Astrophysicist Reacts to 3 Body Problem, Episode 1

[@MichaelSiegel14]

Hey everyone. This is a step outside my comfort zone to show a cold reaction like this. I've made some little format tweaks to better suit the content. If you have any thought or any questions I didn't address in the video, comment below!

[@redeyejedi3700]

I'd just like to address the fantastic job you do for OUR entertainment and LEARNING 😊 I love watching your videos , so much information that blows my mind on so many subjects especially space lol keep up the great job!!! May the force be with you and all of us !! From ObiJohnKanobi in new Zealand 🇳🇿

[@petrino]

"i know this story involves aliens" :P

[@maxchen9185]

8:29 wow, finally someone caught the reference to the Cambridge Five in their reaction. respect to your mastery of knowledge sir.

[@Loremaster28]

Very glad to see experts in the field using social media and shows like this not only to educate but show the scientists are people too and watch tv 😂keep up the good work

[@jaredf6205]

Left book shelf, 3rd bookshelf from the bottom, 4th book from the left, light lime green with white title🎾.

[@MichaelSiegel14]

OMG! That was it! Daughter must have sorted it while re-arranging the books. You've got sharp eyes!

[@HellCatt0770]

Can you tell me where I left my phone next please? 😊

[@Two-Scoops-]

@@HellCatt0770 kzbin.info/www/bejne/nKvcf6d4mpZ7a7c #zhangheng #mandelbrot

[@stephensomers9659]

That part around minute 14 where you discuss how the narrowness of an ideology can lead to it's own undoing was a profound insight for me, worthy of it's own video.

[@smithcj218]

Its a Great Mindbender of a Show, looking forward to the next season

[@Quzga]

Love seeing someone with an expertise on a topic react to a series, would like to see you watch other scientific content too, thank you. It can be scary putting yourself out there but you did great! 😊 You def ooze teacher energy in the best way. Best wishes - random Swede who loves science as a hobby.

[@Gray-tile]

I’m excited to see your reaction to this whole show I’m loving your reactions a lot keep it up!!!

[@hoos3014]

Cool review, it's appreciated. This series goes to some very interesting places.

[@DekkarJr]

Id shit my pants if the universe started blinking like that

[@Nghilifa]

🤣Hahaha, me too!

[@jsbrads1]

@@Nghilifaya never know, I hope I might blink, but I hope I would be more curious 😅

[@logiclust]

this is one of my favorite series of novels and am happy how they've done the show. so far

[@pgmorrow]

That fanatical mindset that rejects all evidence that doesn't fit with a political or religious dogma is both fascinating and horrifying. It was one of the main themes that kept me glued to the Chernobyl series. Sadly, it seems to be gaining strength around the world as science learns more.

[@MichaelSiegel14]

The Chernboyl series is amazing.

[@DekkarJr]

Ya the parelels to what happens under communist dictatorships is scary

[@DekkarJr]

it shows a lot of human behavior under communism

[@srghhh5589]

Capitalist dogma is the pervasive force of today and yet these westoids can only go to USSR. Capitalism and neo-liberalism are two of the worst ideologies ever produced.

[@criticalcandor]

Its comes in waves, almost like a cycle. I think its because the intelligent and the wealthy separate themselves from the rest of the world, used to be royals, now its governments and billionaires. The tech, the knowledge and the wealth is horded, the rest of the people are underfed and undereducated. Radicalized against the elite, then wars or revolutions happen. Seems to have happened since the 1800s at least.

[@jeh58]

I used to work in Military Satellite communications & control. I also did some access planning as well. It's kinda fun to hear you talk about modulation and frequencies. Nice to see a listener talk in areas that I am familiar in.

[@cthulhuwu_]

I haven't been this excited for a first contact story since...well, Contact

[@SweetBrazyN]

I liked Arrival.

[@balrog7252]

Hello Greetings from Poland The Remembrance of Earth's Past trilogy by Cixin Liu, of which the Three-Body Problem is the first volume, is for me personally the best thing that science fiction has given to literature. There are two reasons for this. Firstly, these are Cixin Liu's amazing ideas and secondly, the easy and accessible way in which he presents and explains them, understandable to people who do not usually read fantasy. For someone who is not interested in space or any side fields, this trilogy is not the best example to start an adventure with SF literature. Here I would recommend, for example, Hyperion by Dann Simmons or the Isaac Asimov Foundation. But I have been intrigued by space for over 30 years and this trilogy was like a revelation to me. I heard and read a lot of good things about her, but what I read blew me away. Remembrance of Earth's Past belongs to the Hard Sci-Fi genre, i.e. one that emphasizes science, is full of detailed technical descriptions, but is based on the laws of physics as we know them, which are the same throughout the universe (except perhaps for Black Holes). Cixin Liu outlines the probable development of human civilization and its encounter with an alien race. The proton becoming a computer, the mixing of dimensions, the theory of the Dark Forest, the concept of the Wallfacer, and the ultimate offensive and defensive weapon in the universe are concepts that could easily be described in many other books, and it's all contained in these three concepts that only one man came up with. In some Hard Sci-Fi novels, spaceships move faster than the speed of light, which is a fundamental error in classifying them in this genre, as matter that has mass cannot move faster than the speed of light because the energy required to do so must be infinite. Only photons move at the speed of light, but photons have no mass. Fortunately, Cixin Liu sticks to one of the most important axioms, which is not to exceed the speed of light. The Three Body Problem is really just an introduction to a wonderful story about humanity and the decisions it must make to oppose an alien civilization. Volume two titled Dark Forest is better than the first one, and the third volume titled The End of Death is pure madness, in the positive sense of the word, of course. I do not have any scientific degrees, but I can say that due to my interests, I understand more of the things contained in these books than people who are completely unrelated to these topics. But of course I understand less than people like you. I recommended these books to my friend who has a PhD in physics and he was very impressed with what he read. I'm curious about your opinion on this trilogy as a professional.

[@Daniean]

This is awesome, I love have an more knowledgable perspective, Please continue

[@RR64434]

The thunderstorms going on behind you sounds awesome. Great reaction.

[@Rxtyel]

Great reaction, hope you continue the series! 🫶

[@athanatic]

I love the debunk scroll of scientists!

[@clearvaluetax]

Can't wait for you to react to the next episodes, trippy AF

[@김용진-y4o]

I hope you continue the series and furthermore if it is possible go through all 3 books series and talk about it

[@justinreilly6619]

I watched the entirety of this series last week, I really enjoyed it. I hope there is a further season, I believe the creators want three or four seasons to tell the entirety of the story? I agree, beautifully shot, great music. I understand this is the most expensive series Netflix has paid for, with each episode costing over $2 million. Thanks for sharing your thoughts on this series. 🙏

[@tjw2469]

$20 million per episode, you missed a 0

[@justinreilly6619]

@@tjw2469 you are correct! It did indeed cost $20 million per-episode. Pretty mind-blowing. Thanks for pointing this out.

[@gpowderxdd]

I think the book maybe amazing but the series isn’t. Acting is just meh. Most of them have no character arc. Jin Cheng’s emotional attachment to Will is not persuasive. The plot just doesn’t make sense. Why would them think the best chance they have retrieving the hard drive is through cutting the ship with nanofibers. What if the drive was cut or drop to the bottom of the ocean. And why wouldn’t the aliens control the weapon system to wipe out humanity? In stead they use their tech to slow down scientific research ? And don’t get me started on the wall facers. It’s fucking stupid.

[@T7Karou]

Highly recommending you to watch the chinese adaptation by Tencent since it's more faithful to the book. Plusit has more episodes, so you can subside your thirst for more content. It's officially here on youtube under the name Three Body

[@NagalandHH]

​@@justinreilly6619 Also on set location shooting allowed by fucking UN and Nasa

[@thomashiggins9320]

I just finished the first season of this show, last weekend. It's the best thing I've seen since "The Expanse," although it's a very different sort of science fiction.

[@VikingTeddy]

I *just* watched it, like 2 minutes ago. This is very good timing. I've always been fascinated by the higgledy-piggledy, but I don't know where to look. Could you recommend a book/site or any source really that would explain collision results to a layman?

[@meltcity]

Excellent comment regarding a superb TV show. Top-notch!

[@grantgussie8768]

Walter Baade was not just of German descent, he was a German citizen and moved back to Germany after the war. Among many other things he identified the difference between novae and supernovae along with Swiss/American astronomer Fitz Zwicky.

[@michaelconnor1542]

Have you ever read any John Ringo? Particularly the Looking Glass series. Into The Looking Glass, features an experiment into Higgs/Bosons that goes terribly wrong and begins opening gateways to other worlds. His scientific expert was Travis S Taylor.

[@ugaboj]

Its not IN Oxford, but there is a particle accelerator near Oxford that is used by the academic staff of the Oxford university, so that may be what they are referring to. Its called Diamond.

[@jpotter2086]

Happy to see your reaction to this and hope you get to the novels! They are intense. I've read the books, need to rewatch the first episodes. DIdn't hook me on the first attempt.

[@wtimmins]

Great reaction, love this sort of thing. If you are taking any notes, it'd be nice to have a scootch more reaction/material of the episode. But in any case, thank you!

[@gorki61]

have you watched the Chinese version? Series created before this...?

[@MichaelSiegel14]

I have not Might watch that too when I get time. I think it's on Amazon Prime.

[@sergioaccioly5219]

Please educate me, dr Siegel. My understanding of the second law of thermodynamics is that the total energy of the universe is unevenly distributed, and over time it will redistribute into an even, universal, field. When that happens, when every piece of the universe has the same amount of energy, there'll be no way to transfer - and therefore use - energy from a point to another. Is that in the ballpark?

[@jsbrads1]

Increasing Entropy does mean that eventually it will be harder to do Work.

[@myangreen6484]

Please keep watching.

[@jdiezastronomy]

There is a detail in the story that I’d like to comment; right now with the James Webb telescope we are starting to detect atmospheric components, among other things relevant to life, in nearby exoplanets. In 100-200 years, space telescopes will be able to study in deep a lot of nearby stars with their planets. A civilization advanced 500 years could have a catalogue of planets able to colonize in a radius of thousands of light years. In the story, the trisolarians are at a mere 4 light years away in Alpha Centauri. They didn’t need to send a message and get a reply to know Earth is full of life. In fact, we soon will know if any planet in Alpha Centauri has life. And advanced technological civilization so close (4 light years) would have conquered earth even before Homo sapiens appeared.

[@jorgepeterbarton]

There is that. I think as it was written nearly 20 years ago there is some pass... But to have that tech they do but not able to detect signs of life on other planets is some hole. It even happens that we do make such observations in the book so I wonder if I have forgotten the reasoning he there is any, since the author is aware of making such observations

[@jsbrads1]

We can only detect a small fraction of the planets in our region of space, it includes getting very lucky and detecting some IR, then focusing very closely and getting lucky there is no other bodies in the way, no debris blocking our view. Star transitions are even less likely and we can only discover a negligible percentage of planets with that method. The clutter in our solar system might have made us less detectable than other planets. A better question would be why haven’t they sent exploratory missions in all directions and either terraformed a suitable world or created an artificial world in any single star system. Creating an artificial world might sound daunting, but if you have hundreds or thousands of years time scale and their level of technology and as bad a home planet as theirs, it really isn’t that hard.

[@jdiezastronomy]

@@jsbrads1 I'm not sure we have this technology yet. Maybe within 50 to 100 years?

[@aaabbb-ff1sp]

Well done for getting his name right! 👍

[@MichaelSiegel14]

Thank you. Trying hard to get the names right. Hopefully won't mess up too many times.

[@Hexnilium]

Could we detect our own radio signals from our leaky communications from very far away? How powerful or directed would we need to broadcast a signal to be detectable by our current state of technology at various distances such as within our solar system or far outside it? Are we looking for technosignatures with the inability to detect even our own civilization at a distance? Or are we really detecting nothing but effective silence from the celestial neighborhood?

[@pgmorrow]

The ideas about aliens in these books affected me far more than the typical SF movie monsters.

[@MichaelSiegel14]

The aliens in this have real motivations other than "steal all the water" which makes them compelling. And scary.

[@CatLikeSleep]

best person to watch react to this series :D

[@everettharris967]

I've been looking forward to your thoughts on this.

[@Josep_Hernandez_Lujan]

John Bannister Goodenough won a Nobel prize at 97

[@kevanhubbard9673]

I mixed it up with the 2 Body Problem!The 2 Body Problem is oft associated with Panpsychicism:how the body and consciousness combine or decombine.

[@cosmicphoto05]

The scene of the sky blinking on and off kinda broke my brain in a cosmic horror sort of way. Light doesn't work that way-all the stars and planets are at different distances, so the entire sky couldn't just blink on and off like that. Any explanations have their own terrifying implications: if it was just a mass hallucination triggered by aliens, well, that's troubling. If it was some kind of shroud that covered the entire planet, that's also troubling. If it was every object in the visible universe blinking on and off from our perspective, well, that means that physics doesn't work anymore, or that our universe is being toyed with by Type VI aliens.

[@hoos3014]

B.

[@MichaelSiegel14]

I'm waiting until they explain things to comment on those but yeah, that was a great scene.

[@sweetbox6498]

It's only episode 1 , it's called drama, it will get you there , just see the following.

[@cosmicphoto05]

@@sweetbox6498 - Yeah, I’ve seen all of S1, but that scene still had an impact on me…

[@sweetbox6498]

SPOILER! it's "that" unfold to do so just like the end of ep 5 "the mirror world". But "that" can't stay unfold because that state is easy to be destroyed.

[@RobRoss]

Awww darn. For some reason I thought this was going to be a documentary on the literal 3-Body problem in physics/astro science. Oh well. 🤷‍♂️

[@godfreyofbouillon966]

As someone who had to spent his childhood in the USSR I wholeheartedly agree with your message. Except you can run when it's just one ideological fanatic, but you may not be able to when there are more of them and they start their revolution. In which case you have to grow balls and fight. And sometimes it's best to fight _before_ it reaches such proportions. Communism: never again.

[@jeh58]

Great reaction BTW.

[@kalishakta]

The 30 episode 10Cent version of 3 Body is on a far higher artistic level than the brat pack science lite Netflix version.

[@robxsiq7744]

I watched the netflix version and the tencent version. both are good, but netflix, given its only 8 episodes is more just character driven intense fast action at the expense of depth and development of the concepts...still, a great intro to the general vibe of the 3 body problem. I recommend after this, you head on over to the Tencent version. warning, subtitles...fast subtitles..so focus is needed for sure.

[@ajfvajf5]

Where is this show, Amazon?

[@MichaelSiegel14]

This is the Netflix version. I think Amazon has the version that was made in China.

[@TomislavPuklin-wz1bl]

The Chinese, Tencent one, is much better if you can put up with reading the Subtitles. Also, it's a lot more scientific if that's what you like, goes into details a lot. One of the reasons it has 30 episodes.

[@jsbrads1]

Would a neutrino detector be that empty of water?

[@MichaelSiegel14]

No. And it wouldn't be open to the outside that easily either.

[@tjw2469]

As a book reader, even though the show did a good job simplifying sci-fi ideas from the book and diversifying character adaptations for the screen, I am not completely satisfied with how they were delivered in the Netflix version. I am particularly eager to hear your thoughts after you read the book. Here are few things to keep in mind: 1. The Three-Body Problem series consists of three books. Compared to the second and third books, the first book pales in terms of hard sci-fi and imagination. 2. The book is driven more by ideas and concepts, which might not appeal to those who prefer character-driven narratives. 3. Eliminate human tyranny. The world belongs to Trisolaris! (not)

[@gravshark]

....... "i was a radio astronomer" 🤣

[@beefgoat80]

I think that's the first time I've ever heard this gentleman cuss. I was thinking the same thing when I first heard the line about scientists and their age. What kind of a message does that send to people? For crying out loud, no.

[@74aztlan]

Yes.

[@T7Karou]

Oh... I wish you would have picked the chinese version of the series since the book, author, story setting, director and staff are all chinese. I would say that other version is objectively deeper, darker and more "hard sci-fi" too (example, no romance talk lol) but since you have the book, you'll find that on your own whenever you read it

[@trentvlak]

They illogically changed fundamental plot points just like Altered Carbon.

[@_Xds_]

Like what

[@shieraseastar9300]

"..I was a radio astronomer..." 😆

[@liquidsonly]

You might to watch the Tencent version, widely regarded as much better.

[@hoos3014]

It's longer (longer than the audiobook in fact) but it's not really better.

[@Malfehzan]

It's a better rendition of the book, but then it has all the book's problems with character interactions. Liu Cixin does High Concept very well, and he does sociology pretty well too, but psychology - human interacting one on one? Not that good. Dr. Ye (the father) being allowed a 3-page long speech in between insults and hits, as he is being trialed in a public kangaroo-court? Wang Miao just entering a stranger house uninvited and (hey!) being cordially received? People (Wang, others) just yapping blah blah and interrupting important discussions between VIPs as if nothing... -- Mind you, I think it gets much better by the second book, but the first one really had me frustrated a few times. Much as I hate them for what they done to Game of Thrones, D&D have transcribed the story to make it 'televisable'.. Splitting Mary Sue (sorry, Wang) into many characters make it so we can more easily empathize with some of them. And I'm happy they sort of ship Saul with Oggie, as I don't really fancy the dream-come-true from the second book (if you know, you know) and hope they'll skip that bit.

[@hoos3014]

@@Malfehzan I'm simultaneously excited and terrified at how Tencent is going to handle that, um, "romance" plot line.

[@Hunpecked]

I've seen both. Tencent is definitely too long, but Netflix feels rushed. The first book is basically covered in five episodes, and then the last three just drag with no (immediate) payoff. Personally I would have preferred one season per book, possibly with a different number of episodes in each season as needed. BTW, as bland as Wang Miao is in Tencent, I prefer his character to the "Oxford 5" of Netflix. Edit: I also prefer Tencent's confrontation with the ETO to Netflix's version.

[@rufangzhao555]

Disagree. Netflix is way better version. I have read all three books and watched tencent version, boring

[@adamlibre2908]

New sub sir

[@williamblakehall5566]

You may enjoy seeing a financial thriller (that may sound like an oxymoron but it's not) called Margin Call, in which we keep meeting people with brilliant mathematical minds who used to pursue engineering but are now on Wall Street.

[@Dularr]

Go into risk analysis.

[@realcygnus]

Seems pretty nifty indeed. & technically, as per GR & even just special relativity alone, FTL is NOT required for even the most fantastic of intergalactic space travel. Its "just" a matter of exactly how close one can get to c. For at c itself, there would be zero distance to traverse from your perspective. Just say'n, perhaps even super saiyan. 🤪

[@Dimsen666]

The controversy to put the show in other countries out side of China, is like Hollywood and Disney portraying Asgardians, from the old Norse mythology, Americans, and black Americans, and not Scandinavians. A broader audients. Hello from little old Denmark here 👍

[@TomislavPuklin-wz1bl]

Lysenko and that scholarly section was proven right by epigenetics. Darwinists though evolutuon drives adaptation, whilst epigenetics, and Lysenko prove adaptation is evolution.

[@beatmyacorn4200]

Read the novel, along with the sequels. Exponentially better than the show thus far

[@wtimmins]

A personal thing in the 'reality is under no obligation to make you happy' is terraforming Mars. I LOVE the idea... but it's wildly nonsensical. There are massive hurdles in doing anything like that in anything approaching human timescales (not the least of which is that the entire northern hemisphere is lower than the southern hemisphere, making any functioning water/atmosphere cycle stall HARD, even if you somehow managed to do the other ten impossible things). I want to walk unaided on Mars. Never going to happen. By the time we have that level of tech, it'd be easier to live out in the Oort cloud.

[@kah227]

Could you react to the Finnish metal band NIGHTWISH and the song Shoemaker (Official Lyric Video)

[@amyntazoe9831]

Book and movie are different

[@doncarlodivargas5497]

I have a Chinese colleague, and he have, repeatedly, told me his family left China, to add, before the cultural revolution, i am pretty sure he tell me something

[@theunwantedcritic]

Aside from the The Almost, irrelevant statements about what it’s like to be a natural sciences this is not any new training video to watch. It does, however, confirm that the writer was well acquainted with the personality and practices common place in the scientific community. That’s not what makes a TV show or a basic story interesting. The science being grounded in real world speculation is a particular genre of science. Fiction called hard science. As opposed to something like superman, which really is not science fiction at all but a type of science fantasy. Star Wars is also science fantasy because there’s no explanation for faster than light travel, and it’s and of course there’s magic/the force. The novels also display the writers knowledge of human nature, political science to some degree and military strategy. Without spoiling anything it is a story of an alien invasion, which is going to take place very slowly. Humanity knows that the aliens are coming, but it’s still going to take at least 400 years before they actually arrive. maybe it would be better to watch the movie or TV show before giving your opinion on it. I’m going to continue watching this video hoping for you to comment on the story and not whether or not you think the actors, pretending to be scientist are in realistic situations. People do not watch television for a total realism, but for some sort of escapism. Personally, having watched thousands of TV shows and movies and bread just as many books and comic books. I enjoy science fiction what’s that that is challenging

[@1voluntaryist]

I was turned off at the beginning when a "ghost-like figure" appeared and seemed to be preaching religion. I'm atheist. When I heard: "If we don't know the answer, then it must be god", I cringed. God is NOT the answer to any science, quite the opposite. Science answers questions people once thought gods answered, but didn't. For example, when it rained, thundered, or lightning appeared, it was "explained" by inventing (saying) the rain god made it rain or the god of thunder made that sound or that flash of light was done by the lightening god. Does this really explain? It might to a very ignorant person who doesn't question (think) beyond that, e.g., who made that god? The answer was: "You can't ask that." If you asked "Why can't I ask who make the god?, there was no answer. Posing a god as a creator of rain was a dead end. It relieved the primitive fears, temporarily, but only until one began to really look for an answer.

[@rainiwakura2430]

i'm not sure this series or any series are good starting points to discuss relationship between science and policy. by the same token, capitalism birthed shell and BP that actively stymied research in global warming because it hurt their bottom line and revealed the evils of their industry/practices. science and any policy don't mesh well. Lysenko's rise to power isn't to do with authoritarianism but with tumultuous socioeconomic and political conditions in much poorer (by default) Russian Empire. He was replaced eventually because the results spoke for themselves. At the same time, the same soviets produced first man in the space, the first satellite, etc etc (including laying foundation for stealth technology later copied and perfected by the US Air Force). Everyone comes in with their own indoctrinated beliefs, and Americans (such as yourself) are not immune to that phenomenon. Forgive me, but this is subject is a bit out of your breadth.

[@konstantinkrastev4478]

There was no actual denial of theory of relativity, it's a misunderstanding on the viewers or the show focusing on that. The issue is the propagation of the idea that there is god. No self-respecting scientist should believe in god

[@roastpork5437]

I'm not defending the religious crowd but a lot of scientists do believe in God. God is a curious human condition and one defies all logics or sense.

[@konstantinkrastev4478]

@@roastpork5437 A lot of people are brainwashed from their upbringing and being a scientist does not immunize you from being wrong sadly. Applying the scientific principle shows, that there is no god given our understanding of the universe. We have seen the quark plasma that the universe began from there is no god there.

[@MaxPower-vg4vr]

4) Gravitation Contradictory: General Relativity Gμν = 8πTμν Rμν - (1/2)gμνR = 8πTμν Einstein's field equations model gravity as curvature in a 4D pseudo-Riemannian manifold, but produce spacetime singularities where geometry breaks down. Non-Contradictory: Monadological Quantum Gravity Γab = monic gravitational charge relations ds2 = Σx,y Γab(x,y) dxdydyadx Gravity emerges from quantized charge relations among monad perspectives x, y in a pre-geometric poly-symmetric metric Γ, sans singularities.

[@jorgepeterbarton]

3 reasons- Dialectical materialism as in Marx science doesn't fit changing non absolute events of relativity. Big bang gives room for god. (Einstein literally resisted the idea for same reason but ultimately accidentally proved it) Enemy of the state in cold war because he went to America

[@zachi70]

You’re a cute daddy bear 😍

[@tunneloflight]

There are so many fatal science errors that I could only watch this as a fantasy movie. Even then it wasn't at all good. The cinematography was excellent. The acting was very good. Everything else, starting with the story, is junk.

[@jamesdye4603]

I'm sorry I do not watch senseless killings .

[@anticarrrot]

"Physics is broken!" If physics was really broken, your body wouldn't work anymore. So no, parody of a scientist, it isn't.

[@jjsavior]

I got to see this because that show seemed ridiculous to me.

[@TrynePlague]

The Netflix show is garbage compared to the books. The chinese show is way better. But none comes close to the books.

[@ghost79ish]

Completely disagree. I enjoyed all 3 versions equally. They each offer something a little different. And yes, the Netflix version is a bit dumbed down, but that's the cost of making a piece of work like this accessible to an international audience. And just to be clear, your opinion is just as valid as my own, I simply don't see it the same way.

[@DTan-sz3we]

completely disagree, novel and show shd be different, if just show exactly the same, no one will watch it, like the 1 produced by china

[@Hunpecked]

I've read that the Tencent version is very popular in China.

[@ghost79ish]

@@Hunpecked it is and it's really cool. Great visuals given the much lower budget and much closer to the source material. Seriously, every version has something to offer =]

[@rufangzhao555]

Completely disagree. I have read all three books in Chinese, there times. I watched some episodes of tencent series. Netflix is way way way better ❤

[@rufangzhao555]

Like your reaction to the first episode. My son wants to be an astrophysicist 😂what he says to me hurts my brain. I pretend listening to him about first law, second law, quantum superposition, dark matter, antimatter,,,, etc. I am so scared when my son starts to explain physics to me 😱😭😀

[@Stevek1804]

“Oxford Particle Accelerator” shown is Diamond Light Source. Close to Oxford but not part of university. Synchrotron light source not particle accelerator. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond_Light_Source#Design,_construction_and_finance