liztai,
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Watching .

Welp.

China's Tencent version is still far superior.

The Netflix version whacks you over the head and yells, "Do you get it?? Do you get it??"

Tencent's version was poetic compared to Netflix's.

There's little nuance, gravitas, depth. Ye Wenjie's character was butchered beyond repair 🥴☠️

That's the most unforgiveable of all.

svetlozaurus,
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@liztai Oh! Didn’t know about the Tencent one. Would you recommend it?

liztai,
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@svetlozaurus I would but do watch the directors version which is better paced. It starts slow but somehow the slow start helped me really appreciate the later events. It's not a perfect drama by any stretch but it is sad to be very loyal to the book. One of the highest rated dramas in China. You can watch it on the Viki app

svetlozaurus,
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@liztai Thank you so much for the recommendation and for the directions! 🙏🏻

I should probably still finish all books first, but from what I’ve read so far, the story is interesting enough without any extra frills needed. So would be also curious to see how a more faithful adaptation looks like.

liztai,
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@svetlozaurus one thing I love best about the Chinese adaptation was operation Guzheng. How they could convey horror in that scene was 👍👍👍

svetlozaurus,
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@liztai 😲 Oooh, getting curiouser and curiouser. Was already a memorable one from the books.

kittylyst,
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@liztai I'm a big fan of the books. I managed two episodes.

Not even John Bradley's excellent interpretation of some truly dreadful writing could induce me to watch episode 3.

There's just so much wrong with it. I could rant at length...

liztai,
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@kittylyst I gave up after episode 6. I just couldn't with how they did the bugs thing 🥴 the flattest corniest reveal ever

Then there's that female ninja computer avatar thing lol

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