The Three-Body Problem Archives

At the Yen Press Industry Panel at Seattle's Sakura-Con, Yen Press announced that it would be releasing the North American print edition of The Three-Body Problem comic, an adaptation of Liu Cixin's award-winning novel that has sold over 3 million copies in North America The Three-Body Problem is the first installment of Liu's Remembrance of Earth's Past trilogy,[...]

Here's a Chinese New Year (or should it be Lunar New Year since other parts of Asia celebrate it too?) surprise: the original Chinese TV series adaptation of Liu Cixin's epic Science Fiction saga The Three-Body Problem is going to stream on Peacock on February 10th, a month ahead of the Netflix adaptation All thirty[...]

The television adaptation of Liu Cixin's The Three-Body Problem has ended its thirty-episode run, adapting the entire novel, barring the parts the censors insisted the producers cut out of the show However, studio Tencent announced that it would be getting not only a second season adapting the second book in the trilogy, The Dark Forest,[...]

The Three-Body Problem is probably the most faithful television adaptation of a book for decades in any country No other television show or movie has followed its source book this closely, but it does more than that Screenwriter Tian Liang Liang, along with director Yang Lei and the producers, are obviously fans of Liu Cixin's[...]

The Chinese television adaptation of Liu Cixin's epic Chinese Science Fiction novel The Three-Body Problem has completed its thirty-episode run on both broadcast television and streaming In an act of possibly masochistic insanity, we reviewed all thirty episodes and became the only outlet in the West to do that Why did we do that? Because[...]

So where does The Three-Body Problem finale go with about fifteen minutes left after the revelation that humanity is doomed to be defeated by an invading alien fleet that's arriving over four hundred years later? First, with despair. "The Three-Body Problem" still, Tencent The Aftermath of the End of Physics Wang Miao and Ding Yi, the scientists with[...]

We're at the final episode of The Three-Body Problem, one of the most cerebral and conceptually ambitious Science Fiction television series and China's first real Science Fiction series Liu Cixin's novel is a huge deal in China, heralding the country's entry into the annals of the global Science Fiction scene and a signpost of modern[...]

We're down to the twenty-ninth episode of The Three-Body Problem and it's really just the beginning of the climax Apparently the production saved a quarter of the show's FX budget for the big action climax of both the book and the series It's what fans of the book have been waiting for. Still from "The Three-Body[...]

The second half of episode twenty-eight of The Three-Body Problem feels like a different episode altogether We're past the British-style murder mystery now that it's been answered Wang Miao (Edward Zhang) has gone home after all the revelations of Science Grandma Ye Wen Jie's confession to ruminate quietly on the tragedy of it all He[...]

We're approaching the endgame of The Three-Body Problem now with just three episodes to go Episode twenty-eight is really two different chapters of the story with completely different tones There's so much to discuss that we're splitting our review into two parts It's practically two half-hour episodes put together The first part wraps up the[...]

Episode twenty-seven of The Three-Body Problem completes the history of Science Grandma Ye Wen Jie's story and how she came to form the Earth Trisolaran Organisation with an American named Mike Evans (Kenan Heppe) This is the last episode devoted to backstory so that all the cards are on the table for what it's been[...]

Episode twenty-six of The Three-Body Problem completes the story of Science Grandma Ye Wen Jie's (Chen Jin) time at the Red Coast base Now in custody, she's interrogated by General Chang (Lin Yong Jian) and watched by the generals and Wang Miao (Edward Zhang). "The Three-Body Problem" still, Tencent The Three-Body Problem's First Murders Back to 1979[...]

Episode twenty-five of The Three-Body Problem comes in three segments, and there's real action this time, which often feels like a surprise when most of the story is cerebral and talks about hard science But anyway, it's following the order of events in Liu Cixin's book faithfully, so that's how it's going to be. "The Three-Body[...]

In episode twenty-four of The Three-Body Problem, things slow waaaaaaay down again as we flash back to Science Grandma's origin story and her long path to become a full-blown terror leader and Bond villain Technically, Wang Miao (Edward Zhang) is still trapped in a meeting with over two hundred followers of the Earth Trisolaran Organisation[...]

Episode twenty-three of The Three-Body Problem is where things get really real War is coming With aliens, no less People have been murdered to make it easier for that to happen And Science Grandma goes full Bond Villain. "The Three-Body Problem", Tencent The Three-Body Problem's Resident Terminator Wang Miao (Edward Zhang) has an invitation to attend a meeting[...]

Episode twenty-two of The Three-Body Problem is almost all new material not in Liu Cixin's original novel It was created for the show by screenwriter Tian Liang Liang who, along with the producer and director, know the book inside-out and is one of the best episodes that make the story better It also features the[...]

Episode twenty-one of The Three-Body Problem opens with a twist: turns out Pan Han (Johnny Zhang) didn't exactly murder Shen Yu Fei Video cameras at her house showed he left before she shot herself He left her the gun, knowing what she would do, and knows he's going to get away with it. "The Three-Body Problem",[...]

Episode twenty of The Three-Body Problem is where things start to move despite a slow start, but what it reveals is important, and major shifts happen where everything changes, including more tragedy In fact, as the story progresses, it becomes clear that The Three-Body Problem saga is a series of tragedies, each getting bigger than[...]

The nineteenth episode of The Three-Body Problem continues the series' slowed pace with more exposition that we need to know before it goes any further There's a rumour that the makers of the series originally planned twenty or twenty-two episodes, but the studio asked them to make thirty so that older viewers not used to[...]

And we're at episode eighteen of The Three-Body Problem, where we delve more into Science Grandma Ye Wen Jie's (Chen Jia) story How do we know? Because the opening credits sequence and the song always show her and Red Coast base when the show is about her And she's the most compelling character in the[...]

Everything changes in episode seventeen of The Three-Body Problem We already read the book, so we saw it coming, but it was still fun to see how the show handles it, and there are quite a few changes from the book that make the show better It has more action than Liu Cixin's book. "The Three-Body[...]

In episode sixteen of The Three-Body Problem, lots of plot happens again to set up what comes next Things previously hinted at are finally spelled out loud so that viewers understand what's going to happen next That includes new scenes not in the book to move things along. "The Three-Body Problem", Tencent Introducing Wei Cheng, The Three-Body[...]

Episode fifteen of The Three-Body Problem moves away from Science Grandma's story in the Cultural Revolution just when things were about to get interesting We go back to the online VR game that's all the rage with scientists and intellectuals for the goofiest episode in the whole series That's right, we've come to the "turn[...]

Episode fourteen of The Three-Body Problem has been unlocked to stream for free on Tencent's YouTube channel, so non-subscribers to their streaming service are experiencing the show at the same time as everyone in China who's watching it on broadcast television This time we start going into Science Grandma's time at the Red Coast satellite[...]

Episode thirteen of The Three-Body Problem is unlocked for free streaming, so time to recap and review Yes, the show is insanely faithful to Liu Cixin's book, following its basic structure, including having Ye Wen Jie, aka Science Grandma's origin story, in the middle of the story as it was originally serialized in China (and[...]

The Three-Body Problem, the Chinese television adaptation of Liu Cixin's Science Fiction novel, is arguably the biggest Science Fiction show in the world right now, even if most people watching it are in China Rumour has it that the series has over one hundred million viewers following the show from beginning to end, including rewatches[...]

Episode Twelve of The Three-Body Problem leaves the Cultural Revolution after the last episode's cliffhanger and takes us back to the present day – well, 2007, the year the book was originally published in China and, therefore, the story's present Ye Wen Jie, aka Science Grandma's origin story, once again takes a backseat while the[...]

The eleventh episode of The Three-Body Problem is the one every fan of the book has been waiting for They thought it couldn't be done, that would be censored They're kind of right The episode begins Ye Wen Jie's experiences during the Cultural Revolution that leads to pivotal moments in the story but waters it[...]

Episode ten of The Three-Body Problem has been unlocked on Tencent's YouTube channel, and it's the last episode before things start to get intense The first half of the episode is a character-based set-up again, with moments not from the novel but designed to keep the audience invested emotionally in the characters Liu Cixin's book[...]

Episode nine of The Three-Body Problem has been unlocked on Tencent's YouTube channel, and it's an interesting one to talk about The original novel by Liu Cixin can be rather dry with talking heads, mostly scientist Wang Miao and cop Shi Qiang explaining the plot and scientific theory to each other and the reader The[...]