Post-Lupin
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Post by Post-Lupin on Jan 28, 2016 8:06:20 GMT -5
I think this is the best show on TV right now, certainly the one that I look most forward to each week. The first two episodes might have been a little harder to get into due to the show not handholding the viewer but from episode 3 on, it has been great. We are getting a 2 hour season finale next week. This season has flown by quickly when you consider they showed the first two episodes on consecutive nights and are having a 2 hour/episode finale. I can't wait a year for season two so it looks like I will be picking up the books after the finale. 1. Approve the name change greatly. 2. Next novel's out in June, and considering the brutal cliffhanger of the previous one, I am glad. (There will almost certainly also be a background novella too - they put one of each out every year.) |
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Post by Douay-Rheims-Challoner on Jan 28, 2016 9:15:16 GMT -5
2. Next novel's out in June, and considering the brutal cliffhanger of the previous one, I am glad. (There will almost certainly also be a background novella too - they put one of each out every year.) And the background novellas are informing the show, too - Amos Burton laconically telling Rocinante's stowaway spy that they're just in 'a churn' where the world reworks itself with violence and you either survive or you don't, well, why he'd think like that is covered in - surprise! - "The Churn" novella. |
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Post by Post-Lupin on Jan 28, 2016 9:18:07 GMT -5
2. Next novel's out in June, and considering the brutal cliffhanger of the previous one, I am glad. (There will almost certainly also be a background novella too - they put one of each out every year.) And the background novellas are informing the show, too - Amos Burton laconically telling Rocinante's stowaway spy that they're just in 'a churn' where the world reworks itself with violence and you either survive or you don't, well, why he'd think like that is covered in - surprise! - "The Churn" novella. As that ep was written by Abraham/Francs, no shock that they're getting some of the side material in. I used The Churn as a descriptor for our current world unrest - similar in use to Gibson's The Jackpot - in my last newsletter. By popular request, I slung it online here. The James SA Corey Twitter was nice about me being this cheeky, so that's OK! |
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Post by Mrs David Tennant on Jan 28, 2016 9:23:31 GMT -5
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Post by Post-Lupin on Jan 28, 2016 9:25:18 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Jan 28, 2016 13:55:15 GMT -5
I also enjoyed your writing Lupin. I am also greatly enjoying Amos though I've heard that some of the book readers on Reddit don't think he represents book Amos all that well. His excellent situational awareness and gun safety is awesome and they have given him some awesome dark humor "Fresh air it is then" and "I really wanna blast it". And who can forget the great faces- |
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Post by Douay-Rheims-Challoner on Jan 28, 2016 14:15:04 GMT -5
I am also greatly enjoying Amos though I've heard that some of the book readers on Reddit don't think he represents book Amos all that well. He's the one bit of casting that seems odd to me - book Amos is described as kind of a big lug who's been in too many bar fights; this was an oddly soft-spoken Amos - but as an interpretation it's made sense to me as the show has gone on (especially considering elements of his past the show has also touched on.) |
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Post by Mrs David Tennant on Jan 28, 2016 14:49:52 GMT -5
I'm having trouble with Holden. I think he seems to be too young in comparison to the book.
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Post by Post-Lupin on Jan 29, 2016 7:50:39 GMT -5
I'm having trouble with Holden. I think he seems to be too young in comparison to the book. He is, but I like the performance. He's plausibly Quixotic, which is important. |
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Post by Mrs David Tennant on Jan 29, 2016 9:59:11 GMT -5
I'm having trouble with Holden. I think he seems to be too young in comparison to the book. He is, but I like the performance. He's plausibly Quixotic, which is important. I haven't seen too many episodes yet, so he may grow on me. |
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Post by Douay-Rheims-Challoner on Jan 29, 2016 10:03:37 GMT -5
I'm having trouble with Holden. I think he seems to be too young in comparison to the book. He is, but I like the performance. He's plausibly Quixotic, which is important. And honestly Holden just seems like the kind of guy who'd have movie star good looks (while Miller would be the roughed looking fellow he is.) |
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Post by Lemminkainen on Feb 1, 2016 19:13:32 GMT -5
I am also greatly enjoying Amos though I've heard that some of the book readers on Reddit don't think he represents book Amos all that well. He's the one bit of casting that seems odd to me - book Amos is described as kind of a big lug who's been in too many bar fights; this was an oddly soft-spoken Amos - but as an interpretation it's made sense to me as the show has gone on (especially considering elements of his past the show has also touched on.) He's also supposed to be shorter than the rest of the crew, so I tend to imagine someone like Salvador from Borderlands 2 as Amos. |
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Post by rimjobflashmob on Feb 12, 2016 10:25:54 GMT -5
I finally finished out the season and man, the last two episodes operate on a completely different level than the 8 that preceded it. I'm not even talking about the fireworks factory type of stuff - the cinematography and dialogue both seemed multiple steps ahead of what came before. More of that in season 2, please!
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