3 Body Problem
2024
📺 1 Season
🎬 8 Episodes
📅 Returning Series
🌐 EN
Sci-Fi & FantasyMysteryDrama
Across continents and decades, five brilliant friends make earth-shattering discoveries as the laws of science unravel and an existential threat emerges.
Where to Watch (US)
Stream
Netflix
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Seasons
Season 1
Unsettling events put a group of brilliant friends on edge as a mystery unravels with origins tracing back to China during the Cultural Revolution.
Cast
User Reviews
I am telling you now, just read the book! The show is not very good and doesn't provide any complexity or philosophy of the book. Sorry to say this but the whole series kinda made for less intellectual people who are not into physics and cosmology.
First of all, overall production lacks the grandeur expected from a high-budget sci-fi series. CGI is OK but not good as I expect from a budget of $20 million per episode!
Second, that Leyla is a new character who does not appear in the novel. She is portrayed as a so-called Kurdish fighter who gained recognition for battling ISIS :) We all know that adaptations often introduce new characters or modify existing ones to better fit a different medium, appeal to a broader audience. But this time there are many controversies about this change: many people say that CIA was involved indirectly! The show's creators have stated that their changes were made to enhance storytelling, rather than due to external influence but it is clear (to me) that cultural imperialism is here to tell a different story than the truth. We all see that happened before, particularly in the series "24". These changes were politically motivated and there are many examples out there. Google is your friend..
The series struggles to balance serious sci-fi themes with action and drama, leading to tonal inconsistencies. I find the new (different-from-book) twists predictable or unnecessary compared to the book’s intricate storytelling.
3/10
May 1, 2025
Wow, very interesting show. It kinda reminds me the show called "The OA". If you're into mysteries, you will love this. I'm giving it solid 8/10.
January 26, 2025
Good storyline. But the acting could be better if actors/actresses were not told to swear. Almost every English speaking character swears for no reason. In reality, the higher education one has, the less one tends to swear.
December 11, 2024
Crew
Producer
D. B. Weiss, David Benioff, Alexander Woo
Network
Netflix
Production
Plan B Entertainment, Primitive Streak, T-Street, The Three-Body Universe, Bighead Littlehead
Keywords
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