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Post by simple on Mar 22, 2024 9:24:09 GMT
I’m coming in cold about the story but I know its got the Gambo producers on board and Obama liked the book. This first episode could be literally any generic Netflix sci-fi series. Not sure if I’ll stick with it.
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Post by JonFE on Mar 22, 2024 10:03:34 GMT
I'm trying to finish the book first (about 2/3 in) before starting the series, even though the trailer seemingly paints a slightly different story than the one I'm reading...
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Post by Gruf on Mar 22, 2024 10:40:45 GMT
I’m coming in cold about the story but I know its got the Gambo producers on board and Obama liked the book. This first episode could be literally any generic Netflix sci-fi series. Not sure if I’ll stick with it. Same, I will give it a watch at the weekend, looks like it could be a confusing mess though. |
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Post by AccidentProne on Mar 22, 2024 11:01:45 GMT
I'm trying to finish the book first (about 2/3 in) before starting the series, even though the trailer seemingly paints a slightly different story than the one I'm reading... Same, though I've just read a review that mentions it brings in threads from the later books, so am going to hold off watching until I've read them too. As you say, the trailers make it look like some pretty big changes from the books, bar the cultural revolution stuff, so I'm not sure how much I should be worrying about the series spoiling the books. Throughly enjoying the first one though, so will continue through the next two ahead of watching it. |
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Post by dfunked on Mar 22, 2024 11:02:35 GMT
I got a quarter of the way through the book and gave up on it. The main character is just so utterly fucking dull.
The game part of it felt totally far fetched too. Considering it's meant to be hard sci fi, it felt like the workings of that weren't explained at all.
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Post by MolarAm🔵 on Mar 22, 2024 11:13:14 GMT
I found the entire thing extremely dull, though that might be just me. I bounce off most hard sci-fi for similar reasons, in that there's a lot of "look at me, look how smart I am" dialogue while forgetting to tell a compelling story with relatable characters.
It also didn't help that the author appears to be a bit of a penis IRL. Though I guess that applies to more than a few sci-fi/fantasy authors, he's not exactly alone in that lol.
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Post by Bill in the rain on Mar 22, 2024 14:38:25 GMT
I thought the book was ok, but it didn't really grab me and seemed kinda dry at times. The stuff about the cultural revolution was interesting, purely because I didn't know about that. The stuff with the actual 3 Body Problem seemed interesting at first, but also seemed to get less and less interesting as more was revealed, to the point the the ending was kinda boring.
PS/ I dunno about the later books, but I don't see why the first one would be 'unfilmable'. I don't think the GoT novels were ever considered that unfilmable, were they?
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Post by Blue_Mike on Mar 22, 2024 22:21:25 GMT
Dead Boy Detectives will apparently be premiering on April 25th. Shared universe with The Sandman.
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Post by Gruf on Mar 23, 2024 21:45:59 GMT
Well, 3 body problem, two episodes in, I am intrigued.
I will hang around till it inevitably shits the bed.
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Post by crashV👀d👀 on Mar 24, 2024 10:17:49 GMT
Well, 3 body problem, two episodes in, I am intrigued. I will hang around till it inevitably shits the bed. Yeah I've nearly completed the second ep and there's enough WTF to keep me interested. I know nothing of the books so this is all fresh for me. |
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Post by atomix on Mar 24, 2024 21:57:12 GMT
Knowing very little about the book, 3 Body Problem is continuing to entertain. Episode 5 had a fun, but fairly grisly scene, and the fact that it doesn't have a massively lengthy title sequence that you need to keep skipping past makes it a decent enough watch. I'm guessing we'll be left on a clifhanger and be in for a years wait at the end of it though.
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Post by BeetrootBertie on Mar 24, 2024 22:35:14 GMT
I've struggled with 3 Body Problem - I mean struggled to find much of it plausible. I really wanted to enjoy it but have found it a load of bobbins really. I'm unfamiliar with the source material but was hoping for something more believable (which I guess is my own fault). I don't know what the common consensus of it is, but I've been enjoy the recent remake of the Last Air Bender more (I was fond of the cartoon though).
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Post by atomix on Mar 24, 2024 22:44:35 GMT
For sure, it's all mumbo jumbo, but I've just recently observed bits of (not watched) Monarch Legacy of Monsters, and compared to that, this is far superior. It's also got a nice British vibe which makes a change.
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Post by dfunked on Mar 25, 2024 7:04:07 GMT
BeetrootBertie - That was my issue with the book, which makes me laugh when I see a review calling it "the hardest of hard sci-fi". My bollocks it is!
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Post by sport✅ on Mar 25, 2024 8:22:43 GMT
Look, 3BP is probably above most people. It's OK if you don't get it.
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Post by crashV👀d👀 on Mar 25, 2024 14:20:01 GMT
3BP
Jack Rooney plays games just like I do. Fuck role play, press the buttons and see wtf happens.
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Post by Bill in the rain on Mar 25, 2024 14:31:28 GMT
Isn't 3BP basically the embodiment of
"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic" - Arthur C. Clarke
or maybe
"Any sufficiently hard sci-fi is indistinguishable from magic"
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Post by Nanocrystal on Mar 25, 2024 20:37:15 GMT
When I hear the phrase "hard sci-fi" it just makes me think of that douchey nerd character from Party Down.
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Post by crashV👀d👀 on Mar 28, 2024 21:15:36 GMT
Isn't 3BP basically the embodiment of
"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic" - Arthur C. Clarke
or maybe
"Any sufficiently hard sci-fi is indistinguishable from magic"
Ep 5 Judgement Day probably embodies that statement more than anything. That was both an extremely creative idea realised in action while simultaneously being grim as fuck. |
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Post by technoish on Mar 31, 2024 0:27:44 GMT
Just watched ep5. This is pretty good stuff! Felt like end of season to me, like where can it go now?!?! Excited!
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Post by drhickman1983 on Mar 31, 2024 0:29:57 GMT
I enjoyed 3 Body Problem.
It was a fairly ponderous watch, with relatively few big action set pieces, but the concepts it deals with are quite big in concept, and it does a good job at making some grand sci-fi concepts and musings quite accessible.
I like the characters and cast. At the same time it's not something I'd necessarily want to rewatch, but I really hope the story can be finished.
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Post by simple on Mar 31, 2024 0:42:42 GMT
At the opposite end of things if your kids like the silent slapstick of Grizz & The Lemmings but wish it had more toilet humour and dinosaurs in it my 5 yr old has been in pieces watching that new Bad Dinosaur show.
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Post by Gruf on Mar 31, 2024 10:19:03 GMT
Started watching the remake of The Wages of Fear.
Original is a gripping classic, so bring to it some modern day visuals and keep the tension, how could they feck it up?
This is how. Rubbish
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Post by MolarAm🔵 on Mar 31, 2024 10:23:45 GMT
Eh? Is there a modern remake that isn't Sorcerer?
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Post by Gruf on Mar 31, 2024 10:48:16 GMT
New one on Netflix.
I watched it so you didn't have to😊
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Post by Gruf on Apr 1, 2024 16:23:04 GMT
Homicide: New York 8/10 Burned through the 5 eps of this well made true crime series just released. When it is done well, just having the detectives relay their unvarnished experience works for me.
This is on the same level as Catching Killers, if this subject matter floats your boat.
90% of Netflix true crime I turn off within 10 mins, it's so bad, not these two, hope they make more.
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Post by loto on Apr 4, 2024 14:12:42 GMT
Copied over from the Watching thread:
Ripley the mini-series of Patricia Highsmith’s novel has been excellent so far. Andrew Scott plays the lead role with good support It’s shot entirely in black and white but we binged the first half and it’s ace.
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Post by muddyfunster on Apr 6, 2024 14:15:27 GMT
Very disappointed to discover that Ripley is not an Alien spin off.
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Post by Gruf on Apr 8, 2024 9:10:14 GMT
3 body problem 8/10 Yeah, enjoyed that, lost me in the sciency bits around the middle, but well acted, decent writing and great production values.
I am up for more if Netflix aren't twats about it.
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Post by sport✅ on Apr 8, 2024 10:02:58 GMT
Finally, someone who gets it.
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