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Cojawfee posted:This thread is getting too horny. It's not nearly horny enough. Where are the Chrisjen sex fantasies? We all have them, men and women. Let us stop pretending!
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Jan 16, 2020 05:04
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Now that I think about it maybe that isn't amusing because no other woman on the show challenges her for sexiness, so it's just weird.
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Jan 16, 2020 05:09
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Nail Rat posted:Actually you'll find Jon Space is from Montana. human looking belters should be nearly nonexistant martians too for that matter VoLaTiLe posted:It has to be the most diverse show out at the moment, but forget that all the characters are super interesting and the stories cool.
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Jan 16, 2020 05:19
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SpookyLizard posted:human looking belters should be nearly nonexistant That being said, we don't really know what the long term effects of living in one-third gravity are like. One of the big barriers to long-term space colonization is figuring out exactly how much gravity your body needs to keep itself in working order. It could be as high as half a gee, or as low as a tenth, and unfortunately the only way to find out is to actually give it a shot. Belters used to zero gee would definitely have different skeletomuscular structures than earthers, but I don't think there's any real consensus on what a martian's bones would be like as far as shape goes.
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Jan 16, 2020 05:45
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For the purposes of the fiction, the Martians are described as being somewhat taller and lankier like Belters, but not to anywhere near the same level. I don't remember for sure but I don't think they need bone density injections or anything like that. Bobbie is supposed to be about two meters tall and that isn't remarked on as unusual.
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Jan 16, 2020 06:04
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Martians are remarked to be different enough to be able to blend in with the belters, and stand out amongst earthers.
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Jan 16, 2020 07:29
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Bobbie's height is absolutely commented as being unusual and a result of being Samoan many times. See the prologue of Cibola Burn where she freaks out a grifter on Mars by standing up before she tells him to gently caress off. If her height weren't unusual for a Martian woman that bit wouldn't make any sense (she makes specific reference to her height freaking people out). They make a huge deal about how she can never find a set of Goliath armor that will fit her because of how tall and big she is. It's.why she was holding onto a lovely old set forever because it finally fit. (spoiler because I forget if this was in season 2/3 of the show) She also didn't fit properly into the gunner's chair on the Roci - a Martian naval vessel - not even close. Nail Rat fucked around with this message at 14:42 on Jan 16, 2020 |
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Jan 16, 2020 12:39
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Ah yeah, I remember that stuff now. Martians are supposed to be taller than Earthers though, I'm sure I remember that right.
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Jan 16, 2020 15:08
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I now want... bizarre in-setting Martian 6'0" vs Earther 5'11" memes
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Jan 16, 2020 15:18
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Grand Fromage posted:Ah yeah, I remember that stuff now. Martians are supposed to be taller than Earthers though, I'm sure I remember that right. Yeah, they are. Belters and maybe Martians call Earthers "squats" as a pejorative.
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Jan 16, 2020 15:39
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Cojawfee posted:This thread is getting too horny. Amos is the best character because instead of trying to solve ancient mysteries, His first priorities are getting laid and also drinking moonshine at the local belter bar. Also robs the smug RCE camp of their suppliers and gets away with it when they refused to share resources.
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Jan 16, 2020 23:05
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I've been doing a rewatch of this show and I forgot how completely breakneck season 3 is. This show is *even better* on a rewatch because there's so many little details everywhere, I'm completely in love with it. It's probably my favourite show since The Wire, and I want seasons 5-8 to launch tomorrow please
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Jan 17, 2020 02:27
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Burginator posted:I've been doing a rewatch of this show and I forgot how completely breakneck season 3 is. This show is *even better* on a rewatch because there's so many little details everywhere, I'm completely in love with it. It's probably my favourite show since The Wire, and I want seasons 5-8 to launch tomorrow please *Space Monkey's Paw curls one finger* it is done, but it's been done by those pregnant elsa spiderman video generators trained on the books
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Jan 17, 2020 02:32
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Jack2142 posted:Lily Gao is the Pete Buttgieg Stand-In someone who has been calculating a path to the presidency from as young as possible. To be fair, Lily Gao seems a lot more authentic than Buttgieg. She didn't work for The Expanse equivalent of McKinsey and do a stint in military intelligence as a puff puff resume builder. Campaign funding isn't mentioned, but it doesn't seem like she's a tool of the billionaire elite, she seems to have genuine motivation to help improve the opportunities of people on Basic.
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Jan 17, 2020 02:40
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T-man posted:*Space Monkey's Paw curls one finger* it is done, but it's been done by those pregnant elsa spiderman video generators trained on the books The intro is also cursed. That's bad.
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Jan 17, 2020 02:41
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gfarrell80 posted:To be fair, Lily Gao seems a lot more authentic than Buttgieg. She didn't work for The Expanse equivalent of McKinsey and do a stint in military intelligence as a puff puff resume builder. Campaign funding isn't mentioned, but it doesn't seem like she's a tool of the billionaire elite, she seems to have genuine motivation to help improve the opportunities of people on Basic. I don't know what part of her acting we're criticizing. We mostly saw her public persona which felt very much like a politician's public persona. It was perfectly convincing to me. The plot was super frustrating because Avasarala kept making a bunch of dumb decisions, but they weren't out of character at all. She knows how to get things done directly. When that's not an option, as in her campaign, her instincts are all off. And the fact that she was thinking about the campaign at all when making the call to blow up or board the ship was a blatant (if understandable) indication that she'd completely lost the part of her perspective that made her effective previously. It was a pretty convincingly presented tragedy all around.
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Jan 17, 2020 03:28
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Eiba posted:I don't know what part of her acting we're criticizing. We mostly saw her public persona which felt very much like a politician's public persona. It was perfectly convincing to me. Agreed. She was given the least opportunity for characterization, and relatively banal scripting. I wouldn't criticize her acting.
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Jan 17, 2020 03:55
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Sandwich Anarchist posted:The intro is also cursed. Does it come with your choice of toppings?
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Jan 17, 2020 04:04
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gfarrell80 posted:Does it come with your choice of toppings? Yes! But the toppings contain protomolecule.
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Jan 17, 2020 04:14
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Sandwich Anarchist posted:Yes! But the toppings contain protomolecule. That's good! -Dresden
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Jan 17, 2020 04:56
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Jan 17, 2020 05:08
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Eiba posted:Yeah, I was going to say, even though I know and like Avasarala and understand where she's coming from, after what we've seen of both of their campaigns... I'd vote for Lily Gao. She honestly won me over. Yeah, the only reason I prefer Avasarala is that gooooooorgeous voice of hers.
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Jan 17, 2020 06:54
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Look, I love Shohreh, I really do. She's a fantastic actress when she wants to be, and when she's not she's a camp as gently caress diva who really needs a few gay icon roles under her belt. (Remember 24? Behroozh!!!) Avasarala rules. But does anyone ever get the sense, and I say this acknowledging that this is part of her charm, that she doesn't quite understand what the words she's saying mean?
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Jan 17, 2020 07:54
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Open Source Idiom posted:Look, I love Shohreh, I really do. She's a fantastic actress when she wants to be, and when she's not she's a camp as gently caress diva who really needs a few gay icon roles under her belt. (Remember 24? Behroozh!!!) Avasarala rules. It does sound like that a little bit at times, but I don't think it's true. She sounds pretty much the same when she does interviews and stuff, so I think it's just the weird cadence of her voice.
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Jan 17, 2020 12:27
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Kilson posted:It does sound like that a little bit at times, but I don't think it's true. She sounds pretty much the same when she does interviews and stuff, so I think it's just the weird cadence of her voice. Yeah she's got a voice like she's gargling glass cubes. Maybe that's why it feels like her words slip over each other. It's really fantastic.
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Jan 17, 2020 14:07
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She voices an alien character in Mass Effect and I knew it was her immediately even though the character was talking through a breathing mask.
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Jan 17, 2020 15:29
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She voices Lakshmi-2 in Destiny, aka Robot Warcrimes Mom and the biggest failing of destiny 2 is her being under used
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Jan 17, 2020 16:57
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Open Source Idiom posted:Look, I love Shohreh, I really do. She's a fantastic actress when she wants to be, and when she's not she's a camp as gently caress diva who really needs a few gay icon roles under her belt. (Remember 24? Behroozh!!!) Avasarala rules. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1kK7uNdCpE
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Jan 19, 2020 04:42
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I take it that with the switch to Amazon, the new season won’t get an iTunes or Blu-ray release?
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Jan 19, 2020 06:40
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I liked this season a lot, but it's continuing to debunk the myth that the Expanse could ever be described as "hard" sci-fi, such as when the physics switch is just casually turned off for plot reasons.
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Jan 19, 2020 07:26
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Beamed posted:I liked this season a lot, but it's continuing to debunk the myth that the Expanse could ever be described as "hard" sci-fi, such as when the physics switch is just casually turned off for plot reasons. It's about when hard sci-fi meets Star Trek-style handwaving bullshit. And it has the good grace to call it as the bullshit it is.
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Jan 19, 2020 07:42
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Is harder than most TV sci fi just for dealing with gravity But the PM is pretty much magic, it does whatever the plot needs
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Jan 19, 2020 12:04
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Another random tip is Amazon does has 4K versions of all the seasons.
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Jan 19, 2020 13:18
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Easily one of the highlights of the season.
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Jan 19, 2020 15:35
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Beamed posted:I liked this season a lot, but it's continuing to debunk the myth that the Expanse could ever be described as "hard" sci-fi, such as when the physics switch is just casually turned off for plot reasons. The protomolecule being bullshit magic that gets to ignore physics if it wants to has been a major plot point since whichever episode Eros moved in, I'm not particularly upset. It's not like everyone has warp drives, phasers, and inertial dampeners now.
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Jan 19, 2020 16:27
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Elias_Maluco posted:But the PM is pretty much magic, it does whatever the plot needs For what it's worth, Ty Franck and Daniel Abraham claim to have decided in advance what the Protomolecule builders' technology is and isn't capable of, which should cut down on "Bones invents telepathy drug, never uses it again"-type goofiness.
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Jan 19, 2020 16:56
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So I mentioned once the character ages are never specified and it turns out I am not totally correct about that. Been rereading book 5 and it explicitly states Naomi is 35 in this one. So Dominique Tipper is actually only a couple years younger than Naomi. Book 5 is probably about five years after the first book? Maybe six or seven. That led me to look if the other ones are in here at all. Alex is also nonspecified. He joined the MCRN at 18 and served his full 20 years, then joined the Canterbury crew. There doesn't seem to be a specific time he was on the Cant, but as of the beginning of the story he's at least 40. This fits since he's always described as being older than the rest of the Roci crew. Cas Anvar doesn't have a publicly known birth year, deep conspiracy. Holden joined the UNN at 18 and was discharged seven years later. He worked at Pur'n'Kleen for five years before the beginning of the story. Unclear if there was anything else in that timeline, but if we assume no then he's 30 at the beginning of the series. Again, Steven Strait is only a couple years younger. Amos left Earth around 15 and has been in space for 25 years, so is about 40 at the beginning of the series. Wes Chatham is 41 now so same deal. I also thought all the actors were a lot younger than their book characters but turns out they're only a couple years off.
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Jan 19, 2020 17:53
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Realistically all the MCs died like three books ago given the sheer amount of abuse their bodies have healed from and exciting fight scenes where no bullets hit anyone important, Holden should be in a hospital bed slowly and painfully melting into a radiation puddle.
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Jan 19, 2020 19:21
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T-man posted:Realistically all the MCs died like three books ago given the sheer amount of abuse their bodies have healed from and exciting fight scenes where no bullets hit anyone important, Holden should be in a hospital bed slowly and painfully melting into a radiation puddle. Along similar lines, when you think about it, the Rocinante crew -- and especially Holden -- are also the most important people in all of human history. Miller is up there too. Like, Jesus and Julius Caesar were cool, I guess, but neither of them turned mankind into an interstellar species single-handedly. And that's leaving out everything that came before!
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