Not QUITE the End of July

[not_hathor]

 After almost a week of High Heat Index warnings from the National Weather Service, during which it did rain once thereby pumping up the humidity again, yesterday (Sunday) was actually cooler! SO we went out and hacked at the pile of tree branches some more.  Reduced it by maybe half, but still a bunch to go. It's halfway decent today as well; too

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[reziac]

Me, I'm gnashing my teeth waiting for the 3rd-and-final season DVD of Into the Badlands to get issued... probably a little more gory than need be, but otherwise the best show I've seen in years.

[not_hathor]

Ohhhh, is that the one supposedly based on "Journey to the West" , except updated to near future post-apocalyse, and totally bad-ass? I read about it a couple years ago, but have not seen.

[reziac]

Wow, LJ sure has made some changes... Anyway, "near future post-apocalyse, and totally bad-ass" is totally accurate, but [goes off, finds translation, and assorted films] if it's based on "Journey to the West" it's a mighty thin connection.

Basically -- bad things happen and everyone dies, then it gets worse. :) And despite all, main character Sunny (Daniel Wu, who also has creative control) never loses his ...innocence... and his essential goodness. And that differentiates it from ordinary grimdark, a style I'm quite weary of. -- The fantasy elements start off only as timeslowed wire-fu, but become considerably stronger as it goes along (and may be consequences of the apocalypse... this sits on that boundary with SF).

Aforementioned translation:
https://chine.in/fichiers/jourwest.pdf