“Game of Thrones” creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss team up with Alexander Woo for this sci-fi epic about physicists struggling to save the world from an alien invasion in “3 …
Taking on big ideas and future anxiety, the Netflix adaptation of “3 Body Problem” is a sci-fi epic lacking in philosophical heft. Based on a series of seemingly unadaptable novels by Chinese author Liu Cixin, there are grand ambitions at work here, but not enough to propel the series into a “Game of Thrones”-like phenomenon.
Every particle accelerator on the planet is on the fritz and no one knows why. Grasping for any explanation, a scientist turns to a colleague: Maybe it’s God? “I accept that this defies all known laws of physics, but I don’t think that’s an argument for God,” he says. So what’s going on then? “3 Body Problem” has some answers, but takes its time getting there. The fate of the world is at stake and — unlike most narratives with this premise — the series emphasizes brain power over brawn.
The timeline toggles between China of the ’60s and London of 2024, where the ramifications of Ye’s choice are slowly revealing themselves. The twist: This isn’t a “now” problem, but one that will affect people centuries in the future. A group of old friends — who became close years earlier as science undergrads — come together to figure out what the hell is going on and if there’s any way to stop it.
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