Wukong "Bird's Nest" for scriptures! BBC Olympic promotional animation "Journey to the East"

by shfengyi on 2008-08-07 13:21:06

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), on the occasion of the Olympics, has released an Olympic promotional video titled "Journey to the East", which is based on "Journey to the West". This time, however, Monkey King's destination for obtaining the scriptures is not the West, but the Bird's Nest in Beijing. Although the BBC has put a lot of thought into this, the appearances of Wukong, Bajie, and Shaseng are perceived by Chinese people as somewhat ugly and heavily Westernized. What do you think about it?