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Netflix's Three Body Problem is Unwatchable (hexbear.net)

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It's like someone asked ChatGPT to turn the book into a dumb anglo sitcom.

-Every character is emotionally immature, spiteful, and sassy. None of the 'friends' act like friends. None of the characters talk like real people. They're constantly insulting or hitting each other. It's just embarrassing. The actors have nothing to work with.

-All the major twists/reveals are shown in the first two episodes. No suspense, no build-up, no pay-off. Rushed is an understatement.

-Single characters from the book have been unnecessarily split into multiple new characters adding nothing to the story.

-The story is a cosmic horror but comedy and romance have been forced in for no reason whatsoever except as filler, which is even more mind-boggling because they've essentially rushed all of the good stuff in the book to make room for unfunny jokes.

-Apparently they could barely afford any sets and extras, so scenes and locations that are supposed to be bristling with sights and people just feel oddly empty. Even the special effects feel muted. The budget is just weirdly limited, and the show looks much cheaper than the Tencent series.

-Almost all of the science (which is the interesting stuff) has been gutted from this science fiction.

I hate anglo slop. Where is the kino. Tencent pls adapt The Dark Forest.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

the premise just absolutely swamps the supposed subtext to the point the author could only advance the plot thru contrivance and mangled subplots about magic WMDs

I think this is just called science fiction haha

My impression of the genre is that most authors start with an interesting premise (especially when writing hard sci fi) and develop the story to explore it. From reading Ball Lightning and this trilogy, I don't think Liu Cixin is an exception -- like many sci fi authors, his background is in engineering, not literature.

I see the story as sci fi first and allegory second (to the extent a grand allegory, not just some echoes of the real world, was intended at all). My guess is this is how the author wrote it, too.