New sci-fi Netflix series from Game of Thrones creators is dividing critics

3 Body Problem
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Netflix's 3 Body Problem has got its first reviews – and the new sci-fi series i𒈔s dividing critics.

Based on the award-winning novel The Three Body 🍨Problem by Liu Cixi, the series follows a young woman in 1960s China who makes a fateful decision that reverberates across space and time into the present day. Created by Ga♌me of Thrones showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, the cast includes Rosalind Chao, Benedict Wong, Saamer Usmani, Jovan Adepo, Sea Shimooka, Zine Tseng, Eiza Gonzalez, Alex Sharp, and Liam Cunningham.

Ahead of the 🌳show's debut, critics have weighed in, with many praising the premise and storyline and others critiquing the show's pacing and c🌸haracter development.

澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:GamesRadar+ gave the show 2.5/5 stars, stating that despite the show's "solid sc♏i-fi premise," it was "continually weighed down by flat, often two-dimensional characters and 🙈a weak script."

lauded the new series, writing that, "The Netflix adaptation of 3 Body Problem sets a ne🌸w standard 𒈔for what sci-fi is capable of."

"Benioff, Weiss, and Woo have been remarkably successful at transforming Liu&rsqꦿuo;s work into a gripping sci-f𝓡i thriller, without either dumbing it down or boring viewers with hours’ worth of whiteboard lectures," wrote .

"3 Body Problem reworks Cixin Liu’s mammoth b🔯ook tr♚ilogy for a wider audience to great success, though it may annoy some viewers with its far-out sci-fi and speed-of-light plot machinations," said .

gave the series a B-, but commented that it "just doesn’t know what to do with its terrestrial cast of characters, and the glo൩balization of its cast dulls what was otherwise a distinctly Chinese perspective with th🐲e original novel."

gave the show a 7.7/10, : "3 Body Problem💃 functions perfectly well on a character level, so if you're happy to accept a healthy dose of scientific malarkey, then you'rꦑe golden."

"3 Body Problem moves at a brisk, often breakneck speed to convey a sense of spectacle and awe. But🧸 in the process, it sacri✱fices the thing that made Three-Body so singular in the first place: the science," wrote in a less favorable review.

Meanwhile, called it a "brutal dud". They wrote: "Where Game of Thrones paired diabolical plots for power with astonishing action, 3 Body Problem offers little personal intrigue to balance its increasingly 𒁃unimpressive attempts at spectacle."

3 Body Problem is set to hit Netflix on March 21. For more, check out our list of the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:best new shows coming your way in 2024 and beyond.

Lauren Milici
Senior Writer, Tv & Film

Lauren Milici is a Senior Entertainment Writer for GamesRadar+ currently based in the Midwest. She pꦦreviously reported on breaking news for The Independent's Indy100 and c💛reated TV and film listicles for Ranker. Her work has been published in Fandom, Nerdist, Paste Magazine, Vulture, PopSugar, Fangoria, and more.