QUOTE(Little_Purple_Bell @ Jul 16 2006 5 41 PM) [snapback]2672299[/snapback]
Prejudgement is simply unfair; the ET business itself is already an area of favoritism abd biasedness, so do we, as the audience, really have to add to that? People who suffer from biasedness, like Gillian, only have the public to depend on to continue their careers because that provides a reason of why the company shouldn't throw them in the freezer.
Yeah, there are people who are easily influenced by the negative comments of others that they read online that sometimes they don't watch the serials because of what they read. I often find myself disagreeing with the negative comments completely after watching the serial/film myself, so I'd say it's best to be my own judge. People have different tastes and judgements, and there are people who just go stereotyping right off the bat, regardless if the quality is good or not. It's like if a person hates someone in the cast or believes deeply that the actor can't act, he/she will automatically say the actor did a bad job without actually looking at the performance generally. Sometimes that's the case for Gillian. Gillian's been so stereotyped of her supposedly poor acting mainly because of her beautiful face. Why is it so hard to believe that one can be beautiful and talented at the same time? Does it have to be only the average looking people who are talented and pretty faces are eye candy only?
What kind of theory is that? I mean, even Gillian's own fans believe that. They still believe that Gillian is below average in acting even though she has been recognized by quite a few veteran actors/actresses and directors of her acting already; some even spoke up for Gillian about how she's only thought to be worse because she's always overshadowed when being under the label of Twins. It was such a relief of seeing that because it tells us that others see it as well, and for the information of those who think we're complaining too much, we obviously aren't complaining out of nowhere when there are people in the actual showbiz agreeing. Well, some fans just don't have good sportsmanship. Some fans will do anything just for their idol to climb up the ET ladder, even if that means blindly hating someone like Gillian, who has no intentions of competing with others; Gillian just wants to enjoy life and her career while providing her family the financial stability she never had. Even fans who are not part of the ET world can become so rowdy, cruel, and heartless towards other artists that block and threaten their favored idol so I'm not going to even imagine how dirty and wicked the ET industry can transform people.
The HK audience absolutely adores sassy and bubbly roles for some reason and unfortunately, Gillian has never been granted the opportunity to show off her wild and cute side without the label of Twins. Gillian just needs to tackle down an extremely spunky and vibrant role in order to show the world especially the local HK viewers, that Gillian Chung has a witty and quick mouth too, she just waited for the perfect time to scream, kick, and bully those who doubted her and criticized her.

Pretty actresses usually do portray boring roles, so calm, so cold, and so lifeless, that's why the audience believes that pretty actresses like Gillian can only convey one emotion, the wood expression. Come on, as a silent and such forgiving character, there's not much to do and express anyway. I agree. We're not just complaining because we had a bad day today but it's true. Gillian has a lot of untapped potential in every acting genre but she's so limited due to EEG. And one question that has always surfaced on my mind is: how can anyone be so certain that Gillian is any less talented in acting than the rest if Gillian hasn't even portrayed enough characters and roles to determine that yet. The majority of roles Sa has presented to the audience are bubbly cute roles while Gillian has only portrayed quiet and conservative roles, what makes anyone so sure that if granted the opportunity, Gillian will not outshine Sa in being naturally cute and energetic?
I do hope that since Sa has been given several chances now to portray something different from her usual sassy roles (
Leave Me Alone, Hidden Heroes, All About Love, and Diary), Gillian will also receive an opportunity to transform into a drama queen with her spoiled and bratty character as well.
QUOTE(Little_Purple_Bell @ Jul 16 2006 5 41 PM) [snapback]2672299[/snapback]
Yeah, it sounds so possible for Mani to make such demands.
I wouldn't be surprised if that was really how things were. Even if there wasn't a kissing scene planned, those extra scenes were still deleted.
Okay, at least Gillian had a whole day of relaxation with Kenny while filming that MV, and they got free food from the house owner!
There were probably more scenes than we know of because Kenny said they spent the whole day filming, morning to night; would something of four minutes take so long?
Anyway, that's the reason why Kenny was trying to get Gillian drunk! He expressed that he's quite weak at alcohol while Gillian was quite strong, so when he felt that alcohol was taking him over, he started to make attempts of pulling Gillian down with him by pushing alcohol at her! The TVB one was cheap, but the EEG one was actually decently budgeted, at least they had the decency to actually make a plot to the MV and go to a nice house to film it. It's surely not as highly budgeted as 'Prophet' with Kenny and Charlene, but it's EEG, so what can we expect? 'Prophet' was really nicely structured; the beginning made it looked like a film with the 'Starring' and 'Co-starring' headings, and I liked how it began with the grave speaking of Charlene's message to Kenny. Hm, it seems like Kenny has a different girl from EEG from each of his albums: Oncoming - Charlene, MusicK - Gillian, and mie wo sagashite - Isabella. Ironically, MusicK was the least budgeted one.
Well, KG's duet MV was better than KI's; Kenny and Isabella were pretty much sitting and standing around singing the song through the whole MV with scenes of a video game going on here and there. There isn't exactly a plot, but the song's to promote the video game in general. Anyway, the acceptance of this duet at least proves that the pairing of KG isn't hated. The duet wouldn't be so supported if so many people 'hated' KG as a pair.
Their duet could've done more if they were pushed a bit more with promotions, but it was never done. The chance is lost. Hopefully, if KG gets a second chance around with a duet, things will be different. I really hope for another duet between Kenny and Gillian. Seems like Kenny and Isabella are attempting something new in terms of their most recent duet. I wish, Kenny and Gillian would explore the different music genres together as well.
I wonder why the music video took an entire day to shoot as well but so little was edited into the final product. Hopefully, both Kenny and Gillian received or requested a copy of those cute deleted scenes because those moments are so priceless.

Gillian should have intoxicated Kenny and taped all of his silly activities and exposed secrets.

I'm glad that at least Kenny and Gillian had time to bond with each other; they're a cute pair, a pair that will make your heart melt.
Kenny and Gillian are widely accepted but not sure why EEG is unwilling to invest in this pair. I mean, the Don-Mandy duo was something refreshing and enjoyed by the audience and Mandy was supposedly a side-kick for such a long time, pairing Kenny and Gillian together in a special album would totally heat things up.

With such short and cheap promotions if any, Kenny and Gillian still surfaced to the top, that is already so promising.
QUOTE(Little_Purple_Bell @ Jul 16 2006 5 41 PM) [snapback]2672299[/snapback]
The EG magazine doesn't say much; it just says that EG weren't affected by their rumours and stood together four times to take photos together. Yet even though they stood together several times, they didn't speak to each other very often.
Wow, that just shows how much charm Gillian possesses. It's so nice to hear that even foreigners show interest in Gillian; doesn't that prove that Gillian should receive more chances and opportunities?
The white guy's statement was so supportive!
But it must've been pretty surprising for you. Just eating a meal and watching a movie when a stranger approaches to comment on someone in the film.
It's a great thing to hear though!
HK would be Gillian's first step unless she was somehow granted a major opportunity, and she skipped the HK step altogether to a much broader horizon.
It nearly sounds impossible with EEG in the way, so I just hope that Gillian will at least get her deserved promotion in HK in the future. It'd be great if HK could send out a convincing beauty like Gillian though. Gillian could surely break some stereotyping of the foreigners regarding the outer appearances of Chinese people; that's another case of stereotyping right there.
Anyway, Gillian really does have the ability to make it to the top range, but it all sums down to if she's given the chances and opportunities to. She may have been there already if Gillian was allowed to grab on right when she was nominated for 'Best Actress'; if she presented the audience with a few more convincing roles after that time, she surely would've won the majority of the audience over with recognition already. HK would be in much better state if those who had potential were all given rightful chances.
Yeah, during the filming of Twins-Edison films, Edison and Gillian were already in bad terms with each other so they avoided each other during that period of time, so sad.

Better and more intimate photos would have been taken if only Edison and Gillian mended their relationship then.
It was an awkward experience. I was actually quite startled when that guy approached me; I didn't think he was paying attention to my laptop.

That rarely happens. At first, I thought he came over to complain about the distraction my laptop was creating with its volume but thank god, that wasn't the case. But I'm glad that Gillian appeals to a large majority outside of HK.
Hm, with Andy's help, Gillian may skip over the HK step altogether. A lot of Andy's work transfers internationally. Then Gillian can work alongside Takeshi, Zhang Ziyi, Tony Leung, and other mega stars. Andy kept complimenting how pretty Gillian appeared that night, the night of Gillian's nomination as
Best Actress, the clip you uploaded at YT. That cracks me up everytime lol.

Anyway, Gillian still has many opportunities ahead of her, I hope. My biggest hope and fear all falls upon Andy.
Thanks for much for the translation of the article. Gillian was witty with her answers.

Oh, I love how Gillian answered her questions. And it did seem like Sa was too used to Gillian being the supporting character, the Doraemon ordeal. Ha, I love the way Gillian cunningly crashed into Sa's rebuttals, Gillian's answers were so hilarious and true, even the reporter sensed that Sa was ripping Gillian off.

At least, Gillian is being more straight-forward with Sa now, even in interviews, Gillian seems much stronger than before; I guess, it finally struck Gillian, she won't be taken for granted anymore, done with being the one who is always being taken advantage of, no more Miss Considerate.
QUOTE(Gill#1Fan @ Jul 16 2006 7 59 PM) [snapback]2672932[/snapback]
Wow that's weird and cool! Even someone non-asian knows Gillian act's good! Lol..hope that one day she could end up in HollyWood and then she'll get tons of fans! But the point is, she don't even have that much films in HK..in Hollywood?

But only if EEG let's her expect certain roles!

I really support Gillian towards Hollywood because Gillian will break some typical Chinese stereotypes that all Asian people look alike with the chinky eyes and wide faces da da da. Plus, Gillian has a clean image so she probably won't portray such sexual roles, showing Hollywood and the Western Hemisphere that not every pretty or cute Asian girl is a sex symbol. Asian actresses can make it into Hollywood without taking off her shirt but for true acting abilities. I'm sure Gillian will have a chance to shine much more than this in the acting industry, just wait.
QUOTE(dimsumfoods @ Jul 16 2006 8 24 PM) [snapback]2673042[/snapback]
mmmm....
you know, i love Gillian... she is beautiful... but something's been nagging me and my conscience...
I mean, the 1st time i saw a pic of gillian back in 2001, i didnt think much of her, and the twins song completely turned me off, that song about: "biology gives me love, chemistry gives me love... la la love love love!"
But then, i "rediscovered" her in 05... i heard the hot yoga song and was like... whoa... whoa... wait. Twins? Let me see... they have progressed! and i started listening to more of their songs, and i loved Gillian's high peaks in "happy together".
And then, i saw a pic of her, and i was melted, the cheese in a grilled cheese. WHAT HAPPENED??? i dunno...
Anyways, back to my point: she's beautiful, and the men that get to work with her are so lucky, and HK is blessed without knowing it. But doesnt it seem a little superficial to always praise her looks? I mean, i melted, but that was it, until i learned more about her, like her personality and goals. That was when i admired her most. adoration.
Mmmm, i guess what im trying to say is that, oh jeezezz... i dont know what my point was anymore...
Maybe, well, what if you were blind, and never saw Gillian's face. What if we were all blind. Would we still be gaga about her like we are now?
I would... but it'd be harder i think.
And, she'll get her big break soon... i have a feeling she'll take the world by storm, like no other. Invade America Gillian will.
Oh my, what a deep analogy. I believe, even if I were blind, just Gillian's sweet voice will still be able to melt my heart, make my lifeless eyes cry rivers, and my will to see stronger. Gillian's lovely and beautiful voice will be colors to my eyes.

I think that beauty can only take one so far, it's really Gillian's inner-beauty that has won my heart and support.
Go Gillian~