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Producer of Netflix Three body problem found poisoned

by Ahmedb on 12/24/20, 10:01 AM with 56 comments

• by mellosouls on 12/24/20, 11:47 AM

  I think it's a bit early to be assuming Chinese oppression tactics (though understandable).

  Incidentally, this book seems to have some sort of cult critical status; I personally found it very poorly written, despite the original ideas in the plot.

  I hope Netflix are able to turn it into something much better in their translation to the screen.

• by BugWatch on 12/24/20, 3:30 PM

  Considering the utter hack job and the travesty that was the last season (and a half?) of Game of Thrones, David Benioff and D.B. Weiss really are not any kind of a selling point for me personally. I'm still incredulous it got made and released in such state. So, frankly, it's quite the opposite. What's the visual equivalent of "not touching something with a 3.048 meter pole"? "Not observing a thing with a fiber-optic cable"?

  I jest, sure, but that bitter mental taste in my brain still remains.

• by rkachowski on 12/24/20, 11:26 AM

  This is some pretty crude wallbreaker strategy.

• by nkurz on 12/24/20, 1:40 PM

  How does this series relate to the film and other series that have previously been announced?

  As far as I can tell, there is a movie by Yoozoo that was finished in 2015 but never released: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Three-Body_Problem_(film)

  There is a Chinese produced series made by Tencent that (I think) is still in production: https://www.straitstimes.com/lifestyle/entertainment/china-t...

  And there is also an animated series by Bilibili that is scheduled to come out in 2021: http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-11/18/c_138564215.htm

  Is the Netflix version additional, or a replacement for one of these?

• by mrbonner on 12/24/20, 5:11 PM

  I read 20 pages into the kindle ebook but gave up the first book of the series. I know the story/plot is quite good according to the reviews and whatnots. But the whole writing style is not very elegant and hard to follow. I am not sure if it is because of bad translation.

• by reedf1 on 12/24/20, 10:53 AM

  Given the subject matter of the books - I wouldn't want to touch the production of these. And that's sad.

• by 2Gkashmiri on 12/24/20, 12:29 PM

  I... attempted to read the three body problem. I got as far as the obervatory I think. It was like a year ago. I has exhaused because listening would make me fall asleep and then I would have to find the last remembered position... dang. It was long.

  Edit: a scene where someone comes out of an obervatory or what was it.....

  edit 2: why is this being downvoted.... i wrote an observation, didnt offend anybody, what??