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Guest stars might disappear abruptly, or a suddenly shifting character development might be swiftly discarded.
The mids were mid and they made the highs feel even higher.
It has a sense of spectacle.
It has a fondness for cheese.
Its definitely whitewashed, in a way thats so lacking in defensiveness or apology its almost funny.
InThe Three-Body Problems novel form, author Cixin Liu lingers over extensive establishing material before introducing the alien-invasion plot.
The Netflix adaptation does not have time for most of that.
Good TV trends toward snappiness, and3 Body Problemunderstands this implicitly.
Even this, however, has a backward charm.
Another walks into the massive interior chamber of a large electron collider and leaps to her death.
Inhumanity can be played with emptiness, but Shimooka instead provides distant, vaguely curious disdain.
This is the most TV thing about it:3 Body Problemwants to be TV for everyone.
But for every trap it steps in, the series manages to dodge three others.
It is thankfully nothing likeGame of Thrones, despite its creators backgrounds.
(Thank god for Benedict Wong.)
If only more Netflix dramas did the same.
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