After "Games of Thrones" last season and the negative press both Benioff and Weiss got, I didn't think they were going to make a recovery that soon, I was wrong. I had no idea what this show "3 Body problem" was about at all. When I saw their names attached to this show it got my interest because regardless of all the hate against them; I still think they are great at developing and producing a show and they have proved it again with "3 Body Problem".
First, I am surprised as to why this show was not picked up by HBO and why Netflix?. From the first episode it was engaging, even though I didn't much care for the video games parts of it, but the opening scene in Red China of Mao and the story of the character Ye Wenjie is what drew me in. When I looked up the writer of the book " Cixin Liu" and discovered there is actually 4 books series, then it made sense why Benioff and Weiss choose to make this into a show and how many seasons it can lead to.
I personally rarely get impressed with any show or story anymore because almost everything is been done or derived from other stories, there is hardly anything that is original. I can't say that about this show "3 Body Problem", the story is so fantastic and compelling that with each episode it makes you more curious. This fantasy we as humans have with aliens has been explored many many times, but this writer Cixin Liu has an amazing imagination. He has constructed this great science fiction; using real physics and fiction; fused something together that really blows your mind just even thinking about it.
You need producers Benioff and Weiss for a show of this magnitude to be developed; I am sure they have learned from their mistakes from Game of Thrones. Please disregard all the negative reviews from haters, when someone says "great but not amazing", one has to question what they consider to be amazing, because this story itself is amazing. You don't need to see aliens attack and invasion for it to be amazing. This is something Rod Sterling from Twilight Zone would have called brilliant in writing, it reminded me of one of the Twilight Zone episode called "To Serve Man".
I think and predict this show "3 Body problem" will become a huge success and among the most talked about shows in years to come. I truly congratulate Benioff and Weiss for finding and creating another insightful show!
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