Thanks, my lord. I will dehydrate until next video.

What!!! 2 hours of 3 body talk, I'm re-hydrating for this!

I'm just happy people are finally rememebering Hu Wen exists. Not because he is super important, but because it proves the show isn't making up things to pad for casting... all the people we're there. Some of the details got changed, and they're mixing things up here and there, but the core of the characters are still there. (Random aside, I am convinced Auggie is going to be the second Swordholder, since it will play better with her feelings over Judgement Day)

If anyone is interested, here's the actual Einstein joke explained: > So, Einstein dies. He finds himself in heaven, and he has his violin. He's overjoyed. He loves his violin. More than physics. Even more than women. This introduction sets up Einstein as a representation of a civilization, with his violin symbolizing the civilization's technological capabilities and achievements. > He's excited to find out how well he can play in heaven. He imagines he'll be pretty damn good. So he starts tuning up, and the angels rush at him. "What are you doing?" they say. "I'm getting ready to play." "Don't do that. God won't like it." "He's a saxophonist." Einstein's eagerness to showcase his musical abilities in heaven mirrors a civilization's desire to demonstrate its advancements and make its presence known in the universe. The angels' warning not to play because "God won't like it" suggests that revealing one's capabilities to a superior civilization can lead to unfavorable consequences. > So Einstein stops. He doesn't play, but it's difficult. He loves music, and there's actually not much to do in heaven. And sure enough, from high above, he hears a saxophone. It's playing "Take the A Train." Despite the warning, Einstein struggles with the temptation to engage with the superior civilization (God), much like how a less advanced civilization might be tempted to initiate contact or compete with a more advanced one. > So he starts playing "Take the A Train." The saxophone stops, and God appears. He marches over to Einstein and kicks him in the balls, which hurts, even in heaven. Then he smashes Einstein's beloved violin to bits. When Einstein gives in to temptation and starts playing, God swiftly retaliates by causing him pain and destroying his violin. This represents the potential consequences of a less advanced civilization revealing its presence and capabilities to a superior one, resulting in its destruction. > Eternity without music. Heaven has become hell for Einstein. And, as he writhes on the ground, holding his smashed balls, an angel comes over and says, "We warned you." "Never play with God." The punishment inflicted upon Einstein serves as a warning to other civilizations: "Never play with God," or in other words, never attempt to engage or compete with a superior civilization, as doing so can lead to dire consequences and the loss of everything they hold dear. The joke, as told by Ye Wenjie, is a cautionary tale about the risks of revealing one's presence and capabilities in a universe where the intentions of other civilizations are unknown, as described by the dark forest theory in cosmic sociology. It emphasizes the importance of maintaining silence and avoiding contact with potentially hostile civilizations to ensure survival.

I just spent the last few nights watching almost all of your three body videos. Incredible. New fan of Quinn. Such brilliant summary of the whole story. Amazing breakdown of concepts. This is quality.

About the ETO raid, in the book, the girl that Tatatina may took the role of threatens to kill everyone with a mini nuke if they don't let Ye Wenji go. Dai Shi called it bullshit then one guy in his team toss her some scale, the first 2 "bombs" did nothing, but the third one makes it tip, that guy stops smirking. Dai Shi immediately come up with a plan, he tells the girl that they have found her mother, when she is distracted, he shoot the bomb, thus neutralizing it. When asked how he know about her mother, Shi said that he know jack shit about it, but people like her definitely lack a mother in their life.

This is one of those divine interventions, I literally got into science fiction yesterday night because of this guy, I couldn’t sleep because I stayed up the night before messing my sleep schedule, so I was wide awake at 2am and somehow UKposts recommended me a 4.5 hour video of the TBP sci-fi series and thought “ahh what the hell” finished that one video in one sitting snuggled up under my covers letting my mind go wild, I just ordered the series of Amazon and am looking for more into sci-if novels, so thanks!

People really complaining about swear words and marijuana? That’s about as silly as it gets lol

the "I can't believe Saul smokes weed" is fucking hilarious given who the character is. I cannot fucking wait for season 2 when he goes FULL hedonist, I remember laughing at the Luo Ji sections in the book so many times, it's gonna be even funnier in the show

Also this is a really random thing but Changing "Trisolarans" to "The San Ti" has the added benefit of making the title of the first book hit harder. Because "San Ti" = "Three Body". So the title "Three Body Problem" now refers both to the difficult astronomical conditions of the Trisolaran homeworld, and to the fact that earth "Has a problem with the San Ti"

Episode 5 was a BANGER. My 2 favorite sequences from the first book in 1 episode. The nanowire boat scene and the sophons being built scene. I was worried how they would be handled on screen and I was happy with both. The sophons scene was done much better in the book and I wish the show went more in depth with it. Like how in the book it goes into all the failed attempts and stuff. But I was still happy with how they handled it. The nanowire scene with judgement day however was done better on screen than it was in the book. I like how they didn't hold back on the brutality and it felt more impactful emotionally because in the book it is kind of just breezed over and never mentioned again. I really do enjoy this season overall. I am very excited to see how they are gonna handle the droplet attack and possibly even the dimension strike if they take the show that far.

Really nice comparison, one small correction @34:19. The image is that of Nataraj at CERN. Natraj is Shiva doing what is called the Tandava dance. As given on the CERN website: "In the Hindu religion, this form of the dancing Lord Shiva is known as the Nataraj and symbolises Shakti, or life force. As a plaque alongside the statue explains, the belief is that Lord Shiva danced the Universe into existence, motivates it, and will eventually extinguish it. Carl Sagan drew the metaphor between the cosmic dance of the Nataraj and the modern study of the 'cosmic dance' of subatomic particles."

Regarding Saul being Luo Ji, Luo Ji was also described as a one-night-stand kind of guy. I wanted to use the word womanizer but that might be too harsh a description. I also didn’t realize Saul would be manifesting Luo Ji until the last few episodes but his outlook on life and overall demeanor in the whole Netflix show are almost one-to-one Luo Ji’s described traits leading up to his nomination as a Wallfacer in hindsight.

I think the Einstein part of the joke does have some relevance, in that it gives a hint for the interpretation. It helps triangulate the point. Make noise and you'll get killed, with fermi's paradox and game theory explaining how and why you'll get killed.

Really enjoyed the show. 3 Body Problem was already on my reading list but now it has moved all the way up to next in line

Glad to see this channel growing. Undoubtedly one of my favourite UKposts channels to listen to. Thanks for all your content. Keep up the good work.

Thanks as always for a great video. I was disappointed with the omission of Manuel Rey Diaz as his Wall Facer plan, his character , backstory and Humanity’s reaction to his plan was so intriguing and savage. Maybe his plan will be adapted to another of the Wall Facers in the next series though.

I liked both the tencent and netflix version. I love the books, so obviously I would've loved it, if it was scene to scene but it wouldn't have worked for the show. I don't have any problem with the slow pacing of the first book so I don't mind tencent 3B (30 or 26 ep) About the netflix 3BP: cramming 30 ep worth of content in 8 ep is hard. It was too slow and too fast at few places. It does let the audience breathe and doesn't let the audience think about the gravity of the situation. I think it would've been better if it was 10 ep instead. But I think they did a good job with adapting something that hard to translate on the screen. I would've liked it if the characters were not familiar with each other at the beginning and they slowly starts to bond. As it feels weird that all the saviours of the world knew each other and belonged to the same friend group. It reduces the scope of the series.

Augustine honestly seemed way more like Cheng Xin to me than Jin. I can tell because I absolutely loathed her

Love your take Quinn- you are objective and fair and also cool-headed. It’s so refreshing to hear from someone else who loves the books but didnt come to this adaptation expecting a 1:1 and appreciate ALL the adaptations for bringing different things to the table. I honestly feel better after listening to this video because I thought I was the only one in the world thinking the same as you and thought I was going crazy. Thanks for all you do !

My only real complaint with the show is that some of the shows of San-ti power, like the “you are bugs” scene are a bit too overblown and make it kinda hard to understand why the san-ti can’t just take over already or completely destroy humanity without even having the fleet show up. I felt like in the books the shows of power were still very impressive, but were very clearly within the power of the sophons. Some of the events in show arguably really shouldn’t be within the power of the sophons, at least from my interpretation and make the power seem kinda hand-wavey.

Dude, just found your channel a few weeks ago. Love your deep dives. Keep up the amazing work.

You are the reason for my obsession with this series of books. I’ve been a subscriber for a decent while (off & on since YT keeps removing my subscriptions to several content creators I enjoy!) I listened to every video on your playlist when I wanted a refresher for this series & am so incredibly thankful for finding a kindred spirit who loved the Netflix adaptation as much as myself. Thank you for also comparing characters to their counterparts in the novel, as I was able to see most but needed help remembering the 1st book better. Superb as always!

Excellent deep dive on my favorite books of all time! One thing you said was that the raid at the ETO meetup was more action-heavy in the show to make it more watchable, but it actually was a very action heavy scene in the book - actually even more than the show. In the book, Ye Wenjie had Pan executed by having one of her bodyguards break his neck...then when the raid happened, one of the bodyguards was holding a mini-nuclear device. Da Shi fired a round into it causing it to have a miniature detonation, and there was a big shootout to follow. I believe it's implied that the explosion caused Da Shi to get radiation poisoning, which was one of the reasons he went into hibernation (there was no cure in the present). Overall I think they did the scene pretty well, but clearly they were saving the budget for the incredible sequence in Ep. 5. Just my thoughts - keep up the great work!

Love your work mate, it was your original 3 body problem video a couple of years ago that finally pushed me over the edge to go and read the series last year. Loved the Netflix adaption and hope those new to the series gravitate to your channel and not all the johnny come lately channels trying to get it on the action now the series has reached a wider audience.

Thank you so much for the stream. It’s so hard to find something like this in Chinese internet, too many haters spamming false information.

Just finished your mega compilation video- my lord.. well done. Really makes me want to read the series! I couldnt wait for the show to come out- and have just begun it- but so tempted to read it all now. Thanks for taking the time. So impressive.

I read this series years ago and I was so sad at how hard it was to find in-depth conversations about it! Now I have found your channel and I am so, so, so grateful. I feel very similarly to how you do regarding the Netflix series! I really think the development of the characters, as well as the excellent acting, elevated them and added an extra dimension (hehe) to the story, and I appreciate how they added diversity to the main cast while preserving the nationalities that are actually meaningful to the story and the characters, like Ye Wenjie and Mike Evans, and also Sophon taking on an Japanese appearance... I do miss the sense of scope of the books, both the scope in space but especially the scope in time -- but then I can just reread the books to experience that again :) At any rate, thank you so much for your insightful, interesting videos on 3BP!

You are the very best thing on UKposts I haven’t even started the series yet, although I did watch both Chinese series. I’m enjoying watching your critique before starting .

58:35 Dammm I completely forgot about that. That scene was so cool in the book, with the TriSolareans realizing they F*up and were about to be annihilated by the tiny civilization 😅

1:49:03 "That's when you start to lose me, Emperor Potato" This quote just made my list of the best things Quinn has ever said

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, that makes sense! The Sophon was bending the light... I was confused about why the cop couldnt see that guy murdered against the window

Love this. Makes me want to rewatch the whole series...midway now. You're so smart and thoughtful quin.

Really liked this first season. I’m almost done reading Deaths End so I’m really glad I at least started the 3rd book before watching the season. If they adapt season 2 and 3 well it will be amazing! I hope Netflix doesn’t give up on it like they did with 1899!

This channel is the reason I got in the books, and it was worth the read even the spon off was good. Cheers and thank you for recommending these awesome sifi books 🎉

Wow, thanks for putting together this long video. It was nice to listen to during a long work session.

A FANTASTIC real-time presentation! A very talented man.

The netflix show doesn’t make you feel the existential dread the same way the book makes you feel and that feeling was deep. It touched my soul in a way I never felt before. In fact I didn’t feel it at all when watching the show. Other than that it is a good show.

Was JUST feinding for another video of yours on this book man. Thank goodness for this. Right on time

Your doing great and the vids have been very helpful especially with the theoretical sciences discussed inside. And yes, ETO, does need a deep dive

Really Liked the show. Worth the watch. I haven't read the books but leaned everything about the story through your videos.

I'm from Venezuela, and I was really curious to see how Manuel Rey Diaz was portrayed in the series, so I was a little disappointed when they removed it. But to be honest, it is the most logical decision, for several reasons. On the one hand, when Liu Cixin wrote the series, Hugo Chavez was still alive, and the author created a fictional character who imagined what a possible successor to Chavez could be. Nowadays, it is known who Chavez's successor was, who also ended up becoming a true dictator, and possibly the showrunners of the series wanted to avoid the political discussion that could arise from introducing this character, even if they kept him being the original Manuel Rey Díaz.

Videos you made about the book is what led me to your channel and the book. Keep up the great work man.

Love your work, Quinn. So glad you're sharing your ideas

I read the books and I like both versions. But your coverage has helped me to understand the American version. I didn't appreciate it on my first viewing I was confused trying to align the imagery with the text. But I love the American version a lot now.

I really enjoyed the last 2 videos on this subject. Thank you for your hard work, Quinn!!

dropping bangers constantly, love you long form content quinn

I thought about making a chart with book characters on the left and show characters on the right then connecting them with lines that define which aspects of each character translates into the respective counterpart with each line having a little snipped like "nanomaterial expert" on the line. I think this would help us keep track. There are some future aspects they are setting up such as a clear romantic connection between saul and auggie which we can predict how that will play out. But, I think this would be something Quinn would be much better at as well as having an audience to show that chart to.

I'm halfway through the seaon, I like it. It does mostly capture the beats of the books. I have to say, the netflixing of characters is a little bit cringey at times. They obviously had a checklist. And a few lines here and there are just . Eg: "Did you go see the neurologist?" -> "yes" -> "what did he say?" -> "She!" -> "She, omg I'm sorry". Did we really need this? it's "Look she did a sexism by assuming the doctor was male". But the writing of the dialogs is GoT season 8 tier at times. I know some of the actors, they are good, but they seem to struggle to deliver some of the crappy "banter" that was added in. CGI is meh at best, I guess they had a very limited budget, so that's fine.

it's so wierd to complain its not exactly like the book, ive never seena good adaption that is exactly like the books, different mediums require different changes, LOTR is a great example.

Thank you so much, Quinn, for your reviews. Also, Don't forget Ball Lightning is about Ding Yi's backstory and the official part of the 3 Body universe.

Thanks for all these great videos, and for all your hard work. You helped to reignite my love of sci-fi. I'm so excited for this show. Wishing ya all the best.

The Netflix version is very different from the Tencent version, with the Tencent version being more suspenseful, but they both captured the essence of the horror of the original book. The Netflix version's characters weren't as endearing as Tencent's were for me, but they weren't bad and I did grow to care about them by ep 6. Will and Jack were my favourite characters in the Netflix version and Jack's death made me feel sad. And Will... man I really got attached to him. I feel like the universe winking scene was better in Tencent's version than in Netflix's, and sometimes the cgi is a bit rough in Netflix's version. Netflix's version did dumb down the science more to be accessible to more general audiences, but I still think people can understand the main principles in the Netflix version and that's great bc now my family's able to understand what's going on lol. Overall, while I really liked the Netflix and Tencent versions, I personally I still like Tencent's more. My mom and brother love the Netflix version more though.

Wow mannn prepared a PowerPoint😆😆😆But yea avid trilogy lover and I love the Netflix show! What I love the most is that when talking to non book readers on Reddit, I find that most of their questions have answers in the show, addressed in later books, or explained by common sense. Wouldn’t watch the Tencent one anytime soon tho. If I had the time I’ll just listen to the audio book or read it again😅

I didn't know anything about the Three Body Problem; just took a chance watching the Netflix adaptation ... Totally hooked! Just did a marathon viewing and now I've been hooked learning more from your videos, Quinn! Thanks for all the insight!

I love your videos and you have convinced me to get the books, I enjoyed the tv series but after watching your videos I think the last 2 episodes hit better for book readers that understand the whole story, really looking forward to getting to read it and watch your other videos!

You "spoiled" the whole thing for me long before now. If you hadn't I don't know that I would have watched it. It was great. I think I am finally going to read it.

I think they improved on the books they made more about the characters than the books are, human interactions and relationships, which is necessary on a tv show.

Love your videos! Especially bingeing your 3 body problem series, after the Netflix show! Keep up the great work! 🎉❤

I saw the show last week and went down a rabbit hole with your videos and you putting out a new video makes me so happy!!!!!! ❤️❤️❤️

The sci-fi book fan meltdowns lately surrounding both Dune (where I am familiar with the source material) and now this show (where I haven't gotten around to the source material yet) are hilarious.

I liked how Netflix made Judgment Day a family cult ship unlike the ship filled with psychotic terrorists in the Tencent version. I believe Will Downing (Yun Tianming), from Season 2 to the Season Finale, will have the most interesting and saddest character arc like Cooper from Interstellar (a man who traverses into space but can never return home to Earth). Imagine if the first San-Ti entity Will meets is the pacifist who tries to tell Ye Wenjie to not reply.

I really like your take on the show, very considered and fair. For instance, you mentioned the music and it is superb. The undertow of mounting dread it conveys in certain scenes...

Thanks for the deep dive Quinn and I love your channel and dedication to covering and discussing sci-fi in depth, especially as someone that doesn’t really have anyone else in their immediate life to discuss such things with.

Saul was done right.. more intelligence more vices

Don’t get why they went to great lengths to assassinate Saul but why didn’t a Sophon just take down his plane? We saw this was possible when they toyed with Wade on the plane at the end. Also, a Sophon obviously hacked the cars that tried to run over Saul. Plot armor just when he is flying?

Thank you, Quinn -- You introduced so many of us to Three Body long before it became popular. I expect Liu Cixin probably follows your channel. 😀

Thankyou! Gonna watch it this weekend! 😊

Bummed I was only able to catch a small bit of the livestream as I was at work. And I always love your analyses and Dune material. In fact, you are the one who got me to read ROEP a year-and-change ago. But I did have some of the criticisms you cited. Thing is, I *WANT* to like it, I loved the books and am very pro adaptational changes if intelligently done, as in Dune… 1. Cursing/Smoking/Drug Use: I don’t have issues with having these things in fiction. I think it’s the context. A large portion of the curses in the book were by the police, military, industrialists etc. I’ve had the privilege of knowing (through coincidental fate) a number of screenwriters in L.A., as well as physicists, technologists and professors. The ‘Oxford 5’ characters act and speak much more like the hard-living screenwriters than they do the physicists as a whole. I think people vibe this and it feels off. China is much more of a smoking culture, but even in that context, book Da Shi gets called out for the habit. Luo Ji was considered a wastrel and a bit of a joke in academic circles so the drunkenness showed his attitude toward the wallfacer program. A few others were under extreme stress. So if it had been just ‘Saul’, ‘Jack’ and maybe ‘Auggie’ (after she started seeing the numbers) that I think is different than just having the pub-crawling hipsterism be the group’s default setting. And I’m sorry, as an ABC I can tell you, “time is a mother***ker” is something a screenwriter with a chinstrap smoking clove cigs would say, not a 70 year old Chinese woman and physicist who lived through the Cultural Revolution. Although in fairness, perhaps I and others may be being less charitable due to the sense D&D are dudebros who love their ‘edginess’ and so are just injecting it 2. Having the ‘Oxford 5’ being a friendgroup is a good change and makes sense to tie together the seasons. 3. The universe visibly blinking is a good example of the general dumbing-down of the material that bothers me. Instead of the background radiation of the universe being interrupted, it’s the most blunt, ‘Independence Day’ level version that makes the assumption you can’t explain the most basic scientific idea to the audience in favor of Marvel-style spectacle. Yet seeming to alter the background radiation of the *entire universe* is actually far more mind-boggling. I think a good adaptation could have simply and briefly explained it, and the audience would have gotten it with the scientists absolutely freaking out. But I feel like in general the adaptation doesn’t trust the audience. Again, going back to Dune - I think part of what made DV successful is trusting his viewers. 4. This dumbing-down also seen in the beginning of the Virtual Reality sections, because I felt it didn’t build any mystery about the eras or what was happening. They just immediately infodumped it in seeming fear that this would be strange, offputting and complicated for the viewer. 5. I agree, the Cultural Revolution segments were better in that they went where the CCP wouldn’t allow the Tencent version to go, making Wenjie’s actions connect more effectively. The Tencent version was elevated by young Ye’s actress. Alhough with the Silent Spring section, I did notice D&D’s desire to inject sex and relationship drama. 6. The nanowire sequence was very spectacular and I liked this a lot including the inclusion of the children on the boat to show the cost of doing these things is traumatic. That’s an improvement on both the book and the Tencent series as well.

Yes, it‘s clear that both series are adaptations, but the target audience is different, so dont be mad, just enjoy.

Awesome dude, just finished the series.. looking forward to hearing your take! My take: with the focus placed on interpersonal dramas as opposed to the science and sociology, I fully expected to hear the theme from Dawson's Creek at some point. More hard science and less Friends(tm) would have been preferable.

Best deep dive into the books and comparisons with the show so far! Thank you so much for your insights and hard work!

My only complain is that saul is too much a normal guy for me. In the books the character was a crazy lazy guy that was gifted with great imagination and later evolved into something he never wanted to be just because he had to

Great video/stream really enjoyed your analysis as a book fan. Keep up the great content.

Your podcasts/videos are my new addiction

for people complaining about "forced diversity": if you walk into any western research lab you will see that those groups are quite diverse. As they are a mix of the smartest Phds from all over the world that got grants to work in those institutes. So this is not forced diversity. This is actually the realistic version of it. In the western world 50% of Phd graudates are women. I dont get the stereotypes argument either. How is Saul a black stereotype? Cause his character traits have nothing to do with race (he's a nihilist dude that only lives for the moment, but that loves and will protect his friends to death). Auggie I didnt even notice she was suppose to be latina until that village scene (and im latino). Her biggest character traits is being a genius with a similar moral dilema to Oppenheimer (how is that a latino stereotype?). I bet that the same people complaining about this are the same people who love The Departed without realizing or caring that the source material is asian.

I think a big reason a lot of people are saying the things like the paper boats and staircase project and all that weren't in the book, is because they don't realize that this season contains parts from all three books, and those things are all in the third book, so I'd bet a lot of people just haven't gotten there yet.

I’ve already spoiled myself all the plot points. I really enjoy hearing your thoughts personally and exposition of the whole series. I cannot wait to read this great work after I finish season 1. You’ve birthed a love into a new series for me- can’t wait to see these books on my shelf!

Thanks, Quinn! Super informative, good refresher for us who've read WIkipedia's synopsis but not the book :)

Only Americans would be upset about the cursing. FFS.

the whole time i was like, are these accomplished scientists at the top of their field, or are these moody teenagers?

Great video. Missed the live but awesome deep dive

Thanks for shining a light on this book series and its related media. Really excellent stuff. I might not have found it otherwise. I'm in your debt.The show's been great so far!

I'm a smoker. In the show smoking is a BRILLIANT subtle way to constantly highlight humanities self destructive nature.

SPOILER WARNINGS actually Ye wenjie is much more complicated character than series show, she is not a devil, In the book, Ye's thought has changed three times, At first she feels the crazy of humankind through culture revolution, and she feels betrayed by her most trust person(Bai mulin), then she feels love and warm from Yang weining(this character is actually a good person, really really good not like Netflix adoption), during this period she thought Perhaps this crazy and betrayal only belongs to that particular period, until she read some history of humankind books, from witch-hunting movement to slave-trade, mankinds have always been creatures of carzy and ignorance. and during this period she sent message to trisolarans, Ye believes trisolarans are more moral than humans, and they can help humans transform society. therefore when She had to kill her husband, who probably loved her the most, for the secret of the existence of the Trisolaran, completing the transformation of Ye Wenjie to ETO commander-in-chief. however During her pregnancy she is cared for by the villagers of Qijatun and she begins to believe in the goodness of humans again. But after the Cultural Revolution she visits the people who hurt her during CR period, they refuse to apologise to her, seeing the harm they did to her as a piece of history. Even so, she still had a glimmer of hope for humanity, and within the ETO organisation, she liquidated the Adventists (the faction that wished for the destruction of the world by the Trisolaran). After recognising that the Trisolaran were far crazier than humans, she began to construct a sociology of the universe, and an answer to the Fermi Paradox. In doing so, she hoped to help humanity fight back against the Trisolaran invasion.

holy shit, I've red all the books but the part with the unfolding of proton and eye? I know it didn't make sense to me back then but I totally forgot about it so when you explained it I got a whiplash, oh my... I will need to reread that part again

You're the reason i even knew what this was. Now im obsessed. Ready to hibernate until next season.

I don't get the forced diversity arguments there has been chinese adaptions of western works and they are all chinese

This show made the mythos more accessible to the general audience. A literal adaptation would have been a disaster. People complain about everything. Forget them.

I yern for these livestreams.. I have just as much fun watching the breakdowns and discussions than I do watching the shows. Can't wait for your spoiler talk!

Thank you Quin! I got into your channel for the Dune content(obviously), read the first book on your recommendation, literally in a few days and before the Netflix series started. Loved the first book, and I wholeheartedly agree with you about the Netflix series. The changes were necessary for a western audience, and were good. I liked that the show started with the cultural revolution, which is such an important part of Ye Wenjie's character and history. I am also happy that they brought aspects of the other two books into the first season. I have something to look forward to in the books and really looking forward to the next season(s) of the show.

Hey Quinn! Love your channel and content! I think the Chinese version gave themselves enough episodes to actually flesh out the story.

Everything Quinn does is awesome! This is no exception. NOTICE HIM UKposts ALGORITHM

Including those paper boats is a nice foreshadowing.

Good times for you and your channel man. You were prepared for recent releases

I think Netflix completely failed to present the "paranoia" feeling that was quite present in the books. Sophons in the Chinese TV Series were shown pretty neatly, simply drone shots, but "if you know, you know" kind of thing. It's absent from the Netflix version, the total nightmare of the "Dark Forest" and all.

I didn't like the first book and I didn't like the tencent version but I loved the Netflix show. Watching the show made me buy the 2nd and 3rd books!

Great listen. Thank you. Helps me better understand the books.

More incredible coverage on the adaptation! I completely agree with your assessment of the Wallfacer project being reduced to 3 for streamlining purposes. I’m just sad that I think it means we won’t get Bill Hines’ story, which was my favorite of the wallfacers/wallbreakers.

I think people have forgotten that while D&D wrecked the ending of GoT they are also the same people that made the early seasons. And the main difference? The early seasons had the book source material to work with. D&D strike me as much better at adapting than they are creating, and given that Remembrance of Earth's past is a finished story I think we're actually in pretty safe hands with this adaptation.