buksida wrote: ↑Tue Apr 16, 2024 10:18 am
Enjoying 3 Body though I feel its a little rushed, whereas the novels were more of an epic saga spanning centuries.
Are you talking about Netflix's 3 Body Problem or the Chinese TV adaptation Three-Body? I suppose that particular criticism is true of the latter also, even though it's far superior IMO.
Comments I've seen here seem to generally refer to the Netflix show, but don't use the correct titles.
Yes, the Netflix version. It is pretty obvious who the target audience is... not viewers with a science background since most of the key elements and concepts from the books are glossed over. Its more "light entertainment" than the deep thought-provoking material Liu Cixin wrote.
I may give the Chinese version a go ... but not sure I can sit through 30 episodes of subtitles that'll need full reading attention!
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buksida wrote: ↑Tue Apr 16, 2024 10:18 am
Enjoying 3 Body though I feel its a little rushed, whereas the novels were more of an epic saga spanning centuries.
Are you talking about Netflix's 3 Body Problem or the Chinese TV adaptation Three-Body? I suppose that particular criticism is true of the latter also, even though it's far superior IMO.
Comments I've seen here seem to generally refer to the Netflix show, but don't use the correct titles.
Yes, the Netflix version. It is pretty obvious who the target audience is... not viewers with a science background since most of the key elements and concepts from the books are glossed over. Its more "light entertainment" than the deep thought-provoking material Liu Cixin wrote.
I may give the Chinese version a go ... but not sure I can sit through 30 episodes of subtitles that'll need full reading attention!
Try the first 2 episodes on YouTube first. I found the subtitles easy to read. YT in 4K too. See how you feel before downloading torrent.
Are you talking about Netflix's 3 Body Problem or the Chinese TV adaptation Three-Body? I suppose that particular criticism is true of the latter also, even though it's far superior IMO.
Comments I've seen here seem to generally refer to the Netflix show, but don't use the correct titles.
Yes, the Netflix version. It is pretty obvious who the target audience is... not viewers with a science background since most of the key elements and concepts from the books are glossed over. Its more "light entertainment" than the deep thought-provoking material Liu Cixin wrote.
I may give the Chinese version a go ... but not sure I can sit through 30 episodes of subtitles that'll need full reading attention!
Try the first 2 episodes on YouTube first. I found the subtitles easy to read. YT in 4K too. See how you feel before downloading torrent.
For anyone using torrents, I gave a link a while back for the best release (subtitles that cover everything, not just direct dialogue).
Apologies if this has been mentioned previously.... And sadly I'm old enough to have enjoyed the original with Richard Chamberlain (when we didn't know what a "Mini Series" was... Hell, I think we only had 3 TV channels, no Satellite and no Internet then - how did we survive?!!
pharvey wrote: ↑Thu Apr 25, 2024 2:23 am
Apologies if this has been mentioned previously....
Not that I recall, and muchas gracioso mon cher amigo for mentioning it, as I thoroughly enjoyed reading Clancy's Shogun and Asia series (at least twice) and I think I can vaguely remember the Chamberlain mini series.
I'm halfway through the first (long) episode, and thoroughly enjoying it, though the copious subtitles make casual watching impossible. The lead role of the English pilot, played by Cosmo Jarvis, who sounds remarkably like Richard Burton!
dtaai-maai wrote: ↑Thu Apr 25, 2024 4:06 pm
Don't think so, but King Rat, set in a Japanese prisoner of war camp, was later filmed starring Steve McQueen
... and Noble House was made into a tv series starring Pierce Brosnan.
