'3 Body Problem' Picked Up for Additional Episodes as Show Prepares to End

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11 points·Bluestein··8 comments

It's too bad there couldn't be a serious adoption, but I totally understand why it would be hard finding enough of an audience for this kind of work.

What I don't understand is why Netflix tried. You can't dump out a short season of eight episodes all at once for people to finish in three days and then expect any sort of fandom or momentum to build. After rushing through this without time for any sort of attachment to the characters or worldbuilding, who's even going to remember 18 months from now (if they didn't read the books) what happened in season one?

I hear budgets are not what they used to be, but - regarding content - Netflix was, basically, following a policy of throwing stuff against a wall to see what "stuck" - and then ruthlessly cutting off what didn't work ...

Imo, the Tencent version was better. It just felt "right" and had plenty of nuances that required a Chinese touch. Sort of like how a Chinese adaption of "The Expanse" would most likely suck (eg. Holden's whole Quixotic techno-cowboy schtick and the various LDS subtexts because of the BSG influence due to some message boards the writer used to use before writing the expanse)

I especially appreciated that the Chinese version used English where absolutely required and nowhere else.

The Chinese version is way better than the Netflix version, I couldn't finish the Netflix one.

How so? Is there an English dub of the Chinese version?

There's a sub but idk if there's an English dub.

It's available on Amazon Prime, Peacock, and PBS (depending on your station) as well as for free on YouTube, because most CDramas don't really care about commercializing outside of Asia.

Netflix is where shows come to die.

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