I have just watched the first episode. On the barrage everybody was saying that it is so like the novel it is as if the novel was itself the screen script.
So I really liked it and if it is faithful to the books that is really a plus. I am also a Dune fan and read that when I was about 15 and it had just come out. They said it was not really a novel that could ever be filmed . It was just too involved with so much explanation required that it couldn't be contained in 90 or so minutes. Anecdotally Dino De Laurentiis was literally tearing up pages of the script when filming the first film in an effort to bring it down to an acceptable length. As the latest Dune film , due for release in 2023, shows at least two films with Part I and Part II are required.
The Three-Body problem is like that. The books were wonderful in their scope but they were not easy going. This series is going to be 30 episodes and will need all of that. Personally I like to binge watch series as I can't easily bear the wait between episodes or even perhaps the emotional energy involved in that wait. I am going to be in agony watching this episode by episode - even though I think I understand correctly that it is being broadcast 5/6 nights a week.
However I will try my best at what should be well worth the effort judging by this first episode. Barack Obama said that Liu Cixin's novel was a sci-fi must read as forever after your perspective will be changed. It certainly did that to me. "There is no more physics".
A lot of money and effort has gone into this Chinese production. Netflix are also supposed to be having their version out as a series later this year. It will be interesting to see how they compare.
Anyway its a change from watching PP Krit's music videos!
PS
Now watched up to episode 12! Still impressed, episodes are varying a lot in lenght for over an hour to just 30 minutes. They are taking the story quite slowly so I am even beginning to wonder if they can do the book in 30 episodes - I will keep faith to the end.