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Taintrunner posted:I am that guy. Oh gently caress me that was so good. That line was hyper-telegraphed and perfect because of it, but the best setup was Mei being introduced to Amos. Hardass motherfucker looked like he saw a ghost when Mei said "hi".
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Mu Zeta posted:I never disliked Bobby or Amos, I never had preconceived notions about the characters. With Holden I only noticed that the actor didn't have a lot of range. From what I gather Steven Strait is doing a good job at portraying the character as he exists in the books
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May 19, 2018 04:45
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Yeah, I always saw him as basically McNulty without the charisma. Giving a poo poo when it ain't his turn to give a poo poo.
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May 19, 2018 04:48
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Phenotype posted:Yeah, I always saw him as basically McNulty without the charisma. Giving a poo poo when it ain't his turn to give a poo poo. Is it too late to get McNulty to captain the Roci? I want to see him crash the ship and then immediately crash it again in the same exact way. Amos is basically Chris Partlow now that I think about it.
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May 19, 2018 04:50
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Phenotype posted:I thought it worked really well to have those handful of "example" Belters front and center in the first few episodes though, even if they couldn't go all the way, it was one of the things that got me into the show. They also had that plotline where Avasarala was torturing the Belter terrorist where they emphasized that he couldn't even tolerate Earth gravity anymore, and you really got the sense that this was a population apart from "normal" humans, who were all going to look more and more like the "example" Belters within a few generations.
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Svaha posted:https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ddfr_cgVQAAwyVD.jpg Here's hoping. Strait is a fine Holden. I don't doubt part of his casting came from looking kind of like Jon Snow but Strait's a pretty effective straight man for the rest of the cast to bounce off. And he's great when he gets to be all shouty and angry like he was with Mao in the last episode.
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Phenotype posted:Yeah, I always saw him as basically McNulty without the charisma. Giving a poo poo when it ain't his turn to give a poo poo. He's basically white privilege personified at the start; barging around self righteously like he knows the right decision for everyone. I think the books do a bit of a better job showing how badly he hosed up with the whole mars situation, how he comes to the realization that he hosed up, and strives to improve. Most people he encounters still think he's an idealistic idiot though. We got a bit of that when they first get to Tycho. Milky Moor posted:Strait is a fine Holden. I don't doubt part of his casting came from looking kind of like Jon Snow but Strait's a pretty effective straight man for the rest of the cast to bounce off. And he's great when he gets to be all shouty and angry like he was with Mao in the last episode. It's odd, I seem to remember him having some of the best one-liners in the books. Not as much in the show. Svaha fucked around with this message at 05:33 on May 19, 2018 |
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May 19, 2018 05:09
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tooterfish posted:It isn't a world colloquially though.... that's literally what it is. Hm, am I wrong on my astronomy terminology? I just meant that Ganymede is a moon, and figured "world" was a synonym for "planet", and thus not technically applicable.
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May 19, 2018 05:12
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Maybe we are overselling the  moment and Prax has become so jaded that he literally meant "the world." As in, Amos is his best friend on Io...
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May 19, 2018 05:14
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Madurai posted:It is now a national scriptwriting emergency to produce a good role for a giant Samoan boxer lady. Samoan's only come in giant, so it's redundant.
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May 19, 2018 05:26
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Rocksicles posted:Samoan's only come in giant, so it's redundant. I wouldn't go so far as to call the brother fat
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May 19, 2018 05:31
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Maybe my recollection is poor, but how did Fred Johnson end up in charge of Tycho? It's this massive, historic engineering project from a megacorp, and Johnson, a former soldier with zero engineering experience is somehow the station's defacto head? Is it solely due to the OPA ties?
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Svaha posted:He's basically white privilege personified at the start; barging around self righteously like he knows the right decision for everyone. I think the books do a bit of a better job showing how badly he hosed up with the whole mars situation, how he comes to the realization that he hosed up, and strives to improve. One thing that's lost in the translation from book to screen is Chrisjen Avasarala's complete disdain for Holden from page 1 and forward of the second book. She sees he is on Ganymede and literally orders a UN kidnap team to go grab him because she can't conceive of a reason he would show up there that wouldn't just make everything there worse. Holden even grows a beard as a "disguise" when on Ganymede and some of the sickest burns in that book are her making fun of his pathetic pube-beard.
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Enigma posted:Maybe my recollection is poor, but how did Fred Johnson end up in charge of Tycho? It's this massive, historic engineering project from a megacorp, and Johnson, a former soldier with zero engineering experience is somehow the station's defacto head? Is it solely due to the OPA ties? There are a lot of years of hard work between Anderson station and him becoming the OPA administrator of a major station, is what i'm saying. That maybe doesn't come across as clearly in the show. I actually haven't read the book about him yet. Maybe someone here who has can offer better insight. E: oh right the engineering thing. The company he founded (Tycho Manufacturing) is the same one that first spun up Ceres for artificial gravity, an unprecedented engineering feat at the time. That's why the Mormons came to him to build the Navoo, another unprecedented engineering feat. Svaha fucked around with this message at 06:11 on May 19, 2018 |
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May 19, 2018 05:53
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i think beat up holden has been doing a good job. when it was just his messed up leg he looked stupid. after he got beat up and killed that guy his face really rounded out and he seemed less annoying. this show is cool. amos is cool.
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May 19, 2018 06:11
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One tiny detail I picked up was you could see the outline of Holden's subdermal radiation treatment device (it was triangular on his shoulder) with the interface port. I had more or less completely forgotten about it, but seeing that reminded me he has to be treated continuously for the rest of life to not develop cancer. The attention to detail and continuity is ratcheted to an insane level.
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May 19, 2018 06:17
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twistedmentat posted:A woman wearing a Expanse Season 3 coat came into my work tonight, and I told her I hope they get good news soon. She got visibly choked up and told me "I've seen all the love online, but hearing it in real life is amazing. I will have to tell my boss". We talked a bit and she told me how everyone really hopes things works out because everyone who works on the show puts so much love and effort into it, and everyones been so proud. I told her how much I loved it and how I've introduced a lot of my friends who have also come to love it. D'awww.  Reminds me of the time the actress who played Tori on BSG walked into the Starbuck's that my friend's wife worked at and she just gushed about how much she loved BSG.
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Proteus Jones posted:One tiny detail I picked up was you could see the outline of Holden's subdermal radiation treatment device (it was triangular on his shoulder) with the interface port. I had more or less completely forgotten about it, but seeing that reminded me he has to be treated continuously for the rest of life to not develop cancer. Also Holden's busted nose and Alex's all over bruising from the Martian fight persisting over episodes while fading/healing with time, rather than just disappearing between two.
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May 19, 2018 06:24
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Fred is noticeably larger this season, business has clearly been good on Tycho station of late.
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Lotta time eating Bortus' honorable snack bowls.
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Grand Fromage posted:Lotta time eating Bortus' honorable snack bowls. Also I love that he's in both shows and playing such absolutely different characters.
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Grand Fromage posted:Lotta time eating Bortus' honorable snack bowls. I was more thinking not enough time in the boxing gym
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EimiYoshikawa posted:Hm, am I wrong on my astronomy terminology? I just meant that Ganymede is a moon, and figured "world" was a synonym for "planet", and thus not technically applicable. In astronomy maybe, but as far as English in general goes "world" can mean a group of people (e.g. "the western world") or it can also mean "everything that exists"
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Baronjutter posted:Also I love that he's in both shows and playing such absolutely different characters. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gp4Hp_nV41k&t=5s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3axVH37F0ds
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MrWilderheap posted:In astronomy maybe, but as far as English in general goes "world" can mean a group of people (e.g. "the western world") or it can also mean "everything that exists" As someone who has studied astronomy at university level (although I'm not an astronomer), I don't believe 'world' has a proper scientific/astronomical definition. If you mean planet you say planet, if you mean moon or dwarf planet you'd say that.
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Doctor Reynolds posted:Cutty deserves to be in charge of a space station. I can totally picture Johnson macking on all his subordinates' moms. Checks out.
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Svaha posted:E: oh right the engineering thing. The company he founded (Tycho Manufacturing) is the same one that first spun up Ceres for artificial gravity, an unprecedented engineering feat at the time. That's why the Mormons came to him to build the Navoo, another unprecedented engineering feat. Johnson didn’t found Tycho. It existed for generations before him. He’s just its hot new CEO. Platystemon fucked around with this message at 08:12 on May 19, 2018 |
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He's not even the CEO. He just oversees Tycho Station. It's a huge company with assets all over the system.
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In what world does "world" just mean "planet"?  This is such a weird discussion.
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Toast Museum posted:He's not even the CEO. He just oversees Tycho Station. It's a huge company with assets all over the system. Okay, so he’s the Bishop of Rome
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Albeit a bit poetic world is a synonym for planet. I've heard and read it many times especially in science fiction. "All these worlds are yours" But in this case I don't think that's what Prax meant.
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I didn't really think that's what he meant either, and I don't think it's weird Belters would use "world" regularly in colloquial speech, I just thought it was an interesting thing to maybe talk about, like, more broadly, the evolution of language in space, for two or three posts. I didn't think it'd turn into...this. 
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Platystemon posted:Johnson didn’t found. Tycho. It existed for generations before him. He’s just its hot new CEO. oops. I guess Johnson isn't 150+ years old then?  Been a while since i read the early books.Toast Museum posted:He's not even the CEO. He just oversees Tycho Station. It's a huge company with assets all over the system. Svaha fucked around with this message at 08:20 on May 19, 2018 |
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Platystemon posted:Okay, so he’s the Bishop of Rome He's more like the dual role of Director of Operations, and Union Boss
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I still don't quite get Fred's role. He's set him self up like the absolute owner of the station and is trying to form a nation out of it yet it's just the manager of a franchise. Is the corporation super pro-belt or something? How aren't earth and mars just flexing some economic muscle to get him out?
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Fred is what's generally known as a 'warlord'. Tycho could send him a letter of termination, but good fuckin' luck getting they poo poo back.
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Baronjutter posted:I still don't quite get Fred's role. He's set him self up like the absolute owner of the station and is trying to form a nation out of it yet it's just the manager of a franchise. Is the corporation super pro-belt or something? How aren't earth and mars just flexing some economic muscle to get him out? Because Belters are the highly specialised, naturalised, and experienced work force, and the corporation doesn't have any inner scabs that could do any of the work as effectively, or to the same time table, for the same money. They treat the Belters like poo poo, but if the Belters suddenly hosed off and said do it yourself, Earth and Mars would grind to a halt. NTRabbit fucked around with this message at 08:58 on May 19, 2018 |
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Workers of the world unite, you have nothing to lose but your chains, etc
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