Three problems with Netflix’s 3 Body Problem

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The Netflix series 3 Body Problem has gained millions of viewers since its debut on March 21, 2024. Coming off the heels of the success of HBO’s Game of Thrones franchise, creators D.B. Weiss and David Benioff teamed up with Alexander Woo to create the series adaptation which has already received high acclaim, but mostly in the West. There are viewers in China who strongly disagree. They say the show strays too far from the book that inspired it - Chinese writer Liu Cixin’s award-winning science-fiction epic The Three Body Problem, the first novel of Liu’s trilogy Remembrance of Earth’s Past.
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[@rhkoeneke]

my worthless two cents, Watch the Chinese version of three body problem, its 30 episodes long and came out in 2022-2023. This reporting made no mention of the Chinese version which in my humble opinion, is wonderful. For those interested, it's called San Ti （三体）

[@DavidCheok]

Yup. I made the effort to actually watch all 30. Its more thought provoking than the netflix version. Hope they come out with the 2nd season soon. The first series is available in lower quality to watch on YT if you search for it. Subtitled.

[@CahyoPrabowo]

the problem with chinese version is too repetitive, if it shortened to 15-20 episode should be fine

[@yaqiwang5242]

SCMP is pretty ignorance, which could be on purpose. The modification in the netflix version is fine. I think most of people in China have no problem with it. Hopefully netflix can make this series a great one.

[@omnomnom5359]

@@yaqiwang5242 不是中文互联网上漫天声讨怎么就most people have no problem了？

[@ZETA14.88]

@@CahyoPrabowo wrong, if anything the tv series is too fast, especially for the later part

[@JizzMasterTheZeroth]

Problem 1: David Benioff Problem 2: Daniel B. Weiss Problem 3: The two together

[@foxfire1345]

Problem 4: I dont care

[@Googleisstupid-sk3hm]

Bingo

[@Googleisstupid-sk3hm]

​@@foxfire1345 well it the 3 bodies..not 4 😅, like the name of series

[@Roachh2877]

Problem 4:- Top show of the month

[@JizzMasterTheZeroth]

@@foxfire1345 That explains why you took the time to read and comment.

[@deathdrone6988]

The 2nd arguement doesn't make sense, why is there a need to make the cast more global when hit series like Squid Game and Money Heist kept their national setting...

[@hikkomorisg]

Because Korea already has a strong "soft power" influence and appeal over the global audience in terms of K-Pop, K-dramas.

[@al201103]

@@hikkomorisg Korea also has a strong relationship with the US. The conspiracy theorist in me wonders if that is part of the reason K-Pop and K-Dramas have become so much more popular than, for example, J-Pop. Not for one second suggesting Korean output doesn't deserve to be popular - they make some amazing music, tv and films. But it's interesting to me that they suddenly became so popular....

[@lukasloh2509]

Netflix is not banned in Korea and they are trying to expand in Asian market. Also, Korean govt want their tv and movie shows to be in the global stage as Hallyu wave is increasingly becoming popular. So it was a win-win situation for both. If Netflix is not banned in China, and C-drama is at the level of K drama, probably it will be locally produced as well.

[@Googleisstupid-sk3hm]

​@@al201103 k-pop/j-pop......you mean Asians doing black American dance style and moves, and it not called ghetto or any other slur put down....

[@al201103]

@@Googleisstupid-sk3hm No, I meant like Perfume.

[@qqjack]

The Netflix show titled Liu Cixin’s Three-Body Problem should be renamed (Friends vs. Aliens) so it fits the plot better!

[@OBsurdityTV]

I think the Netflix Show did what it was supposed to do to get a general audience interested in this Sci-fi. And since the show is successful I believe they will go even Harder in season 2. Never having heard of this Story before I give the show an 8.5

[@TheArchevil]

There's already a Chinese adaptation which is true to the book and isn't boring at al. Going from that to this is just like going from reading the song of fire and ice books to watching the last season of Game of Thrones.

[@WhatDoYouExpectToHappen]

wow where can I watch it? Is it same title? Im more curious about the chinese adaptation rather than the netflix one

[@TheArchevil]

@@WhatDoYouExpectToHappen It's called Three-Body. It's on Apple, Amazon Prime and a couple other streaming services

[@superpowerdragon]

@@WhatDoYouExpectToHappen its on youtube, just look it up its completely free

[@luci4087]

@@WhatDoYouExpectToHappen Depending on your region, it’s also on viki.

[@OBsurdityTV]

Although you guys say this most people aren’t gonna gravitate to watching that version.

[@aswinhanagal4293]

The netflix show is the reason why i bought the first book and slso started watching the original chinese adaptation. It deserves a bit more credit

[@Ash-vt7uu]

Its not designed to be viewed in China cause Netflix is banned, so it makes sense to be more westernised

[@mapletibits6372]

Ah I see, so that explains the casting for Little Mermaid and Juliet.

[@user-rh6ru5oz2o]

There is also a contractual limit on how much Chinese dialogue can be in this version, so that's something to consider. Not that this crowd would care. Jeez.

[@Phlegm_Thrower]

Lol you're so silly. It's banned AFTER it was made because of the depiction of the cultural revolution. The CCP never told Netflix they're not allowed to adapt the story.

[@Phlegm_Thrower]

Lol you're so silly. It was banned AFTER the production because of the depiction of the cultural revolution. China never told Netflix they aren't allowed to adapt the novel.

[@chrislee5685]

It just senseless. Change racial of character like Snow white and little mermaid calling it inclusive but then change out most Chinese character to white that they reject.

[@Trumppower]

They made a McDonald's version out of the original Book.

[@CrniStevan]

I think this is the best comment so far!

[@inflvr164]

Ofc book is always better, but imo doesn't mean it's bad

[@MerryOlSoulGigglesmith]

Lord of the Rings was simplified - - - however the race swapping has become standard practice in the UK / US even historical people have been race swapped but only in one direction or so it seems

[@Ritternkreis]

Let's stop saying 'it seems...' whem the direction is pretty obvious, TO THE WEST.

[@revolvency]

to be honest, LoTR movies were much simple than the book (and they did a great job on it, narratively wise). The chinese version apparently just copy line by line, while the netflix one forgot to add the science

[@devious7771]

Isn't Netflix banned in China?

[@xiongferguson4709]

Obviously, u didn’t see this video at all.

[@gregarmstrong6077]

Can get around the bans or stream it as mentioned in the video. Also, many netflix series make it onto local platforms through deals but wait and see if this one ever makes it.

[@smithjerry470]

but there are some clips or pictures can leak into, or permit into

[@viki6259]

@@gregarmstrong6077 So Netflix has to be considered about people that are going to download and watch their product illegally, making at the same time less attractive to their real target that actually pays to watch that content, aka Western world? hahahaha

[@gregarmstrong6077]

@@viki6259 No, I didn't say that or imply it but Netflix is pretty international and wouldn't agree that its real target is the western world.

[@TatankaTaylor]

FUN FACT: The showrunners also "simplified" the Game of Thrones books when they made it a TV show. So there isn't an "American Agenda" behind that move. Even the Lord of the Rings movies had to be "simplified" compared to the books. Because it would've been too costly to shoot every page into film. The same thing is happening with the 3 Body Problem series. Each episode is very costly as is. But again, I find it hilarious that the Chinese government claims that the series is some American government project designed to be "political correct". The US government has nothing to do with what Netflix does. They're a privately owned company. Not a branch of the US intelligence (CIA). To claim that is ridiculous. Look, at the end of the day a Western company PAID for this project. So it makes sense that it would cater to Western sensibilities. Its not a show targetting a market where Netflix is banned (China).

[@TheArchevil]

In March 2018, Netflix added Susan Rice, former National Security Advisor in the Obama Administration, to its Board of Directors. In May 2018, Netflix signed a deal with the newly founded Higher Ground Productions, the production house formed by former President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama. Obama had stated in 2017 that he has read the books and liked them. He also refused a cameo in the 2024 Netflix adaptation. The military-entertainment complex is the cooperation between militaries and entertainment industries to their mutual benefit, especially in such fields as cinema, multimedia, virtual reality, and multisensory extended reality. Though the term can be used to describe any military-entertainment complex in any nation, the most prominent complex is between the United States Department of Defense (DoD) and the film industry of the United States. So it's not true that the government is never involved in the creation of movies. They have been directly involved in over 400 movies (including Iron Man).

[@deathdrone6988]

True, but you have to realise Game of Thrones is not just fictional but a fantasy setting, this series actually has real-life nations and ethnicities, and it is getting a bit boring that the main villians of many Hollywood and American series are Chinese nowadays, like it was the Naz*s in the 30s-50s, Russians until the early 2010s, and now its the Chinese; or at least let the heros be/have some Chinese too to balance it out.

[@Googleisstupid-sk3hm]

Try again....these shows were made for Americans ,then let the rest buy in....

[@thelastofthehitachi972]

@@TheArchevil lol, you forgot the quotation marks and to mention the sources (otherwise you will be accused of plagiarism, lol)

[@CATNIPEVERGREEN]

Fun fact: The Chinese government doesn't give a $hit about the Netflix version of the three body problem. After all it's just a botched adoption.

[@GameFuMaster]

Netflix changed it because people probably wouldn't understand it from the Chinese perspective. But also, why bother adapting it if you're just going to change so much.

[@atquoc2721]

I agree, you can cut short the original to fit the screen time, but you can't cut the "soul" of the character. Why don't they do it under other character's perspective instead of split up the MC?

[@hoos3014]

@@atquoc2721 Because the characters in the books are pretty terrible; they aren't really humans, they are avatars for the ideas the author wanted to advance. That doesn't work well for TV shows in the West so they had to make them more "down to earth", flaws and all.

[@OBsurdityTV]

Is that second one a real question? Answered by the shows success 😊

[@khoirunnisa2801]

This, this more like fanfiction for me.

[@joeygio9586]

Netflix is banned in China so not sure why they are complaining

[@eatingbatsoupforaliving7872]

They were crying about Mao Zedong's policies depicted in the film, which was "destroying" their pathetic Chinese dream thing, its really hilarious

[@chrislee5685]

Imagine Sherlock Holmes movie just downright gave you every answer at start of movie then rush to end action. That sum it up Netflix adaptation is why the fan complaining.

[@chrislee5685]

@@eatingbatsoupforaliving7872 You are so pathetic still thinking of Mao after he been dead for 50 years and still used Bat soup soup as name when Western latest propaganda already change from bat soup to Lab leak. 🤣🤣

[@joeygio9586]

@@chrislee5685 you clearly haven’t seen it yet then.

[@chrislee5685]

@@joeygio9586 I do bud and both version + the book. Have seen any other then Netflix version. I got paid Netflix so where do you think I live?

[@simpleskies]

Why are people blaming the directors/showrunners/writers when the author gave them permission to adapt it for an international audience? If Liu Cixin was satisfied with the Tencent adaptation or the animated adaptation, he would've said no. And honestly, the reason why Chinese people are butthurt about the Cultural Revolution being associated with China as a whole is only about saving face. Canada and US create many movies showing the cruelty of slavery and colonization but the acknowledgement is a part of healing.

[@gilbert7913]

There were chinese ver drama, she simply just did not mentioned it.

[@yggdrasil7942]

There's also a 10 part Chinese animation which I'm about it see. It has hardcoded Chinese subtitles with English soft subtitles.

[@mtljin]

The series should have been extended to at least 10 more episodes. Its so squashed together

[@renderly1430]

its a great show..

[@kanishkchaturvedi1745]

Totally agree with the first chinese reviewer

[@andrewlim9345]

The Netflix series depiction of the Cultural Revolution scene is pretty faithful to the book. However, the characters and setting are different. I liked a Kiwi Chinese actress Jess Hong portraying a Kiwi Chinese character Jin Cheng. Not that often you get to see Kiwi Chinese actors since we then to gravitate towards business and the STEM subjects. My head canon is that the Netflix series is set in a different universe from the book series.

[@blaccdong7810]

There is the Chinese adaptation of the series, which is like 30+ episodes long.

[@SentaiDadvsRiderGirl]

Having finished the first book (which covers the VR game and the origins of the Trisolarians), I have to agree that the actual 3 Body problem faced by the alien race was really down played and simplified. Gone are the parts where the reader tries to solve or understand the extreme weather phenomenons including the tri-solar syzygy and appearance of the 3 fading stars. The slow burn in the book made this a lot more interesting, but I think this might also turn off main stream viewers so I can kind of understand why they went the Netflix route.

[@zechariahzenith8762]

Best series so far for 2023. I hope we don't wait 3 centuries for season 2.

[@g3tw5t36]

You’re insane. It was one of the worst tv shows I’ve ever seen. D&D really haven’t learnt from game of thrones season 8.

[@leonardijie1165]

October 20, 2024 on 0:38 they sure have seen the future!!

[@jakzeng3342]

love how this video doesnt even talk abt the chinese film adaptation of this novel (far more episodes) which is far longer, and choses to hire an “expert” that claims 8 episodes is “inherently limited” in accurately depicting the novel

[@Googleisstupid-sk3hm]

Because it quite obvious it means the western one.....

[@user-ov4jl6hg3x]

well, it is, depending how you look at it.

[@kus4kus4]

I think the direction to simplifying the story make sense. You dont want the audience to sleep.

[@fynkozari9271]

Yeah sacrificing the story and quality in the process. If you dont have enough sleep, maybe go to sleep? Instead of blaming the show. Fallout has 8 episodes too, but higher rating.

[@iamsheep]

Well it turned an amazing hard scifi story into a simple thriller with some scifi elements. There's nothing special about this adaptation.

[@dryden28]

I read through the first book and love it. I'm about 100 pages into the 2nd book and i must say I on the verge of giving up.

[@iamsheep]

@@dryden28 the second book is the best

[@OBsurdityTV]

@@fynkozari9271Thats your opinion but its not hindering the show now is it? Ask people to read the book and see how successful that is

[@eviltoe7432]

2:56. This version was made for English speaking Western audiences. Of course they aren't going to set it in China, so of course they needed to change it in whatever way

[@thewatcher1261]

Then why did they leave the cultural revolution parts in, instead of adapting that to a Western context?

[@eviltoe7432]

@@thewatcher1261 My guess is they were trying to keep some elements of the book and that part of the story was important to the lady's character development. Idk

[@physxme]

这个三体，流浪地球，还有沙丘，让我怀疑是不是现在影视界搞不出像样一点的科幻改编了。 流浪地球是仅仅借了个原著世界观设定，剧情全部原创魔改。说它是同人作品还差不多 沙丘导演表面上说的好听，尊重原著什么的。然而反手就把全书最重要的科幻元素--阿拉吉斯星球的独特生态系统：沙虫和香料的关系以及它对故事的影响等删的一干二净。还强行把女主变成了作者的嘴替，毫无深度地把原书隐晦的精神内核像喊口号一样说出来。。。

[@sxyline4807]

Book is for the intellectual, Netflix is for Americans’ standards

[@juanagung9973]

for american intellegence 😂

[@pauladesina6403]

​@@juanagung9973they is nothing wrong with the netflix version, watch the Chinese version boring and long that is not how to make movie.

[@Maddoxxx]

Me no American, who cares about that

[@TankdaT90]

If I was the writer I would be slightly disappointed but still be proud that my book has an international audience and a series has been made upon it. Maybe more credit to the writer once again.

[@No.One.Is.Here1]

我觉得这个很好看但书更好看😅

[@athomenotavailable]

快餐和法国餐厅的区别。都可以跟好吃，但就感觉快餐的食材注重方便，少了铺陈和层次感。

[@Maddoxxx]

Have no problem with the netflix version, instead i have 99 problems with the chinese version which is boring and slow burner

[@LVC85costa]

I couldn't get past the opening because I know who is telling me this and what they are engaged in right now

[@macbaryum]

i guess we can patiently wait for the Chinese version of the show.

[@reis1185]

Challenge: Respect the source material Netflix: 🙈🙈🙈

[@1789Bastille]

I just want a 3 hour epic movie. cannot understand the need for tv show. netflix is delaying the release of popular season when churn rate is high. by the time stranger things comes out, the actors will have grey hair

[@fourseasonz]

Haven't seen the netflix' version, and probably won't looking at this review. The chinese version is thought provoking and close to home. looking at a few clips here n there. i don't think i can easily relate to this netflix version

[@revolvency]

the chinese version won't be a hit internationally, they adapt the book line by line even to screen, too slow too dragging. What I like about the Chinese version is they have a lot of philosophical question like in the book (although adapted badly, it is a series narrative ffs not a documenter we need a way to explain the science along with the plot). Netflix version, suprisingly for the short amount of screentime, has a lot of new depth needed but lack the gritty landscape the book have.

[@Coryclemmings]

Honestly, I watched the show and never left it thinking china was bad but that one person who called aliens to invade the world was. Also, if we’re being honest, the show was really generally very true to history. Though china was on the right side of history before ww2, I’m not so sure they are today. There’s a friggin dictator ruling the country right now who’s very cozy with the another dictator from Russia. If anything, it’s probably a metaphoric reference to present china than it is to the past. So perhaps, the show poorly depicted that, but I never ended watching it thinking china is evil.

[@ybellones]

The book is always better.

[@krixpop]

Netflix’s 3 Body Problems: Dumb and Dumberer production. D&D woke-idiotic fetish. Whereas the Chinese Three-Body tv series is an absolute masterpiece, politics notwithstanding !

[@m_e_h_h]

Learned about the book from the series, soooo..

[@dennischen2642]

I tried watching it but lost interest after 3 or 4 episodes. Didn't even know it was an adaptation from a Chinese novel.

[@gladyschong3187]

This is what happens when people forget Game of Thrones Season 5-8. The creators Benioff and Weiss should not be allowed to ruin more fantasy/sci-fi series. Their careers should have ended the moment Season 8 was released.

[@grannysint1625]

Movie/tv series adaptations always dumb down the original source materials. They cater to the bigger demographics with lower level intelligence and attention span. Its cash grab vs quality.

[@naz6james570]

It's for entertainment. People don't want to turn on tv just to be reminding themselves with all the headache in their workplace.

[@Far-East-Beast]

I tapped out after 5 episodes. I didn't even know any of the characters names and I didn't care to

[@nisanaturals5891]

version Netflix ไม่สนุกเลยขาดความซีเรียสและสมจริง เหมือนดูซีรี่ย์รักๆใคร่ๆของวัยรุ่นอังกฤษ มันแตกต่างจากหนังสือเกินไป อ่านกนังสือสนุกมาก

[@Nachscrach]

The owner licensed the intellectual property rights 😂 he agreed with Netflix these terms and was paid accordingly. This video is pure bawling

[@alexanderdantonio8999]

If you dont want to see 3body then ck out shogun...an absolute banger of a series.

[@SpencerFH]

Chinese media doesn’t like the three body problem. Shocker 😑

[@catr1226]

Riza González is not white lol she is of mixed decent. I hate when people try to erase our native side

[@Googleisstupid-sk3hm]

What? Mixed is not a race? But what is she mixed with since you went there.

[@catr1226]

@@Googleisstupid-sk3hm Being mixed race is a thing lol and yes I am Latina I don’t look completely white or completely native

[@GOODJMR]

What's white? Seriously.

[@GoodbyeCruelWorld]

A Chinese owned media company friendly like this? Shocking. Ask the average Chinese citizen about Tiannamen Square.

[@tsudiyanto]

Make anothr adaptation. And another. Untill everyone is happy, or doesnt care anymore.

[@sfiggz2038]

The Netflix show is wonderful, and Netflix is banned in China so as a business it doesn't make sense to cater towards a market that you will not get monetized. Of course, you will cater your product to those markets that you will have profits and revenue. As a viewer outside of the Communist China, I am excited for Season 2 of Netflix's 3 body problems.

[@Rockapotamus]

I mean if you want the book, read the book 😂. Screen adaptations have a lot more constraints, especially time and budget. The book has very shallow character development, adapting that would be bad cinema. I do agree that I would have liked to see more modern China involved, but as mentioned, Netflix isn’t in China, why adapt it for Chinese audiences vs a global audience. BTW Netflix isn’t banned in Korea so I think Squid Game was originally intended for Korea but released world wide. I assume this because of the complaints from western audiences about subtitles and the possibility of remaking it to adapt to western audiences.

[@Hkchinese888]

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[@chrislee5685]

Go home joker copy paste of a disaster report just for fun is bad taste.

[@Hkchinese888]

@@chrislee5685 dllm, what is wrong with you?

[@chrislee5685]

@@Hkchinese888 What wrong with you?

[@Hkchinese888]

@@chrislee5685 reporting news, comrade

[@ZETA14.88]

@@Hkchinese888 where's your reporting license, mate

[@cezinfante4928]

Eiza Gonzalez is mexican, I think is cool there is diversity and not only chinese. Is not a chinese adaptation after all.

[@cezinfante4928]

But, I agree with the propaganda thing against China.

[@bradentour3993]

Xi Jinping's Daddy had to face all of this in real life 😮

[@zhangsian519]

所以他是一种叶文洁😂

[@zennoix9984]

Wasn't his sister killed by the red guards?

[@scrappycoco6282]

winnie the pooh

[@fungj4126]

The father of bo xilai was even worse, he got fracture gifted by his son.

[@ArK047]

Only three problems? Pretty sure there's a problem in every second of the show's runtime.

[@user-rh6ru5oz2o]

The real life version had beheadings, disembowelment and cannibalism. And it wasn't just dissidents, it could be any academics or people with foreign ties. The Netflix version is already a much cleaner version of the real historical event.

[@DisguisedCitrus]

the problem is it is 8 episodes long there's no way you can produce something faithful to the book with 8 episodes cutting content is inevitable pretty common complaint about like 90% of adaptations of books into film

[@naizi7777]

Netflix 3 Body Problem is banned from all video websites on the Chinese Internet from uploading videos, and is banned from discussion on rating websites, rating deleted.

[@miaouscleaumonocle]

Welcome, dear Chinese friends, in that world where your original content has to be remade for US audience... We in France had many of our movies remade by Hollywood, with US cast, because the French version was not fit for US audience, but they liked the overall plot...

[@Googleisstupid-sk3hm]

Greetings, thank you for the great plots and stories as well as books. I always find out if a movie has book, then read the original, then watch movie.

[@MarkMiller304]

It’s akin Netflix remaking Akira but set it in New York. In essence you take away the soul of the story and just made in imitation of it. The story was written from a Chinese perspective taking through Chinese history. Just reskinning the story makes it feel incomplete and awkward at times. Some characters still have a Chinese mentality but their face is white.

[@Kiyoone]

They "WOKENIZED" it?

[@yinghuynh2280]

Isn’t always the case. The books are always better.

[@ellis777777]

It happened many times, if you compare many movies about Jesus to the Bible, it is always oversimplification and lacking the details.

[@muhammadashshiddiq8752]

Well chinese people, expect a black emperor or warlord if netflix adapted three kingdoms.

[@chrislee5685]

I would laugh at it and may enjoy it if it stick to 3 Kingdom history though.

[@GameFuMaster]

one of them will be made trans

[@Googleisstupid-sk3hm]

Not understanding your comment? Is this a ill attempt a shogun series, or just you being a bigot, bias racist? I guess you will say it a joke, at what "woke" and how it hurt you?

[@JackFrost-ib3xr]

😂😂

[@sagesfundiscoveries]

People should realize that in the Chinese version of 3 Body, the story is not narrated from a Western perspective. The book had a global issue, where international scientists were dying. Therefore, the Netflix adaptation was expected to present the story from a Western point of view, highlighting the protagonist's background and the deaths of people across America and Europe. It is unclear why some individuals are having an issue with this.

[@user-ov4jl6hg3x]

I'm going to be honest, the book is superior to any possible media adaptation you can have. You would be severely limited in watching the show, there isn't as much room as there would be from the book for individual and personal imagination.

[@chitru1983]

The Netflix version does not have a soul. The Chinese version last year was better in extracting philosophical and mind-blowing concepts and scenes weaved into the story. The Netflix could do without romantic plotlines and could have used that time better.

[@stephphanie6495]

amazon premium also have the “screen” type of three body, that does not over-simplified things tho

[@user-tl7df2tn9l]

Chinese Entertainment Products for example; DongHua, always has chinese as a main character whereas Anime like GUNDAM has several Global non-Asian names like Amuro Ray as main character. The Chinese Government won't allow even for such thing to happened.

[@Miratesus]

The books are always better tho for every single movie and series.

[@antimime666]

This girl sure sounds like a racist.

[@jeffbachman2949]

This video is dumb. I read the books and loved the show. The show also was very high critic scores

[@abakabucafe]

chinese version 3 body problem is the best.

[@emca1597]

But it's not made for western audiences.

[@onlywei]

@@emca1597neither was the original book

[@Justinschwartz-yn3dj]

Thank you for the detailed critique 😂

[@naizi7777]

no

[@jeffbachman2949]

Boring slog

[@appletvaccount1364]

Wǒ zhǐshì xiǎng gàosù dàjiā, wǒ xiàzàile dì yī běn shū “sān tǐ yī”, bǎ tā zhuǎnhuàn chéng pīnyīn, yòng pīnyīn dú qǐlái. Yīnwèi zhè shì yīgè xīn shídài, wǒmen xūyào qiánjìn.

[@Nick-kv7sz]

WE NEED THE SEASON 2!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@williammitchell738]

What's going on with this narrator's Chinese accent? The subtitles said "Ye Wenjie" and I heard "Ye Wangjian" or something like that! As for the subject of the video, I've read the book (translated into English, I was lazy!) but if I want to watch a series of it i'll watch the Chinese versions first. People should expect a "western" version to be mutilated, people in my country (UK) understand very little about China and unfortunately a large group don't want to understand. I suppose it's progress that anything from China got onto Netflix at all!

[@winjiro]

You need to check your hearing

[@thelastofthehitachi972]

actually there are already many chinese movies and series on Netflix

[@williammitchell738]

thanks for the concern but my hearing is just fine!

[@juanagung9973]

stop selling chinese original idea to western director or animator or whatever they called, don't do it for the sake of being "international", the only thing they did is making our original series much more bigoted and western centered.

[@multistan9582]

When China adapt a series from a different country whether book or drama adaptation...Dont they use Chinese actors and make the series more gravitating towards their domestic audience??😅😂....Real rich coming from them, when all their dramas have to adhere to their own version of censorship rules of what can and cannot be shown which always caused the dramas to divert so much from the source material....lol....US bought the right to adapt the the IP....to how they want to fit their viewers interests...so yes it cater to the international...mostly western audiences....matter of fact , last I check..Netflix isnt accessible in China...😅

[@jjsamuelgunn1136]

Like what? Secondly, can you find suitable non-Chinese actors that can speak Chinese to cast for all the characters?

[@k-studio8112]

Chinese audacity

[@hilman94]

well after they made cleopatra as black woman, what can we expect from that 😅

[@lionman4191]

@@hilman94dog eater what with the black obsession

[@Googleisstupid-sk3hm]

​@@hilman94OH that just make you shake 😂. Made her black woman. Not light skin, not colored, or tan ..black. Also what does your statement have to do with Chinese and whites of this series......you might be on wrong video.

[@kumomeme7852]

Honestly, 3 Body Problem is overhype.

[@scrappydoo9806]

The trisolarians are the source of this advanced VR headset that creates fictional worlds to test for useful human allys but turn on discovering that humans are capable of creating fictions like little red riding hood? 😀

[@HuplesCat]

The only problem is it is too fast

[@BBme]

US drama is too far backward from their movies. US drama also too backward from South Korea, Japan, China and HK

[@petebngyn]

Almost all movie adaptations of books are inferior.

[@ToiChutGongFu]

As a Mainland Chinese my government does not allow me to watch this. How do I get to watch this??? 😥😥😥

[@Hkchinese888]

Use vpn

[@banggoman7371]

If your government dont allow you to watch meaning it is not worth to be watched, simple as that..

[@vrrr.j]

Turn your VPN and then watch from some website.

[@Hkchinese888]

@@ToiChutGongWu are you Gui or Sa?

[@eb94499]

How are you commenting on KZbin is that's the case

[@funkomunky]

diverse cast…. How about Korean series where all cast is Korean and is still acceptable ? 🧐

[@MultiverseRaidenClan]

🇹🇼

[@GOODJMR]

The Chinese PLA still uses Marxist terminology & accuses others of political correctness. That's so Mao.. 😂

[@sidakong9467]

既然都本土化到这个地步了要不干脆把叶文洁改成麦卡锡时期的通共科学家或者民权运动时期的黑人科学家得了

[@hehe-mq2bk]

They could've made the Oxford 5 majority Asian but didn't when they have 3 white characters. Why?

[@Googleisstupid-sk3hm]

You know why! Ask the minority they will give you the answer. But beware the nay sayers will claim "woke"

[@kierangan7944]

It’s just pure racism isn’t it? Using a Chinese written book to portray the Chinese as villains. How ironic.

[@pauladesina6403]

How did they portray china as villains

[@muhammadashshiddiq8752]

@@pauladesina6403 yeah, cultural revolution is a real thing and it's horrible.

[@simpleskies]

There are two major characters, Da Shi and Jin who are Chinese. How are they showing that all Chinese are villains??

[@muhammadashshiddiq8752]

@@simpleskies even if there are chinese villain, it should not be automatically considered racist.

[@AkPK369]

U always excited 🇨🇳

[@naizi7777]

这个博主确实很种族主义，而且还歧视女性，她说程瑾的演员不够漂亮所以配补上will的全心全意的爱，wtf。anyway，中文网就喜欢看种族主义和歧视女性价值观的视频，对网飞三体的差评完全可以理解，而且很遗憾。

[@lavieenrose7913]

Look at the TV series Shogun 2024. How the Japanese actor Hiroyuki Sanada remake of the American version with emphasising the Japanese narrative of their old culture and philosophies ... The new Drama became a success. Mr Hiroyuki took him more than 4o years working with the Americans and understanding the Amercian audience. Don't expert a Western movie producer to promote your own View of things . The Chinese still need or recruit quality of Talents that knows how to project their own thinking that will attract global audience.

[@Googleisstupid-sk3hm]

Facts...but westerners couldn't because they have chip on shoulder and would never give credit were credit is due.

[@lavieenrose7913]

@@Googleisstupid-sk3hm Doesn't Mater ... Just be better than them .. learn their skills and be innovative with new ideas.

[@ideerge]

welcome to US wokeness

[@GOODJMR]

A Chinese export.

[@al201103]

I agree with the comment made in the video and also in many comments, that adaptations almost always simplify. Even the 30 episode Chinese adaptation had to cut some parts out (plus there was some criticism that it went on too long). We live in a world and time where there is considerable anti-China rhetoric and media output. It's a shame that Netflix, who do so well bringing international content to an international community didn't take the opportunity to keep the story's location where it was set. I understand why they didn't, I just think it's a shame.