Red Cliff; The Three Kingdoms

[rachelmanija]

I watched part I of Red Cliff, John Woo's adaptation of a teeeeeny bit of the story of the Three Kingdoms, a famous epic about how China was split into three warring kingdoms. It is so excellent

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[sartorias]

OMG I soooo want to see this!

[rilina]

I'm reading the abridged Moss Roberts translation. The best stuff is in the middle; it's a bit of a slog getting to it. My comprehension is also aided by the fact that I placed the Koei Nintendo game way back when. I don't know how well it reads to people who haven't read it. thistleingrey has posted on part of the unabridged Roberts translation here.

I've never found a manga/manhua/manhwa adaptation that I like. But I keep hoping.

Also, you probably now understand why I love that Minekura picture of Tenpou as Zhuge Liang so much.

[thistleingrey]

Thanks for linking! I continue liking the unabridged Moss Roberts, despite having paused about a third of the way into volume two (of two); I was distracted by stuff unrelated to 3K itself. And having read his introduction since that post and begun reading his notes, I have to say I respect his scholarship, too....

[mamculuna]

Really, really want to see it, but oddly, it doesn't seem to be available on Netflix.

[laleia]

I would probably recommend watching one of the (various) Chinese television shows if you can find any of them subtitled. I know there's one edition people generally consider the best, but I don't know which one it is ...

[elanid]

Oh, dear, this is going to be incredibly bad for my work ethic this week - at least it's in Chinese, so it's nearly virtuous, but still! Good thing it's Friday. :D