Re: Three Body Problem

On Fri, 16 Aug 2024 11:26:20 -0700, BCFD 36 <bcfd36@cruzio.com> wrote:

Awhile back, The Three Body Problem was mentioned. In that thread, there
was no mention of the current Netflix version. Was this mentioned
somewhere else and I just missed it? Google groups is of no help any more.
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I have just started the series and I am intrigued, so far. Just two
episodes.

Since this thread immediately went wildly off topic, I'll just chime
in to say that I read the three books and greatly enjoyed them
(although the middle one was a bit of a slog - I'm wondering if it was
because it had a different translator).

So when the Netflix series came out, I watched it and liked it even
though they changed a few things from the books. Most noticable is
that all the main characters on the show are from the same small group
of friends, which seems pretty unlikely and wasn't the case in the
books.

Anyway, I liked the TV series enough to watch it a second time. It's
mostly based on the first book, although there are bits and pieces of
the latter two books in there. They've gotten the green light to
create additional season(s) to cover all three books.  I'm looking
forward to it, especially seeing how they depict the end of the third
book, which seems pretty unfilmable to me.

My wife is rather "meh" about it, but she said the same thing
about Star Trek 1 which in reality she HATED so I may be watching it
after she goes to bed.

Heh.  My wife complained about my second viewing and claimed she
didn't like the show, but I noticed that she got pretty invested in
it.  Enough so that when Benedict Wong turned up in something else we
were watching, she said "Hey, that's the guy who was in Three Body
Problem.  I hate that I know that."

  -- Bob