Story 1 : Lu Pan
Epis: 6
Cast: Li Li Qun, Byran Wong, Mei Xiao Hui, Huang Xiao Ming, Hu Ke
Summary: Hell judge Lu Pan and Si Ma Pan made a bet, to see when a dumb fella becomes clever, will he commit evil crimes. Lu Pan wanted to experiment, thus he found Zhu Er Dan and changed his heart with a teacher. He also changed a poor scholar Bai Yang's fiancee's head and replaced it with Er Dan's wife's head. Bai Yang was angry after knowing the truth and went to hell to complain to Yan Luo Wang.
Comments: Dont know this story from "Liao Zhai". The plot was alright, Byran Wong's character was not easy to act actually. Though i wont say he's perfect, but he's rather convincing. I really felt like bashing him up after he became smart la. Hahaha! The whole story wasnt too absurd, though i dont know how much it differs from the original.
Story 2: Hua Pi
Epis: 6
Cast: Jiang Hua, Pan Yi Jun, Zeng Li
Summary: Wang An Xu, an official met ghost at home. He found out that the ghost was his ex-lover Mei San Niang, who came alive from the drawing on human skin. It turned out that An Xu killed her and married Chu Hui, who has relations with the royal family. San Niang wanted to take revenge, but was cheated by An Xu again. An Xu wanted to marry the princess and killed Chu Hui...
Comments: One of the ridiculous plot in this series. Hua Pi is a super famous story in "Liao Zhai", and definitely the original story is much different from this one. This is the first time i hated Jiang Hua's character so much la, but his character surprised me coz' i assumed the female ghost to be the evil one. In the end, it's all the guy's fault...and the 2 female leads were so pathetic...
Story 3: Xiao Qian
Epis : 6
Cast: Hu Ge, Yang Mi
Summary: Fox spirit Nie Xiao Qian wanted to get Ning Cai Chen's soul to give to Lao Lao, but she was unable to do it as she cant make Cai Chen happy. Cai Chen's compassion touched Xiao Qian and fell in love with him. However, the thousand yr old tree spirit who wanted Xiao Qian as bride wont let them off easily.
Comments: I practically gave up watching after the 2nd epi. That young gal just couldnt make it and Hu Ge's performance was average. The story of Xiao Qian had made a deep impression on me coz' of the past HK movies. It's so nice la, but this 6 epis kinda wrecked the whole thing.
Story 4: Xiao Xie He Qiu Rong
Epis : 6
Cast: Tae, Tang Ning, Huo Si Yan
Summary: Scholar Tao Wang San went into a haunted house and met Qiu Rong, Xiao Xie and othher female ghosts. After being frightened by them for several times, Tao Wang San became gd friends with them. These female ghosts even helped him to win another martial scholar at a competition to win a bride. Xiao Xie found that she's in love with Wang San as he could get married with the rich lady.
Comments: Didnt watch at all. The plot wasnt attractive to me and i dont know this story as well. So not much to say.
Story 5: Xiao Cui
Epis : 6
Cast: Jimmy Lin, Li Bing Bing, Lin Li Ping
Summary: A thousand yr old fox spirit wanted to repay kindness to her saviour. Thus, she asked her daughter Xiao Cui to marry his saviour's dumb son Wang Yuan Feng. The couple get along well but soon the evil snake spirit came and controlled Yuan Feng, after making him smart...
Comments: I wld say Xiao Cui is the best among the 6 stories. The plot was not too absurd or too different from the original. Jimmy Lin and Li Bing Bing's performance was rather good, though they were kinda silly when playing together. Though the ending was kinda weird, i really enjoyed the entire story.
Story 6: A Bao
Epis : 6
Cast: Rainie Yang, Yuan Hong, Zheng Pei Pei, Zhang Da Ming
Summary: Vet Sun Zi Chu saved A Bao's parrot and they fell in love with each other. Soon, A Bao suffered from loss of memory after she offended young master Chai. Chai's nanny had casted a spell on her to help her god-son...
Comments: Rainie looked beautiful here, but I dont like Yuan Hong. He looked weird in ancient appearance. Dont match at all la. Plot wise is alright, but again I dont know this story.
General comments: I was disappointed with "Liao Zhai", may be coz' i anticipated too much, esp with the strong cast from different countries. It's not horrifying at all and the plots changed too much, as in they added in here & there to extend the story. I wld rather see something near to the original, shorten the story and introduced some new ones, which are not commonly make into dramas. The subbed dialouges also kinda annoyed me coz' of the pronounciation and slang. It just didnt match to many actors, esp those from TW & SG. Finally, only the music at the intro sounded eerie...bengz
Ratings: 5.5/10
