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[bitbydeath]

Lookin’ good.

 

[Trogdor1123]

It looks good but I’m not sure it will hit the screen well if they stay true to the book. The book is hardcore science fiction, it’s not the soft kind you see.

Good actors in this.

 

[bitbydeath]

It looks good but I’m not sure it will hit the screen well if they stay true to the book. The book is hardcore science fiction, it’s not the soft kind you see.

Good actors in this.

It’s from D&D, the Game of Thrones show creators, I doubt they’d go much outside of the book after GoT.

 

[Trogdor1123]

It’s from D&D, the Game of Thrones show creators, I doubt they’d go much outside of the book after GoT.

They might have to. It’s pretty crazy series

 

[Chittagong]

They might have to. It’s pretty crazy series

Yeah it’s a hard book to translate to TV because

in the first book you don’t actually see the trisolarians or their planet, so it’s only humans talking about stuff and imagining what they might be like. I figured they will push hard on the VR storyline to get something visually interesting

The trailer looks more western than the first book is, the Chinese world and people are key in the book.

 

[jason10mm]

There is already an adaptation, Chinese made I think. I watched a few episodes, it is sloooow. Hope this one is more dynamic.

 

[StueyDuck]

It’s from D&D, the Game of Thrones show creators, I doubt they’d go much outside of the book after GoT.

Hmmm... so is it just gonna be watered down and full of faux porn.

I love sci-fi, haven't read the books so I really hope this lives up to everyone's high expectations. Foundation has been a fairly enjoyable show, again I haven't read the books and that's pretty sci-fi for most common audiences so the market is there for that type of content

 

[Toots]

Netflix is trying to adapt a book basically saying different cultures cannot live together (finite ressources meet infinite growth), and basically justifies chinese domination of earth and everyone and everything in it. Not really SJW friendly... Where are the blue haired people the one time you really need them ??

And the books aren't even that great, the uber genius idea which saves human civilisation at the end

Spoiler

(mutual assured destruction only not of the nuclear kind)

is evident not even two thirds into the second book.

 

[Krappadizzle]

It looks good but I’m not sure it will hit the screen well if they stay true to the book. The book is hardcore science fiction, it’s not the soft kind you see.

Good actors in this.

Exactly what I was thinking too. I've not read the books myself, but I've watched numerous videos on the 3-body problem series and it is very much as you describe. I'm not sure how it will translate down to television, but if done right, it could be very bad ass.

 

[Werewolf Jones]

Only ever seen praise for it but I'm glad to see people shitting on it in this thread. The heavy Chinese bias focus does sound proper suspect regardless of who the author is. Diversity might actually be a good thing for a world wide focus.

 

[Darkmakaimura]

I've read a lot about the books and the story is fascinating but I doubt they're going to go into the really weird areas. I mean later on in the series you've got aliens powerful enough to flatten three dimensional space into two dimensions and even control the speed of light. In fact the reason the speed of light is the way it is was because of intervention by different alien races and it was infinite. Now it was slowed down. This shit gets really, really bizarre and you're basically dealing with very, very high tech and reality altering aliens.

 

[jason10mm]

I've read a lot about the books and the story is fascinating but I doubt they're going to go into the really weird areas. I mean later on in the series you've got aliens powerful enough to flatten three dimensional space into two dimensions and even control the speed of light. In fact the reason the speed of light is the way it is was because of intervention by different alien races and it was infinite. Now it was slowed down. This shit gets really, really bizarre and you're basically dealing with very, very high tech and reality altering aliens.

Yeah, I think they can have a pretty good "general audience" story up to the 4 "generals" with their secret plans, but once it does the time skip after the fall and the aliens arriving with their wondership and all that....well, we'll see. I think the fleeing ship, the pluto repository, the "dark forest" stuff with the space mines and all that is gonna be hard to make compelling enough TV.

Of course I kinda feel like the ENTIRE trilogy is based on a flawed premise, the trisolarians don't really NEED Earth, they just need a stable star system and everything else they can make on the spot with their technology, so why are we even fighting? Of course this is the flawed premise in damn near ALL alien invasion stories (other than perhaps the one with the idiot aliens that just happen to have captured an automated interstellar ship just for travel so they still invade) so it just is what it is.

Hopefully it does well and opens the door for all the other great sci-fi lit out there that isn't Foundation, Dune and Starship Troopers (and Ender's Game, I suppose). I'd love to see Moties, the Cheela, or even an ambitious stab at Night's Dawn with the Adamists, Edenists, and the wacky ghost possession of that series.

 

[SJRB]

I have the first book lying here for years, guess I should give it a go.

 

[BlueAlpaca]

It’s from D&D, the Game of Thrones show creators

 

[Cyberpunkd]

The author is a CCP apologist, so fuck him. Trailer is good though.

 

[Divus]

I couldn't get past the second book. I really wanted to like it, but it felt like I was reading a technical manual more than a good sci-fi book.

Hope the show is more entertaining.

 

[mclaren777]

I absolutely loved the book series. I also loved the 30-episode Tencent adaptation. This, in my opinion, looks like absolute trash.

I will watch the first season, but if it fails to represent the books well, I'll stick to the Chinese version exclusively.