• Netflix has a new tv series of "The Three-Body Problem"

    From Lynn McGuire@3:633/280.2 to All on Sat Mar 23 08:12:48 2024
    Netflix has a new tv series of "The Three-Body Problem". I watched the
    first twenty minutes last night. The brutality of the Chinese Cultural Revolution was horrendous. I will be watching more then reading the
    first book in the series that I bought a few months ago.
    https://www.netflix.com/title/81024821
    and
    https://www.amazon.com/Three-Body-Problem-Cixin-Liu/dp/0765382032/

    Lynn


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  • From Christian Weisgerber@3:633/280.2 to All on Sat Mar 23 10:04:16 2024
    On 2024-03-22, Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:

    Netflix has a new tv series of "The Three-Body Problem". I watched the first twenty minutes last night.

    There is also a Chinese TV show. I watched a number of episodes
    last year, but eventually gave up on it since, among other things,
    the pace was glacial and I didn't want to spend the time for 30
    episodes.

    After the first episode, I can already confirm that the Netflix
    adaptation moves appreciably faster.

    --
    Christian "naddy" Weisgerber naddy@mips.inka.de

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  • From Lynn McGuire@3:633/280.2 to All on Sat Mar 23 12:45:13 2024
    On 3/22/2024 6:04 PM, Christian Weisgerber wrote:
    On 2024-03-22, Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:

    Netflix has a new tv series of "The Three-Body Problem". I watched the
    first twenty minutes last night.

    There is also a Chinese TV show. I watched a number of episodes
    last year, but eventually gave up on it since, among other things,
    the pace was glacial and I didn't want to spend the time for 30
    episodes.

    After the first episode, I can already confirm that the Netflix
    adaptation moves appreciably faster.

    I had forgotten that he wrote "The Wandering Earth". I have watched
    that subtitled in English spoken in Chinese movie twice. Just a cool
    movie but I have not read the book, yet.
    https://www.amazon.com/Wandering-Earth-Cixin-Liu/dp/1250796849/

    Lynn


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  • From Lynn McGuire@3:633/280.2 to All on Sat Mar 23 14:47:01 2024
    On 3/22/2024 4:12 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
    Netflix has a new tv series of "The Three-Body Problem".ÿ I watched the first twenty minutes last night.ÿ The brutality of the Chinese Cultural Revolution was horrendous.ÿ I will be watching more then reading the
    first book in the series that I bought a few months ago.
    ÿÿ https://www.netflix.com/title/81024821
    and
    ÿÿ https://www.amazon.com/Three-Body-Problem-Cixin-Liu/dp/0765382032/

    Lynn

    Ok, the Netflix version of the book is not available in China. I was wondering about that.

    https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2024/03/22/netflixs-3-body-problem-spawns-anger-in-china-n3785226

    And order of events in the book are different in the Chinese version and
    the English version. That is sad.

    Lynn



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  • From D@3:633/280.2 to All on Sat Mar 23 21:47:52 2024


    On Fri, 22 Mar 2024, Lynn McGuire wrote:

    Netflix has a new tv series of "The Three-Body Problem". I watched the first
    twenty minutes last night. The brutality of the Chinese Cultural Revolution was horrendous. I will be watching more then reading the first book in the series that I bought a few months ago.
    https://www.netflix.com/title/81024821
    and
    https://www.amazon.com/Three-Body-Problem-Cixin-Liu/dp/0765382032/

    Lynn



    Interesting! Thank you very much for the tip, this will go onto the TV-computer for later watching!

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  • From D@3:633/280.2 to All on Sat Mar 23 21:50:31 2024
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    On Fri, 22 Mar 2024, Lynn McGuire wrote:

    On 3/22/2024 4:12 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
    Netflix has a new tv series of "The Three-Body Problem".  I watched the
    first twenty minutes last night.  The brutality of the Chinese Cultural
    Revolution was horrendous.  I will be watching more then reading the first >> book in the series that I bought a few months ago.
       https://www.netflix.com/title/81024821
    and
       https://www.amazon.com/Three-Body-Problem-Cixin-Liu/dp/0765382032/

    Lynn

    Ok, the Netflix version of the book is not available in China. I was wondering about that.

    https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2024/03/22/netflixs-3-body-problem-spawns-anger-in-china-n3785226

    And order of events in the book are different in the Chinese version and the English version. That is sad.

    Lynn

    Reminds me of when a business partner of mine had chinese visitors and by chance they showed a documentary about the cultural revolution on tv.

    The next day they came to his office complaining about the dark
    anti-chinese propaganda they saw on swedish tv last night. --8323328-1169711927-1711191033=:7701--

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  • From Cryptoengineer@3:633/280.2 to All on Sun Mar 24 03:02:31 2024
    On 3/22/2024 7:04 PM, Christian Weisgerber wrote:
    On 2024-03-22, Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:

    Netflix has a new tv series of "The Three-Body Problem". I watched the
    first twenty minutes last night.

    There is also a Chinese TV show. I watched a number of episodes
    last year, but eventually gave up on it since, among other things,
    the pace was glacial and I didn't want to spend the time for 30
    episodes.

    After the first episode, I can already confirm that the Netflix
    adaptation moves appreciably faster.


    I watched the first episode of the Chinese version. Definitely
    slow, but I'm told it is very faithful to the book, which the
    Netflix version is not.

    It can be found on Youtube:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-UO8jbrIoM&list=PLMX26aiIvX5oCR4bBg2j0W4KKgjYtYBfv

    pt



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  • From Robert Carnegie@3:633/280.2 to All on Tue Mar 26 05:19:32 2024
    On 23/03/2024 03:47, Lynn McGuire wrote:
    On 3/22/2024 4:12 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
    Netflix has a new tv series of "The Three-Body Problem".ÿ I watched
    the first twenty minutes last night.ÿ The brutality of the Chinese
    Cultural Revolution was horrendous.ÿ I will be watching more then
    reading the first book in the series that I bought a few months ago.
    ÿÿÿ https://www.netflix.com/title/81024821
    and
    ÿÿÿ https://www.amazon.com/Three-Body-Problem-Cixin-Liu/dp/0765382032/

    Lynn

    Ok, the Netflix version of the book is not available in China.ÿ I was wondering about that.

    https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2024/03/22/netflixs-3-body-problem-spawns-anger-in-china-n3785226

    And order of events in the book are different in the Chinese version and
    the English version.ÿ That is sad.

    Are you saying that the book is different
    in thr teo languages, as well as the TV shows?


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  • From Lynn McGuire@3:633/280.2 to All on Tue Mar 26 06:46:29 2024
    On 3/25/2024 1:19 PM, Robert Carnegie wrote:
    On 23/03/2024 03:47, Lynn McGuire wrote:
    On 3/22/2024 4:12 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
    Netflix has a new tv series of "The Three-Body Problem".ÿ I watched
    the first twenty minutes last night.ÿ The brutality of the Chinese
    Cultural Revolution was horrendous.ÿ I will be watching more then
    reading the first book in the series that I bought a few months ago.
    ÿÿÿ https://www.netflix.com/title/81024821
    and
    ÿÿÿ https://www.amazon.com/Three-Body-Problem-Cixin-Liu/dp/0765382032/

    Lynn

    Ok, the Netflix version of the book is not available in China.ÿ I was
    wondering about that.

    https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2024/03/22/netflixs-3-body-problem-spawns-anger-in-china-n3785226

    And order of events in the book are different in the Chinese version
    and the English version.ÿ That is sad.

    Are you saying that the book is different
    in thr teo languages, as well as the TV shows?

    Apparently so according to the article.

    I talked to a 23 year old Chinese person about it over the weekend. He
    has watched the Netflix episodes already and found it good. He said
    that he does not remember the murder of the physics professor by the Red
    Guard in the Chinese version of the first book. He thinks that was
    taken out by the Chinese censors.

    Lynn


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  • From Cryptoengineer@3:633/280.2 to All on Tue Mar 26 07:22:32 2024
    On 3/25/2024 3:46 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
    On 3/25/2024 1:19 PM, Robert Carnegie wrote:
    On 23/03/2024 03:47, Lynn McGuire wrote:
    On 3/22/2024 4:12 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
    Netflix has a new tv series of "The Three-Body Problem".ÿ I watched
    the first twenty minutes last night.ÿ The brutality of the Chinese
    Cultural Revolution was horrendous.ÿ I will be watching more then
    reading the first book in the series that I bought a few months ago.
    ÿÿÿ https://www.netflix.com/title/81024821
    and
    ÿÿÿ https://www.amazon.com/Three-Body-Problem-Cixin-Liu/dp/0765382032/ >>>>
    Lynn

    Ok, the Netflix version of the book is not available in China.ÿ I was
    wondering about that.

    https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2024/03/22/netflixs-3-body-problem-spawns-anger-in-china-n3785226

    And order of events in the book are different in the Chinese version
    and the English version.ÿ That is sad.

    Are you saying that the book is different
    in thr teo languages, as well as the TV shows?

    Apparently so according to the article.

    I talked to a 23 year old Chinese person about it over the weekend.ÿ He
    has watched the Netflix episodes already and found it good.ÿ He said
    that he does not remember the murder of the physics professor by the Red Guard in the Chinese version of the first book.ÿ He thinks that was
    taken out by the Chinese censors.

    Reportedly this scene is creating a lot of hubbub in China. The
    authorities would rather downplay the Cultural Revolution.

    It does not appear in the first episode of the Chinese TV
    series.

    pt


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  • From Paul S Person@3:633/280.2 to All on Wed Mar 27 02:48:23 2024
    On Mon, 25 Mar 2024 16:22:32 -0400, Cryptoengineer
    <petertrei@gmail.com> wrote:

    On 3/25/2024 3:46 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
    On 3/25/2024 1:19 PM, Robert Carnegie wrote:
    On 23/03/2024 03:47, Lynn McGuire wrote:
    On 3/22/2024 4:12 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
    Netflix has a new tv series of "The Three-Body Problem".=A0 I = watched=20
    the first twenty minutes last night.=A0 The brutality of the =
    Chinese=20
    Cultural Revolution was horrendous.=A0 I will be watching more then=
    =20
    reading the first book in the series that I bought a few months =
    ago.
    =A0=A0=A0 https://www.netflix.com/title/81024821
    and
    =A0=A0=A0 = https://www.amazon.com/Three-Body-Problem-Cixin-Liu/dp/0765382032/

    Lynn

    Ok, the Netflix version of the book is not available in China.=A0 I = was=20
    wondering about that.

    = https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2024/03/22/netflixs-3-body-problem-spawns-ang= er-in-china-n3785226

    And order of events in the book are different in the Chinese version=
    =20
    and the English version.=A0 That is sad.

    Are you saying that the book is different
    in thr teo languages, as well as the TV shows?
    =20
    Apparently so according to the article.
    =20
    I talked to a 23 year old Chinese person about it over the weekend.=A0=
    He=20
    has watched the Netflix episodes already and found it good.=A0 He said=
    =20
    that he does not remember the murder of the physics professor by the = Red=20
    Guard in the Chinese version of the first book.=A0 He thinks that was=20
    taken out by the Chinese censors.

    Reportedly this scene is creating a lot of hubbub in China. The
    authorities would rather downplay the Cultural Revolution.

    It does not appear in the first episode of the Chinese TV
    series.

    Some of the reasoning reported in the article from Chinese
    commentators was very strange -- as if they had no idea at all of
    their own history.

    Then again, living in a Commie State, it is quite possible that they
    do not.

    The idea that Netflix was trying to demean China was especially
    hilarious, since it takes no effort at all to demean a Commie country.
    The "Communist" in "Communist China" is demeaning, all by itself.

    I should note that this is an explicitly right-wing site, and will try
    to sign you up if you view the page.

    I wonder what sort of ads I'll get now ...
    --=20
    "Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,
    Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
    Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"

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