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I rewatched The Wire during Covid and I thought it was even better than the first time I watched it.
Had a debate with my colleague, she did the same thing and thought it had aged really badly. I tended to think more that what the story is really about hadn't aged at all.
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@MN5 said in TV Serieseseses:
About to start 3 Body Problem
Have heard decent things, anyone else seen it ?
half way through, can confirm the 3 bodies is not a threesome so it might not appeal
Eliza Gonzalez is keeping my interest though, will update when I finish
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@MN5 Read the books... pretty good story... not sure how they'd ever be able to do the second/third books as TV - but the first one would make good TV.
Was meaning to watch the Chinese version of the TV show, downloaded it and all - but now that there's a whitey version, figure I'll just watch that instead. Be interesting to see how the seppos treat the source material.
But it looks like the kind of show that is going to be leaning on the "what the fuck is going on?" angle a fair bit.
Which - to be fair - was a big part of the book/story too - the first one at least. I had absolutely no fucking idea what I was reading until very near the end of book one. -
I'm really interested in this, the premise and story of the books was very interesting. But I thought the actual writing was rubbish, I guess cos it is a translation, and didn't get far through the series. So I'm hoping it's a good cover of the story.
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First 4 eps set the scene and the fifth episode ramps up..loved it and hooked now
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@Tim said in TV Serieseseses:
@Kruse said in TV Serieseseses:
Be interesting to see how the seppos treat the source material.
Did they just change the race of all the chinese characters?
I've only seen a trailer - and got the impression they haven't for the most part... I was just joking about that having been done elsewhere.
I'm mostly interested in how they deal with the historical background... although I seem to recall that the author wasn't exactly backwards in condemning the Cultural Revolution even in the book. -
Just looking at my downloaded chinese version of Three-Body-Problem - Season 1.
It's 30 episodes long.
The Chinese do NOT fuck around.
... but I don't think I can be arsed watching it... skipping through some random episodes - it looks well true to source material, but... too much so, perhaps. And in classic kung-fu movie tradition - the laowai parts are played by ex-pats - zero acting chops/ability.
Will eventually just watch the seppo version with all the dumbing-down and splashy SFX... as I embrace our descent into idiocracy. -
@Kruse said in TV Serieseseses:
Just looking at my downloaded chinese version of Three-Body-Problem - Season 1.
It's 30 episodes long.
The Chinese do NOT fuck around.
... but I don't think I can be arsed watching it... skipping through some random episodes - it looks well true to source material, but... too much so, perhaps. And in classic kung-fu movie tradition - the laowai parts are played by ex-pats - zero acting chops/ability.
Will eventually just watch the seppo version with all the dumbing-down and splashy SFX... as I embrace our descent into idiocracy.China aren't happy with it because it shows the Cultural Revolution in a bad light, as in exactly as it was horrific. I wonder if the 'Chinese' version skipped that part
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@Machpants said in TV Serieseseses:
@Kruse said in TV Serieseseses:
Just looking at my downloaded chinese version of Three-Body-Problem - Season 1.
It's 30 episodes long.
The Chinese do NOT fuck around.
... but I don't think I can be arsed watching it... skipping through some random episodes - it looks well true to source material, but... too much so, perhaps. And in classic kung-fu movie tradition - the laowai parts are played by ex-pats - zero acting chops/ability.
Will eventually just watch the seppo version with all the dumbing-down and splashy SFX... as I embrace our descent into idiocracy.China aren't happy with it because it shows the Cultural Revolution in a bad light, as in exactly as it was horrific. I wonder if the 'Chinese' version skipped that part
The book wasn't exactly full of praise for the Cultural Revolution - it described it as being horrific and short-sighted... I was always quite surprised he got away with it.
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@Kruse said in TV Serieseseses:
@Machpants said in TV Serieseseses:
@Kruse said in TV Serieseseses:
Just looking at my downloaded chinese version of Three-Body-Problem - Season 1.
It's 30 episodes long.
The Chinese do NOT fuck around.
... but I don't think I can be arsed watching it... skipping through some random episodes - it looks well true to source material, but... too much so, perhaps. And in classic kung-fu movie tradition - the laowai parts are played by ex-pats - zero acting chops/ability.
Will eventually just watch the seppo version with all the dumbing-down and splashy SFX... as I embrace our descent into idiocracy.China aren't happy with it because it shows the Cultural Revolution in a bad light, as in exactly as it was horrific. I wonder if the 'Chinese' version skipped that part
The book wasn't exactly full of praise for the Cultural Revolution - it described it as being horrific and short-sighted... I was always quite surprised he got away with it.
2nd episode has tits.
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@MN5 said in TV Serieseseses:
@Kruse said in TV Serieseseses:
@Machpants said in TV Serieseseses:
@Kruse said in TV Serieseseses:
Just looking at my downloaded chinese version of Three-Body-Problem - Season 1.
It's 30 episodes long.
The Chinese do NOT fuck around.
... but I don't think I can be arsed watching it... skipping through some random episodes - it looks well true to source material, but... too much so, perhaps. And in classic kung-fu movie tradition - the laowai parts are played by ex-pats - zero acting chops/ability.
Will eventually just watch the seppo version with all the dumbing-down and splashy SFX... as I embrace our descent into idiocracy.China aren't happy with it because it shows the Cultural Revolution in a bad light, as in exactly as it was horrific. I wonder if the 'Chinese' version skipped that part
The book wasn't exactly full of praise for the Cultural Revolution - it described it as being horrific and short-sighted... I was always quite surprised he got away with it.
2nd episode has tits.
Cheers - well, that's work done for the day, I guess.
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@bayimports said in TV Serieseseses:
First 4 eps set the scene and the fifth episode ramps up..loved it and hooked now
Massive understatement.
Fucken terrific show
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@MN5 said in TV Serieseseses:
@bayimports said in TV Serieseseses:
First 4 eps set the scene and the fifth episode ramps up..loved it and hooked now
Massive understatement.
Fucken terrific show
I am losing track. I assume it's 3 Bodies you are talking about?
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@Crazy-Horse said in TV Serieseseses:
@MN5 said in TV Serieseseses:
@bayimports said in TV Serieseseses:
First 4 eps set the scene and the fifth episode ramps up..loved it and hooked now
Massive understatement.
Fucken terrific show
I am losing track. I assume it's 3 Bodies you are talking about?
Me too, I thought Shogun
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So finished 3 body problem.
Essentially a sci fi series, linking maths, cosmology and aliens.
Haven't seen the Chinese version, nor read the translated books. Most of the criticism revolves around the portrayal of China during the Mao era and secondly the globalisation of Chinese characters. Namely now largely set in Britain, with still a chinese connection and characters and also with an American, Englishman, a kiwi, and Eliza Gonzalez ...
Does have the GOT writers attached and Alexander Woo as well as Brad Pitts production company, with Rosamind Pike amongst the production company. So a bit of money involved in thisDespite the criticism, a good effort for reaching a global audience, I thought it was a very good watch and look forward to where this takes us when it comes to the next two books.
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@bayimports Who is the NZ character in it?
