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3 Body Problem: Countdown (2024)
Ridiculous
An adaption of the most recent scy-fi classic.
As the positives, I would clearly name the soundtrack, the acting and the imagery.
As to other aspects: the main roles are played by two per se great actresses that were unfortunately given unnecessarily cocky and cringreworth scripts, fobbimg off some redneck in a bar by laying out their scientific or career accomplishments, and occasionally displaying dominance by retorting their peers snappily. However, both eventually, yet reluctantly, evolve into likable protagonists. Most other characters are doomed to remain shallow punny sidekicks or tokens.
For some reason, the first episode oozes anglocentrism. Why the "famous Oxford particle collider" instead of CERN? And how is pointing a finger at China for the cultural revolution helping the story? Would we be offended if we weren't the heros? Questions unanswered..
I was looking for mind-blowing Sci-fi ideas, a window through which I can escape from my terrestrial life for a night, while being greatly entertained. And yes, I'm entertained! But I'm also force-fed some half-baked cultural and political preachings, which is ironically spiced up with some good-old anglosaxon-savior-narrative - none of which I had to endure when I read the books.