What do you think is happening? 3 Body Problem premieres on Netflix March 21st, 2024.From multiple Emmy Award-winning creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss (...

3 Body Problem premieres on Netflix March 21st, 2024.

From multiple Emmy Award-winning creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss (Game of Thrones), and Emmy-nominated Alexander Woo (The Terror: Infamy, True Blood) comes 3 Body Problem, a thrilling story that redefines sci-fi drama with its layered mysteries and genre-bending high stakes. Based on the acclaimed, international bestselling book trilogy, The Three-Body Problem.

A young woman’s fateful decision in 1960s China reverberates across space and time to a group of brilliant scientists in the present day. As the laws of nature unravel before their eyes five former colleagues reunite to confront the greatest threat in humanity’s history.

  • bionicjoey@lemmy.ca
    562·
    8 months ago

    From multiple Emmy Award-winning creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss (Game of Thrones)

    You mean the guys who wrote complete schlock whenever they needed to fill in empty space that wasn’t covered in the source material?

    • jumjummy@lemmy.world
      23·
      8 months ago

      Exactly. It would almost be a better sell if they DIDN’T mention those two. I refuse to watch anything these guys touch unless it’s all released/finished and has a good rating.

      • niktemadur@lemmy.world
        2·
        8 months ago

        Goyer is another one. Too enamored with the scent of his own mental flatulence to properly respect source material, no matter how glaringly superior it may be to his own leanings-du-jour, ends up making disposable pop plastic.

  • magic_lobster_party@kbin.run
    8·
    8 months ago

    Looks like they’re taking liberties with most of the characters. That’s probably fair. The characters were the weakest part of the books either way. Only Da Shi had redeeming quality in the first book, and it looks like they’re keeping him at least.

    I love the book trilogy. I’m curious how they will manage to adapt it, especially the second and third books.

  • Corngood@lemmy.ml
    83·
    8 months ago

    NoInterestingly, I think the source material is flawed in the same way as the GoT TV adaptation: it feels rushed, especially toward the end.

    One thing that really bothered me about the books is:

    spoiler

    The entire plot hinges on FTL communication via quantum entanglement, which seems more fantasy than sci-fi to me.

    Still, there are a lot of fun ideas in the books, so I’ll probably give it a chance.

    • ladicius@lemmy.world
      46·
      8 months ago

      I put a spoiler alert here although I don’t tell much about the story in my rant.

      spoiler spoiler

      !Didn’t like the first book much so I never gave the other ones a shot. The first book felt completely unbalanced and, as you said, rushed, and the whole plot about that far away civilization is so overconstructed that the book really fell apart at all the seams (if there were any). I don’t get the hype around it.!<

      • Subverb@lemmy.world
        42·
        8 months ago

        Brother. I really disliked the first book too. Never read the others. It’s hard to find people that will admit to not seeing the Emperor’s clothes with this book. You can find a few on goodreads if you dig.

        Its just bad.

  • OldWoodFrame@lemm.ee
    4·
    8 months ago

    I’m hopeful. It’s a good book series and D&D have proven themselves to be able to adapt material well. I don’t think they’ll get bored and trail off with only 3 books.

    Plus Benedict Wong rules.