Finished it! Really enjoyed it, I give it slightly more than 8/10. Now Netflix... better renew it! :)
@paisley1: The way it was explained, it was plausible to me that they didn't have the option to speed things up.
Yet, to me it was explained away like when a fairy godmother says "if you're not home by midnight you'll turn into a pumpkin", and from that scene on, all I could think about were all the empty planets they could colonize between us and them, and all the spaceships at S12 Tonopah Test Range that could get them here faster. ;)
Scholars believe that 1.5 million to eight million people died in “abnormal deaths” in the decade from 1966 to 1976, while more than 100 million Chinese were affected by the period's upheaval.
Any discussion of the Cultural Revolution, a political movement that Mao Zedong started in 1966 to reassert authority by setting radical youths against those in charge, is heavily censored in China.
It's not surprising that fans of the book may have heard of the Cultural Revolution, but they don't have a concrete idea about the atrocities that the Communist Party and some ordinary Chinese committed. That's why the reactions to the Netflix series are concerning to some Chinese.
Yes, every good dictator likes the population lacking knowledge where it's not "appropriate" - nothing to see (or question) here, folks, move along!
Great show, totally hooked, lots of fun, but not sure it makes much sense...
I agree with all the above, I haven't read the books but I enjoyed this series.
by lighton posted 4 months ago
Finished it! Really enjoyed it, I give it slightly more than 8/10. Now Netflix... better renew it! :)
@paisley1: The way it was explained, it was plausible to me that they didn't have the option to speed things up.
by paisley1 posted 5 months ago
Great show, totally hooked, lots of fun, but not sure it makes much sense...
...because the technology of the sophons is so much more sophisticated than just designing a better hyper drive/warp drive, that they could've just created some sort of FTL to speed up the whole 400 year space flight, and even found other uninhabited planets to live on, also there are so many other alien races that are smarter than us in our galaxy, Giorgio Tsoukalos would have a field day with this show! :D lolz
One of my coworkers said the TV series was hard to track because it's so different from the book, where Ye Wenjie, Wang Miao & Shi Qiang's storylines were spread throughout an ensemble cast, but the TV series is better than the book, produced by the guys from Game of Thrones with a spectacular budget.
by lighton posted 5 months ago
1x5. Whoaaaaaaaa... I haven't been this impressed by any TV show episode in quite some time! I'm hoping for two more seasons! :)
fassy said:
Overall, I would rate it at 3/5.
:O
by fassy posted 5 months ago
Well, I finished all 8 episodes and episode 7 and 8 were actually quite alright. Probably since there was almost no screentime with Auggie. ;)
Still, I'd argue the show is overhyped and does not deliver up to that promise.
All of the less than stelar reviews kind of confirm my feeling: Most of the characters are bland and uninteresting, the plot sometime super slow, on other parts rushing through it like there is no tomorrow.
Overall, I would rate it at 3/5. Watchable, but not a show I probably will ever revisit or hold my breath for season 02.
by Greyhound posted 5 months ago
@Kanga
Thanks.
I guess I may as well sink my teeth into the book, in that case, since it's a long time commitment either way.
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@paisley1: The way it was explained, it was plausible to me that they didn't have the option to speed things up.
Yet, to me it was explained away like when a fairy godmother says "if you're not home by midnight you'll turn into a pumpkin", and from that scene on, all I could think about were all the empty planets they could colonize between us and them, and all the spaceships at S12 Tonopah Test Range that could get them here faster. ;)
The Netflix series showcases one of the country's most successful works of culture. Instead of demonstrating pride, social media is condemning it.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/08/business/3-body-problem-china-reaction.html
Scholars believe that 1.5 million to eight million people died in “abnormal deaths” in the decade from 1966 to 1976, while more than 100 million Chinese were affected by the period's upheaval.
Any discussion of the Cultural Revolution, a political movement that Mao Zedong started in 1966 to reassert authority by setting radical youths against those in charge, is heavily censored in China.
It's not surprising that fans of the book may have heard of the Cultural Revolution, but they don't have a concrete idea about the atrocities that the Communist Party and some ordinary Chinese committed. That's why the reactions to the Netflix series are concerning to some Chinese.
Yes, every good dictator likes the population lacking knowledge where it's not "appropriate" - nothing to see (or question) here, folks, move along!
The article links to
CHRONOLOGY OF MASS KILLINGS DURING THE CHINESE CULTURAL REVOLUTION (1966-1976)
https://www.sciencespo.fr/mass-violence-war-massacre-resistance/en/document/chronology-mass-killings-during-chinese-cultural-revolution-1966-1976.html
I agree with all the above, I haven't read the books but I enjoyed this series.
@paisley1: The way it was explained, it was plausible to me that they didn't have the option to speed things up.
...because the technology of the sophons is so much more sophisticated than just designing a better hyper drive/warp drive, that they could've just created some sort of FTL to speed up the whole 400 year space flight, and even found other uninhabited planets to live on, also there are so many other alien races that are smarter than us in our galaxy, Giorgio Tsoukalos would have a field day with this show! :D lolz
One of my coworkers said the TV series was hard to track because it's so different from the book, where Ye Wenjie, Wang Miao & Shi Qiang's storylines were spread throughout an ensemble cast, but the TV series is better than the book, produced by the guys from Game of Thrones with a spectacular budget.
:O
Still, I'd argue the show is overhyped and does not deliver up to that promise.
I think the review on https://mashable.com/article/3-body-problem-review-netflix sums it up pretty well. Same for https://popculturemaniacs.com/3-body-problem-review/ or https://www.tvinsider.com/1127419/3-body-problem-review/.
All of the less than stelar reviews kind of confirm my feeling: Most of the characters are bland and uninteresting, the plot sometime super slow, on other parts rushing through it like there is no tomorrow.
Overall, I would rate it at 3/5. Watchable, but not a show I probably will ever revisit or hold my breath for season 02.
Thanks.
I guess I may as well sink my teeth into the book, in that case, since it's a long time commitment either way.