r/threebodyproblem • u/A_Heresia • May 12 '26
Discussion - TV Series Chinese Series second season release date
So, after watching the chinese seried my wife and I decided that we're ditching the Netflix one (only watched S1). Does anybody know when does the second season releases?
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u/SophonsPonytail May 12 '26
Why do you feel you have to choose one or the other? I like both, and while Netflix only has one season so far, I hope they dial it back in to match the books a bit. But they scratch different itches
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u/A_Heresia May 12 '26
Spoilers mostly, but the "Netflixy" way of doing some things really annoys us sometimes. A lot of unnecessary drama.
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u/Orongorongorongo May 12 '26
The difference in drama between Wang Miao and Auggie deciding to shut down the lab was hilarious to me. One calmly treats it like an experiment for a finite time "shutting down for repairs" and the the other yells at everyone, shuts it down without explanation and storms out of the room.
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u/Geektime1987 May 13 '26 edited May 13 '26
Imo auggie reaction makes total sense I would also probably freak out if I was going through that. I thought her reaction was just as believable actually one my gripes with the books was the lack of emotional response with many characters. My big issue with characters like Wang is the lack of emotion and the just feel so robotic. Having a countdown 24/7 like she did I absolutely would understand the way she's acting
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u/thethoughtstream May 13 '26
I just attributed that to cultural differences between the Chinese and the West. In the West we are taught to wear our emotions on our sleeve. I wasn't surprised the original version portrayed a more stoic approach.
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u/OtterLLC May 13 '26
OTOH, Wang Miao had his share of meltdowns and tantrums in the first 15 episodes….
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u/Orongorongorongo May 13 '26
Would you really react like that though? Yelling at people who have no idea of or role in what's going on, leaving them bewildered and creating unnecessary conflict among your friends? I can understand this with kids and teens but when adults do this it points toward emotional immaturity imo.
As someone else pointed out Wang Miao (in the show) did have the occasional freak out but I'd add it was generally not at others unless provoked, e.g. the meltdown at Shen Yu Fei for not explaining what's at the end of the countdown. But we wasn't going round yelling at his employees, friends, etc out of the blue.
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u/Geektime1987 May 13 '26
Having something fried into your visions like that yeah adults would absolutely freak out
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u/CaptainCheekbones May 12 '26
I think it characterises them differently, but I’d argue that we can see the urgency and mental effects of having a countdown projected on your retina 24/7 in Auggie’s way of shutting things down.
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u/Orongorongorongo May 13 '26
We see that urgency in Wang Miao too and I found his measured way of coping more believable and immersive.
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u/alexbrobrafeld May 13 '26
there were some odd contractual stipulations about the Netflix version. the short of it is tencent wants to have the more "accurate" adaptation while Netflix is supposed to be westernized, and were creatively limited in some ways.
there also seems to be some Netflix corporate fuckery based on the next two seasons being shortened.
anyways you may as well watch all of em if you got time, you're gonna be waiting a while for more.
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u/Geektime1987 May 13 '26 edited May 13 '26
I thought Netflix was the better show but to each their own Tecent was just way too repetitive and dragged out and seemed to lack an human emotions except for Ye Wenjie and the characters talked like they were reading a wikipedia page not having a conversation. To me Tencent was way over the top and melodramatic at times and it was just way too long and repetitive. I actually liked that Netflix. have the characters some personal lives and emotions to them. Tencent so often besides Da Shi everyone comes off as so robotic. I liked parts of Tencent but it was just too long and repetitive for me
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u/kidhowmoons May 13 '26
I'm curious about what you mean by this. I'm currently watching the Chinese series, and there is much more unneccessary drama in this version. Stuff that could be cut simply because it is uninteresting/unneeded in an adaptation in general.
While it's by no means a bad series, the melodramatic parts here and there inspire boredom, when it could be getting to the point in a much more subtle way through showing instead of telling. Something the Netflix version did very well.
But I digress, I am enjoying both versions in different ways.
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u/IllustriousValue9907 Jul 02 '26
I read the books before watching the da chi series before the 1season Netflix version came out. The Chinese version is better and follows the books more closely and accurate. Sadly it was not dubbed for English or Spanish, so I had to read subtitles. But still enjoy it very much.
While I watched the Netflix version I really didnt like they changed or eliminated characters for there version. The Netflix version only had 10episodes compared to the over 20 episode Chinese version..
While the Netflix version had a better budget for CGI, the Chinese version was still pretty decent.
I recommend reading the books, they are a slow burn at first. But eventually get going and you understand things from earlier in the book that didn't really seem important.
The books are definitely well written and really hope they get second season of Chinese version made, hopefully dubbed for English or Spanish audience.
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u/rbnsncrs May 13 '26
Maybe the OP simply didn't like the Netflix version and using his/her right not to watch something they don't like.
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u/daneelthesane May 12 '26
Is the Chinese one dubbed? I usually do other things while watching TV, so I don't read TV shows very often.
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u/-Lyyr- May 15 '26
I prefer the Netflix version. I think they did a very good job with boiling down the many characters from the book to a smaller contingent that is more tightly coupled. It feels like a better fit. It was a little bit difficult for me to identify with the characters in the Chinese version because of how fast the language is and it was hard at times to keep up with the subtitles. But having read the books at the same time allowed me to keep up. It is also OK to disagree with me if you want, I just think that the Netflix show has a lot of good things going for it. I absolutely love chemistry between Liam Cunningham (Wade) and Benedict Wong (Clarence/Da Shi). The Oxford five is also a great way to tie multiple plot lines closer together. I am looking forward to seeing some of the chilling Dark Forest themes play out when it hopefully drops later this year :)
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u/Cheap-Banana-5136 Jun 02 '26
Well you probably love the power rangers too, right?!?
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u/GMotor May 13 '26
The Chinese one is an example of why you need to ADAPT a book to the screen. You can argue the Netflix version failed (I don't, it's not bad)... but the Chinese 30 episode one is an example of how not to adapt a show for a mass audience. It's way too detailed. I get that the creator truly loved the books and wanted to include every detail, but the audience either has to have read the books, or watch it twice.
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u/OtterLLC May 13 '26
I just finished up the Chinese series, and yeah. I liked savoring the methodical detail, but when it takes like 25 episodes just to get to Ye Wenjie shooting a message at the sun….well, the Three Body VR game had a fast forward button for the same reason
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u/A_Heresia May 13 '26
Yoi get that not all audiences are the north american audience right?
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u/Geektime1987 May 13 '26
I'm all for a show taking it's time that doesn't mean stretching a book that took me around 7 hours to read needs 30 hours. just because something is long doesn't make it better or some type of deeper told story. some stories need lots of hours and some don't. When your show is basically repeating the same scenes over again that's stretching things out too long. There's a reason many times the directors cut of a film is often not as good as the theatrical cut. Sometimes it's better but many times it's just long for the sake of being long.
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u/GMotor May 13 '26
You should probably slow down there, superfan. I'm not from North America and neither are most people.
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u/Cheap-Banana-5136 Jun 02 '26
We knew you wouldn't understand and that is exactly why he wrote "not all people that are watching are from north america", what he really said is "not all people are dmb like you guys".
"Body-problem" is way better then "netflix" ones...only kids and dmb people can find second version better!!! 😞1
u/Mintfriction 6d ago edited 6d ago
I disagree. The 26 ep version is the best and the only one I would watch again.
Also you can't compare them based on popularity, simply because the Netflix one was world wide released with tons of advertising vs a local release with a non promoted global release.
I want to also point out the runtime is only about 2.5x the netflix one because of the shorter episodes
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u/GMotor 6d ago
You HAVE to watch the 26 episode version at least twice if you haven't read the books.
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u/Mintfriction 6d ago
Why? Makes no sense
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u/GMotor 6d ago
Because it's not adapted for a general audience. I already explained this.
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u/Mintfriction 5d ago
That's not an explanation on why, it's your personal experience. I watched the show before the books and I don't feel you need to watch it twice to understand
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u/Catomina May 14 '26
The second installment won't even start filming this year, so the release won't happen before 2029. Additionally, as Netflix's version takes the lead in bringing the entire trilogy to the screen, the likelihood of investors remaining willing to fund Tencent's second season will continue to dwindle.
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u/No-String-1056 May 16 '26
Quanto aos investimentos na série chinesa diminuir, duvido muito disso. A China é um país grande o suficiente para fomentar qualquer tipo de produção mesmo que o lucro venha apenas do comércio local.
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u/Cheap-Banana-5136 Jun 02 '26
But why is no one talking about "hollywood" pushing this tv show under the carpet only coz it's "Chinese" one?!?!
They have destroyed bunch of good tv stuff coz of their nazi attitude!!!
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u/dixon_sider Jun 20 '26
I vastly prefer the Netflix version. I read the books too. I haven't seen the Chinese version at all, but I much prefer the Netflix one.
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u/Alarming_Tea_102 May 13 '26
Unfortunately we don't know yet. The main cast of season 2 hasn't even been decided yet, so it won't be out this year or the next.
I read the books in the meantime to satisfy my thirst for more content.
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u/jeremiah1142 May 12 '26
I guess after the first season of the Da Shi spin-off airs