I'd like to re-share my point of view about The Spirealm
First of all, all of my explanations are based on my understanding after watching it for many many times.
Everyone who got in touch with the game, even only logging in without even playing it will be sucked into the door world for the first time.
On the 1st door, the delivery man was shocked because he was going into the restaurant but ended up in the snow village. It was also shown on the further doors, all newcomers would experience the same thing.
Apart from Ruan Lanzhu, everyone else is not NPC.
They 'touched' the game on the real world, then got sucked into the door world, and would be staying inside the game world until they conquer all of the doors without them realising it.
When Jiushi met them for the first time, LDY had become BaiLu leader, Chen Fei and others had joined Obsidian, and Tan Zaozao had become actress, so their initial profession before 'touching' the game were never really mentioned.
All the players were 'detained' inside the game world [without them realising it] until they could clear all of the doors alive or dead.
That is why the code name for the prototype of this game is called 'The Spiritual Realm' because once you played it, you will be staying in that spiritual world [the game world] until you successfully finished all levels in the game.
The game was created by Gao Dawei to fulfil their childhood dream of having a realm [a world] that they could get a happy family, so everything was made based on their childhood experiences, memories, etc.
Basically the game was made exactly like the real world because of those reasons.
That is why nobody realised that they actually stayed inside the game world until the game was completely restored by Ling Jiushi and Ruan Lanzhu.
=========================== Viewers' understanding about this series are vary.
Many think that everything is only Jiushi's dream while he was in a coma.
As for me, I take it as what I have explained above.
Putting aside the censorship, this series is basically about the journey in a survival game which is in-line with the genre [the unlimited flow genre]
There's no deviation of plot from beginning to the end.
The ending is really the best closure for LJS. He could fulfil his childhood for having a loving family [Obsidian]
He could keep his promises to his friends [living together happily]
He could reunite with RLZ. The only place where a human and an NPC can be together is inside the Spiritual Realm.
That is why although it is really bittersweet [because LJS spent 50 years to create the Spiritual Realm], I can understand why the ending was made that way.
I see it as this - LJS was really in the game, but once it was purified it deleted all data. LJS knew the names…
Welcome to the club. Not many people got this kind point of view.
Many believe all events were Jiushi's dream while he was in a coma and feel the ending is sad.
I personally have similar point of view with you, and I can accept the ending although it's very bittersweet, because it is really in line with the whole story from beginning. 😊🌻👌🏼
I haven't faced an ending that upset me this much since MODC. Yes, 30 years later but it's just a creation from…
If I may say it, actually there are 2 opinions regarding this series :
1. Everything that happened was only Ling Jiushi's dream during his comatose state, that's why the ending is considered sad and devastating. [Majority viewers feel this way]
2. This is actually about paralel worlds [reality and game worlds], everything that happened is real, not Jiushi's comatose dreams. The ending is bittersweet but acceptable. [Minority viewers]
I'm quite satisfied with the ending because it would have been weird if they ended it in a different way.
First of all, all of my explanations are based on my understanding after watching it for many many times.
Everyone who got in touch with the game, even only logging in without even playing it will be sucked into the door world for the first time.
On the 1st door, the delivery man was shocked because he was going into the restaurant but ended up in the snow village. It was also shown on the further doors, all newcomers would experience the same thing.
Apart from Ruan Lanzhu, everyone else is not NPC.
They 'touched' the game on the real world, then got sucked into the door world, and would be staying inside the game world until they conquer all of the doors without them realising it.
When Jiushi met them for the first time, LDY had become BaiLu leader, Chen Fei and others had joined Obsidian, and Tan Zaozao had become actress, so their initial profession before 'touching' the game were never really mentioned.
All the players were 'detained' inside the game world [without them realising it] until they could clear all of the doors alive or dead.
That is why the code name for the prototype of this game is called 'The Spiritual Realm' because once you played it, you will be staying in that spiritual world [the game world] until you successfully finished all levels in the game.
The game was created by Gao Dawei to fulfil their childhood dream of having a realm [a world] that they could get a happy family, so everything was made based on their childhood experiences, memories, etc.
Basically the game was made exactly like the real world because of those reasons.
That is why nobody realised that they actually stayed inside the game world until the game was completely restored by Ling Jiushi and Ruan Lanzhu.
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Viewers' understanding about this series are vary.
Many think that everything is only Jiushi's dream while he was in a coma.
As for me, I take it as what I have explained above.
Putting aside the censorship, this series is basically about the journey in a survival game which is in-line with the genre [the unlimited flow genre]
There's no deviation of plot from beginning to the end.
The ending is really the best closure for LJS.
He could fulfil his childhood for having a loving family [Obsidian]
He could keep his promises to his friends [living together happily]
He could reunite with RLZ. The only place where a human and an NPC can be together is inside the Spiritual Realm.
That is why although it is really bittersweet [because LJS spent 50 years to create the Spiritual Realm], I can understand why the ending was made that way.
Thank you 😊🌻👌🏼
On the contrary, the ending is the best closure for LJS and RLZ, one is a programmer and one is NPC.
That is why they made the ending that way.
The ending is really a closure for Jiushi.
He could fulfil his childhood dream, having his own beloved family [Obsidian]
He could fulfil his promises to his friends
He could finally reunite with his soulmate and loved ones.
So, the ending is actually not sad. What makes it bittersweet is because he had to spend 50 years to re-create Ling Jing.
The real world, the game world and the world inside the door.
I can't believe someone actually has the same thought like me.
Thank you 😊🌻👌🏼
In my point of view, there are 3 paralel worlds, more complicated than yours 😅
Many believe all events were Jiushi's dream while he was in a coma and feel the ending is sad.
I personally have similar point of view with you, and I can accept the ending although it's very bittersweet, because it is really in line with the whole story from beginning. 😊🌻👌🏼
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Let us not drag political issues into this series.
If you wanna be fair, US also produces movies and series that state how mighty their country is compared to others.
It's not just China, or US, even my country also uses similar ways to state this matter, to deepen the nationalism among the citizen.
Every country will use any means possible to tell the audiences that our country is the best compared to others.
Let's separate our political belief away from this series.
MDL Website, The Spirealm page, these are not places to talk about our political belief and opinions.
There are other places that more suitable to talk about politics.
Thank you 🌻
It's really worth to watch. 🌻
That's a lot of multi tasking works 😅
MDL always follows the original release details for every drama that they input on its website.
So, eventhough it has been re-broadcast with re-packed version, they won't change it easily.
If I'm not mistaken, somebody has also asked about this right after Viu broadcast it.
Probably it would be changed once Iqiyi re-broadcast this series.
1. Everything that happened was only Ling Jiushi's dream during his comatose state, that's why the ending is considered sad and devastating.
[Majority viewers feel this way]
2. This is actually about paralel worlds [reality and game worlds], everything that happened is real, not Jiushi's comatose dreams. The ending is bittersweet but acceptable.
[Minority viewers]
Ps. I'm part of the minority viewers.
Thank you 😊🌻👌🏼