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David Benioff, D.B. Weiss, and Alexander Woo to adapt 'The Three-Body Problem' for Netflix
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I mean, y'all could do the unprecedented and actually fucking watch it and just judge it on its merits, or something
sounds like he is just producing it so I don't think he'll have a lot of input.
The pieces about the PRC during the Cultural Revolution were my favorite part of the first book and why I skipped the rest of the series. I wonder if there's any decent subtitled or adapter work exploring that period in television already, I can't think of anything that really delves into contemporary Chinese history in the Western media.
oh yes. It was hard for me to memorize all the chinese names but its worth it and got easier after some hours.
Fair play to Netflix, after much laughter at the amount they paid these two (rumoured to have a slate with no genre projects on it) this is exactly the sort of 'big swing' that they were brought on the platform board for.
This is obviously a partial play to gain more ground in the Asian market (even thought they don't operate in China) but the talent attached (and I'm sure with a MASSIVE budget) shows that they aren't going for any half measures.
I'm definitely interested in this.
This is obviously a partial play to gain more ground in the Asian market (even thought they don't operate in China) but the talent attached (and I'm sure with a MASSIVE budget) shows that they aren't going for any half measures.
I'm definitely interested in this.
Can you elaborate? Your favorite part of the first but made you skip the rest of the series?
I'm reading some conflicting things about the book trilogy in this thread.
Some say it's one of the best sci-fi series with unique ideas, others say it's really poorly written and sexist?
I've been interested in this trilogy before and was looking to pick it up but I don't necessarily want to drag myself through a series that has bad characterization or is sexist. Is this series worth it to read?
Some say it's one of the best sci-fi series with unique ideas, others say it's really poorly written and sexist?
I've been interested in this trilogy before and was looking to pick it up but I don't necessarily want to drag myself through a series that has bad characterization or is sexist. Is this series worth it to read?
I really disliked the first book (dropped the series after that). It's a collection of confusing to neat ideas (the author really doesn't know how videogames work) propped up by really dry writing, boring inexpressive characters and sexism (which I've heard gets worse as the series goes on). Hopefully the TV show improves upon the characterization because I couldn't get invested in those cardboard cutouts at all. I get it's supposed to be a more "classic" variety of concept/idea-focused SF but it didn't work for me AT ALL.
My favorite book triology. I honestly can't even fathom how they could pull off some of the events on screen.....
is it just me or do these guys announce shit all the time but havent actually made anything since got?
this project, that horribly ill conceived show about the confederates winning the war, star wars, a movie about hp lovecraft. they are getting that money i guess
this project, that horribly ill conceived show about the confederates winning the war, star wars, a movie about hp lovecraft. they are getting that money i guess
The best bits of GOT were pulled directly from GRRM's dialogue and characterization, can't wait to see what they do with a poorly written novel with threadbare characters.
Yeah, projects dying early is normal in Hollywood, but at some point it becomes a pattern.
Of course it hasn't been that long since GoT ended (though it kind of feels that way), but if they can't leverage their fame into a new series that actually gets made now I wonder if we'll ever see another D&D show
I mean, all of game of thrones was poorly written, but had some brilliantly directed moments. you can separate the two. If that's how duties end up splitting up. Maybe Rian will be able to save the dastardly duo from ruining another franchise. Who knows!?
It's only been two things, right?
They had that Confederacy show that HBO was gonna go ahead with but then they change their minds 'cus of the backlash they got. Then they were gonna do Star Wars, which was 100% gonna happen, until they decided to leave the project.
This project will be the first since their huge Netflix deal.
Will probably be fine since this is a completely written book series. They can adapt the shit out of good existing material just fine. They just can't write good original stuff when the source material dries up.
The English translation at least is not a masterpiece of prose, for sure. It's not awful either. The books are more about exploring ideas and concepts than a traditional plot and characters. In a way that's probably a good thing for this show lol.
But yes, this will need tons of money especially later on.
I'm both super stoked and extremely anxious about this. This trilogy is the best thing I've ever read. But this is going to be whitewashed for sure, and part of the interesting bits of these books is that it's from a Chinese POV.
Also, I absolutely adore Netflix. But I would've much rather this would've been done by some big Hollywood Studio (if it's going to get whitewashed regardless) or something like HBO. Netflix makes great stuff but their stuff never transcends to be a true classic. Which is something the source material deserves.
edit: lol
Also, I absolutely adore Netflix. But I would've much rather this would've been done by some big Hollywood Studio (if it's going to get whitewashed regardless) or something like HBO. Netflix makes great stuff but their stuff never transcends to be a true classic. Which is something the source material deserves.
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I am excited for this, though I don't trust D&D's general decision making. The problem with GoT wasn't just the later seasons. They were making poor adaptation decisions for a while.
Re: sexism, I am not through the third book yet, but the entire "Luo Ji Dream Girl" C plot was so cringey, I am still wondering if I missed something. Otherwise, I haven't really felt many standout instances of sexism.
I think the books do more than enough to set up the general archetypes of characters, though. Da Shi is literally a hard boiled smoking detective, Luo Ji is an underachieving genius/savior(?), there are like 5 different types of general archetypes, etc.
Yeah, the translation, I feel, it what hurts it sometimes. It sometimes feels amateur in the way it translates/uses similes and metaphors in extremely obvious/on-the-nose ways.
Re: sexism, I am not through the third book yet, but the entire "Luo Ji Dream Girl" C plot was so cringey, I am still wondering if I missed something. Otherwise, I haven't really felt many standout instances of sexism.
I mean, no, that just isn't true. Their adaptational failures and lack of foresight were the reason they had to nix so many crucial ASOIAF plotlines, leading to the nonsensical mess of GoT's endgame. And the source material didn't really "dry up"; they chose to scrap 2,000 pages of source material in their rush toward said endgame -- despite HBO's protests for more seasons.
Familiarize yourself with Game of Thrones' production and one trend quickly becomes apparent: the show was a success largely despite D&D's constant expensive fuck-ups and total inexperience, not because of them. They frequently demonstrated less knowledge of the books than even the actors at various 'cons.
Yeah, this. They didn't get GRRM's characters, his message or themes. These are the guys who famously said and I quote 'Themes are for 8th grade book reports'. Characters completely differed from book to show even in the early seasons.
If people are expecting a good adaptation of a book, with D&D at the helm you are not going to get it.
That infamous quote shows just how much of their education and opportunities were afforded to them because they're white boys with trust funds (in Benioff's case, the son of the former head of Goldman Sachs), rather than because of talent.
That's a shame to hear. I dropped Dark Forest because of how women suddenly weren't part of the story when they were very present in the first book.
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