I’m quite enjoying it, though it does help that I’ve read the book several times. I can imagine it would be a bit confusing without reading the book first. Rationing it to one episode a week.

Watched episode 1 last night. Got to the end so it must be watchable to a point, but the London karaoke pub scene may have been written by aliens.

Some of the acting was people reading lines to each other “nanotubules” etc clunking off the lips. An Sean Lock’s flatmate was not given a right lot to work with.

Crawls to a low three stars…

‘We’ started watching last night, neither of us have read the books. We’ve watched the first two episodes.

Relatively slow start (which I like) and an intriguing storyline. We will watch more and hope for the best :o)

Ugh restarted episode 2. Weak. I’ll see what happens but this is poor work so far.

this is poor work so far

Agreed, a load of tosh and incredibly boring to boot.

Interview with the show folks https://www.wired.com/story/netflix-3-body-problem-benioff-weiss-woo-interview/

got most of the way through episode 4. The characters are definitely in a parallel universe. One where none of them have seen any thrillers and where disbelief can be permanently suspended.

Episode 1 is good enough for me to watch Ep.2. I haven’t read any of the trilogy though

Kinda ok but makes you feel like we’;ve 9 series and literally 400 years before we see aliens.   Not sure I’m in for S2.

I’ve read the books. Mrs OD hasn’t – watching the show together is an interesting test of those two perspectives.

I think it’s fine so far 1.5 episodes in – not brilliant but good enough so far.

The earlier Chinese TV adaption is on Prime – I’ve not watched it but it’s supposed to be follow to the books more closely.  Just checked 30 episodes and bizarrely some are included in prime and some are pay to view

I thought the books were tedious ****, and I’ve read a lot of SF.

The show was ok, but poorly acted and Basil Exposition was left out of the credits. Episode 5 was grim.

Episode 5 grim? Certainly a bit grisly. And just a bit ridiculous too.

Especially with the signposting of ‘well if we use missiles… if we use SAS …’. The method chosen seems to maximize fatalities and chaos and imo would also reduce the chance of finding what they wanted intact. Unlikely to go unnoticed on the Panama Canal I’d imagine.

I finished the series. It wasn’t quite in the same league of awful and tedious as Foundation or Rings of Power but I won’t be back for season 2.

Absolute nonsense but enjoyable nonsense. It passes the time. Did make me go and find out what the hell a Cherenkov tank is though. Every day’s a school day.

I watched the series but I haven’t read the books. It was ok, but not great. I couldn’t give much of a shit about most of the main characters. They’re very whiny.

It passed the time in a hotel, but I’m not in a great rush to see a second season. Unless it’s as magnificent as Skyline <sarcasm> and features aliens cross breeding with humans. Presumably, they’ll have to anal probe some hillbillies from the middle of nowhere first. To keep it realistic.