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I was burned by True Detective Night Country pre-debut reviews just 2 months ago. I'll believe it when I actually see it.
We already have "Three-Body", a recent chinese production series from 2023. 30 episodes, tedious to watch, but ok quality. So no thanks, Netflix.
I don't understand this sentiment. I read and enjoyed the books and also watched the Chinese series on YouTube, and while I think the Chinese production was decent I'm definitely interested to see what Netflix can do with [what I assume to be] a bigger budget as there is definitely room for improvement.
I tried to read the books this is based on and felt like I was being punked.
The writing in the first chapter, specifically around the dialogue of the man on the stage who is telling the story about his wife's father was so incredibly stilted that I couldn't get through it. It was unfathomably badly written dialogue that I can only imagine it's something lost in translation that triggers every pet peeve I have about dialogue.
And most people rave about the books. So this is probably a me problem more than anything. I just don't understand it.
So as long as they hired some writers to do a better job at the dialogue I might be one of those people who likes the show and not the books.
edit: dialogue
My mom is in two book clubs and basically owns a library. I got us each a copy and neither of us could read it.
Yeah, the character development and dialogue is pretty bad. I rave about it for all the cool ideas it exposed me to. I value that more highly than pretty much anything else. To each their own :)
Are you me?
I always figured the dialogue was a lost in translation/ cultural disconnect thing. What I had a problem with was the way Liu writes women. The way Zhuang Yen comes into the story into the second book made me want to puke.
It was so tough getting through the first half of The Dark Forest because of the women. But damn the second half is incredible
I'm half way through The Dark Forest and while I'm really enjoying it, it's certainly not because of the character writing. Could just be a translation issue but a native speaker would have to chime in on that. I'm still enjoying going through the trilogy though just for the concepts alone.
You're not alone. I tried reading them and the premise was something I could get behind but the way it was written drove me crazy. I agree that if they had a better translator to make it sound more native English, I probably would have been fine with it. Bit as it stands it sounded very Chinese still. I'm hoping the show will solve that problem for us.
I'm glad I'm not alone on this.
I may be able to retry them knowing that they aren't translated in a way that feels more western, but I had just come off of some cozy-fantasy and sci-fi books and it was shockingly jarring to even try to get through.
I often feel like when most people love something and I don't, I owe it to myself to figure out why.
Fwiw, usually "dialogue" is used for verbal speech. "Dialog" tends to be used for computer-related topics.
This is region dependent. Whether it’s correct depends on where you come from.
Huh, I always just assumed it was a regional thing.
It is.
Fair correction. Thank you.
acting as a strong comeback for Game of Thrones showrunners David Benioff and D. B. Weiss.
No thank you.
I've heard great things about this story, but I'm not watching something run by these loons.
If it's a one and done season, I'll watch it once it's done. If it's going to take multiple seasons, I'll watch it when it's done. It's Netflix, so they won't finish it.
lmao is this post advertising something made by Dave and Dave? hard pass......... especially if the motherfuckers are getting high praise in the press for an unfinished story. call me when you release the final finale and the general public receives it well
I knew they were involved, but I was surprised to see their name dropped in the article. I assumed they would try to downplay their involvement so I checked the article to be sure.
I appreciate the honesty, but no thank you.
Oh those fuck boys are involved? Hard pass
I had the same reaction. George R.R. Martin, Patrick Rothfuss, Scott Lynch, and Brandon Sanderson have me spooked.
Of all those people, Sanderson shouldn’t have you spooked at all. As long as he doesn’t die, he will finish what he starts, I guarantee it.
Brandon Sanderson is a machine. Nothing like the others
It's about the frequency of Stormlight Archives releases. Last I checked, he stated he had over a dozen Cosmere novels to release before the next one drops. If he gets hit by a truck, that's the end of it.
they do perfectly fine when they are adapting existing material. it's when you ask them to write their own story that they can't handle it. the first four seasons of Game of Thrones were fucking exceptional. I have no idea how you turn this book into a movie though
Over its eight-episode run
It's a series AFAIK.
I do agree they did a solid job adapting things, and I would hope the collective slap from the failure that was the final seasons of Game of Thrones would humble them.
I'm not writing the series off completely, I'm just not willing to give it a shot until after a thorough review and clear ending.
Unlike Game of Thrones, the source material for this is finished. Game of Thrones went to shit once they ran out of source material.
Just pirate it. And if you are paying for Netflix already it doesn't matter if you watch it or not, you already paid.
Still have to invest time and emotion into watching it. Money isn't the only metric
Eh, even when pirating, you don't want to get invested into a story for them to completely ruin it in a few seasons. For how good the early seasons of game of thrones are, I can't rewatch them because of season 8.
It's not a matter of pirating or not, it's a matter of quality.
Well, if they just stick to adapting the books (and to my knowledge the story is finished) I'm OK with it. With GoT the problem was mostly when the source material was over, till then they did a good job adapting the story.
The problem with GoT is the same as with all productions where they constantly escalate with very little character building. There's nowhere to go, so inevitably when they do try and tie all things together there's nothing of substance and it's just a huge letdown.
It's based on book one of a trilogy.