A self-reference to the original
It's basically a movie-watching experience while watching. Note: The following not only contains spoilers, but also uses a lot of lingua franca.
pkd original Chinese translation reference:
(E01 to be filled)
E02: Impossible Planet
i can see why ppl who're familiar with pkd's works say they're disappointed. Clearly the original work presents something lost, the earth, the place where you'll never find again. The adaption twists it into a reminiscent romantic story. How pathetic.
E02: The Commuter
Adapted from the pkd short story "Commuters by Train". The original is almost a bit of a peach blossom. Gradually withdrew from the town of historical torrents, the time disappeared, and suddenly the employees who worked on the B-line train for six years discovered this paradise. However, as he begins to reach further into the lost town, he begins to worry about his real timeline. So he left Peach Blossom Land, returned to reality, and found that everything was so brand new. The play was changed to a mystical cliche town. Paradise Lost, even the way to get there is dramatic-jumping (??) The interweaving of reality and fantasy, coupled with the questioning of the protagonist and twenty years of work, shrouded in the dark truth of a son who is mentally ill, the entire show It became a cliché of lack of originality. Oh yes, the third episode could be renamed: Sad Londoners who have never experienced the beauty of their small town.
It feels good to catch, but as a pkd-based drama, it's rubbish. .
To borrow from pkd's own account: "Time is a problem. I like to fiddle with various basic concepts of reality, such as time and space..." (Review on "Breakfast at Twilight", 1976, "Planning Fate" Bureau”, Sichuan Science and Technology Press, 2018)
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