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Chard posted:Has there ever been a TV series based on a non-complete book series that didn't eventually spiral into its own rear end? I can't think of one, hoped this might be an exception. More than that, this might be a non-complete book series that actually gets completed in the next couple years, before the show can catch up. He's been pumping out a book per year steady since 2011, according to Amazon. And as much as I like the books, they're a little bit light and schlocky, and probably a lot easier to write than some of the other epics. It doesn't seem it's gonna give him fits to resolve all the different plotlines like in ASoIaF. For TV show chat, does anyone else have kind of a disconnect when the crew of the Roci discusses plans like going to Io? I remember rolling my eyes at it back when I was reading it, and it kinda stuck out in the episode the other night. "How many people are on Io?" "People? Not sure. Crazy protomolecule monsters? We don't know that either." "So let's take our small ship with a half-dozen people there and assault the place. Oh, and Alex and Naomi usually stay on the ship to fly it and do electronics support." It's the sort of thing that only makes sense when you have a clear understanding that these are the protagonists and they're going to be able to do protagonisty things without the usual risk of death or impossible odds. No sane, rational mind is going to look at the crew of the Roci and assume it's not suicide to have Amos, Holden, and Prax attack an unknown facility with any amount of armed guards (and monsters!) inside. It's not even like they're a trained covert ops team or something, Amos is probably really good in a fight but I don't think he's ever had any actual military training, and Holden and Alex were just Navy technicians for the most part, I don't think they've had any real combat training. And Prax should be more of a liability than anything. Bobbie actually fits the bill for a ground assault, but they really just lucked into having her with them, the original plan was for the original Roci crew to go in all by themselves. I'm not sure why it stands out so much to me when stuff like this is pretty par for the course in a lot of fiction, maybe it's just because these guys are so spectacularly unqualified to go up against trained and coordinated opposition.
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Someone remind me what happens with all those rocket hybrids? I must have skimmed over these parts years ago.
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Combat Pretzel posted:Someone remind me what happens with all those rocket hybrids? I must have skimmed over these parts years ago. I honestly can't remember it either. The sequence of events is different in the show, I'm fairly sure the assault on the research station didn't happen in the books; it was just the stuff on Io. so i'm not sure if it even happened in the books.
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# ? May 11, 2018 19:17 |
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iirc Holden goes to the Agatha King, turns on the transponders and the missiles get shot down by ships or planetary defenses. Fred Johnson blows up missiles headed for Tycho with one of Earth's nukes to remind everyone he's got a big dick.
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# ? May 11, 2018 19:22 |
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yeah and avasarala does some straight up gangsta poo poo loving with the bad dude admiral shes such a great character
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bloom posted:iirc Holden goes to the Agatha King, turns on the transponders and the missiles get shot down by ships or planetary defenses. Fred Johnson blows up missiles headed for Tycho with one of Earth's nukes to remind everyone he's got a big dick. They were all heading for Mars, and the UN and Mars were planning on shooting them down when they got to the innersys, Fred Johnson nukes every single protomissile when they get near the Belt to remind the Inners where Earth's entire planetary arsenal of nukes went.
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# ? May 11, 2018 19:45 |
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I'm laughing and also crying at the people in the non-spoiler thread who think this season isn't going to end on a cliffhanger that will never be resolved.
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# ? May 11, 2018 20:13 |
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We'll never see cgi deathslugs now.
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# ? May 11, 2018 20:28 |
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Chard posted:Has there ever been a TV series based on a non-complete book series that didn't eventually spiral into its own rear end? I can't think of one, hoped this might be an exception. You're in luck about it not spiraling because it's not even going to be airborne much longer Fister Roboto posted:I'm laughing and also crying at the people in the non-spoiler thread who think this season isn't going to end on a cliffhanger that will never be resolved. What's bad for the show is good for the spoilers thread ironically enough
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Fister Roboto posted:I'm laughing and also crying at the people in the non-spoiler thread who think this season isn't going to end on a cliffhanger that will never be resolved. Well like we have the books so it's not as bad And this book series is actually finishing next year
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# ? May 11, 2018 20:35 |
The Millercrab that could have been....
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# ? May 11, 2018 20:37 |
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I am not going to hear any talk about cancellation. It will absolutely be picked up by Netflix or Amazon. It will.
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Phenotype posted:I am not going to hear any talk about cancellation. It will absolutely be picked up by Netflix or Amazon. It will. My man do you know what year it is
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# ? May 11, 2018 21:23 |
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Do we know yet roughly where season 3 will end? If it's right at the introduction of the ring gate system, I could see it being a nice place to wrap things up--keep the story within the solar system and end on the reveal that there are over a thousand others out there in... The Expanse
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# ? May 12, 2018 20:33 |
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Probably get through the slow zone disaster and open the gates up. I'm basing that on this tweet https://twitter.com/JamesSACorey/status/995068740453584896
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I speculated earlier based on episode titles that we might get though all of an abbreviated Abbadon's Gate... If they're promising resolution this season I can't see how they'd do it without sorting the ring gate crisis.
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# ? May 12, 2018 21:05 |
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It figures that when the show actually catches my interest that it gets cancelled. I'm in Team Netflix/Amazon.
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# ? May 12, 2018 22:32 |
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In light of the cancellation news can someone give me the lowdown on Amos's ultimate arc? where's that dude going?
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# ? May 12, 2018 23:05 |
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He has a non sexual companionship with Julie Mao's sister and is with her during her terminal disease. They bond because they are both outsiders.
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Eiba posted:I speculated earlier based on episode titles that we might get though all of an abbreviated Abbadon's Gate... If they're promising resolution this season I can't see how they'd do it without sorting the ring gate crisis. I have a really bad feeling that this is going to feel extremely rushed.
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# ? May 12, 2018 23:23 |
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I don't know, Abbadon's Gate's whole mutiny/counter-mutiny/counter-counter-mutiny thing seems ripe for streamlining.
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Phenotype posted:More than that, this might be a non-complete book series that actually gets completed in the next couple years, before the show can catch up. He's been pumping out a book per year steady since 2011, according to Amazon. And as much as I like the books, they're a little bit light and schlocky, and probably a lot easier to write than some of the other epics. It doesn't seem it's gonna give him fits to resolve all the different plotlines like in ASoIaF. It's not just one author, it's two guys writing under the same name
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# ? May 13, 2018 00:07 |
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There's also a novella all about Amos, The Churn, that's probably worth your while.
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Chef Boyardeez Nuts posted:There's also a novella all about Amos, The Churn, that's probably worth your while. it's his origin story, so if you want to know why he's all hosed up you should read it.
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zeal posted:In light of the cancellation news can someone give me the lowdown on Amos's ultimate arc? where's that dude going? The best part of the books is when Amos and Julie's Sister (called "Peaches") are making their way through a devastated, post-apocalyptic Earth and kill a survivalist for his gear and weapons. As they walk away, Peaches asks him about the morality of what they've done. Amos doesn't understand: they needed the stuff to live and if they didn't take it someone else would. Peaches says "but, if we hadn't gone there, he would still be alive right now." Amos pauses, contemplates a moment, and finally realizes: "poo poo...I need to get back to the ship."
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# ? May 13, 2018 00:43 |
https://twitter.com/JamesSACorey/status/995394893341052929
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# ? May 13, 2018 02:29 |
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Will we actually get to see the dandelion sky or just the one?
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# ? May 13, 2018 02:39 |
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Platystemon posted:Will we actually get to see the dandelion sky or just the one? Well, there is an episode called Dandelion Sky so I would hope so.
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# ? May 13, 2018 03:18 |
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I knew the episode titles were out there but had been avoiding them. It’s time to read them now. Here is the list: quote:Immolation
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# ? May 13, 2018 04:40 |
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Man...this season is going to get so good and it is already cancelled...
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# ? May 13, 2018 04:48 |
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Well, I pulled my weight and emailed both the CEO of Amazon and Amazon itself. I didn't think I'd ever be pulling for this show to stay on the air, but this season has been good.
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Professor Shark posted:Well, I pulled my weight and emailed both the CEO of Amazon and Amazon itself. I didn't think I'd ever be pulling for this show to stay on the air, but this season has been good. For those who want to do the same: Toxic Fart Syndrome posted:tl;dr - Where's Obvious Cut and paste job, but lol that this was posted on social media.
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Fister Roboto posted:I have a really bad feeling that this is going to feel extremely rushed. The book is longer than it needs to be, imo. The show's been really good at streamlining stuff.
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Svaha posted:For those who want to do the same: It might just be the artifacting but a lot of people in that seem like copy/pastes.
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Milky Moor posted:It might just be the artifacting but a lot of people in that seem like copy/pastes. One of the production guys said that it was really only meant for the team, and as such they were more concerned with fitting in everybody who wasn't there in person, rather than trying to pass it off as an authentic photo
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# ? May 14, 2018 03:59 |
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e: disregard, it turns out i can butt post, not just butt dial
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# ? May 15, 2018 12:49 |
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BORN TO DIE SYSTEM IS A gently caress Kill Em All 2359 I am rock man 410,757,864,530 DEAD EARTHERS ATP_Power fucked around with this message at 16:57 on May 16, 2018 |
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ATP_Power posted:BORN TO DIE Oh great Qanon's still around in the future?
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# ? May 16, 2018 16:43 |
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So i know from wiki browsing how the devastation of Earth pans out, but there's background detail the wikis are scarace on. Question: why are the inner system navies so weak by the time of Babylon's Ashes that the Free Navy even poses a threat? A glance at the list of ships they had never implies much bigger or meaner than something like the Tachi, which is a fine vessel but the sort of thing the Donnager could hold two of, you know? I get that the 'dream of Mars' collapsed when the ring gates opened, and there was a mass exodus, but why was Earth in particular so significantly weakened even before the rocks fell?
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# ? May 16, 2018 17:35 |
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Partially Earth just being a paper tiger with mostly old garbage ships that are worthless, partially being reduced from the war with Mars beforehand, but mainly it's not that the UNN itself is lovely. The problem is that they refuse to leave Earth orbit because they need 95% of their ships at home to make absolutely positively drat sure that nobody ever drops a rock on the place again. So they still have lots of ships, but the politicians would never sign off on them going on the offensive.
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