THE THREE-BODY PROBLEM (Trisolaran Invasion, Lore + Entire Book Series) EXPLAINED

Hey guys, what’s happening? Niyat here with film comics explained, and today we’re diving into "The Three-Body Problem", written by the renowned Chinese science fiction writer Liu Cixin, marking the first novel of the "Remembrance of Earth's Past" trilogy.

Although the series features three books, The Three-Body Problem, The Dark Forest and Death's End, which we will be covering in this video, it's frequently referred to collectively as "The Three-Body Problem" or simply "Three-Body."

The story encompasses a mindblowing history of Earth's encounters with an extraterrestrial civilization originating from a system governed by three suns that orbit each other—mirroring the complex celestial dynamics known as the three-body problem in orbital mechanics.

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[mavisBblack]

THE SHIP BEING SLICED WILL FOREVER REMAIN ON REPLAY IN MY MIND THAT WAS A BRUTAL SCENE

[danskkr]

The least realistic thing in the show is the idea that a sophon supercomputer could predict a clear night sky in England so we would see the stars blink that night

[jointjunkieslangards]

Thank you! This is exactly the kind of video explainer I've been looking for. One that isn't afraid of book spoilers and explains how the filmmakers mixed the plot and characters of all three books together. Excellent summary!

[jcraftgaming]

This show scared the crap out of me, it’s the most realistic take to an alien invasion I’ve ever witnessed. Literally made me wonder if we should be so curious…

[kingssman]

I think Netflix did a good job with capturing the key elements of the books, giving us multiple plot threads, wrapping up some of those threads while leaving a little bit of bread crumbs for hope of another season.

Today's era of streaming is still a gamble if a show can ever be a cultural icon.

[Toketh]

You should do a collab with @Quinn's Ideas !!

[WardenNFG]

Only 7 mins in, but reminds me of a game called Terra Invicta.
Game has multiple factions with different goals, one of them, "the servants" aim to give the world over to the aliens, which sounds like these weirdos.

[artistreality]

I enjoy the first season but my biggest complaint with not only Netflix but all streaming services, is the lack of episodes. This could've easily had 20 episodes and pushed the story, plus character development further along.

[Pa-c]

As always you do a relentlessly amazing job. I could not bring myself to finish the book series because it was way too complicated and over my hand. You do an amazing job explaining that. Thank you for all your hard work. Much appreciated.

[wadejohnston]

The reason they had multiple plots converge and added characters is because the books ARE NOT character driven like AT ALL. No one is going to watch that kind of tv. What they did made it watchable for the masses and it worked very well.

[dakotahutchens]

so your telling me the aliens can make 11th dimensional computers but cant figure out how to terraform a different planets??

[ObesePuppies]

I love this series! I read the books years ago when I was a teen and some things weren’t clear, I appreciate the in depth reviews like this one because you do go into detail and it sparks something inside of me like wanting to read these types of books again.

[botortamas]

This review is insanely well done. All the other reviewers can eat your dust on this one.
This channel and the vile eye are miles above anyone else in the movie/series/characters genre !
Major props for fitting the Netflix show the Chinese version and the books, so seamlessly together and the visual conceptions of all we have yet to see on the show.
Loved your take on the 3 body problem and other reviewers should take note. This is how you do an enjoyable review. 💯

[Briliantless]

*SPOILERS*
The reason why san- ti doesn't know about about lying or the concept of deception is because their head is translucent and emits colors when they are thinking so every san- ti have their thoughts shown on their head

[corujariousa]

This is a great series! The scene in which Evans poorly explained, to the aliens, the aspects of a fictional story (Little Red Riding Hood) and made the aliens fear human lies, and perceive humans as a non-trustworthy species, shows how dangerous it would be to have a one (or few) individuals speaking with an alien race on behalf of humanity as a total. These aspects of the series, that make us think, is one of the main things that catch my interest. Evans did not take seriously his role and the fact that he was representing his entire species. He was informal, insensitive, lazy, delusional, morally and intellectually unprepared. Note: I am very curious about the young human assassin (can't remember her name). How are her actions coordinated with the aliens (to erase videos, etc) and how is she so strong and resilient? There seems to be much more to be uncovered (still watching). Exciting!

[greenstar]

If humans had a large space fleet, then by implication they could have done scientific research on the fleet ships themselves, bypassing the Sophon block.

Similarly, if the Trisolarans had the resources to create a computer the size of a world, then by implication they could have created artificial habitats with solar sails at a further distance from their 3 stars, bypassing the 3 body problem without having to invade anyone.

There are lots of cool ideas in the series, but like a lot of sci-fi, you have to not think too much about it.

But for fun, some ways Earth could have fought the Trisolarans without prior information of their true abilities:

- send fleets of ram scoops towards the invading fleet, sucking up the space hydrogen as they go, thereby depriving the invading fleet of their needed fuel. No new physics needed, its entirely an engineering problem.

- research biological computers on space craft, eventually manufacturing such on space craft as well. These could then slowly replace conventional computers on Earth, with biological AIs that the sophons cannot apparently read.

- develop robotics to automatically mass manufacture particle accelerators elsewhere in the solar system. The Trisolarans admitted they used all of their resources to build just 2 pairs of sophons after all.

[Maya_Ruinz]

Great breakdown, having been obsessed with these books for years I can say that the show is perfectly fine at what it does. There is a lot of unecessary scenes and dialogue in the books that I am glad they decided to change or omit all together. It's during the second and third book that the story really unfolds, that is where the real test for the creators will be.

[annegirard]

Wildly detailed breakdown of this!! .... also - does anyone ever talk about the dehydration/rehydration idea being related to tardigrades (because those adorable creatures can survive in a dehydrated state - within reason - and then rehydrate

[Erebusdidnothingwrongish]

I watched the Chinese version on the high seas. I can't get into the Books. I own them but I just can't enjoy them. It has everything I should enjoy but I can't do the books. I have seen over 12 hours of explanation on “Quins” channel.

This is a different take and really well done. Thank you 💯🇬🇧❤️

[BritGirlJay]

We do get an 'idea' how the San-Ti (trisolarans) look from the third book. They're tiny not human sized - brain boy sees the inside of a ship, and the pods that contain them are like matchboxes. Makes sense when you think they are able to dehydrate. The bugs comment seems like a projection too.