ATV - The Good old Days, 1995 - Sheren Tang stars Options

[felixwhoals]

Wow, I can't believe I can still remember this series.
I was around 9 - 10 years old that time and that show was really touching though. I wondered if anyone remembered that?
the 'sau hau - where japanese people attacked china, and sau san's husband has to go into army and defend the country. Sheren tang played as Sau Hau's sister-in-law (sausan's husband's brother's wife) hehe
It's really a touching story.

Also starring Amy Chan.
Here is a picture of the series:


This post has been edited by felixwhoals: Mar 15 2006 10 25 PM

[jash]

yeah, i also remember part of the story. there's a part 2 also where maggie shiu also came into the show. but i think, in the end, amy and maggie also didnt get the man. is it?

[fitterhappier]

this is an extremely long series - close to 100 episodes. I think the front part's still ok but after they add in the wars, the memory loss & so on it just gets more & more draggy & confusing. but i like the part about sheren tang & her bf (I can't remeber the name but think it's Lam Wai).

[xxserenity]

I have the series but never got around to finishing it. It just drags and drags with typical sub plots. It's too melodramatic to my liking.

[TipsyTop]

i never prefer these show which not so ancient or not so modern....

i prefer only dynasty or modern but i MOST probaly choose is DYNASTY

[shinjimae]

i remembered this series too. duno y i stil can remember this series even though im quite young tat time.. maybe it is quite good

[lil jojo]

omg! i remember seeing this series..it was a EXCEllent, excellent series ...i really like it alot...see i do remember watching atv series....man sheren tang acting was GREAT as always...

i recall how in the series her husband's family didn't like her and she is considered the second wife and then remarried to another guy when they move to hk..

man! it was so a wonderful series.. i want to rewatch it, but don't have it

[charbydis]

yeah, i also remember part of the story. there's a part 2 also where maggie shiu also came into the show. but i think, in the end, amy and maggie also didnt get the man. is it?

No, I think the Hk see lai's would have sued if Amy didn;t get her man (it nearly happened when she was in TVB's "Fate of the Clarovoyant" when she almost didnt get her husband back after he left her some other woman). Amy always her her man.

Maggie and Steve got divorced, and Maggie ended up with Steve's army buddy. She also had this Jap commander obsessed with her.

[jash]

No, I think the Hk see lai's would have sued if Amy didn;t get her man (it nearly happened when she was in TVB's "Fate of the Clarovoyant" when she almost didnt get her husband back after he left her some other woman). Amy always her her man.

Maggie and Steve got divorced, and Maggie ended up with Steve's army buddy. She also had this Jap commander obsessed with her.

thanks for the info. i really cant remember much of the story. now you mention again, i think i recall a bit that maggie ended up with an army.

[wasabi]

this is an extremely long series .....Very good at the beginning....but kinda boring from the middle!!!

[charbydis]

I thought out of the three wives, I liked Sheren the best even though she was quite annoying at the start. Sheren showed a lot of passion and independence, and the wisdom to let go when it was no longer hers to have. She truly knows what she wants, is not restricted by stupid rules like not remarrying and helping the Japs (as a cover to help chinese escape), searches for her own happiness, and is a great business woman. I thought her "love" with Steve was weird, and liked it a whole lot better when it was with Lam Wai, who was way more worth her love.

Maggie was just too whining and annoying for me to like at all. She latches onto her husband to keep him away from his wife even though she knows she is a concubine. She is selfish and never shown a moment of guilt or felt sorry for Amy and Sheren. No wonder the family hates her. Lucky they divorced. Like Sheren, she tries to search for her own happiness, but the way she does it is so annoying and indirect. She's quite boring as well even tho they shoved her into the spy role.

Amy is too nice and perfect a character that I couldn't really feel for her. I mean I felt sorry for her everytime her husband turned up with a new wife, and when she lost her first baby, but her thoughts are always so focussed and unchanging that it irritates me after ep 30 because she seems to have no internal conflicts from there on.

I didn't think her husband was that good a man anyway to have three women fight over him. HE has everything, looks, brains, parent's love, success in business, girl's love, etc... but he was too perfect in a way as well that no development could be made and he got boring. He also has this prinicple thing which annoys me heaps, e.g. he refused money from Sheren because she worked with the Japs tho he knew that she was real helping chinese militants escape. they way he acted was like he thought she was dirty or something. It irked me.

I prefered flawed chracters like his bro, Gilbert Lam who came from a young uncaring unloved kid with unresolved issues with his father, to a man who took up the burden of supporting the whole family, learned to love his father, learned responsibility and became a man who no longer stood in his perfect bro's shadow. His love life is also interesting as well since he breaks the taboo of falling in his sis-in-law and has sever conflicts with himself over it, then loves an ex-prostitute which is another taboo, but he still persists with determination and finally wins acceptance to marry his true love.

Lam Wai was also an interesting character as well. He had serious issues with his mother, went through a lot of ups and downs in both life, romance and business, and he turned otu to be a very caring man and son and father as well as patriot and the way he died was just so ironic (killed by chinese mistaking him for being a jap follower when he just saved hundreds of anti-Jap members leave to HK). Tragic.

Even the jap guy who wanted to marry Maggie was more interesting than Steve Ma's character since he was debating whether to love or not love Maggie. The dude (Steve Ma) just lacks sparks in his story. No idea why every loves him.

There was also a lot of boring characters like Seung Tin Or and Amy's uncle and his GF, Steve's mum, Steve's army buddy, Sheren's mum, Gilbert's friend and his wife, which were all quite boring and predictable characters . The interesting ones were Amy's 2nd sis who had such a tragic life, Lee Heung Kum, Amy's 3rd sis, Gilbert's mum and dad.

[aisu_kuriimu]

no.. never like ATV, especially now, since quality has decreased through the years.. prefer TVB always. hmm don't remember this series, i remeber 1995 was famous for "ser diu ying hung joon" - condor hero i think.

[tis me]

I thought out of the three wives, I liked Sheren the best even though she was quite annoying at the start. Sheren showed a lot of passion and independence, and the wisdom to let go when it was no longer hers to have. She truly knows what she wants, is not restricted by stupid rules like not remarrying and helping the Japs (as a cover to help chinese escape), searches for her own happiness, and is a great business woman. I thought her "love" with Steve was weird, and liked it a whole lot better when it was with Lam Wai, who was way more worth her love.

Maggie was just too whining and annoying for me to like at all. She latches onto her husband to keep him away from his wife even though she knows she is a concubine. She is selfish and never shown a moment of guilt or felt sorry for Amy and Sheren. No wonder the family hates her. Lucky they divorced. Like Sheren, she tries to search for her own happiness, but the way she does it is so annoying and indirect. She's quite boring as well even tho they shoved her into the spy role.

Amy is too nice and perfect a character that I couldn't really feel for her. I mean I felt sorry for her everytime her husband turned up with a new wife, and when she lost her first baby, but her thoughts are always so focussed and unchanging that it irritates me after ep 30 because she seems to have no internal conflicts from there on.

I didn't think her husband was that good a man anyway to have three women fight over him. HE has everything, looks, brains, parent's love, success in business, girl's love, etc... but he was too perfect in a way as well that no development could be made and he got boring. He also has this prinicple thing which annoys me heaps, e.g. he refused money from Sheren because she worked with the Japs tho he knew that she was real helping chinese militants escape. they way he acted was like he thought she was dirty or something. It irked me.

I prefered flawed chracters like his bro, Gilbert Lam who came from a young uncaring unloved kid with unresolved issues with his father, to a man who took up the burden of supporting the whole family, learned to love his father, learned responsibility and became a man who no longer stood in his perfect bro's shadow. His love life is also interesting as well since he breaks the taboo of falling in his sis-in-law and has sever conflicts with himself over it, then loves an ex-prostitute which is another taboo, but he still persists with determination and finally wins acceptance to marry his true love.

Lam Wai was also an interesting character as well. He had serious issues with his mother, went through a lot of ups and downs in both life, romance and business, and he turned otu to be a very caring man and son and father as well as patriot and the way he died was just so ironic (killed by chinese mistaking him for being a jap follower when he just saved hundreds of anti-Jap members leave to HK). Tragic.

Even the jap guy who wanted to marry Maggie was more interesting than Steve Ma's character since he was debating whether to love or not love Maggie. The dude (Steve Ma) just lacks sparks in his story. No idea why every loves him.

There was also a lot of boring characters like Seung Tin Or and Amy's uncle and his GF, Steve's mum, Steve's army buddy, Sheren's mum, Gilbert's friend and his wife, which were all quite boring and predictable characters . The interesting ones were Amy's 2nd sis who had such a tragic life, Lee Heung Kum, Amy's 3rd sis, Gilbert's mum and dad.

Oh man.. Sheren was my favorite character in this series.. she was the only reason why I re-watched this series recently too..

Her character was so great.. she was deeply flawed-- a bit selfish, impetuous, headstrong, stubborn, etc.. but she had a good heart. I like her character more than Amy's character because she seemed more genuine and real.. Amy's character was too perfect..

I also loved her relationship with Lam Wai. It was not a head-over-heels love at first but was one that was based on trust, friendship, and caring. Later on.. I believe it became more of a head-over-heels love. When he died.. I couldn't stop crying for Sheren's character..

I didn't like Maggie's character all that much either.. I felt like her storyline was kind of unnecessary and the story would have been good even without her as a source of conflict.

All in all.. this was a great series!! Acting was top-notch, casting was great and the story was interesting. There were some slow parts.. but what series doesn't??

[MokaGirl]

I saw that serie. Watched it fully and unlike my sis xxSerenity, I loved it !!!!

Honestly this is the kind of serie that I like despite its endless episodes. Some part was surely draggy and unesteresting. Mine was Steven with Maggie. I simply can't resist fast-forwarding their part. Simply not my taste. But I enjoyed everything else. It was an ATV production. One huge production. With some visages that I know and some that I don't. Nevertheless I appreciate it. The main thing that has deeply affected me was it soundtrack. Their melody simply fitted with the scene. and used rightfully. There's not much serie when the frame is perfectly sync with the sound but in this one. It did perfectly well. I am amased of their efforts. They used instrumentals, sad sounds to the extend of making us get into the story. Despite few goofs in the production. The soundtrack was beautifully made. The themesong, heard it is sung by Amy herself ( can't confirm tho ) was great.

The casting was good enough to make me watch from the first episode till the end. At the last episode I ended hating two characters: Steven ( Amy's hubby ) and Maggie ( Steven's third wife ). Everyone gives a fine performance and has contribute to this serie greatly.

The storyline was a litle complexe tho. But it was multiple generation so it was to be expected in order to create drama and interest.

But I think nearly all characters in the serie was well-developped. From main cast to support actors, they were well-written.

It's a long serie. Probably not for everyone has it's very dramatic. But I gave myself time to enjoy it and I don't have regret.

See it for youself.

[kaniha]

i was sooo young when i watched the series.. yet i still remember the story (quite).
maggie ended up with an army. was his name wa sai pung (or something like that). they were locked up together and got married (kinda) in the jail right? if im not mistaken ho sang and ho man had their third sibling right? or was it just my imagination?
i really love this series. it's my fav. but i didn't know there were 2 parts. i really wanna watch the series again!!! but couldn't find any torrent.

[joe4eva]

huh?
sheren tang is sau hau's sister in law?
i thought she was sau hau's husband 2nd wife or smth... they shared the same husband, ho sang...she has a daughter with him oso...after some time only she remarried to another guy.....correct me if i am wrong...but this is what i remember..
i was around 10-11yrs old when i watch this...

[felixwhoals]

I guess I was around 10 years old too when I watch this show. It's really an old series to watch and I really hope I can download this series.

[Kenway]

Wow .. it was so long back .... i cant even remember how many yrs old i am when i watch this show . but 1 thing i am sure off is i am very small at that time but i kind of remember this series a little bit ... from my memory .. i remember it is a very touching movie .. haihz .. where u can get it ?!!?!?!?

[Mythical50]

Oh wow, this show was such a classic for my parents. For me though, it was too much drama and teary eyes so I didn't really catch it.

[Linh.e.Pooh]

huh?
sheren tang is sau hau's sister in law?
i thought she was sau hau's husband 2nd wife or smth... they shared the same husband, ho sang...she has a daughter with him oso...after some time only she remarried to another guy.....correct me if i am wrong...but this is what i remember..
i was around 10-11yrs old when i watch this...

LOLZ..
Yeah, it was like 10+ years ago that the series was released. I watched it when I was like 9.

Yeah, Sheren Tang protrays as Amy's husband's second "wife" (I put this in quote because their marriage wasnt even an official marriage, its more like a mistress). Yes, Sheren had a child (girl) with Steven, and Amy wouldve too, but because of Sheren, Amy lost the baby. It was one of the saddest scenes!

Sheren ended up marrying another guy, after realizing that no matter how she tries, Steven only truly loves Amy. The same goes with Maggie, who married another guy, after realizing, too, that Steven, after recovering his memory, only loves his real official, and lovely wife, AMY.

This is such a great series. I love Amy's character, but if only she'd end up with Gilbert, it'll be outstanding, not just good.

Amy's character is way too good to be true. lolz

[scarletfray]

I have the series but never got around to finishing it. It just drags and drags with typical sub plots. It's too melodramatic to my liking.

Amen to that.

My grandmother loves this series, but I think it gets reaaaaally slow after the first story arcs. I mean, I tried rewatching it recently and I was interested at first. Then it was just like, I had to fast-forward through the rest. There was just waaay too much angst.

I found the memory lost kind of ridiculous. I mean, it's like they keep hinting at a happy ending but then bad stuff happens right when things start to look up. Maybe that's okay for a while, but it gets boring!

[Tam Yuet Wah]

i can't remember in details because i was very young by the time. i just remember amy chan was a veryyy good woman in the series. and gilbert lam was super cool (dunno why every girl fell for steve ma instead)

[Linh.e.Pooh]

i can't remember in details because i was very young by the time. i just remember amy chan was a veryyy good woman in the series. and gilbert lam was super cool (dunno why every girl fell for steve ma instead)

Gilbert Lam is my favorite male character in the series. His love for Amy (his sister-in-law) is undenable, I felt sorri for him. LOLZ! It would be nice if Amy fell for him, though it'll ruin her loyalty characteristic.

Amy Chan did an amazing job in here, its no wonder that she won the best actress award for her character Hau Sau. She's amazing!

Sheren didnt do a bad job either, but she did start to get annoying after awhile. I got kinda feed up with her character every now and than. Especially when she thinks shes all that. Argh, that's annoying!

[thaoluan]

my mom watches back and forth everyday. Would you believe it

[Linh.e.Pooh]

my mom watches back and forth everyday. Would you believe it

I do, because I do that too. LOLZ!

I am a big fan of pre-modern series - the storyline is so geniune and surreal. These types of series are so much more realistic and acceptable than ANCIENT series, especially with the flying warriors, FAKE. Those kind of series are only good for a one time entertainment, but pre-modern series set during the War World time are believible and great. Especially during the time of war such as now, the storyline of how lovers are seperated from each other, touches others heart. AMAZING!

ATV rocks at making these series, though its very lenghtly, its ok, its worth!

Amy Chan and Gilbert Lam, IMO, were the best!

[Linh.e.Pooh]

one of atv popular series. even tvb can't beat this one.

Very TRUE!

Even though ATV produces alot of crappier series than TVB, once they make a good one, its unbeatable!

That stands true for The Good Old Days, even today, after a decade ago, the series still has a positive effect on all its audiences. If there is a single soul who comes close to even hating it, than they must be heartless and blind. The series is amazing and the storyline is so similar to everyone's life during war times, everyone who has gone through tough times, war times, or love issues can relate to the series. ITS SO HUMANE!

An EXCELLENT PRODUCTION and CAST!

[orange underwood]

love this so much...

where can i watch it online with eng subbed???

i cant understand chinese....

[ktdanh]

love this so much...

where can i watch it online with eng subbed???

i cant understand chinese....

can u understand Viet? if so..go to this site... phimonline.name and type in Loan The Tinh Thu..it'll pull up for u..cuz that's where I finished the serie after 10 yrs of watching it :]

[billphan2007]

love this series - watch this series more than 5 times, and the worst is that i bought the VCD from yesasia.com....really expensive and bad quality