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I would love to see somebody take a game of thrones sized budget and do 8 seasons of china during the 20th century. The Clavell novels give a tiny sliver of wh
by smackeyacky 5y ago
I would love to see somebody take a game of thrones sized budget and do 8 seasons of china during the 20th century. The Clavell novels give a tiny sliver of what might be possible with this story.
It has it all: war, violence, sex, destruction, decadence, fabulous wealth and grinding poverty. Half of the stories like the OP would be dismissed as implausible if written as fiction.
- bobthepanda 5y agoThese kinds of soaps exist, just not in the English language. This is a whole genre of Chinese media.
- smackeyacky 5y agoI have seen a bit of it in China, although to me it looked a bit like soap operas featuring oppressive japanese occupiers. A bit hard to fathom if you only speak english.
- bobthepanda 5y agoIt isn't impossible for foreign language media to become popular in English speaking countries. One of the most popular Netflix titles this week, Squid Game, is Korean language with English subtitles.
- nmfisher 5y agoThey're also incredibly dull, poorly acted, bad script and low budget.
- mytailorisrich 5y agoThey are not dull and budgets are not always small, certainly recently. Chinese culture is different from American culture and much less "in your face". A lot of the scenarios are much more psychological with layers of deception, double to triple agents, betrayal, quiet sacrifice, etc.
- apabepa 5y agoPlease don't. It will just become the usual Americanized trope filled insult to the original story. Stick with Marvel to produce your generic entertainment.
- smackeyacky 5y agoIt doesn't have to be though. Nobody is going to ask Kevin Feige or whatever his name is to make it. It could work.
- justicezyx 5y agoI agree. Look at what Apple did to Foundation... They cannot even respect their own classic...
- odshoifsdhfs 5y agoIs it bad? I never finished the novels and was looking forward to the show, just haven't had time to pick it up. Should I skip it entirely or is a 'it isn't great, but watchable and you will understand the story' adaptation?
- justicezyx 5y agoI cannot judge that since I love the books so much that I already stopped watching TV series after watching episode 2. I saw review saying "it's nice if not considering its connection to the books", i.e., by itself its quality is good. For how much that's true for someone, I guess it has to be discovered watching it.
- imbnwa 5y agoThe story is split in two and thus far spans some 30 - 40 years, where one part has been able to focus and develop the same characters and themes over that course owing to a quirk in how those characters work into the plot, while the other part has been hurriedly shuffling characters, motivations, and mysteries on and off the stage to keep pace with that same timespan. I wager its harder for the writers to get the second partition down pat as they're still getting used to adapting a story that has to move quickly owing to the limitations of TV, but its clear they can write good material which the first partition makes clear. I think the first season will be rough for them but a second should be more promising as they should get a handle on working with a plot that spans space and time on a grander scale than Game of Thrones.