My SF2 Has Ended…

Friends who have been popping in to read my blog regularly, I must apologise for not being able to provide you with something new to read everyday recently, due to my addiction…yes…in translating the script based on a sequel to a movie I love so much. Well, that script came to an end today and below are just some of my afterthoughts about it.

Throughout these past weeks, I have been buried in my pile of dictionaries trying to share with other non-chinese reading fans a script I found so perfectly written, heart-warming and close to the original ‘Saving Face’ movie script that Alice Wu wrote. This avid writer actually wrote the sequel because she is also an SF fan and felt that some essential issues were not dealt with in the movie.

When she first started posting her script online, it received mixed feedback. Many SF fans were delighted but some negative feedback from fans on ‘百度’ a Chinese website (a forum board, i was told) almost made her shut down the blog. Apparently some people felt there can be no sequel to SF so the little timid writer got frightened and wanted to stop it immediately. This fan here almost freaked out and used all means to convince her to change her mind. Thank goodness a lot of fans rallied behind her and gave her the support and encouragement she much needed and that kept her script going.

When I first read her script, I felt being transported back into the scenes of the movie immediately, how nice! Honestly, it wasn’t just the storyline that was captivating, the writer’s flair for writing was stupendous, any first time reader would think that she writes for a living. But apparently not, she tells me she also has a day job like everyone else and writing is just a hobby of hers.

I was astounded by her profound use of chinese proverbs and phrases, as well as her clever play with descriptives to highlight the characters’ moods in each scene. Her creative ploy to capture our attention and torment our hearts with the emotional build-ups was highly intelligent and extremely spellbinding. Day after day, her readers get drawn deeper and deeper into the story, becoming so addicted without even realising it. We were all hoping we could read her entire story all at once but yet fear the moment when all the excitement would come to an end. How conflicting it felt.

Fortunately, she was able to produce only one episode a day for us, and that prolonged our addiction. At times, she writes into the crazy hours of the night so that she could satisfy the hunger of her readers whom have been waiting anxiously by the computer all ready to pounce on the words when they appear on her blog. Isn’t that powerful? I never knew words without pictures could have such an impact. Maybe I should say her words were so moving, the scenes just came alive in front of her readers.

Everyday, fans will be reading and commenting on her script and that made the whole affair even more exciting for everyone. We’ll all be going online several times a day to read the comments and views and had so much fun doing it. Unfortunately, as words started to fly, jokes were taken out of context and tempers began to flare, mine obviously would not be missing from the action. But thank goodness, the writer is a perfect arbitrator with her always so kind, gentle, loving words, it would just douse down all the little sparks on the blog.

I’ve never been impressed with anyone that much before just purely from reading the words they use but this writer totally charmed me with her lingo. Not once did she use any harsh or unfriendly word on anyone, always pacifying, thanking everyone ever so modestly. Really admire and appreciate her for that and what a good role model she’d be for this impulsive and hot-headed blogger!

Well, that’s my overall feel of my craziness for this SF2 which she calls ‘不是續集’ . If you people would like to read her script after this, you can go to: http://blog.webs-tv.net/pinkheart. There are also some interesting and very well-written R-rated entries in the blog but please remember that SF is based on a lesbian story so you should know what those entries may be. If you would like to read them, you can email the writer and ask for the password to access them.

Pinkheart, if you do stumble upon this blog of mine. I thank you for your hardwork and generosity in sharing your SF dream with the fans. Really look forward to reading more of your other work. 我會多多向你學習的！