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If you’re into hard sci-fi and\/or checking out Netflix’s latest big shows, chances are you’ll be watching 3 Body Problem<\/a> starting today. After all, Netflix has blown $160 million (plus $200 on a deal with its creators) on the series, so it should at least<\/em> feel grand, right?<\/p>\n

David Benioff and D.B. Weiss’ (Game of Thrones) long-anticipated adaptation of\tLiu Cixin’s hit 2008 sci-fi novel has been in the works for a long time, roughly since around the time the pair were done with Thrones’ highly divisive final season and left a massive Star Wars project at Lucasfilm<\/a>. Is their new endeavor a return to form or a big-budget misfire? Opinions on the eight-episode first season are all over the place, it seems.<\/p>\n

Before jumping into the pool of varied reactions, this is the official, non-spoiler synopsis shared by Netflix: “A young woman’s fateful decision in 1960s China reverberates across space and time to a group of brilliant scientists in the present day. As the laws of nature unravel before their eyes five former colleagues reunite to confront the greatest threat in humanity’s history.”<\/p>\n

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If you’re into hard sci-fi and\/or checking out Netflix’s latest big shows, chances are you’ll be watching 3 Body Problem starting today. After all, Netflix has blown $160 million (plus $200 on a deal with its creators) on the series, so it should at least feel grand, right? David Benioff and D.B. Weiss’ (Game of Thrones) long-anticipated adaptation of Liu Cixin’s hit 2008 sci-fi novel has been in the works for a long time, roughly since around the time the pair were done with Thrones’ highly divisive final season and left a massive Star Wars project at Lucasfilm. Is their new endeavor a return to form or a big-budget misfire? Opinions on the eight-episode first season are all over the place, it seems. Before jumping…<\/p>\n

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