Go Spotting: The Rise of the Phoenixes
Published on 5/11/2020
"The one minute trailer for the 2018 Chinese historical drama The Rise of
the Phoenixes: Season 1 references Go four times," reports Joel Sanet. "The first time shows a beautiful woman looking downward then cuts to a single black stone wobbling on an otherwise empty go board. The second time shows two men talking. One says, 'Are you going to let one stone destroy your entire Go Board?' The 3rd time shows a man placing the 3rd corner stone but it's white! (Were the rules different back then or were the film makers just being lazy?) The 4th time is similar to the 3rd. The 3rd and 4th time go appears are preceded, separated, and followed by action scenes so at the least it is being used metaphorically. Hey, that's better than just window dressing!"