THE THREE-BODY PROBLEM (Trisolaran Invasion, Lore + Entire Book Series) EXPLAINED
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Hey guys, what’s happening? Niyat here with film comics explained, and today we’re diving into "The Three-Body Problem", written by the renowned Chinese science fiction writer Liu Cixin, marking the first novel of the "Remembrance of Earth's Past" trilogy.
Although the series features three books, The Three-Body Problem, The Dark Forest and Death's End, which we will be covering in this video, it's frequently referred to collectively as "The Three-Body Problem" or simply "Three-Body."
The story encompasses a mindblowing history of Earth's encounters with an extraterrestrial civilization originating from a system governed by three suns that orbit each other-mirroring the complex celestial dynamics known as the three-body problem in orbital mechanics.
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The least realistic thing in the show is the idea that a sophon supercomputer could predict a clear night sky in England so we would see the stars blink that night
@BarmyDeer
2 ай бұрын
😂
@anastasiaposh5083
2 ай бұрын
😂😂😂
@jacksperrow4776
Ай бұрын
Oh but the invisible woman capable of killing wasn’t
@lucre113
Ай бұрын
@@jacksperrow4776are you artistic?
@lidl18
Ай бұрын
@@lucre113you mean autistic?
THE SHIP BEING SLICED WILL FOREVER REMAIN ON REPLAY IN MY MIND THAT WAS A BRUTAL SCENE
You should do a collab with @Quinn's Ideas !!
@CompetitionChris
2 ай бұрын
Quinn is the man. He's the one who turned me on to the remembrance of Earth's past trilogy to begin with. And that series changed the way I think about space and aliens and the Fermi paradox. The Netflix show is all right. I'm glad a lot of people get to experience the series.
@drgirlfriend211
2 ай бұрын
HE IS THE BEST! He got me in to three body
@ValkyriesMoon
2 ай бұрын
Quinn got me into the books. I love his takes on alot of stories like hyperion and especially the Shrike. Didn't know about any of those until I saw Quinn's videos.
@carlito19934
2 ай бұрын
Quin is the GOAT started reading the books because of him
@bigheadbabypegion
2 ай бұрын
They should have a pobcast
This show scared the crap out of me, it’s the most realistic take to an alien invasion I’ve ever witnessed. Literally made me wonder if we should be so curious…
@timthyfriend
2 ай бұрын
Too late, we already sent a shit ton, its been around 50 or so years since then, so its doubtful we're gonna receive any news about our destruction. 50 yrs a very short time btw. Humanity destroying themselves up would be much milder than an alien attack.
@dreadpiratesnake6152
Ай бұрын
The most logical thing for a lifeform to achieve is the guarantee of survival by any means, this seems to me at least the essence of true immortality when the enemy is time
@danielx40
Ай бұрын
Yeah that folding human scene…
@joshl6275
Ай бұрын
Most realistic take on an alien invasion is them lobbing bolides at the Earth from the safe standoff distance of our own asteroid belt, reducing our civilization into rubble so they can come and mop up the remnants with ease.
@joshbasnet3014
Ай бұрын
@@joshl6275Tri-solaris did try to do that but they weren’t entirely successful. Quinns idea explores this on detail.
I think Netflix did a good job with capturing the key elements of the books, giving us multiple plot threads, wrapping up some of those threads while leaving a little bit of bread crumbs for hope of another season. Today's era of streaming is still a gamble if a show can ever be a cultural icon.
@PeachysMom
2 ай бұрын
Game of Thrones was iconic
@drspoc5409
2 ай бұрын
Until it wasn’t
@stefenleung
2 ай бұрын
You've no idea. The Netflix version just doesnt make sense for the story. If sophon is that powerful, can hack and erase/edit image of CCTV; can hack all the screen in the world; just destroy all the computers (or the display) on the world, why bother disturb the particle collider results?
@kingssman2
2 ай бұрын
@@stefenleung my guess as a non novel reader, would be to slow down Humanity's understanding of multi dimensional physics, quantum entanglement, and operation of small particles. The Aliens have a grasp of unfolding a photon to planet size, then collapse it down. Humans can catch up very quickly given our logarithmic technology scaling. Given 400 years, we could make our own sophons. While the aliens are in a dehydrated hibernation state of travel, they fear humanity will catch up to their level when they arrive in 400 years.
@EmmonsTV
2 ай бұрын
It’s a much better adaptation than I was expecting. It works very well. Some of the character stuff has actually been improved imo. There are things from the book that are going to be impossible for the Netflix series to do, but I think they did a great job.
Thank you! This is exactly the kind of video explainer I've been looking for. One that isn't afraid of book spoilers and explains how the filmmakers mixed the plot and characters of all three books together. Excellent summary!
@seanstone9078
2 ай бұрын
Check out Quinn's Ideas, he has a whole playlist on this series. Best on KZread.
@RINO92xxl
2 ай бұрын
@seanstone9078 came here to say the same. listened to hundreds of hours of quins ideas while drifting off to sleep
@user-jd6ve6yp7v
2 ай бұрын
hom
Only 7 mins in, but reminds me of a game called Terra Invicta. Game has multiple factions with different goals, one of them, "the servants" aim to give the world over to the aliens, which sounds like these weirdos.
@iona2225
2 ай бұрын
They're also, by far, the easiest to play and win as. You'd think it'd be hard, with all the other factions thinking it'd be wise to sweep you from the board.
@WardenNFG
2 ай бұрын
@@iona2225 yeah, when the aliens just give you bits of a country for free, followed by tech its beyond easy mode. Basically just a tutorial to learn game mechanics.
@middleagedbaldguy6774
2 ай бұрын
I got my kid into that game and she is a geography freaking ace now.
@WardenNFG
2 ай бұрын
@@middleagedbaldguy6774 Thats how I was with paradox games. surprisingly helpful.
@requiemlul3140
2 ай бұрын
There’s actually a TBP mod for the game called Trisolaran Crisis. The factions are renamed and reskinned and there’s a massive alien fleet far out in the system
The reason they had multiple plots converge and added characters is because the books ARE NOT character driven like AT ALL. No one is going to watch that kind of tv. What they did made it watchable for the masses and it worked very well.
@UCUCUC27
Ай бұрын
the fat man was very watchable when he did nothing and then died...
@denifnaf5874
Ай бұрын
The masses are ignorant They tought idiocracy was comedy Yet it was a documentary on them
@joebarracuda6038
Ай бұрын
@@denifnaf5874 wrong
@chrisborman2506
Ай бұрын
@@denifnaf5874 I'd have taken you more seriously if you'd said "taught".
@manumudgal5776
Күн бұрын
lol, the show explain science very badly
so your telling me the aliens can make 11th dimensional computers but cant figure out how to terraform a different planets??
@WoolandFlax
Ай бұрын
Apparently not, that's why they were so careful with not damaging or allowing humans to damage earth
@Deewhite31
29 күн бұрын
It's explained in the books better
@nextowayneb7319
27 күн бұрын
Terraforming is scfi thing there is no evidance that this is smth what could ever happeend in short time
@giaktour
26 күн бұрын
@@nextowayneb7319 Well, half of the things you're watching in this video are scifi things, not to mention that we currently have (admittedly very limited) terraforming capabilities ourselves as a species. Talking about the "nuking the Poles of our moon to bring back the water" idea.
@retsaMinnavoiG
22 күн бұрын
@@giaktour mars not the moon
I said ages ago that you should be on a mill subs and you replied with “hopefully one day” well it appears now is that day. Well done dude 😊
As always you do a relentlessly amazing job. I could not bring myself to finish the book series because it was way too complicated and over my hand. You do an amazing job explaining that. Thank you for all your hard work. Much appreciated.
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I love this series! I read the books years ago when I was a teen and some things weren’t clear, I appreciate the in depth reviews like this one because you do go into detail and it sparks something inside of me like wanting to read these types of books again.
Great breakdown, having been obsessed with these books for years I can say that the show is perfectly fine at what it does. There is a lot of unecessary scenes and dialogue in the books that I am glad they decided to change or omit all together. It's during the second and third book that the story really unfolds, that is where the real test for the creators will be.
Really good video, great explanation of the series and books all wrapped up concisely!
We do get an 'idea' how the San-Ti (trisolarans) look from the third book. They're tiny not human sized - brain boy sees the inside of a ship, and the pods that contain them are like matchboxes. Makes sense when you think they are able to dehydrate. The bugs comment seems like a projection too.
This review is insanely well done. All the other reviewers can eat your dust on this one. This channel and the vile eye are miles above anyone else in the movie/series/characters genre ! Major props for fitting the Netflix show the Chinese version and the books, so seamlessly together and the visual conceptions of all we have yet to see on the show. Loved your take on the 3 body problem and other reviewers should take note. This is how you do an enjoyable review. 💯
@thearmchairjournalist566
2 ай бұрын
Niyat is da bomb when it comes to reviews, he goes that extra mile to ensure he gets the full story and any back story available for context. I’ve been watching him for years now and am in awe of his talent in making his videos interesting and the content understandable for any layperson to grasp without being boring. He deserves a main stream job and I don’t know why they haven’t snaffled him up yet!
@apolloeosphoros4345
Ай бұрын
this isn't a review, it's a plot summary of the trilogy
I enjoy the first season but my biggest complaint with not only Netflix but all streaming services, is the lack of episodes. This could've easily had 20 episodes and pushed the story, plus character development further along.
@wooloosus6866
2 ай бұрын
If you want 20+ episodes, I recommend the Chinese version of the show. It was a bit too slow for me, I preferred the speed that the netflix version went with, but you might like the pacing.
@canisgraffias199
Ай бұрын
@@wooloosus6866where can I watch this version ?
@shina779
Ай бұрын
Killing the pacing, and costing more to produce focusing on the least developed aspects from the books might i add the least interesting would have lead to the cancellation of the series
@jamesday1295
Ай бұрын
@@canisgraffias199it's on KZread in 4k. Watching it now. Look up MIGu official channel. All 30 episodes with subtitles. I'm on episode 5. It is slow paced, but if you're already invested in the premise, it's enjoyable.
@jonfreeman9682
Ай бұрын
@@wooloosus6866 You're kidding there's a Chinese version? I don't want to be critical but I've always found Chinese movies and TV shows suck big time. They don't have big budgets, CGI poor, script and acting sub par and padded with lots of fillers. So is the Chinese version any good?
Was a great show! Good job on the vid as always
I just had to watch this again, excellent work Niyat 👌
This channel is amazing. The content here blows my mind (and saves me a lot of time) when explaining these stories.
This is a great series! The scene in which Evans poorly explained, to the aliens, the aspects of a fictional story (Little Red Riding Hood) and made the aliens fear human lies, and perceive humans as a non-trustworthy species, shows how dangerous it would be to have a one (or few) individuals speaking with an alien race on behalf of humanity as a total. These aspects of the series, that make us think, is one of the main things that catch my interest. Evans did not take seriously his role and the fact that he was representing his entire species. He was informal, insensitive, lazy, delusional, morally and intellectually unprepared. Note: I am very curious about the young human assassin (can't remember her name). How are her actions coordinated with the aliens (to erase videos, etc) and how is she so strong and resilient? There seems to be much more to be uncovered (still watching). Exciting!
@thatprofessorguy8316
2 ай бұрын
The assassin is able to do the killings due to Trisolaran interference of electronics. Seamlessly scrubbing her from camera footage. Idk how they remove DNA evidence like hair though.
@corujariousa
2 ай бұрын
@@thatprofessorguy8316 Thanks. I am still to understand how the small framed female assassin was much stronger than a large male human.
@lifotheparty6195
2 ай бұрын
They always intended to invade and conquer the earth, it’s what made them abandon the humans they were using to help in that endeavor
@jakestroll6518
2 ай бұрын
Maybe through the “4 dimensional particle” that this video posits allowed a Middle Ages assassin to take organs out of high secured people. It’s somewhere in the video, didn’t understand it but it’s in there.
@hippocreation
2 ай бұрын
You got it wrong. We Lie or Not, It does not matter. We are just bugs to Trisolarians. It's like saying "that guy smell bad", has nothing to do with that guy's smell.
If humans had a large space fleet, then by implication they could have done scientific research on the fleet ships themselves, bypassing the Sophon block. Similarly, if the Trisolarans had the resources to create a computer the size of a world, then by implication they could have created artificial habitats with solar sails at a further distance from their 3 stars, bypassing the 3 body problem without having to invade anyone. There are lots of cool ideas in the series, but like a lot of sci-fi, you have to not think too much about it. But for fun, some ways Earth could have fought the Trisolarans without prior information of their true abilities: - send fleets of ram scoops towards the invading fleet, sucking up the space hydrogen as they go, thereby depriving the invading fleet of their needed fuel. No new physics needed, its entirely an engineering problem. - research biological computers on space craft, eventually manufacturing such on space craft as well. These could then slowly replace conventional computers on Earth, with biological AIs that the sophons cannot apparently read. - develop robotics to automatically mass manufacture particle accelerators elsewhere in the solar system. The Trisolarans admitted they used all of their resources to build just 2 pairs of sophons after all.
@RINO92xxl
2 ай бұрын
You have to use your intelligence to close plotholes rather than open them haha
@greenstar2108
2 ай бұрын
@@RINO92xxl - perhaps, but that sounds too much like hard work for me.
@connorsimmonds9698
2 ай бұрын
This implies that the Tri-Solarans use hydrogen for fuel as opposed to having a mass fuel source stored on the ships and using fusion or another technology we’ve not yet discovered for propulsion. Biological computers could still be read and disturbed by a sophon, they would still function off of electrochemical signals and the sophon is a lightspeed sentient computer. Particle accelerators take billions and the robotics advanced enough to do that wont be available for another 1000 years to be generous.
@requiemlul3140
2 ай бұрын
1-how many resources would they need to build those habitats, also, if you aren’t aware of Dark forest theory I can’t continue on this because spoilers, but it makes this option not viable 2-Where is humanity going to get the industry for those ram scoops? Don’t forget Sophons are interfering. 3-The Sophons will stop this. 4-Humanity will not be able to build Sophons for as long as the San-ti Sophons are present
@greenstar2108
2 ай бұрын
@@requiemlul3140 - Hi there. Just to continue the fun :-) I understand the DF theory, so no worries there. But I don't think it is applicable here, as the fleet in open space would be far more easily detected. An individual habitat would be too small to detect unless they intentionally made them very large. Regarding where the aliens would get the resources, the resources they have spent on the fleet and Sophons is presumably greater. (quick note regarding 4 - it never occurred to me that humanity would build their own Sophons, which seem to be at the limits of the aliens abilities, I was thinking more along the lines of advanced expert systems, like what we have now, but more sophisticated and biologically encoded). Regarding 2 - The abilities of the Sophons seem inconsistent, but if they can't stop the building of humanities space fleet then how could they stop this? The industry you mention would have to be built up, but it would still be minor compared to what humanity ends up doing in any case. Regarding 3 - The Sophons are bound by the light speed limit. We need to keep in mind how large the solar system is. If, say, 6 research vessels are several light hours away but in different directions (imagine a large imaginary cube shape around the Earth with a research vessel at the center of each face), then the Sophons have to make a choice of whether to interfere with collider and other science experiments on Earth, or to go after the research vessels, which they can only harass one at a time, and it would take the better part of a day to go after all 6. Regards.
*SPOILERS* The reason why san- ti doesn't know about about lying or the concept of deception is because their head is translucent and emits colors when they are thinking so every san- ti have their thoughts shown on their head
@charismahornum-fries691
2 ай бұрын
They lie to humans. Deception is a lie and the countdown is a lie.
@carontorliak2760
Ай бұрын
That is kinds cute ngl
@Plusimurfriend
Ай бұрын
@@carontorliak2760 its even cuter once you realize that they are literal bugs. But this and the comment you replying to are not actually canon, but derived through guesswork by a published fan fiction.
@ProfesorMamelowsky
25 күн бұрын
There is a hole in the plot though. The pacifist san-ti that contacts Ye Wenjie advising her of not replying back. How this pacifist would hide what he/her have done?
@eden20111
21 күн бұрын
@@ProfesorMamelowskyhuh?? Their biology isn’t even known in the 3 book series…. How did you come up with that?
Thank you Niat! I asked and you delivered. Happy Easter!
I just realized that ETO symbol of aliens with three suns are similar to Tau from Warhammer 40k. The aliens are Tau!
@XIII.1337
2 ай бұрын
THE GREATER GOOD
@wynfrithnichtwo8423
2 ай бұрын
The traitor humans are basically a genestealer cult.
@bobhawke7373
2 ай бұрын
I'm reading a novel right now called 'The sparrow'. It's in a planet named Rakhat. It is also a 3 body system. In fact it's same alpha centuari 3 body system that the Santi live on. This occurs again and again in science fiction. The reason, is that our closet star system is 4 light years away, and it is the 3 body Alpha centauri system. Pretty sure it has a yellow sun, an orange sun, and a red sun. This is why many of our 'closest neighbour' stories come from a 3 body system. It does exist.
@GankbotShuk
2 ай бұрын
@@bobhawke7373 And the Tau logo looks a lot like the Marathon logo.
@benjaminlim3936
2 ай бұрын
Yes but the conditions of their planet being harassed by their three suns resemble the necrontier race before they were made into the necrons.
Wildly detailed breakdown of this!! .... also - does anyone ever talk about the dehydration/rehydration idea being related to tardigrades (because those adorable creatures can survive in a dehydrated state - within reason - and then rehydrate swimmingly.....)
@RINO92xxl
2 ай бұрын
That's the water bears right? That can survive in space?
Problems: trisolarans are small like ants compeared to humans ,their size is around a grain of rice and they can live up to hundreds of years with the eldest around 800ish. Also it isn't just that they can't lie, the very concept of deception is hard for them to comprehand, that's why many human characters use sectret misgueding commonications among theme-selfes that they can decipher,but the lisening aliens can't and that's what they needed the reconstracted human from the brain they chached from the failed space probe mission, that was the way they could learn humanlike deception.
@tsarbombawithinternetconne875
2 ай бұрын
Uhhhh, not sure if its canon.
@kaseyrolow
2 ай бұрын
How’s that a problem?
@andrasnoll2559
2 ай бұрын
@@kaseyrolow In the video he said human sized and live araund 80 years
@andrasnoll2559
2 ай бұрын
@@tsarbombawithinternetconne875 the writer noded to it so it's cannon (technically)
@Defense0001
2 ай бұрын
It's never been canon. The author did acknowledge the spinoff book, but they've never said that it was canon. That's like me saying George Lucas knows about Star Wars Legends, so it must be canon. Also, could you maybe learn some grammar and how to spell? That was the hardest thing I've ever attempted to read. Edit: they are incapable of lying, but deception is within their abilities. They will always tell the truth, but it may not be the whole truth kind of thing
The Great Rip of Trisolaras must of took billions of years to recover from… was that their last major cataclysm?
I watched the Chinese version on the high seas. I can't get into the Books. I own them but I just can't enjoy them. It has everything I should enjoy but I can't do the books. I have seen over 12 hours of explanation on “Quins” channel. This is a different take and really well done. Thank you 💯🇬🇧❤️
@robertban871
2 ай бұрын
same here, the books might have some great ideas, but i dont think they are written very well
@Erebusdidnothingwrongish
2 ай бұрын
@@robertban871 thank you. Finally Found someone who feels the same x
@RINO92xxl
2 ай бұрын
Try the audio books. They were much more digestible. Quin has covered a lot from the books... but there's still awesome details he didn't cover.
@scrollop
2 ай бұрын
@@robertban871 Poor charcterization. Maybe due tot he language/translation.
@Erebusdidnothingwrongish
2 ай бұрын
I bought the book on Audible. Quin recommended it to me. It's too slow and basically a sad take on human nature-greed, death, and ultimately destruction. I prefer a universe that has hope and fear, good and bad, like "The Lord of the Rings" or the “Culture” series by Ian Banks. The Culture novels are what I enjoy. There are so many books, I won't read them all. It's okay for me to not enjoy this series. It's fortunate that "The Lord of the Rings" films are great, but the novels contain so much extra detail. "Harry Potter" is along the same lines, to a lesser degree. I love the "Ender's Game" series, to be honest. The first book is my favorite. Maybe one day I’ll be in the right frame of mind, and I’ll be able to deal with all of the existential dread I get from the implications of this book. I have not seen the Netflix series. Maybe that will be my route in, like the "The Lord of the Rings" films were for me reading the books. "The Lord of the Rings" to me is nearly perfect. If we all liked the same things, life would be boring. I don’t know where in the world you live, but in the UK we have a comedian called David Mitchell. He’s just done a history book that’s about 13 hours long on Audible called “Unruly”. I like history, but I don’t like being told that a book or a film is good over and over again. I tend to avoid it out of spite, I suppose. This time, however, someone I trust deeply suggested that I read "Unruly", and I didn’t regret spending a credit on it at all. It’s a very funny book, and if you like history or the English history of Kings and Queens, it’s a book that will make you laugh out loud more than once. There is some swearing in it, so I wouldn’t recommend it for anyone under the age of 15 or 16. Thank you for your advice. I might even try and listen to "The Three-Body Problem" when summer kicks in. 🇬🇧💯❤️🫡
I've seen a few of your videos, I just subscribed. I'm really enjoying your breakdowns.
At 27:07 that's clearly a Ruger 10/22 with a 25 round magazine. DEFINITELY tier 1 tactical weaponry! :-p
Your work is always outstanding, but this one was really above and beyond. I tried the first book long ago but could not follow it. I finished the Netflix series, but felt frustrated with the feeling that I was not getting something important. This video solved that problem. Now, I want to read the trilogy, and hope for more NF seasons. Many thanks.
@jonfreeman9682
Ай бұрын
Books are very confusing. TV shows cut to the chase of the story focusing on a few key characters and the visuals really help. Netflix obviously spent decent money on this show as this kinda abstract sci-fi material is hard to adapt into a show.
I read a theory that the trisolarans are actually more like bugs the size of rice.
@Adminium21
2 ай бұрын
It's not a theory. Read the books.
@Tristyn_Waterman
2 ай бұрын
@@Adminium21 it is a theory, actually. Cixin Liu never described the Trisolarans' appearance in any of the books he wrote. Any speculation outside of the three books he wrote is just that- speculation
@krokenlochen
2 ай бұрын
@@Tristyn_WatermanRedemption of Time isn’t written by him but was given his blessing I guess. It’s not official canon, but it’s worth acknowledging
@Tristyn_Waterman
2 ай бұрын
@@krokenlochen when did he give it his blessing? As far as I can tell, his feelings towards it is he has accepted that it exists. The publisher didn't give him much choice in publishing it. That, along with the fact that it retcons nearly every major event of the trilogy, means it has very little credibility as part of the series.
@LANDWELDERanimations
2 ай бұрын
It's perfect if it was revealed they were rice sized. Being wiped out by an intelligent, near microscopic intelligent race is hillarious to me 😂
Yes I just sat here and watched and hour long break down and loved it.
@adamb8575
2 ай бұрын
Quinn ideas had an over 4 hour one that does the whole series
Love the show, I can’t wait season 2, hopefully soon 🤞🏼
If any human ever deserved a fate like hell, it is the traitors of the ETO.
Even with this detailed explanation I still have no idea what's going on in these books.
@nosuchthing8
2 ай бұрын
Space alien invasion
@ParGellen
2 ай бұрын
@@nosuchthing8 If you say so.
This was very interesting to listen to. I loved the storytelling!
Really smart sci-fi UNTIL... *Trisolarans: "We do not understand deception. Why does the Big Bad Wolf dress like grandmother? Why doesn't he just eat Little Red Riding Hood?? We would like to speak with him..."* (two minutes later) *Also the Trisolarans, dressed like a hot chick with a samurai sword: "You are bugs."* *Humanity: "So you don't understand deception... but you understand catfishing??"* *Trisolarans: "Why do you fish for cats??"* *Humanity:* 🤦
@Kemachris
2 ай бұрын
Real smart comment UNTIL.. She explained it in the show why she looks the way she does.. they are talking to a computer..
@vuzereusazureus2245
2 ай бұрын
Really smart sci-fi UNTIL... Can open 11 dimensions and create planet size super computer there and bring it back and send to earth, but instead of creating or finding or terraforming another planet, choose to travel 400 years just to make war and conquer a suicidal species? These alien need more imagination.
@mr.m2659
2 ай бұрын
@@Kemachris all other Sci fi's have much larger plot holes, this guy has a certain beef, wouldn't engage further
@jakestroll6518
2 ай бұрын
@@vuzereusazureus2245 Dude todays mankind has created AI that can write and make a movie with just a prompt but we are still stomped by viruses. We send people into space but can only cross our fingers that nobody’s carrying a viral infection that would wipe out all the astronauts. In other words, science is met with obstacles to “obvious solutions” all the time and at the same time, certain fields find less friction allowing faster progress.
@joshl6275
Ай бұрын
@@vuzereusazureus2245 Seems like the San-Ti's limitation is a lack of imagination. Which is plausible given the structure of their society and ideological rejection of any activity or form of existence that isn't purely practical. Humans, for all our flaws, differ by being incredibly imaginative, and often much to our own detriment.
i just find it hard to believe that a civilization as advanced as trisolarians haven't looked at their neighboring star and its planets a long time ago. Even Webb today has the ability to find biosignature from the light omitting off of a planet 50 LY away
@joshl6275
Ай бұрын
I would say it's likely due to the instability of their world. They are a spacefaring race but their civilization is constantly being put into a dehydrated state for indefinite periods of time. It seems like their colony fleet could have been launched during the common era and it just so happens Earth sent its idiotic hello around the same time.
@antred11
Ай бұрын
It's an interesting and fun series, but it's full of holes.
@damianketcham
Ай бұрын
Yeah, they wouldn’t have even needed a signal from Dr. Ye. They would have found the Sun and its planets and packed up long ago and everyone would be speaking Trisolaran in the 1800s.
Finally the one person I’ve been waiting for to explain. 🎉🎉
The 3 suns are the US, Russia and China btw. The book is a criticism of humans self destructive nature, we didn't have 3 suns to hold us back, so me made them. The only way to fix it is to unify or run away.
This was a good show, so I looked into the books and storyline.. shitz gets crazy dunno how they're going to make it into a not depressing story! lol
@goblin3810
2 ай бұрын
the ending is inherently optimistic
@RINO92xxl
2 ай бұрын
@Ni-dk7ni this got a chuckle
The only thing that REALLY doesnt make any sense at all, both in the book and in the series...is scientists killing themselves because "science does not work anymore" Seriously...that would be the most fascinating thing to ever happen to them.
@UncleTwoTimez
2 ай бұрын
Not if, science is your belief system as strong as say a religious belief, your whole life's work and understanding equalling nought isn't as exciting as you think, for some it would be inescapable.
@stevespain6445
2 ай бұрын
Hallucinations can be very scary and maddening; drug induced, or psychosis-related.
@SchwippSchwappSchwen
2 ай бұрын
totally, i would go and rediscover gravity and go full pythagoras
@tsarbombawithinternetconne875
2 ай бұрын
This is one of the advantages of the series; which puts into question whether or not that the scientists truly killed themselves or were assasinations by the ETO. Moreover, it also shows that it's not really the results of broken science breaking them, but rather the Sophons themselves.
@MultiDonuts101
2 ай бұрын
I think this is a common misconception that isn't made very clear in either medium. Yes, some scientists probably killed themsleves upon learning that "physics doesn't exist," but I'm sure most of them died because the sophons caused them severe psychological distress or made them go insane.
Please d0 a breakdown of Netflix's cancelled masterpiece Travelers. Love this channel!
Brilliant!! This is a very good breakdown!!
Great summary. Thanks!
huh, sounds alot like a stellaris run. wicked
18:25 acutally in the spin off book we do get to see the trisolarions. They are actually quite small bug size
@jonfreeman9682
Ай бұрын
How small? Like ants?
@setsunatenma9467
Ай бұрын
@@jonfreeman9682 bug sized
@vishnunair7623
23 күн бұрын
Size of rice....as pointed out by some others@@jonfreeman9682
Congrats, you reached 1 mil subs ! 🎉🎉🎉
Excellent recap!
I suggest people to watch Tencent version. It is way more flesh out, more philosophical and overall just better.
the book is so much more complex that i had to keep rewinding to understand 😭 and now i know why the show confused me a little too. they truly left out great details and mixed the books together
@lileenleen
2 ай бұрын
If you find audiobooks too confusing you should just read it, you can absorb the info at your own pace and reread quicker
Hello, I love your breakdowns as always. Glad your doing a breakdown of the show of one of my favorite book series. In the future, could you do a breakdown of Apple tv's Constellation show?
This was brilliant and amazing
Could you cover Rango?
The name of the trilogy of books is called "remembrance of Earth's past"
This is super exciting stuff!!
Thank you very much for this.
It bothers me endlessly that the Trisolarans can manipulate multiple dimensions and alter physics on earth 400 light years away, but they can't harness the energy from one of their three suns to solve their little climate problem? Urghh.
@mushroom4rain
Ай бұрын
I thought the answer (or no answer) to a 3 body problem is chaos. Also in the book they were running out of time because the planet was breaking no?
@vishnudasks
Ай бұрын
They can wrap their entire planet using the proton thing.. then use it to control the climate
@thomast.4966
Ай бұрын
Their planet would eventually be swallowed by one of the stars. Could they solve this with their superior technology? Probably. Eventually. If they could do it before the star destroyed their planet. But there's a stable, paradise planet, only 4 light years away, which by galactic standards is right next door. Plus, that planet is home to a much less developed, defenseless civilization. So invanding Earth is probably a simpler and less costly solution, that would award the Trisolarans with a beautiful, stable and resource rich planet for them. Besides, when they found out that there was a technological civilization on Earth that could develop their science at a faster rate, it became a matter of survival for the Trisolarans to invade and destroy humanity. If they let humanity develop freely, one day humans would find Trisolaris and the resulting contact could be disastrous for Trisolarans.
@cogitokayla8070
Ай бұрын
But they can’t keep it from being pulled into one of their subs during the multiple suns expansion periods
@mushroom4rain
29 күн бұрын
@@vishnudasks in the book the sophon can’t even unfold for extended period without it sagging, they had to prop it up at some point I think 🤔 don’t quote me on it tho lol. Also remember the super computer it’s still just a proton thus very little mass.
The tencent series was so Good
‼️‼️ Woah …Woah, Whoh ‼️ I think I might have missed nearly all the plot ….. while watching it twice. 🙏❤️ Love from Scotland ❤️🙏
This was excellent
glad u are covering this! Ill never get enough. im reading redemption of time now. the emtflix adaptation is really well done. the books can get boring and linger on unimportant details and the show knows what is important to the story.
They figured since they torpedo their future in Star Wars they needed some kind of Science Fiction to cling to
@sjzara
2 ай бұрын
What? Who torpedoed their future? How is Star Wars involved?
@madambutterfly1997
2 ай бұрын
@@sjzara benioff and Weiss
@sjzara
2 ай бұрын
@@madambutterfly1997 Those are the writers of Game of Thrones.
@lifeinthe6038
2 ай бұрын
@@sjzarathey were supposed to write a star wars trilogy but they ruined got so they lost it
@sjzara
2 ай бұрын
@@lifeinthe6038 Thanks for the explanation.
Amazing video
Thank you for saving me the necessity of watching this.
Please look at The Ancient Enemy from The Phantoms.
the writer of this book series must have been high af when he wrote all that.. i want some.
@TheGoodContent37
2 ай бұрын
The concepts are not that clever. He used science facts and made up a story, which is kind of limited IMO.
Quinn ideas 💡 is what got me into 😂this but I love any channel that goes into the lore ❤❤❤ thank you
I love how people have so many issues about the alien invasion, and how and what the humans are doing. People it’s a story, just a story. You have to have things that happen so the story can be interesting also, since it a fictional piece… is a show! Trying to break it down to real world situations is just hilarious. As long as it flows well and has some fun parts even if it’s not believable, again… it’s a story and only a story meant to entertain.
@grimover-288
2 ай бұрын
Please tell me leave the world behind and, the coming soon sequel, civil war movies are also for "entertainment".
@thearmchairjournalist566
2 ай бұрын
I know right, it’s like if it doesn’t adhere to all scientific principles and moral norms it isn’t a good story 😂 Can’t anyone enjoy fiction anymore 😢
@RINO92xxl
2 ай бұрын
@thearmchairjournalist566 yeah and only to current scientific principles which are a few hundred years old. The iPhone 100 might have quantum entanglement communication but currently to us it's impossible and outrageous 🤣
@charismahornum-fries691
2 ай бұрын
Exactly. People seem to forget the fiction in science fiction.
@johntorres2565
2 ай бұрын
Oh lord. You don’t realize that works of art usually have some underlying message?
Highly interesting, thankyou
very good enjoyed watching
Man, communism really does ruin everything.
You know in the Netflix series what doesn't make sense to me about these aliens is that they don't have the ability to lie and they hate humans because they can lie why don't they use their super advanced technology to remove the ability to lie from the prefrontal cortex
@Jeevanm71
2 ай бұрын
Or at least lie to humans if not between themselves
@kingssman2
2 ай бұрын
They really fear the humans because humanity was able to go from first record civilization to industrial age in 6000 years. And from industrial to space in 100 years. They fear this exponential growth. The Aliens never had this stability so their growth would be 1000 years from industrial to space as extinction events kept resetting them. The human ability to lie made them feel incompatible. Not only can humans rapidly evolve, they can also communicate false things. Making their progress an even more of a threat.
@mattsmith1859
2 ай бұрын
Its not that they don't have the ability to lie they don't even have the concept of what a lie is. They also don't hate we are just in their way. And why the hell would they do that? 8 billion people lining up to have their brains scrambled. You need to go back and watch the show again but this time pay attention.
@wolfbane7497
2 ай бұрын
@@mattsmith1859 but remember they're Advanced they wouldn't have to have people lined up they can just do it automatically if they're so Advanced you see here's the problem with Syfy if you're setting up your aliens to be so freaking Advanced don't make them stupid don't make them think of a stupid solution as to exterminate the species because you don't have any idea what a lie is just to build conflict that's just so freaking lazy
@wolfbane7497
2 ай бұрын
@@mattsmith1859 but remember they're Advanced they wouldn't have to have people lined up they can just do it automatically if they're so Advanced you see here's the problem with Syfy if you're setting up your aliens to be so freaking Advanced don't make them stupid don't make them think of a stupid solution as to exterminate the species because you don't have any idea what a lie is just to build conflict that's just so freaking lazy
Netflix every 2-3 years comes out with a great show and then doesn't give us the next season till 2 -3 years
Jesus Christ it’s just banger after banger video with this guy!!
Anyone else get a Scientology vibe? I swear it sounds a whole lot like it. With the different sects within the one group. With one sect being more prominent than all the others. Then you have the ship. Scientology employs a huge ship and has sect called the Navy to run it. Scientology believes that aliens are gonna come back. Only difference is that Scientology believes the souls of the aliens within us.
@Dave_of_Mordor
2 ай бұрын
is this one of those crazy conspiracy theory comment?
@vishnunair7623
23 күн бұрын
Tom Cruise is dat u ?
Benioff and Weiss do it again guys. 1-5 are good and the rest of the season is so ridiculous with narrative plot holes I stopped counting. Really glad those Aliens with their AI that could ninja assassinate whoever they wanted whenever they wanted forgot they had that after episode 4.
@claudiomunoz471
2 ай бұрын
You are misunderstanding
@PaulRizzo504
2 ай бұрын
@@claudiomunoz471I understand that they have a AI computer that can interact with the physical world and in a real invasion they could turn every humans brain on the Earth into peanut butter dealing with the problem right there. The show is silly in ways that words cannot describe.
@minari8076
2 ай бұрын
how exactly can they ninja assassinate anyone?
@RINO92xxl
2 ай бұрын
The show made the sophons overpowered. Introducing plot holes. They were much more stubble in the books
@claudiomunoz471
2 ай бұрын
@@PaulRizzo504 no
This was really cool, thanks.
Kind of wild how many of these conflicts boil down to being assholes to each other when their actual best shot at survival upon mutual discovery would probably be working together to increase the speed they can advance beyond the larger threats.
I can't believe Dumb and Dumber had the audacity to come out of the woodwork after all these years after they pretty much turned the entire world against them for the shenanigans of Game of Thrones season 8 and then they bring out more dog shit.
@wolfbane7497
2 ай бұрын
I can believe they still have a job
@goblin3810
2 ай бұрын
i cant believe all u losers are still obsessed with a lotr ripoff show and come out of the woodwork to state ur opinion. only other gremlins like urself care about. seriously game of thrones was always Mid at best. yall upset about a mid show 10 years later.
Thanks for the explanation, FCE. The only part of that which didn't sound like pure idiocy was the dark forest.
I love this and now i am going to read the books
Communism 🤮
@carloscontreras3633
2 ай бұрын
What about communism?
I can not Wait to watch this Entralling Eye Awakening series 🌞
First love the videos keep going!
Thank you so much. I never would have watched this.
I just finished this series Awesome!!😊
the whole premise for the invasion doesn't make sense when you consider that they could just create space stations around a star in their system that maintains stable orbits actively around the suns. they could avoid unstable periods easily in that case and wait them out on such stations more easily than travelling for 400 years to another planet. they would have discovered this long before interstellar travel would have been and not really be in any existential Sophie's choice of falling behind while going to earth or stay and reset again.
@jonfreeman9682
Ай бұрын
If they can travel space they can certainly build a spaceship to live on but guessing they want a planet home base. This is a realistic high tech take on an invasion. It's more cerebral than aliens, the thing, invasion of body snatchers, independence day style invasion. It's a fresh take on taking over earth.
Hey Niyat how you been doing? The weather is warming up here
The problem with "The Three-Body Problem" is that it takes many ideas from modern physics but twists them all into something unphysically: Quantum entanglement does not violate relativity, therefore no communication faster than the speed of light is possible with it. String theory predicts the existence of extra dimensions, but none of them have been found: In fact it's the other way around: String theory acually does not predict the existance of extra dimensions from higher principles, it had to be extended with them because string theory fails miserably in 3+1 dimensions, so these extra dimesions are introduced ad hoc. And the list goes on and on. As much as I enjoyed Liu Cixins fresh ideas, he's always takein them a step too far -- but implies that this is actually real physics. It's not.
Amazing thank u
Great video Can you do Alien Species,Geth,Collectors,STG,Spectres,Mercenaries groups,Alliance and Cerberus Origins,History,Experiments and Downfall from Mass Effect, Arkhamverse,Telltale and Injustice Universe from DC and Plasmids,Vigors,Booker DeWitt,Frank Fontaine and Jack from Bioshock
Damn, I’ve gotta read these books
Hi Comics, i watched it. Sigh, i need you to help me through this,lol. Thanks for trying.😉👍
I take it that you didn't quite like the adaption? Great break down of this dense lore. Impressive.
This is exactly how i wanted an explainer for this
What an astonishing and epic story. I didn't realise such a story existed.