3 Body Problem Season 1 Netflix Series Review

Soul do you believe in God is that what it's  come to no I don't I accept that this defies all known laws of physics but I don't think that's  an argument for God so what's left from the same showrunners that brought us hit shows like Game  of Thrones and True Blood as they come together to bring us one of my most anticipated shows this  year and that show has released today and we are here to discuss this new Netflix epic sci-fi  series which was inspired by the internationally celebrated novel

of the same name we're here to  talk about the three body problem now in this video we'll be breaking down the season 1 finale  and after that I'll be taking a deeper dive into what I enjoyed about the show but also go into  more than my three problems that I had with this first season with my character and story breakdown  but first let's start the conversation in the comments section did you all read the series of  books that this is based upon and what did you think of its adaptation now for

everyone including  myself who hasn't read the books what did you all think about the finale but also the first season  overall what worked what didn't work what was some of your standout moment standout characters let's  talk about it all in the comments below now with that said let's break down and discussed this last  episode which was titled wall facer full spoilers ahead we open with Saul who's still grieving  after the loss of will in the previous episode as he's watching a discussion on

the news talking  about the Santi declaring war against humanity as they talk about how it isn't about the current  civilization that can defeat them but how The Descendants can do it which is one of the main  purposes of this finale as we know the staircase project with Will's floating head is in full  effect as we watch Saul have a conversation with his one night St as she finds how the aliens  perceive the humans as bugs very depressing a notion that Mike Evans introduced back in episode  4 I

was describing them as pests because well that's what they are annoying inconsequential easy  to eliminate like bugs you can squash under your shoe now just before Saul's life is about to be  turned upside down Saul acts as though he can't remember his one night stand's name but after what  about to happen next I bet he'll never forget as they walk together to find her Uber Saul explains  his position on not necessarily caring about the invasion that set to happen in 400 years as he  relates it

to his ancestors 400 years in the past as how they couldn't imagine where he would  be today Saul tells her that his cynic Viewpoint stems from the fact that he will never have kids  so he's not worried about the future and just as she begins to talk about her wanting a future and  one of the family and kids one day out of nowhere in a Final Destination type of moment Saul gets  knocked down down by a random guy causing him to get knocked out of the way of a car crash which  caused another car

to drive on the sidewalk to hit the girl and killing her as he remembers her  name is Norah as we'll learn later that this was a coordinated attack to eliminate Saul Now Saul  is taken in he officially meets do or clearance as we get the clarification that all the events  starting back in episode one in present day took place over a year so is surprised to learn that  clearance knows about his friends Auggie and Jen and the murder of Jack and will recently passing  away Saul learns that he was b

rought in to discuss the conversation that was had between him and  Dr yay at veron's grave as he learns that he was the last person to meet with her before she got  murdered something that we didn't see on screen but we know that that was at the hands of Tatiana  at the end of episode 7 as it is now believed that someone's trying to murder Saul as well as he  believes it was all an accident but it's told that all three car systems were hacked now was this an  attempt to kill him because of the

conversation he last had with Dr yay as Saul is now under the  protection as he's given a bulletproof outfit and guided on board to a private jet to an unknown  location now I personally couldn't help but to think taking Saul on this plane was a pretty  idiotic idea because they know that the Santi are capable of their protons that are sent on  Earth can hack into any technology anywhere and not only could they hack into another plane  that can crash into them but they can probably overtake thei

r plane I could be wrong but this  didn't seem to be the safest method of travel and it also seemed to be a bit of a plot hole we  cut to JY storming into Wade's office demanding that needs of Will's favorite produce be included  in the staircase capsule as Wade reminds her that every item counts against him on the timing of his  arrival as we see jyn threatens to quit but wayy calls her Bluff now this was a scene that felt  repetitive cuz we saw jyn and Augie threatening to leave but staying ov

er and over again and to me  it felt forc drama and seeing characters acting as though they're not dealing with this existential  threat that to me was something that was quite annoying to watch throughout this season now back  with Saul he's introduced to a character by the name of Sebastian Ken who has taken him to the  United Nations for a ceremony announcement about their plans for the world which will be the wall  facer project now the wall facer name comes from the ancient Buddhist name of

meditators we watched  the Secretary General talking about Humanity still having their secrets and the Santi not having the  abilities to read their minds as three people have been chosen for this project their objective is  to make plans entirely in their own minds sharing them with no one until the time is right as we  meet these wall faers starting with General hu Bing who's military expert next we have Professor  Lila who's an expert at asymmetrical battles and lastly we have Saul as their

Tas with the most  difficult and important mission in human history now clearly Saul is in disbelief and immediately  wants answers to why he was chosen and why he was not told that he was pick as we see the Secretary  General tells him that he's being watched by the enemy and the enemy believes that he's special  now sa rejects this offer to be a wall facer and is granted permission to leave and he does just  that as he denies any security and walks out of the building he is immediately shot no

w initially  I was under the impression that this was all a setup to make him believe that his life was in  danger forcing him to join but we'll see later that this was indeed a second attempt to kill  him as he wakes up in the hospital to Clarence apologizing for not keeping him safe we see Saul  wants to meet the shooter he wants to meet the enemy and talk to him now in this scene we see the  shooter shows no emotion or remorse and apologizes for not aiming for his head as he proceeds to mock 

Saul's behavior of underestimating the sound and adits his Devotion to them and declares himself  as a soldier of the army of their lord Saul still refuses to take action and accept this 24-hour  protection and just wants to go home as Ken informs him that he still has to be responsible  for his day-to-day actions as Saul requests to sit down with the Secretary General once again we  watch as he tells her that he's never been a part of a war but more importantly he doesn't know how  to fight al

iens but the question remains why was he chosen a question that she can't even answer as  she tells him he'll know this answer when the time is right as she sends him off with a message we're  taking a huge gamble on you I don't expect to live long enough to see whether it pays off but I pray  that it does as we watch jyn on board a flight with other key members of the staircase project as  we watch her avoid Raj now Raj wants to know what happened between him as he brings up will which  Jen adm

its that she is still thinking about him and more importantly thinking about this mission  that he's on now Raj reminds her that will is dead but she refuses to believe this as she admits to  currently Still Loving Him Now I want to address this now but the building blocks of this romantic  relationship between will and JY has been handled terribly Not only was it rush into these final  two episodes but it was barely a focus on the earlier episodes we got no flashbacks no scenes  of them spendin

g much time together instead it was mentioned a few times between will Jack and  Saul but not once was jyn question about how she felt about will until now as we cut to Tatiana  noticing that the door of her mobile home is is open as she finds the Santi virtual reality  device is gifted to her with a letter saying if one of us survives we all survive as she puts  it on and we're not shown what she's seen or what messages she's getting but it's safe to assume  that she's now replacing Dr yay as w

ell as Mike Evans as their main source of communication with  Humanity now at will syn off we see Wade caved in and allowed for his favorite produce to be on  board with him changing his mind and showing more of a friendlier side to him to JY now Saul and  jyn discussed the ones who love them and them not acknowledging that that being will for her  and Augie for him which Speaking of we see Auggie now in Mexico helping the people who are dealing  with an epidemic as she gets a call from Saul and

she ignores it as they watch the ship enter into  space things are going according to plan at first as we watch the countdown destination ends the  navigation is interrupted as a cable disconnects and the mission is now going off course as they  watch Will's head descend into space we see Wade whisper something to Jen we end this finale with  seeing Wade on his a jet as he gets a message for sofon the STI were looking forward to meeting  will and still looking forward to meeting him if his hibe

rnation Tech works now the Santi do  admit that Wade is a strong leader and inform him that there will be a place for him when they  arrive as he's a part of their plan as the virtual reality Avatar arrives right in front of him they  remind him that they'll be with him wherever he goes and they are in control to what he sees  until the day that he dies our final shot shows Jen talking to Saul about how will will be lost  upwards of 5 million years before he leaves the Milky Way as Clarence join

s them and invites them  on a drive to get perspective on how the humans will survive this oncoming Invasion he takes them  to a swamp covered with bugs these are the bugs that people hate and have been trying to get rid  of forever they've tried every conceivable way possible to get rid of them but they don't go away  as we end with him telling them it's time to go back and continue their work and we see the bugs  flying in the air it being a representation of maybe the humans making it out of

this oncoming  Invasion be straightforward and honest I found this entire f Al to be quite anticlimactic  and extremely frustrating and disappointing but let's talk about it and my overall thoughts  of the show now the first question for me is a situation on why Saul was chosen to be a part  of this project now if we go all the way back to episode one and remembering what Vera told  him you still demonstrate great potential for future scientific accomplishment miss my window  a person who has no

t made his great contribution to science before the age of 30 will never do so  how old are you 31 32 anyone can figure this out it's you she believed in him and knew a time would  come when he would feel like he was reaching his full potential now next we can go back to episode  s where doctor yay told him a very important joke she always said you were the smartest one and says  we warned you never play with God humor is a very personal thing some people understand it and some  people don't som

e jokes are so private they only makes sense to two people jokes are important  we wouldn't survive without them I hope my joke doesn't cause you any trouble so I believe the STI  took that cryptic message as a way of it being a threat remember even Vernon told her mother that  he was the smartest of the group so it's safe to assume that they wanted him dead because he's key  to the Future War even though he didn't want to be a part of it but this is where some of my main  issues with the show s

tart Saul's importance to the overall plot will and jyn's love story a  personal Journey all examples of characters and plot lines that felt extremely rushed or poorly  executed and underdeveloped this episode was a perfect example of how the Stak sometimes felt  non-existent or never really having that feeling that the characters were truly in danger now  as I sit up top I've never read the books but I've spoken to people that have and they talk  about how incredible this Trilogy of books are a

nd after watching the show I did some digging  and found some interviews with the creators and they talked about how they got the blessing from  the writer on taking some creative liberties with intertwining key elements from the books and even  creating new characters just for the show now the question I have is for my book readers I would  love to hear from your perspective on if those changes work for the show in the comments below  now I want to Pivot from possibly one of if not the worst ep

isode of this season and take a look  into what I found to be compelling and interesting about the show and talk about the key moments  and characters that really stood out to me now starting off I thought the first episode was very  effective in opening up the story introducing us to one the more complex characters in Dr yay as  she watched her father get killed right in front of her and that being the starting point in which  she began to lose faith in humanity the mystery surrounding the deat

hs of the scientist Augie's  countdown and the ending with the flickering light show in the sky set up a very promising story  now while I found the follow-up episode to be a huge step back and I didn't know what the show  was trying to accomplish it was the young story of Dr y that really kept me engaged in that last  scene of her going against the request to continue communication with the Santi was the thing that  kept me going and the setup to what I believe to be the best episode in this en

tire series which  was episode 3 in that episode we learned that the VR game was a recruitment process we discovered  that the Santi which translates to three body people in China their planet was destroyed by the  three-body problem and they're headed to Earth for their new home as Jen and Jack found that out  after leveling up to level four and learning that this VR was created to explain their story  and then to in the episode was seeing Jack being killed by Tatiana that episode to me like I 

said was the best one of the entire show it was thrilling the pacing was excellent and the way  they handled the reveal was just amazing but after now seeing the full story it feels like they gave  away all the mystery very early because the rest of the show to me never lived up to what episode 3  presented now the only other episode that I found to be very interesting and also very shocking was  the episode five where we saw that operation a take place with Judgment Day seeing those kids  watc

hing as Augie's nanotech slice through the ship was the most unsettling moment of this entire  show and easily the best highlight for me because it spoke to one of the more interesting aspects  which was seeing what people were willing to do to survive as we watched humans kill other humans  to gather information on how they can defeat the enemy was one of the most haunting moments to  witness of this entire show those were episodes that to me were at its best when the show touched  on the theme

s of society and how techn technology and science Trump personal care of one another and  when it explored the complexity of what reality means to some and having a sense of Pride and  care for the future of the humanity those were the elements that really worked to me now sticking  with what worked and looking at the characters I enjoyed and the performances that really worked  now while he wasn't given a ton of backstory nor did we spend a lot of time with his day-to-day  life I thought benedi

Wong as Clarence the ex intelligence officer with his unorthodox style  as a detective of sorts investig the mysterious deaths within the scientific Community was  so entertaining whenever he was on screen he completely kept my attention now switching over to  newcomer Jess Hong as Jin the genius physicist who was always seeking answers and her curiosity being  her biggest strength but also her downfall that to me made her character have layers and have depth  I would have liked it if the show

would explored more of her childhood but she still managed to  give one of the best performances of the show I really enjoyed how her char character was able  to figure out the three body problem in the VR system but also how she kept trying to save  that little girl because as it was revealed later that was Vera when she was younger now these  characters weren't given a lot to do but still had important moments throughout the show and that  is the actress who appeared as the Avatar to me she wa

s excellent she spoke so well she carried  herself with such mystery and I would say the same thing could be said about Tatiana and finally  my two favorite characters were Thomas Wade and Dr yay now spoke about Dr yay a little bit earlier  but the young version of herself really kept me watching through the first two episodes and I  found her flashbacks to be the best story early on and her older self was so compelling as well  but Thomas Wade played by Liam Cunningham the charismatic leader of

the world's most elite  intelligence operation his No Nonsense get it done by any means necessary attitude was so rich  and fun to watch even though he was ruthless and Reckless at times what a great performance by Liam  and the complete opposite of his character from Game of Thrones which I was a big fan of that  show and speaking of Game of Thrones it was so nice to see some of those familiar faces make  their way into this show but now let's discuss my problems with three body problems now s

ince  we ended with the characters I enjoyed let's talk about the characters I found to be extremely  underwritten and difficult to watch not because of the performances but due to the writing starting  with Auggie now she is known as a problem solver but I felt that she was more of a problem starter  I didn't like how poorly her character sto story was handled her countdown plot felt so nonchalant  at points her mental conscience being tested by the creation of her own making that being the  re

ason of the deaths on the Judgment Day boat and seeing how she was dealing with that and  her just mysteriously leaving to Mexico to her relationship with Saul and others none of  her stuff really worked for me in this series now I'll put some of the blame on the individual  performance by Issa Gonzalez who I actually am a fan of her work but in this show some of her  more emotional moments felt flat but again a lot of that goes to the blame of the writing now I  share a similar sentiment about

Saul played by the incredibly talented Javon Depo who's been a part  of some of my favorite shows from The Leftovers to The Watchmen I felt the show didn't know what  to do with him until the finale most of the time he was either high or not caring about what was  going on he felt forgotten for most of the show and to have him be one of the most important  characters at the end I didn't feel like that was earned now the next set of characters to me  just felt miscast John Bradley as Jack who we

know as Sam as Game of Thrones he was meant to be this  cocky rich guy but deep down he really cared about his friends especially will a lot of his Persona  just didn't work for me and if I'm being honest I didn't really feel anything when he died same  thing about the character Mike Evans who was just so one note and seemed to have no real purpose  besides being the financial lynchmen to creating this organization with Dr yay which Speaking of  their relationship was never explored him being th

e father of Vera and the time Jump to when they  reunited with Dr yay all those years left behind it felt like there was so much story that was  untouched seeing them in the 80s '90s into the 2000s like I assume the families on the Judgment  Day boat were recruited but we never saw their position or never explored their point of view  or how Mike felt about Humanity needed to be reset and then you have characters like Raj who is  just there not having much to do besides being the boyfriend frien

d which leads me into a character  and a performance that I thought was fine but it just felt inconsistent and how they were handled  was just a shame I'm talking about Alex sharp as will Downey now his character dealing with stage  4 cancer it was upsetting yes but it kind of felt like it was a part of a whole different show  again the Love Story between him and Jen didn't work for me I really thought that he did okay in  the role it just again it didn't feel like it fit within the Sci-Fi plot

with the aliens and the  science and religious topics that the show was trying to tackle which to wrap up this breakdown  I felt the majority of the show had an uneven Pace it was tonally inconsistent and it felt like it  was repetitive and had underdeveloped Exposition I really wish the show would have expanded upon  the different viewpoints of the scientific people like Saul for example believing that everything is  based in science and has a logical answer versus not believing in God or relig

ion I wish that  discussion was explored with those who called the Santi Lord would drove them people to giving  up on humanity and for a show that had moments of Epic scope and scale besides the news clippies on  TV I never felt the weight of the world and how they felt about the future Invasion also found it  very difficult to accept that the United Nations put the responsibility of Defending Humanity on  one person and that being weighed I don't think we saw one scene or any push back from an

y other  Nation or countries or War leaders or governments about the decisions being made on how they can  defeat the aliens which Speaking of the menacing nature of the sansi and what they're capable of  doing was very inconsistent how was Tatiana able to vanish in thin air after killing Jack now  I assume it had to do with the two protons on Earth but that was never really explained I also  assume that the VR was sent to Earth by those same protons as well it's little details like that  that I

wish were explained more in depth but my biggest complaint about this show is how it  struggled to develop its main core of characters with the Oxford 5 and how it really didn't make  me feel that their relation ship were real and that they really cared for one another the show  didn't do enough leg work for me to convince that they cared about one another and I didn't really  care about them individually at points nor as a group I never felt that their chemistry really  worked for me and you h

ave some characters that just felt flat like Auggie or unlikable like  Jack or feeling like they're in a different show like will sometimes their motivations just  felt unclear or not fully explored speaks to the genre that the show is handling it definitely  felt more like a smart sci-fi thriller at times but an uninteresting and underwhelming sci-fi  drama but as a fan of Science Fiction I really did appreciate how deep in depth and how headyy  the science was in this show honestly I have so m

uch more to say but I want to end it on this  in conclusion three-body problem is a show about science and technology and tries to explore what  it means to be a human in today's society and it does a halfway decent job of exploring that as the  show attempts to put in a mirror to today's world which is shaped by technology and science and  shows that it can be both empowering to us but also enslaves Us by its influences and within the  context of the show it threatens Humanity as we watch both

the science and technology and what the  responsibility means to some of those characters in the show and how was put to question of what  they can do when they have control for example characters like Wade Dr yay and Mike Evans as we  saw through the eyes of the VR the true nature of reality itself and the vastness of the universe is  way more complex than what these characters could have ever imagined when this show was at best this  to me was a show that tackled the philosophical sci-fi story

that was a genre bending experience  that combined science technology humanity and the scope of scale of all that but ultimately it  didn't do it effectively which brings me to given this first season of three body problems  a six out of 10 and I would say I was left dissatisfied and overall disappointed but at the  time of this recording there's been no official announcement about more seasons but the creators  have confirmed that they're already hard at work on working on future Seasons Seaso

ns that I  would watch and hope for a better Improvement on the shortcomings of this season because I can  see how much potential these characters in their story has that's going to be the end of this video  I would love for you all to share your thoughts to this finale as well as the overall show from what  worked and didn't work for you from the story to its characters and what you all hope to see in  potential future Seasons thank you all so much for watching this video you all are awesome st

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