Maiming Yinxing

Plot wise, structure wise, nothing special based on my viewing of the first episode. There’s tons of America tv shows of similar genre and stories. But the execution and craftsmanship of this show is what makes all the difference. I just couldn’t believe BBC could make a cliche of a story into an interesting n engrossing masterpiece. Just like Downton Abbey. You gotta give it to the Brits, they know how to craft beautiful TV. I know Hollywood pays really well so they attract the best talents but the shit they push out these days, god awful, why would anyone pay to watch those crap is truly beyond me, whereas BBC rarely disappoints.

I was really drown to the game after seeing some teasers/trailers cause the graphics looked absolutely stunning and being Chinese wukong was a household name for a fiction character. But I also kinda sensed there might be some mechanical issues with the game cause even though the game looked like a soulslike game but the pacing felt a bit off and all the trailers were about boss fight, no exploration no fighting minions or doing anything interesting outside of fighting boss. Turned out I was right. LOTS of Boss fights is good when you have loads of other things to do like in Elden Ring. but this game is like the reverse. It's like they built the game with those fancy trailers in mind, it's like you are playing those boss fight trailer after trailer with nothing else to do in between. Bored and monotonous feel is what you get after a while. What I want to tell the devs is don't for a second think building a game as beautiful as Dark soul 3 or Elden Ring or Bloodborne is that easy. These games dont just have beautiful graphics but creativity, diversity, loads of contents, sophisticated combat system and lots of interesting backstory details. Wukong on the other hand is SKIN DEEP, other than it's drop dead gorgeous graphics, even the oeiginal god of war on PS2 can give you more fun than this over hyped and overpriced garbage.

I loved the book and the audiobook, and I thought how could a movie based on a wonderfully-written book be ever bad? Boy was I wrong. The script, tone, visual adaptation, music, scene, you name it, all bad. I didn't expect it to be a masterpiece like Notting Hill, but its cringeworthiness is on par Ticket to Paradise. The production team should watch Netflix's Heartstopper and see how proper adaptation is done.