QUOTE(Little_Purple_Bell @ Jul 19 2006 9 18 PM) [snapback]2685234[/snapback]
I wonder if Kenny and Gillian could both give a shot at vibratos with their duet if given more chances to perform it?
'Conscience Discovery' would sound much better with vibratos because it's such a high-pitched song. Gillian could surely do much more with this duet, if only she would try expanding her voice more as she synchronizes with Kenny. Personally, I don't think Gillian has quite grasped vibratos in general yet; Twins have expressed that the way they sang 'I Really Want To Love Him' is based on how JJ Lin sang it in the demo version. The producer had requested for them follow along of JJ's portrayal, so I'm guessing that the only reason that ballad included a bit of vibratos is because JJ had included them in his version.
So, I would hope for a song where Gillian could actually give intentions and fully expand to vibratos in the near future. I agree, I can't stress enough of how Gillian and Kenny need another duet together.
With Kenny as a partner, Gillian can challenge herself more with the high notes and hopefully vibratos. That's why I sometimes don't like hearing Gillian do Twins songs; they're so simplified that Gillian sounds so compressed when singing them. When singing songs of other artistes or her own personal songs, Gillian lets her voice expand further than she ever did with Twins songs. Could they have a happier duet later on? Since duets usually do have some tearjerking theme? Maybe they can sing one that's purely about romance, and they don't get split up. They were split up in both of their duets.
Anyway, I really think Kenny and Gillian are able to have a long way to go with their synchronizing in duets.
A Nic+Gillian duet would be interesting as well; that way, Gillian can practise singing deep in Cantonese if she collaborates with Nic while Alan could take her somewhere with her deep notes in Mandarin. Hm, Kenny is a great singing partner for high notes but when performing live, Kenny is similar to Gillian, both are super nervous and begin off weak but I also blame the lack of real practice between Kenny and Gillian as well. Seems like Gillian only receives the time to rehearse and practice right before the actual show, that's pretty risky.

Luckily, Gillian has never failed to amaze me with her live performances whether they be solo, Twins, or duets. I really want Gillian to perform a personal duet with Nic or Alan because both Nic and Alan have enough confidence and stage comfort to help assure Gillian throughout the entire song. Gillian is already experiencing enough fear onstage, by Kenny not smiling in return, Gillian may have felt even more pressure but with Nic or Alan, since they've been performing a bit longer than Kenny, they have more knowledge in that area, they can smile, share eye contact, and relieve Gillian's frustration without ruining the duet and mood. Sometimes, when you invest too much effort, the live performance becomes a bit rigid and unnatural, Kenny was even more tensed than Gillian, honestly. But this Kenny and Gillian duet wasn't so bad to the point of no emotions. There were emotions channeling in and out of their blended voices but because this was their first live collaboration, they rushed the song a bit and sang it less smoother than usual due to being nervous. Hopefully, Kenny and Gillian will perform another superb live duet in the future.
Vibratos are quite essential for Gillian. Gillian has already proven herself to sing beautifully in all genre of notes: low, standard, and high. Her next mission should be an achievement of vibratos. That's interesting how Twins sang
I Really Want to Love Him with vibratos only in the CD version due to JJ Lin's expectations, his demo.

No wonder, the vibratos sounded a bit weird. JJ Lin may have been able to perform the vibratos differently and much more appealing than Twins due to his familiarity with vibratos but
I Really Want to Love Him wasn't the best song for Twins to begin vibratos. I'm cheering Nic-Gillian for an official duet, Kenny-Gillian for another duet, and most definitely Alan-Gillian, the best pair for a lovely duet. Hopefully, all of my requests will be fulfilled soon.
QUOTE(Little_Purple_Bell @ Jul 19 2006 9 18 PM) [snapback]2685234[/snapback]
Yeah, for TTE and TTE II, that was the case, but there are times like in 'Protégé de la Rose Noire' that Gillian doesn't get a love interest at all while Charlene gets the only leading guy. Regardless, in EMG's mind, the plot and the leading characters don't matter much, but just getting Charlene's character and her partner's relationship going is the key thing.
I personally don't think it's that hard of a job to equalize parts between two actresses, importance and screentime. We rarely see this situation happen in other films.
But of course, this is EMG we're talking about, right? Someone's always a first priority to them, despite it flips the whole film's quality around. I just hope things fall around differently this time as SunDream is involved. I'm quite sure that Gillian has a pretty good reputation with SunDream, but then there are obstacles like EMG, so the chances are a bit 50/50; I'll just listen for comments and reviews about the film when it comes out. If things are tried for equality, then I'll give it a shot. That's another typical thing of a Twins film; why don't Gillian and Charlene ever interact with each other's love interests? Like in TTE II, the four of them were travelling together, yet Gillian doesn't know Wilson at all basically. Perhaps Gillian's love interest is Jason since the two of them and Steven were in a scene together. Oh yeah, Charlene has started filming as well; both were in GuangZhou yesterday but rushed back to practise for the MOOV concert. I absolutely object to a love triangle.
I do want more of Steven's presence in the film though.
You're absolutely right about the double hate; Gillian and Steven have another thing in common now. They're both forced to lose weight.
Maybe Steven is just a guest star, EMG would never in a million years offer Steven somewhat of a main role anyway. Unless he and Gillian are paired up, and they're going to be a pair of nobodies in the film together except when the day has to be saved because of the double hate.
Well, hopefully that isn't the case. That'd be double depression for me then. Seeing Gillian go through that is already going to kill me; never mind about the doubling. Or maybe Kenny did take a picture with it but only decided to share the photo privately with Gillian?
He did say that his only intention of going to find this photo was to get her peeved!
Please no love triangle, it's so pathetic and lame. Yeah, that's true, in
Protégé de la Rose Noire, Gillian was so clueless and useless in that film, one of the worst films ever produced lol.

I do hope that SunDream will not be too influenced by EMG's demands and continue supporting Gillian and Steven in this film. It's definitely not difficult at all to balance out the importance and screentime of two leads but yes, this is EMG we're speaking of, the word
equality seems to not exist in their DNA molecules. I am really dreading this film in place for Gillian.
Kenny probably sneaked a photo with it but Kenny was too shy to admit it towards Gillian.
QUOTE(dimsumfoods @ Jul 20 2006 7 11 PM) [snapback]2689530[/snapback]
Hmm! She does talk about her smile. It's cute what she says: the host asks her if whether or not what people believe is true about them. people think charlene is more cheerful, and gill is more on the cool side, because Gill is not caught smiling in many pictures. Gillian says: no no... i smile a lot too. It's just that smiling all the time is tiring! After a while, i let go of smiling and that's when they happen to take my picture, so the picture shows me not smiling, but i'm just taking a break. I smile a lot though.
That's what i gather... forgive me if my canto was not good enough to translate accurately! Sorry!...
It's a nice interview though i think. And i like how Gill and Sa weren't embarassed talking about sweating. They said they sweat so much on stage that they even surprised each other, and had to wipe themselves down a lot. I know a lot of girls who are shy about sweating, as if it's dirty or improper. Pssh... i say its natural and important and trivial.
But, hmm, i didnt know shanghai was that hot in the summer...
Thanks for sharing. Gillian's too funny and it is true too. It's just like how Sa actually cried in the filming for
I Really Want To Love Him and Gillian had a nice crying scene in
Conscious Discovery as well but both of those scenes never popped up in the final product.

I'm glad Gillian is honest with her responses. I guess, the people who criticize Gillian as being fake perhaps never read, enough to understand anything.
QUOTE(Gill#1Fan @ Jul 20 2006 7 35 PM) [snapback]2689622[/snapback]
Here's some picture I came accross from twinsfans.net. 2 Nicholas and Gillian picture I never saw before
http://i5.tinypic.com/20joks0.jpg <---- This one I know what at a mando award ceremony, Charlene couldn't make it cause of filming. If I remember correctly this was in 2005? Or 2004?
http://i5.tinypic.com/20jp79u.jpg <---- Wonder what's Nicholas telling Gillian? Maybe something about Edison?

Thanks for sharing such cute photos of Nic and Gillian. Nic is always caught whispering and acting naughty whenever near Gillian. Perhaps Nic may have a tiny crush on Gillian but because of Edison, Nic had to resign his pursuit?

Gosh, I totally want a duet collaboration between Nic and Gillian or perhaps, a film at least.
QUOTE(jelly_bean @ Jul 21 2006 12 00 PM) [snapback]2692933[/snapback]
You know what funny, how people bashing Gill and stuft, now i know that they just jealous for their idol becuase Gill is so much then meet the eyes. They feel threat for their idol, that's why they been basing like there is no tomorrow.
I find that copliment actually, maybe those bad comment can give Gilla push to be better in singer/actress.
While they praise for their idol, when she need to improve. lol
man, im so off topic,
anyway, congrat for getting past 3000 post. the next goal is 100000 post, maybe?
We will continue to support Gillian no matter what. There would always be haters out there but who cares right? You're funny, "bashing like there is no tomorrow" lol.

So true.
Go Gillian~