+- Scivillage.com Casual Discussion Science Forum (https://www.scivillage.com)
+-- Forum: Culture (https://www.scivillage.com/forum-49.html)
+--- Forum: Games, Sports & Hobbies (https://www.scivillage.com/forum-53.html)
+--- Thread: "Three-Body" - the Chinese television adaptation of Liu Cixin's book (TV hobbies) (/thread-19249.html)
"Three-Body" - the Chinese television adaptation of Liu Cixin's book (TV hobbies) - C C - Nov 24, 2025
RELATED (scivillage): "Three Body Problem" (the novel)
- - - - - - - - - - - - - -
https://watch.plex.tv/show/three-body
If you can stare at the screen constantly enough to read all the English captions, the 30 episodes of the 2023 Chinese television adaptation of The Three-Body Problem novel can currently be watched for free on Plex. (link above)
In China, the 2024 Netflix version garnered criticism about it being contemporary Woke (gender swapping), classic Woke (racebending) and also traditionally racist (via cultural identity theft, etc):
3 Body Problem received a mixed response in China. While Netflix is blocked there, viewers can use VPNs to circumvent geo-restrictions, or view pirated versions...
Viewers criticised the racebending and gender swapping of several protagonists, cultural appropriation, as well as the "dumbing-down" of concepts to appeal to non-Chinese audiences, and compared it unfavorably with the 2023 Chinese television adaptation, which received much critical acclaim there.
[...] China Military Online, the official newspaper of the People's Liberation Army, criticized the series for retaining Chinese villains while doing away with portrayals of the country's modern development.
In response to social media criticism about racebending, cast member Benedict Wong said that Liu had given the showrunners his blessing to move the story towards a global one. Wong also cited the presence of several Asian cast members including himself... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3_Body_Problem_(TV_series)#Response_in_China