It’s good, but literally every major and minor plot point is going to get smashed into your head over and over again with obvious foreshadowing.
Really interesting story, and I’ll probably read all the books before season 2 comes out then (hopefully) keep enjoying the show.
The same guys who did GoT are making this. They do really well at taking in depth high quality books, and then dumbing it down and stripping everything that isn’t plot relevant out.
So anything they’re involved in, it’s usually best to read the books first.
Silo would be an example of the opposite. The show changes the order information is presented and fleshes it out more than the books in some ways. The two compliment each other.
DB and Dan (or whatever their names are) basically just do AV book reports with insane budgets. As long as they don’t run out of source material again, the show is pretty good.
They often take out good stuff though. Like in the books there’s a chapter that touches on The Mountain having CTE and insane migraines, which causes his hyper aggressive behavior. He’s pure evil, and a literal giant piece of shit. But there’s a reason that explains it without excusing it.
I feel like most of the characters in 3 body problem are like that, and knowing that extra info would make the show better.
entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org 3 months ago
I read the first book and I’ve seen the first 6 episodes of the show.
It’s good. It cuts down on some of the nerdy math and science bits from the book while still hitting all the interesting plot points and the highlights. It changes quite a few characters and the city it takes place in (for the present day segments), but the meat of the book was the ideas, so it still works quite well IMO.
So far I’d say it’s good or very good, but not mind-blowingly great. A competent adaptation that takes some liberties but leaves the really good stuff the same.
v_krishna@lemmy.ml 3 months ago
Interesting review. I read all 3 books and found the characters and the writing itself to be the weakest part, while the mathy stuff was the most interesting. This esp gets true in the third book. But I also have an infinite loathing for D&D and don’t really trust in their ability to do anything.
entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org 3 months ago
I agree that the mathy stuff was the most interesting and I found that dumbing-down to be the most disappointing part of the adaptation, but on the other hand, it makes sense to do when you’re trying to have it find a wider audience, so I tolerate it.
JoMomma@lemm.ee 3 months ago
What’s wrong with Dungeons and Dragons?
eerongal@ttrpg.network 3 months ago
pretty sure theyre talking about the show runners, David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, the same people who ran (and messed up) game of thrones.