Finally An Adaptation Three Body Deserves! First Half Review [CC]

[@Bubbleflute]

I’m glad there is this version. I’m pretty sure they will ruin the Netflix version by adding unnecessary adult scenes.

[@lizdarvill6497]

And violence

[@semikolondev]

Word! I’m so scared of this adaption, it’s like the last of us :(

[@feimingxia7736]

Netflix series showrunners were also the ones responsible for game of thrones and we know how that ended 😅

[@zl6800]

Adult scenes in Three Body Problem...Lol I can't even imagine.

[@tinienteabanil2922]

@@semikolondev I disagree the last of us ep 3 was pretty good , well perhaps it's too soon to say

[@aprillen]

I read the book years ago so it's not all that fresh in my mind, which I think is good--I just remember the general outline of the story and so I can thoroughly enjoy this version on its own merits. And boy does it have merits! I'm obsessed with it, it's so so good. I really can't see how Netflix can come even close, and it frustrates me that so many people aren't going to watch this version simply because they don't know about it or because they "don't like foreign stuff with subtitles". I'm blown away by how good it looks, how tight and engrossing the storyline is, the acting, the pacing, the visuals--and on such a low budget! I've been a scifi/fantasy fan for most of my life and only pretty recently into C-dramas, so for me it's an amazing feeling when those two things collide and the result is this good.

[@jinniwind]

The first paragraph is exactly what I was thinking. Also read the trilogy years ago so i was able to get the excitement when watching. Thanks for saving my time from typing all this. Now i just need to give you a thumbs up.

[@trol68419]

Wow, I didn't realize the budget was so low, the production looks fantastic. Thank you so much for making this video. I'm just obsessed with these books and I've loving Tencent's adaptation. It's refreshing to see a show made by people that truly understand and appreciate the source material. I hope everyone spreads word of how fantastic this series is. I REALLY want them to make the other two books but they're going to be way more expensive to produce IMO. So shut up and take my money, Tencent.

[@port_bondadamor4637]

I really enjoy listening to Avenue X, because their reviews are not frivolous: she teach us to look at films and series in a more technical, profound and critical way (actors' performance, plot, image, special effects...) and, being Chinese and having worked in the Chinese entertainment industry, she helps us understand the Chinese history and society portrayed in these films and series and the specificity of the entertainment industry as well as the "crazy world of Chinese fans".

[@chimkayanjka5549]

Its true. Thats why I love her :)

[@user-vk6ne6uv1y]

Agree!! I'd love to know more about Avenue X and her background too

[@JAMoore-zz3ki]

I agree! I live in the U.S., and watching Chinese / Japanese / Korean movies and television shows is only something I've done for the last couple of years. AvenueX's insight and constructive dissections of plot, character, etc of Chinese movies and TV are so helpful. Plus, she seems like a very interesting person, herself. I, too, would enjoy learning more about her background.

[@etoquette]

(São Paulo/Brasil) This adaptation of Three Body is such a relief for me... After knowing about the work being on the hands of those at Netflix who can't make good script decisions and expending too much money on It, puting the series in risk looong before It starts, i was devastated. The joy, besides the story of my so beloved Cixin Liu trilogy, is to finally know some wonderful senior chinese actors, since my little experience on chinese shows involves too much young characters. Sometimes it looks like only teenagers matters in China. Am i crazy to think that? Sorry to say that... So happy about this show. Thank you for your comments. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@Mushroom_moon_stirfry]

This drama is absolutely fascinating. Especially if you have no knowledge of the book. I love its mystery

[@lobnaokashah4725]

Bravo! Bravo! Bravo! The drama is amazing and for Sci Fi person like me, this got me hooked. Please if you can reach the executive producers of this series, tell them that we love it and we appreciate the excellent choice of the cast, and superb acting and the animation that is wonderful. Thank you so much for the review and for loving it as much as I do. 🌹🌹🌹🌹

[@YnseSchaap]

They need to complete this series....they can't leave me hanging 😁

[@rlmccalpin]

I get educated every time you make this type of video. These are my favorites because I learn so much and it enhances my viewing, the downside is now I am more aware and I have become more particular about my viewing. I haven't started watching this yet but I will start tomorrow. I prefer subtleties actors reactions more than gory battles. Thanks so much.

[@noelg66]

Absolutely love this drama. The human computer scene really looks awesome.

[@pattyb9445]

Really glad you talked about this drama. I'm not a Sci fi fan so I hadn't heard about the book (though my husband had read it). Now the whole family is watching it, and we absolutely love it. Really interesting story, great acting, beautiful and interesting cinematography, wonderful eerie, haunting music... what a great drama.

[@buckrogers5331]

Incredible, all your points are spot on, even on the author and his other lesser known works. ^applaud Pat yourself on the back please. In addition, I didn't expect the tree farm scenes to be so elaborate. But in retrospect, it was necessary. Well done, production team. You guys are better than the Hollywood or Seoul studios!! Keep up the great work!!!

[@buzzy-ears]

I haven't watched Chinese shows in a long time, so it took me a few episodes to get used to the acting, mannerisms and other things that are different from the western shows. But what they did for that amount of money is incredible. The core cast is excellent, too, I love the bromance and all the characters from the flashbacks. Young Ye Wenjie better win a bunch of awards for her work here. So glad that they're staying true to the source material, this show has become my best example of why adaptations can absolutely work without major changes.

[@krymz1]

just need to get the proper time. love this 30, 40min+ episodes format. lots of time to focus on "all" the important aspects without having to compromise too much on the story.

[@abeille3150]

Watching 3-Body on Rakuten Viki: my advice is remove all distractions and pay attention, watch closely and listen carefully. And I've only just finished episode 1. Thanks as always Av.X.

[@rainiplaysgames3545]

Just finished the last episode. The last episode had me literally shaking. Now the wait begins for season 2. The film makers took this drama seriously. Everything screams passion project I was absolutely impressed and satisfied. For such an acclaimed book, they did it justice and respect which was the most concerning thing when books get adapted. None of that dumb stuff happened. I hope none of that dumb stuff sneaks into the second season either, but I am worried it would not be able to reach the same level of quality. I understand what you mean by the "stuff that can't be shown on screen" my brother says that the book goes deep into that so in comparison and for me the motivation building up to the moment where humanity's fate was decided by one person's small action was kind of not enough for me. Also the exposition dump at the last episode although it was kind of needed, I just wished all that info wasn't just delivered like that. My only peeves with this amazing drama. While Netflix won't have censorship issues, they got a whole bunch of issues of their own that makes me doubt the adaptation after what they did to Witcher and what the showrunners did with GoT last season. I guess for this situation, the more adaptations the better. Competition is a good thing for consumer at the end. We can watch all three and pick our fav.

[@karterokiller]

this is my first experiense watching chinese drama... im very impressed of quality and watch all the details. love Shi Qian actor... first time i saw him i said "he's not Shi Quiang" but 5min later love him!!!! i enjoy alot this adaptation. !! im not english or chinese speaker and have a little troubles translate the dialogues but still enjoy this journey of Three Body !!!

[@sigyul2283]

Going to start the series soon. After watching so many mind twisting/forshadowing plots recently (狂飆, 流浪地球2 etc.), I took a break and watched 去有风的地方 based on your recommendation, it's such a sweet charming respite from the current pool of great but intense dramas. Now my senses have all heightened up for 三体。

[@brendabalanced9957]

Thank you for a detailed, intelligent, commentary about this adaptation I think I will watch this to get the visuals and nuances before I attempt to read the book.

[@susanodonovan4379]

I read all 3 novels. What a wild ride! I’m still not over them. Now I can’t wait to see this drama.

[@kavithamaharaj2657]

Thank you very much AvenueX.. I was waiting for your review on the Three Body Problem. I have less time and I need to manage it to take a little self time for this drama watching. Now I can schedule the rest time for this drama with sheer satisfaction.

[@supa3ek]

Good start to the year with 3 body, wandering earth and meet yourself all so good !

[@BruceLee-je4ik]

I really enjoy the drama so far. I read the book 2 years ago and am currently reading Dark Forest..nearly finish. I was so excited when I heard about a drama being made. I hope there will be a second and third drama. Thanks for making a video on this.

[@Buffer51]

Loved the books, and love the series. They've done such a great job, I can't believe it has a low budget! Really hoping now that we get the second and third books in series form too.

[@riali65]

binge watched ep12 to ep19 on the train and I was totally fascinated

[@evdv2011]

It really is such a beautiful adaptation, and you know, it’s tencent, so there was always like, a better than 50% chance that it wasn’t going to be good. I’m really grateful that it’s so good.

[@meiroeveryday]

I needed avenue Xs stamp of approval! Can’t wait to watch this!

[@annienguyen9423]

I also watched to episode 15 before coming here to comment on your review. Like many others, I’m a huge fan of LCX’s work and have read the entire 3BP trilogy, along with some of his other works like Wandering Earth and Ball Lightning. The first few episodes were fantastic. I was impressed with the humanization of the characters, the music, and even the storytelling to allow us to understand why some of these scientists would have ended their lives. I especially enjoyed the bromance between the 2 male leads and how it contributes to their character development, especially for Wang Miao. I don’t mind them adding other characters and expanding some character roles (with a huge exception I’ll explain later). It makes sense that the police would have assistants and instead of writing in 10 side characters, they added a super human woman to do the job. And it also makes sense that Wang Miao would seek the assistance of astrophysicists to solve the 3bp. However, I have a huge problem with the expansion of the reporter’s role. For the amount of additional screen time she’s got, it is incredibly disproportionate to the incremental value she adds to the story. Wouldn’t they have spend more energy investigating Pan Han or Shen Yiufei instead? Come on, Shi Qiang is too much of an experienced cop to waste his time on her like that. It also wastes precious film time that can be used to explore Ye Wenji’s character, which brings me to my next point. So far, the show failed to capture the essence of Ye Wenji philosophical and psychological struggles. There is of course censorship issues, but maybe they can spend more screentime telling it a different way. She’s pretty much made up her mind about humanity before she got to the Red Coast in the book and I did not get that sense at all in the show. Sure, it showed some (albeit not all) of the horrible things that happened to her, but falls short of the character development that this show desperately needs for her character-she’s too smart for that simple portrayal. I have a feeling that these 2 problems are maybe related. Maybe they did show it but it got cut in censorship and now they had to fill it in with the reporter story. But I wish instead they could explore Pan Han’s deconstruction POV and Shen Yiufei’s reconstruction POV more than just telling us in their dialogues. I have more expectations for the Netflix adaptation. For 1 thing, they won’t have censorship issues and can explore all the political and social injustice issues. 2nd, they got the author to consult for them. The only problem is, they are gonna have to change many of the characters to other nationalities since it is not an all Asians cast. So the authenticity is going to be lost but hopefully the added diversity will be a force for good.

[@lulcKathy]

I already finished all 30 episodes, I didn't get the addition of the reporter's role either, but it will start to make more sense in the later episodes. Some of the other issues you mentioned get expanded in the later episodes as well.

[@skazka3789]

But Netflix will inject their woke bullshit into the adaptation so it won't be watchable

[@elizabethroth9489]

Thank you sooooo much for the excellent reviews and recommendations for show to look for . I'm American and most of our shows are just too much of everything (or absolute garbage, so l appreciate the "cleanness" of cdramas, kdramas and the like

[@RominaJones]

This is great. I am really digging this show and so far youtube's algorithm has only shown me Quinn's Ideas (I'm already a subscriber) reviewing it as well.

[@andreamcleanmusic]

you are so right about the music. wow.

[@borneoorchid]

Again a great review by Avenue X. One thing that I heartily agree with is such a good casting! The scientist and the police guy chemistry is adorable and is not so defined in the book. And talking about the book, I am no sci-fi fan and had to listen to the English audiobook version of 3 body to understand what the drama is all about. An excellent drama!

[@Ahda108]

totally agree with the budgeting comparison of the threebody team n the typical Netflix production n alikes. I will wait for for the season 2 even it takes longer. It is better well made then a quick done ! And you did a Very good overall review btw.

[@ellenripley4837]

I'm a huge fan of the novels and overall, this show is pretty good.

[@niakantorka7070]

I’m currently reading the first book and find it already wild. 😂 I’m so looking forward to watching this and am happy that it’s on Viki.

[@marvinfok65]

Very interesting story which is kinda too technical for some people on physics. One of its kind which is totally different from all other sci-fi story.

[@mjwchapman]

i read the first book a few months ago and i'm half way through the second now. i just watched episode 18 last night. so very good. the best book to screen adaptation i've ever seen. along with the german tv show dark my best overall viewing experience of the last ten years. just incomparable what with the americans are capable of if you compare it the bastardisation of foundation or what netflix are likely to churn out.

[@edytajaczewska140]

thank you for this review. looking forward to the second part :)

[@nyz7971]

YAY I just asked for this on your last video and it's out!

[@benjason658]

It certainly is one of the best sci-fi tv series that I ever watched..

[@leetaiwo8817]

Congratulations on 100k subscribers 🎉🎉🎊🎊🎊❤️

[@SiriProject]

Your reviews are always so articulated and poised, thanks a lot for the two part review! As a fan of Cixin's works and sci-fi in general, I'm so deeply satisfied with this series, It's like a dream come true

[@xiaoyucheng3834]

I can feel your happyness

[@felicismoon9999]

Omg chen xueran did the music for this show??? Okay now I have to watch it!!

[@fangorn875]

I am watching this drama very very slowly 😀 because it is a complex drama, especially when they started all the sci-fi talk

[@peacefuldragon1831]

What I like the most is the host’s modern costume and look, very suitable for the theme of 3 body

[@ellenripley4837]

I'm not familiar with the composer for this show but the music is good but it's seriously very inspired in the tv show Dark.

[@ziraiy9590]

The other way around man :)

[@ellenripley4837]

@@ziraiy9590 Dark is way older though. I checked do no.

[@faithbringshope]

Ive watched a few eps of english Netflix version and just a lil of this one. I really want yo get into it more but hate subtitles. Looks good and i can see they have a different spin on the story. I could enjoy both shows for sure.

[@camie1509]

I'm really liking the drama, and I'm currently reading The dark forest, so I'm very much hyped! But I wanted to know your opinion on the drama using music from other Tv shows, like DARK, and movies like Arrival and Blade Runner 2049. Because sometimes this takes me out of the scene when I listen to a song that I recognize from another place lol Thank you for the review, I'm looking forward to your final thoughts.

[@krymz1]

I did not notice, but that must feel weird 😅

[@zl6800]

Episode 5, 11 and 15 are my favorite so far.

[@SR-kh6yq]

I could never get into the San Ti books because sci-fi is not for me (despite attempting twice) and the same is happening to me with this drama :/ It looks very good, the cast is amazing, you can feel the production quality, but the story is not my cup of tea. I highly recommend it to any sci-fi fan though. It deserves the good reviews.

[@ivettesantana4319]

I have not seen you this excited by a release since I started watching you a year ago. That means is a must for us except every time I want to read a book that was turned to drama, is only in Chinese.

[@edukid1984]

But Three Body Problem novels are widely available in English! The first book, translated by Ken Liu, actually won the prestigious Hugo Award. Pretty sure you can purchase it online or at a major book store near you. The three books are sometimes sold under the title "Remembrance of Earth's Past" trilogy.

[@susanodonovan4379]

Yes, I read all 3 novels in English.

[@iamsheep]

Great review! I just finished the series and I loved it. I think it could have been about 5 episodes shorter, but over all it was really impressive. There is one addition to Shi Qiang that made me cringe...it was so unnecessary and untrue to his character. It was so bad I think the actor was about to laugh in the scene and I'll always think of it whenever I drink coffee haha

[@Sarah_2094]

Can you do a first impression video on A League of Noblemen? Tencent dropped it out of nowhere 😂

[@sigyul2283]

Just my opinion, it's more worthwhile to watch better series like The Knockout， Meet Yourself, even a bit older one like Strange Tales of Tang Dynasty etc.

[@Sarah_2094]

I just checked it out and i dozed off after the first episode 😂 i think ppl were excited cuz they thought it was BL being dropped but its not.

[@rasmusb43]

I think 🤔 I'm the 3rd or 4th episode... fast fwd to try and find any point where the Rites dude is worth being the main lead? So far mostly a manipulative insufferable snob? The poor Detective dude is at least ... personable if not a people person 🤔😅.

[@TanKLoveR]

I agree this is a great adatation and I'm enjoying the heck out of it, as a book reader I do agree they should have cast a chubbier actor to play Shi Qiang but the actor they did cast does play the crap out of the character so I bought him as Shi Qiang, good job to him. To anyone who likes Scifi I totally recommend this show, you can really tell everyone in charge of this really get the books and understand how to change it to fit the themes and overall intention behind the books. I also have to say as someone who gets very depressed about the environment and climate change as a whole, this show will not do you any favors if you're like me, I've learned new things about the way we completely disrupt and destroy nature from this show which just makes me feel sad, don't even get me started on the scenes where they're all merrily cutting down a whole damn forest SIGH. I really hope they replanted a lot of trees or something.

[@edukid1984]

I hope you are familiar with the reforestation projects in China? That country is the single largest contributor to increase in vegetation coverage of the planet over the past decade. Your beef is with Western capitalism + colonialism + imperialism for over two centuries - by FAR the biggest cause of the mess that we are in today.

[@carolinejuric5451]

I was wondering if it was only 2 or 3 trees cut down on camera, but from different angles to make it look like a massive logging project. But things like that happened and people thot they were doing a marvelous thing. Like right now a controversy is building over lithium mining.

[@edukid1984]

@@carolinejuric5451 At the height of the cultural revolution, there was simply a lack of understanding among the Chinese leaders regarding the dangers of deforestation. Suffice to say things are drastically different these days - to the best of my knowledge the logging area depicted in the show has been a protected forest reserve for over a decade IRL China.

[@XavierXie91]

Finally a Three Body review!

[@ira_mml1175]

Totally love this drama . I think this is the best C-drama in 2023. 😍😍🤩🤩

[@sidensvans67]

Tencent series is wonderful .

[@vince0wl]

I didn't know the novel so I wasn't gonna watch this, but damn now I'm so tempted lmao.

[@jinniwind]

Love your hair today

[@slp9012]

Liu Ci Xin gives little love for his main charactors and he doesn't give a ****.

[@zarfilg]

It's no surprise to me that non western productions are making some of the best entertainment today and congrats to the Chinese production company for making this amazing zeries. It's only fitting that the Chinese give the proper level of respect and quality to this amazing IP - I'll watch the Netflix version only out of morbid curiosity as it is no doubt going to be a train wreck. Let's play a game - which character do you think will be the token LGBTQ?

[@jobethk588]

I hope they dramatize the rest of the trilogy. This was done so well!

[@jeepeeboo951]

Can you do a video on easter eggs discovered in Wandering Earth 2?

[@ritawing1064]

Still trying to decide whether to watch or read!

[@embershen364]

Can you also do a wondering hearth 2 review? Some other KZbinr called 懵姐 said it was too 老套煽情

[@tonydeluna8095]

Good moring AvenueX Happy Drama Watching have a great day!

[@Hellserch]

Simply put, Chinese science fiction television knocks Netflix and others like it, on its arse. Slowly maturing, intense performances, I learnt more about the Cultural Revolution in this series than any nonsense that can be found on Western tv. Thankfully, I can get a new person on the world.

[@eto1842]

The original book was published nearly 15 years ago, but still there are many viewers that have never watched it. The drama clearly focus on those who have read the book. I think the biggest imperfection of this series is it cannot be shorter due to regularity reasons, too many unnecessary story got added into the series. (But it only affect some of the middle 10 episodes, tthe last 8/10 episodes are just stunning, the fee I paid to watch the last 10 episodes (a week early) was the most valuable 18 Yuan I paid for years.) Any flaw in the 3D game rendering, can be explained as being visual from an early 2000s game XD // How on eatrth did YHKT achieve such low level with more than twice the buget?

[@ceciliacpe]

"What she went through that eventually led her to basically destroy humanity" Ah, I came here after episode 15 and I still got some spoilers 😔

[@deyayona]

Sci-fi, astronomy... I am in. I am fully engrossed in this drama and following it with my fully devoted attention. Yet somehow some parts are of it felt rushed and they didn't explained much. May be its not necessary for Chinese viewers but as an international viewer I am feeling lost. Like what happened to YeWenjie's family. It was not clearly explained. Also the cultural revolution, I tried searching web, but couldn't fully understand the situation. Is it like the renaissance? Like the fight between science and church? I couldn't understand. If anyone can explain in layman's term, thanks in advance. So far I have many many question about the story and waiting for the answers by episode 30. The actor are all superb, not only the main characters, but the secondary ones as well. Whenever I can see the characters beyond the actors its an added bonus.

[@noelg66]

What happened to Ye family was mostly explained via Ye’s narrative to Wang Miao without much visual image. Basically, Ye’s mother and younger sister betrayed Ye’s father and resulted in him dying from torture by the Red Guard. Later, her sister, who joined the Red Guard, died when she was killed in a power struggle between different factions in the Red Guard (Ye told Wang about this through talking about a dream she had). The Cultural Revolution was a dark period in Communist Ruled of China when knowledge, education and political ideas that are not aligned with Mao Zedong’s brand of Communism were deemed to be anti revolution and anti proletariat and need to be eradicated. Those from an educated background were encouraged to denounce each other in return for better treatment. Educated people were forced to go to rural areas and engaged in hard labour. Red Guard was formed to police people thoughts and punished those with “deviant” thinking. In a way, it’s also a youth movement that went seriously wrong and being used as a tool for purging political enemy. Ye, who like his father, was a genius physicist, suffered in this era as a result of the betrayal of her mother and sister, who severed their kinship with her and her father. Her situation was made worse after she was framed by the character played by Bai Yu.

[@deyayona]

@@noelg66 thanks for the explanation.

[@吟游诗人-j6l]

@@deyayona The Cultural Revolution was a social movement. At first, it encouraged the people to criticize the bureaucracy, and finally evolved into armed confrontation. In fact, it is an extreme movement of leftist political correctness. The original purpose of the movement is to criticize landlords, capitalists, bad people, and rightists. Then it turned into a political factional struggle. Innocent people were also involved in it. I am Chinese, and the CCP also admits that this is a mistake, and they call it a ten-year catastrophe.

[@treedillon]

"吟游诗人" was very clear, and I'll just add. You can think of China as a company where the chairman is "central" of CPC and the other directors are "local & various factions" CPC, other parties and people without party affiliation. One day, the chairman of the board said in the meeting: some directors, no longer "side with the people", when someone judge who is "bad", you should pay attention to "evidence", and use language to help them correct, do not use violence. Then, the group of "bad" directors used the chairman's phrase to suppress dissenters and expanded the original "solving problems within the party" to include "the people" (employees framing each other to gain their own benefits). In 10 ep, Bai Mulin quietly tells Ye Wenjie that he will write a letter to the central leadership to reflect the problems of the forest farm (employees directly report to the chairman). But the letter was withheld by his immediate superior. In 11 ep, in the interrogation process, the personnel sent by the immediate superior also convicted Ye Wenjie without "evidence" (which is not consistent with what the chairman said). Storie like the chairman and the "bad directors" are still happening in China. For example, there are many "strange things" happening in Shanghai in April 2022. That's another topic...

[@deyayona]

@@吟游诗人-j6l Thanks for the explanation. I understood the first part where landlord were criticized, which I got from wikipedia and thus got confused as how it got involved in criticizing the scientists. With your and Noel's explanation and also from AvenueX's last live stream where she was explaining how are parents education was paused for that time and later they resumed, I connected the dots. Now its clear. We too had Zamindari system which later got abolished in independent India in 1950s. I understood those parts. Thanks again.

[@Helghast73]

What I’ve seen so far I love and to find out the budget was small for a tv series and seeing that VR episode 😲🤯 “Seen things that people wouldn’t believe Soon our planet will vanish I’ve known the future you people wouldn’t think of Soon the planet will be punished” THEEE BODY Re-TROS After hearing that on the credits to episode 6 ish and using Shazam to find out who it was buy and where to purchase it, it had to be bought 😂 🦃🦃🦃

[@carolinejuric5451]

Be sure to listen to it before Thanksgiving Day.

[@seanstone9078]

Is there a place to watch beyond episode 12? The videos I've seen all stop at 12 for the free episodes. As more are released, will they be made free one by one?

[@cashmerecat9269]

By the way, The League of Nobleman has been aired on WeTV..so far they released 10 ep already.. I'm on ep 5 and still enjoying the story. :)

[@sirupsee4698]

"Thought experiment in the form of a novel, doesn't give a s*** about characters" - that is so typical of scifi novels. Funny that it's the same in Chinese scifi

[@gts14300]

In my opinion, the tempo of the series is a little bit too slow. They should have dubbed it and compressed it into a shorter version.

[@colincolin2420]

The netflix adaptation will be a "LOL" level

[@Neuvari]

question SPOILER what is the countdown lead up to? is it just to confuse wang?

[@sudajonanthony1377]

the end of the countdown is everyone can see “You are all worms”

[@Neuvari]

@@sudajonanthony1377 huh seriously? like it appears in the sky for everyone to see?

[@mistyk.1734]

@@Neuvari not in the sky, in their eyes like the countdown

[@colonyofcellsiamamachine6175]

the anime covers book 2 dark forest where the hero is a sociologist. I find the book 2 story dark forest too weird and too unbelievable.

[@colonyofcellsiamamachine6175]

So far, the drama depiction of the reply to the aliens might be different from the novel. I heard 1 alien warned the main female not to reply bec the aliens will cause human extinction, but the main female decided to reply anyway in spite of the warning from 1 alien.

[@sovijus]

I've been enjoying this show quite a bit, but there is one small thing that I find very weird. They never mention countries by their real name in the show, they just say "Country M in North America" or "Country T in Europe" etc. Is this some weird censorship thing? In the book countries were refered to by their real world names, like US, UK, Russia etc.

[@krymz1]

don't they start calling "countries" by letters like that later on in the books at one point? I might be misremembering... I remember thinking "they're already calling themselves like that?". what I found odd was the blurred out pages of books and documents. you could not pause and read what they were reading. I was wondering if it was a kind of artsy form of transmitting how censorship was so present in the day, or if it actually was censorship...

[@sovijus]

@@krymz1 i don't remember them calling countries by letters in the books, maybe it did happen at some point, it's been a while since I read the books. But I think in the scenes where combat zone representatives discuss the operations they are introduced as being from specific countries, like US, UK. One US general even plays a part in the ship scene. Yeah, I also did notice the blurring on scientific papers, which was odd. I thought maybe it's because they are written in English, but later on they do show excerpts from the bibliography that are not blurred. So who knows...

[@ryana5435]

5:37 subtitle is wrong. it's "three suns" not "three sons"

[@wandatherranova4258]

Avenue X, have you done a review for Killer and Healer?? Please 🥺🥺🥺🥺

[@halia9874]

Without going into the debate about the cinematographic quality of this series, I have to say that they have taken me out of the story that I thought was science fiction. The "signals" that have taken me out of it have been progressive: a scientist praying to some divine entity... a note on a computer implying that all this is the work of "Mr. Will", and a few shots with a church in all its splendor in the background ended up turning the series from being science fiction to religious fantasy adorned with scientific data to offer a certain "seriousness" for me. I will wait for the conclusion of the series and its outcome to keep the eye on it or not. (It does not seem fair to me to blur the difference between science and religion through the assertion "religious faith in science"; science is the accumulation of knowledge through experience and religion is the denial of experience through faith to maintain their beliefs). I dont want to finish with negativity when i rarely write in this comment section,i want to thanks for the always well-done reviews in this channel that are a precious guide for my list to dramawatching

[@sovijus]

Bluring the lines between science and religion is actually part of the "Master Plan" and is tied to the story of ETO and what they are trying to accomplish. Keep on watching.

[@halia9874]

@@sovijusAre you saying that the story is about a malevolence plan of one or some human beings introducing hallucinogenic drugs to scientists? because if by "master plan" you mean the will of the scriptwriters to erase those lines, no thanks, I already had enough of that mix in the middle of a pandemic when mixers knocked on the door saying that they were going door-to-door spreading the word of that Mr.Plan When I knew that a science fiction series comes from China, that gave me some hope... my negativity may come from the disappointment to see that (maybe?) they are making the same west mistakes taking account of a religious approach.

[@sovijus]

@@halia9874 "Are you saying that the story is about a malevolence plan of one or some human beings introducing hallucinogenic drugs to scientists?" Kind of... if you haven't read the books don't want to spoil. It is very much part of the story as I said, not scripwriters.

[@halia9874]

@@sovijus No, I haven't read the books, thanks for the clarification. The way they are delivering certain data in the story can lead you the other way (I hope this aspect will not be left open to interpretation in the conclusion).

[@carolinejuric5451]

Well ... i love science & I love science fiction & I love fantasy - as long as its not sadistic. I understand science to be knowledge of " what is". Religion to be more of a "who dunnit, and how and why?" Fantasy is "what if...?" Did you ever play "What if...?"

[@evdv2011]

I just emailed you a link to a review I wrote. If you’re bored & have wayyy too much time on your hands (haha), I guess you could check it out. :)

[@montyswingwell5945]

I'm on episode 19 and am loving it!!!

[@greenpan1214]

i have watched 10 eps, good in general but quite draging, a lot of emotional shots, a bit "watery".

[@aishahassan-pw8ei]

do ALCHEMY OF SOUL plzz

[@colonyofcellsiamamachine6175]

it depicts some environmental damages so those who are prone to depression should probably avoid the three body drama. 0 romance so some who only watch romance dramas are probably not watching this drama. Drama is very slow and when reaching ep 16, the story is sort of only beginning.

[@aylessmith1263]

lol this is the dumbest shit I ever read

[@duckraft]

I really want to love this series, but Gah! So slow, repetitive, and depressing. Hit me over the head with stylization. I get it! He’s stressed, he’s questioning his sanity. Enough with the tropey cinematic cues all ready. It just goes on and on.

[@liteupcandle1]

I just don't see how Netlfix version can top this one with all those bigotry western producers have in their mind. If you are a Chinese, you can tell from Shang-Chi ,Mulan and many of those China topic related movies even Kongfu panda, that the prejudice to Chinese doesn't change much for the last 100 years. And in this period of time when the all western world is evilizing China, I can't only expect nothing from the Netflix's adaptation.

[@TL-fe9si]

As a Chinese, I'll give a pass to Kongfu Panda. It is good, and it is produced with a good affection for the culture. Can't say much about the others

[@janakanewicz6917]

so nobody will address the elephant in the room? the soundtrack in the first 4 episodes sounds eerily more than similar to a successful sci fi tv show from germany?....it gives the word "inspiration" a whoe new meaning

[@mistyk.1734]

Apparently they used music from other shows as a working placeholder but felt like some of it fit so well that they just ended up buying the copyright to use it.

[@janakanewicz6917]

@@mistyk.1734 ok, is that a thing? never heard that they used part of the soundtrack from dark. Was it available in china anyway?

[@mistyk.1734]

@@janakanewicz6917 I read that using the soundtrack from another show is done globally. And do you mean whether Dark is available to watch in China? As far as I know, only on pirated streaming sites, but I'm not a member of any streaming site, either, so I could be wrong.

[@janakanewicz6917]

@@mistyk.1734 i have never come across 2 tv shows with a 98% of background music as similar as in this case, that is what shocked me

[@qiaohong14]

我认为于和伟演得并不够好。他没有演出带有军人气质的警察，而仅仅是警察。选角的失败。还不如让胡军来演。

[@HooverDyson]

我也觉得是像胡军那样子的 但是于和伟有搞笑能力 😂

[@jonolopez6249]

Cut n cut kinda annoying

[@janakanewicz6917]

how funny you mock bad western adaptations, when you can see the music from "dark" show all over the place in the first episodes...hahahahahaha that is rich

[@jeepeeboo951]

Can you do a video on easter eggs discovered in Wandering Earth 2?