The Three-Body Problem (Netflix)

[Christopher]

To be fair after season 6 they were forced to write GoT on their own and only had the broad story points from GRRM

Yes, of course I'm aware of all that. I'm not judging them for something that happened in the past, and I haven't actually seen GoT so I have no opinion on it anyway. I'm just saying that, given the audience reaction when they had to diverge from the books (which I merely note objectively as a thing that happened), it's reasonable to expect that they wouldn't do the same this time without good reason. And since, as you say, the whole trilogy is already completed, there's no reason they'd have to diverge as they did in that case.

Or rather, if they did diverge, it would be for a different reason, to adapt the books' far-ranging ideas into something more filmable or relatable. But the precedent of season 1 shows that they'd probably still base it on the core storylines and concepts of the book, just rearranging things to be more linear and character-driven.

 

[FPAlpha]

Yes, of course I'm aware of all that. I'm not judging them for something that happened in the past, and I haven't actually seen GoT so I have no opinion on it anyway. I'm just saying that, given the audience reaction when they had to diverge from the books (which I merely note objectively as a thing that happened), it's reasonable to expect that they wouldn't do the same this time without good reason. And since, as you say, the whole trilogy is already completed, there's no reason they'd have to diverge as they did in that case.

Or rather, if they did diverge, it would be for a different reason, to adapt the books' far-ranging ideas into something more filmable or relatable. But the precedent of season 1 shows that they'd probably still base it on the core storylines and concepts of the book, just rearranging things to be more linear and character-driven.

And that's all they can do but adaptation is something die hard fans of books often enough simply don't understand.

For example the recent Dune 2 movie did a fair bit of adaptation, some small ones but also major deviations for certain characters. However the core of the book, what its central message is, was even more enhanced and very well presented which is why fandom was really excited about the finished movie ( to my surprise, i have yet to see a massive negative reaction anywhere on the Internet).

As long as people adapting an established work of art and keep the core intact i don't care much about changes and if done well it is my experience that fans will follow and enjoy the final product. Damn, now i really have to order the books and start reading

 

[theenglish]

I read the Ice and Fire novels after watching the first season of Game of Thrones. While I was bothered by a few of the interpretations of events that I felt misconstrued or misinterpreted the characters' intentions, I thought it was well done. The most disturbing of these were the portrayals of sex that were written one way in the book and another in the movie.

My biggest problem with the final seasons after they passed the novels was how rushed it was--after five seasons of leisurely moving through the story, we suddenly hit Flash speed. I know that a lot of the actors were getting anxious to move on with their lives, but I don't think people would have complained as much if we had a few extra episodes, or even an extra season in there, to flesh out the story and allow character motivations and consequences time to develop.

 

[Asbo Zaprudder]

It seems that 3-Body Problem has been renewed for one more season only, so I'm guessing the more hard SF stuff from the books will likely not appear. I wonder if they'll just go with resolving the San-Ti problem just as in the books and not explore the results.

 

[theenglish]

It actually seems that the show has been given the green light to tell its story in full. It hasn't been renewed for "seasons", but rather episodes. We don't really know what that means.

 

[Asbo Zaprudder]

The reaction to the more outlandish stuff will be interesting in that case.

 

[Christopher]

It seems that 3-Body Problem has been renewed for one more season only, so I'm guessing the more hard SF stuff from the books will likely not appear. I wonder if they'll just go with resolving the San-Ti problem just as in the books and not explore the results.

Where are you getting that? The Hollywood Reporter piece I linked to in post #124 quotes the producers saying that the renewal is for "seasons" in the plural.

 

[Asbo Zaprudder]

Probably a dodgy 3rd-hand retelling. The different reports I've now read are somewhat contradictory, but they do appear to confirm a continuation of some sort to tell the whole story. How Netflix manage that is their business. I wonder if it will include elements of Ball Lightning by Liu Cixin and The Redemption of Time by Li Jun.

 

[Starkers]

I read the Ice and Fire novels after watching the first season of Game of Thrones. While I was bothered by a few of the interpretations of events that I felt misconstrued or misinterpreted the characters' intentions, I thought it was well done. The most disturbing of these were the portrayals of sex that were written one way in the book and another in the movie.

My biggest problem with the final seasons after they passed the novels was how rushed it was--after five seasons of leisurely moving through the story, we suddenly hit Flash speed. I know that a lot of the actors were getting anxious to move on with their lives, but I don't think people would have complained as much if we had a few extra episodes, or even an extra season in there, to flesh out the story and allow character motivations and consequences time to develop.

It was noticeable that it appeared that a trip from Winterfell to King's Landing that used to take days or even weeks could suddenly be accomplished in hours.