Netflix’s 3 Body Problem—an adaptation of the first book in Liu Cixin’s highly acclaimed sci-fi trilogy—asks a lot of big questions and puts its characters through some agonizing decisions. But at its core, the show grapples with one big dilemma: whether or not humanity is worth saving from a threat that feels both existential and all too real. At a recent press roundtable for 3 Body Problem, David Benioff—the series’ co-creator along with D.B.
In fact, it probably showed us splitting apart even more, and it definitely informed our writing of it.” “Because if you think about if , is everyone going to suddenly, like, link arms and say, ‘We’re off to fight ’? Or some people are going to say, ‘I don’t believe that. That’s a conspiracy. This is the U.S. government is doing this, or Elon Musk has been planning this’?,” Benioff continued.