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crazysim posted:I don't know about the Mao names being French being all that different from today. The actors of the Mao family all have French names themselves. I guess it's more prominently shown though. François Chau is Cambodian of chinese vietnamese stock. But it's a ex French colony
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So I'm half way through season 3 and there's something that's bothering me. In the last episode of season 2, after the hybrid is killed after tearing through the Rosi trying to get to the reactor, there's a lingering camera shot of a glob of protomolecule that got missed during clean up. Is this ever revisited or is it another plot hole? edit: nevermind, I just got to ep8. Shut up and JAM! fucked around with this message at 12:12 on Jul 19, 2018 |
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Jul 19, 2018 10:41
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Keep watching, don't spoil yourself.jfood posted:the weird, hosed up gold-disc preachin' and square dancin' cargo cult that would have developed on the navoo... The Nauvoo later featured on an episode of The Orville
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Shut up and JAM! posted:So I'm half way through season 3 and there's something that's bothering me. In the last episode of season 2, after the hybrid is killed after tearing through the Rosi trying to get to the reactor, there's a lingering camera shot of a glob of protomolecule that got missed during clean up. Is this ever revisited or is it another plot hole? Ignoring the specific thing you mention hear so you don't get spoiled, but what else do you consider to be plot holes? I've not noticed any at all really but I might have missed some.
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Toxic Fart Syndrome posted:Also, something like 45% of Russians are Orthodox, so it is much more religiously monolithic than the US. Ummmm. Something like 47% of Americans are Protestant.
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feedmegin posted:Ummmm. Something like 47% of Americans are Protestant. Orthodox is a single church, “Protestant” is not.
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You might as well just say that Americans are Christian. Protestant just means "not catholic."
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feedmegin posted:Ummmm. Something like 47% of Americans are Protestant.  As has been pointed out, the other side of the schism is much more monolithic: ~44% of all Russians identify specifically as Russian Orthodox, 1% as Greek or Antiochian Orthodox, and the rest of the country is a mix of other denominations and religions like you'd expect. America hasn't ever had a single religious identity pull numbers like that. By comparison, the largest, single US denomination is Catholicism with ~23% of the US population. Anywho, did we decide where Anna was from because  to type 3 words into Google...
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Cojawfee posted:You might as well just say that Americans are Christian. Protestant just means "not catholic." "Not Catholic or Orthodox"
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I'm happy that The Expanse isn't so smug about religion like Star Trek. But it's understandable that even in their enlightened world that nobody gives a gently caress about the mormons.
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Toxic Fart Syndrome posted:Anywho, did we decide where Anna was from because In the books she's originally from Kimry, Russia and lived most of her adult life in Moscow. At the start of Abbadon's Gate, she's living on Europa. In the show she lives in St Petersburg.
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Toast Museum posted:In the show she lives in St Petersburg. An ordained lesbian methodist with a black partner living in Russia still more realistic in the future than an ordained orthodox woman!
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Toxic Fart Syndrome posted:
In terms of 'is it surprising this character is not Orthodox/Protestant' I'm not sure this matters, tbh.
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Mu Zeta posted:I'm happy that The Expanse isn't so smug about religion like Star Trek. But it's understandable that even in their enlightened world that nobody gives a gently caress about the mormons. I keep waiting for there to be some action by the mormons against Fred Johnson or Holden or somebody or something. Try to steal the navuoo back. Unless I fell asleep and missed half an episode or something?
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Zaphod42 posted:I keep waiting for there to be some action by the mormons against Fred Johnson or Holden or somebody or something. Try to steal the navuoo back. Unless I fell asleep and missed half an episode or something? The Mormons are suing Tycho, but much like the MCRN and the Roci:  Also the Mormons don't have a navy so they are probably twice-hosed.
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Toxic Fart Syndrome posted:Also the Mormons don't have a navy so they are probably twice-hosed. They also don't have much legal standing. The ship was commendeerd during an emergency legally. Then legally salvaged. The fact that the same people did both is not a legal relevant thing. Yes the Mormon's got a raw deal, but that's the nature of getting unlucky during a diaster. Also this thread has now spent 10 times the words considering Mormons than the books and show combined.
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And I doubt earth is going to go to bat for the mormons in their fight against the people who saved earth from eros and only stole it in a last ditch attempt to save the earth.
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losing your investment because it was employed to try and stop an alien entity dropping a rock on Earth, that probably qualifies as force majeure. Mormons are poo poo out of luck. besides, as has been said, who's going to make them give it back if they win their case.
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going after the navoo does give earth's law enforcement a chance to gently caress over poors for the sake of really rich white folk though. as advanced as a cop in 2240 or whatever might be, they'd loving salivate and the chance to teach the belters about 'respect'.
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Anonymous Zebra posted:Anna is totally Russian in the books. The Florida thing is just a joke I believe. However, she is a Russian protestant minister lesbian who lives in Africa with her wife and their biological child. It's one of those things the authors just casually mention before moving on to show how different the world is at the time the books take place. Kind of like the Mao family whom all have French names, or how an entire area of Mars is inhabited by Chinese and Indian ethnicity people who speak and act like Texans. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NMrqGHr5zE
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It's almost like that's exactly how colonialism works. Who knew.
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frieda quon musta been a goddamn minx back in the day.
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jfood posted:going after the navoo does give earth's law enforcement a chance to gently caress over poors for the sake of really rich white folk though. as advanced as a cop in 2240 or whatever might be, they'd loving salivate and the chance to teach the belters about 'respect'. yeah but i have this feeling that by this point inner cops aren't gonna be able to just waltz in and arrest johnson
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Rocksicles posted:It's almost like that's exactly how colonialism works. I just really found it interesting 
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Milo and POTUS posted:I just really found it interesting Wasn't directed at you, just in general about the accent and names thing.
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I know I'm the only one who feels kinda bad for the mormons, primarily because they're the only people in the solar system working hard towards a goal that doesn't involve 'murder other people' in some way. Here's the totally legitimate and legal salvage explained video again https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLjifumRk3Q
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They are murdering every child born on that ship
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counterfeitsaint posted:I know I'm the only one who feels kinda bad for the mormons, primarily because they're the only people in the solar system working hard towards a goal that doesn't involve 'murder other people' in some way. Its not rocket appliances!
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counterfeitsaint posted:I know I'm the only one who feels kinda bad for the mormons, primarily because they're the only people in the solar system working hard towards a goal that doesn't involve 'murder other people' in some way. Can I feel sorry for them and still think they are legit poo poo out of luck? Cause, that.
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counterfeitsaint posted:Here's the totally legitimate and legal salvage explained video again https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLjifumRk3Q I don't know what show this is from, but it's not a good sign that I think this video would be 100% improved by cutting out the witty banter and cutting right to step 2.
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It's Trailer Park Boys.
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jfood posted:frieda quon musta been a goddamn minx back in the day. She still is  don't be creepy
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Mu Zeta posted:They are murdering every child born on that ship The same could be said of spaceship earth
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Mu Zeta posted:I'm happy that The Expanse isn't so smug about religion like Star Trek. But it's understandable that even in their enlightened world that nobody gives a gently caress about the mormons. One of the writers (or both?) were GRRM's assistant. I wonder if that had affected their writing. Both GRRM and them like to spend time describing what the characters are eating (I think it's a nice bit of world and character building) and both have religion in their worlds. I remember an interview of GRRM where he criticized JRR Tolkien's work for Middle Earth basically not having any religions. Martin felt like that was inauthentic.
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Zazz Razzamatazz posted:Both GRRM and them like to spend time describing what the characters are eating (I think it's a nice bit of world and character building) and both have religion in their worlds.
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Zazz Razzamatazz posted:One of the writers (or both?) were GRRM's assistant. I wonder if that had affected their writing. Probably not that much since they actually write.
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They've been consistently releasing one novel every year or so, and have kept it up for seven books now. The final two of the series look like they're on track as well. It's pretty crazy that they're able to keep up a schedule like that, though I guess having two writers helps.
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And Abraham has kept up his own writing pace at the same time.
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Their collaboration style is pretty neat: they chop up the POVs and pass chapters back and forth each week. That probably was influenced by GRRM and the Wildcards Trust. Successful fiction author is probably the second best job after Lottery Winner: I imagine they don't have much trouble putting in work. If they ever hit a snag: they can always RP a few rounds! 
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Zorak of Michigan posted:And Abraham has kept up his own writing pace at the same time. It's amazing that they were trained by GURM given the consistent release pace for each new book. Maybe they aren't NFL fans?
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