Three Body Problem Trailer
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Link to video
Con: "From the creators of Game of Thrones"
Pros: Jonathan Pryce. Liam CunninghamI need to re-read the book....
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The trailer looks like they are doing all 3 books. I get the feeling that they've made a lot of changes because the books were very Chinese-centric, but the trailer looks more international.
@Friday said in Three Body Problem Trailer:
The trailer looks like they are doing all 3 books. I get the feeling that they've made a lot of changes because the books were very Chinese-centric, but the trailer looks more international.
There's two different version of this, a Chinese one and the US one.
Apparently, the Chinese one is more faithful to the book, but rather avoids the book's depiction of the Cultural Revolution, whereas the US one doesn't shy away from that, but makes it less Chinese-centric.
I watched some of the Chinese one with subtitles, but to be honest I found it a bit too depressing.
I was only joking
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@Friday said in Three Body Problem Trailer:
The trailer looks like they are doing all 3 books. I get the feeling that they've made a lot of changes because the books were very Chinese-centric, but the trailer looks more international.
There's two different version of this, a Chinese one and the US one.
Apparently, the Chinese one is more faithful to the book, but rather avoids the book's depiction of the Cultural Revolution, whereas the US one doesn't shy away from that, but makes it less Chinese-centric.
I watched some of the Chinese one with subtitles, but to be honest I found it a bit too depressing.
@Doctor-Phibes said in Three Body Problem Trailer:
I found it a bit too depressing.
I only read the first book - I found that depressing.
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Watched the first two.
Very engrossing.
I don't remember a lot of the details from the book (read it about 5 years ago), but I found the concept absolutely fascinating.
At the end of the 2nd episode, you still don't really know what's going on, but you're so into it that you will get sucked in.
Several reviews explain how the show took major liberties with the characters in the book (they "Westernized" them, moving the focus to London, etc.). But the overall story is the same.
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It was...good.
Not great, but good.
As I said, engrossing, but after finishing it, I thought, "Is that all there is?"
Yeah, it sort of, sort of, ends where the first book ends, and the producers are hoping for another 2-3 series to finish the tale.
That said, I was hoping for more.I understand the need to "Westernize" the story and that actually worked pretty well. Yet, when I finished it, rather than saying "Wow!", I said, "OK, that was pretty good. Whatcha got next to try to impress me."
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@Friday said in Three Body Problem Trailer:
The trailer looks like they are doing all 3 books. I get the feeling that they've made a lot of changes because the books were very Chinese-centric, but the trailer looks more international.
There's two different version of this, a Chinese one and the US one.
Apparently, the Chinese one is more faithful to the book, but rather avoids the book's depiction of the Cultural Revolution, whereas the US one doesn't shy away from that, but makes it less Chinese-centric.
I watched some of the Chinese one with subtitles, but to be honest I found it a bit too depressing.
@Doctor-Phibes said in Three Body Problem Trailer:
I watched some of the Chinese one with subtitles, but to be honest I found it a bit too depressing.
I watched the first episode. Yeah, depressing. I'll probably slog through another one or two this afternoon.
But, geez, talk about slow moving....
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@Doctor-Phibes said in Three Body Problem Trailer:
I watched some of the Chinese one with subtitles, but to be honest I found it a bit too depressing.
I watched the first episode. Yeah, depressing. I'll probably slog through another one or two this afternoon.
But, geez, talk about slow moving....
@George-K said in Three Body Problem Trailer:
I watched the first episode. Yeah, depressing. I'll probably slog through another one or two this afternoon.
But, geez, talk about slow moving....
Nope. Not gonna.
I made it through 6 episodes, and...nothing has happened. There are another 24 to go through and that's only to the end of the 1st book. You'd think that, after 5-6 episodes, something would have happened - but it hasn't. It's all about the nano-tech guy who sees the countdown. That's it. They keep talking about the suicidal scientists, but no progress there.
It's not "slow-moving" it's glacial.
Sorry. I wanted to like it but the pacing is just too slow, the translation/subtitles are awkward, and it's poorly acted.
"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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@Copper said in Three Body Problem Trailer:
I just watched the first episode, Iām ready for some action.
Just to re-iterate, the Netflix show is NOT the Amazon Prime show.
If you're talking about "Three-Body" and not "Three-Body Problem" you're in for a long wait.
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The sky was blinking, that must signal non-stop action is on the way.
Disappointment, Right?
@Copper said in Three Body Problem Trailer:
The sky was blinking, that must signal non-stop action is on the way.
Right?
Here's the problem. In the Netflix series, you have no real idea what the blinking sky means, how it happens, or who caused it.
In the Amazon series, there's a slow build-up to the event. The nano-tech guy investigates and receives a really good explanation of how this happened. How, but not why or by whom. But, it took 5 episodes to get there.
Also...
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@George-K said in Three Body Problem Trailer:
I watched the first episode. Yeah, depressing. I'll probably slog through another one or two this afternoon.
But, geez, talk about slow moving....
Nope. Not gonna.
I made it through 6 episodes, and...nothing has happened. There are another 24 to go through and that's only to the end of the 1st book. You'd think that, after 5-6 episodes, something would have happened - but it hasn't. It's all about the nano-tech guy who sees the countdown. That's it. They keep talking about the suicidal scientists, but no progress there.
It's not "slow-moving" it's glacial.
Sorry. I wanted to like it but the pacing is just too slow, the translation/subtitles are awkward, and it's poorly acted.
@George-K said in Three Body Problem Trailer:
I made it through 6 episodes, and...nothing has happened. There are another 24 to go through and that's only to the end of the 1st book. You'd think that, after 5-6 episodes, something would have happened - but it hasn't. It's all about the nano-tech guy who sees the countdown. That's it. They keep talking about the suicidal scientists, but no progress there.
It's not "slow-moving" it's glacial.
Sorry. I wanted to like it but the pacing is just too slow, the translation/subtitles are awkward, and it's poorly acted.
The Chinese (not just mainland China, but also Hong Kong and Taiwan) like to make long-running TV series. Heck, it started in Hong Kong. Even back in the 70s/80s, the producers in Hong Kong routinely pumped out series that run 30+ episodes per story, even 50+ episodes per story was quite common. I don't have a good theory for why that is.
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Re-reading the books has given new insights into the Netflix series. There's SO much material that is subtle, that really doesn't make sense unless you know the whole story. The first season uses material from the second and third books, not just #1.
I rewatched (at fast speed, skipping a lot) the first two episodes this afternoon - before my nap. They've done a good job making the story approachable while keeping the overall theme.
Season 2 should be fun - if it happens.
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I just finished the first season of the Netflix series (I didn't realize there was an Amazon show, let alone books LOL). Anyway... the first 2-3 episodes are pretty good, very intriguing, but it shifted into a mediocre TV series for episodes 4-8 or so. (Episode 8 is the last episode). Basically it starts great and slowly degrades. I'll watch a 2nd season if it comes out, but I'm not holding my breath.
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The problem with the Netflix series is that it shoehorns a lot of stuff from the 2nd and 3rd books into the first season. The whole "stair step" project is in the 3rd book - as is the idea of sending a brain.
The books, despite their length, tell a "tighter" story. Each book has a main protagonist, as opposed to the series. The Chicese cop plays a MAJOR role in the 1st 2 books, for example. The inventor of the nano fiber is a major character in the 1st book.
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The problem with the Netflix series is that it shoehorns a lot of stuff from the 2nd and 3rd books into the first season. The whole "stair step" project is in the 3rd book - as is the idea of sending a brain.
The books, despite their length, tell a "tighter" story. Each book has a main protagonist, as opposed to the series. The Chicese cop plays a MAJOR role in the 1st 2 books, for example. The inventor of the nano fiber is a major character in the 1st book.
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@George-K said in Three Body Problem Trailer:
The Chinese cop plays a MAJOR role in the 1st 2 books
I believe he's from Manchester.
(A reference to a line in the show when he was asked about The Art of War in the last episode)
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@George-K said in Three Body Problem Trailer:
The Chinese cop plays a MAJOR role in the 1st 2 booksI believe he's from Manchester.
Not in the books...
