3 Body Problem
3 Body Problem
Genres: Drama / Sci-Fi / Mystery & Thriller
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 8
Released: 2024
Review: This is an interesting show, even though I found the narrative to be a bit confusing and the emotions to be a bit off. In general, it was a solid series.
I am interested in revisiting it in his second season; maybe it will improve and change my opinion.
This show inspired me to read Liu Cixin’s books, which gave the script to this show. Perhaps the all-exaggerated alien threat and the whole narrative are properly ported from the book.
Again, I consider this to be one of the best styles of sci-fi, in which actual science theories are applied to the narrative. In this case, the “Three-body problem” gave the title to the TV show and the underlined narrative.
Edit [2025-03-27]: Now that I’m done reading the first book this week, I’ve decided to add 0.5 points to the overall rating. From my point of view, the way the book is written doesn’t easily translate to the big screen, so I think the adaptation does a good job of getting the message across.
I even thought about adding a full point, but then I remembered that the show is too much of an Ocidentalization of the original Chinese history and characters. The culture and history are a little distorted when this kind of adaptations are made, but that’s understandable since it’s the Ocident the main public.