The new Netflix series “3 Body Problem” isn’t really about China’s Cultural Revolution or US culture wars. The science fiction epic, adapted from Liu Cixin’s Hugo award-winning novel, is more ...

Showrunner Alexander Woo writes about accurately portraying the political violence of the Cultural Revolution in China, rarely depicted onscreen, from a personal place. By Alexander Woo A few months ...

For conservatives, the opening minutes of the show are a broadside against woke cancel culture. Progressives see it as warning about what happens when science and truth come under attack. Who is right ...

The Netflix series showcases one of the country’s most successful works of culture. Instead of demonstrating pride, social media is condemning it. By Li Yuan The first five minutes of the Netflix ...

The book is full of technical jargon, with copious references to particle accelerators and nanotechnology. The story, about Earth preparing for an alien invasion, is dark. Nevertheless, “The ...

There's an underlying theme that runs through 3 Body Problem, both the Chinese TV series and the Netflix series, and that is the desperate human need to believe in a God or higher power and the ...

The story that 3 Body Problem tells spans roughly 60 years. It begins during China’s Cultural Revolution in the 1960s, and it follows a young Ye Wenjie (Zine Tseng) as the traumatic losses she ...

In “3 Body Problem” a character makes a decision from which there is no turning back. This decision has disastrous consequences, posing an existential threat to the entire human race. Does she regret ...

Frank Herbert's Dune has become far more popular through its adaptation by Denis Villeneuve, whose first two installments established a new benchmark for science fiction in the 2020s. Whether ...

“3 Body Problem” will end with its third season on Netflix. The sci-fi adaptation, which launched its first season in March, is officially set to air second and third installments before coming to a ...

Netflix’s sci-fi series 3 Body Problem is gearing up for its second season, and the cast is getting bigger. Claudia Doumit and Ellie De Lange are joining the show as series regulars, according to ...