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Politics can add another layer to sci-fi. For example "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" is a great sci-fi on its own. But the background of McCarthyism and the
by throwaway4good 2y ago
Politics can add another layer to sci-fi.
For example "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" is a great sci-fi on its own. But the background of McCarthyism and the red scare of its time makes it much cooler and much more entertaining and thought provoking.
I am slightly annoyed by Netflix's adaption of the book which takes the technocratic communist China out of it. I understand why it has to be like that but still we would have better TV if everything didn't have to be boiled in the same generic soup.
- luyu_wu 2y agoDefinetly agree! Three Body has a lot of politics as an element, which makes it all the more interesting. I just didn't like the way the reporter tried to push their own narrative. About the Netflix adaptation, I'd agree. I think by stripping away all of the positive angles of China from the book and only leaving the negatives (bloody cultural revolution), it lost a lot of meaning. IMO if you're gonna make every character intensely English-born, there's no reason to leave Ye Wenjie as Chinese. Perhaps her story could've been changed to something regarding residential schools or colonialism.