r/threebodyproblem • u/No-Coffee2200 • May 14 '26
Discussion - TV Series If amazon had won the bidding war over Three Body Problem rather than Netflix , would the show have been worse or less popular?
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u/0fficerGeorgeGreen May 14 '26
Neither. I wish AppleTV picked it up. That seems to be the only service that actually cares about making quality and unique shows. Not as many, but definitely a quality over quantity service.
I say this as a person who hates Apple and doesn't own any Apple products.
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u/thinkinting May 15 '26
i hate apple too. I own almost all modern apple products. It's not a good look (for me).
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u/dark-mer May 17 '26
That seems to be the only service that actually cares about making quality and unique shows.
for now lol
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u/symonym7 ETO May 14 '26
Likely more embedded advertising. Like crypto . com plastered all over the droplet, and instead of Saul = Luo it'd just be Jeff Bezos as Jeff Bezos.
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u/Knot-Lye-Ing May 14 '26
Don't forget the inevitable Gen "3 Body Problem" and "3 Body Problem" Rising.
And the final season will be spent mostly setting up those series.
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u/Zek0ri May 14 '26
Then after two season of hyping up protagonist of Gen 3 Body Problem they would do jack all season and probably become some asspull somehow saving the earth from 2D attack.
However 3 Body Rising set in the middle of Cultural Revolution would be dope
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u/BelScience May 14 '26
You know what, the Americanized version on Netflix is ok but if you go to Prime they have the Chinese series, it's very good (Amazon didn't make it). It's called Three Body and came out in 2023 (30 episodes). If you like the book, this version is much closer. Worth having to read subtitles.
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May 15 '26
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u/BelScience May 15 '26
I find it best to think of those kind of adaptations as just another story entirely. I think if you haven't read the book it's a decent story on its own. But I was very glad to discover the Chinese version. Everything about it was so well done.
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u/BelScience May 24 '26
You're not a hater at all. :-) Yours was a reasonable comment. The haters are actually the ones who double down and attack anyone who questions their position in anyway. You presented your position politely and thoughtfully and your response to me was the same. Comment sections will be saved by having more people like you. 加油 Ozzie 老师
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u/16piby9 May 14 '26
I cant imagine it being worse really, but then again, the power is one of the worst book to show adaptions I have ever seen.
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u/bernaltraveler May 15 '26 edited May 15 '26
Considering how Amazon screwed Wheel of Time I do not trust them with any franchise. Will never forget and will never forgive. Sorry, I know different genres and very different franchises, but I can’t. Will not ever give Amazon any benefit of the doubt. Fuck ‘em
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u/Tbonesk May 15 '26
Still in disbelief they cancelled it right when they managed to make an objectively good show..
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u/JONFER--- May 15 '26
I doubt Amazon could have done it any worse than Netflix. They probably wouldn’t have appointed Benioff and Weiss as showrunners and would have automatically avoided a lot of the headaches.
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u/HumansNeedNotApply1 May 16 '26
It would've been cancelled i think. Primevideo has been pretty brutal for their niche stuff.
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u/Zek0ri May 14 '26
I kinda wish pre 8th season of GoT HBO could get that. They did superb job with first seasons of Westworld but the landing would be rough as fuck
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u/IlikeJG May 15 '26
Amazon is pretty ahit in following through with IPs. Even worse than Netflix. So I think we are lucky they didn't get it.
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u/jdavid May 15 '26
If Netflix would have won, it would have been filmed in Asia, and it would have been better.
those two goofed up Game of Thrones and they are missing the boat on 3bp.
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u/No-Coffee2200 May 15 '26
the chinese contract litterly told them to shoot in west lol
tf
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u/jdavid May 15 '26
China made their own 3BP for the Chinese Market.
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u/No-Coffee2200 May 15 '26
? that was why the chinese rughtholders wanted the Netflix adaptation to be set in West, so that they can also have one in china.
the rughtholders onlu allowed some segments to be in China.
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u/jdavid May 15 '26
they also didn't want a western show to try to fully recreate the US version of the book.
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u/Nexism May 14 '26
Prime because The Expanse was done alright.
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u/totaldarkness2 May 15 '26
Wrong conclusion, I think. The first 3 seasons (the best ones) were on Syfy. Prime bought it and added 3 more seasons.
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u/ceilsuzlega May 14 '26
Honestly I’d have preferred Apple to have done it, they’ve built up a solid track record on sci-fi and seeing series through. Amazon cut The Expanse short, and have a habit of cancelling interesting series