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   Elizabeth Tai | 戴秀铃 🇲🇾 (liztai@hachyderm.io)'s status on Saturday, 20-Apr-2024 18:24:53 JST Elizabeth Tai | 戴秀铃 🇲🇾

   3 Body Problem vs Three-Body

   In which I compare Netflix's with Tencent's (China) adaptation. This issue is non-spoilery. Part 1 of 2 because I wrote a freakin' long essay.

   http://elizabethtai.com/2024/04/20/3-body-problem-vs-three-body/

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     Just another rakyat 🇲🇾 (rakyat@hachyderm.io)'s status on Saturday, 20-Apr-2024 18:43:35 JST Just another rakyat 🇲🇾

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     @liztai I haven’t watched the Tencent version but have read all three books. I do agree with you that the Netflix version lacks a sense of dread and despair that’s very prevalent in the books. The love story part was actually from the third book but was needlessly dragged on in the show, and so is the sexy robot (in the book she’s not sexy but instead a polite Japanese lady in kimono - which is a commentary on Japan reforming its image).

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     Elizabeth Tai | 戴秀铃 🇲🇾 (liztai@hachyderm.io)'s status on Saturday, 20-Apr-2024 19:26:00 JST Elizabeth Tai | 戴秀铃 🇲🇾

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     @rakyat this is exactly it! The diff pov.

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     Just another rakyat 🇲🇾 (rakyat@hachyderm.io)'s status on Saturday, 20-Apr-2024 19:26:01 JST Just another rakyat 🇲🇾

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     @liztai I do think that much of the cultural nuance is lost in the show and while I disagree with many of the author’s views, the fun of reading the books is to see things from a different & very prevalent perspective. On the other hand, I do think that Liu Cixin gets pretty misogynistic in the third book, and his writing style leaves much to be desired. The first book is very much just a warmup & crazy things are coming next so I’d love to see how they tackle the next seasons!