Television: Nirvana in Fire

[nineveh_uk]

TL:DR It's brilliant, watch it!

One of the highlights of the past couple of months has been Chinese 'historical' costume drama Nirvana in Fire. I saw this mentioned online a year or so ago and thought that one day I should get round to it, and occasionally saw it again, and when I reached the end of season 3 of Black Sails and had re-watched the

Comments

[elmey]

OK, that trailer looks absolutely fantastic. But 54 episodes... that's a lot of couch time. On the other hand it's not like I'm spending the time more productively; it's going on the list :)

[nineveh_uk]

It's a lot of couch time, but it's worth every minute. I'm 38 episodes in and going "But it can't be over in only another 16 episodes, that's only 2 weeks worth if I ration myself to one a day!" The first couple of episodes are confusing because you get introduced to a lot of characters and it can be tempting to think that you have to grasp who they all are immediately, but you don't - it will unfold and become clear.