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kerwyn posted:The UNN also lost a ton of ships in the Battle of Io IIRC And Ganymede before that. There's a comment in there somewhere where they talk about what percentage of the fleet has been destroyed, and it's big.
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Haven't seen the episode yet. The ring station is up? Hope they show the first run into the slow zone. With that I mean the inside view.
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Next episode is titled "delta-v" so it's likely. The teaser showed Belter related stuff though, including a new character - maybe the TV version of Bull? I'm pretty sure Diogo is gonna go splat this next episode.
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ATP_Power posted:Next episode is titled "delta-v" so it's likely. The teaser showed Belter related stuff though, including a new character - maybe the TV version of Bull? His rear end get crushed to dust! 
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 New guy and Diogo's kinda silly looking new ink. I do like the new "legitmate" OPA logo on the vac suits.
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Diogo seems exactly like the sort of person to go for face tats. I liked the changes the show made to the AG. Makes the whole thing seem less like Holden personally saving the solar system and it gave Cotyar a good sendoff.
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May 17, 2018 13:00
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Platystemon posted:The pacing of the episode felt so much faster than the rest of the earlier part of the season, or the book for that matter. I wonder if they had an inkling.
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Oh wow, if we're getting all the way to Holden tripping out on the planet and all the gates open then they're really gonna be burning rubber like the show never has before, considering it was around 14-15 episodes or so to get through book 1 and about the same for book 2. I suppose 3's much easier to condense down than the others since it's mostly taking place in the same area. I'm also curious how they're going to handle the time jump, I'm fine with just a simple "X year(s) later" text but I think they won't even put up anything and just keep stuff flowin. Maybe episode 10 of the season is just them getting into the gate, but then again with how perfect it is for a finale I don't know why on earth you wouldn't end the season there by any means necessary. If they have to end it before adapting all the material then that moment and the end of book 3 is absolutely the place to do it, but I'd so much rather see the story continue. If they do get to that then at least I'll be slightly consoled by them landing in a real fun place for the finale. NowonSA fucked around with this message at 13:42 on May 17, 2018 |
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I dislike that the pasteurisation of the Protomolecule was reframed from “Fred Johnson takes the initiative and reminds everyone he is cool & good” to “Nagata redeems herself”.
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Is it ever made clear in the books just how devastated Earth's biosphere is before the rocks fall? Were there still anything resembling wildlife preserves, for instance, or had the fauna mostly died off by then
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zeal posted:Is it ever made clear in the books just how devastated Earth's biosphere is before the rocks fall? Were there still anything resembling wildlife preserves, for instance, or had the fauna mostly died off by then I don't remember a ton of detail on that point. I seem to recall the Holden family's big game-the-system farm, at 22 acres, being compared to the size of a national park. Kind of weird, considering those infographics (in the other thread, I think) showing how (relatively) little land you'd need to cram people into megacities of varying densities, but there it is. Edit: typo Toast Museum fucked around with this message at 15:24 on May 21, 2018 |
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May 21, 2018 15:16
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The Holden multi-family agreement is a strange but also funny features of the books.
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I know people who are basically living that arrangement already, minus the actual genetic cocktail offspring, and I could see myself doing it too. The whole series pivots on how families are made and chosen so it seems in keeping with the theme to me.
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From the non-spoiler thread;Rah! posted:yeah that thing was crazy. maybe a weapon or a gate to somewhere far away What a loving prick.
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Probably "speculation" but to be fair the opening credits have a shot of the behemoth with the location listed as the ring gates.
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Toast Museum posted:I don't remember a ton of detail on that point. I seem to recall the Holden family's big game-the-system farm, at 22 acres, being compared to the size of a national park. Kind of weird, considering those infographics (in the other thread, I think) showing how (relatively) little land you'd need to cram people into megacities of varying densities, but there it is. Franck and Abraham have the same understanding of geography as G. R. R. M..
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PriorMarcus posted:From the non-spoiler thread; He's claiming it was just an extremely accurate guess, so
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Polaron posted:He's claiming it was just an extremely accurate guess, so Convincingness level: zero
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Convincingness level: presidential
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The episode teaser doesn't exactly help, with what the tentacles forming a ring.
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PriorMarcus posted:From the non-spoiler thread; Nothing in their post history suggests that they've read any of the books so maybe chill the gently caress out? Getting a mod to edit their post ended up actually spoiling things for a few people. For real, why are you people so loving neurotic about spoilers? This is beyond ridiculous.
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loving show spoiling the show by showing the show
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zeal posted:Is it ever made clear in the books just how devastated Earth's biosphere is before the rocks fall? Were there still anything resembling wildlife preserves, for instance, or had the fauna mostly died off by then I think most people live in urban sprawls with most of the rest of the land being held by the wealthy or the government. When Amos is traipsing about the apocalypse, he mostly encounters the security forces of the super elite that have fled the planet.
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Combat Pretzel posted:The episode teaser doesn't exactly help, with what the tentacles forming a ring. Edit: I'm personally super neurotic about spoilers, so I'm not questioning anyone's concern, but it's an easy thing to overdo.
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I'm not sure if that guy was a book reader or not, but the goons who were making "predictions" in the GoT thread were not worth commenting on because it was super, super pathetic.
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Eiba posted:You know, people in the other thread were going on about how spoilery the preview was... I could barely parse that it was forming a ring and I knew exactly what it was supposed to do. If folks had just been calm and not posted anything about how spoilery it was show watchers could have just watched it and not understood what they were seeing without realizing they should be guessing implications from the weird alien things going on on the screen. The spoiler in the preview wasn't its contents but that there were credits rolling right there and it mentions a certain investigator
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I didn't even notice that. I'm not sure what to make of it, since the same credits will be rolling in the episode itself anyway, before that person shows up. On the other hand, I guess if you're not getting it rubbed in the face beforehand, you might not notice it showing on screen and still be surprised.
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Joe Mantis posted:The spoiler in the preview wasn't its contents but that there were credits rolling right there and it mentions a certain investigator And honestly, since it's got the credits on there, that's probably just the start of the episode so we're hosed in terms of how that spoiler's going to be presented. One would have to not watch the actual episode to avoid it.
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It's kinda refreshing that they don't exist and I don't know if there's an in-universe reason for it but I am surprised there's no chemical lasers. I think they got cancelled down here because while they had their benefits that didn't offset their downsides or perform better than other point defense systems but it's some indeterminate centuries into the future and they could easily handwave yet another scientific breakthrough.
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Spoilers are a fake problem and science backs this up.
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If people want to avoid spoilers they probably shouldn't be looking up every preview and interview they can find.
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Milo and POTUS posted:It's kinda refreshing that they don't exist and I don't know if there's an in-universe reason for it but I am surprised there's no chemical lasers. I think they got cancelled down here because while they had their benefits that didn't offset their downsides or perform better than other point defense systems but it's some indeterminate centuries into the future and they could easily handwave yet another scientific breakthrough. IIRC it's never mentioned, kinda like how the intelligence of the computer systems isn't explored or addressed directly (they've got a computer doctor, and most of the ship's systems can run on auto, but autonomous drones or ships aren't a thing?) I think it's just a function of the aesthetic vision they had for the setting not including things like A/VIs and lasers even though from a 'hard' technical perspective both would be possible in the setting.
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Eiba posted:You know, people in the other thread were going on about how spoilery the preview was... I could barely parse that it was forming a ring and I knew exactly what it was supposed to do. If folks had just been calm and not posted anything about how spoilery it was show watchers could have just watched it and not understood what they were seeing without realizing they should be guessing implications from the weird alien things going on on the screen. Yeah it was the SPECIAL APPEARANCE BY, which is probably going to be in the last 30 seconds of the ep as a HOLY poo poo moment.
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AlternateAccount posted:Yeah it was the SPECIAL APPEARANCE BY, which is probably going to be in the last 30 seconds of the ep as a HOLY poo poo moment. Some people may just think he's there for a flashback? 
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Episode summaries are out through 10:quote:7 The final three episodes are "Objects in Motion" (probably the aftermath of the Slow Zone, uh, slowing), "Congregation" (everybody heads to the Behemoth), and "Abaddon's Gate" (the rest of AG).
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