3 Body Problem (2024) TV Thread

[Donna]

From the creators of Game of Thrones comes a series based on the novel by Liu Cixin.

I've read the first book and half the second one. Interesting concept so hopefully it's a good watch.

Coming in March 2024

 

[Steve]

Official release date was announced as March 21st 2024

It certainly seems to have an epic scope; and for once, no idea where it might be heading? (Having not read the book)

 

[Beckie]

Looks like some gender swapping and a more international cast compared to the books but I suppose they want to appeal to a wider audience

 

[Alice]

The books are great but could be a bit of a hard swallow for western audiences in places and cultural translation will definitely be a plus.

One of the things I appreciated was a style of writing outside of what I was used to but you can see where it's still confined a little by the Chinese/CCP influence. I will say not to make too many assumptions based on the trailers, they're mostly book-accurate but as you will quickly see might mislead you on the core story when seen out of context like this.

I am looking forward to it, if done properly (say early Game of Thrones rather than later seasons) it could be an excellent sprawling epic with the right mix of regular short term momentum and long term depth.

 

[Bob the Ninja]

Will wait to see how much chatter this generates before I decide to pick it up. I've enough good shows to keep me busy and so far I haven't seen too many truly glowing reviews about this show yet.

 

[David76]

I'm 3 episodes in and finding it good. If you like intriguing sci-fi you can't go wrong. Interesting to see Keiko (from Deep Space Nine) get a big role in this. Always thought she was a weak enough actress but she has been fine so far to be fair.

 

[Hedonistic Blonde]

I gave it a go but I'm not sure it's for me, some of the characters and conversations are a bit wooden.

The Chinese side seems to be written well, characters have a bit of depth but everytime it comes back to the UK the characters and conversations feel hollow. Jack Rooney comes across as a badly written character.

2 episodes in and I'm not getting sucked in yet anyway.

 

[Beckie]

Binged it yesterday in bed with a head cold. First few episodes were good. Episode 5 is the standout, but I feel it kind of unravelled into a fortunate mess for the characters after that. I thought the finale was fairly poor.

There are a lot of deviations from the books (which I don't have a problem with per se) but the majority of those deviations are the most dull characters created for the TV series.

 

[Aimie]

Two episodes left for me.

Still no word on a second season. Given the money they spent and lack of buzz around the show, I'm not feeling too optimistic.