This article contains spoilers for Netflix's 3 Body Problem.
Netflix's 3 Body Problem was always going to have pro… issues. How could it not? Creators David Benioff and D. B. Weiss have a lot riding on this as their follow-up to Game of Thrones, and they especially have a lot to prove following that show's disastrous final season. At least they're known for adapting the unadaptable, because that's how many fans of Liu Cixin's original book trilogy describe the source material due to how dense and science-heavy this saga is. Then there's the third issue of China's own rival adaptation – titled Three-Body – which is far more faithful to the books when it comes to Chinese themes and concerns (or at least as much as it can be due to ongoing censorship around the Cultural Revolution, which plays a big role early on).
