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They've been locking it to vip only for ages though I think. I think dramas in 2019 did at least, I don't remember 2018. Iqiyi used to have 2 weeks non vip, then from 2021, MHH specifically they started shortening the non vip sporadically to locking it the next day, which tencent has done so since 2019. Then end of 2021, Enemy (the show airing on cctv 8 before SSS) had a thing where it'd have non-vip ep locked as you go, e.g. when you are on say ep 9 and 10, it'd lock 3 and 4, forcing you to watch it on time or subscribe.

Homesick's 3 - 12 never had non vip too (first drama I've seen that did this). Knockout was straight up locked from ep 1 initially, then they followed Homesick. I think Youku tried to do this last year with Murder in Kairoutei and got yelled at so they changed it lol.

iqiyi have been playing with release schedule and non vip all of last year, and I think it gave them confidence that knockout was explosively popular and make them banks without any non vip. (there was zero ep for first few days then they unlocked first two, but non of the other ep were ever made available to non vip XD)

Oh yeah I think I saw snippets of Ken Liu's translation removing the more stereotypical/mild misogynistic language of Liu Cixin's, good job to him. I sort of can understand half of the technobabble in Chinese, but even when watching the drama, it's kind of wait what, I understood most of those words separately but I don't understand you when you put them together LOL.

No spoilers from latter books.

o: I didn't know book 2 had a different translator, I thought they were all translated by the same guy. I should probably read the book in english too after I actually read it in Chinese, all the technobabble flew over my head in Chinese, not that I think it'd help that much in English lol.

I'm watching the donghua which is based on book 2 and it definitely have some neat ideas. I think the donghua is going too slow to cover the whole book this season to be honest, which hopefully mean it'll motivate me to read :P Three body have been sitting on my reading list for so many years cos I read before bed and it's not exactly bedtime reading material.

omg I'm so sad, do you think they'll increase screenings later? I think WE2 is worth watching in theatre honestly. Ah well, otherwise I'm sure it'll show up online in March or April XD

I was forced to watch FRR with family, and didn't think it was worth the ticket price, the story is okay if you don't think too hard, Lei Jiayin gave stellar performance for his minor role though!

LOLOL, I'm sure they made it with 2 ep a day, and people watching only half paying attention (tv audience and younger audience that tends to play on phone or speed) in mind.

Speaking of fast track, I don't think they did too well on that front either rip. The discussion is finally back up a little with fast track and knockout being over, but I still see way more Wandering Earth 2 memes and dicussions, rip. (Watch the movie when you get an opporunity! I super loved it)

But they might need more budget for it, so they'll still filler :P

I agree about the pacing issue, but I don't think it'd be fixed to be honest, they stretch out the episodes to make the production cost worth it, I think.

To be fair, i think they went on too long with the analogies as well, this drama tends to over elaborate and repeat things in case you didn't get it the first 10 times.

I'm watching it, it's actually okay IMO, even though it c-net keeps criticising it. It's more accessible to the general audience/non-book fans actually, but it infodumps and spoils the entire first book in first five minutes.

to be fair, the tv ratings is mostly thanks to knockout's (the drama airing just before three body) incredible performance.

They'll probably talk about her motives at some point. Not sure how much they'll cover, but hongan is there, so at least part of it is there. We'll see.

I actually lol'ed when Wang Miao and Shi Qiang was dissing each other though. The past is being slotted in really randomly in the episodes, and half the time it's too short for me to make sense of it as a non book reader. (just finished 2 ep)

it airs 9.30 after knockout's 2 ep starting from 7.30. CCTV 8 schedule like Ideal City and Crime Crackdown (or Enemy and SSS).

a) bilibili didn't make the three body donghua, YHKT did. YHKT have an original donghua that's fairly well regarded, critically and commercially. Three body's donghua was actually the one where everyone expected it to do well out of the three adaptations prior to its release.

b) it's funny you say bilbili destroy IPs, cos usually on c-ent, it's tencent that destroys them. I'm not going to defend the donghua here since this is the drama page, but I don't think it's as terrible c-net does.

15, 22, then it introduce few new characters and set up the next bunch of arcs so idk how to cut this. 28? then 33, 40. Minhai suffered major cuts, it's 44 till 49, then 54, 58, 63. hope this helps, ask me if you have any questions!

I'm late but your current arc ends I think 15, then I think 22, then...I forgot, if you still need a guide, I could try make a rough one for you? I think later it's like 45, 50, 55 are good stopping points if you want particular ending. (they aren't really arcs so much as certain events) I personally liked the drama till 63, and find the last 7 ep very lackluster.

they caught the guy! it's at the start of ep 8, he's also mentioned again since he mentions how li wenwen dies.

Ooh yeah it's the too good to be true fairytale utopia and lacking depth that makes a lot of the ideals it's screaming bit hollow, probably didn't help I think I had the most fun in the beginning episodes and maybe Hao Jia's arc. They had to keep it light, so it makes all the major villains/troubles seem kind of trivia, since everything got resolved really easily. Probably my problem finding it boring when it kept going on with the slice of life bits lol.