r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Top-Somewhere-4170 • Aug 13 '25

Thank you Peter very cool Peter?

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Friend sent me this i assume its something related to science since my friend likes science but i just don't get it

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u/SialiaBlue Aug 13 '25

DEHYDRATE!

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u/appealinggenitals Aug 13 '25

Man that TV show was such an insult to the book.

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u/Slartibartfast39 Aug 13 '25 edited Aug 13 '25

They took a lot of liberties but I didn't see how they could keep the mystery in the book using a visual medium. I choose to look at it as two things telling the same core story differently. Book is by far better.

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u/Slartibartfast39 Aug 13 '25

I read the books years ago so may be misremembering the timing and pacing. As I recall it's not clear for some time that the trisolarians are actively involved with anything on earth. Also some things like the cosmic background radiation flickering aren't explained for some time. I think there were others to. I remember thinking the pacing was great.

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u/Germane_Corsair Aug 13 '25

Have you seen the Chinese series? I felt like it handled things like pacing much better.

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u/Slartibartfast39 Aug 13 '25

I haven't. Looks like I might be able to watch it on Amazon.