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<blockquote data-quote="Zable" data-source="post: 136895" data-attributes="member: 47"><p>Netflix & others lack heart, suggests the BBC’s head of television Charlotte Moore in a lecture.</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px">BBC chief accuses Netflix of failing to take risks because its decisions are made by robots</span></p><p><a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/10/11/bbc-chief-accuses-netflix-failing-take-risks-decisions-made/" target="_blank"><u>https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/10/11/bbc-chief-accuses-netflix-failing-take-risks-decisions-made/</u></a></p><p></p><p>I had a good chuckle at the comments on The Telegraph.</p><p></p><p></p><p>More on topic… last watched episode 21 of The Rise of Phoenixes, a Chinese historical drama of palace intrigues that follow the release from imprisonment (within a temple) of the 6th prince of the current emperor (Tiansheng Kingdom). So far it appears that everything stems from the night there was a showdown with “the last remnant” of the previous emperor, but no one knows exactly what happened so there are secrets from that time.</p><p></p><p>Began watching a week ago. Had a slow start, needing to go over a couple of episodes to match names to titles – because the royal family personal names begin with “Ning” for all – and to match names with faces. More incomprehensible to me is how women disguised as men can get away with it for long. Apparently, men in the countryside can tell (because families there allow women to dress in men’s clothing to do business) but not in the capital.</p><p></p><p>Who’s in it? Every man and his dog: A tailor, ‘his’ classy brothel from which royal concubines seem to come, various other esteemed places of learning, an emperor, 5 other princes or more, their households and followers/supporters; the uncles: a black duke; a white duke and a stern duke or two (and how to know whose intentions are really what), a masked sorcerer, a bloody pagoda, a wily fox, a smart and nippy raccoon, a very discriminating talking parrot, all manner of eunuchs, spies and guards – royal guards, swordsmen guards, bodyguards, and more.</p><p></p><p>Draggy here and there, but binge-worthy. English subtitles available. Said to be a 70-episode series. Netflix has 45 (and counting, I hope).</p><p></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]fVNMYR6afE4[/MEDIA]</p><p></p><p>See also: <a href="http://www.dramapanda.com/2016/10/the-rise-of-phoenixes-2017.html" target="_blank"><u>http://www.dramapanda.com/2016/10/the-rise-of-phoenixes-2017.html</u></a></p><p></p><p>Avoid Wikipedia if you want to avoid major spoilers from the get-go.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Zable, post: 136895, member: 47"] Netflix & others lack heart, suggests the BBC’s head of television Charlotte Moore in a lecture. [SIZE=5]BBC chief accuses Netflix of failing to take risks because its decisions are made by robots[/SIZE] [URL='https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/10/11/bbc-chief-accuses-netflix-failing-take-risks-decisions-made/'][U]https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/10/11/bbc-chief-accuses-netflix-failing-take-risks-decisions-made/[/U][/URL] I had a good chuckle at the comments on The Telegraph. More on topic… last watched episode 21 of The Rise of Phoenixes, a Chinese historical drama of palace intrigues that follow the release from imprisonment (within a temple) of the 6th prince of the current emperor (Tiansheng Kingdom). So far it appears that everything stems from the night there was a showdown with “the last remnant” of the previous emperor, but no one knows exactly what happened so there are secrets from that time. Began watching a week ago. Had a slow start, needing to go over a couple of episodes to match names to titles – because the royal family personal names begin with “Ning” for all – and to match names with faces. More incomprehensible to me is how women disguised as men can get away with it for long. Apparently, men in the countryside can tell (because families there allow women to dress in men’s clothing to do business) but not in the capital. Who’s in it? Every man and his dog: A tailor, ‘his’ classy brothel from which royal concubines seem to come, various other esteemed places of learning, an emperor, 5 other princes or more, their households and followers/supporters; the uncles: a black duke; a white duke and a stern duke or two (and how to know whose intentions are really what), a masked sorcerer, a bloody pagoda, a wily fox, a smart and nippy raccoon, a very discriminating talking parrot, all manner of eunuchs, spies and guards – royal guards, swordsmen guards, bodyguards, and more. Draggy here and there, but binge-worthy. English subtitles available. Said to be a 70-episode series. Netflix has 45 (and counting, I hope). [MEDIA=youtube]fVNMYR6afE4[/MEDIA] See also: [URL='http://www.dramapanda.com/2016/10/the-rise-of-phoenixes-2017.html'][U]http://www.dramapanda.com/2016/10/the-rise-of-phoenixes-2017.html[/U][/URL] Avoid Wikipedia if you want to avoid major spoilers from the get-go. [/QUOTE]
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