I started watching the Netflix 3-Body Problem (only finished one episode so far). I mean, it's interesting enough to continue to watch.
I see the Chinese version is on Amazon. Maybe it's worth watching them both and comparing them.
Finished Episode #2 today. There was a lot of the "game" stuff in this episode, and I wasn't that impressed, but I don't know where it is going. It was both unsettling and kind of dumb in execution. (I haven't read the books.)
The modern storyline is okay, but I'm more into the Chinese 1966-1980 sequence. it seems more compelling for some reason -- and I was kinda blown away by the ending of this episode, kind of a jaw-dropper moment. I have no idea what this series is really about now.
Also, I'm hearing Benedict Wong talking with a Brit accent, which still tickles me every time he opens his mouth. I didn't even know he could do that. I guess I'm an idiot, since I realize now he is British in origin (and this is likely his actual speaking voice), but I've only ever heard him in films where they were making him speak English with a heavy Asian accent of some kind. Why the hell would American filmmakers have him do that all the time? (Edit: Intrigued, I called up some interviews with him -- his actual Brit accent is different I think than what he's using on this show.)
EDIT (Sunday): four episodes in. It's improved a bit and it's more clear what this series is about at least. But I'm really curious to see how the book and Chinese series approached this. I find the VR game the least interesting part of the show. Lots of GoT alumni popping up too. Marlo Kelly is an interesting actress, she tends to hold a scene when she's in it.
EDIT2: Episode 5. That was more like it -- same guys who did all the crazy stuff in GoT, and this episode was back in that style at last. I kind of guessed what Ward was up to, but seeing it unfold was not any less horrific. The effects were mind-boggling. Better yet, it was more like the sacrifice of a good chess piece by the other side to win an even greater position on the board. I am really curious how much of this tracks with the book. Aside from the actual horrific jaw-dropping destructive moments, I think what made this sequence the most effective was seeing all the things that WEREN'T people being impacted. It's like watching something you can't see, but you can track what is going on by the signs of its passing, and that is actually more horrific than most of the other moments because it is showing you the inevitable and relentless.
I find Jin believable but not really Aggie as a top scientific mind, honestly.
Clarence Da Shi also had some really great banter lines this episode.