(If you missed episodes of Fighting Spiders, find out how to watch them online here.)After watching so many commercials of Red Thread and Fighting Spiders on channel 5 I felt obligated to watch at least one of the shows he he. I decided to watch Fighting Spiders, which seemed like an interesting and funny show. Luckily I decided to watch Fighting Spiders sia. From what I have seen from the first episode, I think it will be a very good drama! Must support local production if its good .... Fighting Spiders I think will be worth watching. It might be the best channel 5 local drama, surely better than Masters of the Sea!
What is Fighting Spiders About
Set in post 60’s Singapore, in rustic kampongs, and the colorful chaotic streets of Chinatown, FIGHTING SPIDERS is a coming of age, adventure, story of three boys – Soon Lee (Edwin Goh), Charlie (Liang Shijie Jason) and Peter (Frederick Fielding), whose friendship is tested when they go to Malaysia on a quest to find and return with the King Spider, so as to challenge their nemesis, and bully, Ah Huat.[http://fightingspiders.mediacorptv.sg/about.htm]Every episode follows an adventure of the boys in the world of flying kites, fighting fishes, fighting spiders, first love and crushes, teenage lusts, and rebellion.
We also follow the story of amateur boxer, 21 year old, Tony Lee (Andie Chen), the elder brother of Soon Lee, when he joins a Chinatown gang so he could support a sick mother. His integrity as a role model to his brother, and filial piety to his mother, is compromised when he’s forced to participate in brutal gang activities.
He falls in love with a beautiful cellist, Annie (Ezann Lee) but several twists of circumstance leads Tony to a beautiful prostitute, Susie (Rebecca Lim), who works in the red light Keong Saik Street in Chinatown.
Ahh so now I know, the main characters in the show are the 3 boys and the show is about their quest to get the best fighting spider hence the name "Fighting Spiders". I always thought that its because Soon Lee grew up to be a fighter that's why they the show is called Fig
hting Spiders lol. Anyways, since Soon Lee does not grow up to by Andie, we also have Andie's story to follow in the show. The quest for finding the ultimate fighting spider and the gangster and love life of Soon Lee's brother Andie will be interesting to follow. Since the show is set in the 1960s, there are no such things as computer games and kids then played games like hopscotch, five stones and of course fighting spiders. I remember when I was in primary school, I played play hopscotch and ermm five stones too. I also played with marbles, erasers and Tamiya cars and some other games lol. The marbles must got so many different kind, earsers I bought the whole box of "Country Erasers" to play with my friends, the loser must give the winner their eraser lol. My favorite eraser is of course the Singapore eraser lol.If you want to know more about the 60s and how the kids survive without your PS3, Wiis, PSP, DS etc you can go to the Fighting Spider Website. Quite a lot of info there. The website also has all the character bios and even has a character map (like the Japanese dramas)!
CharactersLee Soon Lee (One of the 3 boys on a quest to find the King Spider) - played by Edwin Goh
Charlie Leong (Same as Soon Lee) - played by Liang Shijie Jason
Peter Livingston (Same as Soon Lee) - played by Frederick Fielding
Tony Lee (Soon Lee's Brother, amateur boxer, gang member) - played by Andie Chen
Thomas Livingston (Peter's strict father) - played by Bobby Tonelli
Mabel Lee (Soon Lee and Tony's mother) - played by Janice Koh
Annie Tan (Beautiful classy girl Tony likes) - played by Ezann Lee (my ex classmate!)
Sherry Tan (Annie's sister) - played by Sue Tan
Ah huat (The Big Bully) - played by Ethan Chia
Susie Woon (Stunning Prostitute who falls in love with Tony) - played by Rebecca Lim
Grandma (Charlie's Grandmother)
Sam the Tomboy (Pretty Tomboy in Malaysia) - played by Siona Wu-Murphy
Yiling (Medicine Girl Soon Lee likes) - played by Kimberly Chia
Simon Teo (Loves Annie) - played by Timothy Nga
For those who missed the first episode, here are the highlights from my rather lousy memory he he ......
1) Charlie and Soon Lee kenna bully by Ah Huat (who is actually charlie's cousin), then Peter who is an ang mo (yes they used that term in the show) come and rescue them with his slingshot. Peter whose father warned him not to befriend the local boys (he thinks they are bad influence), became friends with Charlie and Soon Lee
2) Soon Lee's family is very poor and his mother works very hard to support them. Soon Lee's brother Tony also helps with the finances by boxing and working as a coffee shop assistant. Soon Lee's mother worked so hard that she fell sick, but continued working after taking her medicine.
3) Ah Huat brought his gang to take revenge on the 3 boys. Ah Huat took Soon Lee's fighting fish and warrior fighting spider and broke the slingshot which Peter gave Soon Lee. Ah huat use Soon Lee's warrior spider (who has won 10 fights) to fight with other small boys spiders. His stolen spider wins and he gets free money from the small boys.4) Soon Lee likes the The medicine shop owner's daughter Yiling and is too shy to talk to her at first, asking Charlie to find out her name. He got braver later in the show and wanted to gave her a Ice Kachang Bomb thingy (pai seh dunno what is that called), but the Ice Kachang thingy melted in his hands when he was about to pass it to her and the it dripped to the medicine she was preparing. Yiling father was pissed and chased Soon Lee out of the shop.
5) The 3 boys saw a super hot kampung woman and followed her. Soon Lee and Peter managed to climb up a tree and could see the hot kampung woman taking out her clothes (I thnk to bathe). Charlie said one day he wants to see the kampung woman's neh neh! He was trying to get up the tree but could not. He ended up accidently pulling Peter and Soon Lee down the tree just when the Kampung Woman's neh neh pok is coming off! Wasted ha ha. Yes, they used the terms neh neh which stands for breasts in case you didn't know and neh neh pok (bra) lol. Power lah! Thats one of the reasons why I like this show =p They should have used that scene in the commercial lol.
6) Soon Lee's brother Tony, got bullied by a rich tai tai in the coffee shop. He eventually got so angry with rich people he joined a Chinatown gang.
7) Soon Lee made a $100 bet with Ah Huat that he can find another spider that can beat the warrior spider Ah Huat stole from him. A satay man at a pasar malam tells the 3 boys that in Johor Bahru there is a king of spiders that is very powerful and can easily beat the warrior spider Ah Huat stole from Soon Lee. So the 3 boys decided to go on an adventure to find the ultimate Fighting Spider!
Okay, thats all I can remember. Can't wait to see how the boys get the Raja Labah Labah (King of Spiders)!! Tony's story with the Chinatown gang and the love triangle between him, a high class girl and a prostitute seems interesting too. People reading this post ... remember to watch Fighting Spiders next week! If you have HD5, watch it on that channel instead! The show is available in HD, super clear without the top and bottom black bars!! When is channel 8 switching to HD sia, it would be nice if future channel 8 dramas are in HD format. Support Local if local is good!
Remember its on every Tuesday 8.30pm!
(Images Taken From: Official Fighting Spiders Site)