My Date with a Vampire III

My Date with a Vampire III

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Genre Fantasy, jiangshi, supernatural, romance
Written by Chan Sap-sam
Kwok Po-yin
Chan Chi-hang
Lam Chung-bong
Au Yuk-han
Mak Yiu-kuen
Shum Si-nga
Luk Sam-sam
Leung Bui-yee
Yu Kwong-chi
Directed by Tam Yau-yip
Lau Kwok-fai
Cheng Wai-man
Wan Wai-kei
Tang Wai-yan
Shek Ming-cheun
Chow Ka-man
So Chi-wing
Ho Chun-wah
Starring Eric Wan
Joey Meng
Kenneth Chan
Pinky Cheung
Berg Ng
Cheung Kwok-kuen
Kylie Kwok
Mark Cheng
Alice Chan
Opening theme Wing Hang Kwok To (永恆國度; Eternal Country) performed by Kenneth Chan and Fung Ha-yin
Country of origin Hong Kong
Original language(s) Cantonese
No. of episodes 38
Production
Producer(s) Tam Yau-yip
Ng Gam-yuen
Lee Wai-chu
Leung Lap-yan
Location(s) Hong Kong
Running time 45 minutes per episode
Production company(s) ATV
Release
Original network ATV
Original release 25 October – 11 December 2004
Chronology
Preceded by My Date with a Vampire II (2000)
My Date with a Vampire III
Traditional Chinese 我和殭屍有個約會III之永恆國度
Simplified Chinese 我和僵尸有个约会III永恒国度
Literal meaning My Date with a Vampire III - Eternal Country

My Date with a Vampire III is a 2004 Hong Kong television series produced by ATV as a sequel to My Date with a Vampire (1998) and My Date with a Vampire II (2000), but with a new story line that is different from the first two seasons. The series starred many cast members from the first two seasons. Like the first two seasons, My Date with a Vampire III also blends aspects of the Chinese "hopping" corpses of jiangshi fiction with those of western vampires, while injecting elements of Chinese mythology, eschatology and time travel, with more focus on Chinese mythology in this season as compared to the first two.

Plot

At the end of My Date with a Vampire II, set in early 2001, Fong Tin-yau, Ma Siu-ling, and their allies succeeded in preventing the goddess Nüwa from destroying the world. Three years later, another eschatological event is about to happen.

In ancient times, Fuxi, the King of Humankind, desired to create a paradise called the "Eternal Country" in the human world. However, that brought him into conflict with his lover, the goddess Yaochi Shengmu (Holy Mother of the Shining Lake), because the latter's mission is to bring death and disease upon humankind. Fuxi eventually broke up with Yaochi Shengmu and started a new relationship with the maiden Chang'e. However, he lost Chang'e when she flew to the Moon after consuming a magic pill from Yaochi Shengmu. Fuxi blamed Yaochi Shengmu for separating him and Chang'e, and fought with his ex-lover. The Elders of the Pangu clan intervened by putting Yaochi Shengmu under custody in Heaven while Fuxi remains in the human world.

Fong Tin-yau and Ma Siu-ling are living happily in Heaven after their success in 2001. However, in 2004, Yaochi Shengmu breaks free and introduces a deadly virus to wipe out the entire Pangu clan. Fong is infected by the virus and is on the verge of dying, but he manages to transport Ma back to the human realm. Ma has to find ways to stop an imminent clash between Fuxi and Yaochi Shengmu because that could bring about the end of the world.

Upon returning to the human world, Ma travels back in time to the Song dynasty to find Fong's previous incarnation, Jim-tau (Arrowhead), and brings him back to present-day Hong Kong. At the same time, she meets her family members — her parents Ma Dai-lung and Tong Gam-bo, and her twin brother Ma Siu-fu — whom she has never seen before. She also encounters a strange girl called Fong Tin-ngai, who turns out to be her daughter from the future. She is eventually reunited with Fong Tin-yau again.

Just as relations between Fuxi and Yaochi Shengmu start to improve, and the situation becomes more stable, Fong Tin-yau, Ma Siu-ling, and their allies are confronted by Destiny, the entity that controls and dictates the fates of all beings in the universe. They need to overcome Destiny in order to change the fate of the world.

Vampires

See My Date with a Vampire#Vampires for a description of the vampires depicted in this television series.

Cast

External links

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