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

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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] 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

It is essential to victory to understand what your enemy is doing

Yes, very good, except that I don't think the sci-fi author is directing foreign policy here, he's just writing about his own fears of the future of his country into his fiction.

I don't see any wisdom or strategy in what Liu Cixin is discussing. It's all premised on game theory, rational self interest, and that does not apply to America.

If this were true we'd all be radioactive dust right now. Ask yourself: what would China going to war with America achieve? Especially at any point in history prior to the present day, when China had less military and economic capabilities than it does now? Is China's continued existence as an independent nation not, at the very least, a nod to the efficacy of Deng's "keep a low profile" foreign policy, at that particular historical context? Is it so strange that Liu Cixin would want a continuation of that?

I don't have words for it and I'm terrified that the rest of the world doesn't understand what we are.

Being a leftist means you believe that a better world is possible. Americans are just like everyone else: people bound by their material conditions. Which means that when those material conditions change, people can change too. Any other belief is hyperbolic idealism and not historical materialism.

I don't live in America, and I don't deal with Americans in my day to day life. But it seems to me that you're the one who doesn't understand the rest of the world, of it's resilience and bravery. communism-will-win

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

Very good points, thank you for replying. I suppose I need to go pick up some of the CPC's publicatons and Xi's books.