Author Topic: 3 Body Problem (Netflix) (Read 6686 times)

TheRadicalModerate · « **Reply #20 on:** 04/01/2024 04:43 am »

I found the plot to be neither circular nor restricted.

Star One · « **Reply #21 on:** 04/02/2024 11:54 am »

Watched the second episode, and that seemed a heck of a lot better than the first one especially dialogue wise, also the story has really kicked in now.

joek · « **Reply #22 on:** 04/02/2024 01:46 pm »

Note for those comparing books and screenplay... Netflix season 1 covers events in nominally chronological order; the books do not. E.g., Netflix season 1 covers events from all 3 books in the trilogy (by my rough reckoning > 50%). Expect that was because the author thought there was more near-future worth covering after volume 1 was published. What that portends for season 2 (or beyond) is unclear. IMO they could wrap it up in the next (second) season. Would be very annoyed if they did not either: (a) finish it in the second season; or (b) commit to a third season.

Blackstar · « **Reply #23 on:** 04/02/2024 04:08 pm »

There's some very interesting stuff going on in China with regards to a murder trial over somebody involved in bringing the book to screen. You can look that up.

https://gizmodo.com/3-body-problem-poisoning-murder-case-trial-netflix-1851379416

ArbitraryConstant · « **Reply #24 on:** 04/02/2024 10:08 pm »

Quote from: joek on 04/02/2024 01:46 pm

Note for those comparing books and screenplay... Netflix season 1 covers events in nominally chronological order; the books do not. E.g., Netflix season 1 covers events from all 3 books in the trilogy (by my rough reckoning > 50%). Expect that was because the author thought there was more near-future worth covering after volume 1 was published. What that portends for season 2 (or beyond) is unclear. IMO they could wrap it up in the next (second) season. Would be very annoyed if they did not either: (a) finish it in the second season; or (b) commit to a third season.

I think if they stick to doing it roughly chronologically I'm not sure they can get another full season from ~present day stuff. As far as I recall all the ~present day parts from book 3 have already happened, so only part of book 2 remains before the time jump. While interesting, I don't think that's enough for a full season.

Star One · « **Reply #25 on:** 04/03/2024 07:58 am »

Quote from: ArbitraryConstant on 04/02/2024 10:08 pm

Quote from: joek on 04/02/2024 01:46 pm
Note for those comparing books and screenplay... Netflix season 1 covers events in nominally chronological order; the books do not. E.g., Netflix season 1 covers events from all 3 books in the trilogy (by my rough reckoning > 50%). Expect that was because the author thought there was more near-future worth covering after volume 1 was published. What that portends for season 2 (or beyond) is unclear. IMO they could wrap it up in the next (second) season. Would be very annoyed if they did not either: (a) finish it in the second season; or (b) commit to a third season.
I think if they stick to doing it roughly chronologically I'm not sure they can get another full season from ~present day stuff. As far as I recall all the ~present day parts from book 3 have already happened, so only part of book 2 remains before the time jump. While interesting, I don't think that's enough for a full season.

This may all be academic as it appears that the show may have under performed Netflix’s expectations, and therefore may not be renewed.

Star One · « **Reply #26 on:** 04/06/2024 08:18 am »

Watched up to episode five which was the best so far. The tanker thing seemed a bit out of place for the rest of it so far, I hope they didn’t just include it for the sake of shock value. Though I understood some of the science concepts in the episodes some of the others I was struggling to follow the logic of. I don’t know if that’s just me or the way the show tried to explain it. Or if it’s just nonsense science.

JulesVerneATV · « **Reply #27 on:** 05/19/2024 06:24 pm »

Another artistic property ruined again by studios plus I don't thing modern entertainment really has it any more. Some flop and some make money, however some products do sell M3GAN, 'Barbie', Oppenheimer, Spider-Man No Way Home etc not everything is losing money. They are also making a lot of video games into shows and movies but sometimes I feel the film maker culture is moving in the wrong direction. This was way too rushed, the books left ideas open to interpretation or were more enjoyable even if it was difficult to remember all the Chinese character names, I could not get through this show at all and switched it off.

Star One · « **Reply #28 on:** 05/23/2024 04:25 pm »

It’s been renewed by Netflix for further episodes. Though how many has not been revealed.

Star One · « **Reply #29 on:** 06/02/2024 09:02 am »

The show runners have now confirmed the show will run for two more seasons to completion.

https://deadline.com/2024/05/3-body-problem-renewed-season-2-3-netflix-1235946312/

Finally finished this. Overall I thought it was pretty good but very inconsistent in its quality. It definitely improved over its run with the final episode being fairly decent and I’d definitely watch another season of it.