From: owner-monkey@valinor.eldar.org (Monkey Digest) To: monkey-digest@valinor.eldar.org Subject: Monkey Digest V1 #83 Reply-To: monkey@valinor.eldar.org Sender: owner-monkey@valinor.eldar.org Errors-To: owner-monkey@valinor.eldar.org Precedence: bulk Monkey Digest Friday, August 8 1997 Volume 01 : Number 083 In this issue: Re: [monkey] Sentai? [monkey] Do you know this film - "The Iron Circle"? [monkey] Another Monkey game....! RE: [monkey] China series RE: [monkey] China series RE: [monkey] China series RE: [monkey] China series Re: [monkey] The Beginning of the Way Re: [monkey] Another Monkey game....! [monkey] Monkey on BBC Re: [monkey] Monkey on BBC RE: [monkey] China series [monkey] Name this TV show / film Re: [monkey] WIN95 System screens [monkey] Ultimate TV Listing Re: [monkey] Monkey on BBC Re: [monkey] Holy and Bright (again!) Re: [monkey] Sentai? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 07 Aug 1997 01:16:49 PDT From: "Howell Parry" Subject: Re: [monkey] Sentai? >---------- > Howell Parry wrote: >> Hello. >> >> Can anyone here tell me what a sentai tv show is? (i.e. what does >> "sentai" mean?) >> > >From my understanding, "Sentai" is a popular tv show genre in Japan. >Sentai shows normally feature a team of heroes, each with his/her own >distinct colour, and big robots. Some sentai shows are Mighty Morphin >Power Rangers, VR Troopers and Superhuman Samuri Syber Squad. Thanks for the explanation, Daniel. I guess Monkey isn't a sentai show then! Howell ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 07 Aug 1997 01:49:37 PDT From: "Howell Parry" Subject: [monkey] Do you know this film - "The Iron Circle"? I just found a newsgroup article about Monkey and related films etc., and it mentioned a film featuring the Monkey character, called "The Iron Circle": >The other place I can remember the Monkey from is the movie THE IRON >CIRCLE. The seeker, Cord had to face battling the monkey king which >is either adventure or allegory depending on the mood you are in when >you watch it . Does anyone know this film? Howell ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 07 Aug 1997 01:59:21 PDT From: "Howell Parry" Subject: [monkey] Another Monkey game....! I just found a newsgroup message that appears to be describing a Sony Playstation game which features Monkey, Pigsy, Sandy and Tripitaka: >> I'm looking for a game title here... >> I've seen the cd cover and its a cartoony picture of Monkey King >>and his >> friends (from the story Journey to the West). >> Can anyone help me out here? ASAP >> Also, does anyone know where I can get a picture similar to the cover >> graphics? (I need a cute picture of the Monkey King) >> >> -Yung Tse >I have a PSX game like that. maybe that's what you mean by it and since >it has no english name. The game was a platformer(based on a chinese >tale of Journey to the West) in which the super monkey and his 3 >friends (monk, pig and guy) tried to kill the monster and go on to >the >next level. I haven't played this game much but the graphics was OK. Another message in the thread says that this game *might* be called "Magic Beast Warriors"... Does anyone know this game? Howell ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 07 Aug 1997 01:45:59 PDT From: "Howell Parry" Subject: RE: [monkey] China series After looking at the names of these cast members, I reckon it's NOT the TVB version that you're describing. The information I have says that the major stars of the TVB production (made in 1996) are: Dicky Cheung , Chan Mui Ying ,Angie Cheung ,Kiung Wai, Lai Yu Chung , and Muk Chung Ching which are clearly different from the people you've listed below. I've heard that there was a Chinese version of Monkey made in the 1980s - - maybe this is that one? What year was this "Monkey King - Journey to the West" made (it should say on the credits somewhere)? Here's some pictures from this "Monkey King - Journey to the West" TV show that UPIR kindly sent to me yesterday: http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Towers/8153/oken.jpg http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Towers/8153/ok.jpg Does anyone on the list recognise these pictures? I'd really like to find out more about this series now...I'm intrigued. Howell >I really dunno if it was TVB what I saw, but there was many latex masks a= >nd it was colorful... The actors: >Monkey: Liu Xio Ling Tong >Tripitaka: Xu Shaohua >Pigsy: Ma De Hua >Sandy: Yan Huai Li > >If U can help me to get sum materials bout that series, tell me! > >UPIR > >---------- >> Od: Robert Vong >> Pre: Howell Parry ; monkey@valinor.eldar.org >> Predmet: Re: [monkey] China series >> D=E1tum: 7. august 1997 2:47 >>=20 >> > In fact, I just tried it, and there's a whole load of information the= >re! >> > Just search for: >> > journey to the west tvb >> > and you'll get lots of results from the current database (articles fr= >om=20 >> > the last month). >>=20 >> As a matter of fact, 'twas moi who initiated some of of these=20 >> threads :) Anyway, they were pretty shallow & mostly dealt=20 >> specifically with that production. >> The TVB one was not good at all. Some cheezy computer graphics +=20 >> some fake sentiments + a lot of latex - all the HUMOR. >>=20 >> bye :) ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 Aug 1997 17:25:56 +0800 From: "Robert Vong" Subject: RE: [monkey] China series > http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Towers/8153/oken.jpg > http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Towers/8153/ok.jpg Wow, looks very old to me. Most Likely Taiwanese. bye. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 Aug 1997 11:38:25 +0200 From: "Radovan UPIR Rybovic" Subject: RE: [monkey] China series Hello Howell!!! ========== Umm, it should be that version from 80's years... I saw it about 1989-90 (first time on Czech Slovak Federal Television) and then about 2 years later (on Czech Television)... - ---------- > Od: Howell Parry > Pre: monkey@valinor.eldar.org > Predmet: RE: [monkey] China series > Dátum: 7. august 1997 10:45 > > After looking at the names of these cast members, I reckon it's NOT the > TVB version that you're describing. > > The information I have says that the major stars of the TVB production > (made in 1996) are: Dicky Cheung , Chan Mui Ying ,Angie Cheung ,Kiung > Wai, Lai Yu Chung , and Muk Chung Ching > > which are clearly different from the people you've listed below. > > I've heard that there was a Chinese version of Monkey made in the 1980s > - maybe this is that one? > > What year was this "Monkey King - Journey to the West" made (it should > say on the credits somewhere)? > > Here's some pictures from this "Monkey King - Journey to the West" TV > show that UPIR kindly sent to me yesterday: > > http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Towers/8153/oken.jpg > > http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Towers/8153/ok.jpg > > Does anyone on the list recognise these pictures? I'd really like to > find out more about this series now...I'm intrigued. > > Howell > > >I really dunno if it was TVB what I saw, but there was many latex masks > a= > >nd it was colorful... The actors: > >Monkey: Liu Xio Ling Tong > >Tripitaka: Xu Shaohua > >Pigsy: Ma De Hua > >Sandy: Yan Huai Li > > > >If U can help me to get sum materials bout that series, tell me! > > > >UPIR > > > >---------- > >> Od: Robert Vong > >> Pre: Howell Parry ; monkey@valinor.eldar.org > >> Predmet: Re: [monkey] China series > >> D=E1tum: 7. august 1997 2:47 > >>=20 > >> > In fact, I just tried it, and there's a whole load of information > the= > >re! > >> > Just search for: > >> > journey to the west tvb > >> > and you'll get lots of results from the current database (articles > fr= > >om=20 > >> > the last month). > >>=20 > >> As a matter of fact, 'twas moi who initiated some of of these=20 > >> threads :) Anyway, they were pretty shallow & mostly dealt=20 > >> specifically with that production. > >> The TVB one was not good at all. Some cheezy computer graphics +=20 > >> some fake sentiments + a lot of latex - all the HUMOR. > >>=20 > >> bye :) > > > ______________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 Aug 1997 11:58:36 +0200 From: "Radovan UPIR Rybovic" Subject: RE: [monkey] China series Nope, it's chinese... I think about 80's years... And that's what I really love!!! That series show me new way of my life and I will always thank to BUDDHA that I can saw that... UPIR - ---------- > Od: Robert Vong > Pre: monkey@valinor.eldar.org > Predmet: RE: [monkey] China series > Dátum: 7. august 1997 11:25 > > > http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Towers/8153/oken.jpg > > http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Towers/8153/ok.jpg > > Wow, looks very old to me. Most Likely Taiwanese. > > bye. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 07 Aug 1997 03:12:33 PDT From: "Howell Parry" Subject: Re: [monkey] The Beginning of the Way >Well greetings to all > >Yet another poor disciple who has spent years fruitlessly searching for >things Monkey. Just having a brief read through one digest >(having just subscribed) I'm intrigued that there seems to be a >high Ozzie content. I find this interesting as I seem to think >that maybe the show was only played here and in Asia - I believe >it was a joint venture between the ABC and .. NTV ?. There's actually about as many English people on this list as Australian. It appears it was shown in Australia, Asia and the UK (people in the US have never heard of it). It was made originally (in Japanese) in Japan by NTV and Kokusai Hoei. Shortly afterwards, it was dubbed into English here in the UK - I think by a company in London called World Wide Sound (it's on the credits). It was shown in Australia by ABC, and in the UK by the BBC. I don't believe either company were involved in its production with NTV - they just bought the broadcasting rights to screen it. >Months ago I found the Ultimate TV site and was horrified to find >there was no page for Monkey - and told them so, and was very pleased >when I got some mail with the links to Howell's and Michael's pages - >great >stuff people ! (I hope that's right - I'm at a different PC at the >moment without >my cheat notes :-) ) I think you mean Matt's pages :) [who's Michael?] There's certainly a lot more coverage of Monkey on the Internet these days...I'm forever finding tributes to it! >I spent a while downloading some of the sound clips (after finally >tracking down the required plug ins - maybe a link would be nice ?) >and on listening through was amazed at the recollections they triggered. Which sound clips? If you're talking about .WAV files or .MID files, Windows 95 users who use Netscape or Internet Explorer can play these files without needing any extra plug-ins, can't they? Which operating system & browser are you using? >The show was repeated about 2 maybe 3 times on the ABC over here over >about >5-6 years maybe, and I watched it each time. At one stage I had every >episode on video >but one hazy day I seem to have made the decision to recycle - one of >those decisions you really regret later. >Anyway, I was pretty familiar >with the dialogue and it was great to have the clips conjure up the >visual images of the episodes etc. Same with the very detailed >episode summaries. Some very funny moments. Unlike ABC, here in the UK, Monkey was only ever shown once, between 1979 and 1981; so many UK fans on this list haven't seen it for about 16 years! As in Australia, it's been shown on cable a few times - but most people don't have access to cable :( >Anyway, for my first posting I should probably keep it short(er) ! >So, no Chris you're not alone. I remember going into the ABC shop >that used to be in the Rennasiance Arcade in Adelaide in the mid 80s >during a stocktake sale and buying the Monkey LP for $2. It sounds >identical to your tape with all the same songs which I do remember >being in the series. And yes I agree Gandhara is a classic >although I do have a soft spot for Thank You Baby. So my next >step is to go find that Godiego CD. It gets better and better. This "Magic Monkey" CD can be ordered from the online CD store, Comfort: http://web.kyoto-inet.or.jp/people/ohkura/ENGLISH/main.html >Its great to know this list is out there and happening. Ever since I >started watching Monkey, then reading the book that was published >by the ABC which was just selected extracts from the original volumes of > >Journey to the West, which were themselves largely a means to >highlight the political and religious red tape of the day, and going >back and reading them, I have >always thought of the show as a vehicle of learning in itself. In the >end, behind >the often corny acting etc I feel there was an underlying philosophy >that >i have taken with me ie it was more than just a fun action fantasy TV >show. I really believe you can enjoy Monkey on many levels. When I last saw Monkey in its entirety, I was aged between 7 and 9 years old, and loved it for the comedy and action. Now, when I watch it, I still like that, but I can see that there's so much more to it. Monkey really is amazing that it can appeal to people of absolutely any age - there's something in it for everyone. >I remember reading in a Fango a few years ago that Tsui Hark was >planning >to make an action version of the series (book) but never heard anything >or really followed it up. Anybody know anything ? As I'm sure that >would >contain the similar elements of humour and philisophy that were in the >TV series, based on what he did with Chinese Ghost Story 1,2 and 3. Sorry, no, I don't know anything about this. I've never even seen this films - but I think they've been shown on uk tv. >And is the series ever being released on video ???!!!!! No-one can answer this question at the moment. It has never been released on video anywhere in the world. The UK video distribution company Fabulous Films have been negotiating with NTV for over a year now, but complications keep arising. They've told me that it definitely won't be released this year - they said to contact them again in 1998. *If* they get the deal sorted, it will be released on video in the UK; it won't be available in Australia, but Australian fans would be able to order it from them by mail order (since it's the same video system - PAL). But it could take a long time to get this deal sorted. It's sooo frustrating! >I also found a reference to a book that was I believe published by >Penguin in the >1980's which was a book on the series and contained information, >apparently, >on the show, actors and included some pictures - but have had no luck >tracking it down. >Ring a bell ? I've never heard of this! I know they did a book called "Monkey" by Arthur Waley that contained a selection of the stories: http://www.penguin.co.uk/Penguin/Books/0140441115.html but this book you mention sounds very interesting indeed - if you find out anything, or manage to find a copy of it, please let me know! >Well, I think I might leave it there for now. Sorry for the lengthy >posting >but its nice to find people to talk too. No worries... there's nothing wrong with writing long emails about Monkey; it's what this mailing list is all about :) Howell ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 07 Aug 1997 03:19:14 PDT From: "Howell Parry" Subject: Re: [monkey] Another Monkey game....! >I just found a newsgroup message that appears to be describing a Sony >Playstation game which features Monkey, Pigsy, Sandy and Tripitaka: > >>> I'm looking for a game title here... >>> I've seen the cd cover and its a cartoony picture of Monkey King >>>and his >>> friends (from the story Journey to the West). >>> Can anyone help me out here? ASAP >>> Also, does anyone know where I can get a picture similar to the cover >>> graphics? (I need a cute picture of the Monkey King) >>> >>> -Yung Tse >>I have a PSX game like that. maybe that's what you mean by it and since >>it has no english name. The game was a platformer(based on a chinese >>tale of Journey to the West) in which the super monkey and his 3 >>friends (monk, pig and guy) tried to kill the monster and go on to >the >>next level. I haven't played this game much but the graphics was OK. > >Another message in the thread says that this game *might* be called >"Magic Beast Warriors"... > >Does anyone know this game? > >Howell Well, I emailed the guy who wrote this newsgroup message, and he's just replied to me, with some bad news :( >I don't think it was and will be available in the UK. >It was a japanese game...I can't read japanese but I am sure to >remember these characters, the title is Super Monkey sort of. Howell ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 07 Aug 1997 11:46:38 +0100 From: wu0dbr@intdev.sunderland.ac.uk (BRADMAN Dawn) Subject: [monkey] Monkey on BBC >Unlike ABC, here in the UK, Monkey was only ever shown once, between >1979 and 1981; so many UK fans on this list haven't seen it for about 16 >years! As in Australia, it's been shown on cable a few times - but most >people don't have access to cable :( Monkey was in fact shown twice on BBC2, not once. The second showing I do not believe was completed. I distinctly remember watching it again on Terrestrial TV. Also as you know it was shown twice last year on BRAVO satellite channel before a re-run of The Water Margin, and the BBC also showed the pilot episode in the early hours of the morning during the martial arts season recently on BBC2 Dawn ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 07 Aug 1997 03:57:34 PDT From: "Howell Parry" Subject: Re: [monkey] Monkey on BBC >>Unlike ABC, here in the UK, Monkey was only ever shown once, between >>1979 and 1981; so many UK fans on this list haven't seen it for about 16 > >>years! As in Australia, it's been shown on cable a few times - but most >>people don't have access to cable :( > >Monkey was in fact shown twice on BBC2, not once. The second showing I do >not believe was completed. I distinctly remember watching it again on >Terrestrial TV. Also as you know it was shown twice last year on BRAVO >satellite channel before a re-run of The Water Margin, and the BBC also >showed the pilot episode in the early hours of the morning during the >martial arts season recently on BBC2 > >Dawn > Thanks for the information, Dawn. It's so long ago now that I can't remember it being repeated. I remember someone else mentioning this to me at some point, but I'd forgotten. Monkey was also shown on Sky One back in 1992 - I was in my last year at Uni, and remember seeing it advertised - but alas, I didn't have satellite :( Thanks, Howell ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 07 Aug 1997 04:02:44 PDT From: "Howell Parry" Subject: RE: [monkey] China series That makes sense. Well, I've looked and I've looked and I can't find any web sites dedicated to this TV show. Maybe there's some Chinese web sites out there that are dedicated to this program - I don't read Chinese so I don't know how to find them :( Good luck - let us know if you find something, Howell >Hello Howell!!! >=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D >Umm, it should be that version from 80's years... I saw it about 1989-90= > (first time on Czech Slovak Federal Television) and then about 2 years l= >ater (on Czech Television)... > >---------- >> Od: Howell Parry >> Pre: monkey@valinor.eldar.org >> Predmet: RE: [monkey] China series >> D=E1tum: 7. august 1997 10:45 >>=20 >> After looking at the names of these cast members, I reckon it's NOT the= >=20 >> TVB version that you're describing. >>=20 >> The information I have says that the major stars of the TVB production=20 >> (made in 1996) are: Dicky Cheung , Chan Mui Ying ,Angie Cheung ,Kiung=20 >> Wai, Lai Yu Chung , and Muk Chung Ching >>=20 >> which are clearly different from the people you've listed below. >>=20 >> I've heard that there was a Chinese version of Monkey made in the 1980s= >=20 >> - maybe this is that one? >>=20 >> What year was this "Monkey King - Journey to the West" made (it should=20 >> say on the credits somewhere)? >>=20 >> Here's some pictures from this "Monkey King - Journey to the West" TV=20 >> show that UPIR kindly sent to me yesterday: >>=20 >> http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Towers/8153/oken.jpg >>=20 >> http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Towers/8153/ok.jpg >>=20 >> Does anyone on the list recognise these pictures? I'd really like to=20 >> find out more about this series now...I'm intrigued. >>=20 >> Howell >>=20 >> >I really dunno if it was TVB what I saw, but there was many latex mask= >s=20 >> a=3D >> >nd it was colorful... The actors: >> >Monkey: Liu Xio Ling Tong >> >Tripitaka: Xu Shaohua >> >Pigsy: Ma De Hua >> >Sandy: Yan Huai Li >> > >> >If U can help me to get sum materials bout that series, tell me! >> > >> >UPIR >> > >> >---------- >> >> Od: Robert Vong >> >> Pre: Howell Parry ; monkey@valinor.eldar.org >> >> Predmet: Re: [monkey] China series >> >> D=3DE1tum: 7. august 1997 2:47 >> >>=3D20 >> >> > In fact, I just tried it, and there's a whole load of information=20 >> the=3D >> >re! >> >> > Just search for: >> >> > journey to the west tvb >> >> > and you'll get lots of results from the current database (articles= >=20 >> fr=3D >> >om=3D20 >> >> > the last month). >> >>=3D20 >> >> As a matter of fact, 'twas moi who initiated some of of these=3D20 >> >> threads :) Anyway, they were pretty shallow & mostly dealt=3D20 >> >> specifically with that production. >> >> The TVB one was not good at all. Some cheezy computer graphics +=3D= >20 >> >> some fake sentiments + a lot of latex - all the HUMOR. >> >>=3D20 >> >> bye :) >>=20 >>=20 >> ______________________________________________________ >> Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 07 Aug 1997 04:40:48 PDT From: "Howell Parry" Subject: [monkey] Name this TV show / film I recently found this page, showing pictures from a cartoon version of the Monkey story: http://www1.toei-anim.co.jp/History/003.html Since I don't understand Japanese, I can't figure out if this comes from one of the TV shows / films described above. If you can help me by telling me where these pictures come from, please let me know. Thanks! Howell ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 07 Aug 1995 22:52:27 +1000 From: nirvana@fl.net.au Subject: Re: [monkey] WIN95 System screens Radovan UPIR Rybovic wrote: > > Hello folks! > ======== > I think, all fans of Monkey do everything for their hero. So, if U have WIN95, I can offer for U three system screens in monkey theme... U know, what am I talking about - That first screen when WIN95 is activating (logo.sys), that two screens right before turning off computer (logow.sys and logos.sys). If U are interested with that, lemme know and I'll send U that files (3x 129 Kb)... If U dunno how to change it, I'll help U with a little guide... So let's have funa and upgrade your WIN95 to UPI > > That's all. BYE. > UPIR ...Ever heard of the key ??? ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 07 Aug 1997 14:31:15 +0100 From: Matt Sephton Subject: [monkey] Ultimate TV Listing UTVL has moved to: http://www.ultimatetv.com I've updated the link on my page. Regards, Matt - -- u5ms@csc.liv.ac.uk http://www.csc.liv.ac.uk/~u5ms/ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 08 Aug 1997 00:05:22 +1000 From: beaman Subject: Re: [monkey] Monkey on BBC At 03:57 7/08/97 PDT, you wrote: >>>Unlike ABC, here in the UK, Monkey was only ever shown once, between >>>1979 and 1981; so many UK fans on this list haven't seen it for about >16 >> >>>years! As in Australia, it's been shown on cable a few times - but >most >>>people don't have access to cable :( >> >>Monkey was in fact shown twice on BBC2, not once. The second showing I >do >>not believe was completed. I distinctly remember watching it again on >>Terrestrial TV. Also as you know it was shown twice last year on BRAVO >>satellite channel before a re-run of The Water Margin, and the BBC also >>showed the pilot episode in the early hours of the morning during the >>martial arts season recently on BBC2 >> >>Dawn >> > >Thanks for the information, Dawn. It's so long ago now that I can't >remember it being repeated. I remember someone else mentioning this to >me at some point, but I'd forgotten. > >Monkey was also shown on Sky One back in 1992 - I was in my last year at >Uni, and remember seeing it advertised - but alas, I didn't have >satellite :( > >Thanks, > >Howell________________________________________ >Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > Monkey is currently running on the cable channel arena in Australia, on the weekend and is in to its 2nd season, I do have access to cable, so I,ve been recording as many epsiodes as I can get on to video angela beaman ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 Aug 1997 19:26:00 +0000 From: "Semprini" Subject: Re: [monkey] Holy and Bright (again!) > I received my "Godiego Great Best Vol. 2" CD from Japan today. It > features "Holy and Bright", the ending music from the last season of > Monkey, along with "Monkey Magic", "Gandhara", and lots of other songs > which are not related to Monkey. > > It arrived just before I was due to leave for work; so I listened to > "Holy and Bright" before I left. It had been 16/17 years since I last > heard this song, and I'm afraid to say that, at the moment, I tend to > agree with the majority who don't like this song. On first listening, it > sounded very lightweight and in a completely different league to > "Gandhara" - which is an undisputed classic song. > > I intend to listen to this CD lots, and who knows, "Holy and Bright" > might grow on me after a while, but I somehow doubt it :( Well, the music in Monkey as a whole is utterly fantastic and suits the series perfectly. There's bound to be *one* song which isn't all that great. And that's where Holy and Bright comes in. It really is crap, mindless Europop without much of a tune. It sounds a bit christmas carolly to me too (if "carolly" is a real word - can we please pretend it is otherwise this sentence will look rather stupid?) Ah well.. John .oOo. "hello" (c) 1997 mailto:semprini@buttle.com (All Rights Reserved) http://freeweb.redcat.org.uk/~semprini/ (for Heaven's sake, go there..) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 8 Aug 1997 07:44:20 +1000 (EST) From: Nick McCarthy Subject: Re: [monkey] Sentai? Howell Parry wrote: Hello. Can anyone here tell me what a sentai tv show is? (i.e. what does "sentai" mean?) From my understanding, "Sentai" is a popular tv show genre in Japan. Sentai shows normally feature a team of heroes, each with his/her own distinct colour, and big robots. Some sentai shows are Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, VR Troopers and Superhuman Samuri Syber Squad. Thanks for the explanation, Daniel. I guess Monkey isn't a sentai show then! Hehehe, I guess not! Actually, I remember reading a review of Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers when it was first aired and the reviewer said it was a kind of futuristic version of Monkey (!?!) I was staggered to think that anyone could compare a cult classic like Monkey to a shollocky kids show made largely for merchandising reasons. It really proves that many television reviewers know FA. Nick. ------------------------------ End of Monkey Digest V1 #83 *************************** ----------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the Monkey Mailing List digest list, send mail to: majordomo@valinor.eldar.org with the following command in the body of your email message: unsubscribe monkey-digest To send a message to the list, send mail to: monkey-digest@valinor.eldar.org If you have any problems or questions, send mail to: owner-monkey@valinor.eldar.org For lots more information and news about "Monkey", check out the Monkey! web site: http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Towers/8153/