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Netflix’s 3 Body Problem Is a Grandiose, Compelling Sci-Fi Yarn You Don’t Want to Miss (www.pastemagazine.com)
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

acting as a strong comeback for Game of Thrones showrunners David Benioff and D. B. Weiss.

No thank you.

I've heard great things about this story, but I'm not watching something run by these loons.

If it's a one and done season, I'll watch it once it's done. If it's going to take multiple seasons, I'll watch it when it's done. It's Netflix, so they won't finish it.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I had the same reaction. George R.R. Martin, Patrick Rothfuss, Scott Lynch, and Brandon Sanderson have me spooked.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Of all those people, Sanderson shouldn’t have you spooked at all. As long as he doesn’t die, he will finish what he starts, I guarantee it.

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

Hell, he picked up and finished the massive Wheel of Time series for Robert Jordan.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Brandon Sanderson is a machine. Nothing like the others

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

It's about the frequency of Stormlight Archives releases. Last I checked, he stated he had over a dozen Cosmere novels to release before the next one drops. If he gets hit by a truck, that's the end of it.

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

Yeah but that applies to every author

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Just pirate it. And if you are paying for Netflix already it doesn't matter if you watch it or not, you already paid.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Eh, even when pirating, you don't want to get invested into a story for them to completely ruin it in a few seasons. For how good the early seasons of game of thrones are, I can't rewatch them because of season 8.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's why I say you should always watch only the first season, of any series. You'll see a lot more series and you'll never be disappointed.

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

Except when the season ends with a massive cliffhanger, which they all do.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

lmao is this post advertising something made by Dave and Dave? hard pass......... especially if the motherfuckers are getting high praise in the press for an unfinished story. call me when you release the final finale and the general public receives it well

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

To be fair, the dramatic nosedive in quality of GoT happened when they ran out of source material and had to wing it.

3-body problem is a finished trilogy, so it could all have the quality of the first seasons of GoT.

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

Unfortunately there’s no way to actually predict the Three Body Problem.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I knew they were involved, but I was surprised to see their name dropped in the article. I assumed they would try to downplay their involvement so I checked the article to be sure.

I appreciate the honesty, but no thank you.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The main trailer has "from the creators of Game of Thrones" so yeah they're doubling down on the D&D.

I meannnn. They had to finish an unfinished story, and they def fucked it up. But they also made some of the best television I've seen S1-5 based off GRRMs work. I'm not giving them a pass but holy fuck that gamble of him having an ending by S9 wasn't like out of the realm of possibilities, I kinda also blame GRRM.

That being said I'm definitely waiting for large scale reviews and friend suggestions on this one. The trailer did look promising though.

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

It's fair for GRRM to share some of the blame, but any Internet commenter, who can't write for shit (see me), could have written a better ending.

To me it seemed like they were bored and wanted to move on. They had Star Wars/Disney lined up. They had Netflix (possibly this thing) lined up. Conceptually I get it. They'd worked on Game of Thrones for years, it was time to move on.

But they fucked up bad. Real bad.

Obviously I hope they've learned and are better now, but I'm not betting on it.

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

And the Three Body series is finished as far as I know.

I mean, that ending had to have been the final ending right?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

I tried to read the books this is based on and felt like I was being punked.

The writing in the first chapter, specifically around the dialogue of the man on the stage who is telling the story about his wife's father was so incredibly stilted that I couldn't get through it. It was unfathomably badly written dialogue that I can only imagine it's something lost in translation that triggers every pet peeve I have about dialogue.

And most people rave about the books. So this is probably a me problem more than anything. I just don't understand it.

So as long as they hired some writers to do a better job at the dialogue I might be one of those people who likes the show and not the books.

edit: dialogue

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

I'm half way through The Dark Forest and while I'm really enjoying it, it's certainly not because of the character writing. Could just be a translation issue but a native speaker would have to chime in on that. I'm still enjoying going through the trilogy though just for the concepts alone.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It gets better after a very dry start.

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

Not really... At least not for me. None of it was all that compelling and none of the actions taken by anyone really make any logical sense. The whole video game / MMO thing was horribly contrived and went on way too long.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

I always figured the dialogue was a lost in translation/ cultural disconnect thing. What I had a problem with was the way Liu writes women. The way Zhuang Yen comes into the story into the second book made me want to puke.