3 Body Problem (TV Series) Wallfacer (2024) User Reviews

"They're not going anywhere"

[greenmangreat · 7/10 · 24 March 2024]

Considering it's no guarantee whether Netflix will renew this series for a second season, I was kinda hoping for a better finale than this.

Auggie's storyline is bewildering, and humanity's future continues to remain bleak. However, it is abundantly clear that the hope stemming from humanity's "non-zero" chance of survival has resulted in impressive technological accomplishments in only a short timespan, meriting the fears the Santi have for humanity, despite the massive technological gap between the two intelligent species.

While I did not mind many questions being left unanswered (this is after all science fiction), I do wished the writers relied a little less on "our lord works in mysterious ways" for the inconsistencies of the scope of the Santi's abilities.

Overall, while I would not consider this to be the best sci-fi series I've seen, it still is miles ahead of the countless other mediocre Netflix shows that are still in production, and I hope we get to see a second season.

Disappointing, making more and more plot holes....

[hassanbikdeloo · 6/10 · 2 April 2024]

It seems that the alien are so eager to kill saul, then they hire a killer to do it but he failed thanks to the bulletproof clothes. What i want to say is that aliens can hear and see everything, so they must have known about Saul's clothes and could tell the killer to aim for head, then why they didn't do that. That's ridiculous.

The other plot hole is, it looks that sophons can do something to our vision, I don't know they can cause hallucinations and something like that, somehow like what they did to wade, so now the question is why they didn't do such thing to the pilot of Saul's plane to distract the pilot so the plane could crash, and also it's been shown that the sophons can harm the electrical devices and disturb them too, so they could just use some of their tricks and damage the plane and kill sual. That's stupid.

The other thing is, the whole mission of sending a probe towards aliens seems absurd and ridiculous, I don't know what they are going to achieve by doing that or how they want to earn information about aliens, they were just sending a human's brain sample to them so, they can know us better and get prepared for us. How much i think i can't find any benefits gained by this mission.

Totally i think this series has so much potential, but the writers are ruining it by making so many plot holes. I hope they do better in the second season and explain everything.

For the bugs.

[Sleepin_Dragon · 6/10 · 31 March 2024]

The mission to send Will's probe into space is actioned, and Saul is offered a huge responsibility.

Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed it, but boy was this a disappointing end to the series, I know it is what it is, but this lacked tension, lacked excitement, after so much promise and build up, it just limped over the finish line.

I quite liked the ambiguity of it, it's so complex and layered, that it was never going to be all nicely tied up like some whodunnit, it was always going to be a mystery unanswered, but they didn't answer anything at all, this felt like a middle episode, not a finale.

I'll try and explain my disappointment, compared to much of what I've seen in recent times, it was very good, compared to mid series episodes, it just wasn't in the same league, it felt like they took their eye off the game just for a moment.

Still no news of a second series, I hope there is a second series, because this deserves a quality conclusion, please don't let this excellent series end with this.

Good, but should have been great.

6/10.

Damn, I want to see how it continues!

[robert-busch · 10/10 · 27 March 2024]

This is the first time I've written a review for a series or movie here, even though I've been using IMDB for over 20 years. Even if "3 Body Problem" wasn't necessarily as thrilling as "Game of Thrones" or "Breaking Bad" in the first season, I have to tell you: It grabbed me! And: I want to know what happens next, how it will be realized on film. I know the audiobook even though it's been a few years since I listened to it and I've already forgotten a lot of things, but I'm really excited to see how it will continue in the coming seasons. So please Netflix: plan seasons 2 and 3 and 4 etc. And please broadcast them quickly :) I like 3 Body Problem!!!

Intriguing and thought provoking

[wesleyweber-36472 · 9/10 · 26 March 2024]

Show makes you think about the impact of relationships, outcomes, consequences, and decisions. I thoroughly enjoyed the show considering the inter-galactic, political implications while still managing to make it connect on a human level. I wish they further explored the financial impact on the world these scenarios would bring. The score and the music choices are fitting and wonderful. The sorry progression evolves aggressively leaving the viewer wondering which path and which motive each faction has to achieve what they consider, "success". Plenty of questions still left unanswered. Overall, I can't wait to watch more and I will now be reading the books. Awesome.

Good Binging

[benjaminchristopher · 7/10 · 31 March 2024]

Perfectly fine series, which seems like damping with faint praise but I think this was a good watch.

It's not "new best thing", although the budget seems to think it is.

Some meandering melodramatic nonsense, where the interesting stuff is the mystery and intrigue- it leers off when it tries to get us to care about the fairly one dimensional characters (Bar Will).

With some gorgeous cinematography and locations it is an attractive series. With this alongside "The Gentleman" Netflix has become worth paying for again, let's just hope it doesn't get cancelled after one series as all of their shows do nowadays.

My prediction is that the ship Will is in that has leered off-course, will end up at the star he named. Alongside some other things which have clearly been building up for a potential series 2.

I'd recommend this to someone but wouldn't rave about it necessarily, 7/10 for me.

Wallfacer

[lassegalsgaard · 7/10 · 23 April 2024]

I've been a little late to this show, so I'm very surprised that Netflix hasn't renewed the show yet. I honestly wouldn't even know what it would look like, though, as it seems like there's a lot of time that has to pass before we even get the glimpse of an alien, so will they make it an anthology or will they simply go the route of the books. Seeing how they got a lot of crap for not doing that last time, that's probably the safe option, and I would definitely be open to watching it, because this finale definitely left me wanting more.

As far as finales go, it's not that this episode actually served as a great finale to the show. I felt like there were a lot of missed opportunities, and it also felt like there was supposed to be another episode before this, given that a lot of the characters that we've grown to know over the course of the show didn't even appear. Eiza González has one scene in this episode and the circumstances of that scene doesn't really make a lot of sense. There were also certain elements that didn't feel resolved by the end, and with no news of a possible sequel being announced, it feels weird that they'd just leave a lot of things dangling like they did here. But overall, it was a pretty good episode. It finally brings Saul into the mix and gives him an episode that is largely focused on him, finally bringing it full circle with giving the entire group equal time to shine and giving them a unique part to play in this weird puzzle. There are also some great scenes of tension throughout the episode, especially the scenes that are involving the Staircase Project, with it eventually going in a very unique and surprising direction that I can't wait for them to explore later on. This show has been quite a ride and it's nice to see Benioff and Weiss back at it with material that they can really sink their teeth into and adapt, and hopefully they'll continue with the next two novels.

"Wallfacer" may not be a great finale; it leaves a lot of things hanging and feels like it's working off of a non-existing previous episode. However, it does a lot of things right and ultimately leaves the show off on a satisfying note, although I'd like for there to be some clarity about the show's future.

Season One Review

[southdavid · 7/10 · 21 May 2024]

I've never read the source material, but I was intrigued when I learned that this adaptation would be Benioff and Weiss' follow up to "Game of Thrones". I enjoyed it, though even in this apparently simplified version, I can see why it hasn't quite caught on quite like "G. O. T" did.

A group of friends, who were training as physicists but have subsequently diversified into different fields are drawn into the response of humanity to an invasion by an alien race, one that is announced, but won't take place for 400 years. The aliens currently have vastly superior technology and are capable of monitoring Earths response, even down to private conversations. There are also a covert group of humans eager to welcome the San-Ti to Earth and are carrying out their instructions in preparation.

I understand that there are many changes made from the source novel, both to change the Chinese characters into more of a worldwide structure and to simplify some of the science and theories that's utilised. It's still got quite a high concept though. Alien invasions are not a new story, but preparing to fight one in four centuries is, and the other ideas, like that the enemy knows anything that's spoken about, making planning almost impossible, are new too. It's not exactly an action-packed series, though there are a few murders and one very memorable set piece around the middle of the story, and I wonder if that might have been a contributing factor to the show not quite becoming a phenomenon. The idea that this one small friend group could be quite so integral to the defence of the world is a bit of a stretch, but also it's another conceit that makes the show accessible, the interactions between the characters provides an emotional centre to what is a show ultimately about rationalism.

It's actually quite a British production at heart. Both in the central characters and in especially in the (slightly odd) guest stars that feature in the video game segments; Mark Gatiss, Reece Shearsmith, Phil Want, Naoko Mori and the actor Kevin Eldon. As always, Benedict Wong is the MVP and brilliantly steals every scene he's in.

It's a shame that it's not done well enough to allow Benioff and Weiss to make all the seasons they had planned, but a return to conclude the story (if that is indeed what's happening) is welcome news, I'll certainly be back.

Lol. No, seriously, LoL

[ccleao · 2/10 · 28 March 2024]

• The space dudes control cars. Let's get the chap and put him immediatelly on an airplane. That was pretty stupid.

• No engineeers at the capsule design team? Attaching cables with bolts for subluminar speeds? Seriously?

• Apparently Sophons work well for stupidy things, like monitors distortion and blinking the sky, but not for turning inoperable all powerplants (or, at least the internet), which would immediatelly send humanity to stone age.

• The Melrose Place scientits act like children all the time. An impressive downgrade from Dr. Miao.

• That water filter is too low. They will break it the first big bucket someone shoves under the faucet.

Bland nonsense

[chebosky · 4/10 · 27 March 2024]

Here we have yet another series that comes out of the gate with a bang and delivers a solid 5 episodes before completely falling flat for the remainder. I am not familiar with the books, so I am ignorant as to whether this follows closely to the books at all, but it really doesn't matter because it lost all momentum for these last few episodes

The first 5 would get a 9/10 from me. There was a properly mysterious foe, intriguing characters, and solid plot progression. It all felt like it was building to something big. Then it all fell apart. Plot holes developed all over the place, and the momentum was killed to spend 3 filler episodes on melodrama. It's almost like they ran out of money, but had to turn in 8 episodes, so they just threw something together with very little coherence and entirely inconsistent with what came before. It almost felt like two different shows

People turned on each other all over the place for weird reasons, all the plot build up was stopped in it's tracks, and we were given very little explanation for why any of it was happening. It felt like it was moving too slow and too fast at the same time. Most of the screen time was spent on boring conversations that didn't really add much, and then it would skip ahead in the story glossing over everything in between

I am sadly getting GOT season 8 vibes where things just happen that are out of character with very little build up to explain any of it. I hope they can bounce back for season 2, but if they are already wheel spinning this early I have concerns.

The most idiotic mission I have ever seen!!

[sadako11 · 3/10 · 25 March 2024]

We are at war with an advanced alien species and our first plan of attack is to send them a human brain?!!! That is the most ridiculous plan I have ever seen!!

The reasons they gave for sending the brain made absolutely no sense! Pure BS!

The expectations they had for this brain were absolutely bonkers!

They were assuming that the aliens will get the brain (Will) and rebuild the rest of the body or something(they don't even know)?! And somehow Will will outsmart the aliens, gather info about them and transmit the info back to Earth?! WTF

By sending a human head, the aliens will get info about our human biology and will create more efficient human killing weapons!

They spend billions and tons of resources and research in this mission. OMG

According to Wade "Even if it is a failure we need a reason for the project to exist". He just want to accelerate technologies a couple of generations forward even if the mission is a failure.

I agree with this but this "sending a brain to aliens" mission he is using to accelerate sciences is a complete joke!

Ok, send them a head but covered with samples of all our most deadly human viruses and bacteria. Maybe one sample can affect the aliens?

Not only that, to propel the capsule 300 atomic bombs have to detonate at specific time and location. LOL Give me a break! Absolutely ridiculous!! Do you know the ridiculous amount of precision require to do this?

More than that. Let's say that the 300 bombs plan was successful, for the capsule to maintain a steady fixed course to a destination more than 200 years away it's a another ridiculous challenge.

A deviation of an inch (caused by a mechanical problem for example) and the capsule will be out of course by millions of miles 200 years from now.

In my point of view the most immediate problems are the Sophones. They should have concentrated all the resources to analyze these devices and find possible weaknesses.

Also the second thing the can do is to infiltrate the alien cult with spies/double-agents and try to feed the aliens with bad info and earn their trust.

According to the aliens the Sophones are "wrapping the world in illusions", "make us see what they what us to see", "they are everywhere, Anywhere", "Learning all your secrets". They can even hack into electronic systems. So, what is the big deal then? With so much power, using the Sophones alone can disrupt human scientific evolution easily! WTF!! I don't get this show.

The UN created the most important project to help humanity against the aliens!!: The Wallfacer Project (another ridiculously idiotic project by the way).

What is the first thing the UN do? They introduced the members of the project to the whole world!!! WTF!

Unless they are using these people as decoys while the real Wallfacer members are working in secret I don't see the logic of introducing such an important group of people to the world putting their life in danger! WTF

This is ridiculous!

Talking about the character Saul, I don't believe for a second he is a scientist. Very bad script.

Not only Saul but all the cast. I did not believe that they were scientists. They all belong in a CW show.

Apparently there is a big pro-alien cult on Earth. If the aliens wants to damage human science improvements, they could just send these cult member into kamikaze missions to create destruction and chaos.

They can even get into a lab and let out deadly viruses to kill billions of human and pushing back human evolution and progress for decades!

These cultists started killing scientists and never crossed in their heads that the police or somebody was going to investigate these deaths and find out about this cult. Morons.

The best part of the show were all the scenes with young Dr. Ye in 1960's China and some of the sci-fi elements of the story.

I never read the books. Am I missing something because this is complete nonsense.

Easily forgettable

[flakac12345 · 3/10 · 26 March 2024]

It looks like someone wanted 10 episodes, but Netflix said the magic number is 8!

The most disappointing episode of the series, with a climax smaller than a high school student's volcano project.

It's been a while since I fast forwarded so much of any final episode of any series.

A hint of what to expect in the next series? Absolutely nothing, but maybe in 400 years we will know, cause that should be about the right time for the second season.

The brain got away, literally.

Acting was good in my opinion, making me want to score this episode even higher, so yeah 3* is perfect.

If I ever get to see the second season, I wish to see the brain's own rendezvous being intercepted by a different alien civilization that will be a "good" one.

Went Out With a Whimper

[ttgttg · 1/10 · 12 April 2024]

The show pompously assumes and takes for granted that it has revealed enough to hold the viewers' interest and be believable.

Are we truly to believe that the single point of failure if the world is in trouble is one country alone? No investor in their right mind would give millions of dollars to a single effort to solve a galactic problem that affects the entire planet without ensuring that multiple players were involved in the resolution.

The only part of the episode that made sense was the cheap motel in Florida where they all were staying after blowing millions of dollars and a friend's life on the only iteration of a failed experiment. The cheap motel was a far cry from the luxurious private jets they had flown to the U. S. on.

opps my tent rope snapped - More efficently disappointing.

[Rob-O-Cop · 5/10 · 17 April 2024]

Wow, I haven't seen a show go off the rails and land so badly since, well since game of thrones I guess. I wonder if anyone involved in this show was linked to that. They seem to manage to have condensed the disappointment and feeling of betrayl down from an 8 year arc into a single 8 episode season, so I guess that's some sort of progress.

I'm tempted to read the books now and see if the original material is as directionless as this series ended up being. I had a quick look at the plot synopsis and it looks like the failure for this can be laid directly on the show runners shoulders. They have changed quite a lot of what actually happens in the story.

Such a promising start, and we really do need a smart and thought provoking series to engage us, but this was both mind numbing and thought provoking at the same time, and the ratio between the 2 veered strongly toward the mind numbing as each episode passed and then pretty much gave up on the thought provoking when it got obsessed with nano fibers, and it was all downhill from there.

WTF was going on with the brain in a box attached to some tent ropes which came unfastened as the ship passed only the 3rd acceleration point of hundreds. What was the point of all that??? What was he going to do when he got there?

Is this the ending?

[johancarlstein · 2/10 · 13 April 2024]

If this is the last episode (off the series entirely) then its one of the worst endings _ever_ Ofcourse no more episoders are comming.. so it just is confusing and weird, i mean sending up that dudes head into space was like wtf jao? Haha so epa!

The show itself was good and really had something going, everything was build up for the last episode and it was a great build up! And often beautiful environment, surroundings, great footage and special effekts.

Then something like this comes as the ending?

It was just an cliffhanger deluxe, but it was the actual ensling haha, why destroy the build up? It would have been better if the aliens just attacked the earth and killed everyone.

Great concept... Very bad acting

[rkanalbay · 3/10 · 23 March 2024]

I actually like Sci fi and Asian series... And I did need a new series that I wanted to watch with enthusiasm... Visually it's actually not bad,... But you may have a great concept, a good script,.. When the acting is bad... It just doesn't work... Maybe they should stop casting people who just look pretty, but start using their brains to realize that actors who are not that good looking can act also and most of the time even better... Please, with sugar on the top, show some class will yeah.

I hope the next episode is better and I come back here to write (it gets better)... At this point.. I hope...

An unlikely hero

[dplace-13063 · 1/10 · 24 March 2024]

How do you force an unlikely hero upon the populace that has rejected the continuously rejected the same unlikely hero time after time? By acknowledging he's a very bad candidate and having him acknowledge he's a very bad candidate, then have him claim he does want to be the hero, yada, yada, yada!

It's so bad of an attempt to get him across the finish line despite the lack of fans, support, or even logic. Hopefully they'll end these failed experiments and just get back to making decent shows soon.

How do you force an unlikely hero upon the populace that has rejected the continuously rejected the same unlikely hero time after time? By acknowledging he's a very bad candidate and having him acknowledge he's a very bad candidate, then have him claim he does want to be the hero, yada, yada, yada!

It's so bad of an attempt to get him across the finish line despite the lack of fans, support, or even logic. Hopefully they'll end these failed experiments and just get back to making decent shows soon.

Gone with the snapped sail

[dierregi · 2/10 · 1 May 2024]

The unfortunate last episode of a series that started with a bang and ended with a whimper. From mega cool video games, dehydrated bodies going back to life with a jump in the pool, and morally ambiguous Chinese scientists to a bunch of lovelorn ethnically correct failures.

The San-Ti are omnipotent and yet they send a pathetic white male sniper to kill Saul. Clearly, the guy was going to fail, because the show established that all white males are disposable, inept, or just plain bad. So why not send infallible Tatiana? She's a girl, she can do anything better. Or use the female Sophone, she is a supergirl and can kill people in various sophisticated ways. But no... they try with a stupid car accident and a sniper, kind of primitive and bound to fail.

The "Let's save Saul" plot took almost the whole episode, compounded by the trite clichè of the "reluctant hero". They give Saul a job he doesn't want and refuses, even if everybody knows he will end up doing it. Mega waste of time.

Will's brain is lost in space (or is it?) causing deep sorrow to Jin, who after having ignored him for all her life was now hoping for a resurrection.

Given that the target audience for this is young males (most SF fans are males, anyway) there is also a useless scene with nano-girl boss Auggie standing on her moral high ground and pouting about giving clean water to the poor in South America. Thumbs up Auggie!

I enjoyed only the final scene, with Clarence my favorite character, but I still wonder why the San-Ti didn't plan a better operation to wipe out everybody from planet Earth. Not that I would help them, but watching a show like this makes me feel hopeless about the future of the human race.