3 Body Problem (Netflix)

Huh. I noticed a "three body" title on Amazon Prime the other night that looks like it just came out this year. Is this what you're watching?

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There are like three adaptations already, this thread is about the one on Netflix, which is easily the "biggest" version of them.

It seems to be on Amazon Prime (at least in the US, not here in Finland, though), so I'd say yes.

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That's a different one, lower budget. And that one's from last year; the "big" one on Netflix is from 2024.

Yes, it's confusing that there are both Chinese and American productions of this out.

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Strange coincidence:
I watched the first 2 episodes of Lost (I was hoping for a survival action / drama: kind of like a serious version of Gilligan's Island or Castaway with a larger cast) - then discontinued.

I watched the first episode of Game of Thrones (I had HBO at the time) - then discontinued.

I assumed ynwtf was asking what I was watching (it's kinda vague as "you" is both singular and plural). I've watched the Netflix version and now I'm watching the Chinese version (which is clearly lower budget and technically flawed but seems to be a more interesting adaptation of the story).

Ah, got it.

(sigh) I realize my reaction today to reading the first book might be a continued lack of sleep (there are contractors in my house making noise all day starting just before 7 a.m.), but I am rapidly losing interest in reading. I'm at the halfway mark now, and the inordinate amount of info-dump in lieu of story is starting to grate on me. If I cared about these characters (well, the older woman Ye isn't bad, but even Wang Xiamo is starting to annoy me), then maybe it'd be easier to get through this. But it definitely feels, as someone here mentioned, like the author had a science-fictiony idea he's excited about and shoehorned it into a story. I'm guessing the Netflix adaptation is more forgiving in this area.

And still, I am trying to read the whole book first.

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Well, somewhere past the halfway point I am probably giving up on reading the first book. I've been envisioning how this thing has been adapted to the screen and it's just too much curiosity now. Plus, I was constantly aware that I wasn't enjoying reading this book and was only slogging on so that I'd know I'd read the whole thing before watching it.

That no longer seemed like a good enough reason to keep reading. I have SO many other books I'd rather be reading. So I'm off to start the first episode of the Netflix series.

By the way, I'm proud of myself that I guessed within seconds of the opening credits and music that it must be the same composer who wrote the opening music for Westworld.

First episode watched... and frankly, a LOT more of what I was reading makes a LOT more sense now. I was following what I thought was the story just fine in the book, but it wasn't holding my interest for some reason. That first episode of the Netflix series congealed some things for me (that I had tied together but not strongly enough). I can see now where the split of one character into several happens (and making them not ALL Chinese), and I think that happened so that the several characters can talk to *each other* instead of the show trying to get into a single character's thought processes.

I think this is often why Stephen King adaptations fall flat: so much of King's writing hinges on being inside a character's head. That's fabulous in book form but doesn't translate well to a screen. So, in his case, the books/stories are almost always better. In the case of Three Body Problem, I'd say I prefer several characters interacting onscreen rather than being in a single character's head in the book.

Finished the eight available episodes. For anyone who's also read the books... how far did this first season get into the story? Based on the 50%-ish of the first book that I made it through before giving up, I'd say these eight episode must have dipped into the second book. I have a hard time imagining that everything that happened in the eight episodes was all from only the first book.

And I had hoped that these eight episodes would have finished out the story, but apparently not. (sigh) Around episode seven, I realized there was no way they'd be wrapping up the storyline in an episode and a half. So now I wait.

And now I have to decide whether to watch any of the other adaptations...

Not sure if that's what you asked before or if there's something subtly different, but:

Not only does it not wrap up the story, but the books go to some really bonkers places. Yes, even more bonkers than they already have. This series really "goes there," in all sorts of ways.

I was wondering how...



Anyway, I have two more episodes to go, and I will catch up on those this week.I would have gotten through it faster, but we are watching multiple shows right now (Lost and Person of Interest), and my wife isn't watching this with me, although she was asking about it last ight, so maybe I will be watching the entire season again soon!

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