Three problems with Netflix’s 3 Body Problem

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The Netflix series 3 Body Problem has gained millions of viewers since its debut on March 21, 2024. Coming off the heels of the success of HBO’s Game of Thrones franchise, creators D.B. Weiss and David Benioff teamed up with Alexander Woo to create the series adaptation which has already received high acclaim, but mostly in the West. There are viewers in China who strongly disagree. They say the show strays too far from the book that inspired it - Chinese writer Liu Cixin’s award-winning science-fiction epic The Three Body Problem, the first novel of Liu’s trilogy Remembrance of Earth’s Past.
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  • @JizzMasterTheZeroth
    @JizzMasterTheZeroth18 күн бұрын

    Problem 1: David Benioff Problem 2: Daniel B. Weiss Problem 3: The two together

  • @foxfire1345

    @foxfire1345

    18 күн бұрын

    Problem 4: I dont care

  • @Googleisstupid-sk3hm

    @Googleisstupid-sk3hm

    18 күн бұрын

    Bingo

  • @Googleisstupid-sk3hm

    @Googleisstupid-sk3hm

    18 күн бұрын

    ​@@foxfire1345 well it the 3 bodies..not 4 😅, like the name of series

  • @Roachh2877

    @Roachh2877

    17 күн бұрын

    Problem 4:- Top show of the month

  • @JizzMasterTheZeroth

    @JizzMasterTheZeroth

    17 күн бұрын

    @@foxfire1345 That explains why you took the time to read and comment.

  • @rhkoeneke
    @rhkoeneke18 күн бұрын

    my worthless two cents, Watch the Chinese version of three body problem, its 30 episodes long and came out in 2022-2023. This reporting made no mention of the Chinese version which in my humble opinion, is wonderful. For those interested, it's called San Ti (三体)

  • @DavidCheok

    @DavidCheok

    18 күн бұрын

    Yup. I made the effort to actually watch all 30. Its more thought provoking than the netflix version. Hope they come out with the 2nd season soon. The first series is available in lower quality to watch on YT if you search for it. Subtitled.

  • @CahyoPrabowo

    @CahyoPrabowo

    18 күн бұрын

    the problem with chinese version is too repetitive, if it shortened to 15-20 episode should be fine

  • @yaqiwang5242

    @yaqiwang5242

    18 күн бұрын

    SCMP is pretty ignorance, which could be on purpose. The modification in the netflix version is fine. I think most of people in China have no problem with it. Hopefully netflix can make this series a great one.

  • @omnomnom5359

    @omnomnom5359

    18 күн бұрын

    @@yaqiwang5242 不是中文互联网上漫天声讨怎么就most people have no problem了?

  • @ZETA14.88

    @ZETA14.88

    18 күн бұрын

    @@CahyoPrabowo wrong, if anything the tv series is too fast, especially for the later part

  • @deathdrone6988
    @deathdrone698818 күн бұрын

    The 2nd arguement doesn't make sense, why is there a need to make the cast more global when hit series like Squid Game and Money Heist kept their national setting...

  • @hikkomorisg

    @hikkomorisg

    18 күн бұрын

    Because Korea already has a strong "soft power" influence and appeal over the global audience in terms of K-Pop, K-dramas.

  • @al201103

    @al201103

    18 күн бұрын

    @@hikkomorisg Korea also has a strong relationship with the US. The conspiracy theorist in me wonders if that is part of the reason K-Pop and K-Dramas have become so much more popular than, for example, J-Pop. Not for one second suggesting Korean output doesn't deserve to be popular - they make some amazing music, tv and films. But it's interesting to me that they suddenly became so popular....

  • @lukasloh2509

    @lukasloh2509

    18 күн бұрын

    Netflix is not banned in Korea and they are trying to expand in Asian market. Also, Korean govt want their tv and movie shows to be in the global stage as Hallyu wave is increasingly becoming popular. So it was a win-win situation for both. If Netflix is not banned in China, and C-drama is at the level of K drama, probably it will be locally produced as well.

  • @Googleisstupid-sk3hm

    @Googleisstupid-sk3hm

    18 күн бұрын

    ​@@al201103 k-pop/j-pop......you mean Asians doing black American dance style and moves, and it not called ghetto or any other slur put down....

  • @al201103

    @al201103

    18 күн бұрын

    @@Googleisstupid-sk3hm No, I meant like Perfume.

  • @qqjack
    @qqjack18 күн бұрын

    The Netflix show titled Liu Cixin’s Three-Body Problem should be renamed (Friends vs. Aliens) so it fits the plot better!

  • @OBsurdityTV
    @OBsurdityTV17 күн бұрын

    I think the Netflix Show did what it was supposed to do to get a general audience interested in this Sci-fi. And since the show is successful I believe they will go even Harder in season 2. Never having heard of this Story before I give the show an 8.5

  • @TheArchevil
    @TheArchevil18 күн бұрын

    There's already a Chinese adaptation which is true to the book and isn't boring at al. Going from that to this is just like going from reading the song of fire and ice books to watching the last season of Game of Thrones.

  • @WhatDoYouExpectToHappen

    @WhatDoYouExpectToHappen

    18 күн бұрын

    wow where can I watch it? Is it same title? Im more curious about the chinese adaptation rather than the netflix one

  • @TheArchevil

    @TheArchevil

    18 күн бұрын

    @@WhatDoYouExpectToHappen It's called Three-Body. It's on Apple, Amazon Prime and a couple other streaming services

  • @superpowerdragon

    @superpowerdragon

    17 күн бұрын

    @@WhatDoYouExpectToHappen its on youtube, just look it up its completely free

  • @luci4087

    @luci4087

    17 күн бұрын

    @@WhatDoYouExpectToHappen Depending on your region, it’s also on viki.

  • @OBsurdityTV

    @OBsurdityTV

    17 күн бұрын

    Although you guys say this most people aren’t gonna gravitate to watching that version.

  • @aswinhanagal4293
    @aswinhanagal429317 күн бұрын

    The netflix show is the reason why i bought the first book and slso started watching the original chinese adaptation. It deserves a bit more credit

  • @Ash-vt7uu
    @Ash-vt7uu18 күн бұрын

    Its not designed to be viewed in China cause Netflix is banned, so it makes sense to be more westernised

  • @mapletibits6372

    @mapletibits6372

    18 күн бұрын

    Ah I see, so that explains the casting for Little Mermaid and Juliet.

  • @user-rh6ru5oz2o

    @user-rh6ru5oz2o

    18 күн бұрын

    There is also a contractual limit on how much Chinese dialogue can be in this version, so that's something to consider. Not that this crowd would care. Jeez.

  • @Phlegm_Thrower

    @Phlegm_Thrower

    18 күн бұрын

    Lol you're so silly. It's banned AFTER it was made because of the depiction of the cultural revolution. The CCP never told Netflix they're not allowed to adapt the story.

  • @Phlegm_Thrower

    @Phlegm_Thrower

    18 күн бұрын

    Lol you're so silly. It was banned AFTER the production because of the depiction of the cultural revolution. China never told Netflix they aren't allowed to adapt the novel.

  • @chrislee5685

    @chrislee5685

    18 күн бұрын

    It just senseless. Change racial of character like Snow white and little mermaid calling it inclusive but then change out most Chinese character to white that they reject.

  • @Trumppower
    @Trumppower18 күн бұрын

    They made a McDonald's version out of the original Book.

  • @CrniStevan

    @CrniStevan

    18 күн бұрын

    I think this is the best comment so far!

  • @TatankaTaylor
    @TatankaTaylor18 күн бұрын

    FUN FACT: The showrunners also "simplified" the Game of Thrones books when they made it a TV show. So there isn't an "American Agenda" behind that move. Even the Lord of the Rings movies had to be "simplified" compared to the books. Because it would've been too costly to shoot every page into film. The same thing is happening with the 3 Body Problem series. Each episode is very costly as is. But again, I find it hilarious that the Chinese government claims that the series is some American government project designed to be "political correct". The US government has nothing to do with what Netflix does. They're a privately owned company. Not a branch of the US intelligence (CIA). To claim that is ridiculous. Look, at the end of the day a Western company PAID for this project. So it makes sense that it would cater to Western sensibilities. Its not a show targetting a market where Netflix is banned (China).

  • @TheArchevil

    @TheArchevil

    18 күн бұрын

    In March 2018, Netflix added Susan Rice, former National Security Advisor in the Obama Administration, to its Board of Directors. In May 2018, Netflix signed a deal with the newly founded Higher Ground Productions, the production house formed by former President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama. Obama had stated in 2017 that he has read the books and liked them. He also refused a cameo in the 2024 Netflix adaptation. The military-entertainment complex is the cooperation between militaries and entertainment industries to their mutual benefit, especially in such fields as cinema, multimedia, virtual reality, and multisensory extended reality. Though the term can be used to describe any military-entertainment complex in any nation, the most prominent complex is between the United States Department of Defense (DoD) and the film industry of the United States. So it's not true that the government is never involved in the creation of movies. They have been directly involved in over 400 movies (including Iron Man).

  • @deathdrone6988

    @deathdrone6988

    18 күн бұрын

    True, but you have to realise Game of Thrones is not just fictional but a fantasy setting, this series actually has real-life nations and ethnicities, and it is getting a bit boring that the main villians of many Hollywood and American series are Chinese nowadays, like it was the Naz*s in the 30s-50s, Russians until the early 2010s, and now its the Chinese; or at least let the heros be/have some Chinese too to balance it out.

  • @Googleisstupid-sk3hm

    @Googleisstupid-sk3hm

    18 күн бұрын

    Try again....these shows were made for Americans ,then let the rest buy in....

  • @thelastofthehitachi972

    @thelastofthehitachi972

    17 күн бұрын

    @@TheArchevil lol, you forgot the quotation marks and to mention the sources (otherwise you will be accused of plagiarism, lol)

  • @CATNIPEVERGREEN

    @CATNIPEVERGREEN

    17 күн бұрын

    Fun fact: The Chinese government doesn't give a $hit about the Netflix version of the three body problem. After all it's just a botched adoption.

  • @joeygio9586
    @joeygio958618 күн бұрын

    Netflix is banned in China so not sure why they are complaining

  • @eatingbatsoupforaliving7872

    @eatingbatsoupforaliving7872

    18 күн бұрын

    They were crying about Mao Zedong's policies depicted in the film, which was "destroying" their pathetic Chinese dream thing, its really hilarious

  • @chrislee5685

    @chrislee5685

    18 күн бұрын

    Imagine Sherlock Holmes movie just downright gave you every answer at start of movie then rush to end action. That sum it up Netflix adaptation is why the fan complaining.

  • @chrislee5685

    @chrislee5685

    18 күн бұрын

    @@eatingbatsoupforaliving7872 You are so pathetic still thinking of Mao after he been dead for 50 years and still used Bat soup soup as name when Western latest propaganda already change from bat soup to Lab leak. 🤣🤣

  • @joeygio9586

    @joeygio9586

    18 күн бұрын

    @@chrislee5685 you clearly haven’t seen it yet then.

  • @chrislee5685

    @chrislee5685

    18 күн бұрын

    @@joeygio9586 I do bud and both version + the book. Have seen any other then Netflix version. I got paid Netflix so where do you think I live?

  • @inflvr164
    @inflvr16418 күн бұрын

    Ofc book is always better, but imo doesn't mean it's bad

  • @devious7771
    @devious777118 күн бұрын

    Isn't Netflix banned in China?

  • @xiongferguson4709

    @xiongferguson4709

    18 күн бұрын

    Obviously, u didn’t see this video at all.

  • @gregarmstrong6077

    @gregarmstrong6077

    18 күн бұрын

    Can get around the bans or stream it as mentioned in the video. Also, many netflix series make it onto local platforms through deals but wait and see if this one ever makes it.

  • @smithjerry470

    @smithjerry470

    18 күн бұрын

    but there are some clips or pictures can leak into, or permit into

  • @viki6259

    @viki6259

    18 күн бұрын

    @@gregarmstrong6077 So Netflix has to be considered about people that are going to download and watch their product illegally, making at the same time less attractive to their real target that actually pays to watch that content, aka Western world? hahahaha

  • @gregarmstrong6077

    @gregarmstrong6077

    18 күн бұрын

    @@viki6259 No, I didn't say that or imply it but Netflix is pretty international and wouldn't agree that its real target is the western world.

  • @GameFuMaster
    @GameFuMaster18 күн бұрын

    Netflix changed it because people probably wouldn't understand it from the Chinese perspective. But also, why bother adapting it if you're just going to change so much.

  • @atquoc2721

    @atquoc2721

    18 күн бұрын

    I agree, you can cut short the original to fit the screen time, but you can't cut the "soul" of the character. Why don't they do it under other character's perspective instead of split up the MC?

  • @hoos3014

    @hoos3014

    18 күн бұрын

    @@atquoc2721 Because the characters in the books are pretty terrible; they aren't really humans, they are avatars for the ideas the author wanted to advance. That doesn't work well for TV shows in the West so they had to make them more "down to earth", flaws and all.

  • @OBsurdityTV

    @OBsurdityTV

    17 күн бұрын

    Is that second one a real question? Answered by the shows success 😊

  • @khoirunnisa2801

    @khoirunnisa2801

    14 күн бұрын

    This, this more like fanfiction for me.

  • @MerryOlSoulGigglesmith
    @MerryOlSoulGigglesmith18 күн бұрын

    Lord of the Rings was simplified - - - however the race swapping has become standard practice in the UK / US even historical people have been race swapped but only in one direction or so it seems

  • @Ritternkreis

    @Ritternkreis

    17 күн бұрын

    Let's stop saying 'it seems...' whem the direction is pretty obvious, TO THE WEST.

  • @revolvency

    @revolvency

    15 күн бұрын

    to be honest, LoTR movies were much simple than the book (and they did a great job on it, narratively wise). The chinese version apparently just copy line by line, while the netflix one forgot to add the science

  • @sxyline4807
    @sxyline480718 күн бұрын

    Book is for the intellectual, Netflix is for Americans’ standards

  • @juanagung9973

    @juanagung9973

    17 күн бұрын

    for american intellegence 😂

  • @pauladesina6403

    @pauladesina6403

    17 күн бұрын

    ​@@juanagung9973they is nothing wrong with the netflix version, watch the Chinese version boring and long that is not how to make movie.

  • @Maddoxxx

    @Maddoxxx

    17 күн бұрын

    Me no American, who cares about that

  • @zechariahzenith8762
    @zechariahzenith876218 күн бұрын

    Best series so far for 2023. I hope we don't wait 3 centuries for season 2.

  • @g3tw5t36

    @g3tw5t36

    18 күн бұрын

    You’re insane. It was one of the worst tv shows I’ve ever seen. D&D really haven’t learnt from game of thrones season 8.

  • @kus4kus4
    @kus4kus418 күн бұрын

    I think the direction to simplifying the story make sense. You dont want the audience to sleep.

  • @fynkozari9271

    @fynkozari9271

    18 күн бұрын

    Yeah sacrificing the story and quality in the process. If you dont have enough sleep, maybe go to sleep? Instead of blaming the show. Fallout has 8 episodes too, but higher rating.

  • @iamsheep

    @iamsheep

    18 күн бұрын

    Well it turned an amazing hard scifi story into a simple thriller with some scifi elements. There's nothing special about this adaptation.

  • @dryden28

    @dryden28

    18 күн бұрын

    I read through the first book and love it. I'm about 100 pages into the 2nd book and i must say I on the verge of giving up.

  • @iamsheep

    @iamsheep

    17 күн бұрын

    @@dryden28 the second book is the best

  • @OBsurdityTV

    @OBsurdityTV

    17 күн бұрын

    @@fynkozari9271Thats your opinion but its not hindering the show now is it? Ask people to read the book and see how successful that is

  • @simpleskies
    @simpleskies16 күн бұрын

    Why are people blaming the directors/showrunners/writers when the author gave them permission to adapt it for an international audience? If Liu Cixin was satisfied with the Tencent adaptation or the animated adaptation, he would've said no. And honestly, the reason why Chinese people are butthurt about the Cultural Revolution being associated with China as a whole is only about saving face. Canada and US create many movies showing the cruelty of slavery and colonization but the acknowledgement is a part of healing.

  • @mtljin
    @mtljin16 күн бұрын

    The series should have been extended to at least 10 more episodes. Its so squashed together

  • @muhammadashshiddiq8752
    @muhammadashshiddiq875218 күн бұрын

    Well chinese people, expect a black emperor or warlord if netflix adapted three kingdoms.

  • @chrislee5685

    @chrislee5685

    18 күн бұрын

    I would laugh at it and may enjoy it if it stick to 3 Kingdom history though.

  • @GameFuMaster

    @GameFuMaster

    18 күн бұрын

    one of them will be made trans

  • @Googleisstupid-sk3hm

    @Googleisstupid-sk3hm

    18 күн бұрын

    Not understanding your comment? Is this a ill attempt a shogun series, or just you being a bigot, bias racist? I guess you will say it a joke, at what "woke" and how it hurt you?

  • @JackFrost-ib3xr

    @JackFrost-ib3xr

    16 күн бұрын

    😂😂

  • @leonardijie1165
    @leonardijie116518 күн бұрын

    October 20, 2024 on 0:38 they sure have seen the future!!

  • @gilbert7913
    @gilbert791318 күн бұрын

    There were chinese ver drama, she simply just did not mentioned it.

  • @bradentour3993
    @bradentour399318 күн бұрын

    Xi Jinping's Daddy had to face all of this in real life 😮

  • @zhangsian519

    @zhangsian519

    18 күн бұрын

    所以他是一种叶文洁😂

  • @zennoix9984

    @zennoix9984

    18 күн бұрын

    Wasn't his sister killed by the red guards?

  • @scrappycoco6282

    @scrappycoco6282

    18 күн бұрын

    winnie the pooh

  • @fungj4126

    @fungj4126

    18 күн бұрын

    The father of bo xilai was even worse, he got fracture gifted by his son.

  • @yggdrasil7942
    @yggdrasil794213 күн бұрын

    There's also a 10 part Chinese animation which I'm about it see. It has hardcoded Chinese subtitles with English soft subtitles.

  • @Nachscrach
    @Nachscrach18 күн бұрын

    The owner licensed the intellectual property rights 😂 he agreed with Netflix these terms and was paid accordingly. This video is pure bawling

  • @andrewlim9345
    @andrewlim93458 күн бұрын

    The Netflix series depiction of the Cultural Revolution scene is pretty faithful to the book. However, the characters and setting are different. I liked a Kiwi Chinese actress Jess Hong portraying a Kiwi Chinese character Jin Cheng. Not that often you get to see Kiwi Chinese actors since we then to gravitate towards business and the STEM subjects. My head canon is that the Netflix series is set in a different universe from the book series.

  • @SentaiDadvsRiderGirl
    @SentaiDadvsRiderGirl14 күн бұрын

    Having finished the first book (which covers the VR game and the origins of the Trisolarians), I have to agree that the actual 3 Body problem faced by the alien race was really down played and simplified. Gone are the parts where the reader tries to solve or understand the extreme weather phenomenons including the tri-solar syzygy and appearance of the 3 fading stars. The slow burn in the book made this a lot more interesting, but I think this might also turn off main stream viewers so I can kind of understand why they went the Netflix route.

  • @TankdaT90
    @TankdaT9018 күн бұрын

    If I was the writer I would be slightly disappointed but still be proud that my book has an international audience and a series has been made upon it. Maybe more credit to the writer once again.

  • @LVC85costa
    @LVC85costa8 күн бұрын

    I couldn't get past the opening because I know who is telling me this and what they are engaged in right now

  • @renderly1430
    @renderly143017 күн бұрын

    its a great show..

  • @kanishkchaturvedi1745
    @kanishkchaturvedi174518 күн бұрын

    Totally agree with the first chinese reviewer

  • @physxme
    @physxme18 күн бұрын

    这个三体,流浪地球,还有沙丘,让我怀疑是不是现在影视界搞不出像样一点的科幻改编了。 流浪地球是仅仅借了个原著世界观设定,剧情全部原创魔改。说它是同人作品还差不多 沙丘导演表面上说的好听,尊重原著什么的。然而反手就把全书最重要的科幻元素--阿拉吉斯星球的独特生态系统:沙虫和香料的关系以及它对故事的影响等删的一干二净。还强行把女主变成了作者的嘴替,毫无深度地把原书隐晦的精神内核像喊口号一样说出来。。。

  • @blaccdong7810
    @blaccdong781013 күн бұрын

    There is the Chinese adaptation of the series, which is like 30+ episodes long.

  • @reis1185
    @reis118517 күн бұрын

    Challenge: Respect the source material Netflix: 🙈🙈🙈

  • @jakzeng3342
    @jakzeng334218 күн бұрын

    love how this video doesnt even talk abt the chinese film adaptation of this novel (far more episodes) which is far longer, and choses to hire an “expert” that claims 8 episodes is “inherently limited” in accurately depicting the novel

  • @Googleisstupid-sk3hm

    @Googleisstupid-sk3hm

    18 күн бұрын

    Because it quite obvious it means the western one.....

  • @user-ov4jl6hg3x

    @user-ov4jl6hg3x

    17 күн бұрын

    well, it is, depending how you look at it.

  • @SpencerFH
    @SpencerFH11 күн бұрын

    Chinese media doesn’t like the three body problem. Shocker 😑

  • @macbaryum
    @macbaryum14 күн бұрын

    i guess we can patiently wait for the Chinese version of the show.

  • @gladyschong3187
    @gladyschong31876 күн бұрын

    This is what happens when people forget Game of Thrones Season 5-8. The creators Benioff and Weiss should not be allowed to ruin more fantasy/sci-fi series. Their careers should have ended the moment Season 8 was released.

  • @Coryclemmings
    @Coryclemmings14 күн бұрын

    Honestly, I watched the show and never left it thinking china was bad but that one person who called aliens to invade the world was. Also, if we’re being honest, the show was really generally very true to history. Though china was on the right side of history before ww2, I’m not so sure they are today. There’s a friggin dictator ruling the country right now who’s very cozy with the another dictator from Russia. If anything, it’s probably a metaphoric reference to present china than it is to the past. So perhaps, the show poorly depicted that, but I never ended watching it thinking china is evil.

  • @krixpop
    @krixpop16 күн бұрын

    Netflix’s 3 Body Problems: Dumb and Dumberer production. D&D woke-idiotic fetish. Whereas the Chinese Three-Body tv series is an absolute masterpiece, politics notwithstanding !

  • @Maddoxxx
    @Maddoxxx17 күн бұрын

    Have no problem with the netflix version, instead i have 99 problems with the chinese version which is boring and slow burner

  • @No.One.Is.Here1
    @No.One.Is.Here118 күн бұрын

    我觉得这个很好看但书更好看😅

  • @athomenotavailable

    @athomenotavailable

    17 күн бұрын

    快餐和法国餐厅的区别。都可以跟好吃,但就感觉快餐的食材注重方便,少了铺陈和层次感。

  • @1789Bastille
    @1789Bastille13 күн бұрын

    I just want a 3 hour epic movie. cannot understand the need for tv show. netflix is delaying the release of popular season when churn rate is high. by the time stranger things comes out, the actors will have grey hair

  • @m_e_h_h
    @m_e_h_h16 күн бұрын

    Learned about the book from the series, soooo..

  • @Far-East-Beast
    @Far-East-Beast17 күн бұрын

    I tapped out after 5 episodes. I didn't even know any of the characters names and I didn't care to

  • @grannysint1625
    @grannysint162518 күн бұрын

    Movie/tv series adaptations always dumb down the original source materials. They cater to the bigger demographics with lower level intelligence and attention span. Its cash grab vs quality.

  • @naz6james570

    @naz6james570

    4 күн бұрын

    It's for entertainment. People don't want to turn on tv just to be reminding themselves with all the headache in their workplace.

  • @miaouscleaumonocle
    @miaouscleaumonocle18 күн бұрын

    Welcome, dear Chinese friends, in that world where your original content has to be remade for US audience... We in France had many of our movies remade by Hollywood, with US cast, because the French version was not fit for US audience, but they liked the overall plot...

  • @Googleisstupid-sk3hm

    @Googleisstupid-sk3hm

    18 күн бұрын

    Greetings, thank you for the great plots and stories as well as books. I always find out if a movie has book, then read the original, then watch movie.

  • @GoodbyeCruelWorld
    @GoodbyeCruelWorld16 күн бұрын

    A Chinese owned media company friendly like this? Shocking. Ask the average Chinese citizen about Tiannamen Square.

  • @ybellones
    @ybellones18 күн бұрын

    The book is always better.

  • @user-rh6ru5oz2o
    @user-rh6ru5oz2o18 күн бұрын

    The real life version had beheadings, disembowelment and cannibalism. And it wasn't just dissidents, it could be any academics or people with foreign ties. The Netflix version is already a much cleaner version of the real historical event.

  • @eviltoe7432
    @eviltoe743213 күн бұрын

    2:56. This version was made for English speaking Western audiences. Of course they aren't going to set it in China, so of course they needed to change it in whatever way

  • @thewatcher1261

    @thewatcher1261

    5 күн бұрын

    Then why did they leave the cultural revolution parts in, instead of adapting that to a Western context?

  • @eviltoe7432

    @eviltoe7432

    5 күн бұрын

    @@thewatcher1261 My guess is they were trying to keep some elements of the book and that part of the story was important to the lady's character development. Idk

  • @thewatcher1261

    @thewatcher1261

    2 күн бұрын

    @@eviltoe7432 But that contradicts your original claim. Why not just change the lady's origin story like they did for every other character?

  • @eviltoe7432

    @eviltoe7432

    2 күн бұрын

    @@thewatcher1261 like I said, I don't know. It was a guess, I'm not a writer on the show, that's where your questions should be directed

  • @fourseasonz
    @fourseasonz14 күн бұрын

    Haven't seen the netflix' version, and probably won't looking at this review. The chinese version is thought provoking and close to home. looking at a few clips here n there. i don't think i can easily relate to this netflix version

  • @appletvaccount1364
    @appletvaccount136413 күн бұрын

    Wǒ zhǐshì xiǎng gàosù dàjiā, wǒ xiàzàile dì yī běn shū “sān tǐ yī”, bǎ tā zhuǎnhuàn chéng pīnyīn, yòng pīnyīn dú qǐlái. Yīnwèi zhè shì yīgè xīn shídài, wǒmen xūyào qiánjìn.

  • @ArK047
    @ArK04717 күн бұрын

    Only three problems? Pretty sure there's a problem in every second of the show's runtime.

  • @sfiggz2038
    @sfiggz203814 күн бұрын

    The Netflix show is wonderful, and Netflix is banned in China so as a business it doesn't make sense to cater towards a market that you will not get monetized. Of course, you will cater your product to those markets that you will have profits and revenue. As a viewer outside of the Communist China, I am excited for Season 2 of Netflix's 3 body problems.

  • @revolvency
    @revolvency15 күн бұрын

    the chinese version won't be a hit internationally, they adapt the book line by line even to screen, too slow too dragging. What I like about the Chinese version is they have a lot of philosophical question like in the book (although adapted badly, it is a series narrative ffs not a documenter we need a way to explain the science along with the plot). Netflix version, suprisingly for the short amount of screentime, has a lot of new depth needed but lack the gritty landscape the book have.

  • @dennischen2642
    @dennischen264218 күн бұрын

    I tried watching it but lost interest after 3 or 4 episodes. Didn't even know it was an adaptation from a Chinese novel.

  • @cezinfante4928
    @cezinfante492818 күн бұрын

    Eiza Gonzalez is mexican, I think is cool there is diversity and not only chinese. Is not a chinese adaptation after all.

  • @cezinfante4928

    @cezinfante4928

    18 күн бұрын

    But, I agree with the propaganda thing against China.

  • @abakabucafe
    @abakabucafe18 күн бұрын

    chinese version 3 body problem is the best.

  • @emca1597

    @emca1597

    18 күн бұрын

    But it's not made for western audiences.

  • @onlywei

    @onlywei

    18 күн бұрын

    @@emca1597neither was the original book

  • @Justinschwartz-yn3dj

    @Justinschwartz-yn3dj

    17 күн бұрын

    Thank you for the detailed critique 😂

  • @naizi7777

    @naizi7777

    15 күн бұрын

    no

  • @jeffbachman2949

    @jeffbachman2949

    11 күн бұрын

    Boring slog

  • @sagesfundiscoveries
    @sagesfundiscoveries18 күн бұрын

    People should realize that in the Chinese version of 3 Body, the story is not narrated from a Western perspective. The book had a global issue, where international scientists were dying. Therefore, the Netflix adaptation was expected to present the story from a Western point of view, highlighting the protagonist's background and the deaths of people across America and Europe. It is unclear why some individuals are having an issue with this.

  • @user-ov4jl6hg3x

    @user-ov4jl6hg3x

    17 күн бұрын

    I'm going to be honest, the book is superior to any possible media adaptation you can have. You would be severely limited in watching the show, there isn't as much room as there would be from the book for individual and personal imagination.

  • @Kiyoone
    @Kiyoone17 күн бұрын

    They "WOKENIZED" it?

  • @multistan9582
    @multistan958218 күн бұрын

    When China adapt a series from a different country whether book or drama adaptation...Dont they use Chinese actors and make the series more gravitating towards their domestic audience??😅😂....Real rich coming from them, when all their dramas have to adhere to their own version of censorship rules of what can and cannot be shown which always caused the dramas to divert so much from the source material....lol....US bought the right to adapt the the IP....to how they want to fit their viewers interests...so yes it cater to the international...mostly western audiences....matter of fact , last I check..Netflix isnt accessible in China...😅

  • @jjsamuelgunn1136

    @jjsamuelgunn1136

    18 күн бұрын

    Like what? Secondly, can you find suitable non-Chinese actors that can speak Chinese to cast for all the characters?

  • @k-studio8112

    @k-studio8112

    18 күн бұрын

    Chinese audacity

  • @hilman94

    @hilman94

    18 күн бұрын

    well after they made cleopatra as black woman, what can we expect from that 😅

  • @lionman4191

    @lionman4191

    18 күн бұрын

    @@hilman94dog eater what with the black obsession

  • @Googleisstupid-sk3hm

    @Googleisstupid-sk3hm

    18 күн бұрын

    ​@@hilman94OH that just make you shake 😂. Made her black woman. Not light skin, not colored, or tan ..black. Also what does your statement have to do with Chinese and whites of this series......you might be on wrong video.

  • @alexanderdantonio8999
    @alexanderdantonio899918 күн бұрын

    If you dont want to see 3body then ck out shogun...an absolute banger of a series.

  • @Rockapotamus
    @Rockapotamus17 күн бұрын

    I mean if you want the book, read the book 😂. Screen adaptations have a lot more constraints, especially time and budget. The book has very shallow character development, adapting that would be bad cinema. I do agree that I would have liked to see more modern China involved, but as mentioned, Netflix isn’t in China, why adapt it for Chinese audiences vs a global audience. BTW Netflix isn’t banned in Korea so I think Squid Game was originally intended for Korea but released world wide. I assume this because of the complaints from western audiences about subtitles and the possibility of remaking it to adapt to western audiences.

  • @Hkchinese888
    @Hkchinese88818 күн бұрын

    27日(周六)下午3時左右,廣州市白雲區鐘落潭鎮出現強龍捲風,龍捲風影響距離約1公里,影響鐘落潭鎮光明、陳洞、金盆、良田4個村。本次災害造成5人死亡,33人受傷。

  • @chrislee5685

    @chrislee5685

    18 күн бұрын

    Go home joker copy paste of a disaster report just for fun is bad taste.

  • @Hkchinese888

    @Hkchinese888

    18 күн бұрын

    @@chrislee5685 dllm, what is wrong with you?

  • @chrislee5685

    @chrislee5685

    18 күн бұрын

    @@Hkchinese888 What wrong with you?

  • @Hkchinese888

    @Hkchinese888

    18 күн бұрын

    @@chrislee5685 reporting news, comrade

  • @ZETA14.88

    @ZETA14.88

    18 күн бұрын

    @@Hkchinese888 where's your reporting license, mate

  • @ToiChutGongFlu
    @ToiChutGongFlu18 күн бұрын

    As a Mainland Chinese my government does not allow me to watch this. How do I get to watch this??? 😥😥😥

  • @Hkchinese888

    @Hkchinese888

    18 күн бұрын

    Use vpn

  • @banggoman7371

    @banggoman7371

    18 күн бұрын

    If your government dont allow you to watch meaning it is not worth to be watched, simple as that..

  • @vrrr.j

    @vrrr.j

    18 күн бұрын

    Turn your VPN and then watch from some website.

  • @Hkchinese888

    @Hkchinese888

    18 күн бұрын

    @@ToiChutGongWu are you Gui or Sa?

  • @eb94499

    @eb94499

    18 күн бұрын

    How are you commenting on KZread is that's the case

  • @catr1226
    @catr122618 күн бұрын

    Riza González is not white lol she is of mixed decent. I hate when people try to erase our native side

  • @Googleisstupid-sk3hm

    @Googleisstupid-sk3hm

    18 күн бұрын

    What? Mixed is not a race? But what is she mixed with since you went there.

  • @catr1226

    @catr1226

    18 күн бұрын

    @@Googleisstupid-sk3hm Being mixed race is a thing lol and yes I am Latina I don’t look completely white or completely native

  • @GOODJMR

    @GOODJMR

    17 күн бұрын

    What's white? Seriously.

  • @Nick-kv7sz
    @Nick-kv7sz18 күн бұрын

    WE NEED THE SEASON 2!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @nisanaturals5891
    @nisanaturals589118 күн бұрын

    version Netflix ไม่สนุกเลยขาดความซีเรียสและสมจริง เหมือนดูซีรี่ย์รักๆใคร่ๆของวัยรุ่นอังกฤษ มันแตกต่างจากหนังสือเกินไป อ่านกนังสือสนุกมาก

  • @chitru1983
    @chitru198318 күн бұрын

    The Netflix version does not have a soul. The Chinese version last year was better in extracting philosophical and mind-blowing concepts and scenes weaved into the story. The Netflix could do without romantic plotlines and could have used that time better.

  • @williammitchell738
    @williammitchell73818 күн бұрын

    What's going on with this narrator's Chinese accent? The subtitles said "Ye Wenjie" and I heard "Ye Wangjian" or something like that! As for the subject of the video, I've read the book (translated into English, I was lazy!) but if I want to watch a series of it i'll watch the Chinese versions first. People should expect a "western" version to be mutilated, people in my country (UK) understand very little about China and unfortunately a large group don't want to understand. I suppose it's progress that anything from China got onto Netflix at all!

  • @winjiro

    @winjiro

    18 күн бұрын

    You need to check your hearing

  • @thelastofthehitachi972

    @thelastofthehitachi972

    17 күн бұрын

    actually there are already many chinese movies and series on Netflix

  • @williammitchell738

    @williammitchell738

    16 күн бұрын

    thanks for the concern but my hearing is just fine!

  • @tsudiyanto
    @tsudiyanto18 күн бұрын

    Make anothr adaptation. And another. Untill everyone is happy, or doesnt care anymore.

  • @yinghuynh2280
    @yinghuynh22807 күн бұрын

    Isn’t always the case. The books are always better.

  • @ellis777777
    @ellis77777716 күн бұрын

    It happened many times, if you compare many movies about Jesus to the Bible, it is always oversimplification and lacking the details.

  • @scrappydoo9806
    @scrappydoo980613 күн бұрын

    The trisolarians are the source of this advanced VR headset that creates fictional worlds to test for useful human allys but turn on discovering that humans are capable of creating fictions like little red riding hood? 😀

  • @MarkMiller304
    @MarkMiller30412 күн бұрын

    It’s akin Netflix remaking Akira but set it in New York. In essence you take away the soul of the story and just made in imitation of it. The story was written from a Chinese perspective taking through Chinese history. Just reskinning the story makes it feel incomplete and awkward at times. Some characters still have a Chinese mentality but their face is white.

  • @Miratesus
    @Miratesus17 күн бұрын

    The books are always better tho for every single movie and series.

  • @kierangan7944
    @kierangan794417 күн бұрын

    It’s just pure racism isn’t it? Using a Chinese written book to portray the Chinese as villains. How ironic.

  • @pauladesina6403

    @pauladesina6403

    17 күн бұрын

    How did they portray china as villains

  • @muhammadashshiddiq8752

    @muhammadashshiddiq8752

    17 күн бұрын

    @@pauladesina6403 yeah, cultural revolution is a real thing and it's horrible.

  • @simpleskies

    @simpleskies

    16 күн бұрын

    There are two major characters, Da Shi and Jin who are Chinese. How are they showing that all Chinese are villains??

  • @muhammadashshiddiq8752

    @muhammadashshiddiq8752

    16 күн бұрын

    @@simpleskies even if there are chinese villain, it should not be automatically considered racist.

  • @juanagung9973
    @juanagung997317 күн бұрын

    stop selling chinese original idea to western director or animator or whatever they called, don't do it for the sake of being "international", the only thing they did is making our original series much more bigoted and western centered.

  • @kumomeme7852
    @kumomeme785217 күн бұрын

    Honestly, 3 Body Problem is overhype.

  • @HuplesCat
    @HuplesCat18 күн бұрын

    The only problem is it is too fast

  • @naizi7777
    @naizi777718 күн бұрын

    Netflix 3 Body Problem is banned from all video websites on the Chinese Internet from uploading videos, and is banned from discussion on rating websites, rating deleted.

  • @petebngyn
    @petebngyn16 күн бұрын

    Almost all movie adaptations of books are inferior.

  • @naizi7777
    @naizi777718 күн бұрын

    这个博主确实很种族主义,而且还歧视女性,她说程瑾的演员不够漂亮所以配补上will的全心全意的爱,wtf。anyway,中文网就喜欢看种族主义和歧视女性价值观的视频,对网飞三体的差评完全可以理解,而且很遗憾。

  • @sidakong9467
    @sidakong946715 күн бұрын

    既然都本土化到这个地步了要不干脆把叶文洁改成麦卡锡时期的通共科学家或者民权运动时期的黑人科学家得了

  • @jeffbachman2949
    @jeffbachman294911 күн бұрын

    This video is dumb. I read the books and loved the show. The show also was very high critic scores

  • @BBme
    @BBme17 күн бұрын

    US drama is too far backward from their movies. US drama also too backward from South Korea, Japan, China and HK

  • @antimime666
    @antimime66617 күн бұрын

    This girl sure sounds like a racist.

  • @DisguisedCitrus
    @DisguisedCitrus17 күн бұрын

    the problem is it is 8 episodes long there's no way you can produce something faithful to the book with 8 episodes cutting content is inevitable pretty common complaint about like 90% of adaptations of books into film

  • @user-tl7df2tn9l
    @user-tl7df2tn9l17 күн бұрын

    Chinese Entertainment Products for example; DongHua, always has chinese as a main character whereas Anime like GUNDAM has several Global non-Asian names like Amuro Ray as main character. The Chinese Government won't allow even for such thing to happened.

  • @GOODJMR
    @GOODJMR17 күн бұрын

    The Chinese PLA still uses Marxist terminology & accuses others of political correctness. That's so Mao.. 😂

  • @jianfengwu7502
    @jianfengwu750218 күн бұрын

    中西合拍每次都扑街的,不是恶心中国观众就是迎合西方观众

  • @svanimation8969

    @svanimation8969

    18 күн бұрын

    If I'm not wrong they do not made for Chinese audience cuz CCP banned them so urs western centric movie

  • @naizi7777

    @naizi7777

    15 күн бұрын

    中国观众只要跳出种族歧视、民族主义和女性歧视,就会体会到和西方观众一样的观感,而不会破防。比方说很多中国观众说叶文洁是中国的,所以辱华,但他们也忽视伊文思是美国的,这挺荒谬的。

  • @jianfengwu7502

    @jianfengwu7502

    15 күн бұрын

    @@naizi7777没人说什么辱华的。只是感觉恶心😅还有那样尚气,

  • @MultiverseRaidenClan
    @MultiverseRaidenClan18 күн бұрын

    🇹🇼

  • @hehe-mq2bk
    @hehe-mq2bk18 күн бұрын

    They could've made the Oxford 5 majority Asian but didn't when they have 3 white characters. Why?

  • @Googleisstupid-sk3hm

    @Googleisstupid-sk3hm

    18 күн бұрын

    You know why! Ask the minority they will give you the answer. But beware the nay sayers will claim "woke"

  • @funkomunky
    @funkomunky17 күн бұрын

    diverse cast…. How about Korean series where all cast is Korean and is still acceptable ? 🧐

  • @CodeMeat
    @CodeMeat18 күн бұрын

    And I can't stop wondering if Netflix can dumb a story like this for the Americans, what will be the Indian version? LOL

  • @davee2056

    @davee2056

    18 күн бұрын

    Now I know you're a mainland Chinese :)

  • @CodeMeat

    @CodeMeat

    18 күн бұрын

    @@davee2056 YES, YOU ARE CORRECT! Even not physically.

  • @stephphanie6495
    @stephphanie649517 күн бұрын

    amazon premium also have the “screen” type of three body, that does not over-simplified things tho

  • @oki148
    @oki14818 күн бұрын

    so the west copied china ? 🤣🤣

  • @user-cy8cf3xz9c
    @user-cy8cf3xz9c18 күн бұрын

    整个就在胡诌。愣是给改成美式青春剧了