After reading the book, I did believe that its component parts would be very difficult to adapt to the screen. My fears were that it would be mangled in the same fashion as the dreadful mess that is 'Foundation'.
I have also watched the first episode of the 2023 Chinese 'Three Body'. That has problems. It is terribly slow-paced; repetitious and, on Prime Video, fairly poor video quality & indifferent subtitle translation. It did seem to be sticking to the plot of the book, but glacially. After seeing this version, I won't be going back..
The opening scenes are shockingly graphic. Mao's 'Cultural Revolution' in the mid-1960s was brutal. Well done to the writers for starting with this part of the story.
As an aside, why do so many of the characters smoke? In the scenes set in the 1960s, fair enough, but those in 2024?
Anyway, many of my misgivings were allayed. The story elements are coming together by the end of this opener and I look forward to the rest.
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After reading the book, I did believe that its component parts would be very difficult to adapt to the screen. My fears were that it would be mangled in the same fashion as the dreadful mess that is 'Foundation'.
I have also watched the first episode of the 2023 Chinese 'Three Body'. That has problems. It is terribly slow-paced; repetitious and, on Prime Video, fairly poor video quality & indifferent subtitle translation. It did seem to be sticking to the plot of the book, but glacially. After seeing this version, I won't be going back..
The opening scenes are shockingly graphic. Mao's 'Cultural Revolution' in the mid-1960s was brutal. Well done to the writers for starting with this part of the story.
As an aside, why do so many of the characters smoke? In the scenes set in the 1960s, fair enough, but those in 2024?
Anyway, many of my misgivings were allayed. The story elements are coming together by the end of this opener and I look forward to the rest.