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WoH Episode 32 - Version Difference
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shadarasA conversation with rekishi on their journal (where they're commenting on the show as they watch it) reminded me of this!
In Episode 32, there is a distinct difference in versions during the scene where Zhou Zishu is angsting on the cliff and strips to remove the nails from his body based on where you watch it. (I learned this because I first watched on Youku on a friend's account, and then when Youtube caught up I commented on this scene in particular and was surprised it hadn't been shown on Youtube.)
On the Youku app, if you watch the English-language version (Word of Honor), the scene is longer than in the Youku Chinese-language version (山河令), but also doesn't have the pretty CGI scars. I know the Youtube version is the same (edited!) version as the Chinese-language Youku video. (I suspect the Viki and Netflix are as well, but I haven't confirmed that—if someone else could, I'd love to know!) (ETA: Comments have led to confirmation that all the other versions [Viki, Netflix, Amazon, Youtube] cut at the same point in the scene as the Chinese-language Youku version, but the timestamp is not necessarily the same!)
This is of interest because in the original version (where all the nail-scars are ridiculous blobs, and they forgot to add in the scars from the hooks he was tortured with), you get to see Zhou Zishu yeet the nails out of his body.
Also, the timing is different? I haven't gone through the episode versions to figure out why (because it's not just the length of this scene!), but the timings sure are different!
In the English-language version, the shirtless Zhou Zishu scene begins at 30:15 and cuts at 31:30.
In the Chinese-language version, the scene begins at 31:25 and cuts at 31:56.
( screenshots under the cut! )
If anyone researches why the timing on this scene is so different (other scenes cut or added?), please share!
rekishi on their journal (where they're commenting on the show as they watch it) reminded me of this!In Episode 32, there is a distinct difference in versions during the scene where Zhou Zishu is angsting on the cliff and strips to remove the nails from his body based on where you watch it. (I learned this because I first watched on Youku on a friend's account, and then when Youtube caught up I commented on this scene in particular and was surprised it hadn't been shown on Youtube.)
On the Youku app, if you watch the English-language version (Word of Honor), the scene is longer than in the Youku Chinese-language version (山河令), but also doesn't have the pretty CGI scars. I know the Youtube version is the same (edited!) version as the Chinese-language Youku video. (I suspect the Viki and Netflix are as well, but I haven't confirmed that—if someone else could, I'd love to know!) (ETA: Comments have led to confirmation that all the other versions [Viki, Netflix, Amazon, Youtube] cut at the same point in the scene as the Chinese-language Youku version, but the timestamp is not necessarily the same!)
This is of interest because in the original version (where all the nail-scars are ridiculous blobs, and they forgot to add in the scars from the hooks he was tortured with), you get to see Zhou Zishu yeet the nails out of his body.
Also, the timing is different? I haven't gone through the episode versions to figure out why (because it's not just the length of this scene!), but the timings sure are different!
In the English-language version, the shirtless Zhou Zishu scene begins at 30:15 and cuts at 31:30.
In the Chinese-language version, the scene begins at 31:25 and cuts at 31:56.
( screenshots under the cut! )
If anyone researches why the timing on this scene is so different (other scenes cut or added?), please share!
