I watched the first season and don't think I'll be watching the next ones. The decision to move a great deal of the plot/characters out of China was disappointi

I watched the first season and don't think I'll be watching the next ones. The decision to move a great deal of the plot/characters out of China was disappointing and I'm not really sure what their rationale for that was. It felt like an unnecessary change, as did changing up the characters so drastically. Making just about every major event in the universe revolve around a group of young friends in their 30s also stood out as strange to me. Comes off as less of a "great minds of humanity from all walks of life and backgrounds are forced to work together (or against each other)" and more of a "gang of superheros save the world" kind of feel. I'm also not a fan of the writing style, though that seems to be a common trend among many new movies/shows. The constant vulgarity/quips/banter aren't very pleasant to watch. I'm not sure why so many shows/movies feel the need to add characters that are constantly swearing, drinking, doing drugs, cracking constant jokes and back and forth "smart" sounding sarcastic humor. It comes off too strong, like they're trying to sell the notion that this media is for adults, as if they don't believe that that notion could be sold off the content itself. But it feels like it has the opposite effect, like teenagers writing dialogue for what they think adults with freedom should be acting like. That being said I think if someone 100% knows they will never read the books, the show could still be recommended and they will probably enjoy it for the ideas alone. So I think in that sense, it's not terrible. I'd dissuade potential readers from picking it up but if you don't like reading, or aren't a diehard sci-fi fan, the Netflix adaptation is good enough.