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@liztai I also thought the back story of FL work at the antenna station was core to the whole story and was well done in Tencent version. She wasn’t ‘just’ a vengeful daughter but a researcher that found some respect, respite & freedom there. She had supporters. Her answer to the Aliens was not so much spite but… curiosity?

I watched both the Tencent & the Netflix versions and agree with the critiques in this blog post

‘3 Body Problem by Netflix is a bit of a problem’ – post by Elizabeth Tai @liztai

https://elizabethtai.com/2024/04/26/3-body-problem-is-a-bit-of-a-problem/

#Tesla reportedly abandons plans to make a less expensive $25,000 electric vehicle - #Musk reportedly wants a robotaxi instead.

https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/5/24122064/tesla-cancel-affordable-electric-vehicle-model-2-china

@liztai This!!!

@liztai This is brilliant! Lol! First spin: Faithful!

Top billing actress Zheng Shuang under tax evasion charges, also sued by production firm for owing them US$12.5 million, faces 3-year jail if assets concealed #cdrama

https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/china-personalities/article/3257913/disgraced-actress-zheng-shuang-sued-production-firm-owing-us125-million-faces-3-year-jail-if-assets

@bougiewonderland Lol! Even funnier that Monoa’s chicken name Hei Hei means Hen of Heaven in Polynesian!

I’m finding the Legend of Shen Li a bit hard to get into despite great acting of the leads.

However, one big plus is that unlike other recent #xianxia #cdrama offerings, the cgi is Star-Wars-level good.

There’s gods racing amidst floating mountains to a rather hilarious phoenix-chicken avatar of titular Shen Li, a pompous lord of War.

@liztai Excellent read! But I’m hungry for biscuits now!

Btw how did your Tai family tablets end up in a school?!

Roku has patented a way to show ads over anything you plug into your TV

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/04/hdmi-customized-ad-insertion-patent-would-show-rokus-ads-atop-non-roku-video/

@liztai Nooooooo!!! *throws body in front of arrow/horse/poisontea headed towards Liu/Pan* Save dat man!!!

Hit TV Show "Blossoms Shanghai" by Won Kar Wai Causes Chinese Nostalgia for China's Past #cdrama #china

https://www.npr.org/2024/03/29/1196980037/what-a-hit-chinese-tv-show-tells-us-about-china-today

Liu Cixin: ‘I’m often asked – there’s science fiction in #China?’

#cdrama #threebodyproblem #scifi

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/mar/28/liu-cixin-author-three-body-problem-netflix-science-fiction

#Thailand moves to legalise same-sex marriage.

Bill passes lower house. Awaits Senate & Royal Assent.

Public Support at 97%.

#tootsea #lgbtq

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-68672318

Black BART rider handcuffed after charging phone on train which is not illegal #sanfrancisco #california

https://sfstandard.com/2024/03/22/bart-rider-detained-charging-phone/

@liztai He has eery control over his eyes as an emotive power! Very good & highly watchable actor imho. Shame about the FL. I have it on my watch list.

150 of #Washington D.C.'s #cherry blossom trees will be cut down due to sea rise

https://www.npr.org/2024/03/19/1238896379/cherry-blossom-trees-remove-stumpy-climate-change-washington-dc

@liztai It was one of those dramas I just stumbled upon without reading much about it… got hooked immediately. Looking forward to S2 but also worried it won’t work as well!

@liztai yay!!! So glad!

$500K Sand Dune Designed to Protect US Coastal Homes Washes Away in Just 3 Days

https://www.thedailybeast.com/dollar500k-dune-designed-to-protect-massachusetts-homes-last-just-3-days