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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.

The book is a lot of fun as well, book otp is at each other's throat half the time, they have really fun dynamic. but yeah, book zhiwei doesn't really blame herself as much for all the deaths between them.

Very late but for political dramas (minimal romance), Advisor Alliance and its direct second half Growling Tiger & Roaring Dragon for retelling of three kingdoms period from an unconventional pov, it should be Nirvana in Fire-ish level seriousness. Three Kingdom (2010) would be the more well known Romance of Three Kingdoms adaptation.

Palace of Desire should be subbed on youtube too, it's about Princess Taiping, daughter of Wu Zetian, the drama is somewhat play-like with the dialogues and events, it creates a very distinct feel. It has some of my favourite dialogues about power and women in it. The drama is from 2000 though so IDK if you are okay with that.

If you can handle drier politics, I loved Qin Empire 2 (Qin Empire: Alliance?), which should be on Netflix. It's my favourite of the installments because it focus on the more diplomatic side during Warring States and rise of Qin. 1 & 3 are good too but they had bits I didn't like as much. 1 is much more serious in tone and war mongering, and it took forever for me to get into it. 3 is same tonal wise as 2 and it was shot back to back with 2, the pacing slowed down in second half though.

Definitely dry politics but no.1 political drama rec from chinese audience would be Ming Dynasty 1566, I believe it's on youtube subbed now. It's entirely fictional but depict engaging story about corruption in Ming, with many factions and different agendas, filled with subtle dialogue and schemes.

while I really like the book ending and just the book in general, book zhiwei is a completely different person from drama zhiwei, much more vicious and less righteous, book zhiwei just wanted a peaceful quiet life.

awww, well hope the second time work bit better for you, if not, there's slew of dramas anyways :D

Did you watch killer is also romantic!! it has the same director, and I like the gimmick more