Maya Chhabra
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
Hi! I'm a fan of your books (both Five Gods and Vorkosigan) and heard you were on a panel about The Untamed! I was wondering if you have watched or are interested in the show Nirvana in Fire, a court intrigue drama that is considered one of the best Chinese TV shows ever? My wife and I keep thinking of some similarities to Vorkosigan due to a physically disabled hero who keeps an intrigue plot moving in creative ways.
Lois McMaster Bujold
Nirvana in Fire is on my to-be-watched list -- it will be a considerable time investment. I do have it to hand on viki.com which I'd signed up just to watch the Nie brothers spin-off Fatal Journey, worth it, but viki comes with a million hours of other stuff, eep. My media-watching buddy and I just finished up Word of Honor, which was, hm. Good tour of the genre, about which I know little yet, but none of the characters grabbed me the way The Untamed characters did.
If you (collective you) have any other Asian media recs from viki or Netflix, trot 'em out in the comments. I am, this first pass, mainly interested in fantasy. Do not want crime or horror or grim dystopias or most mainstream, although Extraordinary Attorney Woo turned out to be a winner. (Also on Netflix.) Do not want wall-to-wall angst. I don't need broad comedy, but some sense of humor somewhere in the script is a plus.
Also have watched Hotel Del Luna, Korean mostly-modern fantasy, quite wonderful, recommended. 3-D animation Green Snake also turned out worthwhile, despite its dystopic beginning, which was eventually explained satisfactorily. Once Upon a Time on Lingjian Mountain was very silly, but a good tutorial in xianxia genre tropes and cliches.
(Our The Untamed panel was a bit frustrating -- it was billed as a geek-out, but since half the audience hadn't seen the show, it mainly ended up a pitch session. Trying to describe the show without spoilers and still sound coherent is probably not possible.)
Ta, L.
Nirvana in Fire is on my to-be-watched list -- it will be a considerable time investment. I do have it to hand on viki.com which I'd signed up just to watch the Nie brothers spin-off Fatal Journey, worth it, but viki comes with a million hours of other stuff, eep. My media-watching buddy and I just finished up Word of Honor, which was, hm. Good tour of the genre, about which I know little yet, but none of the characters grabbed me the way The Untamed characters did.
If you (collective you) have any other Asian media recs from viki or Netflix, trot 'em out in the comments. I am, this first pass, mainly interested in fantasy. Do not want crime or horror or grim dystopias or most mainstream, although Extraordinary Attorney Woo turned out to be a winner. (Also on Netflix.) Do not want wall-to-wall angst. I don't need broad comedy, but some sense of humor somewhere in the script is a plus.
Also have watched Hotel Del Luna, Korean mostly-modern fantasy, quite wonderful, recommended. 3-D animation Green Snake also turned out worthwhile, despite its dystopic beginning, which was eventually explained satisfactorily. Once Upon a Time on Lingjian Mountain was very silly, but a good tutorial in xianxia genre tropes and cliches.
(Our The Untamed panel was a bit frustrating -- it was billed as a geek-out, but since half the audience hadn't seen the show, it mainly ended up a pitch session. Trying to describe the show without spoilers and still sound coherent is probably not possible.)
Ta, L.
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