I don't know if they all go to the same writing school but my hypothesis is that this is how writing schools are teaching everyone to write stories these days. It's everywhere.

Does every netflix adaptation get written by the same exact people

Yes, the data from Netflix's user base and algorithm basically writes the episodes. That's how Netflix's version of House Of Cards with Kevin Spacey was made. They just jammed all the most popular stuff, according to Netflix user data, into one show, and that's how House Of Cards was mad. That's why all these similarities in Netflix shows exist. With AI it's just going to get worse. We're officially in the era of algorithically driven shows.

Is Nexflix doing the whole trilogy? In a miniseries basically?

The show rushes out answers to questions that it would have been fun to have some time to think about.

The new Percy Jackson series did this too. There is lots to praise about the new adaptation, but the plot feels rushed, propelled forth by characters having sudden realisations multiple times per episode.

The rehydration scene is supposed to feature millions of Trisolarans. There's like 10 on screen.

Yup. And the only reason any of the plot can even happen is totally bogus space magic that's so silly you can't even call it soft sci-fi. I gave up after the first book, and I really have nothing good to say about it. I've heard people opine that it was a lot of people's first science fiction book the same way Harry Potter was a lot of kids first fantasy adventure book, and that's why it had such an impact.

By chemistry you mean everyone constantly saying "shut the fuck up" and elbowing or punching each other? It's just toxic.

There was really a bunch of weird stuff in Death's End about how this or that era could "produce real men" or not. Hard times and soft times cycle level stuff.

monkey's paw curls

The Daily Wire adapts it and quadruples down on the misogyny.

It easily could be. The other problem is that it's so obviously a product of focus groups of soccer moms and lib millennials. They try so hard to make things with something for everybody, e.g. comedy, romance, action, thriller, scifi, fantasy all mashed into ONE film/show and it's just a fucking mess. STOP trying to please everyone. Not every film/show has to be watched by three billion people.

The books are great, though expect some brainworms from a boomer Chinese nationalist. Otherwise I always tell people that if you want to understand how Chinese people think about the world (generalizing here of course), read the TBP series.

There have been so many times throughout the books that the author totally nailed how the Chinese society would typically respond to foreign threats or global events, and I just had to nod my head along and said, “yes, it truly is a very Chinese story”, though this layer of meaning would certainly be missed by the vast majority of Western readers.

Very relevant to the current US-China relationship as well. It worries me that Obama liked the books - if he truly understands China and how naive it could be, then we’re screwed.