Pandamen Taiwanese version doesn't lose out to Batman

Translated by: http://www.jaychoustudio.com

Source: Chinatimes

Tastes between the two shores are different, in Mainland China the TV series "Pandamen" was labelled as retarded by people online, its airing time was even switched by the TV channel, but when it was broadcasted on CTS, it got good ratings of 0.77.
This article is translated by http://www.jaychoustudio.com
Jay Chou wrote, directed and starred in the TV series "Pandamen", when it was shown in Mainland China, people online criticized it for being retarded; a few days ago, the uncut version was shown on CTS, it received ratings of 0.77, producing the best ratings that CTS have had in this time slot for a year. Jay Chou brags that "Pandamen" can match America's "Batman", it promised, he'll come back to promote it after February.

The sci-fi idol drama "Pandamen" took a year to make, the total budget was over NT$1.1 hundred million. The series is being shown in Taiwan but Jay Chou has not returned to promote it, this has dissatisfied fans; a few days ago Jay Chou clarified at the Shanghai premiere: "How can I possibly not promote it! I'll be busy again, I'll definitely be back in Taiwan in February to participate in public welfare meetings!"

Jay Chou expressed that he's been a fan of "Batman" since young, he's always fantasized about being a hero in the future, "Pandamen is a start, I hope he can become the representative of a hero in the modern East!"

Why did he choose a panda to be the star? Jay Chou said: "Panda's are very cute, plus it's very easy to make the colours of the East prominent with them, at present foreign cartoon heroes are all based on "insect-like" (Spiderman, Batman), I've made a pledge to film the first modern hero representative of the Eastern world!"

It is his first idol drama to be shown in Taiwan, Jay Chou is used to doing everything himself, he even personally edited it, he revealed, "I can't cut any of my scenes, I fought so hard and handsomely, how I can cut it!" Jay Chou strongly pushed it, the "Pandamen" shown on CTS is definitely the "most complete version edited personally by Jay Chou".

The core of "Pandamen" is the fights, the fight scenes by Nan Quan Mama's Devon and Yuhao include street dance moves, Jay Chou admitted the hardest part of film were the action scenes, "There needs to be a gun fight, then you have to design some moves, there also has to be running on walls, it can't be too out there, this series is very real, but you have to add in some sci-fi, I think when you do this kind of directing you'll really go crazy fast."

"Pandamen" is about a story that happened in 2030, "Two boys full of righteousness and challenge become "Super Pandaman" and "Pandaman", they use power worthy of Batman to battle with the evil corporation, they protect Bright City's safety." The main stars "Super Pandaman" and "Pandaman" are played by Nan Quan Mama's Yuhao and Devon, Jay Chou plays a police inspector "Li Ao". Besides them, Jay Chou's rumoured girlfriend Jessie Chiang, Eric Tseng, Jerry Yan, Wilber Pan, Shawn Yu and more all guest star.