Apparently, after making so many remakes, mainland China still destroys another classic. With over 1.4 billion people, China still can't do a remake better than the 1983 TVB version. What a shame.

To begin with, the TVB version has cliffhangers, montages, theme songs, and specifically selected actors to fill each unique character. This version has nothing. The director randomly picked anyone to play the characters, which is beyond stupid. All in all, China has no artistic skills whatsoever. It may take another century for mainland China to stop ruining Jin Yong's classics.