / Lin Zijie / Wu Wenlun / Tong Zirong / Liu Jiurong / Wu Di / Liu Beichen / Zhao Qianjing / Zhou Shuai Genre: Drama / Animation / Fantasy Country/Region of Production: Mainland China Language: Mandarin Chinese / Cantonese Date: 2015-07-10 (Mainland China) Duration: 89 minutes Also known as: Return of the Monkey King / Monkey King /Journey to the West 3D / CUG: King of Heroes / 西遊記之大聖歸來 / 大圣归来 / 猴王 / 西游记3D IMDb: tt4644382 Type: Retelling

Summary:

The all-powerful Monkey King, Sun Wukong, is imprisoned by the Buddha within an ice cage deep within the mountains for rebelling against heaven.

500 years later, Mountain Trolls attack a group of travelers, all except for a baby boy named Liuer are killed, and Liuer is adopted by a monk after floating down a river in a basket. (The name Jiang Liuer means River Flow Child.) Several years later, the same trolls invade a small village and kidnap 49 young children. Liuer saves one of the baby girls and is chased by the trolls for doing so. He stumbles into the cave where the Monkey King was imprisoned, and unknowingly releases him from his curse. Sun Wukong defeats the trolls, although he is only able to use physical attacks, since a remnant of Buddha's seal prevents him from regaining his magical powers, causing him pain whenever he tries to harness his magic.

Wukong attempts to break the Buddha's seal to no avail. Liuer and the girl enthusiastically greet Wukong, not knowing he has lost his powers, and pester him with endless questions. (One example is when Liuer asks if the god Nezha is a boy or a girl. Wukong answers, a girl.) Annoyed, Wukong attempts to avoid the two, but is unable to evade them. A stone monster, created by the Buddha to keep Wukong imprisoned, attacks the three. Liuer manages to undo the spell on the monster, but falls off a cliff in the process. When he awakes, he finds out Wukong has saved him.

The three come upon Bajie, the Heavenly Immortal "Tian Peng Yuan Shuai" (Marshal of Heavenly Canopy) that Wukong defeated when he rebelled against Heaven 500 years ago, now reincarnated into a pig demon. Though Wukong is again hesitant, Bajie joins the group as well. They also run into a white dragon that attacks them and tries to eat Liuer but Sun Wukong scares it off. (This also happened in the original canon, although unlike in the original books, the dragon does not turn into a white horse.)

They stay overnight at an inn, but its owners turn out to be Trolls in disguise, who try to kidnap the baby. More trolls arrive and Wukong fights them off. The leader of the monsters, Hun Dun, appears, defeating Wukong and capturing the girl. After Wukong refuses to pursue them, Liuer goes ahead to save them on his own.

Hun Dun reveals his plan to sacrifice all the children they have kidnapped in order to gain magical powers. Liuer meets with his mentor, Fa Ming, to try to rescue them but nearly get captured. Wukong finds a doll of himself that Liuer had and realises how important of a figure he is. He and Bajie go to help Liuer. Saving Liuer and the 49 children, Wukong defeats the monsters. However, a solar eclipse occurs, and Hun Dun turns into a giant monstrous beast. Liuer is seemingly crushed by the rubble from Hun Dun's rampage. Upon seeing the boy's apparent death, Sun Wukong is devastated. Full of fury, he forcibly breaks Buddha's Seal, regaining his original supernatural powers, and easily defeats Hun Dun.

The final part of this movie connects to the themes in the original canon. Sun Wukong only regains his powers when he fights for someone else rather than himself, as Sun Wukong's powers are meant to protect the monk Xuanzang/TangSeng/Tang Sanzang against evil and lead the monk to enlightenment. Sun Wukong as a character is also meant to represent an enlightened mind, which is why Sun Wukong's staff emerges from his head. Jiang Liuer himself is the younger Xuanzang, since he only received the name Xuanzang after he was ordained.

In the end, Liuer is shown to have survived Hun Dun's rampage, and they return the abducted children to their families.

Source: https://movie.douban.com/subject/26277313/

Link: https://ww16.0123movie.net/movie/monkey-king-hero-is-back-6781.html

[uovoc]

from what I've seen of Tian Xiaopeng-directed movies they consist of

washed-up magical creature who looks like he's been run over by a truck, and

The child he is now reluctantly responsible for

[angstandhappiness]

LMAO, FUN

Monkey King Q&A

I’ve been meaning to do a compilation of Tian Xiaopeng’s weibo posts for some time, and here it is. He’s the director of Monkey King: Hero is Back (2015) and this is his weibo. He updates sporadically, but apparently did a Q&A session with fans back in summer of 2015. I put together and translated some of the best responses below (the rest can be found on his blog).

@earl-of-221b @sebastrashkun Tagging you guys because this might bring you a good laugh.

Q: What’s up with the White Dragon, at the end [he] went to battle Hun Dun with the Great Sage? The White Dragon was tamed by the Great Sage?

A: They [Wukong/White Dragon] had a 2-hour discussion, but it was edited out.

Q: Director,  how come Wukong, Tang monk, Zhu Bajie, and even Xiao Bailong, showed up in the movie, but Friar Sand (Wujing) didn’t?

A: [He was] holding the camera.

Q: In the sequel, can you not change Friar Sand into a girl, I can’t accept changes that are too absurd

A: [If] everyone becomes a girl, [only] Friar Sand will not, I promise

Q: The Great Sage is just 1 pilgrim, but he ends up with a son and daughter, and does a good job taking care of the silly girl, where’d he get the experience?

A: In the past, he took care of monkeys in Flower Fruit Mountain

Q: Now that so many girls want to have the Great Sage’s babies, how do you feel? hahaha

A: I hate that my face isn’t longer (Note: Director thinks Wukong’s defining design trait is his long horse-face and didn’t think it’d be considered attractive- now he must face the irony LMAO)

Q: I think about how other people’s boyfriends spend money taking their girlfriends to the movies… but I have to spend my own money at the movies in order to see my boyfriend, have you thought about the hearts of us fangirls?

A: I have to spend my own money to see my own movie in theaters, I’m worse off than you.

(Note: I thought the asker was complaining about her love life to the director, before I realized her “boyfriend” is actually Wukong LOL)

Q: Look at me look at me! Not counting Hun Dun and the pig, how did everyone else know about the Great Sage causing havoc in heaven! They even made a shadow puppet show! Who in the three realms let this event get to the mortal realm?

A: How do you know about Havoc in Heaven?

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[quitealotofsodapop]

referencing this post with the translated Q&A weibo posts from Tian Xiaopeng (director of Monkey King: Hero is Back).

Seems like Hero Is Back's version of Sandy is fem or non-binary. Which is cool af.

[thedeepseahotel]

Big thanks to this man for creating two of my favorite movies with emotion filled stories (and main characters that were designed to be ugly but I still managed to fall for ♥️)

[cinematicjourney]

Deep Sea (2023) | dir. Tian Xiaopeng

[datayuan]

Xiaopeng Automobile announced humanoid robot related patents

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Deep Sea Review: A Visual Masterpiece That Dazzles the Senses

Tian Xiaopeng’s Deep Sea is a sumptuous feast for the eyes, a film that dazzles and beguiles from start to finish. It’s a movie that demands to be seen in the highest definition possible, as the array of colors and visual effects are simply off the charts. If you’re looking for a film that pushes the boundaries of animation and immerses you in a world of wonder, Deep Sea delivers in spades. The…

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Deep Sea (2023) Movie Review

Deep Sea – Movie Review Director: Xiaopeng Tian, Fabiola Stevenson Writer: Xiaopeng Tian (Screenplay) Cast (Voice Talents) Tingwen Wang Su Xin Kuixing Teng Yang Ting Jing Ji Plot: A girl strays into the dreamy deep sea world. In the deepest part of the sea, all secrets are hidden. Runtime: 1 Hour 52 Minutes There may be spoilers in the rest of the review Story: Deep Sear starts when…

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'Deep Sea' la nueva película de Tian Xiaopeng, el director de "Monkey King"

October Media y Coloroom Pictures, una empresa de Enlight Media, han publicado el impresionante tráiler de Deep Sea, la próxima película de animación del fundador de October, Tian Xiaopeng, director de Monkey King: Hero is Back. Xiaopeng tratará de emular el éxito de Monkey King, que batió todo tipo de récords en la taquilla china al convertirse en la película de animación nacional más…