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History vs fantasy in absurd TV serials

By Han Bingbin ( China Daily ) Updated: 2014-08-21 07:40:38

Productions with overly exaggerated scenes

To Advance Toward the Fire (2012)

History vs fantasy in absurd TV serials

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The TV series featuring Taiwan super idol Nicky Wu was first criticized for its avant-garde styling: The protagonist has a plane head-shaped hairdo that looked constructed with hair gel, and he wears a pair of cool sunglasses. The TV series featured a machine-gunner who shoots a Japanese soldier to death from some 400 kilometers away while netizens found the best machine guns reach 3 to 4 km at most.

 
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