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Today we are looking at the recent release from Nuts Planet working along with a sculptor we all know namely Romain Van den Bogdert , he has worked with them before on another character which I reviewed here:
http://www.planetfigure.com/threads/don-quixote-from-nuts-planet.79107/
This time we are delving into something different his interpretation of a character from a film based on mythological stories .
The release was announced her and in social media http://www.planetfigure.com/threads/nutsplanet-june-release.101676/
Who or what is the Monkey King .......
Sun Wukong, also known as the Monkey King, is a mythological figure who features in a body of legends, which can be traced back to the period of the Song dynasty.
He appears as a main character in the 16th century Chinese classical novel Journey to the West.
Sun Wukong is also found in many later stories and adaptations. In the novel, he is a monkey born from a stone who acquires supernatural powers through Taoist practices. After rebelling against heaven and being imprisoned under a mountain by the Buddha, he later accompanies the monk Xuanzang on a journey to retrieve Buddhist sutras from "the West".
Sun Wukong possesses immense strength; he is able to lift his 13,500 jīn (7,960 kilograms (17,550 lb)) staff with ease.
He is also extremely fast, able to travel 108,000 li (21,675 kilometres (13,468 mi)) in one somersault. (Note that this is more than half way around the world !!!!).
Sun knows 72 transformations, which allow him to transform into various animals and objects; however, he is troubled in transforming into other forms, due to the accompanying incomplete transformation of his tail.
Sun Wukong is a skilled fighter, capable of defeating the best warriors of heaven.
Each of his hairs possess magical properties, capable of being transformed into clones of the Monkey King himself, and/or into various weapons, animals, and other objects.
He knows spells to command wind, part water, conjure protective circles against demons, and freeze humans, demons, and gods alike
The Film
The Monkey King is a 2014 Hong Kong-Chinese action-fantasy film directed by Cheang Pou-soi and starring Donnie Yen as the titular protagonist. Yen also serves as the film's action director. Production began in Beijing on 18 October 2010 and was filmed in 3D.
The plot is based on an episode of Journey to the West, a Chinese literary classic written in the Ming Dynasty by Wu Cheng'en.
It was released on 31 January 2014.
The film had the highest-grossing opening day in China with RMB121 million (US$20.0 million), surpassing Iron Man 3.[24] In addition, it also broke three more records in China including the highest single day box office, the first Chinese film to break RMB100 million on its first day and the fastest Chinese film to reach RMB100 million
A sequel titled The Monkey King 2 was released in February 2016 (2016 was also the Year of the Monkey in the Chines Calender)
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Today we are looking at the recent release from Nuts Planet working along with a sculptor we all know namely Romain Van den Bogdert , he has worked with them before on another character which I reviewed here:
http://www.planetfigure.com/threads/don-quixote-from-nuts-planet.79107/
This time we are delving into something different his interpretation of a character from a film based on mythological stories .
The release was announced her and in social media http://www.planetfigure.com/threads/nutsplanet-june-release.101676/
Who or what is the Monkey King .......
Sun Wukong, also known as the Monkey King, is a mythological figure who features in a body of legends, which can be traced back to the period of the Song dynasty.
He appears as a main character in the 16th century Chinese classical novel Journey to the West.
Sun Wukong is also found in many later stories and adaptations. In the novel, he is a monkey born from a stone who acquires supernatural powers through Taoist practices. After rebelling against heaven and being imprisoned under a mountain by the Buddha, he later accompanies the monk Xuanzang on a journey to retrieve Buddhist sutras from "the West".
Sun Wukong possesses immense strength; he is able to lift his 13,500 jīn (7,960 kilograms (17,550 lb)) staff with ease.
He is also extremely fast, able to travel 108,000 li (21,675 kilometres (13,468 mi)) in one somersault. (Note that this is more than half way around the world !!!!).
Sun knows 72 transformations, which allow him to transform into various animals and objects; however, he is troubled in transforming into other forms, due to the accompanying incomplete transformation of his tail.
Sun Wukong is a skilled fighter, capable of defeating the best warriors of heaven.
Each of his hairs possess magical properties, capable of being transformed into clones of the Monkey King himself, and/or into various weapons, animals, and other objects.
He knows spells to command wind, part water, conjure protective circles against demons, and freeze humans, demons, and gods alike
The Film
The Monkey King is a 2014 Hong Kong-Chinese action-fantasy film directed by Cheang Pou-soi and starring Donnie Yen as the titular protagonist. Yen also serves as the film's action director. Production began in Beijing on 18 October 2010 and was filmed in 3D.
The plot is based on an episode of Journey to the West, a Chinese literary classic written in the Ming Dynasty by Wu Cheng'en.
It was released on 31 January 2014.
The film had the highest-grossing opening day in China with RMB121 million (US$20.0 million), surpassing Iron Man 3.[24] In addition, it also broke three more records in China including the highest single day box office, the first Chinese film to break RMB100 million on its first day and the fastest Chinese film to reach RMB100 million
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