Really amazing how bad—excruciating, even—the dialogue is in the new “3 Body Problem” Netflix show. It’s from a book full of smart, hard-sci-fi ideas and yet the writing is worse than the cheapest, crappiest soap opera. How does this end up happening?!
@StuartJRitchie Highlight (lowlight) from yesterday’s viewing: Super smart physicist: "I don’t know" Other super smart physicist: "I thought you were a genius ha"
@StuartJRitchie Also enjoyed (hated): Super smart physicist: "I feel like one of those things that’s moved by strings" Super smart physicist: "A puppet?" Super smart physicist: "Yeah a puppet"
@jburnmurdoch @StuartJRitchie I mean, there was clearly a gag about string theory RIGHT THERE
@jburnmurdoch @StuartJRitchie Surprised they didn’t say “…that’s moved by those lengths of material consisting of threads of cotton.”
@jburnmurdoch @StuartJRitchie This was the moment I gave up.