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The Netflix show it's a complete insult to the source material, but I was expecting this anyway, there is no way to honor good writing in the West anymore, everything needs to be adapted for the modern audience... I could only forcefully stomach 20 minutes before giving up to the strong female arch, the gimmicky witty/silliness of John Bradley's character that is essentially another version of his character on Game of Thrones...

The Chinese one is true rendition the books needed. It's slow paced but it is a triumph

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Are you aware that they asked the author who gave his blessing to "adapt" the series to a global audience?

Also, giving up because there is a strong female arch? Damn. Macho much?

I have heard PRC-native Chinese females complain about misogyny in the original text, so I think they are getting out ahead of something here.

Yes, the original text clearly has issues. Like when the author explains that it's really a shame that the UN secretary general is a woman when the crisis happens, because a man would have handled the impeding war better. He backpedals a bit in book 3 - suddenly that secretary general is a shrewd political operator who managed to make the UN powerful through various schemes.

Also, don't call women "females", wtf??

I generally don't, I was following GP.

Shi Qiang's assistant on the true adaptation (the Chinese series), is a female character that is smart and strong without having to give her super-powers so the modern audience can indulge in their delusions.

Adaptations should stick to the source material, not bend over backwards to appease the culture war zealots.

I'm confused: the book had a strong female character, and the TV show added the same strong female character because culture war?

I'm assuming it's a two-step thing where "strong female with superpowers" offends, not strong female arch[sic].

What were the offending superpowers?

Read the books, watch the shows, post a comment. That should be your character arc.

Okay lets say I'm like the other commenters, read it, and still don't know. How can I check in with you again on what the superpowers are?

If it makes you feel any better https://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2024/03/29/more-bodies-mo...

Superpowers? Delusions? What are you talking about? I literally just watched the show (and read the book a few years ago). I cannot tell what you are referring to. Everything that happens in the show, happened in the book too, as far as I can tell.

Interesting indeed, a triumph, no.

I found the stuff about the cultural revolution by far the most interesting, finally I could understand it - that there was nothing to understand, there was no underlying rationale; it was just madness.

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